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iem* Show Industry and
Progress.
are being made to revive the
Home in So'ith Carolina.
South Carolina Legislature will
i in one month.
eak. was the lirst Socthrrn ci'y to
;h electricity.
fronts are reported at Greenville,
d ks in a few sections.
_ resbyteri.m Synod of Virgicii
t Petersburg last week, 200 dele
ting present.
Inter State Road Con
rilicocvene a! Memphis Tens..
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(i annual meeting of the 'Association
ic Army of Norther i Virginia was
n the hall of the House of Dele
fat Richmond Wednesday.
Belie Rives Chandler is fond of j
Brian exercise and is quite at h- r
an the siddie. She may be often 1
! riding into Richmond from her j
try home.
fis reported that, bears are numeroiis
e upper part of the Dismal Swamp,
? are_ giving farmers considerable
ible, ravaging ccra Selds and killing
Dg stock.
fcenansville Hotel, K. A. Famor's
pence, II. B. Kornegay's law
ce and a vacint i.torc were destroyed
fire at Kenansviile, Duplin county, X.
Saturday night.
HL very useful gifl to th? Washington
H L e University. iocatcd at Ltxin?
L Va , has just been made by the
bat New York lawyer. David Dudley]
bid, and consists of bis cnti e and val-j
ible Library, numbering over 1,000 vol
pes
[Talk of the propose! $500/ 00 cottoa:
jock mill at Cotooibia, S. C , is agihj
ieiog revived. Tn^ stockholders of th i
(olumbia Water Power Company htld *
>eeting recently, bnt nothing definite
cncerning the project T.-!is m-idc public.
I The estimates of the lighthouse board
pbr the next fiscal year have been sub
mitted to the SecrcUryNL the Treasury,
*nd the following are aruohg the spccul
lestiwates for new work: Cape Fear Sta
tion, N. C\, $150,060; Cape Lookout !
lightship. N. C.. $70, 000; HiHboro Inlet
Station. Fla,, $90,000; Hog Island
tioo, Va. , |125,0<)0.
Pat Calhoun, president of the Por*
Royai (S C.) Land Company, has gone
to that place "with L. S. B-.-ckwith, of
New York, and Ernest Bigland, of Lon
don, both of whom are interested in the
company. Some extensive developments
arc tr be made, aid it is understood that
i thi* visit is for the purpose of dctermin
I ing what shaii done and when it will
commence.
Ford's Hotel, Richmond, Va.? caught
fire from the boiler room at 11 o'clock
Wednesday night and came near being
destroyed. The flames were, however,
extinguished afttr damage had been done
to the amount of $10,000 to $15,000.
There was something of a panic among
the guests and tfcree ladies were carries.!
out unconscious, but all the other guests
escaped injury.
_The Georgia experimental station jis
carrjing on an interesting scries of ex - j
periments on a now process of curing to- j
taec^by heat. The leaves are plucked
from fHe plant as they mature and then
are cured. Another experiment, and
one jrhich is attracting much interest, is I
th&'manufacture of cream cheese. This
Jartter work is done under an Oh:o man
who is thoroughly familiar with thapri
cesses. Fa'raen; and others desiring in
formation on th? subject can go to the
station and botb watch and help during
the operation.
Destruction of a Town by Religious
Fanatics.
El P^so, Texas. ? News has 1 cached
here o? the total destruction of a whole
town and his people in Western Chi
huahua, Mexico, and of the killing; of
about three hundred Federal troops.
Dispatches have told the story of relig
ious fanaticism which prevciled in the
town of Tomocuie. situatsd in the moun
tains. about three hundred miles we?t of
the city ?f Chihuahua. Federal troops
have been sent out there twice to cm
pel submission to the authorities, but
each time the troops have been worsted.
The third time a full icgiment war $ent
out uuder what was considered a compe
tent officer aid accompanied bjjtwo
GatliDg guns. The result of the"*0*ttle
?which was fought last Saturday, was the
total annihilation of the rebels ani the
killing of more than thre?i hundred Fed
eral soldiers scat to^ uphold the authori
ties.
Such is the report that comes here, but
experience proves that much-news from
the interior of our sister repu 'lid is
greativ exaggerated.
SHE ADVOCATES DYNAMITE.
Miss Cozens 'Ihinks Explosives HEght
Promoto Woman "Suffrage.
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[ t~ Losdo^, England ?Miss Coze*?, a
well-known advocate of woro*n suffrage,
said at a meeting of the Woman's Eman
cipation Udsou that women coild go! oa
talking until ;he cxack of doom without
getting redress from the injustice t nder
which they seffer. The time had :ome
for them to do saraeflfing desperate.
Women, she declared, had dynamiti at
their disposal. . Several present app aud
cd the sentiment When question >1 as
to whether she was serious in her Refer
ence to the use of djnamite Miss Cozens
replied that she was, if through other
me-.r.s womer failed to obtain their ifree
| dom.
Jrionaa Uranges for Jtnglarct.
W. L. Smith, representing E. L. ijuod
| aell, of New York, has arrived in ^ack
! sonviile, F!a.r to attend to securingj the
oranges which wi.l he exported toiEng
land oa November 15. Thus far J4750
boxes have baen pledged &nd each day
brings in mote. 12.000 boxes is the
| minimum number required. but Mr. Smith
thinks that before s?iiing time he j will
have secured over 15,000 boxes, j The
steamer Ethelwold has been secured for
the trip and is especia ly equipped for
such work, having been fitted up ?<}r the
j Mediterranean fruit trade. She has been
telegraphed for and will arrive at Fern
andina on November 10 or 11. J i
i - The temperature of Norway trarie
| little, and statistics show that the aver s
i age duration of lif? there is greatei than
* in any other part of the world.
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TOM DIXON'S BIRDS COME HIGH.
Belmonico Would Have Furnished
Them Cheaper? 31 Robins at $115. j
New York. ? Kev. Thomas Dixon. j
Jr., paster of the Lexington Avenue ;
Baptist Church, and who every Sunday ;
j! preaches in the Young Men's Christian 1
Association hall at Twenty-tbi:d street!
and Fourth avenu1, has had an c-ncoun- j
tcr with the law in which he did not j
fare as we'll as in his recent indictment |
for aileged libel. The thrifty borough j
; of Stateu Island has also been enriched j
by $11-5, which the reverend gentleman j
. Left behind much against his will. I
Mr. Dixon is fond of shooting, so on !
Tncsday afternoon he hied himself aw <y j
to Grasmere, S. I., with his colored j
: v.?lct. a double barreled shotgun and a ;
! canvas bag. When the pleasant after- !
noon hours, had waned the canvas bag !
cmtainedlhirtv one robins as proof of
the reverend gentleman's unerring aim
The valet threw the bag over his back,
a:id Mr. Dixon, with his gun on his l
>ho Ider and a feeling of having spen! j
his outing ia a thoroughly proper man- j
ner, made his way back to St. George to
take a boat for thiscit".
In the depot, however,. stood an in
quisitive game inspector, John E. Lisk
t.y name. As he is entitled, under the ..
law, to one half of the fines imposed upon
persons breaking the game laws, Inspect
or Li-k deci ied to look into the big car
ried by the clergyman's valet The re
sult was tbst the clerical huntsman and
his man were arraigned before Justice
Ackers. There the robins were dumped
out on the floor and counted with great
gusto by the inspector. At $o each Mr.
Dixon was fined $115.
The clergyman expostulated, but with
out avail. The law was pointed out to
him, and although be had broken it un
kn -wingly he was none the less guilty.
As he did not have the amount of money
required with him Jostice Ackers accepts
ed a blank check drawn on the Colonial
Bank of this city. Then the minister,
valet, shotgun and bag* minus the robins,
returned to the city.
AROUND THE HOUSE.
To make awning3 waterproof, immerse
first in a solution of soap, and repeat the
process in a copper solution of equal
strength ; then wash and dry. x-'
If the windows are washed every two
weeks in winter and summer they will
always keep bright. The best way to
see to this is to have a certain day set
apart for sweeping and washing windows,
and divide up the windows in the rooms
oecupied, washing half o? them eaeh
week alternately. If there are outside
blinds to the house, these should be kept
thoroughly dusted. "Whore such blinds
are closed, as they are in summer, they
collect the dust rapidly and become
a fruitful cause of dirty windows. It is
a matter of congratulatiocMhat the out
eide window blind is passing out of use.
Where awnings are used, thoy serve to
shade the window a^ well as the outside
blind did, while they allow the free in
gress of air. The inside window-shut
ter. for that matter, is very little used,
snd, with its box-case, serves chiefly to
draw (ftst to itself. While the house is
uninhabited it is brou^it into use as a
protection to the win<^v ; but a stout
Hoarding would serve the purpose better,
would be of lc3S expense to the house
holder, and not as complicated an ar
rangement. It should be the object of a
modern builder to do away with all
nooks and crannies where that known
enemy to public health, dust, may j
lurk. In washing windows, if one ob- !
jects to the use of whiting because of the ;
infinitesimal powder it might give of [
(and in the hands of a careless servant j
this might be a serious objection), a !
tablespoonful of turpentine dissolved in
half a gallon of water will give wonder
ful results in the way of polishing. It
should be applied with a damp chamois j
and polished oft with a dry one.
\ Attacking the Georgia Railroad Com- :
mission.
The United States Exprss Co. has tiled j
a bill in the United States Circuit Court
at Atlanta asking for an injunction t* !
prevent the Georgia railroad commissic,'
I from interfering with its business. The
company charges the commission with
acting unconstituti -nally on numerous
grounds. It has a contract with the j
Chattanooga, Rr-me <fc Columbus Rail
road for forwarding its express matter
with a guarantee t > the road of at least
\ $1,00# per month. This suir the express
f company states hits never been earned,
! and its bu ines? has been carried on at a
loss. The commission recently issued
I orders reducing thc/company's rates 20
! per cent . which the company holds will
! cause it grc<t loss, and adds that it is the
purpose of the commission to harass it
with a number f-f suits and prosecution.
When the railroad commissions under
took to control joint express rates, the j
United States Express Co. refused to pay
any a'tention t ?> the board's rules. The
couamissionjthen brought ^uit in Floyd
county superior court for 15.000 against
the company. This suit was removed to
the United States court at Atlanta, and
is st 11 pending. To prevent it from go
i-og any further the express company asks
for injunction.
iiaises Her Own Tea.
[From the Florida Dispatch.]
Mrs. Inerease Sumner, pfSiarke, Brad
ford comity, raises nor ovn tea, and has
treated hex guests to cups of the home
made beverage, which was pronounced
delicious. She says -that owing to rapid
growth she has to cut off the bushes
every three or four years, while in China
this is dose only once in seven years.
She gathers three crops st year. The
finest tea costs $15 a pound, but will not
stand a sea voyage, and never gets fur
ther than Russia, but her bushes furnish
J it to her for the picking.
Great Slaughter of the Dahomeyans.
Paris, Fbance.? Details from Porte j
i Novo of the lir^t e gageuient with the i
| Dahomeyens show the immense amount
t of execution done by the Lebel rifle, and
; account for the extraordinary slaughter
{ of the natives as contrasted with the
j slight loss to the French. Even the larg
! est trees appear to have aflcred no pro
! tection to those who sought shelter be
i hind them.
The President's Pardon.
; WamiinuTON, D. C? P:esident Har- i
rio n has pardoned Marshall ft heeler, ?
colore d, convicted in' South Carolina of i
carrying on business as a retail liquor
dealer withou; having paid the tax. He j
nas sentenced Aug. 18, 1892, to six'
months' imprisonment in York county :
j ;i!. The jail physician, sheriff and
district . attorney recommended the !
pardon issue. : .
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POLITICAL WORLD. J
Candidates, Conventions. Nomina |
tions, Elections.
All the News of Poltical Movements i
of the Four Parties.
Senator Hillsp^ke in Lynchburg, Va..
last week.
i T-? I
Robt. T. Lincoln. Minister to England, !
has been addressing Republican audi
ences in Indiana and Illinois.
Gen. A. E. Stevenson visited Ex- I
President Cleveland in New York Wed I
nesday.
Democrats and Republicans had rival
proccssioos in Indianapolis Monday night.
The new apportionment of Wisconsin,
as adopted by the Democratic caucus,
with the exception of one district, has
passed bo'.h Houses.
The People's party held a big rally in
Cooper Union. New York City, last week.
Henry A. Hicks, their candidate for
Mayor; Dr. McGlynn and T. V. Pow
derly, of the K. of L., addressed the
audience.
The Georgia Legislature met and or
ganized at Atlanta Tuesday. W. Y.
Atkinson, of Coweta, the chairman of the
Democratic State Executive Committee,
was elected speiker of the House, all
other candidates having withdrawn.
The latest political sensation in Kansas
i* a story of an alleged plot to assassinate
Congressman Jerry Simpson, and the
People's party will furnish him with
a body guard.
Late News Items.
It is probable that Senor Castellar,
Spain's accomplished and eloquent prime
minister, will be the orator on Ceremo
nial Day, when the Columb an Exposi
tion throws its gates open to the world.
Andrew Stephens, a full cousin of
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, late Vice
President of the Confederacy and last of
the grandso s of Captain Alexander Ste
phens, who was with Brad dock in his
memorable march against Ft. Duquesne,
died at his h >me in Newport Saturday.
Governor Holt has appointed Rich
mond Pear-on. of Asheville, local vice
president for North Carolina of the Na
tional League for Good Roads. Mr.
Pearson will r present the State "at the
rational convention at Washington City
#next month. The league was formed at
Chicago week before last.
On November 14 the Carolina State
Fair will open at Columbia, S. C A
number of exhibits have been promised,
among them a iar^e entry of cattle and
horses, and alsO one by Loring Brown of
the poultry for which he is so well known
in the South. Arrange ments have been
made for five performances of Paine's
"P:uis, from the Empire to the Com
mune," in which some 300 persons will
take part Several racing purses have
bee i subscribed, and tho city merchants
expect t > rai-se another of $1,000.
THE CRUISERS WILL BE THERE.
>
And the Bombardment of Fort Sumte
Will Ba a Big Success.
Charleston, S. C\ ? News has be;n
received here from the navy yards at New
York that the warships Vesuvius and
Dolphin have sailed from that place for
Charleston It is also stated that the
cruiser, Chicago, the Concord and the
Kear.-arge. now at La Guayra, have been
ordered to Charleston to t.ke partiu the
festivities cf the gal* week.
The Dolphin and Vesuvius will arrive
at this port, on Sun -ay and the thre^
ships fro :>|L,a(? tavra onjMonday or Tues
day. This will make a fleet of five war
vessels to t:ike part in the pyrotechnic
bombardment of Fort Sumter besides
seven tug boats and six land batteries.
The new Fort Sumter is being construct
ed within a stone's throw of the wharves
of the city. Every steam r and tug in
I the harbor has been engaged for the oc
casion, an i the committee in charge of
I the work has t-peut over $3.0 JO for pyro
i technic bombs alone. Advices from all
parts of the M-atc iudica ev. that the at
! teudance of visitor from al\l parlB of the
( South wi'l be enormous
Cowards in the Park.
"I was in the British army when 9
young maD," said an Englishman the
other day, " and was stationed for som?
time in India. Our Colonel, an ol<?
campaigner who had won his spur id
the Crimea, becamc involved in a diffi
culty with a fellow officer, and a doei
was the result. The Colonel, being the
challenged party, selected pistols as thf
weapons and electcd that the affaii
should occur in a darkened room. Wf
; secured a room twenty feet square, closec
! every crevice that would admit light
placed our men in corncrs diagonally op
r posifc and withdrew. Each man wa?
prov&ed with three charges and wher
these were exhausted we rushed in tc
gather up the mutilated remains. Each
| man stood ercct and soldier-like in thf
; corner untouched, but directly behinc
! the heid of the Colonel's opponent wer*
| the three bullet hole;, made by tin
? Colonel's pistol. 'Hew is this'? said >
grizzled old Major. 'Had you beei
| standing here when those sgots weri
fired you would have been killed.' Thf
culprit was compelled to admit that h?
bad dropped to one knee. 'You ate i
coward, sir, and unfit for the company
of soldiers aflfcl gentlemen,' snorted th<
Major. 'Hold on, Major,7 said thi
Colonel. vIt is <t stand off. WJiile hi
was on his knees in one cwner I was
my stomach in the other.' ? New York
Dispatch.
limparor William's (J^et liilis Him
s If.
Beui.in, Germ any. ? I.ouis Gaidan. a
native ( f Nunc* ;ind ate chef in Emper
j or William'2 kitthya, commuted suicide
j ai the street on .Monday.
j Gaidan hud tra^ell d everywhere with
[ the Emperor for many years and had
1 amassed a comfortable fortune. From
; the loss of his money through the failure
of the bank in which it was deposited,
[ he is. supposed 'o have become in one.
f dtal .fc'ignt m a Barroom.
Richmond, Va. ? A difficulty occurred
at night in the barroom of .T. M. Ryan,
at the corner of Catv and L'nden streets,
between .fames Ry.'.n and John W. Rice.
Rice struck Ryan with a walking cane,
when the latter took up the stick from
him and inflicted a blow from which
Rice died in the morning. Ryan was
arreste 1 aud louged in jail. Rice was a
blacksmith, and h been drinking. He
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leaves a w fe and four children. Ryan
is 19 years old and unmarried.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
TO GET KID OF HOLES.
It is advised ia the American Floriafc
:o get rid of mole3 as follows: Knock
off the rosin from a ball of potash, pul
verize the potash, make openings in the
runs, drop ia a tablespoofui of the pot- ;
ish and cover the opening with a flat j
stone. I tried it and the moles disap- |
peared in a few days. ? Ball potash is
rery caas'.ic and must be handled with
caution tl*avoid injury to the one using
it.
WHEN BCYIXO FERTILIZERS.
Farmers should bear ia mind that the
"commercial valuation" is uot the oaly
thiag to be takea into consideration in
buying a fertilizer, says the Rhode Isl
and Station. To illustrate: Suppose
that the crop and soil demand largely
phosphoric acid and potash and little
nitrogen, then a fertilizer with a high
percentage of nitrogen, but low in the
Other elements, would be of little value
to the farmer, however high" its com
mercial value might be.\ The question
is not how many pounds of fertilizer for
the money, but bow much potash, phos
phoric acid and nitrogen and their form.
This question involves in a great meas
ure the profits and losses in New Eng
land farming. ? New York World.
PACKING EUTIER FOR WINTER.
Butter to keep well must be well
made, that is the buttermilk well worked
out and a full ounce of pure salt worked
into each pound of butter. Ii packed
in tubs see that they aire clean, first
scalded with hot water and then washed
with cold. Pack the buitef as made and
keep each layer covered with a cloth and
salt until the next one is added. Fill
the tub within one inch of the top, then
sprinkle on a little salt, cover with a
cloth, and tuck in the edge3 all around
next to the tub, then cover with a half
inch of salt, put on the cover sad set
away ia a cool, dry cellar. No vege
tables or fruits should bs stored in a
cellar where butter is to be kept, because
they are very likely to exhale odor* that
will be absorbed by the butter, even if
the butter is kept ia a close vessel.-?
New York Sun.
CARE OF WORK HORSES XT NOON.
When work horses are brought in at
noontime, the harness should be re
moved the sweat wiped off and the
brush and curry comb freely used. The
shoulders should be washed if they are
sweaty or sore. Before starting work
the sore shoulders may be softened with
fcastor oil. Do not- water the horse3
while warm, aor feed theaa grain. Both
at nooa and at night the horses should
be watered previous to feeding grain.
The stomach will thea be in better con
"dition for the assimilation ot solid food.
Jf obliged to give a short hour at noon
give a -larger ration of grain, or what is
still better cut the hay into half inch
lengths and a Id the usual quantity of
ground feed, sprinkle^] with water, and
thoroughly mix. This ban be eaten tap
idly, end will digest more readily than
{when fed separately in the dry, dusty
(state. ? American Agriculturist.
HOW LO KILL HROSH AND BRL.VRS.
! To farmers who live in timbered re
gion this question is an interesting prob
lem. There is a theory with some,
'who ought to know, that there is a day,
with the moon in right quarter and the
sign of Zodiac in the right place, that a
tree or shrub should be cut to kill it
>root a>jd branch. All this sounds well
enough to them, but ycirs of experience
has failed to verify sucb theories. A.
sapling may be cut in the winter that
will never sprout, and it may be cut in
the light of the moon in August, when
the sign is in the heart, and sprouts will
appear abundantly. We cut brush
every day in the year, and some will die
no matter when they were cut, and some
will not die. If sprouting is done twice
a year, say June and August, for two or
three years, no sprouts will appear the
next year unless it be sassafras or post
oak runners,
The whole secret of killing, other
than grubbing, seems to be in sap pois
oning. The, sap must sour, which kills
j the roots. Hence some practice cutting
j the stumps a foot or more in heigth.
An experiment of this kind showed a
decided gain, since the stumps rotted
out in four years' ti ne from cutting.
The killiug ot briars, especially dew
berries, baffia all skill and industry.
At one time it seemed they were gone,
but when the land was put down to
meadow they came up as strong and vig
orous as ever. Sassafras has been al
luded tOj noboiv ever killed one by
cutting it off at the ground. The same
is tiue of persimmon. They need very
different treatment. When cut a foot
or t'.vo from the ground, sap poisoning is
more possible and effective. ? American
Farmer.
WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR CtLTCRE.
People usually make too hard work of
cultivating wild plants. They are apt to
attempt to imitate the natural conditions
under which they liud the plants. This, i
to a certain extent, is wise, but in most
cases it is easily carried too. far.., Toe
| problem is simplified when we onee corns
to understand that wild plants jftolif
where they are obliged to grow, rather,
than where they; desire to grow. Be
cause a plant grows in the woods is little
reason to cxpect that it may not grow
equally as well iu th? sun. And then,
it is not necessary to wait until fall or
saving to take up the wild plants. At
every outing, whatever the time of year
? if the ground is not frozen? I mean
i to go prepared to bring home roots. In
! these sultry July day? I a?, brioging
; home wild herbs, aud next year I ex
I pect to see most of thsin bloom. ' 1
1 dig them up win a comfortable ball i
I of earth, cut tue tops or! nearly to the '
ground, and keep tncra moist until I get i
them hom??; then they arc set iu the I
border, and if dry weather foilow3, a !
Uttli water giveu occasionally at sun- ,
down helps them to grow. I do not pre
tend to say that July as ^ood i time !
as April or October to move phnts, but i
one must capture the good things A3 he j
finds them. The native orchids, how- ?
ever* usuaiiy require careful manage- j
meat, being among the most difficult of -i
native pflaafcfcfro colonize. Most of them
require complete or partial shade and a
moisVsubsoii. ? (
I If a water supply is at hand, a moist
r?lat under trees ur about build in js wW ?
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THE BUMBLE EARTHWORM.
CREATTTRE8 WHICH PLAY Atf IM
PORTANT PART IN" NATURE.
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Ho*.v lUey Make the Karth Fruitful j
Their Curions Habits? 53, 777 o 1 !
Them to an Acre of Garden.
UNTIL Dr. Charles Darwin male
bis study of earth worms no
acquaintance w a s h & d by
science with the work of these
humble creatures that play so important
a purt in the world, all the soil of which
ha* been rendered fruitful by being
paised through their bodies.
Earth worms are distributed through
out the entire world, being found even
on the most remote islands. Although
land animate they are in a sense semi
acquatic. Whereas exposure to a dry
air for a fe,w hours is fatal to them, they
have been kept alive in water for several
months. They are nocturnal in their
habits, and at night may be seen crawl
ing about in large numbers, i;sually with
their tails inserted in their burrows.
Their bodies are armed with short bris
tles, by means of wtijch they cling to
their holes, so that it ft difficult to dra*
them out. ) ;
The body of a lar^g earth worm con
sists of fo>m IQfr to 2 JO rings or seg
ments, eac? furnished with minute
bristles. By means of a well-developed
muscular system the animal can crawl
backward as well as forward, and,
when its tail is fixed in the mouth of its
hole, it can retreat into the latter with
extraordinary rapidity. It has a mouth
and^roaS as well as a giazard, which
grinds the food swallowed. The giz
xard generally contains small stones,
which are supposed to be taken in for
the purpose of assisting digestion. Earth
worms breathe through their akin, pos
sessing no special organs of respiration;
they have no eyes, ao$ the two sexes are
united in the same^ndividual.
Although they are entirely blind they
are seusitive enough to light to be ablo
to distinguish batween day and night.
Thus they escape mmj dangers which
would threaten them from diurnal ani
mals that pray upaa them. They do not
possess any tense of hearing. Dr. Dar
' win found that they took not the least
notice of the shrill notes fron a metal
whistle and they were "inditf irent to
shouts." Their sense of smell is very
feeble, but they perceive very well by
touch. Although their nervous syste.n
is well developed it is .doubted whether
they suffer as much pain waen injured
as they seem to expre^ by thzir contor
tions. f
Earth worms are omnivorou*. They
swallow quantities o( earth continually,
out of which they exbc^ct auy digestible
matter which it may contain. They also
consume half decayed leaves of all
kinds, except a few which have an un
I pleasant taste or are too tough. From
such leaves they chiefly obtain their sus
tenance. They pass the winter season
either singly or rolled up with others
into a bail at the bottom of their bur
rows, which (luring that time of year
are closed at the top. They devote
?much of their attention to gathering
leaves, decayed twigs and small refuse ol |
all sorts for the purpose of plugging up j
their holes and to hue the upper parts of ;
the latter. i
There is plenty of organic matter in i
ordinary mold for the support of earth |
worms, including many eg^s and larva
of insects, as well as small living and |
dead creatures. There are certain spe
cies found in damp places in the tropics
which possess trap like bladders, beau
tifully constructed for catching ralimte
subterranean animals. Earth worms
eagerly devour raw meat and dead
worms. Although they usually live near
the surface of the ground, yet they bur
row to a considerable depth during long
continued dry weather and severe cold. ,
They hava beeu disooverel as far down
as eight feet. The burrows ruu perpen*
I diculaily or a little obliquely, and are
n lined with a thin layer of tine, dark col
led earth voided by the worm?.
The lining thu3 formed is very com
| riact and smooth, closely fitting the
form's body. It strengthens the walls
r-of the burrow, which may be likened to
a tunnel lined with cement, and saves
the occupant's skin from beiug scratched.
Often the hole terminates in a small en
| largemcnt or chamber, where one or
more worms pass the winter. These
chambers are lined with little stones and
i feeds, to prevent contact with thesur*
i rounding cold soil. After swallowing
earth, whether for making its burro iv
or for food, the worm comes to the sur
I face to empty its body, thus forming
what are called "castings." In the case
of certain giant earth worms of ludia
and CeyloD, such castings are sometimes
four inches or more in height and seem
to be constructed with considerable
mere is some protection irom wind, can
be made, and clumps of many species
can be remo7ed with safety. It is best
to remove them in summer, when, the
flowering season is past. ? American i
Gardening.
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HARVESTING AND STORING POTATOES.
^ That potatoes require even more care
t^an grain in harvesting, is verified by a
long experience. Unless the soil is very
heavy and wet, digging should never bs
done early in the fall. Potatoes should :
remain in the ground until the vines j
have become dead, and, if the weather j
is warm and dry, they shculd remain
still longer. Of course there are excep- i
tions as when blight -withers the vines :
and extends down to rot the tubers.
Then the crop should be harvested and
stored in a dry, cool place as quickly as
possible* /
Provided normal conditions exist, and
there is no disease in the crop, potatoes
for winter storjfrg should remain undug
until late fall, i|ven until the last of Oc
tober. If possible, hardest when the
ground & dry.,*nd do not let the tubers j
be expQtt&^to the wind and sun any j
longer than to evaporate the moisture ;
clinging to them. Whether dug with
a hoe, hook, or horse potato digger,
avoid harshness in removing the pota
toes from the ground. One reason whj
potatoes should be left in the ground
until fully ripe is to toughen their ten
der skins to cbviate easy abrasion, but,
? ?of course, the princioal reason there fo*
Is that the tubers may become thoroughly
mature, so as to be a healthful, nutri- !
tious food.
The potato tubers should not bs al
lowed to burn in the sua, or their tine
flavor will -be destroyed. The croj;
should be handled as little as possibb
?to prevent abrasions that do irreparable
?injury. It is always the best plan to d)
the assorting in the field when the tu
bers are gathered. Place the merchan j
table potatoes carefully in crates, or i
baskets, nevei throw then roughly in, '
and do not take them Trom these receo- j
tacles until they are put in thebim in ;
the cellar. The mode, practiced by
some barmen, of pouring them into a
wagon box in the field, from which thef
are shoveled into a chute, whence they
side into the cellar, is ruinous to their
keeping qualities, and should never be i
practiced. " "
The cellar, or eJor% room, should 1)1 ;
dry, well ventilated, and coo!? Do not
mass the potatoes together in big bins;
they will "sweat" the same as hay or
grain when in bulk, and will heat and
rot if there is no ready escape for- the
* moisture. To store potatoes in pits to I
remain until spring, select a dry elevated
spot, and, whether buried below the
surface, or covered above the ground,
always leave a free space over the pota- ;
toes for the evaporation of moisture.
Potatoes thus kept will not sprout dur- |
ingthe wiater.? American Agriculturist. ?
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Lite hatches of turkeys seldom provo
profitable.
A pond is not necessary in raising
Pekin ducks.
I
Sheep cannot thrive on filthy fool or .
filthy quarters.
It is always an item to keep sheep as
! cle.m as possible.
The Chinese sacred lily bloom? as well
in pebbles and water as in soil.
Orange trees any be phatel success- j
fully almost any month in the year.
Change the flock to fresh pastures ;
occasionally; they will thrive better.
Select now next year's hens and fatten i
off the surplus unless they are fit to sell ;
j as breeders. y j
j The Newtown pippin is popular, not I
only for home consumption but for the
foreign trade. /
With sheep, as with other stock^ the j
best leeding is a good variety regularly
and liberally given. >
The earlier the sheep are mature 1 the
less chance they will have to eat their j
heads off while growing.
Roman hyacinths are extensively usei j
for forcing, which may be done at a-"
temperature of sixty degrees.
When the Iambs are weaae 1 be sure
5 that they have access to a good supply of
j water. This is essential to thrift.
While a few sheep can be kept on al
j most every farm, they should not be
j yarded with the cattle and horses. *
Jonquils are suitable alise for pot
culture or for planting out. Toe culture
ieouired is the same as for hyacinths.
Keep in a good condition now; a
sheep in a vigorous, thrifty condition in
the fall may be considered half win
tered.
Galvanized iron vessels are good to
hold water for chickens. They must bo
cleaned every morning and filled with
fresh water.
A common-sized egg is a veiy in
I definite thing, but those may be callel
| common-sized of which it takes ten t(
make a pouad.
i'he new Prince's strawberry, which
, originated in Minnesota, was nimei by
j the Horticultural Society of that State;
it at the same time took drst prise over
fifteen new* seedlings.
Putin a .crop ol turnips for yout
geea^ aod ducks. Store .them away^ for
winter, and during the cold season cook
them and thicken with bran and shorts,
and you will have a cheap and nutritiou?
mess for theui.
An experienced'- penca grower says:
4 'Don't force a too rapid grow:h waiie
young, as it tends to produce a tree suj
ject to early decay. Apply n') fuUlizjr
upon the peach orchard in gooi sell
until the peiring period.
On clay soils poultry yards mar be
greitly improved by placiug a tile drain
I two feet below the surface of the yar-i,
ani then adding a foot of sand. Treate 1
in this way, the rains carry down arte x
of the filth to the drains and save labor.
At the New Hampshire experinerr.
station they foun i that from their best
co.v milk cost about one aad one-half
cents a quart, and from their poorest
cow more thau four and one-half cents, j
Taerc is a chance for a pro-it in oao
case.
A good average corn crop has produced
from one and one-third to two and one- I
foutth tiaies as much food per acre as a
good hay crop, or e uougb to support * ,
cow injjull fioff of milk from *>n? hua- j
L dred aoc sixty -eight days to two hufc. 1
I dred an ? eixhty-wven dnj?.
? ?'
skill.
The earth thus voided by worms, if
spread out uaifonnly, would form ia
m >:t peaces ja the course of a year a
layer one-hfth of an inch ia thicKness.
IuasinucQ as tiie process is carried on
unceasingly, the mold from below bein^
continually brought to the surface, it is
i a matter uf ready calculation how long
j it '-rill take for the entire layer of super
ficial sod to be pa^ed^.. through the
. worm's bo ly. It i* estimated that^n an
average acre of:'|gAbici land more than
leu tons of eaxtb at* annually swallowe I
by '.vojrai3 and brought to <he surface.
] The importance of the wo.k accom
' plis'aed by tdeiu in this fashion cauuot
? be overestimated. They periodic illy
erno-ed the mold to the air, iniugliog
;t like i ^ardner who prepares fioe soil
foi his choicest plants, and*" sifting it so
f.m: no stone6 bigger tnan#he particles
tucy cm s w/ How are left in it.
; Eirti worms drag an infinite number
i of deal Ictp* -in 1 ,vipr of pints
; info th*\ i .j y. ica 1
and other more or lesa decay ed
u-e a:e buried beneath their caetin^s
an i thus brought within reach of the
r j ->fV of plants. Two worms, placed in
a r. i-cl e:"?hte?u inches in diameter,
'?'?hi <m a as ;i.lel with sand, with fallen
li."ivc> Ttr<.".vn oa too, have been ub^ervei
to convert, a layer of the sand fojr-teo:fn
of no iuca t!iic:c into vejetaMc mold
witiiiu three weeks. Thus "do tJew
iiu-.ii)'.? creatures prepare t&e lanl for
t'ae larxer and make it fruitful. The
smoo:hae?3 of a wide, turf-covered
meadow is due to leveling performed bv
worms. -
Jt Lie bee a calculated that 5j,77?T
emh worms, weighing 355 pounds, or
(liaarily -exist ia one acre of garden
jtitfeh, about -half as maaj llvios in*n
ecre of corn field. ? Washington Star.
f- PROMINENT PEO:
Carl Schcrz is a cnltfTatad
i Exopeaksb Ried is fifty
old.
? Qteen Victoria will spend
months in Italy. "'it ?
Andrew Carnegie has endowed thirteen
libraries in Scotland.
? Germany's baby Princess has been chri* . : ?
tened X ictoria Lou ise.
Tennyson makes the list o? burial* in
Westminster Abbey 1175
The late General Pope left an estate of
$25,000 or 130.000 to his ohildren.
The new Duke of Satherland^s annual la*
come will not fall shprtof #?^),00).
Ex-Senator Ph^Y. of New York, was a- ,
singer in his youth and led a country choif
? * 'Bob'' BrRDETTE, the humorist, isadea*
con in the Baptist Church at his home.Brya . jf?
Mawr, Penn. dl
Sir Arthur Sullivan says then it noth
ing like a raUway car for oomooeiM oper* i?
atic melodies. ^ .
I The Duchess of Devonshire enjoy*
reputation x>t being tie only ' Duchess on
reaord whoias twice msirriei al Duke.
I Mr. Jcstice Ssiras's silk gown fit
of twenty-one yards of the richest and .
expensive silk, and was thai gift i of hit
low townsmen of Pilttburg. j |
T Professor Wiluam SwijrioK, tba waltf
known author of the series of tchoolbookt
that bear his name, die i sucidaalj in New!.
York City a few nighta ago, Ha diet
alone. ? ' I ' ?' & 772
J ? & if'
Whi .e the Hon. Thdmas Palmar ww the
United States Minister to Madrid ha adoptai
a Spanish child as his |on. Tha little fellow
is said to je a fins specimen of An ialutitn
beauty. .':?*]
A handsome monument has b?an ireotad
at Cherbourg^ France, to the honor of Jena
Francois MiuVt. It consist? of a marbKp buiC
of the great arasf, supported on a grantti
pedestal and surroundjed by tironxj C^uresy '
It is not generally known that Lord Tao
nyson was twice offered a Baronetcy NI&
twioe decline! the honor. His tlevation to
the peerage was the first instancy of Iter*
ary merit alone having been re war dad with,
a patent of nobility.
The estate left by the post WMttisr is
much larger toan w? arpact^d even by Us
most intimate friends. It is ua lerstood, ttat
his copyrights alone bring in iowae inOOOM
of $3o00 a year, while the total Yaloaof kit
estate is piacad at $13i,0X). $;
Professor E. W. Horsfo&o, of Caoa
bridge, Mass., the great believer in Er
icsson as the true discoverer ot Anterior
has recaived from the King ot Denmark
decoration of a Koijht of the Royal r
ot Dannebrog. This is a vsrtiaMMtl
of knighthood? it was foud'q la the
a|es? reserved for a score or two of
of distinction. j \; " -
^ THE LABOR WORLD; ] Ji'f
*3Sf?S?%?* ""j"*?0* E* I
tbe apu* Uctariit
n2BnPriat6rA' ?ome at Colorado SorianL '
near Denver, Col., has now twenty inmatStv
^r?A.RIS .T1' sp?n1 ?40?.000 annailly in iftl
creas.ng the wages of her muiiicioal laborem.
f?Tf2f fneh!sh congress of railway am
eigbt^hourVayf9 mi30r**J *jmotfon tor
Thk Miners' unions in Great Britain in
***>"*?* nq>lj?n?i tot ~
It is said that over 1.000.000 wikmao U ?
, uermany remain unmarried because
cannot support a Jamily. T
The ?r,t branch of the bdfldln* trades to
XESfiESSSS?
thataXr tailores366 ^"-taxaktt?^5f ?'
The whole of the farm work In Garment
practical! _r, is done by women and elrit
n j?UuC ei?hteea i cents per day*
ana they board themselves. *"*/*
Fr!i^ or/?aa.2.'d railroad employee ^
France have demanded that men LirW
arts/s^sir.rs!s? tg >
tions every two years, like several other k
TTho*9 m??bers consider
annual conventions superfluous.
Ax important concession to tbe dockyard l"i
iS r J ? maiJ W the British Adair
? j/ to the effect thkt met on piece work
are to be paid the fuilamodot df their earn- '
ing, however much injexcess of their ordin
ary wage?. Hitherto (men were not allowed
d????g?.c th>n ttj <*#? ***? f
I* twenty-two of Ae largest cities of this
country 1..42? wefnao, who are workfof
for a living, were questioned by Govern
?e.nJ,a?eaty- ^Libeea 118SS were single
and the average afa.was twenty-two years
and seven months, mXbey represented 843
vocations and thoir averare pay atnoofttatf . .
to *oJ5l per week. ??**???. .
The Germans are trying the experiment ?
of introducing coolie labor.tato EutAfrioa. <
They recently landed SOO^hines* cooliea at ?? *
Tangs, whence they were taken some dis- !
tance in?ani to th$ cottonind ooffdo pl4Ht&* I
tations at Lewa and Dsraqre. ThU experi
ment may prove a disastrous failure, as it if
not at all certain that the Chinese can thrive
under the unfavorable conditions thev will
meet in equatorial Africa?; 1 c
newsygleaningsT
Tiiers is a short French barley crop.
Italy s crops are abovn the average.
A drought is prevailing in Australia.
Political harmony now exists in Bi
Scotland is having bitter winter w?
T he tea crop is anuau >lly small thia '
CotD weather is causing suffwinr
land. | ?
In Southern Russia no water
for tbree moitf hsM ; '
A hcxdred thousand of Berlii
tants live m cellar*.
iHE total indebtedness ot(,J|iP State of
Arkansas is *4, 9)9, 43 1, p j]' '
ix many sections a totti failure of tbe
| ho :ey crop is reported. 1; - I .
-Maixk nas 33T0 abanddnei Vpr'nt Witi a
totai area o:.:>o4, 314 actes. *
, French troupe have already | killed
150 J jDahom^yansi in Africa,
The long kry season has resulted ia the
usual forest fires in South Jersey.
The Siour Indians in the NortWest are
threatening another gaost dance.
RUSSU has n MrJy a *1*).00),000 deposited ' . 1
In toe different E irop?anca;jitalai:
Florida is goin j to ship oranges to Bli- ?>
lan i dir?;t by steamer fro n Fernanlina. i
? Killixq froaUhivj visitii someCTtha
Soutoern States, and a col 1 area is pasdne
aiorg the entire cottoa b9lt* " ' '
Mexico and Denmark hava declinel ta be
represented iu the nival parade next April v
to commamor.tce the opening of thi l>"orld'i
>*etv \ uax IxpK is to introduce the ida?
dergarteu as a^ar; oi thi pub ic schoot rtl
t?/n. i he appropriation for the first year is
lo.yxrj. . . , *
1 ifteex of tha horses Uie 1 in the Berlin
??una military ride are disabl ei (or life '
ten died on tne road aad others are severelv ?
crippled. 7 ?
1 hi records of th<?W?nsus Bureau show "
that mere are now living 1.078,837 soldier* ?
I q. Loion Army during tha
The M., K. <i". T. Railroad has diviiei J
??.? am-jng \h^ i a uilie,* of th* mtn killed ?
in th* war on tbe* Dalton gang at Uott*y.
vill? Kid. J
There was quite a lar<e increase In tha
j crop acreage iu Ireland thU year. The va- j '
nous crops wire grow.i o i 4,854, 764 ^crts of
land, whico is au increase over 18VI of 66
? 4^<Tacre^ ? ^
? When a on a piece of itidcf j
paper he reaiij?atfyat he ia better offii' *'
i Bin^Uaaitao Lea-ier."^--,