Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. \ People. MILL BUILDING IN THE SOUTH. arjtest Circulation in the County TOTAL IN HAY. ■t Will Bav* OtMsrvs- • tort— to Sooth Corolla*. N#Y York Trlbano. Tho dotoI oboerrotory bM *»ked " Goof roM (or m opproprlotlop of 16,000 (or ibo purpooe of alua/lnf »od cbnerv- A iBff the total aoimr eollpae of Mtj 28 .' ooxt, a phenomenon of (pedal Interest to Amertos, ne it le the first one thnt will fee visible feneraily id this ooun* try since 1878, the only exception being the eollpee of 1800, visible from the west coast of California up Into Manitoba. The eclipse next spring is visible In a narrow line or belt extend- lag from Norfolk, Va., in a generally southwesterly direction through Texas and Mexico. The duration of totality nt Norfolk is about a minute and a half end the time diminishes until New Orleans, where It Is only about a minute and twelve seconds. Preparations for observing this eollpee were begun three yeart ago by • the weather bureau, which gatoered extensive data iconoernlog the cloudl- nees and general conditions of the weather on May 28 In tbe regions over which the eclipse will be tout. Their results, recently published, show that the best positions for observing the eclipse, where there will be tbe greatest probability of clear weather, are in South Carolina, Northern Georgia and Alabama. But in order to secure a oerulnty,. sutions. will be occupied all along tbe line of ioUllty. At the coming eclipse the observa tory will utilize Instruments of great value for the study of this peculiar phenomenon. First, the observation of tbe precise time at which tbe con tacts of the n^oon Uke place, in order to fix precisely its position in the heavens relatively to the sun, which can be done with unusual accuracy ofly at the time of solar eclipse. Tbe second purpoee will be to study with photographic Instruments and the spectroscope tbe structure and com position of the sun's surroundings. This tatter field. Is tbe one which poe- seeses such absorbing popular InUrest, and the 40 foot photographic lenses ot the obeervatory will give large photo graphs, which will show the tlnest de tail of the corona. Smaller instru- mdnts, however, with lenses of the finest workmanship, will be used to photograph tbe widest extensions of _ the corona. Buttons will have to be ohoaen some time In advance of the eollpee, and the Uiescopes mounted and adjusted to be to readiness for the ImporUnt moment. Tbe task of mounting the telescopes forty feet long so aa to point at a de finite region of tbe sky at tbe precise moment of time, and tbat tbe moment at which the sun will, be in position to send its rays through tbe long canvas tube which will cut out tbe stiay light of the atmosphere, it no light task, and yet It has been successfully ac complished on several expeditions by the eclipse parties of the Lick observe tory. The obeervatory bas In time past sent out eclipse parties to distant parts of the world, the last extensive expedition telog to 1883. to the Caro line Islands, In the South Pacific, of which the present astronomical direc tor of tbe observatory, Prof. S J. Brown, was a member. Tbit eclipse, whose duration was unusually long, was visible at only two small dote of land In the Pacific oceaiu the rest of Its entire track pasting ove?tbe watery waste. Previous to that In 1878, several government parties occupied positions on tbe long line of totality extending from Iowa to the Pacific coast, especially la the high rocky mounUlns where the atmosphere was light and transparent. <■ Although tbe proposed appropria tion of $5,QUO seems ludicrously Inado- quaU and is much lees than those given In former times, tbe convenience and accessibility of tbe stations and the fact tbat the observatory already possesses many valuable Instruments explain why such a relatively small amount will be productive of much good, provided the expedition Is suc cessful. a. THE BUYK4LU *X 1*0811103. Two Young Women to Itepreesnt •owih Carolina on the Pan-it uterl- oan Exposition Board. In response to the following leiter raoaived by Governor McBweeney from thy director general of tbe Pan-Amer ican exposition to be held at Buffalo, N. Y., from May 1st to November 1st, 1900, the Governor named Miss Mar ivtlie, as the State’s rep- rcsedative* : Sir: The act of the Legislature of this Bute creating the Pan American ax position provides that a board of wo man managers* to consist of not lees than 26 members shall be designated by the board of directors. The organisation of this executive board of 26 will take place immediately upon the designation of Its member* by the preeMent^of the company. This board wilt have Its headquarters bulld- lag upon the grounds of the exposition and wl.l have charge of and carry out •uoh work as may be decided upon by the board after its organization. In keeping with tbe spirit of tbe act to which I have referred and in har mony with the earnest deal re of the au thorities of the exposition to place within the reach of all the States and Territories every possible advantage which may sprung therefrom, the board of directors provided at a recent meeting that two honorary members of the execulite board of women manag- *>Nhich Phase referred, should he designated for each State and Ter ritory. In accordance with tbe terms of this resolution, and by instruction of the president and of the executive eom- ■Ittee, I heve the tumor to request jour excellency to trfnemit to me the names of two women from year State who will thereupon be commissioned to fee honorary members of the said nxecutivn board of women managers The executive board will correspond H kK^?w 0n0r *o jr me “ bt,r ' •o nameri in the different States concerning the work of women as It relates to Ue ex- S iitiOD, tod it U believed mueb oeo done through this board to further >macy branches of work in which bu gratified If your excellency Vhla your earliest possible at tfiatloa la ore a’* that proper commls- rtoas may be Issued to such persons as I M may bn good enough to designate have tbe honor to be, sir, Very respcctfnllf, Your obedient servant, 2* Buchanan, Director GvneraL Bsllimors News. r Mr. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of Tkt Jtanvjacturen' He cord who bas juU/aturoed frotn a trip i0, v*rfl * weeks through the South, in an Infer> iron, andtf producers view with The Ne%ei gives some inter esting fscu regarding the prosperity which is so noticeable throughout that entire section. < “In every line of busmens, both mercantile and manufacturing,” said 4 Hr. Edmonds, “the activity la greater than has over been known before in the South. There is a spiiit of hope fulness, such as has not beep seen for some years, though there is an entiae’ absence of tbe boem spirit or specula tive activity which prevailed some eight or ten years ago. All business interests seem to /be founded on the most substantial basis and the progress which is being made is simply phenom enal. - Th s activity is not confined to any one line of business, ^but covers eveiy industry and every part of the {South, In textile circles it is illustrated by tbe fact that at the present time there are between 76 and 100 new mills under construction, which will be equipped with over 760,000 spindles, representing an investment of about *18,000,000 to *20,000,000. Adding to this tbe enlargement of established mills, some *26,000,000 ot new money is now being put into Southern cotton nulls. But even at tills rale of devel opment there seems to be no possible danger of the business being overdone, so long as it is wisely managed. In round figures, there are about 100,000,- 000 spindles in the world. The South furnishes about three-fourths of the world’s cotton supply, or sufiicient, ex pressed in another way, to run, say, 75,000,000 of the world's spindly#, and yet, incluihtag the mills now under construction,has less than (>,000,000 spindles. Even should tbe South.add to its cotton-manutacturiug business an average of 1,000,0110 to 1,600,006 spindles a year, as seems probably, it would, at the end of 10 years have 18,000,000 to 20,00,000 spindles, re piesentiug a capital of about *400,000,- 000, or enough spindles to continue say, about oue-thiid of its average col ton crop ; but in 10 years from now the cotton crop, instead of averaging 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 bales, will run lo at least 16,000,000 to 18,000,000 bales. Heretofore the cotton mill activity has been largely centered in the Caro lina* and Georgia, these thiee states having over 4,000,000 out of a total of about 0,000,000 spindles iu the .South But the movement is now spreading farther South, and Alabama and Mis sissippi are beginning to lake an active part in the work. Mississippi, which has not heretofore been classed us much of a cotton manufacturing Stale is building about a half dozen mills and a number of others are under or ganization ; while in Anniston, Ala. wbtre there are already two or three mills in operation, three new mills have been definitely decided U|m>ii for immediate construction, and nrgotia tions are pending for two others. , In Huntsville several very large mills are being built, and other towns are going to follow the lead of the/Carolinas and Georgia. “The Southern cottou mills have been exceedingly fortunate this year in having laid iu a large amount of cotton early in the season, when prices were low. The majority of Southern mills purchased a irood portion of the quantity required for their year's con sumption ai an average ot *10 to *lo a bale less than cotton is now bringing. One large mill in Carolina, in which some Baltimore jtecple are interested, lias 50,000 bale* on which tbe rise in price bas made a profit of *15 a bale or about *450,000 before the cotton is turned into tbe manufactured goods. It is reported thnt the Mount Vernon Wood'.erry Colton Duck combination is ahead iu the anme way to the extent of probably 50,000 hales bought nt *10 or *15 a bale leas than prescut prices. Nearly all Southern mills were foi lu nate enough to see ahead of anyone else that tbe crop was short, and their persistent buying of everything in sight early in tho season wan the first thing that started the upward tuarke log constantly refused, because of the inability to increasa production rapidly enough to even keep up with the dm mettle demand. Notwithstanding the high pricet prevailing orders from Eu- ropo ake .also-being receired lor pig r» wiHtng t*r _ shade prices They could place very heavy coutracta to Europe ; buj. as most of theqa *re. sold six months ahead, they ate not inclined to consider farther business for the present. The Alabama iron people, who have de. moustrated their ability to develop this great industry td' a point where they can command the world’s markets and to dictate the world's prices on pig iron whenever there is competition for bus iness, can see no possible reason why the present prosperity should not con tinue for yea<s lo come.. Should Amer- lean consumption slacken, foreign markets will take ail of tho output which Alabama producers want to ex port, aud, as prices in England and Germany are nearly on a parity with our prices' any marked decline in iron seems to be out of the question for some time to come. A moderate de cline iu price would not, i think* be undesirable, in that it would immedi ately bring into our markets beavy or ders from Europe. . “ Turning from cotton and iron and coni, the same activity and prosperity prevails in the lumbe'' interests, phos- pbase raining, fertilizer manufactur ing, cation oil mill business and other branches of manufacturing. 1 am in- cUned tothhjjrtlfarnris a safe estimate to say that the entire manufacturing business of the South will average pro- fits at least 10 per cent, on the total capital invested greateV than last year, and as the enpitai invested in Southern manufacturing is over *1,000,000,000, this, ought to add -*100,000,000 extra profit to the pre#te of last year. In some cases I learn that the profits' for this year will be greater than the ag gregate profit* of tbe three preceding years.-The enhancement in the value of timber properties and the prosperity iu lumber interests areyis marked as iu iron and cotton. “With a few years more of Ibis great activity and large profits iu busiueM, the South will~ have an immense re serve of accumulated capital, aud its industrial aud businu-s development will go forward with increased rapidity. The whole situation from the Virginias to Texaa is more promising than tbe South lias been since 1800.” SClENTiriC MI8CELLAWY. The Lowtet Dry Land—Skin Eruption from Eoe-Strain—fluorine Not a Glare-EdItr—Brttuin't Ntd Tiold Earthqvrtbi " 56u«a#—Sr^-v Stopped Tram*—A New Propeller Blade—Ttte New System in Typhoid —Cloth Ventilating Pipee. Oo-OncKAnvK Ho a i> Marino.— What farmers can do by co-operation in the matter of n>ad making is interest ingly told by a Michigan correspondent of the .Orange Judd Farmer. It is a sandy country where the correspondent lives, and the roads were generally poor throughout the year. THe town was poor also, aud refused lo improve the highways. Then the farmer* de cided to help themselves. About five years ago twenty-five of them came to gether and offered to haul marl ono day free if the township would allow them lo take the marl from its bed. The township was willing, and about twenty men volunteered to shovel nnd level the marl, aud so the first half mile was laid. That road proved such a auncess that the next year an other half Hiiie was put down. This marl packed down s6 hard and made such excellent bed lor gravel that the farmers donated *226 and la bor for about one-quaiter mile ot grav el., This being put on in what was al ways ii wet placs, it was spread about eight inches thick. Next year *250 wan collected and about oue-balf mile was pul down spreading tbi* only about Y ur inches. This year only *100 was collected, but iijquaner jmle strip was put dowu, finishing ihfeliite started five years before. Besides Ibis about a half mile of marl was put down ready for gravel next fall. Tbi* actio i of the farmer* stirred up the towuspco-' pic at large, aud now the town has of fered lo raiec *000 for gravel if the farmers will furnish the labor to spread it. That they will do willingly. ern mills will make *8,000,000 or *10,- 000,000 clear gain on the advance in their raw cotton this season, in addi tion lo the profits which they are mak ing in- their regular manufacturing business. The advance in cotton will make the crop worth to the -eSfeuth pos sibly as much aa *75,000,000 more than- the big crop of the preceding year yielded. “In iron and coal mining interests, the activity and prosperiiy ate equally as great. Every coal mine and iron plant in the South is pushed to its ut most ca\wcity at profits tbat make glad the heart of the stockholders. So great is this activity that the chief (rouble is the scarcity of labor and tbe lack of sufiidenl rolling stock on tbe railroads to promptly handle the busi ness. The demand for coal, coke and iron, far exceeds the output, and or- dera for domestic consumption, as well as for export, are being constantly re fused. The-iron aud mineral Interesta- of thh South generally have now been put on the most nolid foundation, with the prospect for the same regular divi dend earning power which the cotton mill interests have enjoyed for ao many years, when net earning? of 15 per cent, to 25 per cent., oven during dull times, have not been unusual to cot ion mill stockholders, though divi dends have usually been made on the basis of 8 per cent, to 10 per cent., and the ‘balance added to surplus. Working under these conditions, a great many Southern mills have a sur plus invested in adduional plant about equal to their original capital, t “In tbe Alabama iron and coal re gion every industry is being driven W its utmost, nud but for the scarcity of labor and of cars the output of coal mines, coke ovens and furnaces would be veiy largely increased. With the return of more favorable weather as spring opens up, ft will be possible to secure additional help, aa the negro laborers will not work to the best ad vantage In cold weather ; and the rail roads are doing their utmost to meet Charle«ion. 111., claims to own the largest broom corn warehouse in the world. Its capacity is nearly 2,000 loos, or about 10,000 bales of “brush. 4 * This is a Pom Wnet, which produces probably two-i hints of the world’s supply. About 8,000 acres of ground are required to grow tbe supply for this rig warehouse, aud it represents the iroduct of over one hundred farmers. nr.Pjercev FAVORITE Prescription * -1* iT t.*^** 0 * 11 *! number of men the demand for cars from abroad fgr coal and coke aee be- H MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG SICK WOMEN WELL A spray of heavy oil added to the fuel of blast furnaces bas been found in France to facilitate reduction of ore and increase the yield.. The Encomia ulmoide*, in ' which Professor Dybowsky has found 28 per cent, of gutla/ percha, is abundant in some of the British colonies, but has been hitherto regarded as a woithlese plant. The divining ml, as a means of find ing under-ground water, is being made a subject of scientific investigation by a French commission, who seek infor mation from everybody having' it. The results are expected lo prove more interesting than important. A uew treatment of arc light carbons, patented by J. T. Robinson, is claimed Iq increase (he durability, improve tbe light, and lessen the consumption of energy., The carbon pencils are soak ed two lo four days.in a solution of caustic soda or potash containing pow dered talcoua asbestos. The well known powerful action jo! iluorine upon glass is shown by M. Moissan to depend upon the presence of hydrofluoric aud and moisture as impurities. Perfectly clean, dry glass is unattacked after weeks of contacl with pure fluorine, but the merest trace of organic matter on the glass leads to tbe formation of hydrofiuori-; acid and corrosion. Air “pipes of strong sail-cloth, impregnated with rubber, are made by a IJusseldorf firm for use iu mines. They are air and water tight, and pos sess numerous advantages over pipes of wood or zioc, being cheaper and lighter, easily put up and made fast, ami readily removed out of danger from blasta and replaced. Steel rings are inferled nt inlervals to keep the piping from 'ktriking nround'sharp curves. In the laffas system of automatical ly stopping railway trains, to prevent accidents, a block iu tbe middle ot the track is set by the signal man. This block has a cqryjid tuilauu which, when *lh‘e signal is standing at danger, is so raised that- a rod with liitie wheel makes contact and actuates the valve of the air brake placed either on the engiue or on oue of the cars. In a recent English test, a train of au engine and nine cars, with a total weight of 160 tons, was itni on a slight downward incline. On iquuliiug tbe block at a speed of 20 miws au hour, the train stopped in 146 yards, at 30 miles iu 200 yprd* and at 35 miles in 210 yards. Anti-typhoid inoculations made by Prof. A. E. Wright among British troops in India seem lo have given very promising results. The lota! number of men under observation was 11,205, of whom 2,835 ha-i been inocu lated nud 8,460 had not, and the inocu lated were mostly newly arrived young men, especially liable to<yphoiii fever, while the uuinoculaled were mainlv more seasoned and less susceptible individuals. Yet the percentage of tbe uuinoculaled attacked by typhoid fever was 2.5 and anting the inoculated it was 0.05. Tbe deaths were less af fected, having been 0.34 |»er ' cent, among the uninoculated and 0.2 among the inoculated. J * ^ A curious case of uelile-ra*h due to eve-strain has been recorded by Dr. C. A. Oliver, a Pennsylvania physician The |>alient was an active, lieallby woman ol 47, who up lo her forty-first year had suffered from au uuaccounU tie eruption, which disappeared when she was filled with a pair of lenses for constant use to correct defects of her vision. Four years later a return of the eye trouble, wiih the eruption, led her to seek new .glasses. This.time There was an elaborate correction of eye defects, and the skin disturbance vanished. Further experiments proved 1 _ urbance anti the refract ive and muscular anomalies. Oue of the most remarkable hollows in the earth is the Lukchun depression discovered a short time ago in Gemral Asia. Results of meteorological otiser- vations in the place for two years have just been made known in Russia by General Tillo, and froui his barometric comparisons il appears that the. lowest spot in ibe region must be about 400 -feet below sea-level. The meteorologi cal conditions are of unusual interest. The barometer has a greater yearly range than in any other spot known, the monthly averages for January be ing 1.2 inches, greater than those for July, and the highest July temperature (118 degrees F.) is one of the highest observed in Asia. The dryness of the air equals thif of the Sahara. The shape of propeller blades is a shipbuilding detail that seems to be not yet fully worked out. On the theory that some projection on the blades should give a better grip of the water, F. S. Snowdon and W. J. Orr have fitted two battens on each blade, and in a small cre.ft tested iu New Zea land waters the effect of tbe change has been to giVe an increase of over ten per cent, in speed. The same propeller was used,. while,lhe load and tbe number of revolutions of the engine were the same as before the addition of tbe battens. Two channels are formed by the battens, which are roughly L shaped, and the water is thus prevented from slipping off in the usual easy way. Suitable setliqg of tbe battens tends to throw the water in toward -tbe center, giving the pro peller more solid water to act upon. The sounds of earthquakes have re ceived little attention. From a late paper by Dr. C. Davieon, it appears that they approach the lower limit of audibility, and they are frequently dis tinct to some observers while others equally alert hear nothing. In earth- quakes among Englishmen sound is usually perceived before and after the shock. Iu Japan even violent earth- quakes are frequently uunoticed by the ear, while sound is seldom beard after the shock—the' conclusion being that the Japanese hate inferior perception for deep sounds. The character ami duration of (he sound* vaty to different auditors. A deep rutnblipi.JUtft tbat of jihsavy wagon passing, ts-genoiaUy heard; but at the epicenter of thej-^ earthquake loud crashes maybe dis tinguished, which further aNfey be come rougher and more grinding, anil at a great' distance may be ^ubdued into a low aud monotonous roll like dis tant thunder. Earth-sounds without shocks, appearing to be earthcpiKkes too weak to be felt, arc soailtimes heard: Earthquakes are supposed by Df. Davison^lo bd caused by the slip ping of rocks along faults, and the sound-yibrations are traced chiefly to the margins of the slides. COW FERTILIZER. HVHY DR. HATHAWAY CUrtES. Reasons for His Mamlow* Success- His New, Free Book. Dr. Hathaway’* iuethod Correspondence Cotton Plant. , - . Since -scientific agriculturists have proved that a certain class of plants called legumes have the power of prac tically making- fertilizer nilrogeu, and as cow peas ’ belong to that class of plants, the average planter seeim to think the fertilizer bill is no longer a legitimate expense of the plantation. Now, as a matter of fact, cow peas were grown years before the scientific men cleared up this point about legume nilrogeu, and cow peas did as much for the soil then as it can do now, or will in the future. The facts are that Cow peas do supply a large quantity of fertilizer nitrogen taken from without the soil, but they cannot- supply an ounce unless cei tain definite amounts of potash and phosphoric acid are present in the soil, and in such form as to be available as plant food. The discovery of this wonderful property of cow peas is valuable but this property is no more valuable, now tbat it is known than il was before it was known, except in the intelligent use aud make of it. If cow peas are continually grown on the s une soil, that soil would become fairly rich in fertilizer nitrogen, yet it would not be materially richer iu potash, aad phosphates; that is, it would make uo belter crop of cotton after being ten years continously"in cow peas, than after one year. A cow pea crop of say 20,000 pounds of green matter pci* acre, will contain in tops, roots; etc., 135 pounds of nitrogen, 00 pound* ot potash and 30 pounds of phosphoric acid. If such a crop’ is turned down lor a sale crop, cotton for example, the riTSvH--'ll | —jioy |»-—-rery'sills" factory. Having made a success with cow peas, one yeai, the planter wil possibly try the sam$ pjan over agate, ai.d this Is*where the trouble show* up While the pea crop, if it makes, can supply tbe nitrogeb easily enough, the *.10 pounds of potash and 30 pounds of phosphoric acid must come from the soil. As all know that soil* do lie- come exhausted,we also know that peas caunoi cootiaue to supply free nilro. gen. unless appropriately fed- with plant food. U^iog the above data for every 100 pounds of fertilizer oilroi|eD drawn from the air by cow peas, the soil must give up G7 pounds of potash and 23 pounds of phosphoric acid—in fact, tbe drain on the soil is raider a heavy one. Though cow peas do draw heavily on the soil, yet this same properly may be made a source of profit. For example, fertilizer potash and phosphoric acid cost the planter about five cents each per pound, while' fertilizer nitrogen costa about 15 cents per pound. To buy the necensary 90 p rands potash and 30 pounds phosphate, at 5 cents ntr pound, nuans an outlay of *6. For this we get 100 pouudt of fertili zer nitrogen, worth at 15 cents per pound, *15. The apparent profit on ibe transaction is *H or 150.per cent, on the money invested. The gam is much greater than this really. In tbe form of sale crops^ tbe elements of plant food are worth much more than when in the form of fertilizer inateri- ala. For the sake of comparison, we will say the value is d«*ibled ; then, an expeuditure of *6 for the 90 pounds of potash and 30 pounds- d phosphoric acid, gives a return worlt. *42. This profit is perfectly tangible on a worn soil, and all soils become worn out unless intelligently 'bandied oftrtatineat l*.Bo«tper»- ment. It Is the result of twenty years of experi ence In the most exten sive practice of any specialist In his line In the world. He was grad uated from one of the best ftiedtcal colleges In the country and perfect ed his medical and surgi cal education by exten- _ lire hospital practice. V-arly In his professional n ! a . d ® cries which Placed blip at the head of his P™**® slon as a specialist In treating what are generally Known as private diseases of men and wo®!?: This system of treatment he ha* more and more l>erfected each y ear until today his cures are so Invariable as U> txj the- marvel of the medical profession. > . . Enjoying the largest practice of any specialist In the world 1m still maintains a systeinof nonu hal ft-es vdilc li makes it possible for alno ootam his services. Dr. Hathaway treats and cures I-oss of \ itailty, Varicocele, Stricture, Blood Peisoniug in Its dif ferent stages. Rheumatism. Weak Back, Nerv ousness, all rnauner of t rlnary Complaints, ( leers Sores and Skin Diseases, Bright* Disease Kud all forms ol Kidney.TrouWrt. His treatment for undertonetl men restores lost vitality and makes the patient a strong, well, vigorous mam Dr. Hathaway’s siiccess in the treatment of Varieocele and Stricture without the aid of knife or cautery Is phenomenal. The patient IS treated by this method at his own home without pain or lot,, of time from buslimss. Tills Is positively tile onlyxreatmmt wfftl^h cures wqhoutan operation. Dr. Hathaway calls the particular attention of suflerers from Varicocele and Stricture to pages ‘.’7 28.29. 30 and 31 of his new book,' - entitled, "Manliness. Vigor. Health." acopy of which will be sent free on application. Write today for free book an<l symptom blank, mentioning your complaint. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. Dr. Hathaway & Co., MK South Broad Street. Atlanta, Oa. HKSTIOX THIS PABKU WHEN WRITING. all fruits, can be Potash. Fertilizers containing at least 8 to r !o% of Potash will give best results on all fruits. Write for our pamphlets, which ought to be in every farmer’s library. They Are sent free. ■ * J " • ’ GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nas*a'u St , New Varfr * — PITT’S Cure* dvepepaia, indigestion, and"all stomach or bowel troubles, colio or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidnev troubles, bad blood and all sorts o . sores, risings or felons, cuts and bums. It i* as good antiseptic, when locally applied as any thing on the market. Try it and vou wijl praise it to oUiers If yoi|r druggist doesn't keep it, write to Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigorator Co. -TH0.6/1 SON, QA- 3i carpknter;brob., U-eenville, 8. C. ABOUT THE. CULTIVATION RICK IN THE riKDMONT. OF crop* taking off the what you are putting back to make good tbe drains arising from the sale of crops. It is evident from what we ft&ve shown that cow peas are an ex cellent fertilizer, if properly fertilized themselves. Flauters must uot expect to make somethiug out of nothing, yhrough a scientific locus oocas. Money well invested pays iu ibe form of div idends, but there are do dividends where there are tio investments. In this ease, the potash and phosphate, make up the mveslmeui, the nitrogen is the dividend, aud it is a very baud- some one, too. 1 Tbe latest Kansas corn yarn is at tributed to a Pennsylvanian who is now visiting relatives in Kansas City, and who is said to,have writfen home as follows: “Most of the streets are paved, the grains of corn being used for' cobblestones, while the cobs are hollowed out and used for sewer pipe. The husks when Liken off whole and stood on end make a nice tent for the children to play in. It sounds quedfr to hear the feed men tell the driver to take a dozen grains of horse feed over to Jackson’s livery stable. If it were not for soft, deep soil here I don’t see how they ever would ha.-vest the corn, as the stalks would grow up in the air as high as a Methodist church steeple. Ho we vet, when the ears get too heavy their weight presses tbe stalk down in the ground <n an average of ninety- two feet; this brings the ear near enough to the ground to be chopped off with an axe.” Mu. Editor: Last year I txied rice in two dozen or more places, on var ious characters of soil, wel aud dry, tbe cultivation being that common lo upland and water cultuie. „ No real upland was tried at all, though the bottoms upon which an effort was made to grow it was sub jected- ttr "trplaffff* cuPWr. N.TmT these botiom lands were good corn lauds, but rather low, and <*ome too w»t for i-ori^-■ kQImm uuum i.tilT-t-my and some sandy loam. Fifteen or twenty men were entrusted vvithagood share of the lands in rice. The-me thod of cultivation wn* that usually given to cotton. The' ground was I thoroughly prepared, rows laid off j about 3 feet wide, two inches deep rfud I twenty or thirty seed dropped every i fifteen inches. The,, after culture was | plowing and hoeing about a* I would a cotton ctop. The rice grew well, aud «o did the grass, and right heie let me say that it was the hardc*l crop to cultivate I ever tried. It seemed to me the gra*s would take it, whether or no. The way it was hoed (twice) wiF to put a hoe hand ou each side of tho row, and scrape it. After much trouble, the nee got big enough to be|r a little dirt lo it. It did tiuely till the long hpt, diy weather iu August, when it wa* trying to head. The general .re«uit was a complete failur* of the crop, making probably four or live bushels to lb* acre, of a light, trashy, uounr- acres of w heal aud made 26 bushels. IE- planted 3-4 of an acre in jjee, and irrigated a* I did, and made .56 bushels on about two-thirds of the 3-4 of an acre. My advice ’.hen is, if you can water a crop, try it: but if you cannot,' you h id better let it severely alone. The seed used by me was White Rice, said to be the best adapted to dry culture, and bad a great deal of red rice in it. The, millers say I ought to have i laptecj fogi Jjgldeu , peed ah ‘I I have no seed for sale because of the impurity above. It can be bad in Charleston for about *f 3d per burtifTr 1 am so taken with water culture that I would plant largely were it not that tbe bay_crop, which ha* been do- \og sd well, interfere*. Should hay fail meJtriian I am going for rice. I think any Itottom entirely- 'too low for corn can lie made to yield 50 to 75 bushels nr more per acre. It is a water plant grows in the water, why waste time aud substance, in trying to grow rice on uplands ? 1 nearly exhausted myself iu ditching bottoms to drain them. My (rouble now is, how to get them irrig ated, both for rice and grass. Tbe lat ter i* io process of solution: As to k drainage from freihets, I do not think that one neeu to hesitate about it. There is less danger lhaii in any other crop.* If mine was cov ered up 6 inches deep when voung and grew the whole season in water to 6 feet high, when the head was too high for-ordinary overflows.to reach it, 1 caimot see how au overflow would se riously hurt it, as nature provides Against it* being washed dowu by giv- keiable grain. All this you will under- j- mtf u a strong *t»lk, and by adapubili sunti was without irrigation and with* »> m general to Us environment*. Al llnkL^vill trv # It r The application of lime in some Ala* bania testa to soils devoted to corn, to matoes, lettuce and tobacco greatly in creased the yield and the quality of the crops. With the tomatoes it was noticed that heavily limed plats were remarkably free f/om blight and other fungus diseases. The soil was limed at the rate of from 16 to 45 barrels per acre. Dust- from French blast furnaces contains 4.6 per cent, of potash and 20-6 of lime, and prove* an excellent fertilizer for some soils. but little rain • The effect on me was no more dry culture for rieft* It is a water plant and common sense ought .Vo teach us that it cannot be made a success in tbe excessively high temper atures and long droughts to which it is apt to be subjected. Had I not tried a different s>stera, rice and 1 would have parted compiny fohever- Fortunately for me I had .-* good many acre* well ditched, and which had been cleaned out so often that every one of them had a good bank on each side, with a creek ou higher grouod^£iU4£iAi^lMMtetftaHM' ' nTTTf for dry culture. The grass came up first,' and then came the trouble. I could not plow it, for the ground be mg stiff clay and dry broke up in clods, which uprooted the rice, and so after plowing about one-half the field, the plowing was given over as a bad job. I then undertook to hoe it, two men to a row, doing about half au acre a day. I 8to.)<l this for two days with six hands at 60 ct». each per day, when the pro ject was abandoned. The grass had it for good. As a last resjirt I Ihrew up embankments across tbe bottoms from ditch to ditch with a two-horse plow about 12 to 18 tuclies high. Iu short, the land was terraced just as is done ou upland, each terrace being 3 inches above the next one below it. A box was put in the middle of each terrace with a gate to regulate the depth of water. The water was turned in from the creek above into the first terrace, and when it w.is filled six inches deep it was let into the section below, through a box and by means of tbe gate, aud so on, through *11 the sections. It will thus be seen that the rice and grass were covered with water from 3 to &x inches deep, and in some places 12 inches. I was at a loss to know if I would ever see the rice agaiu.<- To my great joy in a few days ibe rice could be seen all along the tow, nnd it con tinued to grow beautifully, the grass, of course, being loft behind Nothing in the way of farther cultivation was done, except to look after the water, which was kept flowing through the field, until near harvest. The rice gfew 6 to 6 feet high, tillered greatly, and looked as if sown broadcast. TV yield was 50 to 75 bushels per acre with two or three tons of straw per acre, which is equal to that much com mon hay. This proved so satisfactory that I shall try tbe same land again, sowing it broadcast, however this lijre. As to profits, 1 am still unable to any. I shipped a car of 676 bushels to Char leston, with instructions to mill aud sell in January, but have no returns as yet. ..If broadcast lowing succeeds the coet of cultivetion need be no more then a crop of wheat, or oats, except the harvesting and looking after the water. Speaking of wheat, reminds me that one of ti.y (fpianta together, n i* a promising crop for this section,'and I hope your mill man in Spartanburg wilt go on and put iu his milk If any one wants to trv it, nnd docs not catch on lo what I have said above, let him ask hi* questions in your paper, and 1 wRUanswer through the satin medium. T. J. Moore. Moore's, 8."C., March 2. Farmer Dios Ut FossiL«.-»-Evid- ences of a prehistoric civilization^ on SmMiMrTnrre bei'intu^ Troaf thirTy Teet below the surface of the^ground by J. W. Dice, au Allep Count v^farmer. Mr. Dice bas also discovered some remarka ble fos-ils of ancient animals, k* His first discover^was oerth'e hanks of Neosho river, where the stream jolt ■ his farm near Neosho Falls. It con sisted of the skeletons ol two immense buffalo, which were found standing erect between twenty and twenty five feet below the surface. Their positions were natural, indicating that they hail been suddenly caught by some sub terranean disturbance or swallowed by a bed of quicksand. Immediately over them was growing a walnut tree meas uring four feet in diameter. This tree w-is without doubt between 300 and 400 years old. Most interesting, however, of tbe discoveries by Mr. Dice are parts of a hun>an image which seems to have be’tn made out ot concrete, thpugh it may have been carved from a peculiar stone not known to this age. These pieces are found about thirty feet beneath the surface. To ascertain to what.age they belonged or what hands probably made them will be an interesting study for scientists. The workmanship seems to have been as artistic as modern sculpture. „ * The vicinity in which..they were found was occupied by the Indians un til about thirty-five years ago, and since that time it has been an unfrequented prairie. An epidemic of acute .catarrh of t(ie stomach.and intestines, affecting fifty- six soldiers, has been traced by Herr E. Pfuhl to new potatoes. These po-° tatoes, which were gathered in June, contained about six times the normal proportion of solanioe, and small spo'-s on Jhe suiface of the peeled tn- bejs showed a third more than the rest. It was found that the men who ate their entire portion bad taken about five grains of solanine, sufiicient to produce severe disturbances. Tbe lues of diamonds, which has proven a serious drawback in the use of diautond saws for stone-cutting, is obviated by Mr. Jamee Anderson, a Scotch inventor, by fixing the stones in sockets in the steal by means of an aowaAA sloe trie welding machine.