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GOD AND OTJR NATIVE LAND. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 189: ATH* SCHOOL. LESSON FOB 1892. the Lor), O my soui, and all that " oieas His h iy name.' Onibas Psalm David when carried K ud to n*s iven. the l/ird, O my sou', and forget 1 benefit? ' Consider how great & don's for you (I Sam. xii., chiefly of to* gift of His Son that are yours in Him (John _ . Tiii., 32). Then say with even in darkest days. "The Lord w, saitb my >?ul " forgiveth 'ail thine iniquities, i all thy disease* ** Having re Christ, the Lord, as oar own ??*iour. it i?our privilege to know H*'? the forgiveness of all oar sins, to due time have a body tba* ? dls* shall nev??r touch <?pb i., .,12, Isa. xlixi.. 25 (Phil, iii., iiii.. 2; Rom. viii., 23). ttdeemeth thy life from deatruc ^ row net h thee with loving kind Iwfeder merries. See in Job xxiui., jaany things <io? does to deliver down to th* pit. He is not any should peri?b, and His new unto us every morning (II taro. hi., 22, 23? . ?rtisfleth thy mouth with good that thy 3'outh is renew 3d like the is the way of perpetual fresh the tree of P*. i? 3; Jer. xvii., 8. k also the only true satisfaction *; lxv., 4; cvii.t 5; Dent. 1 lord executeth righteousness and I tor all that are oppressed." David "* *1 to Goal's dealings with him __i learned to ieav? all his affairs J Sam. xxx , *}; II Sam. xvi., 12>. L thought of God's deliverance of r the oppression of Egypt. * made known His wavs onto laets unto the children of Israel." H8a His acts, b^t only those near Moses could understand His J secret of the Lord is with them ' Him, and He will show them His * (P*. xxv., 14). Lord is merciful and gracious, [er and plenteous in mercy." See ?? proclaimed to Moses in Kx. , 7, and think of Jesus Christ as itfart in the flesh, full of grace and Thn. ii?.. lrt, John i,t 14). Paul * in his case the xra.ee of God was Jly abundant fcjHTIb. i? 14, 15). *wiD not always chide, neither will tB&anger forever." See Iss. Ivii., Ivii, 18, 19, as a commentary u^p ?*,aBd think of the time when the ael shall sing, "Thine anger is r and Thou comfortedst me" (Isa. * i ^ dwelt with us after our i ' :''iSS5S? f?w5r,ierJ of according to our in '?'?zwSL. r *Ta- f^?cause He has found | ana dealt with another in our ?^ev>- xvh' 11 5 Isa ' Sw?eii but our m 0,1 r stead we isSfili. rov as S?i?r^m!''S ' ? alrx-as high as heajiKy* ? thoughts are ; ** Th1S heinZ ?bove 0^ |Wlv., i to indulge in o.jKease, what folly it is | " lleat ?fvatiou^?oghta concerning His | 6 s every word farther let us just believe ; " |2 - As tar asjoot it and rejoice. He me east is from the west, so >yed our transgressions "*i this Isa. xxxviii., 1.7; , and by the same Holy .tament (I John ii.. 12; ' ff these words do not *. ? ont "Bless the Lordf fltfil evident thai vo?i do not belieive rr , *L*ke as a father pitieth his children, . ' ? thfLord pitieth them that fear Him." 1 with Isa. .~v A 1- on? whom his ??Glher com'ortefch so will I comfort yon,*' ! '.IWpttly more than enough to make glad the every true child of God. Come I --?4m ffil trust Him fuMy. 1 '? Ii "For He knoweth our frame. He re fa that we are dust.'' To sin He j ? lenient. but to the sinner saved v Hi? grace He is wry pitiful, secognizing ll?wta^jess of the flesh and maki'ig full mmxciitor our '-onstant cleansing ( Mark i Sr^JJotani.. n1 i li "4fe for mat). his days are as g*sp, a* i ';*lower of the fieid so he nouriaiiiiit" *?om- I janlsa. xl, tP\ an 1 observe1* that - 'word of our God endureth forever." !See : afe>i& I John ii.. 17. that "He that doeth tb* will of God a bidet h forever. Let us i cfcoow the eterna1 . fit -For the wind passeth over it and it is i g/te, and the place thereof shall know it no ,;?cre."> All true of the mere natural man. :ti)? unsaved n?.ai>. who dies in his sins; but ? lacbiid of fro i, havme God in him, and be- ! tetH^.one with God. he is eternal. ; 17. '?ur the mercy of the Lord w from Mast ing to everlasting upon them that far Him, and His righteousness unto chii .*??> children.'. All who despise and re Art Hia mercy have .>nly themselves to lime. See Prov. 1 . ::i ? >nly accept Hob and His eterniry-atf! righteousness are mm ' / 18. ."To such as keep His covenant, and to ttcmthat remtanber His commandments to doftem. There are no works but those of ;f&rfet connected with the obtaining of sal vation {Rom. iv.. 5; Eph. i\, S, ty. but ha* iij)K revived f'hrist we must necessarily .^rort, for the absence ol works is a proof ithst we have not received Him (Math. vii? JH; Jas. i., 2i>. ; Ut? The Lcrd hath prepared His throne in j?e Heavens; and-His kingdom ruleth over ~ " The utile will come when tha Son of ahaK sit on the throne of His glcrv, said ? ghe" the overcomers sit with rfim on : _ throne and rule with Him (Math, xxi., ,7fcr. itt, 21. v.. 9, 1<*. ~-*j ?j*L "Bless the Lord, ye His angels that ex- ? eri in strength, that do His commandments, j fcetrkaoing unto the voice, of His word." | ?jljjgela shall rejoice with all the redeemed when the kingdom comes and God's will is j ?one 00 earth as it is in heaven; and mean- | Time they rejoice in every dinner that comes c Jesus (Rev. v.. tl, 12; Lnk? xv.. I?"H . 1 21. "Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts; ministers of His that do Hts pleasure. ; ve two things ab?out these angels and thev hear His word and do His pleas Let us give ourselves wholly to that : re shall havr? heaven upon cnrth bell' " an ! Christ enthroned win give a ___w kingdom in our heart. ?8S-*?Rless the Lor i, all His works, in all ugigfHis doatmToc; bless the Ixjrd, O , Kjtd.* Observe in verse> 1,2, -0, 21. .2, sixfold "Bless tbe Lord." and let yom* "I will bless the Lord at all {Ps. xxxiv .. J). ? Lesson Helper. Tb# Toad and the Centipede, ils, the Court house yard there are number of large, jOne of these toaids wa* seen br er* about the place ^igaped in t attempt to swallow sobiethinj j^jehae l to tax all bis energies A jr ex?naj?3ticn revealei the fact that ha<1 seized a centipede by the <B<i and was slowly and placidly jxg him a wav within his jaws, in of the victims frantic efforts to es Ncarly one^alf of the reptile had geared, whe^frthe centipede, ^rith unenbumbered balance of his 100 iceedt d in getting a ground hold, ix a desperate effort fr^#d himself e jaws of the devou^er, and vm.% ' rapidly away when the toadt vaiizin? the situation, made a caught his victim. This centipede seemed to realize the ?tfss of his situation acd fran ^^xaed to ti-.e right and left, each nipping his enemy severely upon jjpa and head, but all to no purpose, toad would coolly brush away these drst^rith one foot, and then the ?be time taking the le au, a?t: i at last nothing re . bu>^hetoad calmly aai serenely upon his haunches,^ considering next-jjiove. ? El Faso (Texas) Herald. ALLIANCE COLUMN. *We Fnrnish Some Mighty Interest ing Nawg. * Senator Kyle Introduce a Bill in Congress For a "Composite Dol lar" Based on Farm Products. NOT MU<"H LONGER. 97 OR. HOOHTO!* How ion 2" how lona. ?y T>un?rymen. hsil despot ] Ism eras: The people through the <Ia*t before oar country's i giortotj5 flag? How ion* shall those whom we employ to serve as legislate Against th~ interest* of all In city, nation. State? How long' ho* long, shall knaverr. with arrogance sncceed Ta grinding with oppressive hand onr citizens la need? ~ Tow long' how Jong, shall we remain contented, pa ' tlent. meek, "While public servants fall to prant the remedies we j seek? How long' how long, shall mildness mark the te ta per or oor plan. While vested rights ?ncroaoh upon the holy right* of man? A How'kvng shall wealth created by prolific labor's JmM B^fnag from many by the few who claim to own - the land?. Not long! not long, for now I hear the rising of tha storjj. And on the 1 orlzon I see Its hand shaped, cloud like form. Not lon?! not long. for like a- bolt from Great Jebp vah's hand We'H smite as Gideon smote of old th<? heathen Is the land. Not long! not long, shall despot* rob a people bra re and free. And soon from Maine to Oregon will sound the Jubilee. ****** A graduated income tax went into ef fect in Germany at the beginning of this year It is about the same as that de manded by the Alliance, except that it begins by taring smaller incomes than the American farmer would think propsr. * * * * * * When the farmer learns learns that the poorly paid city laborer makes but a poor demand for farm products, and the city laborer learns that the farmer selling his products for less than the price of production, makes but a poor demand for the products of the shop and factory, then they will come together for mutuaJ bent fit. . ****** The monopoly of money is the worst and most vicious kis^of monopoly. So long as the national banks shall have the power to control the currency money will be a monopoly in their hands and be a means to oppress and rob. ***** * AT THE NATIONAL CAPITA*.. Senator Puffer has secured the passage 'of a resolution that the Secretary ?f State ascertain through our consuls to what extent electricity is used abroad for propulsion of farm machinery. Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, by request introduced the most remarkable financial bill of the session -providingfor the establishment of a"composite dollar, rhe chief clausc of the bill enacted that the composite dollar should be established *n the following manner: 4 -Designate so much of wheat, rye, oats, corn, barley, be?Q9, potatoes, cotton, wool, butter, chcese, eggs, flour, sugar, lard. pors. beef, tobacco, salt, leather, hemp, lime, cement, cotton seed, meal, hay, brick, lead, pigiron, coal and copper, as shall be conveniently near to one cU>Uar:?1 worth of e;?ch in the New York market, so arrang ing quantities t&at the sum total of the value of thirty articles shall be thirty dollars, and that one-thirtieth of the sum total of the articles designated shall be termed the composite dollars of th# United States." Further provisions enact that an accurate monthly average record should be kept of the daily price of thf se articles, and that it should be lawful for any person or corporation to engage to receive or deliver composite dollars on this security. ****** There is now an organization of the Farmers' Alliance in every county in North Carolina. The last county to come in contains the spot where Virginia Dare was born -the first white child born in America. The name given the sub al liance was "Virginia Dare." ****** When the farmers owned this country 40 vearsago they controlled its legislation and" rendered -every class of business profitable. In 189*2 when they own only 20 per cent, of the wealth of the country and everv branch of the government has passed out of their hands paralysis of business of every character has followed, and it has become difficult for many to even obtain subsistence in a land of plentv. Farmers, remember that the reins ot tfovernmeBt have siinplv passed out of v?ur hand?, but not beyond your control" if you make up your minds to iStaence "their management or regain con Vol of them. Isn't your situation a . sufficient commentary on the wrongs you J have endured, or do you wish to be 'urth- . er enslaved ere you wake up. Venly a j little more sleep; a little more slumber^ j and von^Xjyerty cometh as an armed ; man."1 Wilt you sleep on and lose your heritage?? Southern Farm. (foundad by Henry W. Grady.) j ??**** The Indian who. told by the white man that feathers made a soft bed. took one and, after laving* on it a'l night got up and said "white man heap big liar," would make a fit companion to the man who de clares the reform movement is a failure becausc Jerrv Simpson has not brought .financial prosperity to the country, says She Iowa Farmers" Tribune. s ?#***??# v grbat prosperity. Georgia is the empire State of the South. ? Texas is a powerful competitor for the banner. What is the situation. Destitution in both town and country. In both States within the past ten days * ?relief committees''' have been organ ized. Right in Atlanta, where money is sap posed to be plenty, where * pros perity" is sung by every / editor, there is great destitution. What does this all mean? Simply that the few are drain ing the manv. This is the beginning; what shall the end be? Unless the con ditions are quickly changed, revolution will follow. There is no alternative* But still we hope that there is a^way out. ? The Texas call for relief tfys 15.00ft or 20,000 are starving, while the re mainder of the population barely have a suffi^iencv of foAfl for present needs. ?'Great prosperity" indeed.? ProgTe sive Farmar. mm f The London Times thinks that Eng and has iou?ht Canada's battles long mougb, referring particularly to the 3ering Sea dispute. PRESENTED TO BLAINE. A Virginian Accosted Him On the Step# of the White House and Gave Him a Cane. <?. Washington, D. C.? At about 3:30 in' the afternoon as Secretary Blaine was go ing into the White House, where he had some business with the President, he was accosted by Mr. A. B Crowe! 1, ft Virgin ian, who said : I -Is this Secretary Blaine?" "Yes," replied the Secretary, looking i somewhat annoyed. ' You do not remember me, do jou?" continued the stranger. "No, I can't say that I do." replied the Secretary. "Well,"' continued the Virginian, 4 1 met you here in Washington six years Hgo, and I came here to find out where you were living so that I could give you j a cane that I made myself, which is some ! what historioal in its Character. " I ? "You are ve y kind," replied the Sec : retarv, looking more comfortable and ev ; idently well pleased at the unique work , manship on the stick. The Virginian said that the cane was i made of Georgta pine from one of the joists in Libby prison. The head is ; formed of knots of roots from the battle - I field of Seven Pines. There are three | bullets embedded in the head, which were picked up on the battlefield of Fair Oak* In making this explanation the donor of the cane became quite enthusiastic and tipped the Secretary familiarly on the chest several times, either by way of em phasis or to test the Secretary's lungs. When the cane was handed to him Mr. Blaine flourished it around several times, said it was very handsome, and that he greatly appreciated the gift. As he was about to go upstairs, where the President was awaiting him, the Virginian drew ; from his pocket two handsomely carved | napkin rings made from an oak recently felled at Fair Oaks. "Here, Mr. Secretary," said the Vir j ginian. "I did not forget the "ladies of | your family. I trust you will be kind enough to present these rings to Mrs B!ain? and your singJe daughter, and say I made them especially for their use." The Secretary was profuse in his i thanks, and assured his friend that that the ladies would prize the rinjrs as highly I as he did his walking stick. Mr. Cro* cll thereupon closed his talk by saying that he had always been a great admirer of Mr. Blaine, and hoped that the he might eventually become President. BIG WATER IMPROVEMENTS. Surveys of Southern Bivers and Harbors. The bill making the annual appropri ations for river and barber improvements which has been reported in the House by the committee on rivers and harbors, di ; lects the. Sec re tar / of War to have pre liminary examinations made with s view to needed improvements at the following ^ralities; florid Harbor at Canaveral GEORGIA. Savannah river, between Spirit Island and the point where ihe Charleston <?r Savannah Railway crosses said river. NORTH CAROLINA. For breakwater to protect town of Beaufort, Potohunk river. SOUTH CAROLINA. Lynch river. TENNESSEE. Sequatchie river. Harbor at Memphis, including removal of bar forming oppo site the upper part of city and bank pro tection along the city front. Emory river from its mouth to Harriman. VIRGINIA. Milford Haven, bar at mouth. Mo rattico creek, obstruction at mouth Little Wicom:co river, obstruction at mouth. Harbor of Petersburg and Ap pomattox river, for diversion of waters to old north channel above the city. THE ALLIANCE AT BIRMINGHAM. f Polk Makes a Speech, and Says the Alliance Will Vote the Omaha Ticket. Birmingham. Ala.? Fifteen States were represented a* the meeting of Al liance presidents and executive commit- | teemen. Mr. Macune was taken ill just before the meeting, .xouvened and was unable to leave hi* rntim. President Polk called the meeting to order aud made a long speech, saying that he had expected such a meeting as this for two years. He dealt in generalities, principally the Al liance demands, speaking for more than an hour. W. F. Gwynne, of Tennessee, was made secretary. Tillman, of Tennessee, was active and outspoken in his efforts to keep the confercuce non-partisan and out of politics. j The prevailing sentiment is in favor of the Third party action. but those opposing it are organizing tlx-ir forccs for a tight i to the finish again>t >uch ;i movement and j | a lively time is looked for. President ! j Polk openly says now that all the Alii - ancemen wTH ve'o the full People's i j party ticket to \u n initiated at Omaha j Birds That Practice Surgery. I From the New Orleans Times Democrat.] Some interesting observations relating to the surgical treatment of wounds by birds were recently brought by M. Fatio before the Physical Society of Geneva. According to the Medical Record, he quoted the case of a snipe which he had often observed engaged in repairing dam ages. With its beak and feathers it makes a very creditable dressing, apply ing placers to bleeding wounds, and even s<*curin* a broken limb by means of a -tout ligature. On one occasion he killed a snipe which had on the chest a large dressing composed of dewo taken from other parts of the body, and securelj fixed to the wound by the coagulated blood. Twice he had brought home snipe with iiterwoven feathers strapped on the site of fracture of one or other limb. A Merchant Shoots Himself. Shelby. N. C. ? J. W. Dellinger, a young merchant of this place, shot himsell accidentally in the left side. Mr. Dell inger says that in changing his pistol from his breast pocket to his hip pocket the hammer caught and the weapon was dis charged, wounding him severely but not mortally. He was carried home and the bail -was extracted. THREE STATES' BRIEFS. | A Condensation of tie Prineipa! Happenings. i The News Gleaned From All Sources and Prepared For Our Busy People. VIRGINIA. Pamplin city has been denied liquor i license. Two white women have been indicted > for horse-stealing in Nelson county. Ex-Governor Tftylor. of Tennesse, is lecturing and fiddling in Southwest Vir ginia. The resident* on Franklin and Grace streets, Richmohd. with one accord, vig orously oppose electric street lights b<iog put on those streets. They say that it will destroy the privacy of their h>mea \in the eVv-niog. A new wharf is being built at Chatter ton, King George county, on the Poto mac, and will be completed about June 1st. A wharf has long been needed there and it will be made a large shipping point. , A company is actively at work mining raanganiferous ore at Cotapaxi, and ex pect very ?oon to work the vein on a larger scale. Senator Barbour, of Virginia, intro duced a biil in the U. S. Senate appro priating $1,000 to mark the birthplace of James Madison, the fourth President of* the United State'. ' m General A. P. Hill whose raonumejrt^ will be unveiled in Virginia in May one of the bravest fighters in the Con federacy. He was Lee's trusted lieutenant. The approaches to Chincoteague Island, the Virginia ganning and fishing resort, are so shallow that it is sometimes neces sary for passengers upon the little steamer that pWs across Chincotcague Sound tf. be carried ashore on men's backs. This servicc was once very satisfactorily per formed by one stout fellow fora party consisting of ex-Secretary Bayard ex-Con gressman Martin, and several other Del awareans weighing considerably more than 200 pounds each. Mr. Bajard was interested to learn thit he who came to the rescue was a pensioner of the civil war, but a little astonished at the infor mation that the man drew his pension on the score of a weak back. NORTH CAROLINA. ' "Miss Inez Sikes, a 17 year old girl, oi Charlotte was seized by a luffian the other night who cut her hair off . At Henderson, last week was perfected the organization of a joint stock company to be known as the "Union Tobacco Works/' for the manufacture of smoking tobacco, with nn authorized capital of \ $50,000. Jake Hartzell/ of Locust Level, was killed several (Javs since by the bursting of the mill took at his grist mill. A piece of the rock struck him in the head kill ing him instantly. Raleigh is to have a new $."50,000 citv | hall. 4 ' - . The merchants of Winston-Salem %&ve gone into permanent organization for pro tection from bad debtors. The Commissioner of Agriculture says that the value of the tobacco crop for the season of 1890- *91 (July to July) was about $10,000,000; of cotton $15,000,000; of corn about the same as cotton. Greensboro Female College has 226 pupils enrolled, this being the largest number since th ; war. The commence ment sermon will hi preached by Rev. D. Sledd, of Norfolk, and Hon. H. A. Gud ger, of Asheville, will deliver the literary address before the societies SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston's floral fair has opened. The work of rebuilding the Charleston Citadel has been completed. Barnwell county now has a hedge fence company, the capital stQck. $16,00*r. be ing all subscribed. The South Carolina Bar Association met at Charleston, Friday The annual supper was spread at the Charleston Ho tel. The corner stone of Suinler's new Ma -sonic Temple was laid last week with impressive ceremonies A banquet was held at night at which over 300 Masons were present. The South Carolina Press Association will meet in the city of Anderson on Wednesday, July 6, 1892, at 8 o'oclocV p. m. The Cape Fear <fc Yadkin Valley Rail road Co. is reported as making financial arrangements for the extensiou of its road from Bennettsville to Columbia The big pumps and the water wheel of Columbia's new city water works have been at work for several days pumping the water that is being used throughout the city. Thirty strokes of the piston of the pump will sipply 4,000.000 gallons of water per day. and it is very easy work therefore to give the 3,000.000 gallons necessary to supply the city. The finest private collection of >el ics of ibis kind in the South, if not in America, is (hat of Dr. Babcock. of Ches ter, who has many thousands of most rare specimens, to the getting to | gether of which he h;is given the greater j part of a life time. Dr. Babcock has ie j fused a number of tempting offers from j the Smithsonian Institute and i ther like j institutions. and positively declines to ( part wi\h his treasures. Political Points. John S. Leary, a prominent colored mau of Nmtli Carolina, is quoted as say ing that the' time has come for the negroes to divide politically. A? ex-Governor John P. St. John de j c'ares absolutely and emphatieally that ! he will not accept a nomination to the presidency, the Prohibition party will have to look elsewhere for a candidate. W. Jennings Demorest, of New V-orlc, Is the most probable candidate. Lieut Gov. Ilaiie has consented to be the Massachusetts Republican nominee for<3overaor if he i.< wanted next fall. This practically puts an cud to specu a tion as to the Republican candidate against Gov. Russell. Lieut. Gov. Haile is the most popular Republican now in office. ^ ; On different farms in Charles County, Md., three colored men died about the same time from . paralysis. They were all engaged in stripping toi>acco, and without any previou* symptoms were stricken down, and died within a few hours of each other. ?. / ?( ' --5 A ! Tobacco Growing. ! At a recent meeting of tlie Connecticut Board of Agri?ulture Dr. Vf. C. Sturgis gave a history of jthe fundus diseases of tobacco. He started withNje statement that a man who his grown t^acco one year knows it all, while the maoNcho has grown it a lifetime comes to believe that ne knows nothing about it. Fungus, the speaker said, grew on almost every thing, and that pole-sweat on tobacco is caused by fungi For five months he has been at work experimenting on pole sweat tobacco. He found upon some leaves little pimples, which under the microscope showed little sod -like plants which on development rapidly grew and spread. In a glass tube he showed, grow ing on a piece of potato, some of-, the fungus plants which causc polesweat.' He found that heat and moisture were required to develop this fungi, and that* about 90 to 100 degrees was the best tem perature to develop this disease. Pole sweat, he decided, was a bacterial disease growing on tobacco, caused by heat and moisture. The remedy lies in keeping out heat and moisture from the tobacco barns. He claimed that perpendicular ventilation was wrong ; that sheds should be built with horizontal ventilators, and these to be placed so that the air would - not strike the leaves, but come between the tiers. He also gave - the result of quick curing, and stated that such tobac co would not sweat in the case. Tobac co must be cured slowly, h6wever, to secure the best results. Tobacco cures better with leaf and stalk cured together. Stripping the green leaves from the stalk in the field is by far the most; expensive, wiffleaves thus cured separate from the stalk will produce a fa* less weight. I He spoke of the bacteria causing swW in cases, and said that intends to trV the experiment of changing (he bacterial, of Havana and other tobaccos, similar to ^ the experiments given recently in the Hartford Times as the result of some Ger man researches. Artificial heat will stop pole-sweat. His- method of using tbja would be to set furnaces in the sheds and die fcrenchas for flues to run around the side and center of the shed, only to be used, however, in unfavorable weather. Another disease of tabacco is stem-rot. This is caused by a fungi, and may be remedied by cleanliness. Rake up all refuse from your sheds and burn it. Another prevention is burning sulphur and thoroughly fumigating the sheds be fore housing a new crop. He was asked if white veins were caused by a fuDgi, and replied that he thought not. Dr. E. H. Jenkins spoke on the sub ject of fertilizing and "curing tobacco. The flavor of tobacco is largely what gives it a commercial value. Volatile or essential oils will give a flavor to tobacco. Cigarettes he classed as an abomination. The burning quality of tobacco depends largely on potash. A crop or 1,800 pounds will take abont 150 pounds of potash from th? soil on, which it is grown , and this amount must be added annual y to the soil, and more than this amount should be used, as the plant will take up an excess more rapidly, and with better result#, and there is no appreciable loss of potash either by evaporation or by leaching. Every acre of tabacco takes out 100 pounds of nitrogen. Nitrate of soda will not be held by the soil. Am monia, while remaining as such, will not waste, but is soon dissolved. The soil is full of bacteria.- Chloroform and other antiseptics will prevent nitrogen from leaching through the soil. Nitrogen will escape from the soil by evaporation. How to prevent this is a question. Sow ing rye after the tobacco is harvested is a good preventative for this loss. Lime is also taken to the extent of 100 pounds {>er acre from the soil. To replace this oss ovstershell lime is the best, Liim will neutralize a too large accumulation of acids in the soil, and will aid in pie venting the loss of nitrogen. The amount ' of water carted into tobacco sheds is about seven tons per acre. Several tons . of this evaporates in the barn during curing; hence the need of thorough ven tilation. Significant Imports of Cotton. ?^Not withstanding the enormous <r p l ist year our importations of cotton have l>ecu increasing. These importations are from Egypt and Peru, the cotton being sold ou samples or types furnished by exporters. They are required for special work in manufacturing and cannot be obtained tlswhere, and are not growu in this country. TheJ Egyptian cotton is somewhat similar to our 6ea Island, and is of peculiarly silky and long fibre, with a yellowish tiug. It is used mainly by thread roanufactuiers and makers of fine yarns for underwear and hosiery, , J The Peruvian cotton is of a rough texture somewhat like wool and of long staple, and is used for mixture with wool. It is harsh, with a long strong fibre. It reduces the tendency of goods to shrink, and at the same time causes a *hrinknge in their cost. The total crop of ihu tough Peruvian cotton never exceed? 50, '! 000 bales and our largest imports were 12,503 bales last year. It is put up in bales of about 180 pounds. The Egyp tian cotton is put up in bales of about 750 lbs. each, of which we imported last year 25,000 bales. Most of these shipments reach us bj way of Great Britain, as there is no direct steam communication with Egypt or Peru. Though we have applied te numerous manufacturers and agents of American cotton, we canuot learn that these importations interfere with the growth of American cottons, but the Egyptian grade might, perhaps be cul tivated in the moist districts of the is lands of the Atlantic. The Peruvian cotton is a sort of (heap shoddy used tc turn out cheap wooleu goods, which are no credit either to the manufacturer or the dealer. We also imported last year over 10,000.000 lbs. of cotton from Turk ish territory, our total imports of cotton from all sources in 1801 amountiog tc 20,90&4?17 lb?, valued at $2,825,004. No More Chinamen. Wasbington, I). C.? Assistant Sccre ; tary Spaulding has written a letter to the ; collector of customs at Eagle Pass. Texas, | disapproving of the collector's action in ? admitting into the United States a Chin i amao on the certificate of Judge Valdez, , of Mexico, that he was a citizen of Mel; o. ! The Treasury Department emphasizes the statement that Chinese persons will not be admitted into the United State* i on the submission of naturalization pa 1 pers issued by the aothority of other sountries. Our If mister te France. Washikotok, D. C.? The President sent to the Senate the nomination of T. Jefferson Coolidgc, of Massachusetts, to be envoy extraordinary and minister i plenipotentiary oi the Vnit d States to Prance. \ THE SOUTH PREPARING. _~r , { 5 Interesting Exhibits To Be Made at the World's; Pair. The I*adies Are A and With. United suite Will Be Tbe first entertainment of the Little Girls' World's Fair Clul^, of Columbia, 8. <JM whs held at the Agricultural Hall. Tuesday evening, arid thtty uetted $33. R. 8. Moore, of Nevpberne. N. C., claims to have fragments of tbe chain vfhich restrainedColumbui when he was in prison, and he intends to exhibit them at the World's Fair. John C. Calhoun, of l$ew York, says he has pieces of tbe house in San Domingo in which Colum bus was^Npprisoued, and be has a uimilir desire. t Gen. A. W. Gilchrist, who addressed a letter to the members of tbe Florida '' legislature inr regard to ajn extra session to make an appropriation for the World's Fair fund, has received several . encour aging replies from prominent members, stating in each case that tbe gentleman addressed would be willing to nuke a trip to Tallahassee to qttend an extra. I session of the Legislature without any milesge or per diem from tbe Stale, and that $50,000 or $100,000' would be voted for as an appropriation. ; s I ? ? ^The State board of World)'* Fair com missioners of West Virginia have decided L t ) make the West Virginia St*$e building [ at the Columbian Exposition character istic. Mrs. Lynch ami Miss Jackson, the State's representatives on the board of lady managers, are doing effieieut work. Mrs Lyn& h& perpared a lecture concern ing the aims and objects of the big show, the woman's department particularly, and is delivering it in every sds^olhouse in the State. ? ?' * * * ? It is stated that the gems for North Carolina's exhibition at Chicago are being cut, and that some splendid specimens are befog prepared by the lapidary. Besfdes the great mineral wealth of North Carolina in coal, different ores and tbe precious metals, gold and silver, alb tbe varieties of gems atxf precious stone? are found in the State; A splendid exhibit of these was. made at Boston ten years ago, when were shown the twelve stones mentioned in the Book of Revelation, ail polished and from North Carolina mines, (t is appropriately suggested that those beautiful gems ought to be at Chicago, tastefully arranged in a 'glass case with the passage from the New Testament fit tingly printed and framed above them. The agricultural committee of the Wo man's Central Star World's Fair Club, of Columbia, 3. C., has sent the following petition to Stcretarv Holloway, of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Socie tv: The department of agriculture of the Woman's World's Fair Central Club asks that the State society will encouragc the efforts of the Women by adding to the premium list a premium for the best samples offered by women, of rice, whear, rye, oats and other grains, and grapes, t ? be put in bundles eight inches in diameter, each contestant furnishing two bundles, half of the samples received to be entered for premiums at the Columbian Expo6i tion and the others to be used in dec^, ating the space allotted to South Carolira in the World's Fair building at Chicago ****** Mrs. Gorge W. Kidder, of Wilming> I ton, N. C., one of the North Carolina lady | managers of the WorJdVFalr. has ad dressed a letter settiog forth for the in formation of the ladies of the State the necessity and importance of pushing for ward the plan of raising $ 1 0,000 by pop ular subscription for the State building. The fir?t colony made in America was planted on the shores of North Carfclina, and the first white child born onv~the American continent^ Virginia Dare, saw the light there. Mrs. G'otten, of the State board, proposes that a memorial of this fact be placed within the women's build ing or in the State building, the memo rial to be a wood carving or othtf artistic work, and to be in part the w^rk of wo tmm's hands. Growth in a Woek. ... A glance at the new industries of the South for the past week, as nokd in the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record of April 29th, shows continued activitv in the or ganization of industrial and development compmies The following are some of the most important : A $1,000,000 phos phate development company at Trenton.# Fla. ; a $25,000 builders' supply compan\ at St. Augustine, Fla. ; a $10*0,000 land company at Atlanta, Ga., n $25,000 knit ting mill company aty Cordelia, Ga ;a $100,000 mining aud milling company, and a $20 \0J0 wheel manufacturing j compauy at Covingtou Ky.; a $100,000 iron fence manufacturing company at Loufcville, Ky. ; a $1^0,000 land com p ftiy at M&gnolir^ Mi? ; a $500,0 '0 cot ton mill company at Durham, N. C. ; a $15,000 candy manufa^uriug compauy, ; and a $10,000 cotton -$iiil company at ; Columbia, S. C. fa $4,1 3), 000 iron com ! pauy at Bristol, Teon. $100,000 stove J foundry company %t Knoxville, Tenn.;a $300,000 mill and elevator company at Cameron, Texas; a $100,000 hat company at Dallas, Texas; a $30,000 mining aod oil company at Laredo, Tex.; a 40J ton ; cotton seed oil mill at Sherman, Texas; : a $30,000 electric light and power com I piny at Wichita Falls, Texas; a $*50,000 manufacturing company at Norfolk, Va. ; i ;i $100,000 ferry company at Mason, W. Va. ; a $100>ft?0 land company at^Oolds boro, N. (iir a $100,000 machine tool i < ompany^/ Moudsville, W. Va. ; a 200 i barrel roller process flour mill at Chilli 1 ? othe. Texas. ; a $500,000 abattoir and icfi igerating compsny at Wheeling, W. Va. : a $10,000 manufacturing company at Austin, Texas.; a $100,000 cotton oil I company at Dallas, Texas; a $1* 0,000 water power company at New Brauofels, Texas; and a $50,000 cotton-seed oil mill . ompany at Itasca, Texas; May Romovo to Baltimore. Baltimore, Md ? Grand Secretary owes, of the Maryland Grand Lodgo 0f Odd Fellows, says^hat that the memben of the Su|)reme Grand Lodge wf re in cor respondence with a view to the removal of the headquarters t)f the order from Columbus, Ohio, to thta <"ity. Th* plaus are to erect .a snital^e home for tfceSu \ piemc Lodge, which it is believed will Ixs i located on Sartfoga^tr. et, where an op I- tioii oa property has be^n secured. - v' I ? ^ SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Electric tanning ii likely, it is Mid, jto be taken up and rigorously pgshed [hew. " : Hard rubber handle* for bicyles art (being replaced In great numbers by the (more popular cork. '? Thunder ft * noise caused by a discharge of atmospheric electricity ? why oc how ?is not clearly knowo. The circumference of the earth's orbW is about fil2.|09 500 miles, that of the moon about t,6jX),493 miles. The sanitary condition^ the Capitol, At Washing to n,is ta be examined by two eminent experts, tn orcler to ascertain whether it iaja healthy structure. Sufferers fpom neuralgia are warned bj a medical writer not ta. drink tea, but to drink freely j of coffee into which thr juice of a lemon has been squeezed. The workmen employed on the exca vations at Bparta, Greece, by Dr. Wald stein, of the American .^Archaeological School, hare disqpvered -the circular building at , thai .'.place mentioned bj Epimeoida. ~ In distance the moon is 240,009 miles away from our earth, around which she gravitates like a satellite. Her diametei U about 9158 mile#; she has a solid sur face of M, 600,000 milea, and a solid content of about 10,000 cubic mile*. The scientific {reason for cookiaa spinach and1 other greea vegetables, socl es tope of beets, dandelion, kale . Brus sels sprouts, and cauliflower, in salted boiling warfr, ? it that the first contact With the toiling water closes the delii of the vegetable and prevents the jsscapa of tha coloring matter and the flavor, y j One of tibi* feature! of electrte-liglrti?? work, as compared withgas-tighting,hM been the absence in the former of all <' residual products" that might const! ? ftute an element of economy and profit jit baa now been poinited out that for Jmany local companies a chance to in crease revenue can be found in th? utilization of exhaust steam. ? - . A novel ' application of the electrio light is now to be; witnesndin the ?vehicles of the London (England) Gen eral Omnibus Company. The inspector* jhave been: provided with an electrical (apparatus, which, from a case about the aire of a hunting-watch fastened to' the Iwaiftcoat, throws a rteady, mild and effective light on the dirtiest and most tattered tickets. Steam should never be put into a brick ^ or cement sewer, as it has an injurious effect on the same, causing disintegra tion and collapse within a* very short time; neither ahould it be led into a brick ohimney, for the same reasons. The Stationary Engineer points out that }n some places it is the practice of en* gineers to turn the exhaust from ths pii&p or imall engine Into the sewers, but this is bad practice. It ought to be an illegal act in cities, ' for it will de> stroy the sewers. The Great Redwoods. 1 / The Eh stern lumbermen who are here are much interested in the great red woods, of which they hare seen a few, and in the monster trees of Santa Cruz, and the sequoitas of the Yosenite and other California park*. The great pines and fur of the North filled them with surprise, but the trees they hare seen here they Ray bare aroused their credul ity as to what California can produce. Nevertheless, they hare not seen the really great trees, like those of the high! Sierras, including the Kings River and Yosemite products. S. E. Holcom, one of the discoverer* of the grove of giant sequoias in Fresno County, in what John Muir has domi nated the New Yosemite, is at the American Exchange. He says no words can describe their grandeur, nor the itn ptessjbns created upon the visitor when behrrldin^ them for the first time. ?'They are trees that astonish and am ze," said he, 4 'and the effect is last ing. It lasts for all time. At least, 1 do not think I shall ever get rid of the effect which they had on me, nor do I , wish to do so. If to Bryant such gropes as he saw were temples, what must them be considered? I leave all this to the poets, but there are some points that I doubt not will be of interest to the lum bermen. 4 'There is a tree there with the aston ishing circumference of 127 feet, and a diameter ia the narrowest place of forty two feet, while the trunk reaches almost 400 feet in the air. Then there are treei t^erc twenty- eight feet through and ba bies of twelve feet and so on. To see Ahem is au object lesson w'uici carries ! with it astOLishment forever. To stand in their shadow is something worth do ing at almost any cost. Could the lum bermen of the pineries behold them never again could they view the ordinary tree but they would be impressed with the fact that they were but mere saplings, cuttings in the grouna, and only these."- -Sad Francisco Examiner. I m A Sensitive Ear. Tt ris ?ai I that Professor Royce, ol H.irrurd College, has a little sou whose ear fis so sensitive and true that if a note be Struck on the piano he can tell whieh it was without seeing the instrument. The -ptory is fold of the boy that one Miramer^iugbt he called his father to his ! bedside and said: "Papa, there is a mosquito humming about my head in a tone between a B and B'flat. I could stand it if he would hum in either B rr B flat, but when his pitch is between the two it drives me wild.'* ? New Or- , ! leans Picayune, - - I - i _ : ^ | One of the Family Killed Hiin. Jackson. Miss.? Charles Armisteacl ! was killed on the depot platform intfin*-: i ton by C. L. Brad Icy, uncle of Adah Davit, i whom A rmistead is said po have wronged, j 1 Five shots were exchanged alarm's feugth 1 between the men, only one taki g effect that iu Armistead's breast. Arm intend was shot some months ago by a brother of the girl, and he was on . the look out for other memhers of the family. May Not ConTene in Omaha. Omaha, Neb , ?There ia a possibility that the National Convention of th*> Pro j pie's party may not be held in thi- city expected Local hotel keepers promised to give rates of $3 to $3 per day, but tlu- v have raised them to from $5to'f* fit ters from the leaders of the party my if tlii? rat^ is not reduced thpv will M n?fer tljcit Convention to another city. POLITICAL E The Cunpaip Ball RolIUgR^ K any Men Studying1 the BeU Sp1 Mttwacw, Wnc.-h l?u?<^?jto? t'wt the Stat* Democrat Conventfcl ;hicb will Met nextweek, will listrac the delegates *o the rUfoaal Cwfim to rote solidly for CWyelatfl ; 1 1 d it &ould be found that hi* h not possible tyjp Wisconsin deUtfrttwi i expected to .th row its rotefe to WiUM F. Yilas. ex- Secretary of the Iawnf. I is-MiMowete, that the latter iTiai lense t candidate for PresfientiaI>ttt)tQrs CLEVELAND DEMO *fTS. j *1 Shelby, Nj Ct? TheD **orato cm nation wm the stoffctelhet* 5$ u Cleveland county. ! j !i Jj, The convention wm cal fed - to Hbrl( 'amet L. Wwbpchairman (rfthlofefeii tire committee, ^.4gh t arose tot# & - eport N of t^e : ; credenM ikf cot MtfttNi ? After a session of two hpub ?wi|il he committee rc|>orte<nn fav? ef ajji by meeting* that refused! tin nomioees, and i that on' ihet^MiJgUi voles Holt tod 8anderlnj rtctltaaSE equal numbc r of votes, ai 4 Tbtmwmfa that the deW gal;ion to ftifeigb b^ ditWe) equally amo ig the frieftd i <jf cacli. ' ?? * ; BOIES WjAlfBS TO be P*?SlB$E&t.! j ? the DeraocrituKiiitioBaJ con veitffoajfi tfewk county coaventiojntbfere, Wh#? m olurions eulogizing Govi Boies aqd Urgia| the State copvcUtion to Wl** Bpfct^oi gstes to th<j national Cfttjyafcj&a^g but said he Jwaa out of thjejrac^^^T^ women iyriJicoNVKmbK 4mis. ChevenHe, Wy.? Nisi Emma Befell , 'and Mrs. P. Elliott of <b^dt?4p ca*t dates foMlje^ioiition of d^yyeatQ^S tbafone, ij not bothr WH1 be t?p2S the BUte^doavenU^n, waifch wiU^oirr^) elected as'fleiefiatM fwi tawtlacttttrf to the 8tate CouventioK^ } j. i. c arr rta oov5??i*<*/ : , Gastonia, N C. r-T<k Governor* Ml Saudcrlio and Carr (J. 8.) all hareeJrtW jsiastic but nogrtt^ight-jiikel tUMhftfl among th< dcifgatea to tfce CoiflKy[Ctl vention h< ldjkre, with the probsMlWi decidedly HiuCatr's favM - !i j<j TILLMAM's V*CTO*T. ? > - * f ^ : I , . ; " / RJ I Columbia, 8. C. -The county tiois were held throughout the 8tat* y far as. heard from Gov. TiljniA a dean sWcep with the eiceptita of landa, and; Spartanburg ind (bit# ebceptionjof Darlington. . At the ' burs meepaff'a chair was t^*~u ^hafrmanka|id there at Tk? PrMMwttTaB JJNtt fonju i Washi koto*, D; .CLhJIb rtf ter from Mt. Foulke, of Io< .^Decerabefr 26, 1891, asking Dot oxterjd the ifiril aervice pqBtofficqs fcnd custom bouses bfti than fifty employees, ]Preslde?t wrote as followi on De^eqiber ll. "Hon. Wnf. Dudley poiaUce. 5 My Dear, Sir: I Baie ' you " December . 20 : I ha*e not; morninglto discuss at any : question i which, you preheat or to t aoy re-stjiieujent.of whit I have ed to dojin the promotion of civL...^ reform movements siqce I have beta htfa. My thought waa thak the first thiaf to do was to satisfy Uie country tfortfe*. law wasibeiriafetthfulty and impartially administered as to those ofllcca altaady4 classified. I thiak a good deal bat feat* accomplished in {hat direction aad thare has beei an important cxteasion of tW classified service. The snbjoet prcaeatjtA by you, as well as soiae oth? r kuggasted movement*^ has been having, alia will have, njy cobffideratfoa, but laat not now prepared to announce my proatamlmo; ;4I Very t?uly jcarifp^*" s> 3e>j.\min Harhisok." A Gold Cruse Striken Virginia, Richmond, Va ?The old gold fields which J>ef ore -the war were worked (b partial manner and then suspended, have resumed operation"!^ the aid, of North* ern capital for both milling and washing and are ' panning out" equal tolly beat Western mincH, yielding from $tP .j $100 pertoni ' The excitement just now is dne to (be rich "fashing." Homo of the diggers secure as high as ${30 a da/ and nooe less than $10. In Ptovanus ^and Ooocb land counties^ some of the nuggets found weighed nearly two ounces. A few of the fanners have stopped plowing aad offered their places for sale at four tiaier their price of ten days ago Now, Where'I the J Well of Whiakajrf Gait at Fall?, M oh -The richaat, rajnersl ever - Jpund in ' this 8Uta ported from Neihart, j in the Little district. The vein is eight inches tl and assays from $2,000 to $20,000 a . lie ports of rich discoveries of , tinue to come from the Little' southeast of Chinook. A ton or float ores from these over $600 in bullion A omiqgfrooi the* Gold Bugi cute the ta?te for liquor, ! ~ the Bichloride of 0^ j Ooimcta Grv.elly Beaton. ' Ticks Brno, ? Mus.? Indisputable proof of cruelty to convicts has ^aally ! , b?en discovered. Fosseluan, -of! | Wood vi lie, who, 'with 100 other coaracK ? was leased to Brit Lee, of WashiagtMj j, cwinjty, was frightfully beaten by a oegro f by onler of an overseer atfll narrowly op-; j caped deuh. Others of the same squad) { were almost killod. Manager Jenkins, of the btote prison, and R G. Wait> iaL VltnrpcVf the convicts, have been orderyd; fWorc the S^.atc board of control. Walt k vS.il I l>o indicted and Jenkins severely , dsn It with. * . ?. jl /The only tfoTH fKh-Ilo^kf ever found !? /fie of the virgin tnetal, and were taken,: rotn a ^ravo ia New Grenada. OT i