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e %xr? mf IfeVv,,-. ■ " K’1 »> n>^ -»<r W1 l *'$ V: V .K f ‘*'.- VOL. IX. . BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1886.' IH TflOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH. Are bonehing, however, is not the most uponuit tMng HOME MAHONAELE 8UG«KMTIOW KHOM HIGH AWHORirY. What Work Ike Good Former* kkonU Ik> la Ike Meatk of Mey-An Iniereotlan Artlrle From aa latelllyeni Writer. (W L. JonM ia tk« May “CalUraior.”) The earth is now warm enough lor grass and weeds to grow rapidly. They cannot be permitted to share with the crops the plant food in the soil; extermi nation of them is now the order of the day. How to accomplish this economi cally, rapidly and without injury to young crops is one of the nicest problems the farmer is called upon to solve. In the recent progress of agriculture, the old-time method of running around young plants with a narrow scooter, liav- ing a board qailcd to foot and l>eam on one side to prevent throwing dirt on the little plants, first gave way to the sweep. The Utter shaved tlie surface nicely, and with it* wing running quite flat threw very little dirt. Moreover the siding furrows swept out »the middles at the same time, a great advance over two siding furrows with seootsrs aud subse quent breaking of the middle* with shovels. But with the nicest work of the sweep, there is still a narrow strip along the line of plants which is undis turbed, and upon which grass can firmly fix itself. To destroy it, the hoe was called into requisition. This involved heavy expense, unpleasant contact with labor and great demand fur liands to chop out cotton. - Next came broadcast cultivation with the harrow in the first stages of the crop, with heel scrape* and cultivators later. This is as faf as we have advanoetl; indeed, most fanner* have not yet reach.xl tins point, mid the method is not yet, |>erlia]ia, fully per fected. But from the very nature of things we must advance in this direction —machined, implement*, honie-]>ower, must snppUnt hand UUir more and more. How to cheapen production is the problem of the hour. Onr fathers mere important tMng to be compassed; killing the grass along the line of drill and thinning the. bunch out so the plants will not crowd and dwarf each other are the main disiderata. This, it strikes us, the harrow will do better than anything else. After the harrow has done its work, then probably a chopper might be used advantageously. The bringing to a final stand will probably always re quire some hand labor, but, aside from this, cotton cultivation ought to be done exclusively by machines. We have no doubt the proper implements for /he purpose will be forthcoming in dne time. Machine-made cotton alone in this country can.compete with that raised by cheap labor in India and elsewhere. It is of the first importance that the early workings of crops should be re peated at short intervals, and thorough ly done. Now is the time to kill grass with least labor. If allowed to get a strong foothold, it will take three times as much work to kill it next month us is required to do it now, to my nothing of the injury done by rubbing the crop of food, and the brnising and disturbing of the plants in getting the strongly rooted grass away from them. At least once in ten days the harrows or plows should pass over, aud whatever hoe work is needed be given without hesitation or delay. If the ground happens to l»e dry, don’t l>e d.^oeived Into the l>eliof that the crop is cltaui because the young grass is covered with dust and is not plainly visible. We have seen many a crop ruined by .rajrlnnanrnn just at this (Hunt. A dry Maj ch«vk* the'growth of grass and lulls the farmer into fancied security. A set June follows, the grass j springs up like magic and he never catches np with it again. | If tlie harrow has been properly used | in the corn field, tliat crop will now l>e perfectly clean and an far ad vanned that there will In; no further difficulty in covering up young grass or weeds even tioua take the dew. Both grass and clover make a better quality of hay if cut rather early; the quantity, however, will be rather lees. When a fourth of the heads turn brown is pro Viably the best time to. cut clover; when in full bloom the time to cut grass. As soon as the mown clover begins a new grow th, t.ypdresH it with a hundred isumds of plaster to the acre. Every one who raises hogs ought to plant largely of the St. Domingo tyi>e of sweet potatoes for fattening them in the fall. Considering quantity and quality, we kuow of no other food so easily and cheaply raised for the purpose. If the jiotato and oorp are dried at the temjier- atnre of boiling water, three bushels of potatoes will contain as much dry matter as one of corn; not as much fat or albuminous matter in proportion as com, but more of the starch group than com. Peas would make up the deficiency in the potato admirably; the two would fit well together and make an almost per fect ration for fattening hogs. Have a potato and pea i>ateh in the same en- donufe, so that the hogs may eat of each at will, and you have the foundation for cheap pork. If the S]*vnish ground ]>ea succeeds as well generally as it seems to have done in some localities, it might take the place of the cow pea, especially on lands containing lime. Clover for spring, Bermuda grass for summer, peas, ground peas and potatoes far fall and early winter, make provision for nearly the whole year. Let us strike for inde pendence in this and every other de]«irt- meut of fanning. Bear in mind that gram harv est w ill soon be at hand and arrange work ahead with reference to it. Oet crops clean and well worked now, so tliat they may hour a short neglect during liarvest. Hone enterprising man in every neigh borhood ought to be encouraged to buy a reaper anil cut all the grain just us ]>artie« now do the threshing. In other words, a traveling reojH-r ought to t>e a with a scrape. We know' from repeated | regular institution. Fanners can 11 span 1 truds, even on ItoUom lands that are so the time fntiB their enqn to liarvest | liable to lass>me foul, that a com erop | gram, and cradlers an* getting more ex may be made with tlie plow alone, be done even with ordinary, It old pushed lal>or to the utmost in clearing forests and cultivating virgin soils. Since °^ n the war the use of fertiliser* ha* Wn * 11 '' l )luW8 ’. ^ befon ; K™ . , developed to great perfwtiou; and now 1; with a turning shovel begin tn surroundings demand the most extended makes use of machinery aud home-pow er. All department* of industry are moving in this direction, and agriculture cannot lag liehind. Cautiously, wisely, judiciously it must go on. Our readers will remember the article* published last year in the Cultivator on hroadniMt cultivation with the harrow. The jmints which seem to be well set tled were that obstruction* must be rv- moved- trash in t£e shape of corn agil cotton stalks cut up or knocked to piece* and buried by breaking laud with large turn ploughs; Vied*, if any, to Vie low and leveled down with liarrow imtnedi ately after planting; if rain follows plant ing quickly, liarrow as soon as dry HDougtn never allowing a enist to form. As soon as cotton Virgin* fairly to oume up, run hajrriw obliquely aero** rows— never in the diivotion of the row*—in four or five JiZL run oliliqualy across in tin' > ’ppotdte (traction, so tliat > two harrowing* may be at right angle* to each other. In three or four days harrow again aero** tlie hud. These tUinvw mgs must begin early and lie re- ^aufcd rapidly 16 thin oat th* cotton, which they can do whilst the plants are very young and tender—When still yel low. Wheiifolder and tougher they will be pushed aside often without being de stroyed. The ootton now being consid erably ihhrnert, gnm end weed* thor oughly kflUul, and the,surface nicely ptivepised, the erop is in condition to ting and exorbitant in their demand*. The piaotuv i* 1 scorn mg quite general to cut (sit* when the grain i* in the “dough,” and enrv it like hay Cut, and alio we<l to take tlie sun a day without being tied up in bundles, it tiocoines The last furrow, wd^en a middle i» com-1 sufficiently cured to lie tied up and UlEEASEY CATTLE. Aa Kaaay Rrud Before Ihe Gurrnury Breeder*' \ Morin I Ion. Among the various breeds to which popular attention has been called in re cent years, there is none deserving a higher place in public estimation than tlie Guernsey, whether for daily' pur-' lRises or the later garnered profit as a beef animal; and yet, )ierhaps, notwith standing such strong claims u]kiu the farmers and breeders’ attention, no breed is so little generally known. Not only are there very many who liavo never seen a Guernsey, but fhere are a vast number more who have never seen the milk or butter, and a still greater number who liavo never eaten Guernsey beef. Those who have not, have yet to see the deepeat colored milk and cream, the most golden colored butter, requir ing no aid from coloring matter either in summer or winter, and to taste the most highly-flavored lieef in existence, having a peculiar flavor of its own. This lined may Is; said to be the hap py medium between the diminutive Jer sey and the huge Friesian, and com prising the merits of both breeds. It is thus i>ar-excellence the farmer's breed, especially for tlie butter-making farmer. Docile to an extreme, bearing neglect of care well, it yet nqiays careful attention aud good feeding with as much interest as can lie exjiected of any bovine race. COLOR OF THF BRFKU. Even to the faMtidioua, whom nothing but a solid color will pleane, it* rich golden-hued skin will prove attractive aud recommend its pleasantly combined hues of yellow or lemon-fawn and white; for in no other breed will there lie found such an exudation of Vintyraceoiis mate rial filling the pores and the hair with unctions matter, producing that soften ing effect so dear to the hand of tlie ex- jiert and to the breeder of butter, at least, as a general rule in this breed, it Vieing the exception in other bm-ds. Wlille to the practical man, who knows that color of the hair has not the skght- (yrt influence upon the yield or constitu tion, tlie clianning, softening effect* of the hleudiiig of the golden fawns and white arc sonroe* of |K-rpetual delight. having’ mad* • pound of bajtter, wren with the few testa IhEk have been made; the butter ia- the kagheat and deepest tone of Ml nelf-ookntkl butters; the fit ter will go farther; it has a peculiar rich flavor and atoms; the beef is remarkably juicy and well interlaid with fat of the deepest eojur, tender, and of the highest flavor, and the carcass dresses well and profitably. Considering that there are but 1,000 head of cattle on the island, and tliat there must be more or leas close interbreeding, the Gncrusey cow is a very sure and regular breeder, and re produces herself and tier fixed types with exactitude; her docility and gentle ness, most important trait* in a dairy breed, are remarkable, and the mala* are of an amiable and gentle disposition, seldom becoming cross or desiring to roam. In size, avoiding the diniinntiveneas on the one hand and the gross size on the other, the Guernsey is of the size easiest maintained for good returns; and whet* killed for beef, cute to profit; a* oxen, while not quick-stepping, they are ]>aticnt and assiduous. The color in peculiar, mainly running in sliades of orange and lemon fawn, either in solid mass** or prettily broken with masses of white. Formerly black and hrindle were more Common than at the present time.' Tlie skin Is nsnally of ho nob a golden color as to be unrivaled and extraordinary. It* unctionsnM* mellows the slrin and soften* the hair and exude* in a yellow but vraoeous se cretion. The golden rim around the* eye*, the collections in the ear*, aud tlie dandruff at tlie end of tbu tail, all pro- HI* Aereftaam the oawwaaJ «f Anay «f VlrsMa. « (Ftom th« Chltas* Tritwa* t ‘‘Did I eyer tall yon.” •id ex-ricnator Pomeroy, of Kansas, to me the other day, that I was present when the com mand of th« Confederate army waa offer* ed to Genraal Lee?” “NO," r- . * “Well, I was; I stood within six feet of him. Nobody in the party knew me as T had just arrived in Washington from Kansaa, and was almost aasntort here. Kansas was admitted, you nsr member, during the last days of Buchan* an’s administration, and Lane and I ■Were elected to the Senate. * We came to Washington with a lot of KaEaas fellows to see what the aeoeariooiata wan doing, and were on the care when we heard that Fort Sumter liad been fired upon. “But I am going to teB you about Lee. I was keeping a diary then, aa I have ever sum*, and do now. Only the other day I was reading it over, and it recalled to me that about the 16th or 17th of April, 1861, a committee of twelve men came up from the seoeraioa convention, then meeting at Riafcmond, and stopped at the hotel where I was. I used to circulate around among them, trying to find out what they were up toy and discovered that they had come to see General, who was over at Arlington. One afternoon about 4 o’clock they start ed off in carriages, and a friend of mine and I got in a buggy and followed them We joined the proceesion before it got to Arlington, and acted just as if we were a port of their crowd. When we reached In the lifi ConferaneeM Discipline by' came aw andsr ~~W- ■ *•»- legeof BfebofEbti theix deciaioi action. ’ I* wife i >a— toffeewfr ttokiwytoJ a i but tir fra ntiff dfc claim the wonderful rich new of the ani- > the old mansion General Lee, who m “- 1 evidently uot expecting any callers, <wsna roTTMCY OF THE mrar... , ^ in hia drewsing^ewn and slipper* Ihe long continued Mm,lav «,nrae of I ^ j J(m be Wa* a* noWe a looking breeding whrch the Guernsey ha* nnder u man ^ erer j Ht . ^ ^ ^ gone give* it that power which we b-rm pobneyi the ability b> produce n itoelf, wheUier ujhiii ra. mls-ra -. |poce ^ , )revulll Y lrKlula m , m K „ ia ^ it* own breed or upon Uxom of other | of ^ Union nnA ^ ha<1 intern. It 19 tliiii ijtuditj wlucli n^nden «a uuui ever 1 hhw . ne 11*41 mm we torm I for 1 it (lenoral and osunc fnui t<T 1 Califoriiia, von remember,' to* nschif inAn abera of rntt , ^ prevent Virginia from going on the centre of the middle and 1**1 up, the wing tieing turned away from the rom. ba aaaQy cnltivated with sweep or scrape. It is aaiia also that ik the condition left by the harrowing* a good hand can chop to a stand two acres of cotton a day. U 4ne ami ia supplied with humus, and thefamd well prepared, cultivation should be very shallow from the start. In hard eoil, dxspoaad to run together after rain, a deep plowing is perhaps admissible when the cotton is very young, but not tAherWiae. In two experiments made snocessivsly in 1884 au£l 1886 at the Ala bama Experiment Station, to test effect* of deep and shallow cultivation, there was a difference respectively of 86 and 100 pounds of seed cotton per acre fn fawor of shallow cultivation throughout The two plat* wen prepared, manured and eujtirated exactly alike, except that when the sotton on one plat was about ft foot high it waa plowed deep with a longMroter and scrape, as ia frequently doEft % facmen, and ite roots Wnsidera-. be 1 tit*, iaft^ ft# plew, ’ it sndi the scooter used bftjpiy dmi just long of the ^ow- rtlie bottom hf ihe fnr- plebxl, will side thV com very closely and throw jn«t t nough dirt bi covor up young grass without covering the young com. Tlie next working: with a si yurt and broad turning shovel, begin next to com with wing towards it, and throw dirt moderately to the plant*. TlK-se two workings should lie given before the com is Wu umIm* high. After that the aonqic will do all that is necessary. Wliere com is plantesl in the water-fur row, a proper running of the aenqs- will cover up all gras* from the lie ginning to the end. The first of Max is the liest time to * sow the first crop* of forage com, sor ghums and millet. Supposing the land to have been bixAeu sum* tune ago, it should hare received two broadcast bar- rowings bf keel, the surface clean and mellow. This i* especially neeeiwary for ail of the sorghums, because the plant* are small at first aud grow off quite slow- ly, Heuoe early working with the {Jow ls difficult and not satisfactory if the land i* grassy. These crops can’t bear the expense of hoe work; therefore the necessity for having the land in finest order at planting time. Lay off row* three feet apart; drill the seed of sor ghums rather thinly and cover lightly with a board. For fodder com proceed in like manner, but put in from two to two and a half bushels of seed per acre. Aa soon as the plants are np, and will bear it, side with scrape, set to run very flat; two or three plowing* will suffice, and if the land waa in proper condition at the time of planting, no hoeing will be called for. German millet may be sown broadcast if the land has been well prepared and is in fine tilth; a half bushel of seed per atfro is sufficient. Suc cessive plantings of above crop* every two or three weeks to the first of August will enable a farmer to feed his stock all through the snmmer on green forage mom cheaply than on anything dae, and with great benefit to thkir health. Cut and partly core—say exposed to sun and air for one day—before feeding; this will reduce the water in them and render them lees laxative. Any disposition to scour may be prevented by a mixed ration of dry and green forage; perhaps this is preferable from every point of view. Cheap stock feed is like cheap coal for an engine, H reduces the cost of production of everything raised on the farm; and we must bear in mind that money sastad ii equivalent to money made. H^nne can reduce the cost of freebaiag-Cotfoto a eeritapontid, it is the sapse to torn as if £e eolfL fay one cent i nfore'pCr pound. An abandaflefe of the j forage makes less grain ncoeasary. not aft work, stock mu bo kep^rith lit- fib fetthlf m WW**4oi good luge crop of cotton, put It down and plant a portioq of the cotton land to these forage drops, they will pay you rttoa. o -v. ..; . Gtorar and orchard graae will be rtady ' the mower by the end of the month. ,Gg| after tiia dew is off and cook np toe wm* evening all that ia mowed before one ter hay ie well wilted H taka tha dew. The above slnx'ked in the usual manner < >r it may be cured like liay and stemsl away in hulk in stack* or barns. It makes uu excellent feed. Fall oat* were quite- generally killed by the severe weather in Jarman , but where the land has not lif-en plowed sine*', au occasional stalk of oat* may be found which ha* surxived the cold. It would lie well to take care of these and gather tliwm cart hilly when ripe. Their survival indicates u hardiness of consti tution which will Ntand extreme cold, and a very desirable strain of winter oat* might be propagated from them. Ths matte-r i* worthy <vf tnal. Witli ns tlie mercury fell to sero; the red mst-prOof oat* was entirely kilted, with the very Hmited exceptions noted ahovw, Uh- win ter grazing oat* wa* also very badly killed, {lossibly a tenth escaping. IF a variety of oats that can stand the cold of zero is not to be liad, what grain can lie substituted for fall oat*? Rye will stand any degree of cold; can it tie utilized a* stock food when mature and ripe? Would it be practicable to thresh and grind the grain, and chaff the straw forage? Or could barley be utilized in place of oats? We think the latter is used largely a* stock feed in California—how is it man aged? Can any one tell us? THE HOI THERA BAPTIST*. ohim* OF THK RKFF.l). As tins is as old a breed as any other, ha* lieen kept [inrely bred a* long, and was inqiorted into tin* country a* early a* the Jersey, there must Is- a reaNuti for it* lieing conqwretix-ely *o little knowu and extended. The earliest settlors in tlie sea-1 toard district* were Dutch, Swedish and English. They uaturaHy brolight with them the cows from their homes, and thus, with the intenninghag of tinir cattle, there sprung iqi wlmt i» now termed “Native Race ” As it wa* the Guernsey bulls so valuable to stamp their get with the peculiar richness of ♦he breed; this i* so lasting that it take* i generations to breed it ont. We know I of an instance where a bull wa* intro i dneed twenty years ago, and the I miter, a* marketed (nun tua descendant*, allows tlie rich color and the good flavor to this day. m »> _ oUl Union, and white he had not made any public iteclaratam. people gdite eraily unde rates si that W was opposeft , to suoenuoa, so w watoliud what wa* i going on with a great (teal of interest. “The chairman presented the deia- i gates to the General one by one, an! when they liad bean introduced he be gan a speech which 1 wrote down aa nearly a* I could reuuwulier it in my liary tliat night. ftfbflha •He 1*1 «rr of lh« V*»f Iho IH-Irsatioa ok Louinillr HrlrrleS an (-OBirnllon—Pulliam Monrv Baal*. Tlie Southern Baptist Convention will meet in Louisville, Ky., on May 8 next. The Rev. Dr. Cooper, of Richmond, Va., wa* selected to deliver the Conven tion sermon. Home time wa* devote*! to the Cuban mission. Tlie question was whether the foreign or home Liard should take charge of it and prom-cute the work. Able speeches were made for both board*, but it was decided by a large majority to give, it to the home board. An amendment to the constitu tion wa* adopted so a* to require dele gates to lie appointed by the 1st of May of each year, and the representation ..to be one delegate for every one hundred dollars paid into the trearniry by the 1st of May of each year. A report on temperance, pledging members to work for the suppression of the whiskey traffic, wa* adopted. The Convention adjourned sine die on tht llth tost. J * wl * " * TttepMkto jtfea Breapto. M £. Y. Hinkle, of Baltimore, general Superintendent of the Washington Tele phone Company, and William C. R. of the lines in Winchester, Va., nearly lost their lives on laet Thursday night while crossing Opequan Creek ooming from Berryville. Hinkle out toe none from the wagon and with Stomps, who has only hand, elqng to toe animal and brought safely to the bank. Henry Mayhew, repairer of the lines, remained in toe wagon and wm drowned. —A silver tobacco box which John Aides earned in his pooket when, in toe oouttahip of Mfies fttanditii, ha the nio^t valuable trait* of the cow, for by this pertinacity up to her calving even, the moderate milker ifi tiii* length of time imtehea up and yielii fa quantity- more than the cow that milks Well for three or four month*, or that goea dry for two or three months, gradually fad ing up to tii* time of stopping. Tins is au- tiyNad o«t in a anifonn tey- Vkw that haadont, H it day. If ragrhraHjr, with ed to PriaeiQa Xnlitos toft proposal ol ty of Mr*. M. City, Pa., a ' fouml desiralile to with pnre-bred stook, tlie Devons, the Shorthorn*, the Jerseys and the Guern seys were imported. Tlie latte r two in tin? first quarter of this century. They at onoe attracted great attention for their neline** of yield. Each brood wa* iai- KTTted mdiacriniinately from rithi-f island under tlie gruerat name of Alder- nay. As they became Jfcahtouabte in England, and as each island restricted importation, the true (hstinctinu finally cakninated ifi the formation of dub* tor each breed. Tlie Jerseys, from their great beauty, a* well as merit, have taken the lead. Their praise ha* been herald ed in every manner, and I wing more finely hacked up by record* of great }*r- formanec, the breed has a permanent hold in this country, and an merit 4 is guiding sdectiuu now, its claims to value will increase. Thus, also, it ia with the Guernsey. The earliest importations made by Colt, Biddle, King ami others, have been maintained by many others. But for many yqgrs past those who we developing the Guernsey* in this ooun try, were too busy enlarging their herds, and having none to spare, did but Ktth to cah attention to them. But ad a knowledge of their merits spread, deal ere have steadily been increasing their imjiortatipn*, and breeders have gone over and made selections, until now there is lieginning to lie a supply for the rapid ly increasing demand. As the island has a history of ovor two thousand years, a* the cattle have strongly marked peculiar characteristics, maintained by a rigid exclusion from the island of any other breeds, it seems no{ worth our while to enter into the dia- pnted question of the origin of this breed of cattle, but to content onrselve* with their excellence as we find them at this day. We may, in passing, state our belief that they are of Norman origin though there is some testimony which might lead u* to suppose they might have originally been brought were by the Danes, or at least tliat some animal* were imported by the Danes and mixed with those found on the island. As Normandy and Brittany are the nearest coast lands of France with which there is constant communication, and a* tin present Norman breeds, toe Contentine and the like, are very similar, almost equally noted for their rich dairy quali ties, and yielding most superior butter, that known as coming from isigny-and Bayent and bringing the highest price in the market—I .say these points should have great weight in ascribing the main origin of the Guernsey breed to Nor mandy, Be that aa it may, the most unprejudiced minds, after becoming ac quainted with all the merits of Guern sey, must admit that they have no sn- perion is thou peonhar trait*, mum or the ebbed. may tva rata mad up fa few Ilia Qaarnsey grew a larger of toe breeds ; toe maintains the m .4,1 ., ,i v b— R w »" ▼‘•ry nearly ia The continuity of hef yield i* one of | ^ wonU . . (lon<JIld ^ Wft ^ thorized by the convention now in won at Richmond to convey to you an •xpresaion of the oontufi ikv and natal in. a* one of the mote twVvmed citizen* of \ irginia, and to tender you tlie com mand of tlie troo]m tliat have been raised to protect the old Htate from the peril which now confront* her. We are en- ed by the belief that you, a* a am of Virginia, will respond to her rail and direct the military force* so a* to nrvent the military invasion of h improve upon these eiqiecially valuable to the i>wner of but | ‘ l 'onecow, aud where ho own* two oow* gr and insist* upon their taking a natural aud needed .rest of rix^veejui or two montlui, He can arrange it so a* always to have his milk and butter. Like the hare and tortoise,' if i* the steady milker that 1-eat*\A fkeTrtng'rtm. * ’ '' “ ^ * a oemoui. ffaWW wEbits v> M , The Guorn.Meto ure hardy’ and totigh, and therefore fitted lor way saqtion of tins c< -untry, sad wwksow (ft no. breed so fitted far the rapidly lucreasiag dairies of the West, the far West ami the Northwest.. On their, own inland, they are exposed mop- pr lew ovcq- dgy, hi the Vear, in the day time in tlie hot Hu^aand at night to the heav^ dews' Ahh Hb ‘the atmosphere heavx- with gold and damb- nen*, provocative of rheufiiatisni in the inhabit! at*. The farmer and the dairy man want a cow at good size they can turn for lieef, that while alive will pay well in milk and batter. This seem* to be a sine qua non with farmefs of the well aa ef tha Weak H-tocae cat|le(QE teflEtitorislaad mb eremaed to ithering hedges, ened by them as devwftatiflg.firA reap such ges, they Are well fitted fb toe hard life an many of our unsbettesad farm*. at by be- racred soil. "We know that targe bodies of troops are being organized fa the nevto for- taercioa ef our peopfeC aufi th^f will be reiuttsi by every patriotic ettiten of tite tiotmu—maltti. Tfeaeow- veEtkm’ at BfahteOndKaawaitiag anxious ly for tioa rftim with your 'aaewea, i(L yowr aoM^itetioe weft give strength and eaeduragamettt to toe people. ’ • ' “To thi* Lee raaponded briefly and dfrorily. He- ttaafl- a moawnt with a determined eiftn miua n]xm hia fena. as if the mind waa hilly mads up, bat he was ndt certain liow to express himself. My friend ‘and Jfc f M in what wti had heard, expect ml 4hat he would decline aud tall the committee to go bona and ahandoiatoa pofltettftBi progntmaia Hie utarted out all right in hia repl v, ‘Gen tlemen, ’ *aiyl he, ‘l am yp po«d to wa|, i bred to toe •Ullse tterEktesyrr Robert Wright waa shot and- Elizabeth, Col., on last Wi a woman from Denver, whom' Ife trayed, and who came on a morping train from that city, aooompaniad by her brother. After her arrival •lie’ went to Wright's place of business and asked him to marry her. Upon his refusing she fired three shots at him from a Colt’s forty-five calibre revolver, two of them taking effect, one in his head and tlie other in his chest, and he dropped dead. The woman claims to be the mother of a five-week-old'illegitimate child* of which Wright wM.tipe father. He had often promised to marry her, but always failed to keep his word. She made up her mind to kill him if he again refused to keep his promise. After the shooting toe woman arid her brother en tered a carriage ami drove to Kiowa, where the former gave herself np to the officers, bat refused to give her name. —Georgia newspapers are lamenting 1 localise too Governor of their State get* |3,000 a year, while his necessary ex penses are reckoned at 80,000. The Vermont Executive get* bat $1,000 But, then, the Vermont chief magistrate has no great wear and tear in office, ex cept to face the 1,000 men, each of whom claim* to liave elected bin> and propose* to direct all his movements. —A number of girl* in New York, who understand stenography and are getting good salarim from merchants and othen having tracer with Mexico This indidate* that trade with tika country & growing, and toft Hr k qtftte earn toe«h waa belt worth the whflfe of Vorahfc titto work Dr. diversify their stock M fan, BBM bpt i tPl wards, < tion propotfagA i divine i animated debate followed. rin, Kelley, Young, and othen earneetly against tiw .reac4ntiona x wa* finally re^wted: ’ lot oommnwo o® epuoofiKy fipwin in relation to qriacopal sftridttBMfe toft in their opinion there *houl4haq» from each of the great necMtip ol country. • The Rev. Dr. John meflaenger from the Northena i Clrareh, wee introdaoed to the enoc. Governor Forakax, fraternal messenger from Church, did not come. A large congregation tenary Ghoiwh to hear eddraaftla Mf, fraternal ddegatoe tW- Rev. Mf- ol the Methodist Church of I the Rev. Dr. Miley, of the Epiaeopd Church. The afl edmiiobie, and heard. The report of the committee on foratol mi«Kina, to which wa* referred the iom- Intioti in reference to the of a mpermtondcot of foreign recommended non-eonennenote ed. .4M* ’ffeHMUterittM rarwburete< reooarinenflM fliMr the reqa establishment «< a womaa’s of church exteiaaon, fey the secariag )nmon«gea fur th« ohaxsh, granted Mr. Fetentofi, of Vtrgiina,' from (to committee on Bibtea, aubrattted a Jtelf- doaan reports in relation to DiacipUnv. He also submitted port of hi* committee in memorial of the Missouri asking that the won! “Horth’’ ba Dated ftom the Earn* of the i Episcopal Church, Houlh, and <epovt upon the reaolutiou providiag (haft church members sign tog' petitions Ibr the sale of intemoatiag ttqoor Etegr %E dealt with ae to-esme nay MfBfan fa tiusreeohition Um: rvun suttee i Duu-concurTtnoe. The session Of Thiuaday waa ed in diseoasing different feateni bd ’ of Diaciptipp- * * M wEEii regard to jftn iri GonflttdBftE ioatenL i-fii edb 5T ini* although’V-rcd to’ the prbfe«rioh of 'ar t tun espeejafiy opposed to pivll War, to I i anna t rwtf* A N«v> Mvale* Maa's I ural who wa* rsoentl: neif rope Boom. “ 1 treed my Woteteff, Mi thrown Over aty head aa*! «fiTM4 strife between brothers. I regret that one section of thi* codntry is arrayed against the other.’ “Up to that," «mtinned Mr. Fomefoy, “I thought he wergofag to itelhle, hat his next words scared me; 'I beard the voice of ▼irginia,’ he Mid, •of er fhaf bore m«v whose soil ia as saered a* the aahee of myfather buried thidn ’ ‘He’s gone,’ t said to say friend, ‘heft made np his mind,’ and his next Wolds were: ’I cannot resist Ihe cal ef the sovereign State to whiah I owe my first allegiance; hut remember, gentiemen, I atudl draw my sword in her defense, and . with toe prayer that we, in defendfa^ onr rights, may not be compelled to abed the Mood of oar brethren.’ “He then said that he would go to Richmond at onoe and report in person to the government. The next morning everybody knew that Lee had gone to Btohmond, and within twenty-four hours the newspapers contained his order upon assuming com* mand of the Viiginia troops.” iDTown o t&v my nesa off my feet. f Myosbata kdl mo d meat, and ti*x.I.waked op in i.to bp,- led now, ihe thingahen*- 7*- MAfljfttBite to noofc.tnd tobtoJBElMti them looto and tried far - above mw. feet jwatthi seedned like a briuhi flash passedinfront ofmy eyea, lowed by a teplMe pafa np and aerommylmeft, and! Imp jerk and draw u^ . a Mack, andl II o’edock next “My firat court room, ftrtmr AnISrtal Teeth * ftotowtewsalftfe. Dr. Van Marter, of Borne, haw pub lished an intereating aoeoUnt-ef to evi dence* diaoorered by Mm ef prehistoric dentistry in KMy. fn to Bmasom of Gomehv Tarqmnhi*, a rite 00 ^ MadU jowntj hare*. Wtttk terranean coast, he found two eparittma* J of ancieut dentistry, which to Mayor pf tliat city cestiflea wave ' fooud opoo the first opaumg of the buried tombs, and PrefeaMr |fetlt4g tuwanee that- tote- mare -vtogfag tornhs. daring boekiomr orflwa the Ghriftfiftn ana Ln-ont of Aa. mens the two are bound by aheodof veayi - ^ are well carved, evidently