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A SONG OF LOVE TIME. Sing a song of love-time All the world is light; Ripple on the river And the stars a-shining bright. Sing a song of love-time All the world is sweet: Rainbows round the heavens Lilies at your feet: Si.; a song of love-time Sorrow in eclipse - Rosy children climbing To the leaning of your lip;' Sing a song or love-time Sing it-sing it, birds! Set the sweetest music To the sweetest human words! Sing a song of love-time All the world made new; And a heaven tnat is nearer Than the heaven in the blue! JONAH IN THE STORM. Dr. Tainage on the Ne Cesity o Prayer With Work. BRooKLYN, Oct. 14.-Rtv. Dr. Tal mage, who is still absent on his round the world tour, has selected as the sub ject bf today's sermon through the press "The Oarsmen Defeated," the text chosen beng Jonah i, 13.14, "The men rowed h'rd to bring it to the land, but they could not, where!ore they cried unto the Lord." Navigation in the Meailerranean sea always was perious, especially so in t early times. Vessels were pronelled partly by sail and partly by oar. When, by reason of great stress of weather, it d was necessary to reef thc canvass or t haul it in, then the vessel was entirely u dependent upon the oars, sometimes 20 or 30 of them on either side the vessel. You would not venture outside your i harbor with such a craft as my text c finds Jonah sailing in, but he had not much choice of vessels. He was run ning away from the Lord, and when a man is running away trom the Lord he has to ran very fast. God told Jonah to go to Ninevah to preach about the destruction of that city.- b Jonah dlsooeyed. That always makes i rough water, whether in the Meditterra- e nean, or the Atlantic, or the Pacific, or the Caspian sea. It is avery hard thing to scare sailors. I have seen them when the brew of the vessel was almost un der water, and they were walking the deck knee deep in the surt, and the small boats by the side of the vessel had been crushed as small as kmdling wood, whistling as though nothing had happen- t ed, but the Bible says that these mari iners of whom I speak were frightened. That which sdors call "a lump of a sea" had become a blinding, deafening, L swamping fury. How mad the wind 9 can get at the water, and the water can c get at the wind, you do not know unless you have been spectators. I have in my house a piece of the sail of a ship no r larger than the palm of my hand. That I piece of canvas was all that was lett of the largest sail of the ship Greece that went into the storm 200 miles cff New foundland. Oh, what a night that waE! I suppose that it was in some such storm as this that Jonah was caught. He knew that the tempest was on his account, and he asked the sailors to 1 -throw him overboard. Sailors are a generous heartea race, and they re solved to make their escape if possible -without resorting to such extreme meas urea. The sails are of no use and so they lay hold on their oars. I see the long bank of shining blades on either side of the vessel. Oh, how they did pull, the bronzed seamen, as they laid back into the oars! But rowing on the sea is very diflerent from rowing upon a river, and as the vessel hoists the oars skip the wave and miss the stroke, and the tempest laughs to scorn the flying paddles. It is of no use, no use. There cornes a wave that crashes the last mast and sweeps the oarsmen from their places and tumbles everything in the confusion of the impending shipwreck, or, as my text has it, "The men rowed hard to bring it to land, but they cculd not, wherefore they cried unto the Lord" This scene is very suggestive to me, and Ipray GodlImay have graeand strength enough to represent it intelhi gently to you. Years ago I preached a sermon on another phase of this very subject, and I got a letter from Hous ton, Tex., the writer saying that the reading of that sermon in London had led him to God. And I received an. other from South Australia saying that1 the reading of that sermon in Australia -had brought several souls to Christ. And then I thought, Why not take another phase of the same subject, for1 perhaps that God who can raise in power3 that which is sown in weakness may now through another phase of the same subject bring salvation to the peonle who shall hear and salvation to the peo yle who shall read? Men and women1 who know how to pray lay hold of the1 Lord God Almighty and wrestle for the blessing. Bishop Latimer would stop some times in his sermon ini the midst of his argumnent and say, "Now E will tell you a fable," and today I would like to bring the scene of the text as an illustra tion of a most important religious truth. As those Mediterranean oarsmen trying to bring Jonah ashore were discomfited, I have to tell you that they were not the only men who have broken down on their paddles and have been obliged to call on the Lord for help. I want to say that the unavailing efforts of those Med iterranean oarsmen have a counterpart in the efforts we are making to bring souls to the shore of safety and set their feet on the rock of ages. You have a father or mother or husband or wife or child or near friend who is not a Chris tian. There have been times when you have been in agony about their salva tion. A minister of Christ whose wife was dying without any hope in Jesus walked the fl'or, wrung his hands, cried bitterly and said, "I believe I shall go insane, for I know she is not prepared to meet God!" And there may have been days of sickness in your household when you eared it would be a fatal sickness, and how closely you examined the face of 1 the doctor as he came in and scrutinized I the patient and felt the pulse, and you: followed him into the next room, and1 said, "There isn't any danger, is there, doctor?" And the, hesitation and the 7 uncertainty of the reply made two eter- 3 nities flash before your vision. And then you went and talked to the sick< one about the great future. Oh, there I are those here who have tried to bring I their friends to God. They have been: unable to bring them to the shore of safety. They are no nearer that point than they were 20 years ago. You. think you have got them almost to the 1 shore when you are swept bsck again. What shall you do? -Put down the oani? Oh, no! I do not advise that, but I do< advise that you appeal to tnat God to 1 whom the Mediterranean oarsmen ap- I pealed, the God who ecuid silence the tempest and bring the ship in safety to the port. I tell you, my friends, that: there has got to be a good deal cf praying before cur families are brought to Christ,. Ah, it is an awful thing to have half a] household on one side the line and the other part of the household on the other< side of the line. Two vessels part on< the shore of eternity, one going to the right and the other to the left, farther apart and farther apart until the signalsi cease to be recognized, and there are only two spects on the harizon, an~d then they are lost to sight forever. I have to tell you that the unavailing efforts cf these Mediterranean oarsmen h..m a counterpart- in the efforts some of 1 .3 are Mag2e to bnu Cur chilren to he shore of si-rzy. There never were omany temts los for ,oung people s there a-e noW. Tie literary and the ocial a l ieit s seem to be agaiust their taitual intErest. Christ seems to be r-ven almost entirely from the school xnd the pleaurable couccurse, yet God anows hriw anxious we are for our chil Iren. We cannot think of going into .eaven witb(ut tLem. We do not want o leave this li-e while they are tossing >n the waves ot temptation and away rom God. 'Forr. which of them could we consent to ,e eternally separated? would it be the son? Wo.uld it be the laugihter? Wruld it be the eldest? Would t be the iounesi? Would it be the one bat is well and stout or the one that is ic? Oh, I bear some p;arent saying onight: "I have tried my test to bring ny children to Ch; i-:. I hav !aid hold ;t the oars u:.ti 2-ev be:: mM vrasp, md I havs brec! ms elf :.s the -bs of the boat, nd I b.ve pulled tcr heir eternal rescue, b tIcbn'1 2et them 0 Christ." Then [ ask you to imitate he men of the text and cry mightily mito God. We want more importunate )raying for children 2aso:: as the father ndulged in when ho had tried to bring us six sons to Christ, and they had vandered cff mrto d:ssipation. Then he iot down m his praers ac' sa d, "0 cd. take away nmy lfe if thiough that eans my sons may repent and be rought to Cbrist," and the Lord start. togly answered the prayer, and in a iew eeks the father was taken away, and brough the solemnity tte six sons fi:d nto God. 0, that father could aftord o die for the eternal welfare of his chil - ren! He rowed hard to bring them to he land, but could not, and then he cried to the Lord. There are parents who are almost dis ouraged about their children. Where 5 your sen tonight? He has wandered if perhaps to the ends of the earth. It eems as if he cannot get far enough way fraom your Cnistian counsel. What des he care about the furrows that ome to your brow; about the qick rhitening ot the hair; about the lact at ycur back begius to stoop with the urden? Why, he would not care much he heard Ycu were dead. The black dged letter that brouht the tidings he rould put in the same package with ther letters telling the story of his hame. What are ycu going to d(? Both addles broken at the middle of the lade, how can you pull him ashore? I brow you one oar on which I believe 'on can bring him into harbor. It is he glorious promise, "I wil be a God o thee and to thy seed atter thei e." O , roken hearted tather and mother, you tave tried everything else, now make an .ppeal for the help and omnipotence of he convenant keepin God, and perhaps ,t your next family gathering-perhaps in Tbanksmving day, pertap3 next ristmas-the prodigsl may be home, d if you crowd on his plate more luya ies than on any other plate at the table am sure the brothers will not b j !al us, bit they will wake up all the music a the house, "oecauae the dead is alive ain, and becau3e tie lost is found." erhaps your prayers nave ben answer d alread.;. The vessel may be com nn emeward, and by the light of this night's tars that son may be pacing the deck of he ship anxious for the time to come vhen he can throw his arm around your teck and ask for forgiveness for that he as been wringing You.. old heart so o-g. Glorious reanion that wil be too acred for outsiders to look upon, but I rould just like to look thrcugh the win ow when y on have all got together gain and are seated at t'he binquet. Tztoagh parents may in covenant be And have their heaven in view, They are not happy till they see Tneir children happy too. Again I remark that the unavailing df ort of the Mediterranean oarsmen has cunterpart in the effort which we are naking to bring this world oack. to God, uis pardon and safety. If this world ould have been saved by human efforl s would have been done long ago. Joh2 loward took hold of one oar, and Carey ook hold of another oar, and Adoniram rmson took hold of another oar, and .uther took hold of another oa-, and rohn Knox took hold si another oar, and hey all pulled until they fell back dead rom exhaustion. Some dropped in the ish~es of martyrdom, some on the scalp og knives ot savages and some into the ~lague struck room of the lsiaretto, and itill the chains are not broxen and ;till the worldlis unsaved. What ther:? ut down the oars and make no eftfort? do not advise that. But I want you, Jhristian brethren, to understand that he church, and the school, and the col ege, and the missionary society are only he nstrumentalities, and if this work is ~ver done at all God must do it, and he ill do it in answer to our prayer. "They owed hard to bring it to the land, but ey cou'd not, wherefore thsy cried mto the Lord." Again the unavailing effoit of those editerranean oarsmen has a counter art in every man that is trying to row is own soul into safety. When the sternal spirit flashes upon us our condi lon, we try to save ourselves. We say, Give me a stout oar for my right hand, ~ive me a stout oar for my left hand, and [ will pull myself into safety." No. A ave of sin comes and dashes you one ay, and a wave of temptation comes mrd dashes you in another way, and ~here are plenty of rocks on which to ounder, but seemingly no harbor into which to sail. Sin must be thrown over yoard, or we must perish. There are men who have tried~ifor rears to become Christiahs. They be ieve all I say in regard to a future world. Lhey believe that religion is the first, he last, the infinite necessity. They do verything hut trust in Christ. They nake 60 strokes in a minute. They end forward with all earnestness, and hey lie back until the muscles are dis nded, and yet they have not made one ch in ten years coward heaven. What s the reason? That :s not the way to o to work. You might as well take a rail skiff, and put it down at the foot of Wisgara and then head it up towaed the >urning thunderbolt of waters and ex >ect to work your way up through the ightning of the foam into calm Lake rie, as for you try .to pull yourself rough the surf of your sin into hope nd pardon and placidity of the gospel. Eou cannot do it in that way. San is a ough sea, and l'ongboat, yawl, pinnance nd gondola go down unless the Lord eliver, but if you will cry to Christ and ay hold of divine mercy you are as sale rom eternal condemnation as though ou had been 20 years in heaven. 1 wish I could put before my unpar oned readers their own belplessness. t~o human arm was ever strong enough unlock the door ot heaven. No foot ver was mnahty eumu;;l to break the acke of si:;. No oarsman swarthy ough to row himssif into God's har or. The wmnd is agamnst you. The tide s againat you. The law is agamnst you. 'en thousand corrupting influences are gainst you. Helpless and undone. ot so helpless a sailor on a plank, mid tlantic. Not so helpless a traveler irded by 20 miles of prairie on fire. 'rove it, you say. I will prove it. John 1, 44: "No man can come to me, ex ept the Father which hath sent me Iraw him." Butw hils I have shown your helpless aess I. want to put by the side of it the dwer and the willingness of Christ to ave ycu. 1 think it was in 1686 a ves e was bounn for Portugal, but it was ilven to pieces on an unfriendly coast. Ihe captain had his son with him, and iith the crew they wandered up the find relief. After awhile the son fainted by reason of hunter and the length of the way. The captain saiI to the crew, "Carry my boy for me on your should ers." Tcey carried him on, but the i 'rney was so long that after awhile the crew fainted from hunger and from weariness and could carry him no longer. Then the father rallied his almost wasted energy and took up his o vn boy and put him on his eh->ulder and carried him on mile atter mile, mile after mile. until cvercome h mself by bunoer and wa:iness, he, too. fainted by the way. The boy lay down aLd died, and the fa ther, just at the time res:ue came to him, also perished, living only lona enough to tell the story-sad story in deed! But glory be to G d that Jesus Christ is able to take us up out of our shipwrecked and dyicg condition and put us on the shoulder of his stretigth and by the omnipotence of li's gospel bear us on through all the izurney of his life and at last through the opening gates of heaven. He is mighty to save. Thugh Vcur sm be log and b!ack, the very mo ment you blea I will proclaim pardon -qaick, full, grand, unconditional, un ,owpromisina, illimitable, infinite. Oh, the grace of God! I am overwhelmed when I come to think of it. G.va me a h;usand ladders lashed fast t) each other that I may scale the teight. Let the line run out with the anc'ioruntil all the cables or the earth are exausted that we may touch the depth. Let the rchangel fl in cIrcuit of eternal ages in trying to sweep around this theme. Oh, the grace of Gad! It is so high. It. is so broad. It is so deep. Glory be to God that where man's oar gives out God's arm begins! Why will ye carry you sins and your sorrows any longer when Christ ciers to take the:? Why witl you wrestle down you- fears when tLh s moment you migh' giv I up and be saved? D) you not know t.at every th:ng is read%? Pienty of room at the ieast. Jesus has the ring of his love all ready to put upon your hand. Come now and sit down, ye hungry ones, at the bacquet. Ye who are in rags of sin, take the robe At Christ. Ye who are swamped by the breakers around you, cry, to Christ to pilot you into smooth, still waters. Oa ccount of the peculiar phase of the sub. ject, I bav.e drawn my present illustra ions, 3 ou see, chiefly from the water-. I remember that a vessel went to piezes on the Bermudas a great many years ago. It bad a vast treasure on board. But the Vessel being sunk, no effort was made t raise it. After many years bad passed a company of adventurers went out from Eagland, and after a long voyage they reached the place where the vessel was snia to have sunk. They ,ot into a small boat and hovered over the place. Then the divers went down, and they broke through what loaked Lke a limestone covering, and Lhe treasures rolled cut-what was found afterward to be. in American money, worthy $1, 500,000, and the founda-ion of a great business house. At that tims the whle world rej iced over what was called the lu:k of thsse adventurers. Oh, ye who have been rowing toward the shore and have not been able to reach it, I want to tell you tonight that your boat hovers over intinite treisure. All the riches of God are at your feet. Ti easures that never fal and crowns that never gro f dim. Who wiil go down now and see them? Who will dive fo: the pearl of geat price? Who will be prepared far life, for death, for judgment, for the long eternity ? See two hands of blood stretch ed out towacd thy soul, as Jesus says, "Comne unto me, all ye that labor antd are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." C)3E53 MJST B~ C)NtR)L LED. Senator F..u'kaer I 'sass a Harmony Ap peal to Democrats. NE W YORK, Ofl. 16. -The folio wing appeal was issued today at the Demo cratic State headquarters in the Park Avenue Hotel by Senator Charles J. Faulkner, chairman of the Democratic Congressional campaign committee: Forty days ago, by raason of the dis satisfaction at the slow action of Con gress in passing the tariff bill, and a very general misunderstanding of the character of the bill which was ulti mately passed, we had but little hope o carryIng a majority of the Fifty fourth Congress. The political im provement of the situation in the inter est of Democracy during that brief period, however, has been marvelous. A better understanding of the provis ons of the la w and a realfz ation of the fact that united action Is essential in order to enable the party to redeem Its pledges and hold up the hands of the Democratic administration during the next two years has stopped the bicker ings which were dividing its counsels and harmonized the factional trouble in ts organiz atio'n to such an extet that the prospects are now bright and with a united and aggressive party we will hold a fair working majority in the next House. To accomplish this, however, we can afford to have no divisions which tend to separate and disintegrate our forces. You can, therefore, fully appreciate the anxiety which I feel In reference to the recent action In this city in the nominations in eight of the districts of two Democratic candidates. In esti mating oir ability to maintain a work ing majority we have necessarily count ed upon the New York Democracy giv ing us the full number of members we have In the present House. If we fall in realizing this, it is questionable whether it will be possible to maintain our supremacy in the national legisla tu~re. These divisions in New York are not only dangerous from the stand point of losing a majority of members L:1 this State, Dut the moral effect upon the country districts of Ne w York and other sections of the Union will be ex eedngly discouraging. It will tend to shake the hope and paralzye the energies of the party in its earnest effort to sink all personal feelings and factional antagonisms in tne interest of a common cause. Whatever may be the differences which may divide the party upon local issues, there can be, mnd should be. no excuse for a division on national lines. The supremacy of he national Democratic organization should not be imperiled that local re ults may be promoted,or local reforms encouraged. I believe I voice the sentiment of our ational Democracy when I insist that nity and harmony on Congressional iominatons should be first considera uons of patriotic Democracy. This is a jestion which not only affects the ontrol of the next House, but may en langer and imperil the supremacy of h national party in the election of Today the State of New York, if the election was to be passed upon by the Rouse, would cast its vote for a Demo crat to occuny the Presidential caair. >meteen of its thirty-four votes are Democratic. A loss of two Congress 2en in this State would give the vote n897 of the State of New York to a Republican for President should the ~ontingency occur in which the elec :ion for that office would be thrown .nto the House of Representatives. ~or these reasons, charged as I have oeen by the party, in conducting the :ampaign for Congressional candidates E appeal to all elements, factions and livisions of the Democratic party to nite and harmonize on the congress onal tickets and to do no act which will naturally tend to weaken and en langer the national supremacy of our POWDER Ab3olutefay Pure. A cream or tartar :amng powder Highest of all in leavening streng::h.-La test United States Govern'nent Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder 0o mpanv, 106 Wall St., N. Y. THE NEW YORK CAMPAIGN. Tw ) D mcra-s ta12Zi tu E sch of the City Congresiolnal District. NEW YOREK, O;. 18.-N. progress has yet been made toward harmon'zng the Dem:cratic t ctions in the Congras sional districts of this city, wh'ch was so urgently recommende I b7'tlie chi ir man of the Congressional campaign com mittee, Senator FAulker, of West Vir inia, 1i the address he issued on Tues d sy. In eight of the nine districts com orised exclusively within the city of New York there are rpposition Democratic candidates. Tammany was rst in the deld wito its nomination, and tor one raason or another "turcel down" about half of the delegation as its exisLs ia the 53d Congress. John Dewitt Warner was elbowed out of the nomination in the 13th district by the transfer there of Amos J. Cummings, of the 11th, E.J. Dunphy, who had contumaciously delled Tammany, was retired. The redoubta ble Timothy J. Campbell was deemed to have had his fuil share of honor and dignity and the nomination in his district was given to Henry C. Miner, theatrical manager. Bourke Cockran was shelved, as it is alleged, by the express direction of Mr. Croker, to make place for George B. McClellan, the young piesident of the boardof aldermen an] the son of the eneral of the sam3 Dame, and some other changes in the delegation were mada. Dnnphy and Campbell have had their names placed upon the State Dam ocratic ticket. Every member of the delegation, with one exceptton, who voted for the Wilson bill was passed over by Tamminy. - Ex-Mayor Gresc, who iejresents the State Democracy, had deminded an eqattable d.vision of the nominations be tween his organizitioa and Tammany and spec fi-,ally the restoratt)a of C)c ran and Warner, bul up to the present time has obained no assurance that his claim f.)r thqe State De.n)cracy will be allowed. There is scarc-ly o.-e of the city distr cts whi~h are no v represeatel by- Democrats wqhich wul be safe fir either the Tammnmy or the Ste D tmo cratic canaidate should both remain in the contest. Chairman Faulkner is rep resented to have said in Washing~ton sinCe his retumn trom New York that he jad reason to hope for an arrangement upon a satistacbry basis, but upon what this hone is founded he has not indicat The appearance of Senator Hill't name at the head of both the Tamamany and the State Democratic tickets may also complicate matters. Nathan Strause Tammany or regular nomiee for mayor. claims that he should have the excilu sive benefit of whatever prestige there may be used o2 the regular State ticket, Senator Hill has :ieclined to refuse the use of his name to the State Democracy, which is supporting Strong, a Rspuibhi can, for mayor, and Strauss and hui friends are in consequenca muc'is disaf fected toward the Senator. An evening paper says that Mr. Strauss has sent his private secretary tc Mr. Hill with the ultimatum that the Senator must discountensnee the State Demccracy's ticket by refusing to all his name to appear upon it with that of Mr. Strong, Citizene' and Republicat nomiee for mayor, or he (Strauss) wil. withdraw from the regular or Tammanly ticket. It is said that if Mr. Straussa withdaws, another efixrt will be made to induce E-Mayor Grant to make the run. Mr. Strauss's secretary is in R)T chester, and will meet Senator Hill this evening when he will present Mr. Strauss's letter to him. Most of the Tammany leaders wbc sil talk about the matter express the opinion that Senator Bill will noi change his mind, but will allow the State tIcket to be printed on the local tickel headed by Strong and the Grace Damo crats. Should Mr. Strauss decide tc withdraw from the'race the executive committee of T ammany Hall, which i empwered to fll any vacancies that may occur on the ticket, would select a candidate for mayor to take bis place, and if the action was too late for nomina tion by certificate ibe man selecte] conid be nominated by petition. At Republica State headquarters to day Secretary Hacket said that arrange ments had been made for Gyvernor McKinley's tou- in this State. The Gavernor will begin his New York cam paign on the 25th, when he will speak in the afternoon at Dankirk. In the even ing he will sppear at a mnster mass meetig at Buffalo. At noon on the 26th he will speak at Utica, and at Syra cuse the same evening. He will eud his work in the State on the 27.h, but he is booked for no less than seven meet ings that day, besides one in Pailadel He will leave Syracuse on a special train on the New York Censtral, and the first stop will be at Little Falls, where he will address a meeting f:om the rear of the train. He will thea speak at the ollowing places, where stops will be made: Fonda, A msterdam, Schenen tady, Hudson and Poun hkeepsie. He will then cross the river to Ne wburg and there make his last speech in the S~ate. From Newburg Governor McKiney will take a West Snore train to Jersey City, where a special train will take him to Pailadelphia. He will reach Pniladephia about 9 o'clock in the ey nim, but in time to make his eighth and most, important speec'i of the day. )a Monday he will continue his work n ennsylvania, Ererett P. Wheeler has accepted the nomination for Governor of the State of e York on the T dri !!c'at. His letter of acoep'tc to Chairman Charles . Fresnid was wa puL~hc :s3;, TIE NEW GAME L aw.-The follow ing is the game law of tnis State, as amended by the last Legislature: "1'he open season for deer extends from September 1 to February 1, except in the counties of ClarendonGaorgetown, Colleton, Williamsburg, Marlboro, eshaw, Horry, Darlington, Marion, and Berkeley, wnere it is August 1 to February 1. Wild turkeys, ruti ed grouse, woodcocks, and quails or par tridges, November 1 to April 1. Doves, August 1 to March 1. Nonresidents are prohibited from hunting ani fishing within the State without a license from the county commissioners, but any land-holder can permit any person to hunt or fish within the boundaries of his own land. All persons are deemed non-residents wno have not resided in LAST CROP BULLETIN. Weather Director Bin er Revliw' the Sew. 8'r of 189.1 The following is the weather cro p bulletin of Director Bauer: The past week was much cooler than usual, the departures averaging six de grees each day below the normal, Highest temperature for the week 82; !owest 38. There was a general, heavy, and in places destructive rain and wind storm on the 8th and 9th. The amount of rainfall averaged over two inches, in chiding the entire S' ate. Many rivers overflowed their Langs and ruined what was left of bottom land crops, such as late corn, cotton, peas, and much hay. There was also a great deal of open cotton blown out and stained. There were light frosts on the mornings of the 11th, 12rh and 13th, killing frosts in the "up country" on the mornings of the 14th, 15.h and 16.h, which ruin ea the greater part, if not the whole, of a very Promising top crop of cotton. The injury to other crops is compara tively 1usigniticant. This early frost is more disastrous ar the seasion, in the localities where the frost o-curred, is about ifteen days late. GEIERAL REVIEW OF THE SEAtON OF 1891. Weather. There was generally an excess of temperature Irom. January to July, the greatest departures, both above and below the normal, having occurred in March; after the first of July the temperature averaged about nor mat until the second week in Octo ber when it became much cooler. There were some wide fluctuations in the temperature, the most notable of which occurred on March 27 and 30th, when free zing weather prevailed over the entire State. destroying practically the entire fruit crop and doing much other damage. All vegetation, which had attained considerable growth,and crops that were planted and up. especially gardens, were ruined. There was another cold wave wi.h frosts about the middle of May doing slight Injury to crope, and some unseasoably cool weatder early in June. There was less than the usual amount of rainfall up to Jane 17ch and 28th with severe drought conditions after the 20:h of May. During July showers were numerous and timely, and during August. and September there were excessive and damaging rains throughout the Eastern half of the State while at the same time there were pcrtions of the Western half that needed rain. There were few hall storms and no very destructive ones. and until the storm of September 26th and 28, but little injury to crops was caused by wind,. The storm of Oftober 8th and 9 h did some damage principally by dooding bottom lands. Killing frosts on the 14th and 16;h of 03tober in the Western portionc of the State cut all late crops in that section. Tne cotton crop was about an aver age one in acreage. Its condition up to the first of July was on the whole poor, but the fields were well worked and cleAn. From July on the plant made rapid growth and began to frait heavily. This condition was sustainea throughout the season in Western por tion of the State, while in the E ist ern half its condition deteriorated rapidly during August and September entirely on aecount of much rain that caused rot, rust and shedding with a conse quent loss of the plant's vitality, as well as causing grass and weeds to defy the cultivator and hoe. Late planting suffered most. Taking the aggregate crop of the State, It prom ises to be somewhat less than that of the previous year, a few places report it a better one. Tne acreage of corn was larger than for some years, and the weather, on the whole, extremely favorable until the greater portion of the crop was made so that the corn crop is undoubt edly the largest produced in years, and is of excellent quality. Its conditIon was quite uniform over the entire State. E irly planting made the best crop. The pea crop was not as good as usual, although the acreage was some what larger. Its condition was fair and promising until the middle of August,after which became diversified, generally deteriorating with a promise of a very ordinary yield, estimated at 60 per cent, of a full crop. There was planted in many counties a smaller Eacreage o~rice than usual, owing principally to a scarcity of seed, but the crop grew well and returned a good remunerative yield, after allowance is made for the loss from the September storm. After allo sing for exceptions, sor ghum was a full crop of a superior quality. Tbe acreage was up to the average, If not larger. The tobacco crop, where cultivated, did fairly well although the weather was not entirely favorable, but it prov ed to be a paying crop. Grasses made all their growth af tei the July rains set in, yet the usual amount of forage was saved. A large acreage of sweet potato slips was planted, and the average yield of this insportant food crop was, perhaps, in excess of the average. Irish potatoes did not do as well. Small grains were more or less a fail ure, except that a few counties pro duced the largest oat crop ever known there. The weather conditions were generally adverse to wheat and the yield, consequently, very poor. It was a poor. year for truck farms and gardens, but during the summer months vegetables were plentiful. The adverse weather conditions can be briefly summarized thus: The March freez"; May and June drought; August and September, excessive rains; hep tember, hurricarne; QOtober, loods and early frosts. It was, on the whole, a fairly prosperous year for farmers, for there was a plenteous yield, but they are greatly discouraged by the prevail lng low prices for their products, es pecially cotton. J. WV. BA UER, Director. Columbia, S. C., 0::t. 16, 1894. Note: This is the last issue for the season of 1894. The Director returns his sincere thanks to al! weather crop correspondents for their services. The reports were full, comprehensive, and satisfactory. Want Hil to Win. ATLANTA, Ofl. 1.-The Constitu tion's special correspondent at Wash ington writes as follows: "News received at the Democratic campaign headiquarters from all sec tions of the country is of the most en couraging nature. Tne Democrats are certain to nave a majority In the next house. The senate will also be held. In the house there will be a majority of about live. Many Republicans here concede a D)emocratic majority. "TfMt greatest interest is centered in New York. Hill is practically certain to be elected. The talk that Mr. Cleve land is encouraging the independent movement is the merish bosh. At the proper time Mr. Cleveland will write a lette-r enidorsing~ l1ll. and ativising all his friends aud all Dem'>crats to vote for him. I have this from absolutely reliable authority. Though the ight is a hard one, lill will win and the Dem ocrats will Isold their cngressicnal strength in New York. "-One in position to know put it this way to me tonight: "Mr. Cleveland is anxious that Ilill should be elected simply because he laadsi the ticket and it is import ar.t to the party to win. All the Democrats employed under this administration having votes in New York will vote the straight D~emocratic ticket, and loyally give Hill and his associates on the ticket their support. Mr. Cleveland will signify the earnestness of his sup port of the ticket by a considerable cgntribution towards defraying the ex penses of the campaign. He will make it evident that he lws no secret desire that Hiill should be defeated. In Poor Health means so much more than you imagine-serious and fatal diseases result from trifling ailments neglected. Don't play with Nature's greatest gift-health. If you are feeling' out of sorts, weak B ead generally ex hausted, nervous, ad can't work, ing esrelia ble strengthening ndedicine Con i Bron's Iron Bit ters. 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