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w K t r f en BY HOWARD FIELDING. CorrHioirr, IMS, ■T Charijc* W. Uoock. B. CARLBTON GAINES baa a very bad memory for faces. His friends complain that be passes them upon the street without recognition, and, on the other hand, in attempt- lac to avoid this error, he has some times accosted strangers In circum stances that were extremely embar rassing. The young man has a cousin, Miss Jane Hemenway, a tall, graceful girl, with a profusion of dark hair and pret ty brown eyes, which, however, one Is obliged to view veiled by eyeglasses, for Jane Is somewhat nearsighted. She lives in Trenton, but often goes to New York shopping or visiting her many friends In that city. Thus it would not be surprising to meet her any day in the shopping district of New York. One may meet a great many pretty women In that region, and it is said that certain feeble minded creatures go there for that purpose. Surely a mau must be daft who would do it/ for the shopping Woman Is too completely un der the domination of "the died Idea” to be of Interest to any but a student of hypnotism. She rushes along the sidewalks in a state of trance, and the luckless man who gets in her .way will thereafter view the all devouring trol ley car with gentle unconcern. Gaines was In the shopping district strictly on business one afternoon, and near the intersection of Twenty third street and Sixth avenue'Ee funded that he saw Cousin Jane. She was proceeding westward with that relent less fixity of purpose that characterises the shopper. Gaines overtook her and laid a mildly restraining hand upon her arm. for it seemed to him that she was about to plunge out upon the crossing and collide with a loaded dray. "Don't run over the poor cart horse, little girt," said Gaines, "be has trou bles of his own.” She uttered a nervous cry and sprang away, but be fancied that she was only startled "Pass over thoee bundles to me, youngster,” said he, "and we'll navi gate tbs crossing together." At this moment be caught the first fair gUmpee at her face. Where were the eyeglasses that always perched up on Cousin Jane's nose? Where were the baby dimples and the smile of iphic good will? This lady was s haughty person Hbe froxe him with tbs disdain which seemed to sur- like an atmosphere. With face averted, as If the sight of him b# too painful, she waved her left hand as ons who cries "Avaunt!" Tbs next moment, with head In air. she swept across tbs avenue In front of a moving car and so closs to the that even the hardened motor- turned pale. How Gaines got away from the spot bo never knew, but It ie bis opinion that bo crawled down through tha trolley slot for surely be felt small enough to have done so. Of course he was sotlroly Innocent, but s dear cotv science is a poor consoler at such times. Tbs central fact In nature was that pretty girl must forever think «*f as tbs lowest form of anthropoid, the "masher." Gaines had the misfortune to possess much abourNntalle that be ha3 begun to dislike tier. Many girls in his social set knew ijer, and they all declared that ,be and she were "made for each other.” The basis of that view, so far as he could discover, was that she was tall and dark, while he was tall and light, and that both of them bad the reputation of being vffey cold, reserved and hard to approach lu friendship or flirtation. As a rule he did not like girls who were cold afid reserved, buffering from a chronic embarrassment him self, be found it l{ard enough to get alog^ with girls who were Jolly, talk- Ive and open hearted. Moreover, to be slated us a girl’s admirer before fellow has met her Is enqpglWo kill all chance of liking her. ” Gaines was glad when Natalie went abroad with her mother, Instead of coming to New York. Within two weeks he had heard that she was home again. And now It seemed he must meet her. “There she is,” whispered Jessie Bingham. “Isn’t she perfectly love ly?" Gaines glanced across the room, and his blood became Ice water. He had always regarded himself as a peculiar ly unlucky man, but that Natalie Clair, of all people In the world, should prove to be the heroine of the Twenty- third street adventure struck him as a little the worst blow in even his ex perience. “Of course I should be greatly pleas ed to meet tier,” said he, and his ^WiNrtonhcJed T& his own ears as If It were t»etng ground out of a phono graph "Hut there's no hurry. Any time will do.” "What nonsense!" exclaimed Jessie. *Ytf course you want tu meet her this minute. And they're bringing her right >ut in old fashioned novels. He one of thoee conspicuously hand men who always get the discredit ♦ I "TOO CAJT'T HELP IT,” SAID SBC. of being vain of their looks, though they may prove by every act of their lives that they are more modest than the lowly violet Gaines was aware that if he had been insignificant and ugly the lady in question might have paused to hear an explanation, but that did not console him. He took the incident very much to<beart and indeed felt so bad about it that he could hardly bring himself to attend a social “function" to which he was bidden for that evening. It really did not seem to him that a man ao disgraced as be was fit to go Into society.” Still he eventually mustered •p the courage. There were a good many people in the big drawing room at the Bingham house, Washington square north, when Hli appearance," some what late. Presently he found him—if over here! Gaines perceived that Jessie sppke truly. A half duzen young people, with the most obvious luteutious, were gen tly steerlug Miss Clair in his direction. She, however, seined to be wholly un aware of their purpose until she was within six feet of him. Then she start ed as prettily as a frightened deer. Gaines looked anxiously Into her face, and when he saw that he was recognised he felt as on# upon whose shoulder the hand of the sheriff is laid. It was all<over In a moment Early In his life Gaines had Iteen Introduced to a Boston east wind, and once, when a boy. he had been locked in an tee- house as a Joke, hut Miss Clair gave him a new sensation. No one else ap peared to notice the chill, though it aeemed to him that all New York must be shivering. lie dared not say anything to the point among so maiiy.iteople, and so he mumbled the ordinary nouaense while waiting for a chance to escape. That was not to be, however. He saw Miss Bingham going one way and Miss KomeUidy Kim* goiffg another way, and there was no way at all for him. Ha simply gdt left In the corner with Na talie Clair, and If It had l>een done on -purpSkcTFciMildn't have Jioen done bet- ter \ - e - A man of tact and assurance would have found uo difficulty in saying the right thing, hut Gaines lacked those qualities, and his faculties were in A panic. “The situation la somewhat difficult, i»~i s 'Mwawid "yimi ""tnfigt' Bff* strongly prejudiced against me, but — hAt**— What utter nonsense! Why couldn't be say straight out. *T saw you><m Twenty-third street today and mistook you for my cousin?” He knew as well as anybody could that ffiat was the right thing to say. But the words<didn’t come to him. s' . “You can't help it," said she; "nei ther of us^can help it now. I,et ua for get everything that happened before xre met tonight.” ( % * And then she looked around .with a frightened eye for somebody to come aud take her away. Gaines felt as If the black cap had beeu drawn over his face. He had had his chance to speak, ami it had .passed. Evidently Miss Clair, knowing the cir cle in which he moved, had decided to t tolerate him, perhaps even to be silent, about what she believed to be*hiis black' disgrace. . * . If Jane were only there, be could) have pointed to the resemblance and)' have told his story with a good grace. He had heard that she was expected later lu the evening. He would*reserve his defense till then. Somehow he escaped from Mi88> Clare, and immediately, to fortify his soul, he mentioned to a number off ppr-, sons that, lu his opinion. Miss Clair •trongly resembled his Cousin Jane., The first two or three had never no-- tlced It, Gaines began to hc^ahtrmed. He ran from one to anofherX Appar ently there was not a humamlereaturq present who had the eye to/see\attracts of that likeness upon whfih WsV.fate' depended. So it seemed tinut i .Tame’s coming would only' hoigbten Aier im-. probability of ills tale, alreadyiwieakeu- ed by delay/ - Many of-^hw-peopic wbnmytuwqi tioned spoke of a strong rescmqlul became aware that she had something importance to communicate. "Natalie Clair la here,” said the, with the air'of a email boy announcing, that the circus has come to town. Mlfia Clair waa a young woman Ghlaea had 60 times narrowly Two yean ago. when about to come te New •UJl; (Man had haard n —; ; q ws" utnee, a strong mem between Miss Clair aud Olive Trankj a a corner with Jeasle Bingham and “young lady whom Gahies had met* sev eral years before. Would it be poisitt&e to substitute her lu this story? Ute>ac- qualntance was Just sufficient tokwn*-- rant him in addressing her. He couldn't call her "little glrk" but prob-v ably the fact that he bad used thosei words would not come out In thii ex planation. A sddden resolution acted him. He would take, the rlat 'Fearing that bU courage would ooxe away If he hesi tated. he sought Miss Clair at once. As lutk would have It, he found he*> with Jeasle Bingham and Olive Trask> To bis great delight, Miss Trask greet- i ed him very cordially. 111a courage mountAl higher. ; •> <• \ “Miss Clair” said be boldly, "h .think tfiera’lT never be a better time than Uii^t%- set myself right for Ibe unfortunate mistake I made this after noon. When . 1 spoke to£ you } on Twenty-tMrd vtreet, 1 mistook you for Miss Trask, whom I have known some years. It waa very acgtrarrmaetllg, of course, but you kindly promised to for get It I^thlnk, however, that a fuff explanatlotf’V r “I promised to forget it!” exclaimed Iftks Clfffc. r^Phy, nothing of the sort ever happened. 1 uover saw you be* fore tonight, and when I spoke of for getting | referred to all the silly things that ‘oUb friends have said about us.. As to the Incident on Twenty-third street, I fear you will have to take your apology to the young lady whom you actually accosted, if you can find 1 her.” , There was a moment of awful si lence, and then Miss Trask came to the rescue, boldly If somewhat In discreetly. “Well, as Mr. Gaines thought it. was I”— she began and stopped, not know ing how to finish her sentence. Gaines groaned. At this critical moment who should^ ( ^ u, appear b^f Cousin Jane! She was bail* f t** ed as the deliverer from an awkward situation. “Ob, Hiss Clair,” she exclaimed, “I am so glad to see yOu again! 'See' Is A MODEL 1 TAXATION. driving through this the privilege not long ago of splendid estate and looking upon the extensive fields of corn and cotton, which [stretched away on all sides almost as.far as'the eye viould reach. It was an enchant ing sight,.and although it was merely a passihg ride through-the plantation, with a brief halt at the hospitable home of the manager, Mr. E, M. Lide, it was the realization of a desire long felt to look upon Donobo, which has been the pet and pride of our venerable Mend, Chancellor Johnson, for so many years. He has created a model, comely plantation from an undesirable tg-act of laud, which was regarded as ^nearly worthless on account of the lack of drainage, and hb has given to the farming element in ^juth Carolina an object lesson in reclaiming lands that will perpetuate his name among the most progressive farmers of the State, while a gene ration.,pgo he was tanking among the ablest and strongest men on the chancery bench of this State. "He has lived to an extreme old age, but bis eye is not dimned nor his men-. vision beclouded, aud bis rein id i- scenceslof the past are intenselj^charm- iug to his numerous friends, who are always eager to share in iho pleasures of bis Conversation. The correspon dent writes as follows : , “JOXX," raiRD OAIXKK. “YOU lUVt RAVID my ursr hardly the word for me tonight, for I’ve lost my eyeglasses, and you know I'm. half blind without them.” “How did you lose them?" asked Gaines, rejoiced to say something that was safe. "Why," said Jane, 'T was coming opt of a store on Twenty third street this afternoon. There was a dreadful crow«L and a brute of a mau brushed against me aqd caught the chain of the glasses on a button of his coat. The chain broke, the glasses fell, and the brute stepped on them. And would you believe what the creature did?” lie asked me to go to sn oculist's with him and let him buy me a new pair. I fled, but the fellow followed me all tbe way to Hlxth avenue. 1 could see him out of the back of my head. It seemed. And Just as 1 was about to cross be spoke to me again. He aald”— "Jane." cried Gainca, “you hare sav ed my life! The man who had been the one Front Tbs Gotten PUnt. - The following article appeared lu the Charleston Sunday News of the 26th hist., and we are certain thfit the readers of The Cotton Plant will come a capitalist. Peter Harllee cpiue i soot after freedom and frompb ox finer baa grown to a two-horse farm- SHREDDED CORN —ITS VALUE- From the Southern Cultivator. The Georgia Experiment Station places the value of cornstalks to (ieorgia at about one and a half mil lion (1,600,000) dollars per year. At on farmer kfl* grown er. Little Andy, son of that grand old former slave and “ pattern of old fidelity/’ Daddy Andy Johnson, has x..r r. wu. hi* lather’s farm and anch privileges, „ ettjov this dfiscrintion of a model ulan- a> n0 one e1 *® eujojs, for his father’s least 96 per cent, of Abie is wasted by I at ion In South Carolina. Ttit waiter ® akR ’ wb 1 ° * e 8lee P ° f j us i ' beln R. lRft i . n the field to rot without oit the plantation that he loved. | uatenally benefiting the soil as a fer- Two years ago Mr. Lide planted tilizer, yet very much lu the way while with hired labor, on the home farm, cultivating the drop the following year one huudrud and fifty acres in cotton, While this waste is going on the poor PREPARING FOR FALL WHEAT. njoyed riving After ylevan years' absence 1 find myself once more the guest of Chan cellor Wra. 1>. Johnson, at his planta tion, Donoho, and to all who know him at all it will be no news to be told tltat the visit is both delightful and in- sUnolive, for tiiere lives no finer speci men of the Carolina gentleman of the ancient regime. A many sided manf lawyer,' planter, horticulturist, stand ing at ease amongst tbe first in all, u man of loftiest integrity and so modest that his real worth appears only to his intimates. - . , Tbe place 1 am visiting is a creation of the Chancellor's genius. When he bought it is 1867 his friends in Marl boro aud Marion did their best to pre vent the purebnse, thinking it a had investment.,’ One old Ncotekman, who loved him dearly, aud wu» proud.of him as an honor to itn- dear auld coutt-1 own worth, the liy as well as this, thought the .invest- | an ,| the nobility and gathered 6ue hundred and seventy- five bales, and tells me he lost that year by the storm at least twenty-five bales. ,v • , , • - - • (. This year he planted one hundred and ninety acres in cotton, quo- hun dred and fifteen in corn, timl seventy- two in oate and peas after oats. Three weeks ago he had the prospect of the finest crop ever made on the place.. It has been damaged by the drought and exceedingly hot suns, but will certain ly produce a very abundant crop not withstanding. - There ace four acres devSted to fruit treek. alone. Pecans, apples, peaches and grapes; two mulberry plantations and two excellent pastures, where the cattle, sheep and hogs keep in excellent condition from the late spring to the early fall, and there are about thirty head of horses, mules and colts ; twenty-seven bead of cattle, sixty sheep and eighty swine, besides what are owned by the tenants, who raise the meat for their family use and have enough of milk and butter to do them. They raise besides their own cane syrup, potatoes and vegetables, and every house has some fruit trees aud grape vines appropriated to it. Cotton Tour or five feet high has been made to take the place of cotton fiom nine inches to one foot, and a water sobbed forest has been changed to fruitful fields. A plantation con sidered comparatively worthless has become the most valuable of its area In the counties of Marlboro and Marion, both Ipmous for noble plantations. „Thia is my opinion, and it is the judg ment of Mr. E. M. Lide, who has managed for,three of the most success ful planters in Marlboro County, where lie was born, and he knows every foot of his county, aud a man whose judg ment cannot be doubted. Resides its record as sketched above is sufficient evidence. The long tenures, of the tenants, their prospects, aud their love for their homes and tbe Chancellor, peak in no uncertain tones of their value of their farms »f the proprietor. In neatly all cases the sooner the plowing for tall wheal Is comnjeficed after the harvest woi k is finished, the better. The weather ia usually hot aud dry, and the longer the stubble is unplowed the herder the work krill be on the men and the teams. It will save time to have two good shares at least with each plow, and ft) eep them sharp, otherwise the work ■Bent very bad indeed, and pronounced I t 0 the mauy questions I asked as to it rankest folly, aud hinted that a cer- how ail this wax done the Chancellor lam style of man and his money are emphasixed the necessity of retaining MKfti parted. However, ihe Chancellor ou the land ail that grew on it except is a typical Scotchman, and the pur-j the grain and lint, liberal nee of ferti lizers and alt the manure chase was made, and eighteen hundred acres of laud, where the water often •to<<d, except op some ridges, knee deep to a horse, Iteratne his property. About two bundled acres had at one time l»een tinder cultivation, nearly or quite half of which hud bceu aban doned and had grown up in broom or old field Junes. The eroji that year was eight hales of coltou aud three hundred bushels of corn. The Chancailqr made his first crop thete in 1868, and brought to bear uj>on it at once what'Tie 'knew about (arming, and it wax vastly more than the knowledge |MMecx«ed' by Horace Greely, or than anyone susjiected. The f result was at least promising; fourteen (tales of cotton aud about fout hundred bushels of coin. Meantime the axe, the shovel made.on the place. There is much more I would like to say, for this is hardly a half told Ule, but time allows n<> more. ITns plantation lies half in Marlboro and half in .Njaiiou.is four miles from Clio’ three from Duultar, »evco from Little Rock, twelve from Dillon and aliotit the same from I.uta. .1. K. !>.-> requisition, as following you waa not the one v who I the hoe. aud the water level jteM'rapnl- apoke to you. It was I.” ly lowered and the abandoned clear- "You!" site exclaimed. “Can this be ibgs were reclaimed and the native possible? of course I didn't look at forexl hegau slowjy to dmapjtear. This him. but his voice”— L work has gou^on aud is still ilfpfn- “IVhat did he say?” demanded gresx, abd now about one thousand Gaines. " 'Don't run over the poor cart horse, little Kiri ' I.ittle Ctrl! Fawcy HT “And you thought it was 1. Mr. Gaiues." said Miss Trask Icily. “Well, U|ioii my word!" « t "No. 1 didn't.” said Gaines, with deep humility. "1 thought it was Cousin Jane at the tiiiMyuud later I thought H raasSteaee : ' s/MtwrfWI erybody said they- didn't look a bit alike, whereas you and Miss Clair— you know—I—I—thought you wouldn't mind”— The sentence ended In something so like a sob that all the girls laughed. Aud then they agreed that he had re established his reputation, for he was proved to have becui guilty ot only a little white lie, which in society entails no penalty. And they also agreed to keep the story secret, but It would have puzzled you an hour later to have found auy one in the house v\‘ho had not heard it Importance of Rcnlatewtlw*. The breeder who laugh|, at registra tion and affects indfpendence of it may as well sit down, learn how to nursd discomfiture aud study the uses of • white flag which he is sure to need lat er on, says The Sheep Breeder) 'The history of tbe antirecord men Is too well known to need repetition. One by one they have yielded to the inevitable and Joined the registration ranks If for no other apd better reason than to pro tect themselves and their animals against unfriendly doubt and criticism. A IH»or registered sheep may not be any better than a poor one unregister ed, but he sells for twice as much on a certificate of pure breeding. The scfnb may occasionally get into the record as the devil sometimes gets into Christian j eociety In the guise of church member-1 ship, but registration In the main is a guarantee of pure breeding and is de manded by the buyer as a matter of protection If for no higber-reaspn. Tbe breeder does not live who in these days and in this country can long succeaa- fnlly maintain standing for his flock or herd without tbe guarantees and amen- Itiea of the association registry. lu an addrusj made by I‘rof.Jordan, of i be New York Kx|»enipetit Mat ion, before the “New York Farmerx,’' on "Fertilizeni and their Application.” he said, aud said m6*i • truly, “The exist, cnee of commercial fertilizer should lie no excuse for the lazy farmer, as 1 am oure they have been to some -extent. . ..The fact that it is iKVxsible to procure .nd the xpade were put p» K.upt fo(K i r , ^ for llUllie , llHle Ust , -ell ax the j.loujjh and , h ould be no excuse for wasteful and careless methods of handling aud de- velopiug the resources of jhe farm. It is possible to maiutaiu ibe farm in a high stale of fertility without using a pound of commercial plant food.” *--I.ast year the hay eroji of the State of New York wax worth £.'(7,000.000 in round numbers, about eight times as much as in any Southern State. man’s stock is left almost to perish up on dead grass duriftg the winter months and the wealthy man’s cattle feed upon eotton seed hulls and meal, sometimes to eat timothy hay, raised, cured, baled and shipped from some other State, the same costing from f!5 to $20 per ton. , v v ~ ' Last September 1 bought an inter est in a McCormick Shredder, cut,, shocked and shredded eighteen acres of corn, having suffldeut to winter sixteen cows and twa mules, using no Other forage, besides having to feed cows through an unusually long winter. 1 wintered four oilier cows (not my own) upon cotton seed hulls and meal at a cost of from $2 to $2.60 per month. Comparing cost on the above; a half dozen hands can qut and shock eighteen acres of cofn in a day. Six hands could with difficulty pull fodder from about one-third as much ground, aud fodder curing is generally accom- pafit^l with a great deal of risk. The corn, if well shocked, will not injure if rained upon for two weeks, for it should be shocked'as fast as cut. From The Cultivator I see that hoes are used to cut the corn. My plan is to break the hook from an old scythe blade, batter down the hook end and bind with jiadding for handle. This will be found to have the right length and weight and serves the purjiose much better than a hoe, as the corn may in this matter be laid in straight piles, and gathered easily for shocking. A careful baud should start the shock by placing two arm fuls of the cut corn together with the * butts placed firmly on the ground aud the tops placed well together. The shock thus started resemble the letter A. Afterward the other hands may gather up- the coru lying near and place equally on all sides. In bottom or very big oorn, a ladder of three or four risers may be used iu order t^yjpach the top to tie securely. In four to six weeks shocks with two to three hundred stalks in them will be ready for the shredder. In case the shreddintr cannot be done at the ex- juration ol the. curing jieriod three or four shocks at a small cost may be com bined, and tbeu the shredding may be |Mmt|K)Ded indelinitelv. This corn will i not injure if the tops are well pressed | that can tie j together and the shock sha|ted to slo-d > j ihe rain. - Re sure the corn is well cured before j rthreddiug, aud use a good shredder. (I , use the McCormick and find that it does I more than is cftimed for it.) With a McCormick Machine, run by a six- ; horse jKtwcr engine, I shredded from two to three tons jicr hour at the small j cost of 76 cents per ton, including twoling. .... _ Try shredded coru one year and you j will continue shredding. 1 doubted ! the exjkcdieucy (others will) at first but was convinced that shredding is more profitable. The smue amount of corn is heavier iliau coru harvested in tbe usual wav from which the fodder has 1 been pulled. Cattle will fare better 1 u|m»ii it and fatten (aster than when fed uj>on meal and hulls. - * « F. N. Wikiho. Forsyth. Ga. ill be much harder on . the men and teams. „ i While deep, thorough plowing is al ways the best, it is hardly advisable to deepen the plowing too much at once. If the ground has always been plowed shallow heretofore, two or three inches deeper is as much as should be done at one time. Next year two or three inches more of subsoil can be turned but if too much of the subsoil ls up; brought to the surface at any one time, especially for wheat, the results will not be satisfactory. While there may be plenty of plain food in the newly turn ed subsoil, yet it will nearly always be in an unavailable condition and will need the action of sun, rain and frost to make it available. One fairly deep, thorough plowing, in good season, will give better results than two sktmmings. In many cases it will be more economical to use a 16- inch plow with three horses, as more and better work can be done- In this way at a less cost tiian with a Smaller plow and two horses. Care should be taken in plowing to turn everything on ,the surface com pletely under. Stubble, weeds, stalks and trash of all kinds should be turned under. While there may not be a very large quantity- of fertilizing value in stubble sulks, yet the mechanieal effect is ao beneficial that it will al ways pay to turn everything of this kind into the soil. If the condition of the soil will ad mit, tbe harrowing should be kept up close with the plowing; but thia can not always be done, and the next plan is to harrow as soon as possible after a good rain. Wliat is desired fo*' wheat is a rea sonably firm seed bed underneath ahd three oi four inches of pulverized soil on the surface, apd it will pay to har row, roll, drag or cultivate until this condition is secured. There are two advantages in plowing early; oce is there is a better ojipprtunity of j*repar- ing the soil in a good rendition, and - the other is that the material turned under will have a better opportunity to decay. It pays U> take all reasonable (tains to prepare the soil in a good con dition (or wlieat, and tbe safest plan is to commence in good season. i The German plan of protecting large shafts by a covering of vulcanized rubber is finding favor in England, where it is exjtecled to extend rapidly. It is estimated that tbe farms of Kansas will this venr yield over 9166 for every man, woman and child in tbe State. WHY HE CURES. Th» OrxMMt Hpxclxlut of tko T R*orr ('aoo Hlx ParwMtal Sit Oil acres are in cultivation, inoatly in highest •‘late, and there is uot a hill side or bottom that does not jiay itr way, aud the profit comes from a vast area that is neither hillside nor marsh. It lias taken years to accomplish this, with the miles on miles of canals, ditches and underdraius required for mid to fixmu.G duct MpTi) over four bundred'baiex of cotton snd thousands of bushels of corn and wheal and oaU and |»eMa, tie- aides other croj*s, such as sugar cane, jiotatoes, turni|>* ami vegetables, which it reached in 1898, just two yearn ago, and all hax been under the |>ersoual xupervtaion of Abe master, or -jdauned by him. and executed by (he various managers, »ho have been employed ; since the Chancellor took up bis re- j Sidence iu the towh of Marion in the | early seventies. Meantime he 1ms, at first attended to bis judicial duties, and s'nce to a large law practice, with 1 that rare fidelity for winch Ue is noted and with eminent success. * I fouud on the place this year many. of my old acquaintances, tenants and farmers, for the plantation has been cultivated for thirty Endive is a useful salad and should be more generally grown iu private gardens than it la at present, as it 'may be had In late autumn and win ter when good lettuce is scarce. _ Although not difficult to grow, yet It must receive fair attention to get the plants to produce beads worth the txonble of blanching. Its culture is similar to that of lettuce, but It takes longer to msture sad does not require as s rule as much water, says. John Sobaon la years or more partly by tenant farmers and partly by hired labor, but all under the supei vi sion of tbe manager of tbe home farm, ai directed by the Chancellor, who every year goes and lays out the work for the year, and the jiresent manager, Mr. E. M. Lide, a man of large ex perience in .his line, told me he could easily lay out more work than he him self could thoroughly execute in two years. . Ttiere are four white and three colored tenants, and all of them but one white have beeu ou the (dace since my first visit twenty-one years ago, aud all are first-class men and farmers. Mr. A. W. Curry is at work on his thirtieth of thirty-first crop. He be gan witb a one-horse farm, this year of over can’t out it. There is noth ing so bad for a cough as cough- ing.’r It tears the tendermembrane of the throat and lungs, and the wounds thus made attract the germs of con sumption. Stop your cough by using the .umily remedy that ha: been curing ■^coughs and colds every kind for sixty years. You afford to be with- Euitoi'KANS Like Ot it Corn.—A citizen of Hagerstown who ha- beep visiting the T'aris Kxpo-ilion look the trouble to look up while there the Adi erican Corn Kitchen, and discover ed in the old colored woman jiresidiog over the corn-cake division a resident of his own town. The corn-cakes were baked in his own town also, and be found them just as delicious in 1'aris as ho had ever found them down on the old farm in Washington County. Chib tetetewtetel *‘<4 .fcirtnr. bar- ■ —rtata »4 taWMlaW xhicb Ifexf — ■tin t, p—-ix at all > U-It 1,1 li-tllfcaabr*. | -a—«itb l..tu,aiaia iuuriua- -I and -a-it, a,.,Mb* .lu iei, .e-'-rtnittad i-rrrjfi-- .- tr-aWd | ata-o ai.4 lu-diciu-s ara a4 ia i n t a t • r > 4 *birh *r* ‘I— .ally ,r-t«r*S •■Oar 1W lla'baaa)'. Mfuoaal nvrt i*.->n ('■ —ra pa a* ■ S<»t*»p-<if4**r*aMSira Xy a particular dMMaataiXhs ui- manuar, ajoaMunt ly iv>t* > I—ta* abould b* tr-au*.! in tlia> mmm *af rr-n f'f aaina caUBptaMb - I>i II itbaway lat In UM> I-—l area* ol te* ■<■4 I,- Ir—la ap—rial dl* Mars in a i uaifhrm. educate Eurdjyeaus in the value of coru meal and the products of corn general ly as a comestible. Iu this counectioq the idea was conceived that this pur- j>ose could be most effectually perform ed by offering visitors samples of old- fashioned Maryland corn bread and corn cakes. The result has been that Europeaus visiting this section of tiie exposition have been immediately won over to the corn-meal idea. Tbe flaky corn-cakes baked on a hot griddle, with a generous portion of fresh butter and a jugful of syrup ou the side, have called forth all sorts of laudatory com- mentr; but wheu it fame to Maryland of bMown a -tu.liM <>ut jaan aro wbit* la _ m r-ui-a-and b<»i'iUI ayaetu-aaixl ite Every On** I «,,dt,l*rr—.1 ap,«r«inaBaUy ■ aaalallv lunu« lb- tw-oly tw-nlr y-an <4 te* I TreatM. praattc* Mip>y-d *<y any i thlarnontry Dr Malbawar'a »r—l and u raaa la do* t» thi* indiridual .y-laa, of tr*ws-n». — . .. i _ In ai’iU ,4 hunurad* of ra.uaaB J-z*™* 1 y-arly froaidartonmail par*o<tea TrMWBMN wnrhl. aakiau for lb* nrlniapa ol oalDZ Dr Hathaw* rNaathnd <4 tr-atmankba Mtivas U«l**rW>aUotr oonatiMida Lima-lf lb* knowladaa nt hi* f—»dl—s a* ba i* mo ■•■II a«ar* of tb* ml* cblat ■bu b aiay be don* by lb- unnkillf it ua* of ear . lyn-n,. n-T*r mind bow perfect — Hr, Hathaaa^at corn pope, even the crowned beads Pectoral among tbe visitors were bowed low in reverence of an art that could convert dry meal into such a tempting bit for the palate. The Maryland corn-cuke and corn pone and the colored cook from Washington County ajipear to have had a united career of triumph at the Paris fair.—Baltimore Jffews. .has a three-and onc-half horse farm, has raised a large family on the .place and educated bis children. His daugh ters are graduates and teachers. Mr. F. D. Sellers began twenty- seven years ago with a one-horse crop, novr'wurtr threg,-gnd is wen off. The f- I'shers have been on the place a few years dess than Sellers. Mr. Usher died since they came, and the widow and her sons kept the farm, abd-have increased it to two horses. Mr. John Waters has been on the place about loosens the grasp of your cough. The congestion of the throat and lungs is removed; ail inHamma-, tion is subdued; and the cough drops away. , Three sizes: the one dollar size is the cheap est to keep oft hand; the 50c. sfze for coughs -yott-h»ve~had-Tor- some timej the 25c. size for an ordinary cold. ► crop, is a no doubt nine years, has a one-horse fine farmer, and 'will soon, increase his force. The colored tenants are Rob McCall,- who waa a slave on the plantation anti never left it- He has for many years workfcd a l wo-horse farm and has be- •* For 15 year* I Unit a very had prtugb. Tlu* doctors Mid eierybody' eta- ttauizht 1 had a true i-ase of coaftitMotion Tbeal tried Ayey’* Cherry Ivctornl and it only took a bottle and a half to cure me." F. Mahio* Mii.i.kk, Oct. 28, IMS. .. Camden, N Y. > J (Will te IM-.I ► 1 fr— > Writ- th# Doctor. If fin hara any plaiut »h*»e»rr aud dvalr* Ui« mrdi'.l advice write th* Due UK ly. Addre-t Ui JH.J L A YLit. iztwaU. MOM- te If jihosphorescence is due to vibra tion of material jiarticles, it would seem that magnetism might affect it. Taking long tubes of sulphide of lime, sulphide of zinc, nitrate of uranium, and other more or. less phosphorescent substances, M. Alexandre de Hemp- tinne has placed a portion of their length under the influence of powerful magnets, but in.no case could any in fluence upon the phosphorescence be detected. The tubes remained uniform ly lighted in tbe dark, the brightness gradually and uniformly lessening. eadwalD tea stood rur-aall fo-manf uirara. aoraa, o>H ooly r—t»r*a te* tea. ■te ' stems ron.liUoa. t,ul ao ■ ute >• without ptlDPl^* I to te-ll teat tel platal ydrlwas frr W-n and aU adatinMerlas pu r dauaroua di „ . , tr-atm-nt VarioeeaU ar nctur* aa ■e^gQgl^ I"* °* 11 **d In and pannaoant « n »ua druca. ■•<4 ~* r~ rr I- ■ method eertu r-«alt* in a pteftet ot—rjti ,q |a raqulrad aad do pain or Incoi are -xpananrad bv tea ' iteah laa* er 1 Th«-«t tl* treatment ta i I ot any i. or hn«vit*l or InaMtot* , r—tortna ■I health, trepareda boa* who I ins te* _ in that .. . . treatment, and la a and -ure,. ors>na to a coodi rfect, normal - —. . I ay ha* tn»t nrepai Elteay tea him k tor rhoee who barn m—----- rei Inert Kidney trouble and UlMaaaa. thl *wlll rladly aend frea to •reryone who *ei l* name ntuf addreaa. M—. . 1 id for Dr Hathaway'*new ■•W week bn. ine—. Vicny, Health" baa FREE. Sir o-ted tbe flr«t edition of , , ... S®' r a limited time a ropy of thla book wilt ha to anyone who eanda hi* m ia—.■ — I addreea to Dr. Hathaway. ■wnaurtwuon dinwnr mat-a no charm ' FREE. I'aflon andadrlcaat — ■* or by mall. , J. NEW THAWAV M. D. J)l way a Co., MX South Br< at. Atlanta,0% MKNTION THIS PAPKK WHKN WRITING. PITT’S Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, and all stomach or bowel troablee, colic or cholera morbus, teething troublee with children kidney troubles, bad blood antf all sorts o tores, risings or felons, cuts and burns It is ae good antiseptic, when locally spoiled as any thing on the market. Try it and vou will praiee it to othere If your druggist doesn’t keep it, write to i Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigprator Co. HOMSON, QA.. si CARPENTER BROS., X V G-eenville. M. O. ORANGEBURG C - - -©RAfsKSEBURQ CLARENCE J. OWENS, A. M- - President. • Next Session Begins September nth, 1900. Session isyfi-UCO the most successful since the College was founded. Enrollment 171 Boarding Patronage 144. All students ovsr fourteen years of age. Prospects briabtav for snereo# in every way Tor year HW0-19IHz ixwstion noted for beanty and healthful ness Moral and Religious Influences unsurpassed. Faculty of Specialists, mutw. senting ths best Colleges and (Tnivetmtiec '’Militaiy discipline equal to am ’in th* 8tale. Uterary Societies. College Journal. Y. M. C. A. Coume offered • Lkerarl* •MasSiTBIble, Melneee. Doeution. and Art. Dagiwee confmedilL L a R Hue. M Ezpeases have been reduced to a mini am m. Kull DartH-ulareanri^w^’ trated Catalogue furnished on application * FAntcuiare and tlfne-