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Of People ore Doomed to »—Emurts Ibr Relief ore laoreealnjc Every Doy. , Very lew people In (hit lend of (y over think of (be terrible anf- log (hoi hes exlattd In Indio for eeverol yeora peat, of the mtlllona of men, women end children who have aterved (here 4nd mtiliooa more who ore now e( (be poln( of atorvodon. There ore now more then 4,000,000 people tn Indio who ere absolutely de< pendeot upon (he government for food. In (he winter of 1896 07 the number of each dependente wea only 1,500,000. The nnmber ioereaaed, however, In the aummer of 1897 to 4,250,000. The famine la to much worse now than It was in the spring of 1897, and i prospect# of this year's crops have eo terribly blighted that It la estimated that the number of persons i India who must either receive aid or arm during the coming aummer will I reach 10,000,000. The territory over I which the famine has extended in Its ! severest form embracea about 300,000 •quare miles, ard 'contains a popula tion of same 40,000,000. There la be side an outside area of 145,000 square I miles which la now threatened, and in [this district the population amounts to about 21,000,000. The efforts of the government, of so cieties add individuals In Great Bri tain and India to relieve the suffering millions In the latter country have been trnly heroic. Such an exhibition iof the noble Instincts of humanity hes* isaseen. Recently Sir Thornes ipton, while dining with the lord [mayor of London, was Informed thet the mayor was trying to raise e fund equivalent to 9150,000 in our currency for the relief of the starving people of India. Sir Thomas asked how much had been subscribed to this particular fund, and when be was told that the Dial had reached only 125,000 be im- iedlately wrote and handed to thefof lord mayor his chook for the other ^ $125,000, with the remark : "There Is lenty more where thet came from. Ifhen you want It, call for It.’’ Ti Is Is only one of many noble in- tanoes of like character. Titled ladles iave sung at ^concerts, served at re: 'esbmentvfltbles and in many jotter contributed to the Indian fund. Women of every class »fe planned and schemed to raise topy for this work of mercy. Many ^bgusands of dollars have been sent rom the United States. One com ml t- in Chicago forwarded 915,600 some Ime ago, and Is'now raising more. It seems that millions of people In ’"^ndla are doomed tostarval'on in spite flail that can be done, hut the efforts relief are being increased every ly. The budgets of the Indian gov ernment show a surplu- of 925 UU0 066 for the past two years, and it said that all this will be devoted to the aid of T (amine sufferers, while contributions from Kngland and other countries are ' v- laerwasluf. Is Kxpaaslon. A Washington correspondent sa the report that Grover Cleveland will in theneir future, aonounoe hlsjup- K t of William J. Bryan's candidacy. ny of Mr. Cleveland's followers who la 1896 were driven from supportiog the Democratic candidate by the 16 to 1 Issue have oome Into line for the Nebmskan. Now that the gold sten hard bill has been made a law and the money queestion Is largely removed from the prominent position It ones occupied In politics, there is, It argued, no good reason why Mr. Cleve land should remain in the oaokground His friends are so certain that be will indorse Bryan Mutt they declare he soon will oome out with a signed statement advising Democrats to act together—In the coming campaign. This, coming on top of Mr. Croker’s declaration for Bryan and the partial surrender of Bourke Cookran, indl cates that there Is an earnest effort being made by the Ddmocratic leaders to present n united front this year. Sound money Dsmoorats, who want to bring about a reunited party, have already started the movement which they profess to believe will lead to the support of the Democratic ticket by Mr. Cleveland. These Democrats are making much of the argument that the currency question Is settled by the enactment of the gold standard legls lation. They are asserting that it makes no difference If Mr. Bryan still professes to believe in free coinage of silver and If the Kansas City coaven tlon reaffirms the 16 to 1 plank of the Chicago platform. The people, It Is insisted, know and accept theellmtna tioa of this issue. 8o much encouraged are the Eastern Democrats that Mr. Cleveland will put himself Id line again with his party that they are discussing the possible form and effect of bis action. He Is said to realize that the nomination of Bryan is a foregone conclusion. But be Is much opposed to the present policy of the government and is quoted as considering the anti-expansion issue of the highest importance. Those who think ne will accede to the desire for such a letter say be need not recede from any of the opinions he had In 1896, but can declare himself In favor of tbe Democratic ticket as the only means of saving the republic from tbe evils of expansion. *° Vha^very*thought doth make our spirits mmL = iiULRi.ti Nothin!. Nkvv Undkk'itik SUN.—Tbe Mavannah Dress says that considerable ado is made over Itev. Charles U. Sheldon's attempt to run for a week a paper In Topeka, Kan , on strictly Christian religious princi ples. 1 ’apers teem with references to fils undertaking and pulpits sound his praise. But tpe records prove that tha undertaking of the reverend gen tleman is not an original experiment and that he is not eip!oitin&' a new idea as for 54 years Montreal, Can., bas had a dally paper conducted on prac tically tbe same line* that Itev. Shel ls working on. When tbe Mon- — —ness was started on precisely be bS|« grounds that Rev. Sheldon is people, a% B | 0 g th e Topeka Capital It bad ° r extend with. Tbe population treated h ygi 0 t, * curious mixture of wants to B0 ,i English. Intemperance OOB16 * "f?b*regsrd for morals were gen- *nj* : " I when John Djugail, a Scotch you glva •*, announced his purpose of m B n paper wblcb^irould oj pat- Wall, tnql^r hi* conception of what tbe PortugggJ% B of a Christian paper should K ®* he was laughed to scorn and such h htumely was poured upon him that tnrjiesa brave and undaunted person morniidxhave given up the project and wltht the field in dismay. The brave "^Scotchman started tbe daily In 1846 and It prospered from the beginning. uultUjr alr&ulfitUin al mtunm .MTfWIf - n million dollars. Tbe Witness does not publish personalities, scandals, « betting news, fistic events or question able advertisements. Rev. Sheldon l« 9 1 3BV'$*atte’ , ning after the brave Bobtcb- i Dougall. There is nothing i his venture and he is only an old Idea. Will, it Pay?—Oae of the argu menu tbe Prohibitionists have con stantly to meet is tbe financial argu mfcnt. Tbeclalm is constantly advanced that saloons are of great Qnanclal value to a city, provided they pay a license. Topeka, the capital of Kansas, In Shaw- nee County, bas for Of teen years re fused under any circumstances to ac cept a whiskey revenue, and during most of that time the prohibitory law has been well enforced. Leavenworth, situated on the Mlsourl border, bas always, except during the administration of Governor Martin, Ig nored the constitution and pursued a policy of license. During most of the time slope the prohibitory law went Into effect’ Leavenworth hiss had alt tbe open sa'oons It could support, all paving part of their profits to tbe city I'nder the auspices of the State Tem perance Union tabes have beso pre pared which throw some light upon the comparative values of the two pol icies. From these tables It sppears that Leayenworth receives a revenue from tbe saloons (collected for hoes). 936.506, where Topeka receives only $406 legl* tlmale tines. Vet the* rate of taxation lor city purposes In Leavenworth is a half larger than the rate In Topeka Topeka spent more for public Improve ments than Leavenworth, employed mure teachers In the public schools, paid them better wages, enrolled more churches and ministers and charities than Leavenworth, both in gross and per caulta. Tbe information upon which this statement is based is from the pub lished reports of the United Siatss labor commissioner, Carroll D Wright. ard JTum Texas A"Ti Trust'Law-The United States supreme court has ren dered a decision tb's week In the case of the Waters-Pieroe Oil company In- ^ ’ving Its rights to do business in the of Texas contrary to the provl- of the State anti-trust laws of 1889 1896. It was charged, among things, that tbe Waters-Pierce any was a member of the Stand ill trust, as organized in 1K82, and various other allegations were male, but tbe court did not enter upon a gen eral discussion of trusts, contenting it- self with a discussion of the Texas laws as applicable to this case. . -The opinion sustained the decision of tha Bute courts to tbe extent of affirm Inf them, and was thus opposed to the contentions of the oil .company, but it Is upon tbe ground that the laws Imposed a condition which t|fe oil company had accepted, and ice was wi.houtground of complaint, tioe McKenna said: The transqptions of local commerce which were held by the State courts to be violation* of the statutes consisted in contracts with certain merchants by which tbe plaintiff In error required them to buy of it, exclusively from it, (U»d from no other source, or buy ex- dusively'from plaintiff in error and to a price fixed by it. | “The statutes,” he continued, "must be considered In reference to these oontracgt^ In any other aspect they bre not subject to our review on this ^ moord, except the power of the State court to restrict their regulation to local commerce upon which a conten- Uoa la ralsad.” PREDKRlCKSHtfBG MEMORIAL PARK —Representative Hay, of Virginia, has filed the report of the House commit tee on military affairs upon the bill e* ablishlng a national battlefield me morial park of 6 066 acres on the sites of the battles of Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorsville, the Wilderness and Spot- tsylvanla Court House. The report states that more men were here engag ed than in any battle In the world’s ‘ ''—Gov. McSweeney has been asked for n pardon In tbe case of Lewis Bcruggs, of Cherokee County, who has been con- rvicted of assault and battery and sen- tonoed to three months on the county obelngaag. The man is an agad ex- Cosifederate soldier and was tackled by tfo yoaof men, who were taught some- fighting by the old men,. Ledger has a strong edi- lag the veteran’s pardon. n killed and wounded on both sides amounting to 129 838. The in- trenchments over tbe entire field are said to be in a remarkable stale of pre servation. At Fredericksburg also is the home of the mother of Washington still Intact, and a monument erected by the Daughters of the American Revo lution. Here, too, Capt. John Smith anchored his little bark and fought the Indians in 1668, and within sight of the city were born Washington, Monroe, Jefferson, Madison, the Lees of both the Revolution and the civil wars and Ztchary Taylor. The report adds that in Virginia the great war began and ended, and pot an acre of this soil, where more men fell than on ail the other battlefields of the war has yet been dedicated as a national Dark. / quall- ll does, by jing!) Ketgn. then— But aark well how we spell it— R-e-ig-n! -• • . That’s how you hear us tell it. Oh, Spring, » /’ - ) Yo(fare a sportive maid, And well you know How freeze-out’s played, But don’t do so This year. 1 We’re glad you’re here. And crown yoii queen With garlands green And flowerets sweet. Tia very meet * ” With smiles to greet You, Spring! You gtadpesn bring; That * what we say We hope you’ve come to stay ! - Cedaftown. Ua.. Standard. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST Qnalat and Owrtans Paragraphs Gathered (rom Various Bournes. —Bishop Hearst, of New Jersey, is authority for the statement that Pres ident McKinley, at the conclusion of hit services as a public officer, will be come professor of International law at the American University, Washing ton. —A new instance of electric street railways being used for freight pur poses Is found In Cleveland, where stone is being hauled foom a quarry eight miles distant. Fifteen thousand pounds’ capacity- freight cars are used and the #ork cone after the close of the passenger traffic. —Designs have been drawn fsr a plate glass factory on tbe grounds of the Illinois Steel Company, where U Is proposed to make a very tine quality of glass from, the slag refuse of the plant- Tha discovery of the process by which this is done was made by a chemist recently taken into the employ of the company^- -<•- —William Harper, tax assessor 6f Cleburne County, Ala., iiasfor years been ossified from his waist down, but Is a thoroughly efficient officer. In maklnlshls rounds assessing property he is carried on a stretcher from place to place. He has been assessor for ten years, eight of which have been passed In his present helpless condition. —Gen. Crooje's property near Pot- chefstroom consists of over 6,060 acres The manor or farm house consists of a one-storied building, furnished with the utmost simplicity. Its owner Is essentially a sportsman and a lover of open air Ufe. He hat always refused to live In cities and this Is tbe reason why he has persistently declined to stand for the Transvaal Presidency, an office which involves residence at Pretoria. - —The town council of Marion, it Is reported, have had between 460 and 500 shade street, mostly, oaks and elms, planted on the streets of their town this spring. "The entire cost of the trees and planting them,” 1( Is added, was about fifteen cents for each tree.’’ Tbe progressive town deserves credit for its examp.e of good taste and good management. There is not a city or village In The State that cannot sff >rd to plant auade trees at tbe cost ol 915 a hundred. —It Is more than probable that at no distant day Georgetown. S. C.. will ha made an ocean port. . In tbe river and harbor act of tbe 55th Congress a survey of - Samplt river we* ordered. This survey wm recently made and & report of toe same has b_-en submitted to Confrere by the secretary of war Major RulTaer, of tbe corps of eo giaeersand theengIneers who made the survgy declared the project s worthy one, and the same is meeting with gen eral favor. —Tne famous modern Sbj l<x:k of En gland. Isaac Gordon, is dead at Bir mingham. Uls ruling passh n seems to have been strong in death, for though painfully ill, be made a usurious loan two hours before his demise. He left behind the unenviable distinction of having wrecked more homes than any man in Kaglsnd. He was impervious to reproach from any source, and de lighted In suing for the last cent. He started In life penniless and died at 35 worth millions of pounds, with no rela tives, and no will. • , . — Marshfield, Mass, which was onfee the home of Daniel Webster, and' which has always been a prohibition town, voted *ffi<-mative y on the license question last week. A member of tbe defeated prohibition faction thereupon AtrikltUkul >u -tbsi. tsMaa - meaUafr THE “SIGNS” IN FARMING. before," those- shadows on the Wtnd thM Ioy tftrm in the State of Pertn A Famous Turkish Soldier.—a dispatch from Constantinople an nounces the death of Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, and the greatest Turkish soldier of recent times. He was 68 years old. , His defense ol Plevfia against an overwhelming Rus sian force in 1876 gave O^man enor mous prestige. By the intrenchments he caused to be thrown up he resisted the liussians. In three pitched battles be overcame the fiercest troops of the Czar’s armies. On July 18, 1876, he In flicted a loss of 3,606 killed and wound ed on his assailants. The next battle cost the Russians 137 officers and many men. It was resolved to starve out the army of Osman, which originally numbered about 56,066 men and an army of 120,000 Russians completed the investment; At length forty-five days after the siege had been established and one hundred and forty five after his arrival at Plevna the Turk deter mined on a* desperate attempt to cut bis way out. The struggle was of the fiercest kind. The fighting ended by the Turks being driven back, and Plevna surrendered. —That spicy odor that you notice in the cigar box comes from the wood of which it is made. It is not because it la impregnated with’ the tobacco. On the contrary, tbe tobacoo takes the flavor of the wood. That It why a par tlcular kind of wood is used for the boxes of all the best cigars Spanish cedar. It is an expensive wood, porons and spicy, aid the only kind which bas been found to Itbprpve the flavor of the clga,-. •ofuttonTo mice the 'Ucctree fee of fl? 606,666, and tbe measure was adopted Noje but a millionaire, therefore, can afford to go into the liquor business in Marshfield, and most of the million aires of that town of 2,006 inhabitants are otherwise engaged. —The New York Sun says^T A Massachusetts Judge holds that a Sun day night contract of marriage is not void under the general Sunday law. " In that part of the country where my youth was passed," said this very hu mane and sagacious Judge, "we used to tblnk^that such engagements were among tbe things that Sunday, and es pecially Sunday evening, was Insti tuted for.” The better the day, the better the deed. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has yet to pass upon this ruling. If It is sustained there will be deep satisfaction among mil lions. Sunday night is courtin’ night in wide regions. —Dr. Hunter .McGuire, the chief surgeon of Stonewall Jackson's staff during the war, nod one of the best known surgeons and physicians in the South, has beeirstrlckea down sudden ly with paralvsis and hM condition is alarming. Dr.'GcMulre amputated Jackson’s arm after the latter,was wounded at Chaoceilorsvllle, and was with him when the great commander died at Guinea Station. Dr. McGuire is probably better informed about the military life of Jscksoo than any man n,the country. He has bedn consulted dn this subjact by writers and histori ans in various parts-of'the country; Jr. McGuire is 65, years old and his lealth has been falling for several years. ^ . —Neith^n the advance by way. of durteea Streams nor Colonel Plum, mar’s movements have yet resulted la bringing news of Marking's zelief l rom Bloemfontein and Natal there are apparently no developments and pub lic interest remains cantered in owell’s force, -undistracted by tbe i vents of greater militsry importance. However,<rit appears likely that the troops moving towards Mafeklng in dicates much more serious purpose than merely it# relief, fudging from Lord Methuen's presence at Warreotown and the capture of the nearby passage of tbe Vaal at Fourteen Streams, keen It Is rebaervert believe Lord Methuen has made an advance in force by way ol K ieradrop, and would probably coincide with an advance via Bloemfontein and Natal. Uofratpowdeneeof -tl i have beard of signs and luck from my eatliest-recollectlons—signs of good crops oteorn, wheat and fruit crops; then of the signs of tbe Zodiac, of lucky and unlucky days. I know per sous who are controlled by the signs of Ihe moon in all farming operations. In Older to cause corn and wheat to ear heavy and low to lh'6 ground, they put the seed in the ground on the dark of the moon ; that is, from the last half moon on the decrease to the next half on the increase, the nearer the change the better, 'fhey contend that if grain is sown in the light of Ihe moon it will grow tall and chaffy. Some moon worshipers go so tar as to claim that the worm of a fence laid on dark of the moon will sink into the ground. They chooee the dark of the moon to plant everything that grows under ground, such as potatoes, onions, beets, etc. But if they wdnt cabbages to head large they want as near the full moon as possible. They will not make sauer kraut when the sign is in virgo ; they say kraut made then will be soft and smell bad, but if the sign is in the feet or head, the kraut will be hard and flinty and have no bad odor. As for the kraut, I made a lot last August when the sign was wrong and I • never had better kiaut. I think more depends on mak ing and keeping it clean. To keep your ground rgil from sink ing into the ground, place a stone un- der’each corner. If you have no stones a piece of a rail will do just as well. If you have no pieces, make pieces by cutting up souud ones two or three feet long ; they will do just as Now one wishes corn to ear well and wheat to All wellj For corn, plant early in good ground, cultivate early and lay by eaily. For wheat, sow any time in October, that the srround is in a good dry condition. Seed on rather stiff, dry, «$11 drained clay lands, well manured and in most cases the wheat will be fair in quality and the yield good. In all cases I prefer to plant or sow when the conditions of the soil ot weather are favorable rather than to waiLfor the moon. I would advise the same in reference to all such things as potatoes, beets and onions. For Irish potatoes and onions choose the lightest and loosest soil that jou have. Plant your pota toes at such a time that the tops will burst through the last killing frost (if you know when that time Is). But if you only have a gaiden patch and the' tops are well above ground, and there is likely to be a killing frost (of that you must use yiMir mv.) judgment), covertlM tops either wil1ffttraW r lttle# or dirt. When all danger it over uncover. Sweet potatoes can be raised if planted iu any time of the moon. Bed about the first of May ; set plants in well-prepared sandy laud not too rich. If you have no sandy land plant on yellow clay dr mulatto lands. These life beet. - ~ A neighbor once observed. This is go:ng to be a good year for com. I en quired, Why ? He replied, IVas|>M are plentiful. There was a line crop of corn made. Last year a light crop of corn was harvested and wasps were scarcer than usual in this section. Now, what relation do wasps bear to a good corn crop ? It is simply 'this; A long Wet and cold winter and spring, kill out wasps, bees, horuels and many other insects. Along wet winter and spring prevent the proper preparation of the soil. The wet weather leaches out the fertilizing 'properties from the soil and the ground is rendered sour. Hence a scarcity of wasps and bees is really a bad sign for a good corn crop. 1 have often observed an apple, pear, plum or cherry tree to have a second crop of blossoms. By this sign many predict a death in the owner’s family. This is a true sign of death—not of a human being, but* of the tree itself. Some two or three years ago nearly sli my cherry trees of the Morello variety bloomed in September. Now they are all dead. Of about twenty large trees I have not a single one living. In the cherries was plentiful, Dulinferior in quality. The trees then shed their leaves and then there were blooms and a partial puttifig forth of leaves, not from th'e.tpdff-on the twigs, but from the terminal bud. What caused the If " cooling events cast their shsdows wed ling tn Ofe I nekr future. The young lady may even be "all ready" to marry, that ia, she thinks she’s “all .ready "for her trousseau's prepared, tbf "trip" has been planned, and the house picked out and ‘‘everything.” When we see a young woman go out to meet fate that way it l>rings to mind the Frenchman’s saying of the Charge of the Light Brigade. I 1 It was magnificent but it was not war." It fe magnificent to see the young girl face wje future so fearlessly, but it is not life. No young woman is ready lot,married life unless her physical condition is up to the stand ard of marriage, in the health of all the delicate womanly organs, and rarely is that the case. Young women entering upon the state of marriage will find no friend so helpful as Dr. Fierce's Favorite Prescrip tion. It gives vigor and elasticity to the organs peculiarly feminine, prevents the drains that ruin the health, and mqkes the ordeal of motherhood so eajjFTUat it is practically almost painless.' “At an early stage of married life," Writes Mrs. Flora Am. of Dallas. Jackson Co.. Mo., “I was greatly bothered with painful periods, also a troublesome drain which rendered me very weak amt unfit for work of any kind I became so thin there was nothing left of tne but skin and bone My husband became alarmed and got me a bottfe of 1 Favorite Prescription. - After he saw,the wonderful effects of that one he got me two more, and after-l used those up there was no more pain, and I began to gain in flesh very rapidly." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad viser answers every question. It is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay the coAt of mailing on/v. For the cloth-bound edition send 31 stamps. Ad dress Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N, Y. land that will product more to the acre = raise fiuit will be compelled to resort to spraying their -orchards. Nursery men will have to introduce a stock of trees of smaller growth ; this they can readily do by grafting from fruit bearing twigs, using thu terminal buds, thus producing carly-beuring trees, which will check thu'.r growth. Peach trees can readily he headed back every year. Then the trees can be sprayed. But with our collosal trees 25 to 30 feel high, spraying cannot he done. Should the seamms so change, however, that the frosts will not kill our fruit and ground aftW ttnrl 011 f 1 nu^f ' e^ y Ine 1 , 1 , ^ tt>rt will grow smaller and our fruit grow ers or farmers use spraying machines and apply insecticides, then and not till then, can good makeiablc apples he raised in this section,' Fruit growing here will not pay so long as killing frosts happen so fre quently. B. F. White. Alamo ace Go., N. G. STOCK RAISING IN THE SOUTH. The Philadelphia llecortl has the following article from si corr about the South, calling the attention of its readers to this section as a field for investment. As you have so well said, the great progress of South in manufactur ing has been the logical and ualu<al result of the advantages which nature has bestowed upon her. And it is just these natural advantages which are sootf to inakl her the •great meat-pro ducing sect lot* of this country aud of the world. No amount of labor or capi tal or energy can long combat success luily against nature. Cheapness of pro duction is the chief factor in competi tion, and I think that any candid mind will) upon investigation, be led to oon- clude that in* the production of beef aud mutton aud pork, and even of horses and mules, the S<nilh has natur al advantages which will ere long make competition of other less fortunate sections almost impossible, ^jet me enumeratv some of the most patent and potent of these advantages First, climate. The two great factors in producing grass and forage are heal and moisture. The South has a rainfall greater by several inches than, (he North abti Northwest. This rainfall 4» wall liiatrihuUjd A Mr. Chambeilam was u t of English scutimeni four than uow. . He dffcr guided years ago *ajd in the House of ('ommou»."May s, latai: " A war in South Africa would be one of the most serious wacs that could (Ktssibly he "waged. It would Ik ia the nature of a civil war. Jt would be a Jong war, a bitter war and u costly war, aud it would leave behind it the embers of a strife which 1 believe geficraiions would hardly be long enough to ex tinguish.” The Boston Journal says: ‘‘A large part of this prophecy has al- _|£eady come true and Ihe rest is hurrying on to fulfilment.’' decay and death qf the trees, I am at a loss to know. The Heart cherwies have uot beep affected. When I took possession of the place whereon I now resid^jtherc was a thrifty apple apd peach orchard. In the middle of the orchard there was a row of ‘‘I’rior’s Red.” Each season the trees budded and bloomed as the others on epeh side of it. The leaves, soon after obtaining their growth, would begin to yellow and be flecked with dark rusty and black spots. Trees altogether never bore a bushel of ap-' plea during their whole lifetime. The disease, if such it is, has spread over most of my contiguous orchard. Many trees have died prematurely. Noue of those attacked mature, the. apples per* fectly, the apples being of inferior quality aud size. If this disease keeps on eprcarimg and there is a succession from year to year of kilin^- frosts it will be little worth while to plant or cltards. I have seen printed a prediction that there will be a bountiful fruit crop this year. Of this there is uo certainty. Our climate withio the last 55 years has undergone a change. In 1837 on the cold Saturday in February the peach crop was killed in the bud ; tbe apple crop was uninjured. There was no miss in a fruit crop till 1845, when the entire crop of fruit wa§ destroyed in May. Five years later all was killed; then no clean miss of a fruit crop till after the war. For the past 30 years the fruit crop has oftener failed in this 'jiart of the State than otherwise. 'It has generally been destroyed about the 5th of May. The indications are that t£ic trees will bud and bloom laffe this year. Should the peacucs bloom in April, the fruit will nearly all drop off before it matures. Owing to the scarcity of fruit for the past few yean, it may be that the cod- liog motha may not be so numerous. However^ should they increase from | rtbaf d rou gtiVsT duration* - The are greater year to year, as they have done for the and past ten yean, those who attempt to heat oFlbe South is, I think, her chief advantage. I know, from actual experience as well as from extended observation, that there is not a day in the year too cold for cattle to graze comfortably in the fields. While the cattleman of tbe Northwest is housing his flocks and herds in costly stalls, often heated arti ficially, the canc-breiks and woods down South furnish ample protection against the few storms of short dura tion. Hence this large item of cost is entirely eliminated in the cotton belt. Not infrequently the cotton plants in the field retain their life through the winter and bloom out afresh iho next spring, so mild are our wiuters. Second, grass. In no portion of the United States can grass be grown so abupdantly and universally as in the South. The cotton planter is fighting grass from the first of March till the last of October. Every' grass and for age plant that will grow anywhere in the middle and Northern States will grow nlore luxuriantly in the South. Moreover, while iu the moro Northern latitude Ihe grass dies down when frost comes, the South is blessed with wiuter grasses, which yield as good pasturage in December and January as Kentucky blue gMss does iu Juue. Then, ag^in, fall grains, such., as, oats, wheat, rye and barley, majr be grazed aH winter and will still yieljl as heavy crops of grain as if not grazed at all. I know of large grass farms that have yielded their owners a net retum in hay of more than sixty dollars an ucre. In Georgia there arc stock farms on which mules and horses are yearly raised at a cost of about $20 per head. Lkoow a gentleman near Charleston, is. Crp who a year or two ago sold in that city 100 lambs for $500, which lambs cost bim to prodj^ce about 20 cents a piece. Where such things are possible nature rountJndeed be very kild and very lavish. Third, cheap laud; The South is to day the one place where good agricul tural laud-can' be bought f for a song. 1 know ibat it. is possible today to go through certain portions of thp South, sylvania at a price ranging, from ?2 to $10 ah acre, and on. the easiest terms. What would my country readers think of selling their land for such * price when they can ent seventy-five bushels of oats per acre from it ? Yet such land, at such a price, in large bodies, U going begging in the South. I know of cases where Northern meu have bought large plantations and paid for them out of their first year’** grass crop. By using judgment one can buy today thousands of acres of land that, as soon as stocked with sheep and cat tle; would sell for five times the cost price. The last factor in cheap Southern production I shall mention is cheap wiuter feeds. The South will always raise cotton, and the by-produets of the cotton mills will always be the cheap est and best catfle feed on earlh. There are men today nil through the Soulh who are buying up cattle and fattening them on cotton seed meal and hulls and are making 100 per cent, on their money in three to four months’ time. The best beef and mutton can he thus produced at a nominal cost. I have seen the figures and books of,* some of these meu, and know that sheep have been stall-fed all winter for 22 cents a head. It is, I think, entirely safe to say that sheep may be raised anywhere in the cotton belt fof tbe wool, thus giving all increase as profit. This would be from 80 to 100 per cent, pro fit on the money invested, with the land doubling in value in a short while. 1 would like lo say before closing that I have no land to sell in the South of my own or of any one else. lam entirely disinterested. Herbert W. Beall. . Philadelphia, March 12,1900. —— ‘ In the matter of good roads New Jersey has made rapid strides during the past seven years. Since the pres ent law went into effect, in 1893, 440 miles of roads have been built, at a cost to the State of $715,82(5. Last year alone 114 miles, were built, to which the State cobtributed $150,000, aud it is doubtful if tbe same amount of public money was ever better spent. Thirteen counties have participated in the work and scared in the appropria tions, and it is safe to say that they would rather pay double the am ount in' expcbdilurc that they have paid than go hack to the former con- -ditimu of many of the public highways. This year the specifications provide foi 212 miles ot new roads, the estimated cost of which is $686,620. Toward this expense the Slate contributes (he regular 8150,000, which is the annual Appropriation. The amount is general ly reganled as liberal, but ihufc is uo room for doubt that it is an luvesimenl that (tays a better late of interest than it wouhl if invested in almost any olher way. a C OTTON" 1 Culture” the name a val li able illustrat ed pamphlet which should be in the hands every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent Fre&. Send oame ami address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, jj Nassau S»., New York. of PITT’S The men who have made a study of the scientific side* of agriculture—the men conducting the experiment sta tions and the professors in the agricult ural college#—are very much more kindly listened to nowadays tfian they used to be. The old prejudice against book larming, as it used to he termedf is fast passing away, ami tbe intelli gent farmer of today is only too glad lo avail himself'of the'information touching his crops and, stock which is only to be obtainable as a result of laborious and .painstaking scientific in vestigation. commercialYMffitluun 16 a grgfttCt ex tant than has wool.<- Merino and other fine wools have advanced over 60 per cent in price and other grades from 35 to 40 per cent.; The man who-stuck to bis (lock of sheep is now getting his re st ard. ■ WHY HJJURES. The Greatest Mpeeialiiit of the Time Give* Beery Caee Hla Personal Attention. n n aln, Moet doctor* hare a certain number •*** l,M • of Mock remedies which ibej line In Kathawav’s all case* which worn at all similar. This la not Dr. Hathaway'i method. Krerr cam with him la m<wt carefully diaanoaed and the exact lioaltlon of the iliaea-edcon dltion determined. Thua oTerjr caae la treated aepar utely and medicine* are id- mlnlatered which are Miecially prepared under Dr. Hathaway’, perwonal Hupervlaion for each cam. No two peoplearo affected by a partlcii la r dlaeuae I n the same manner, cnnfiequent- ly no two people rhould he treated In the aame way even for aame complaint. Dr. Hathaway iaa apectal- IM in the beat eenm of thi?. word he treat* apeclal ilia- eaae* In a apeclal manner of a ayatera atudled out yeura airo while In cotleire and hoapital practice and Im of hla own Evsry Oass Spsolally Trsated. buy thesajiie very beat portions, and up several thousands of acres of 8 roved and enlarged ii|h inconstantly urlnir tbe twenty years elnce— twenty years of the most extensive practice enjoyed by anr apeelallat tn tbtaconntry. Dr. Hathaway's ureal and uniform sue- ceaa la due to thla Individual system of treatment. w_.i.^lw> In spite of hundreds of requests tXOlUwive yearly from doctors InaM partaof the Treatment world, aaklmr for the nrlvlletre of ualn* Dr.Hathaway’ametliod of treatment,be believes It wiser to allow none beside himself the knowledge of hla remedies, as he is too well aware of the mis chief which may be done by the unskillful tine of any , ay .tem, never mind bi >w perfect. Blaod and Skla Dr. Hathaway’s treatment for (U-. aa .. blood diseases In whatever .taire ■ cures aU forms of ulcers, sores, blotcbee, pimples, etc.,and not only restores the skin and scalp tn their natural condition, but so purlflea the blood that the disease Is permanently and com- pletely driven from the system andaU thla without administering poisonous or dangerous drugs. „ . - His treatment of Varicocele Varioooal* and and Stricture Is a method exrlu' Striatum. own and In *0 per cent , of all cases results In a perfect and permanent cure. No operation la required and no pain or Inconvenience are experienced by the patient. Th#expense of this treatment Is ranch lees than that of anv operation, or hospital or Institute treatment, and is both safe end sure, restoring tbe organs to a condition of perfect, normal health. Dr.Hathaway baspist prepsreda new test question blank for thnee who have reeson tn suspect Kidney Iron Me and Ibis blank be will gladly send free to sends him bis name and addren. v. Tl r. , ?2, , “P d tor 6r Hathaway's new book "Manliness, Vigor, Health” bas ated the first edition of a limited time a copy of to anyone who sends bis 1 address to Dr. Hathaway, ■(■away makes no charge for amaoMnUna and advice at eMter hie offlee or by ■all. 4. NKWTON HATHAWAY M. D. « ' “ n. *■*>- W Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, and all stomacb,or bowel troubles, colic or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney'troubles, bad blood and all sorts o sores, risings or felons, cuts and bums. It is as good antiseptic, when locally applied os any thing on the market. Try It and vou will praise it to others If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigorator Co. ''THOMSON, GA.i at CARPENTER.BROS., iJ’-eenvill*. 8 (. Preserving The Forest*.—The government is taking hold of the for estry question as never before. The department of the interior has applied to the forestry division of th« doport- ment of agriculture for working plans for all the national forest reserves in,, the West. According to the plans of the government forestr, these reserves will eventually he transformed- into a revenue producing;tiart of the natiounl adminibtration. A wave of popular interest if not eh- thusiaam is ccrtsinly sweeping across the country on the question of fotest preservation, ranging from the control of gigantic timber tracts for the pur pose of conserving the water supply Uj the planting of trees along wayside*. Pennsylvania inaugurated iu January, a policy of state forestry preservation, buying up a large amount o( vacant timber land for reservatwffT and the great majority, H net every single newspaper 1h the Stale has spoken favorably and proudly of the project. New York it annually adding thous ands of acies Ur her fnreit reserve and other Stales are gradually falling into line. lai't year (he city of Springfield, Mass., appropriated for the use of the city forester $20,000, to he employed in caring for city trees and planting trees. The public authorities of Spring- field are not wasling Ihe ueojde's money, but are-rendering the city at tractive and adding value lo all_ kinds of property. This year, every town in MassachuselU is to have a tree warden who will he elected at the town meet ings, and hereafter proper attention will be given to wayside trees as well as to the trees in cities. — The re|>orl of Ihe Tepuessee mine inspector, just issued, show’# great de velopment in the phosphate industry iu (hat State. There are at present sev eral hundred valuable phosphate mines in o(>eratioD, giving employ ment to 15,- 0O0 to 20,000 men, and additional mines are being opened daily. The phos phate rock is now being mined in al most every section of Middle Tennes see and is being very generally used m the South iu the manufacture of fertilizers. Recently the sail i ■pSoiipfiafc-Tafrds Ti#ir been J oue trort bavrog been - acquired by h - Chicago manufacturing firm for $100,- 000 cash. - BE SURE TO READ IT Robert Hardy’s Seven Days - , . . ■ \ SS ’ • - J?ev. Charles M. Shel don's Latest Story WILL APPEAR IN THIS PAPER IT IS ANOTHER BIG HIT, , AS FASCINATING AND DRAMATIC AS “IN HIS STEPS.” KMaay ereryona who this book will be neat ’X Dr. Hathaway A Co^ MHAowth Brwad Straw*. AUaata.Oa, mention this pafkh when whitino. Robert Hardy, a wealthy church member, who is a Christian in name only, is rebuked by hie wife for his selfish and unchristian attitude to ward sevaral employees who have been injured and^alls asleep upon a sofa. In his dream he sees everything that is going on in the town about him; his minister discouraged because of the worldlinesa of people in the church, and particularly because of Hardy’tunchristlanlike conduct; his son gambling and drinking In a saloon; one of his injured employees whom he had refused to visit awaiting the amputation of both feet; and his lonely wife mourning be- catee of his neglect. He then dreams that he ia carried high above the earth into the pres ence of the Face of Eternity. The Face accuses him of his lack of Christianity and warns him that he has but seven more days upon earth— “seven day? to help redeem your'soul from ev erlasting shame and de*th.’’ Mr. Hardy awak- ena greatly impressed by hia terrible dream and believes that it is actually a warning. He tells his wife and children of his dream, admits that he has not lived as he should, and declares that he has bm seven more day* to live. The clock strikes the hour of midnight and the first of Robert Hardy's seven days begins. In these . •fcven days Mr Hardy .does all he can to better the physical and spiritual .condition of those about him and exactly At the stroke of mid night of the seventh day he— Bot it is unfair to give away the whole plot The reader is kept in suspense throughout the story and doee not know whether the seventh day of Robert Hardy is bit last until the end. WATCH FOR THE BEGINNING