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A BLESSED 3lSTAK t MARY MAGDALENE BY THE RIFLEId SARCOPHAGUS. Rev. Talmage Ple:ures' the Worint a Christ in Commot Apparel-The Scar% of Earth-Glorious Thougxhts Ir,,.pired by Resurrection of Cbr!st. W.asatsnroN. Apri . Dr. Taltmage will set it r on new lines arnd wllT : Easter more ins; irint; is John xx. 15. :e- c. the gardener. Here are Mary :lag e after his resurrectiovn.r a grim and ghastly tyran ht n k" iu people and draggitn thet :no a.o"0 1 t ace. i1e had a passCn :or attatn -'Ct For 40 centuries he h'd bienun dr :n his work. i1e had taken down kings an queens and conqueror5 and those witho fame. In that cold palace there were of skulls. and pillars of skulls, and aztar_ : skulls, and even the chalices at :he tave were made of bleached 5kulls. To the ton of Abel he had added the skeletnn of al the ages, and no one had disputec hi ri until one Good Friday about 1 . ye1u- a'. as near as I can calculate 't.n might St'!- - er came to the door of that awful e rolled back the door and went in. and - ing the tyrant. threw him to the rtve:nent and put upon the tyrant%; nee t e ",c. ot triumph. Then the mighty strangetr. e I ! the ghastly furniture of the place .nd w. ing through the labyrinths and oreni. the (lark cellars of mystery and tarrvlZ tnder a roof the ribs of whiCh were made of hu man bones-tarryng for two nights an . day, the nights very dark and the day ver;y dismal, he seized the two chief pilars of that awful Palace and rocked them until it began to fall, and then laying hold of the por der ous front gate, hoistcd it from its hingcs and marched forth. crying. "I am the re-t ree tion:" That event we celebrate !.Ister morn. Handelian and Beethovean miracles of sound added to this :loral decoration which has set the place aba om. There are three or four things which the world and the church have not noticed in regard to the resurrection of Christ. First, our Lord in gardener's attire, Mary Mag dalene, grief struck, stands by the ri:1ed :iar cophagus of Christ and turns around, hop ing that she can find the track of the sncri legious resurrectionist who has desroiled the grave, and she finds some one in work ing apparel come f: -th as if to water the flowers or uproot the weeds from the garJen or set to reclimbing the fallen vine-sema one in working apparel, his garment per haps having the sign of the dust and the dirt of the occupation. Iary 31agdalene. on her fase the rain of a fresh shower of weeping. turns to this work man and charges him with the desecration of the tomb, when. lo: the stranger responds flinging his whole soul into one word which trembles with all the sweetest rhythm of earth and heaven, saying. "Mary: la :hat peculiarity of accentuation all the incognito fell off, and she found that instead of talk ing with an humble gardener of Asia Minor she was talking with him who owns all the hanging gardens of heaven. Conste'Ilations the clusters of forgetmenots, the sunrlower the chief of all, the morning sky and mid. night aurora, flaring terraces of beauty, blazing like a summer wall with coronation roses and giants of battle. Blessed and glo rious mistake of Magdalene: "She suppos ing him to be the gardener." What does that mean? It means that we have an every day Christ for everyday work in everyday apparel. Not on Sabbath morning in our most seemly apparel are we more at - tractive to Christ than we are in our every day work dress, managing our merchandise, smiting our anvil, plowing our field, tending the fling-shuttles, mending the garments for our household, providing, food for oar families or toiling with weary pen or weary pencil or weary chisel. A working day Christ in working day apparel for us in our every day toil. Put it into the highest strain of this Easter anthem, "Supposing him to be the gardener." If Christ had appeared at daybreaK with a crown upon his head, that would have seemed to suggest especial sympathy for monarchs; if Christ had appeared in chain of gold and with robe diamonded, that would have seemed to be especial sympathy for the affiuent; if Christ had appeared with soldi er's sash and sword dangling at his side, that would have seemed to imply especial sympathy for warriorst but when I find Christ in gardener's habit, with perhaps the flakes of the earth and of the upturned soil upon his garments, then I spell it out that he has hearty and padiletic understanding with everyday work and everyday anxiety and everyday fatigue. Roll it down in comfort all through these aisles. A working day Christ in working day apparel. Tell it in the darkest corridor of the mountain to the poor miner. Tell it to the factory maid in most unventilated establshment at Lowell or Lancaster. Tel it to the clearer of roughest new ground in western wilderness. Tell it to the sewing woman, a stitch in the side for every stitch in the gar-ment,-some of their cruel employ ers having no right to think that they will get through the door of heaven any more than they c 'd through the eye of a broken needle whicii has just dropped on the bare floor from the pricked and bleeding fingers of the consumptive sewing girl. Away with your talk about hypostatic union, and so. terioloy of the council of Trent, and the metaphysics of religion which would freeze practical Christianity out of the world, but pass along this gardener's coat to all nations that they may touch the hem of it and feel the thrill of the Christly brotherhood. Not supposing the man to be Co'sar, not supros ing him to be Socrates, but "supposing him to be the gardener." Oh, that is what helped Joseph Wedgwood, toiling amid the heat and the dust of the potteries, until he could make for Queen Charlotte the first royal table service of English manufacture! That was what helped James Watt, scoffed at and caricatured until he could put on wheels the thunderbolt of power which roars by day and night in every furnace of the locomotive engines of America. That is what helped Hught Miller, toiling amid the quarries of Cromnarty, until every rock became to him a volume of the world's biography and he found the footsteps of the Creator in the old red sandstone. Oh. the world wants a Christ for the orlice. a Christ for the kitchen, a Christ for the shop, aChrist for the banking house, a Christ for the gar den, while spading and planting and irrigat ing the territory: Oh. of course we want to see Christ at last in royal roboe and bedia monded, a celestial equestrian mounting the white horse, but from this Easter of 1sJ~ 'o our last Easter on earth we most need. to see Christ as MIary M1agdalene saw hitt at the daybreak, "supposing him to be the gar dener!" Another thing which the church and the world have not noticed in rerard to the re surrection of Christ is that he niade his first post mortem appearance to one who had been the seven deviled MIary M1agdalene. On: would have supposed he would have made his first posthumous appearance to a womuan who had always been illustrious for ge eness. There are saintly women who have always been saintly, saintly in girlhood, raintly in infancy, always saintly. In nearqy all our families there have been saintly t.unts. in my family circle it was saintly At nt Phebe. In yours saintly Aunt MIartha or saintly Aunt Ruth. One always saintly. Datm not so was the one spoken of in the teat. While you are not. to confound her wita the repentant courtesan who ha-l made ier long locks do the work of towel at Chri-t's foot washing, you tare to forget that she was exorcised of seven devils. What a capital demonoloy she must have been: What a chorus of all diabolism: Seven devils-t wo for the eyes and two for the hands, andl two for the feet. and one for the tongue. Seven devils. Yet all thes-e tare extirpated,' ai now she is asgood as onesews a!'n Christ honors her wit' h i:tMao appearance. What does that . ac Why, it means for wor-t'u -: grace. It means thoe e s come perhaps highestu. :ens: clock that strikes 12 at adih :. 12 at midnoon. lt: men2i l rc God is seven times strou'-er ta 'i. 1" 31agdalene the seven devi i e-anme 31aly 3Magdalene the seven tndei 1: eans that when the Lord meets us a at he will ; O ~ wo,, thre, fournl NV'.21 '.:en 11 . rC'l2u Wt0fl hrribe piece V wnh ' iry t' n ile I e r eou leter, me-cy -u y: an1 I in.,'t' "hI1 ald n ot to " n ,.'i ille! Ii I r%, 1 1. ' to3arv. thev moter f :us. not :MAary, ie eier : L~i.-ap.e:-. !at -I: the seve d Yd larv. 7S' 'I-i Ti 'er i' L ntnIeven i Vlcd- ievl i n . , ':vn -cur te of - r c n i e them a'law:.y.a 'r10. [e rae Over the :w cataver r 'ey h pan Nig t eli t:o e .I zet l g, . eet c h ':: .'i' Ia. IIU-1 ta, "' ove 1: wlonu ,ae anes. Wh:.' i cin e t 1 0-e bvn :- i"'a :ea'hlw itavdz eln the oth ed t I..: ra to Tee reoe'levile't Mary t1,,C--- "',.au. h*is, *t-st jro:t mortem ap the i. \rianotr thin tthat app, world ani then hndrea have n othservai in regard to tht u' reio, -n..t is. it was the cf Ite chroonieer had enee envouze an Mat-rV had as --ood a waiCh a,- some ONCi Marvs of our tll have. she would have found i was about half-past 5 o'nclok a. n. eMahew says it was in the dwn. Mark says ;t was ait the sunrisint. Lu sao s r I was very early in the horatug. oh n ays thwas whe h vasvet dark. In other words. :ir wsureciond t hatiThat was the :tnrmag twilightz.Dclk a, whch Mary I a :a al soe o ok Christ for the iar uer. Wh does that eay .'t means u thee nrnshia.owsver the grave unliftel. shadows cf mystery that are hovern. Mary stooei down aulo trie to look to the other end ofthcryt. She gave htcric outcry. She could not see to the otwher end \ a n the crstt. Netther can vou -2e to the other end of' zIie gra ve of yocuar d,,,.7d. -Neither can we see to the other ead of oer own grave. tha. i there were shadows over the family Plot be. lonkng to Joseph of Arimathea. is it stravze that there shoui be sonu shadows over our family lotf Easter dawn, not Easter noon. Shadkow of unanswered question: Why were they taken away from us Wh were :hey ever ov ou if they were to be to theoterend tof ur owi raef.i tear so saow s were they taken be that there sWhy could the not have utter ed some farewell words Why n short question, but a whole crucinxion of agony in it. Why-? 6hadow on the graves of good men and women who see-ue l to die before their work was done. Shadow on all the -raves of children because we ask ourselves why so beautiful a craft launched at all if it was to be wrecked one mile outside of the harbor? But what did 'Mary 'Magdalene have to do in order to get more light on that grave? She had only to wait. After awhile the Easter sun rolled up. and the whole place was tiooded with light. What have you and 1ito do in order to get more light on our own graves and light upon the graves of our dear loved ones? only to wait. Charles V of Spain with his servants and torches went down into the vault of the no cropolis where his ancestors were buried, and went deeper. farther on until he came to a cross around which were arranged the caskets of his ancestors. ie also found a casket containing the body of one of his own family, ie had that cosket opened, and there by embalmer's art he found that the body was as perfect as 1> years before it wa entombed. But under the exploration his body and mind perished. Oh, my friends do not let us morhidly struggle with the shadows of the sepulcher. What are we t do. Wait. It is not tihe evening twilight that gets darker and darker. It is the mornin twilight that gets brighter and brighter into the perfect day. I preach it today. Sunris over Pere le Chaise, sunrise over Greyfriars churchyard, sunrise over Greenwood over Woodlawn, over Laurel hilli, over M1ount Auburn, over Congressional burying ground. sunrise over every country graveyard, sun- ] rise over the catacombs, sunrise over the sarcophagi, where the ships lie buried. Ihalf 1 past .5 o'clock among the tombs now, hut soon to be the noonday of explanation and beatitude. It was in the morning twilight( that M~ary M1agdalene mistook Christ for a gardener Another thit'g the world and the chur-h have not observed-that is, Christs pathetic credentials. Ilow do you know it was not1 a gardener? h.is garments said he was a cgardener. The iiakes of the upturned earth scattered upon his garments said he was a gardener. Ilow do you know he was not a gardener? Ah' Before Easter had gone by he gave to some of his disciples his three cre dentials. ie showed them his hands and1 his side. Three paragraphs written in rigid or depressed letters. A scar in the right palm, a scar in the left palm. a scar amid the ribs-scars, scars. That is the way they knew him. That is the way you and I will know him. Aye, am 1 sayhug this mo rning too much I when I say that will be onte of the ways in which you and I will know each other by the scars of earth: scars of accident, scars of sickness, scars of persecution, scars of hard( work, scars of battle, scars of old age': When l 1 see Christ's resurrected body having scars.( it makes me think that our remiodeled and resurrected bodies will have scars. Why. before we gtet ottt of this world some of us will be covered with scars all over. Heaven will not be a bay into which float summer yachts after a pleasuring, with the gay butnt ing and with the embroidered sails as when they were :irst unfurled. Iheaven will be more like a navy yard where men-of-war come in from Trafalgar and Lepanto, men-of war witth masts twisted by a cyclone, men-of war struck oni all sides by ~4 pounders, men- 1 of-war with decks scorched of the shell. Old 1 Cotnstitutions, old constellations, oioating in 1 discharged from service to rest forever. In the resurrection Christ credentialed by scars. 2 You and I will b~e credentialed, and will re. 4 cognize each otheor by scars. Do you think themn now a distigaremnent: Do you think theon now a badge of endurance'? 1 tell you tl" glorious tho.ugrht this muorning, they arec going to be the means of heavenly recogni .'on. There- is one mtore thing that the wor' - and tha: ch"urch hav- not noticed in this re" ur-rection of Chri-st, and -hat i- thatt Ch ri from yriday to SabbatV" was lifeless tn a ho' eliaate where sanuitary pr-udence dem'anded thtbria' .ke plac-e the "atmeday asUdeath. "nri where the-re was no ice to retaru di--o-i ?'uion. Yet, after three days he comes up Co "e" thful, so rob'ut and -.o ru"'cand 31ary Slgaee 'akes hi fo a~ "ar,!ener. No suppiosing him to ie an invalidl 'r "" a hsi tal, not supto-'ng ':iant:"'b a' corps fro the tmb, b: upoinghim. to 'e the gard turned e1, andby a per 'etutal lite int the su rok down, 'an'i ne-ve' an- rtrv and bin wer a..~.' i.hyilgcl wreek, anI vet radiant ap-peranc'", tha"t -e'e- i" I:::n - - ] Cthenre- etug tue opI'le neverila ""ine. ':-e e'ar drur a-virate th whole 'ly 1~ up, withioti weakne--es ad C e. it ot, amostti~n fo ut 't. Christ w'nt into tieae ex"'u-tedl "nd ioure.l 0ut Tromn his wounts. lie iIl live Slifec of trouble, -orrow and prv ain .;n hen 1: ' ll a lilng rn ,10:111. li- ell!." viy hung onI four ;-ike, . No invalii f ear. iLuIerm. ever wem Iii I e t i ve v 00 : .1 h :' i v : . ,roken i.iwn :to bri-:. :mil vtz h 'ire o s n ietuIl m~l rKu' -h e u .e hi ::l 1' I iii i r. A ,al'l the S;,e ace , an-i1 h 1 :e heies m'.!, tiie 1-Aeka -bes. ani 'te le-- :w e a:nti e e :' :ies we will le:ive where t('ri t e:'t Ti! Theear w l t up witholiu itS ,: i- III Ni, c~~ A I') 0( tai:e . e ey ill co tho u it e . i h. N% wh:t raceL W will hirL C i , weUII" e wi :,0 whc n. all earthlv IIefec iu 'su -i'tc te i :u :an 1 cele i:L ocities l ~iwe- sh ill. stt ui our re-i eV e in thatt city wieb. ho : o t-~r 11::1ul 1 tiie e,e of 1: WUrl,, al ne-;er hlave S::tuding : ::worning rouiil Oiew hutr o 1 .r. wi:Out1:iis . i -i nuaie. LI' l . wi : Iitumt" .I. w :itl. ifL iI un-I withoutl :a te~ar. A :11 al0 meC:tThe~.fas the o esel n longei I- lie'al 3arci in .ul. ut wh i b t O --iIalleitii ('ho u )h trumpeu to l p :nd ingeCr I y and loving foreheiI a":uiust the iom lf a risen Chrizt: il fielitii. arnen. IH al - V uiah,. amen. THE WAR IN THE EAST. THE GREEKSAND TURKS DOING SOME HARD FIGHTING. Both Sides Claim the Advantage of the Fighting-Brief Report of Several Bat ties Fought Up to This Time, The war declared between Greece ind Turkey about ten days ago has been waged with vigor by both sides. Both sides claim the advantage of the ighting and our readers will have to judge for themselves as to how the onflict stands after reading the news oncerning it printed below. Early last week the Greeks captured ind hurned Damasi. Another divis or o- the Greek troops. it is reported, 2as traversed the Reveni Pass and aptured three block houses.- This di ;,ision has almost reached Damasi, where it will effect a union with the 'orce that captured the town. The 10,00 troops under Gen. Smolenitz isplaved the 2 reatest bravery. Reve i lies t welves miles northwe st of La -issa. Edhem Pasha with a force va iously estimated at from 10,000 to L4,0,00 troops led seven assauls against t, but all were repulsed by the Greeks. THE FIGHTING NEAR ARTA. An oticial dispatch from Arta says hat after crossing the Aracthos, at Bani.the Greeks occupied the villages )f Neukhori and Sakhikalama, where hey stronly entrenched themselves. 301. Manos is now advancing north xard iui the direction of Paraskevi. rhe GreE ks repulsed an attempt of the rurks to cross the bridge at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. A number of 3reeks, among them several officers, were killed and others were wounded. A TURKISH CLAIM. Edhem Pasha has wired the Sultan hat he gained several notable victo ies Wednesday, occupying all the ortified positions commanding Tyr 2avo. He reports that the Greeks vacuated their entrenched camp, eaving behind thirty cases of cart idges and many rifles. The Turks, ie says, have retaken Yelitzko, which .he Greeks surprised and captured on he first day of frontier ag'gression. 'he Turkish commander at Janini an iounces that the Greek leet, which ias been bombarding Prevesa, has yeen compelled to retire, one division vithdrawing to the interior of the ~ulf and the larger iron-clads outside ailing for the islands of Paxo and ancta Laura. An official telegram rom Zanthi asserts that the Greeks vho landed at Eleuteropoli and reach d Gojral, near the railway, were at acked and defeated by Turkish troops Lnd peasants, and that one hundred ireeks were killed. The Greek posts at Milouna pass and [yrnavo were captured today at noon. t is estimated that the Greek forces iow in the Thessalian plain in front >f Edhem Pasha and between this >oint and Larissa number at .least ;,000, but the Greek prisoners say hat.their reserves are exhausted. Fighting has been renewea at Da nasi, which is being cannonaded by a irek brigade advancing from Boug tasi. The Turks have occupied the >osts of Ligaria and Karatzo, which .re strategically important, while the -reeks have advanced and occupied he Sioti Hil. A dispatch from Ata ays that the Turks have abandoned ~trevina, beyond Filippiada, after urning it. The bombardment of ~revesa continues with increasing amage to the forts. After bombard Dg Piatamano the squadron will pro eed to Katerina. THE GREEK FLEET AT WORK. The last series of the Greek reserves ave now been called out and fresh roops have been sent to the frontier. he oombardment of Preyesa, at the ntrance to the Gulf of Arta, has been ery heavy since early this morning. he Turkish garrison there has been ompletely isolated by the advance of he Greek troops. The report that the ireek fleet Wednesday bombarded ~iaomona, on the west shore of the iulf of Salonica, is confirmed. The ireek fleet also bombarded the town f Lepthokaria adjoining Platomonia. The powder magaz ne of the Turks at latomona was exploded by a Greek hell, causing much damage and loss f life to the enemy. A dispatch received here from Ar-ta nnounces that Major Son :zo, with wo squadrons of cavalry has captured bree villages which were occupied y t wo Turkish battalions. The estimation in which the Turks .re held is shown by the stampede of he whole population on the frontier. The villages and roads to Larissa are teraiy blocked with fugitives, herds f cattle, horses arnd donkeys, women nd children on foot, old women car ying chairs, beds and household ear on their backs, on dtonkeys in ox vagons and in every conceivable sort >f vehie. The scene is heart rending and re ninds one of Pliney's description of he light from Pompeii after toe e ra p ion of Mount Vesuvius. Larissa is overcro-vded. Food is carce: the hospitals are full, and there s an urgent appeal for nurses an d urgical assistance. The wounIdd ire arriving hourly and all the surgi:j al operations must be performeaci vithout choloroform, as there is none >e had. oFE~ Co HELP'. A special dispatch from Athens avs that oifers of help are reaching e Greek government from ali quar-I ers, and the military authorities ex et to have 4'J,UU0 voilunteers enroll :d under the Greek flag before the be inning of next week. The Epirotes mt Athens ars preparing to leave that :it y~ in ordet to assist the Greeks in :ap~turing Epirus as far as the Berlin reaty line. The national League of reece has advanced the prssage noney for- a thousand Garibaliands, vho are expecttd at theC Piraeus im nediately. HEtLL THEIR owN. A dispatchi to the Daily ChronicleI rom Athens says that the Greeks dave held their position and les,royed the Turkish cavalry at N1iai. German o!licers were seen ighting with the Turks in German TorL~ V \ vcoF i I C M LV URLN EV;EW GF OUR REMARK- ! A LE PRCGRESS. Facts anti (:im cf (rvt *SigniIicanice Theouth AdiVantA:.- ancd R er Spien- C did Future-G ooi lt-:-tting Sor Etcry MichA notice i beaen taken of the r-ecent.t snet ch <f Congresstnan John L. MLaiurau, of t :is State, on the na tariti 1 pemditin he House of liresena:ies. Mr. McLaurin said: bill aken as; a w'hole dclose suzh a want of fairness toward the South that a de-tailed stateneit, as far as possible, of the condition, rare cppor- t tuni ies. and vait possibilities of that section ap;:ears necssaars. As a rule, the people of other see tions know- but litLe concerning the real situation in the South, and are apparently willing to draw conclu sions from a certain Mount of n!isia icrmstion, ob!ainied through prej udice or error. If I can sutccesfuliy place before them the trut! conditiam of af fairs, and at the same time dissipate whatever of error or prejudice that may have obtained, I shail deem my self extremely fortunate. For more than thirty years past the South has been making a couragenus and desperate struggle against great odds. It was comnelled to meet the destruction and disasters of war, to face new business, labor, and social problems, and in addtion rebuild and r readjust its entire economic fabric to conform to radically changed condi tions. During the first twenty years o fthis irying period the people of the South struggled almost unaided and alone. I Business investmentS were denied, commercial credits w':re difficult and 9 uncertain, and immigration was al most at a standstill. t In fact, the unprecedented growth t of manufacturitag industries in the Norti and East, together with the t rapid development of the great West, caused, during these t ;enty years, the i brokea and almost ruined South, in a 1 business sense, to be neglected. Meanwhile her people, with heroic devotion,continued the work of build ing up the waste places and stimulat ing lines cf productive industry. All labored, all economized, and all C bent their energies to restore their be- a loved Southland to its proper position 11 in the nation. Slowly, but surely, a S forward movement obtained. Hard a work, rigid economy, and a determin- J ed spirit at last turned the tide, anad ai the South began to attract the aLten- p tion of the business world. Immigra- A tion began slowly and cautiously. f The timidity of capil al was overcome, ej investments in various enterprises h were made, and a new era of progress n iwas inaugurated. The dark clhuds d which had hung so low threatening I: over this beautiful and fruitful section r( began to lift, and the suoshine of a 1b brighter future forced its way through V the rifts. One morning the news was tl fashed throughout the country that a N young Georgian, filled with love for tt his section and her people, burning u with a desire to see her wonderful op- ci portunities improved, had stood amid f( the brains and enter prise of New England and declared there was a te New South. and in the name of sound ws business judgment and safe financial 2l investments demanded that her advan-b tages, opportunities, and material in3 terests should be recognized. jri With an eloquence never surpassed, o. with facts and statements incontrover- Iti tible, IHenry W. Grady electrified and IC astonished his hearers at the progress I& and standing of the South. While making no apologies for the past, but 5. assenting loyally to her traditions andj7, memories, he proclaimed a new South i anxious for development, ready to t welcome immigration, and prepared as to protect all in life and propewty. 4: Throwing aside sentirnent, casting be- of neath his feet all prejudice, he man- hi fully declared that the South should 2l henceforth be considered a part of our st commercial system; that she had w shown herself competen~t, had proven St herself worthy, of the consideration p< of those who held the power to devel- ci op her incomparable resources. It 4i was a wise act, nobly and elcquiently it performed, and earned him tne love ai and everlasting gratitude of every le true Southern heart. at THlE TRUE POLICY. in With far less eloquence, but with all tbe earnestness 1 posseas, I desire pi to reiterate the sentiments of the Ia- c1 mented Gracdy and supplement his al glorious efforts with the feebleness of fi; my own. Mr. Sneak-er, the longer I a' remain in public life, the more I learn r1 of other sections,the more firmly I am bl convince d that the South shoulli strive in to extend her material interests. It is 13 a duty she owes to herself, to the bal ance of the nation, and to the genera- at tions vet to come. al Somie may contend that such senti- vi ments are sordid and do not appeal to le the nobler instincts of our people. To fc all such I would reply that disguise it mn as we may. deprecate it as we should, 0C yet the fact remains that the surest pi passport to individual indspendence, tr with much that this term implies, lies at in a well filled ponket book. Love in n< a cottage, with one's rneighbors luxu- w riatieeg in a palace, is usually a my th. w ontentment with a crust of bread. ml while others are living upon the fat of 10 the land, is a delusion, and the indi- et vidual independence said to come bI from poverty and want is seldom, if m ever met. The world is becoming at more practical and hardheaded every. day, and as a result theory and scnti- in meat are retreating before its aggress- to ive advance. To get or, push along, sC and do something, no mnatter whiethe r it be in religion, politic., basiness, Ibe sier.cs-, or upon any other hiues, are Iit' jst nowv the standiards by which men w are j'cged. 10 In? my- opiniou, the future happiness tic and contentment of tae people of the li South will be measured by the increase t or decrease in the value of their mate- IE rial interests. jcc From the Potomac on the North to tz the great Gulf on the South, andS stretching from l Paso on the R io st GrandJe to Cape Henry on the Atlant- a ic, lies what is usuialy terme.d the i South. ses Between the blue grass ofk Ketucky I t and the orange aroves ofi Floridai hel p vast plains of Texas and the pine 'or 1ra ests of the Carolinas, is founi. ani e- e anse of terr-itory which for fertility 1, of soil, ';ariety ~o: prodveC iors. and T kindlv cli:nate can not be daulicated v' in arny other portion of tLe globe. pt There is se-ireely a tree, plant, or ce-v real that can not be grrownu pere, and r the wants >f man arc miore near y a' met by native production than in anye oter section of the~ world.1 F r tu p. dcade this sect.in hais m maide apparentiv rapid'.- 'trde in de-a velopng its resources, but thi devel ot oment is not a tite of what shouldu have been -c e'uplis.-d. YEt itdi coes what ein -e rdone e-en usuer~ -e magt~ui cet results -:i shr-ad Iti '-ai thefutre.. FCTH-it F''s.c Mr. McLauri- -hen produced ex- I als, to show the character and extent f i of the progress in the South. Ie it showed, among other things, that in t 18%$ there were in the South: 883,746 ci a 1,94, and c-ntinucd: Whaet is true f cotton is true also f w e ills. since I am inforred biat teIrs olnml nAei 1, if . t in the rld, is locat d t ntvle Ten Oe i5-n 2srs -ac c fmn a-d ste, s 11 u ara e fIeto-ries, tanneri:s. eLtc., (I (Z dC rib indtV snee 'v. 1 how evr, that the trime wvill -me hen Colimbi,. Ata:, n-.d(I ,rmngham will be to America wh1 iring-ham, Mzinaclster and L,. ds 7e to Enjgland. WhEn t--at dv rn t!.e supreimscv of FP.l R11i-:t ,avrence, and Loceil will he l ver. ad C-arlkton ard New Orleam .1 1-e rivals of New York and k:4 "o. I wish to say further, if the ,erce miing is ever p rcctdsoI lat the gold in Georgia and tne Car nas en be seporated and secureJ, aere will be _-s wild a rusti for the iins in these State; as there was for le gold fields of Calif.rnia. I de re tocall attention. to miy o-n ra ve S'atf. South (Carolini. Ia c n dirs 34,000 square miles of as fertiie md as the sun shines upL; , and 151,000 of as kind. brave, and hospi ioe people as can be found on eatin. .s gographical location brinus it a enial, healthy climate, Iuic!oUS uits, beautiful ilbwers, bountiful arvests, and all the c-nforts of iife bich attach to such a favored region. IVe have what is keown as the coast ation, the middle section, and the iedmont country, each adapted to articular lines of prcduction. Our Late is traversed by numerous rivers, ,any of which are navigable. It is therwitse watered, and the annual iinfall is abundant for all agricatu id purposes. In 1890 the Ameiican Agriculturist fered a prize of $1,000 for the largeA ield of corn from a single acre, and r. Z T. Drake, of the county of arlboro. secured it. Mr. Drake athered 2557 bushels of corn froun 1 -:re. This seems impossibles except )r the fact that Mr. Drake gathered vo crops the same year. He planted is frst crop in season, and by the me that had matured he had a sec ad crop ready to cultivate be ween ie rows. In this mariner he made -o crops of cora in one season, and cured the premium. Marlboro ounty, I may say, is one of the be-i er agricultural counties of the Sou-.ii. FIGcIU'RES ON FARMI.G. TIn 1895 the News and Courier, of harlesion, S. C , with its usual liber itY and foresight, offered a prize for ie be.t all round farming in my ate. This prize was also secured by citizen of my home county, Mr. )hn C. Fletcher. With but 100 res under cultivation Mr. Fletcher 7cduced at market prices $3,726 45 orth of farmn rroducts5, ranging om 48 bales of cotton to 400 dozen gs. Lt those who are seeking neiw >mes remember that in South Caroli a nearly $4,000 in various farm pro icts were made on 100 acres of land. i my opinion, a S:ate with such a cord should not want for the very st class cf emigrants. Farmers out Test have become rich chiefly through e increased value of their lands. ow, when the manufacturing indus ies increase in South Carolipa, pop ation will increase also, and an in eased value in our lands will surely llow. The crops c f 1893--the figures are ken from agricultural reports ere: Wheat, 1,732,824 bushels; corn, ,261.422 bushels; oats, 4 767.821 isbels; rye, 23,641 bushels; potatoes, 9.264 bus'mels; cotton, 747.471 bales: c, 30,338 895 punds (this is about ie-fourth cof tne product of the en ee country, in which respect South; arolina stands second): tobacco, 222, iSpounds. South Carolina has 115,00S farmis, 255,237 acres of imiproved land, and 929,415 unimproved. The value of j Slands and farm improvements is1 9, 104, 60C; value of far.n implements id machinery, $4,172,262; live stock, .6.572.410; estimated annual value1 farm products. $57,337,985; 59,83S9 nses, 86,306 asses and mules, 268S 3 neat cattle, 494,696 swine, 79.421 een (producing 157.707 pounds of ool); the product of milk was 23. 3,631 gallons; butter. 5,737,557 >unds, as well as 690,478 bushels of1 w peas, 8.018 bushels of beanas, and ,767 bushels of peanuts. From this will be seen that South Carolina, as agricultural S Late, makes an excel nt showing, and that it is admirably< apted for all who desire to engage farming. Apples, pears, quinces, plums,. aches, nectarines. apricots, and terries gro v in abundance, and all ong the 300 miles off coast oranges, s, lemons, olives, and pomegranites e raised in perfection. Strawber s, raspberries, whortleberries, and I ack berries gro w spontaneously and I such quantities that they are large. -exported to northern markets. t Grapes grow wild in many sections, dcan be successfully cultivated inC i ortions, and wine making has ry natural facility to make it a ading and profitable industry. Tne rests are full to repletion of the ost valuable timber, there being 10, 0,000 acres alone of superior yellowC ne, which produces immnense quan- 1 .ies of lumber, tar, pitch, turpentine d rosin. There are also the mag >)is, sweet and black gum, white-. ater, red, black, and live oak, black anut, elm, hickory, maple, syca ore, ash, cypress, chestnut, beech, cust, peraimnmon, dog wood, poplar, in. mfact, about all varieties soita for ail the purposes of the lumberi an, shipbuilder, and manufacturer, 1 id all in great abundance. There is no lack of mineral wealth a South Carolina, as is -~l k an I all a ao are fa-niliar wih a ue~ Ce arces of the State. In buildinz stoues are granit of i autiful-tolors, anid porphyritiegran resembling the tuincy' gran"'-: hite anmd variegaten marble, gneiss r flagaing purrposes, white feidspath sa?nds tone, ouharstone, ilgsone Ii este red aid yelow ocher-, andi rclain clay of superior quality. ~prts pronounce the glass sands I u-d for gl'ass and crystal ware to at from w hich the justly ceeratedu alfordshire "ware is mzade. The lim meoft telueRidge is "uch uad a fertibz~er and admitrably. au -* is pur pose. Ibere arc also the zich t deposits. of bone fertil'-zers to be - und oa th Cconltinen~t. TI'-e sits Ec xten over many mailes, and Lae in thic.knes from d inAce to 12 eand in somel cases fromi -'1 to 00 tons ar-e EJound on a single acre. I e're is a large amount of eg'i'al in-' sted in the developme~nt o' the-se de sits and thme output in 1.0 wao lued at $2,500U,U.U. Tnere are also h deposits of manganese, and~ pot h can be cheaply made in the for ~s. Amonig othier sources of. wealthi he wro ntmie industry.. There~ are anyv turmpotite stills in operati. d the value of the annuai pro-lue this article of commerc, -.ch I edi for so many purposes is & e. XLs to ad vanee in manufa I*tur, e Sate of Southn Cn,arolia r ogti'e nrat 'in the SOci'. T "sas sowss that the~ increase 'a uh Car olina- dur.i- the perio 0f ro 70 tol1::) was very nimr0d bea dutiies ir 1170, $~>,Eu,4I8; in 1SY ',7,261i, or nearly 600 paer cent, ir ease. In number of har'Js employeC e increase was ove 4UnJ n-r cnt., in the amcunt naid fcr wanes. 350 per ' cnt.. and An in anufac'ured prodacts. ;i 61. or about : r cent. C "ice1A4 1l *auf-cring iudas ur prin ipa : m:' rin.r citi;s in0.uCaro';r.- ar- Couband of ur Sute, i autifullyr i ated .d aily b lag a. imnp)rant S ccnmmerc'ai c t;r.Eht railroads P Ate ra- bring cotton fromA al- ,pars of ' -e 'ate to the very do:rs of* he(r niill s - m e . --: wh,;i are themselves nm surr' d,:d i)y cot t'is Is a cur-.us fact that the rb mill.as il n a cottou tidd andi'sEric fouda'on in cld a p 'ro i cottou was "nle Columba Can, b-uilt 6y t6e -.ate at a e is f Leuely l!,,, furni-h'-s one of the fia.st water pow trs irn tLe SouthJ. It is estimated at over 2 1.1%,) iorsepo-er, with inore than 12,0 i)develop-d. A power plan developug 8',000 horse paver has just been compete:d for elEctrical trnsmi sion. This is one of the finest ulantS in e coun'ry, ar-d the second larges opeirated by water po ;er in the Unit ed' ites. Culai'ia has fourcotton mills--the Coblim;bia, with a capacity of 1,000 operative.s and ;35 JO spindles; the Richland, with 500 operatives and 27 Ou0 spindles; the G:anby. with 800 S operatives anid 53,000 spindles; the h Coongaree with 200 operatives and ~ 7,00; spindles. These mills consume 52.000 bales of cotton annualiv and fur ish labor for a large number ofJ people. The Columbia Hosiery Mills consume about 360u,(U pounds of varn annually. The Alien Baning Coipa i ny consumes about 2,000 pounds of cotton daily. Taken as a whole th.e cotton manufacturing interests of Co lumbia are highly satisfactory. t Among the other industries are cotton seed oil mills, phosphate companies, brickyards, ice factories and many other minor establishments In fact, Columbia is fast making her mark as a businiess city as well as being the capital of the State. c COMPETING WITH THE wEST. c There are many other manufactur- V ing establishments in other portions of v the State, of wh h I have not time to d mention. In fact, the S:ate is being -hicklv dotted with them, and in al most every case they have become profitable to all concerned. Within I the narrow iimits of a speech it is im- fi possible to touch upon every point, e and while I have omitted many such, b it is not because cf a want of interest h in their suecess. I will make this fi- a nal statement to all who may feel in- a :lined to make a personal examina dI r.ion of the resources of our S:ate, that G mn my opinion the real situation is far ti aetter than I have given. To us South ri Jarolinians the memories of onr S:ate t are very dear. The record of its statesmen and soldiers are kept bright p -d fresh in our minds. We remem- o )er it was thie home of Calhoun, ti Elavne and McDufile. It was the irtholace of Marion, of Morgan, and ,f Sumter. Its soil has been drenched t with the blood of the Revolution as well as that of the war between the re 3:ates. The bones of its brave sons iave bleached on every battleield g 'rom Banker Hill to Appomattox. o .mid it all the people of South Caro ina have shown a courage, tenacity k >f purpose, and devotion to their i itate wvell worthy the emulation of all. 1: The great West is no longer the ,romised land to the swarmning muil iou.s of the North and East. Its op h nrtunities and advantages open toj he ordinary individual are nearly ex- Ic sausted, and the stern logic of events Ie: iave siiown that at first many were n-ore apparent than real. Not that I i s vould attempt to injure or take frox T nose brave men and women whoa 'aced hardship and danger in settlinga hat portion of oar country even a raction of the credit their due, yet I ~an riot escape the conviction that had he time, labor and money practically1 vasted or lost in the West been di. z, rerted to the South it would have fl nade that section the paradise of L.merica. As it no w stands, ianmigra- 1 ion bas reached its limits 'n the North ei nd West, and the home seeker must P urn elsewhere to establish his "own tS ~ine and fig tree." The South, always more promising, e as patiently waited for tnis turn of ti trfairs, and now stands ready to wel ome the honest and industrious from c. 1l other sections. The reasons for k ast neglect are plain, and among " hem may be enumerated the preja. b lices growing out of the war, pomi. C al misrepresentation, and the strenu us ettorts made to people the West.~ :he West was extensively a~dvertised b~ .s presenting the greatest advantages at or the emigrant. Lands were to be I tad both by homes teading and preemp - a] ion at nominal cost. States and Terri- O ories, to say nothing of counties, ities, and townships, were to be rganized and the many public places at .nd positions were to be tilled. Here tU Tere oppotunities for all sorts of ambi- w ious people who had been crowded i ut or turned dowvn in the older St:te, BRsides toese, there were business w hances which come only once in a ci ifetime, say nothing of the wide range D or speculation. Times have changed. T. ~he good lands of the West have fe ecry latrgeiy been taken up or held so o Liga that men in moderate circum- $ tance can not purchase. The alluring a public positions, which called many $ o that section, have all been illed. tL nd the business chances once so at to ractive no longer preseut themselves. dt k~cause of tnis, the South is being ax horoughly looked into by those who m .re seeking better opportunities or the er .dvantages of a change. Many of' hose who went W est are turning their .tter~tion towvard the South, and some ave made it tacir new home. Does 1! he douth want this i'nnmigrationl I I c nswer, m"ot emphatically yes; weP rant all thn honet t, industrious mena .nd women of the North we can geto o comne and settle among us t wELCOME TO SETTLERS. We will wetcome all sich most - :d , and prove to the-n wh'atSu rn fri'adshiw and Sjutuern~ hosiLali- -' y realiy meano. W.~e miuso *the~m ur opporiaumies and ad-antages: 'ita en ja'iv, honorab'v, and 1U :arti ly, and e'uevor to'mnake hir" ne srunig pleasant and irusenturies or(ttal . I - eat. we oi the" '-out'h wan o inc rease Kir iateria. laitere''ss; we an to 1i r aei weaith and' in the :iuiaeces nichm' that ':rings to a pe'oole. We :aut Nor:herni tnrft and. capitAl 'o id us~ in AiAs undertaking, and 'rill rasp theC hand of eve]ry inicividual in l iedhpwho comes amnong us for nat purpose. In maki ng thi~s state- K "emi vic thesetimeat of all true a"" and omenn the Suth-. CUNC L~sIN' WA f the~ Soiutu should ineruease ur walt. aiuat our e'Lorts, and t'io for .i'lra aad arou"er cm Cercial. relattious.\ Weshou:d neglect 'a'ofothe seor-s Ar w u b'ould our advnae b 'a .ur oprtities 'ipered n a uai d-elJ' tadyd:'o iateISa se ndJ' ean aud.Is incerely trust myo feebl.e eIr 'n C - p ng attention to these c ude-ons nvay to israno in mm smalli degree R i cinginer tbe situati v. My lo ,r my iative section. my knowledg r her strugeles eand trials, the hon: Irts she has made to repair he rokea furtunes and rezain h-r statu 2 c2lee nercial world, her worthi tzs atnd sinceritv. and the welfare u er N enu and women, c:)mpelle to make this disclosure of her rE -urces and plea 'or justice to her pec 1t:. Stormy and Threatening. Mayjor W. B. Stcckmav, of th 'nited States weather bureau at Cleve ud Uaio, was sent to Jail by Judg ?g one day last week for contemp .court. Stockmqn had been calle< s a witness in a damage case and wa xptced to tell the jary whether i :ied on a certain diy. He did no ppear when called, and Ong issue n attachment for him. The majo ,as on his way to the court hous hen the deputy sheriff met him udge Ong lectured the major severe F. Stockman upoeld wita dignitQ nat he was Dusy with work for th, .1ited States government, and adde< ]at he had written orders from th< epartment to attend unon cour.s onl: hen he had c3mpletea those otlcia utiEs. Judge Oag replied warmi: sat he did not understand that gcv oment officials were above the court r that the courts had to wait unti 1ey had leisure. He therefore fine< tockman '5 and costs and ordere< m committed until paid. Stockmar -as esceedingly indignant and an ounced that he would report the casi > the department at Washington udge Ong told him to do so by al ieans. The major left the court roon i a rage without paying his line. ne judge sent a deputy sheriff afte1 im and ordered him taken to jiil Lajor Stockman declared that a go mment official cannot be compelle >attend a civil court when busy an< lat Jagde Oag will find it out. Judgi iog held a consultation with Distric ttorney Dodge and as a reiult of thi iterview the judge decided to remi tockman's fine. Stockman. was ac >rdingly released. After Stockman' dese Judge Ong directed that hi >mmunicate with the department a ashington to obtain a ruling as t hether government duties take prece ence over the court's order. Murder of a Cuban Patriot. A dispatch from Havana says edro Garcia, who was shot last weel >r rebellion, was arrested in his fath s house on suspicion of being a re -1. After six months' imprisonmen is turn finally came to be tried, ant week ago he was taken before a sum .ary court, The entire court martia sted only about fifteen minutes an< -arcia was sentenced to death, al jough, as is customary, they did no ,ad the death sentence to him unti velve hours before he was shot. Promptly at 7, o'clock last night icket of eight soldiers halted in fron: the cell. The captain in charge o Le prison calls: "Pedro Garcia." "Present," was the answer. "Prepare to come out," said the cap ,in. "Open," replied Gaicia, "I an ady." He spoke as cooly as if he had beet >ing out to sup with a friend instead to the "capitala." Taen there was an ominous rattle o cys, the sliding of heavy bolts and te ponderous iron doors s wung slow ' open. '-Fare well to all," said Garcia, "hare weil and courage." exclaimes i comrades with husky voices. Garcia passed in the pastage ani dlled back - "A t last I will gain lib He never weakened, a'. he aston. haed his executioners by uis coolness, he four executioners were bad marks. en, and it was necessary for them t. ce three volleys. The Kingstree *urder Mystery. A special from Kingstree, S. C., tc he State says the Italian murder puz e remains about statu quo. Nothing tw has developed today. The thre4 agroes arrested on suspicion remair jail- Sheriff Daniel r-eceived a tel ;ram from J Elmore Martin, chief o. >ice, Charleston, asking him to de in three negroes arrested, as they ere wanted in Charleston and an offi r would be sent up for them. Or .e arrival of the evening train M. J, cManus, chief of the detective forc4 Charlestonarrived. Mr. McManut :sew the boys and had an intervie a ith each of them. He finds that the ack boy, Simmons, is wanted in harleston for burglary by Otlicers tres Miller and James Hogan. Mr, cManus recognized all thelse boys as Ld characters, yet from all evidence Iduceai up to this writing Mr. Muta' .is does not believe that they are in ty way connected with the murder the Italians. The Law to Be Enforced. The Columbia State says the State tthorities have determined to apply .e law to the fertilizer manufacturers hose goods are found to oe below e guarantee by analysis of the chem .at Clemson college. Goy. Eiler be as notified by the chemist of a d di ency in a sample of the goods ct the urham Fertilizer company draon at Ltums, S C. It was double bone etiiizer. The commercial value based tthe guarantee of the company was .10. Allowing 3 per e nt. margin required by law the value is only .83, which is 59 cents per ton more an the comsmercild value was found be upon analysis. It is, therefore, tcient under the la . Goy. E lerbe nounced that he would order i:n' ed iate prosecution of the manufactur s under the State law. The Fight agaiust Cigarettes. The campaign against rgarettes is creasiog in strength. L.se most re rms of this kind it is largely de* ndent on women, who are puishing ti-cigarette bills into the legikWures the various states. In TeL .essee e governor has just signed a. &asu te prohibitory cigarette law. 2ae >nnecticut la vs forbids toe sale uo garettes to persons under einen~t iars of a::e. Plh Kenitucky me akes the age limit eighteeu. Toe assachusettes law, which is general obeyed, forbids the sale of cigar. tes tJ miinors. Adverusing the, South. Congressman Me At r'u bas succed in giving the South ''.* best ad ver emnent this section h.. .a y ears. His ce at sensational taritf speechi was fol. ;;ed the other day by anothe. on -The >uth and its Opporttuiia. which sbenpuablished acc d avori .. com ented upon by leadin" nesae roughout thle United ~aes.--a h trolin, and her 'udustrial' ris 'ure-s are, of couirs', elabr ) we -' be m. Coluu ii saa :a e. d uch deserved w)aise2 'or *ermarei is industrial c'velu,:n-m' rihi th st ten years. Feno KL? d ofu P4ea',ce. On the rar wh ich is operated t ad from li ,baa iata tne: prov ce f Ear -:iRioseen engines e n7rce ia the past three a:s nsrents. Troops ro 'he iteo tue road every day. e wic a-e orts. The towns are r~ee.la addition there are 1C %rema Spa.:.n commands with roy Scommissions moving about in sreh of rebel band. Yet that is th: oviace where Gen. Weyler insit at peace reigns. That is Pinar dei r' Absolutely Pure. Celehr tted for its great leavening strength and hecalthtfulness. Assures the food against alumn and all form~s of adulteration common to the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING PowDER Co, NEw YORE. CAROLINAS CROPS, ITHE WEEKLY BULLETIN OF THE 1 01 STATE BUREAU ClAs Is'ued Last Week by Observer Bauer Information . to the Progress of Farm. ing Operations. The following is the weekly bulle tin of condition of the weather and the crops of the State issued last week - by Observer Bauer: TEMPERRATURE. The temperature averaged two de. gres per day below normal during the past week. The day temperatures were warm and the nights rather cool, with light frosts on the mornings of the 11th and 16th, which how ever, did no noticeable damage. The higben temperature reported was 85 on the 15th at White Hall; the lowest was 35 r the 13th at Liberty and Sa luda and the State mean for the week was 60. The normal for the sams iperiod is approximately 65. PINFALL. v The rainfall during the week was light over the entire State, and fell in scattered showers during Wednesday and Thursday. At quite a number of places no rain fell during the week. The heaviest weekly rainfall rep>rted was 0.69 at Greenville. Twenty two places reported some rain, the average amount being 0.19, and the normal ior the week is aproximately 0.82 of an inch. Rain is needed to bring uD iately planted cotton and for gardens, also to soften the crust on heavy lands that were, until recently, too wet to cultivate and which baked in drying. The light rains did not interfere with farm work, which was uninterrupted during the e atire week. SUNSHINE. There was more sunshine than dur ing any previous week of the season. Partly clcudy weather prevailed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and generally clear weather the rest of the week. The percentage of pos sible sunshine for the week was 80, and the normal percentage is about 70. The nights were generally clear, with the exception of Wednesday night. The estimated percentage of sunshine ranged from 48 at Orange burg to 95iatSt. Paul. The winds varied from brisk to light in force and in direction from northerly to westerly. CROPS. The week was very favorable for the preparation of lands andfor plant ing and farm worlk progressed rapidly over the entire State. Under the in fluences of bright sunshine and dry ing winds even low lands became fit to cultivate. The nights were too cool for the best gro wth of crops, espeacially cot ton and corn, which in consequence are reported sickly in places but gen erally are growing nicely. Corn planting made rapid. progress during the week and is nearing com pletion in the more easterly counties and central portions of the State, where the early planted is coming up to good stands; but stands are damag e d in the southeastern counties by cut and bud worms and by birds, which are reported very troublesomie, neces sitating considerable replanting. In the western counties corn planting is well under way, and that early plant ed is cming up. Corn planting is now general over the entire State, and about t wo thirds finished in the eastern portions. Early planted caming up to fairly good stands, but is not favored by the prevailing cool nights. In the west ern. counties where the season is late, cotton planting is given the prefer ence over crn in many places. In the tobacco districts plants are fine and plentiful. Considerable transplat ting has already oeen done. and this work will become general when rains come to supply ths need ed moisture. Setting cu: tobacco is in aavance of last yesar. Rice planting has been pushe.1 dur iag the week. Ina the lover districts, including the Combahee. Salke hatchie, the lo werE iisto and around. Charleston t wo thirds of the crop is planted; but on the Santee and near Wvinyaa bay planting is much delayed by high water. March rice coming up well. Wheat, oats and rye are gro wing rapidly and look very nramising, bat need rain in places. R re is heading over the eastern and central cuat'es. Sweet potatoes coming up in beds. Irish potatoes doing well but need rain. Potato bugs have appeared in Charleston county, but are not nu merous as at this time last year. Reports concerning peacaes are more favorable gene rally than last week, and unless itujured hereafter promnise a fair crop. Apples and pears s'.ill in bloom and apparently un Iharmed. Gatrdens growing slowly but ares : ielding earlv vegetables over the ~reater por~on of the State. Truck ing interests need rain and warm Iweather for boest growtas. Favorable reports were received coilcerning all the minor crops usual icjltivated at this season of the year. Thie teeling of discouragement has d:sappeared and farmers are pushing tzeir work 'with energy. The ational bulletin of Apriil12 eives p gzress of corn and cotton ula~nting as follows: Coaplanting has continued, .here not finished, in .he soathern Sates. Bat little corn has yet been planted in Tennessee and none in te.ntucky. Throughout the Ohio Ivalley Preparations for planting have been greatly i-etarded by excessive moisture." "Cotton plaing is becming mor3 general and in active progress over the central portions of the cotton belt. Some has been olanted in North (2aro liua and preparation for planting are ia pr.:gre-s in A.rkansas. Cold weather ha roved iojurious in Kansas." Fo in North Carolina. Telegrapic advicss from Greens boro in the west and Ne wbern in the east say that the frcst Wednesday m rornin~g was heavy and that fruit in hath cet ns as much iniured.