Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a I BY FRANCIS LIVINGSTON. Copyright, W», by Khancib Li vinuhton. AWEENTE, dear, have yon DnlabedT May I come In?" The young man at the.tabla ■tarted slightly ami laid down bis pen, yet be had not been writing, for the paper before was untouched. A bright smUt'™™ 6 Paraly^d wUL. horror. Drerspread bis handsome face ns be • ve baven t much to say blm II It It since 1 left HlackweH’s Island.* I laud ed there the day after 1 struck New York, six months ago. Hut that’s noth ing new for me." ^ Lawrence still stood motionless. He looked toward the fair head scare# seen through the partly opened door, t “Come In, surely, Helen, darling. T •hall not write at all,” He spoke In a full, rich voice, with Just a suspicion of • brogue. "Of what use Is It to make any memoranda? I'll Just speak to the boys out of my heart.” The young wife sat on a low stool •t her bnsband's side and leaned her head against his arm. “You were thinking, though, for you dumped when I spoke to you. Ho on now and think, and I will be still as a mouse." "Yea; I was thinking,” echoed the young man seriously. —*“ He put Ids arm about his wife’s shoul der, and there was silence between them for a space. 'It was a great day In the Ijfe of Law rence O'Hara. He bad rec^lred. a few hours earlier, the news that he had been nominated by bis party for con frees. This nomination was, In Ids congress district, equivalent to an elec tion. He was 28 years old ami had been In America ten years. The first two were years of hard toll, but after that fortune had smiled upon him con- ttnnoualy. He entered politics ami hpd successful from tins start. He married early a beautiful girl who brought him wealth beyond that con tained In a heart full of love ami admi ration, and O’Hara was regarded a* a man who had arrived. While waiting the coming of a dele gation of his fellow townsmen with their congratulations he had U-en thinking of the past. Hack beyond those first years In America Ids wind i , , . , had gone to the days when he wauder- ad a barefoot, ragged lad over the. turf of County Mayo. Those were days of | poverty, which was often bitter, and Ignorance which now seemed to Ijiw alfnost Incredible. There was dark period of three months Ids say to me, Larry; perhaps ye’ll have more when ye learn what I've come for," ‘i cannot hope it Is for any honest reason. Miles' Callah; I have known only evil from your hands In the past.” “And now ye’re going to return good for* It, according to the way of the righteous, and lil see to It that ye do.” Ijawreuce did not hear the sneer. His thoughts were fur away In Ireland. It was « moonlit summer night and four young meu were returning to their miserable home from a meeting of striking linen workers. As they pass ed through the deserted Village streets the eldest of them, who had been lu- , kVelghtng loudly against the landlords and all wist owned property, stopped and. whispered suuieUilag about, a Uueu merchant whose store he jioluted out. The older tails were Inflamed by pas sion and drink, and Lawrence, the youngest, who had ha<l his share of the liquor, weilt with the rest. Only half comprehending Vhut was Intend ed, he did ns the lender bade ami stationed hlurself at tlte d<tor to watch while the others went In through a rear window. Thu merchant happen ed to t>e sleeping In his shopThat night. stood regarding the beautiful young woman with shamefaced embarrass meut. “My friends,” continued Lawrence, “I t,liank .yon for your greeting. The honor which l*as come to me 1 cannot- accept. Not that I do not desire It most heartily—rto pretend otherwise would la? ftf deceive' you. 'Because you gre my frlemfir ymj shall know the true reason. I am not fit to represent you In congress”— He was Interrupted again, this time by loud cries of Indig nation and disapproval. Before they had died away Helen spoke. She was looking at Cnllan with an expression of Intense loathing. •TJutll tonight,” she said in a low, vibrant voice, “I thought that in all “TAKE OKF THE CURSE; SWEET LADY.” Hod's creatures, however low they had falh-u, some germ of good remaiuetL 1 did not believe that anything so utter ly vile us you could live. Ho from this home, which you have dishonored by your presence." S>b B raised her open band ami turned away her bead. “May Hod”— - - -mv' 1 cried fa Him tn terror, "do not curse me—not that, not that!” Again Lawrence's voice arose: “My friends, you know what my life-has been among you, but before that'was a life leas favored and far less happy. It Is of that older time 1 would speak to you, and then you will understand.” ' 'nlinn sprang from his crouching i>o- slthm and In one Isniud was upon the balcony Is-side O'Hara. “I-et a man w ho know s all about that He gave an nluriq and the Imuschrcak- '^1.) i|f.. ..r p f.. r p),,, >• vnrwm* rjrrrpfir. Larry’pleaded guilty and was sontrflced fo three months In Jail. It was lids disgrace which drove ut:Ai> EXPERIMENT BULLETINS. STATION It it a great pity that so many farm ers are so conservative and averse to making any effort to change- their .methods, that they do not ever take the trouble to get acquainted with new ideas that might benelit' them. As a result of this very commop feeling the fads gathered from the experiments made at the State experiment stations and published every week or two are to a large extent ignored by the very peo ple for whose beueiit these institutions were established. Every fanner in !-each State ought to have his name put upon the list at the station in his Stale of those to whom the bulletins are re gularly sent., And more than that, he ought to read aipl study then), and if there seems to be something that will benefit him,;he ought to make a practic al test of it and see if. it is worth any thing to him. ' . \ In bulletin *>8 of the Arkansas station there is published an account of some experiments to determine the effect of plowing under cow peas', soja beans and velvet beans, on the next cotton crop, and the difference in results wmeiT the whole crop is turned under -and just the stubble after cutting off the vines. In each case a half of the plat was wowed and the vines taken off, and the other half left standing to-be plow ed under. • » , tft was found that ihe velvet beans made the largest increase in crops, both from the vines and the stubble. Hut in every case the plowing under of the whole vines made a greater increase than lire stubble. In the case of corn planted after soja beans and cow peas, the turning under of the whole soja beau vines produced the best results. In comparing the results of plowing under the whole vines and Ihe stubble, it was found that while there was cou- sidcribte glTfi froth jiltfwihg under the whole vines over the stubble, the money value, of the increase of Uie crop was not equal to the feeding value of the hay that waS taken off. Hut in view of the fact that the one crop that followed the plowing under of the vines diil,not take out of the soil all of tin fertility put there by the vines, it is probable that the gain to the soil was fully equal to the teediiur value. However, since it is possible to get Hie Tihpfbvemeht of TTicTaud aswd!. a? the fecdfhir “value, that plan ought by all means to lie adopted, (if course if ELEMENTS OF PLANT FOOD. him in shame and horror from his native lain! Mili s callun. the leader of that shale by little band of culprits,- sat befure h.in “Had ye only. robbed a bank, now, O'Hara, or made 'aay w Id big trust | funds It would have a Hue sound and overlooked, but a linen dra per's till -'Ijirry the Till Tapper’— 'twould look III In the country papers, wouldn't It. lad?” “Hush, oh, hush!" aroaued Lawrence, looking toward the door. . "Aye, I’ve heard of her, too, and 'Us to thclhroug below. "Our young fr iod here Is nervous and upsvt tonight be- i lean*)- of an unexpected visit from ihe hay U fed to slock and the manure j companion oT thlm ould days. They | returned to the same land, it will ihi}s when be hadn’t Always Jgain. Hut why not turn tin- All fat mers should know that there are but fourteen elements necessary to make the plant, and that plants are necessary to make all*, animal iite, un less it be the very lowest. The four teen elements thus referred to arc car bon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phos phorus, manganese (?), sulphur, cal cium, chlorine tbagesium, silicon, so dium, irojH potassium. It is asked: “Do food-plants and poisonous plants owe their formation to the .same ele ments ?” Here is the interesting an swer made. “This is, indeed, the most exact truth; fourteen elements, always fourteen, produce poisonous plants, food plants, dyes -in a word, the totality of vegetation.” “How is such a result possible ? The wofk of a .printing ollice will give the explanation. A language is composed of many thousands of words, fn wliat manner can these w6rds- be formed Y For u^: with twenty-six letters com bined in various manners. Very well, tike vegetable kingdom is like a lan guage ofwhich each pl^ut is a different word, of which the fomteeu elements ate the alphabet. The properties of plants do not depend on the nature of the elements, bdt on the different order in which they are-combined.’’ J The fourteen elements just named are divided into two classes, mineral and organic The organic elements are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. A key can be made by combining the following witli the foregoing that will open to many farmers, tor the first time, some of the most important truths of agricultural science—truths that can be Trade of great practical value: - “Among' the mineral elements, of the leu found in the plant, there are seven wiiich the fanner does not need to supply to the soil; it contains them just as the sea contains salt; there is thereforr no need to offer it what it al ready possesses in superabundance. From elimination to elimination 'this conclusion is arrived at, that all plants are formed of fourteen elements in- variably united, and that if we restore to the soil the nitrogen, the phosphoric acid, the polassia, and the lime which the plant has taken away, it will ncycr become exhausted. The- earth contin ues to cclurti. fourteen if it is given four. It rcali/es the mysteiy of the multiluicatlull id the luaaea..au«I a'_'n- ’chlture remains the otdy creative industry.” were tlu)s when shoes to his feet and sometimes scaree a whole |«iir of trousers ou his legs. FARM Ufa FOR YOUNG MEN. >face to render it » home instead of a mete habitation and dwelling place . , , . .. ,, i not likely ye’ll hare told her of It nor I..U.L I that ye II la- doing It soon " He held out a grimy piece of paper. “There’s an attested «-opy of an en try In the Jail warden’ll book at Cross- tuollua: TJlwn-nce O’Hara, larceny; eu- | lered June 13, discharged Sept. 13. 1HK1 ’ Us |irlee la 93oo. Take it If ye wlair. ^If not, yer opponent will be ] glad to buy IL” There was one awlft passing TCCaJI without burning cheeks and .Which came to his memory now only «t rare Intervals. The shame of It aright have ruined bis life, but instead of that It bad driven him out of the •Ight of Ignorance Into the aunltght knowledge and endeavor, i It wma upon tbla dark period that his | Bind was dwelling when his wife star ittad him by her call. JMt now she moved her llpa nearer All ear and murmured softly: "Ijiw- reoce, how proud I am of you and how happy I am! Are we not perfectly happy now, dearestr* • M Hnah, bush, Helen." aald O’Hara, meut of temptation, l-awrvuce had not an euemy In the town or district, but be knew too well the cruel emergencies which |iolll!cs give rise to. Ills oppo nent could not affqrd to Ignore that pa per. It would give him the election. qnicklA overtits Moulder "the ' Tim hv • pok ''' ‘ M ! lrB U,d J° u come here as an old acquaintance in nets! for all the debt of, bitterness I owe you I’d hive heljK-d you gladly. But when you come avowing black mail not one cent w ill you w ring from me.’* • . From afar came faintly the sound of a strange eommlngllug of shouting, alugtug, the beat I tig of drums and the tOotlug of horus. Aubour ago It would have lx-eu the sweetest music iu the stock in ami let them gather the feed, and distribute (lie manure theiuqplven ? We have never known any one to prac tice continuously for any length of time sowing pea- after oaks oi wheat, to tie gru/ed down.- and then the same land sown again in the same crop; or Mllematiug wheal with owls; but it is our belief that dull tiie addition of a little [diosplmte and potash, that prac tice might l>e kept up iudclimUly and not only increase the amount of thc ) crop gathct'-d each year, but add to the (teriufiiienl ferlilitv of the soil. In all tbe older States, except in those small sections where there is a rich limestone soil, the uplands are now |M'elty well run down through con*mu- I ous cropping and washing away of ihe I soil. It is thcreloic the most import ant lesson that can be learned to re store the fcililily of the soil and at the same time make prolilahlc crops. It I this can be done at itll, it will have to lie done, so far as our present knowl edge goes, by the u*c of leguminous crops. In the South cow |»eas, or pos sibly velvet beans, seem to be tbe liesl adapted. The important thing to lind i it., i i.» .i_i. « vi out on rwch laim is the kiml of crop be saddened by the sight of Miles I -. . , ... . . .. 1 rotation that will enable The farmer to who do not regard the of and It's Im-chiisc of these days of pov erty and distress being so strongly re called to him by this foolish ould fr’iml that he thinks tonight he's not tit for this high station. Hut let one who knew him then tell yop that ho has nothing to blush for except that same [Hiverty and the Ignorance which went with It, and both of tbliu he’s long alm-v put ta-hlnd blm. There’s no folner young man In the worruld t»u!gbt than I^wrt-m-e OHIara!" A hind outburst of rbevrs greeted this speech. Lawrence, who had stood by, too astonished to Interrupt, glanced backward through the wimlow and. seeing Helen on -the point of slipping from the chair Into which she had sunk, sprang to her aid. t’allan had caught the fancy of the crowd and for the next few minutes too- | kept them roaring with laughter as he i-s of his boyhood lu Cross ns AfFSAJOAXCI WAS ORHTXD WITH FBO- U LONQID CHEEKING inborn superstition of hls race as sarting Itself for a moment—“never confess that, girl—never say ‘I am per fectly happy’—that la a pinnacle from iWhlch one can go no higher; jbe next Step must be downward.” I Even as be spoke a shiver passed bver blm. Helen laughed, and - her band touched bis dark curls caressing ly. I “Very wall, then. I am not happy. I Em e very miserable woman with a naughty, bad husband. Does that sat isfy your* I The bell rang and a voice In the lower hall asked for Mr. O’Hara. Helen kissed her husband and ran from the room. A few moments later B heavy step Was heard on the stair End a dark figure appeared in the door- E? Lawrence took a step forward and paused, hls face white as the blank paper upon the table. 1 “I was so sure of my welcome that I cams right up, yp see.” The voice pras raucous anil thd tone sneering. -Well Larry mightily its arrived ms ye've Just'been nomlnayted high office.” r. hlmsslf unbidden.' “Have ft nothing to say to an ould frfad after all theae years of sep&ray- ttsar ' “I hope you have prospered too, “ tt Lawrence’s voles sounded strange ad fEr away, like tbe voice of one la a trance. yea, 1 look It. don’t If" r, with a bitter laugh and i downward at hie broken boots JTt to Just a yeek NOW It ttDluitLaL.’ilC ' Mil*** Cal la n xat watching Lawrence, a malignant grin upon hls face. "Itojou hear that?” said the younger man. “That is my friends coining to rejoice, with me. Now see, Miles Cal- lan, what a man dare do. I’ve lived this thing down once. I’lease Hod I’ll do It again!’’ Going to the door, he called, “Helen!" _)\Jteu she came, ho put hls arm about uer. “Dear,” he said gently, “a great trouble ha* come upon me. Are you strong to help me bear It? Look at that man. Do you remember my.chid ing Jon tonight, Helen, for proclaiming our happiness? Oh, girl, how true It is that the consequences of a sin can uev- erybe foreseen and that they may pur sue us to tiie grave! I made a misstep once, Helen. It was In the faroff days lu the old country, /and, though 1 thought I had atoned'by years of bit ter suffering, my slu hiss come home to. me In the hour of my triumph, borne by the very hand which led me Into temptation.” The sound of the trumpets and the shouting were louder now. The ad vance guard was already In front of the house. Helen, who had listened with face growing paler, now threw’ her arms around her husband's neck. “Lawrence, Lawrence,” 'she cried, "you know I trust -In you and believe In you with all my soul. Who dares say that my noble husband has ever done an Ignoble thing?’’ “He himself; it Is he U’ho dares, not that wrptch there!” cried the young man exultlugly. “Hlrl, I will never go tq Washington, but.ye’ll have no cause to blush for me this night.” In his ex citement his tongue proclaimed In rich er accent the laud of his birth. “Listen while 1 telLthem, and ye shall know, everything.” '• « Hundreds of volcesi were novy shout ing his name In front of the house. Unclasping hls wife’s arms from hls neck Lawrence* leaped upon the bal cony. “My friends,” he cried, but he got no further. Hls appearance was greeted with prolonged cheering., Helen, half fainting, leaned heavily upon tbe table and now looked with dilated 1 eyes upon the,dark,; heavy fig ure Intbe corner. OaQan bad risen from hls chair and told an niollna. Hack iu the room be knelt at Helen's feet, hls tattered cap lu hls hands. “Take off Iho curse.'sweet lady,” be iH-jrged. “take off the curse and nlver hil t'allau Helen l<>ok*d at tbe cowering wretch; a beautiful smile u|>On her pale Ups. “Hod forbid that 1 should curse you,” I she said. “I shall pray that he may forgive you, as.l do.” fa I la n bent hls head low lN*fore her and, after on* from Ike Tsui “Stay, Miles, stay; do not go yyt cried Inuiuifli. .. . Tho«e |to*>pl* valm <>l Che poultry products of thi* country as auytluug of tuip«rbimc diould pay attention in the fact recent ly puldidied as to what has been ac compli* lu. 1 * I hy the homely heu out iu Ka»««L«. A f^w jweek* ou** a mart front .Manchester, New Hampshire, who seem* to have hoih nerve ami money, went out to Hutchinson, when* be lieunl there was a large quantity of egg* collected, and bought in one lot, one hundred and fifty carload*, according to the statement ot a Kansas paper. How inany l ilo7.en there were, no one lias told; but it seem* they are almost iwvond computation iu number. The amount paid for tbe lot was over>_’liO,MOO. At lo cent* a dozen the numlter would have been two imUton dozen. The egg* are now m raid storage ami will be held till next winter before Itemg’hiarkeltd. An act for the prevention of cruelty to wild animal* ha* juit become effect ive iu England. The new law extends the provision* of the ad, which ha* heretofore applied only to domestic animal*, to all birds, llshc* and reptiles i , ~ included ,n that measure* and ‘T ^ T^v of feed and care. The jr tTbl included in that measure makes offenders-liable to three month imprisonment or a fine of f.»: While a young man may have so strong an inclinatibn to some sne trade or business that he really would be un wise not to make that, the occupation of his life, there are many who have no such strong tendencies to guide them in their choice, says American Cultivator. They take up with that Which offers Itself to them, feeling that they cun leave it for something else very readily if it does not suit them. The days of long apprentice ships are over in this country, and it is not unusual now to find a young man of 25 who has tried a half dozen differ ent kinds of business, and has not been successful iu any of them, simply because they did not especially interest him, and he was ready to change whenever tLs^re seemed tp be a slack season for the at tide he was hoping to produce, and better demand for labor in some other direction. Our present system of factory work is partially to be blamed for this. No man is given a chance to learn how to produce the finished goods h6 helps lo make, be it a boot or a sfeam engine. He has not learned how to do more than a small part,' winch by some change iu style or in the machinery used may cease to be in demand when he most needs steady employment. This mutft lead to change, even though hejias no fickleness to cause him to desire new work and new surround ings. —— A half century ago there .was little in the farmer’s'life that was attractive to a young man. Those who remained on the farm were apt to do so either because of family ties which seemed to bind them at home, or were those who lacked ambition, energy or ability to find employment elsewhere. Few cared to come to tiie farm who were uot born and brought up there, while cities an- manufacturing towns were filled with iarmCr’s sons and daughters who were seeking for easier and more re munerative employment than they Jound at home y v It was uot necessary to seek far to find the cans* of this. The lM\urs of fai m labor were longer during the great er part of the year. Xeaily every task indoors or out called for strength roll er than skill, ami i>en»everence more than judgment, A. lismUL obtained, and some managed to accu mulate property, but there was little money to be handled, and it really aceatcd as if it was a life of hard toil and little compensation. The change of season* brought some change of work, and yet it was monotonous. No machinery lightened labor, and there were but few umuscmeLU excepting during the long winter evenings. The farmers and their wives who worked dunng all the hours of daylight had little chance for sociability, and little l<» interest. them outside of their own affair*. To-day farming is far different from what it was os we remember it. Ma- j cbiuery has been introduced so that I horses dr steam power are doing those | things which wereHhco done hy human j strength. Skill to direct and guide are Hi demand, and the muscular power is j not sevqrely taxed iu the day’s labor, j Even the few toola which survive from i that day, the scythes and forks, hoes and shovels an- uow made so light and | perfect that they seem more like toys than the implement* of hard labor that : our fathers used. Better animal* and poultry have j come into fashion, and the care of them liecoincs an interwitiug task l*ccausc we can see how they can be improved belter methods : oung man who [ make the largest use of them and not interfere ov ith regular crops, ami at the same lime not to cost too much. IMauting (teas among the growing corn and cotton is a good practice, hut iu ocilher case does tlte pea crop ever adoring look, rushed ,u » k f * , ''- HV - v ^ OWll, ' 4 T« gSTUe best j results some other lotation has to be set up, cvcit if it requires the sowing f i»ea* alomr on the laints ome, in About 100 coop* of chicken* and 150 crates of <*gg* are *hip|r<ei from liain 1 aophurg, Ya., daily. They are market- ud iu Philadelphia and Baltimore. Helen threw her arm* about him. The peo|U« were calling loudly for him. — “Your place Is w ith them,” she said, urging her husband toward the wlu- dovv. "Leave him to Hot!.” . El A WMtrhiumker. The late Aaron Denuisdu was called "the father of American watchmak ing.” He was Interested ]n bis work, because lie liu|K*d thereby to benefit his fellow man. Often in* worked late Into the night, so lute that his loving wifo would go aiidjw-g him to "wait until tomorrow.” One night she said to him: "Are you not going to bed at all? What are you doing?" And Jie turned and slowly answered, “I am trying to make it imsslble for every poor man to have a watch,” a result which* he very nearly, accom plished.—Youth's Companion. Southern I’aatare latnds. There Is no reason why we should not much improve our permanent pas ture lands If we would take the trou ble'to clean and protect them afid have them arranged so that one pa^t would rest and recuperate while atiotller part Is being grazed. In other words, al ways have a fresh piece of pasture to be utilized by- the stock In order that there may be no “break” In their growth and development, as It Is the period when nourishment is scarce and animals have to w aste so much of their energy In traversing a large area to ob tain a sufficiency that puts a check on their progress, which of necessity must be a loss to tbe owner. » once begins breeding and growing fine stock is likely lo learn to love them wlAle he in waU teng their development and improvement, even almost an well a* he loves the ehildren whom he ha* watched from infancy. Better fruit,and better vegetables have be$n introduced on the farm, and not only is it a pleasure to watch their growth and to taste them whea^ature. but they can be converted into ca*h a* ’ i, r Hathaway'* .Micce** id the tmntmnnt uf iUU.C%k v -A3 gather*''. ujyMair'/iinn "i i r Tobacco Fertilisers. Sulphate of ammonia mid nitrate of soda are considered particularly valua ble lu'’Maryland for use ou t the plant beds for growing strong and early plants. For this purpose they are„ ap plied at the rate of about 100 pounds per acre. aown broadcast over Jhe land. In whrch case they are mixed with rock, plaster or dry earth In order to facilitate application. They are also sometimes applied In solution «t the time pf watering the plants. In which case they are added to the water at the rate of one ounce of material for every four or five gallons of water. * " » 'Corn'iin grown 71 would pay to adopt a two-year .rotation and alternate both guru and cotton with peas. It might reduce the acreage of corn and cotton, but it would soon result in larger crops of each and permanent' improvement of tiie laud. !We should like to heaF idjre about the use of velvet beans, if any of our readers have tried them. Tiik. Anhoka Hoat.—Ih view of the prominence that has in the past, notably in the limes of ih<* Bible, been given to use of the tlesh ot goals, es pecially when yming.it is strange that ofylate so liltfe Use seetos to lie made of it. Not having any peraffnally, we are npt prepared to pronounce upon the quality of the tlesh as an article of diet. But since the kid was often used by the patriachs lo nuke “savory messes,” we do not doubt that it is a very pala table and wholekoiue kind of tlesh. If this is true the comparatively recently intioduced industry, raising Angora goats, ought to become popular iu every place where stock can lie grown at all, and where tiie grass supply is not large enough and certain, enough to raise sheep. These goats seem to thrive on weeds and underbrush in a way that no other farm slock can do: They seora to be the hardiest, healthiest and long est-lived of all farm stock and the wool is very saleable at prices that pay very well. The‘cheapest way to get a start is lo get a lot of common goats', of the smooth kind and white. Then get line Angora bucks to cross with. After reaching the third or fourth cross they can be sheared. Uf the Angora goat tlesh it is said that it is very line, be ing much like line, fat venison, and that everybody likes it. The hair or wool sells for !10 to 40 cents a pound and they can be shorn twice a year. Another item of interest as to the goat is that dogs do hot moicst them as they do sheep.—TH-State Farmtt. It has been estimated that a bale of cotton will make a mile of brown sheet- ing. At this rate, the annual crop of the South would, when manufactured into cloth, be sufficient to put a hand around the earth the full width of the bolt, over 300 times. Literally speak ing, her crop is sufficient to clothe the entire world. We know of nothing better than coughing to tear the lin ing of your throat and ilungs. It is I better than wet feet to cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Only keep it up and you will succeed in reducing your weight, losing your appetite, bringing on a slow fever, and rpaking every thing exactly right for the germs of consumption. Better kill your cough before it kills you. eeforal kills ^coughs .of every kind. A 25 cent bottle is just right for an ordi nary cough; for the harder coughs of bron chitis you will need a 50 ceni bottle; and for the coughs 6f consumption the one dollar size is most economical. * “My rough reduevd mr to a mrr« skeleton. I tried numy rvnieilie*. l>ut they all failed. After lining the < herryTertoral 1 immediately !*- g in to improve, and three bottle* restored me to health. 1 belie vs t owe my Ut» to it “ slkah F Monol*. (Vt. 7,1*9*. jrruwntowu, V«. . -—:^v. t*. .r.V.-*V’ r^nrmr T> vrm -nrrd pot go for*wwk»t» | erhaps months at a time without a coin to chink against another, as farm- eis used to'do who bad but little to sell until after the harvest of the late fall; Now if he manages rightly the farmer will have crop* to harvest almost every week from the thawing of the ground in the spring until snow covers it again. The farmer’s life is less solitary as lie grows more interested in his busi ness. He desires to keep up with the modern improvements, and to do this he vi*its other farmer* lo see what they are doing and how they do it. Ho ' must meet with them at the Hrange or the Farmers’ Club or the Institutes to talk'll over with-them, and exchange experiences in such works as they have been doing. Nor is he contented witli being limited to the wisdom of his own county or Stale. A good newspaper brings him hints and suggestions and new ideas from other States, and per haps from foreign countries. lie knows that in every State there are men studying, investigating and experi menting to gain knowledge that may be useful to him or j to other farmers. With all this, the farmer’s home has become more attractive. He has uot checked the march of improvement at its threshold. Here are devices to lighteiblabor as well as in the field. In the house and around it are things that are ornamental as well as useful. The bleak, bare house, without shade around it or a Mower excepting the wild flow ers of the field, is uot often .seen now, and many little changes have taken > We have spoken of the farmer of to-day as he should be, and as many of them are. The young man who visit* BUch a farm, and sees how pleasant the place may be, and how much theie is to interest one in tbe work of every season, can scarcely contraat the shop, the factory or the counting room with it without feeling that the farm is a place for liberty and enjoyment, which makes the others seem like prisons, from which are barred out the bright sunshine and the breezes laden with the fragrance of fruit and flowers and the song~6f birds. . : Nor is a pleasant home and pleasant surroundings all that farm life ^can offer to the young man to-day. The work of progress has begun, and who shall say that it is to be checked . To one who strives to excel in any branch of agriculture, there seems to be as much “roam at the tpp ’ as in any of the professions. To originate or in troduce a new and better breed of animals or fowls or variety of fruit or vegetables, or some new method of in creasing production or lessening labor may give both fame and wealth to the farmer, as it already has done for some. . We kmsw not why one with ambition, energy and perseverance should not now have as much to hope for and ex-' pect as those in other walks* of life. The farmer to-day is’ not a peasant, crushed by toil; nor an ignorant man, tit companion only for the beasts of burden. He may boast himself tbe equal of any other man, uot only in what he does for thfe world, but what he is in the world. Whate’er betide, whate’er befall, ‘Tis the farmer feedeth all. A peach grower near Georgetown, Del,, piolected his trees from the dep redations of fruit thieves this summer by conspicuously displaying this legend on signs nailed to tbe fence surround ing his orchard: “Caution! This Fence i* Surmounied by a Live Elec tric Wire!2 The wire could i*e seen on - top of the fepce, strung on glass in sulators, and no one attempted to med dle with it; but now lhal be has market ed hls crop the owner admits that it was a “dummy ’’ Theprolrtrofafnfmwre usually more than the actual cash received for pro duce. The farmec take* In.* living ex penses a* well as the cost of production „ before he decides ujhui the amount of the profit. The merchant take* only the difference between the buying and selling price, le*a the cost of the tryns- *aotion, and then live* ou the profit. • The question of “does the farm l>ay?” de|K*tid* largely upon what is taken friau i other liiati the cash received. The department of agriculture'has issued a bulletin treating tbe subject of mosquitoes. A New Book For Mtn Special Arrangements Whereby a Free Copy Can Be Obtalaed by Every Header of This Paper. Kof wertw id* press** lure Ivru iNi-y lunuiai mil tli« •-oortiaNi* mill toll ul I»f .1 Ne»Um liatluwa)'* uew t*»>k - “Muullnet*. Vigor, llruHli lw*‘«iumr) to Mtlsf) Hie I'UbOi d* maud Ur. HsUiswby has men ml * hnnn-d numU r •■( tiimu* l*«>kk. snd tin -* he haLLpm ull) kirkio'**! to s»-nd frm* hy mall to nil rmuizr* >A IkU |*»|-1 WIKI MMld IlkllUK snd (nil kddmi. to him. Kor .*> year* IH Hsthliski Its- •'ouliuod hi* |>r<M'tM • 11 lit. ml |||»I»*-I) !•'Ui-ou-o-ItuKi. slid durum that tmo- hr hi»» miorml more turn to health, t IgoT. U«r<iiltimM Mid hk|>|MUr»» thkll Miy t* ii otlo-r d-» tor* lu thr *'ooulr) •'omhiuml fir. Hkthawk) trrat* Mid rum h> a mrtliud entirely hi* own. dj*«’orerrd Mid iM*r1m-trd by hlniarlf Mid UM*d r\<-lu«tvel) In lulu I<0*1 id Vitality. Vgrleurelr. StrUure. Kh**! (‘olMinlug lu It* diArri-iit *tag<*v Khruriia!i*ni. Vtrak Hark, kll nuuiurr id urih ir< mMiiiiUurt*. t'S'erv Morns and skiu biMtoM-v Knghtk l>iM'a*r aud aliform* id Kldoey Trouldr-. HI* treutlin-ut lor uuder- touml on-u mtormi lo*t vltajlt) and make* Um patient a strong, aril, vigorou- mau. or to«* o( timet at hi* own home without pain inn imstursv Till* I* piMtthrdy 1 a the only treatment which rurmi without ou oner sthib l»r Hathaway roll* thr particular attsn turned sufferer* (nan \ arh in ele and Stricture to potfm. 27. M and 31 o( III* new book. Kvery rase taken by I)r. Hathaway 4* specially treatml arrordlng to it* nature, all under hi* gen eral personal mi|>er\I'lou.oud all remedies used by him are prepared (mm the pu restaud Itest d rugii la bis own laboratories under hi* periemal orerslght. Or. Hathaway make* no rharge (or cougulta ttou or advice, either at hi* office or by mall, and 'w hen a cane I* taken the one* low fee covers all cost of medicines and professional service*. . l>r. Hathaway always prefer*, when It U po**l- V ble, to hare hi* patient* coll no him lor at least one Interview, hut tlita is not essential, as he lias cured score* of thousand* of patients Id all sec tions of the world whom lo- ha* never seen. His System of Home Treatment I* so |>erfected that be can bring about a cure as surely, aud sreedlly as though the i>atleut called dally at hls office. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. *■ j, , Ur. Hathaway to Co., ISM South Broad Street. AtJauta,Um MENTION THIS PAPkK WHEN WKIT1NO. PITT’S Cures dyspepsia.' indigestion, and all stomaclpor bowel troubles, colic of cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts o sores, risings or felons, cuts and burns. It is as good antiseptic, when locally apnlisd on the: an any thing on the marked. Try it ainiyou will praise it to others [f your druggist doesn’t keep it, write to Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, QA- SI OAKPENTKK BROS. U-asnvilla, 8. O' ORANGEBURG COLLEGE, ORANGEBURG S. C. CLARENCE J. 0WEN.9, A. M., - - President Next Session Begins September 12th, 1900/ Session l*9fi lilCO the most successful since th.e College was founded. Enrollment 171. Boarding Patronage 144. - Al| students ovsr fourteen years of age. Prospects brighter for success in every way Tor year 19UO-190L l/ocation noted for beauty and heatthful- ness Moral and KeitgiaoLlnfluences unsurpassed. Faculty of Specialists, rsprs- senting the bctkCollsgarand Universities. Military Discipline equal to any in the State. Literary Societies. College Journal. Y. M.C. A. Courses offered: Literary, Music. Bible. Business. Klocutlon, and Art. Degrees conferred: B. L., A. B., Mua B., Mm. M Expenses have been reduced lo a minimum. Ftall particulars and illus trated Catalogue furnished on application. • Sr^. # 1 4