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i .„.J VOL- XXIV-' BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER «, 1900. HOW FARMERS ARE SWINDLED , ' . . f . • V* <«- , ■ '■ . >■ '"/&■ -* BUYING SALT AND WATEK IN BAO- GINO—THE TRICK HAS BEEN PAT; ENTED. . ■ Augusta Chronicle. Mr. H. P. Loveland, a lawyer of Peru, Indiana, was in Augusta a few days and has been traveling all over the South getting up evidence in a suit brought in the United Slates circuit court of Indiana, in which the Amer ican Manufacturing company, which is the jute lagging trust, is the plain tiff. Mr. Loveland is one of the attorneys, for the defense and has traveled, all over the South getting up evidence by which he expects to prove that the Americau Manufacturing company is perpetrating a fraud by which the Southern cotton planter is defrauded ef thousands of dollars each year. In speaking about the matter to a Chron icle reporter, Mr. Ixiveland said : “I can’t give our defense for publi cation at this time,” he said, (( but there is a matter merely incidental to the case that 1 am free to give to the press, and that is the imposition that is being practiced upon the South in weights in-jute bagging. For many years the manufacturers of jute cotton bagging have claimed to employ a pat ented process in its manufacture where by the fabric is rendered tire-proof, and a suit has been brought by John 1). Doniphan against the Peru Lagging company, of Peru, Indiana,for alleged Infringement of that patent. It seems that in IHtMt benjamin and Andrew Liratz, of &L Louis, both of .whom are now directors and executive officers in the American Manufacturing company i which controls 70 |-er cent, of the out put of the bagging mills of America, took out the letters patent, claiming that by s treatment of cotton bagging with a 'compound,' as' they say, but which in fact is nolhiug but salt and water, the jute was bleached and ren dered tire-proof. “Itt August, IHUit, alter aaveral in effectual attempts had been made to absorb the Peru plant by the trust, this (talent of the liratz Brothers was as signed by them with the right to re cover for all damagu* resulting from past infringements, to lobn D. Doui- pb.ui, a business associate at ihia time i»f theirs, who brings this a« lion.” Mr. lioveland admitted to the re porter that the Peru company did em ploy a process for the treatment of the product not altogether unlike that above outlined, aod that the Peru com pany had never operated with the con sent of the patentees. “How then do your clients expect to escape the |ienalllae for an infringe ment Y” he was asked. “In the first place,” said he, “they do not admit that their process was aa infringement, and iu the next there is nothing either ‘new/ ‘original,’or ‘useful in the pioceas patented that of applying salt water to jute. The primary, and I may say with perfect safety, the only practical value of this treatment as practiced, and the ouly object of the patent. Is to enable the manufacturers to substitute a quantity of salt and water for its equivalent iu weight of jute, and sell tbe whole as so many pounds of jute. For exam ple, a standard weight of bagging ruui lUO pounds to the roll of filly yards. The tiade buys this- with the under standing that each roll of fifty yards jau. wd bnyrtt or-Tfanvei^mrwo^oundno the yard for the textile strength and body imparted to it by that quantity of jute fibre. Now, as a matter of fact, as the cloth comes from the loom the fifty yards weigh uo more than SO to S7 pounds, but to meet this shortage of 13 to 20 pounds the goods are treat ed while being wound iu the roll with a saturated solution of salt and water which being wound into a tight, hard roll 1 the salt and tight rolling retains the moisture and gives the roll full weight of 100 pounds. Iu this way say eighty-five pounds of jute and fif teen pounds of salt and water are passed to the purchaser as 100 pounds of jute, and it, ns at present, the fabric seli/i at Scents per pound, the.con sumer loses $1.20 on every fifty yards What is true of the two-pound bag ging iff true of all. Why, at Vicks burg, as a matter of experiment, dealer the othpr day in my presence dried a 100 yard roll of 2 1-4 bagging for three hours, and it lost forty-one pounds. It had been overweighted to 260 pounds, and dropped in drying to 209 pounds. At Shreveport a fifty yard 2 1-4 pound roll, after stand ing in the warehouse for eighteen months lost seven in that time, and thirteen pounds more in two hours’ drying unrolled in the sun. At .St. Louis the other day two seyenty-yan two-pound rolls were weighed and then dried, and showed a respective loss of 23 1-2 pounds in five hours and twenty minutes. ’ “1 told Mr. O. Elmer the other day the representative of the American Manufacturing company at New Or leans, that 1 would forfeit to him hundred dollars if he could find any roll of their bagging that would not lose in drying from eight . to thirty pounds ; that it would always be that much short of what it was. sold for and I say to any dealer in Augusta that if he will dry iu the sun from three to five hours any of the make 01 r the American Manufacturing company . bagging he will dlscove/the shrinkage aa I aay.” r , “-Why do you say Uie dealers wil discover this shortage ? - Are they not aware of it?” “No, sir. When the facts L am giving you are made known to them they are indignant beyond expression, aiuLahuosl invariably experimenti^T^s you, the stuff passes through their hands to the consumer, rolled and damp, aud as it goes directly on the cotton there is no means afforded lor detecting this imposition except their attention is called directly to it.” “To what extent does the treatment render the establishment less combus tible ?” Mr v Loveland was asked. “Fresumably so long as the bagging is iu the roll aud retains both salt and water the liability of combustion is small. But 410 sooner is.it unrolled, exposed to tfie air and sun, and sub jected to teusiou io-U(e compress, than both salt aud wats/escape and the 85 )er cent, of jute becomes the 100 per cent. of. the bagging in actuql .use, he moment it is put in use it loses the fire-proof feature where such a feature would be of value. “I was t/ld by one of the leading dealers in 8t. Louis that he had lost over 3,000'bales of cotton at Newport, Ark., last April, that, had caught fire 1 rom a spark lighting iu the so-called fire-proof bagging. I have not a shadow doubt that all the cotton consumed in the recent Hoboken fire was bouud in this kind of bagging.” “How long has this rftethod of treat ing bagging obtained among manufac turers?” was the uext question. The patent was obtained about ;rears ago, and from that time to iresent the trust has. employed method to such an extent that smaller concerns were confronted with resorting to the same or similar prac tice or being driven out of business and leaving the trust to tbe employ ment of its monopoly.” “Is not the (latent of some vuMie to tbe owners in enabling them to secure ower storage aud insurance rales ?” No, not at all. I have inquired into this question aud find that I have no special rating. In fact-I was shown one policy where this so-called tire iroof bagging was earned as extra lazardotis. Such is the estimate of tbe insurance companies.” Have you made any estimate of llte amount lost to the South through this method of weighting bagging?’ No, sir ; but it is a matter of easy calculation. Mr. A. W. Walton, of Irenhaui, Texas, secretary of the Square Balers’ association, told me ast Saturday that tbe Stale of Texas had been paying <2U0,0U0 annually for ten yeais for salt water that went up vapor.” in tell ten the the the A BLESSING IN tYtSHtTSK. Austin (Texas) New Vork Sun Corrcs|K>Ddeul wnies ns fol- The of tbe lows: Tbe valleys of the Brazo/and Col- oredu rivers which were inundated by overflows of those streams in July, 18lr9, have been reclaimed and will thia year yield an immense crop of cotton. It ia couaerv.ilively estimated that the Hoods of last year destroyed growing cotton iu the valley' of the Jrazos river that would have yielded l ully 500,OUU bales, while the loss 10 the valley of the Colorado amounted to another 100,000 bales. Not ouly was this growing crop swept to destruction, but the planlaliuna along the rivers were denuded of all their buildings, fences aud other improvements. The humble homes of thousands of negro families who were employed ou the ilautatious were washed away aud Uie terrified inhabitants bad to seek refuge on higher ground along the surging When the wateis subsided the full effect of ttw 1 ' destructive luumhmou was to be seen. Tbe overflow extend ed along the Brazos river from its mouth at Velasco, ou the Gulf of Mexico, to the northern part of the stale, a distance of probably 300 miles. When the news of tbe disaster reaibed the people of Texas , and the outside world contributions began to pour iu from all over the country iu aid of tbe suffering colored people. Several luudred thousand. dollars were ex tended through relief committees for lupplies. 'It was probably six weeks rom the time tbe oveifiows were at their hoight before tbe waters had sub sided and the ground was again in con ditiou 16 be worked. The task before the planners was a stupendous one, but they met the dif ticulties with au indomitable will and courage that soon accomplished won ders. The negroes were at first loath to return to the bottoms. .They had been faring so well through Che generous charity of a sympathetic people that they had no desire to make a change When the planters could not induce them to return to their labors the free food supplies were cut off by the re lief committees of the several com munities and the refugees were inform ed that they would either have to work or starve. They 'preferred to work Upon their return to the plantations the work of rehabilitation was carried on with vigor. A rich silt covered the valleys of the two rivers to a great depth. Owing to the lateness of the season no general effort was made to raise another crop, except that of for age’for plantation live stock. The next several months were devoted to rebuilding fences, buildings, and get ting the plantations in for this season^ crops. When the cotton-planting season ar rived this year the inundated district had been reclaimed and a full acreage was put in along both .rivers. Tbe soil had. become so greatly enriched by the oferfiows that Uie cotton plant has growii like magic. It wf the opiuion^of many planters that the inundation whs really a blessing, in disguise; that the silt which was deposited throughout the valleys of the two rivers has added more to the value of the soil than the amount of loss sustained by the de- tirUL'lUUT Wf6UgHTby the noodz. HOW SHALL WE GO ABOUT IT ? Prof. Andrew H. Wood says: “With out controversy the saving, preparing and application of manures is one of the most important subjocts that the farfner cau consider.” Again he very truthfully says: “The profits of his farming operations olteu turn upon this oue question. Whether he has ac cumulated all the manure possible, preserved all Lpe elements of fertility aud applied it &hen and where it would do the most good.” We fully agree with the professor in these remarks.. If our fathers had armed upon this program and we had ’oiiowed them in the same method, we should not now be tbe poor people we are. Nor would we be farming upon the poor aud washed soils that we now Haul. Our heritage would have been 1 rich and lovely home, and we would isve been making tliein richer and ovelier. But grieving over wasted opportu nities will not help, unless in our grief we learn lessons of wisdom aud prac tice methods of economy. The duty is plain and the method entirely practical. We need depth bf soil for root beds and water beds amt lood beds. All these are easential. We piuat control the rainfall and we muat increase the supply of available )lant-food. To this latter point we wish to call particular attention. That we must have the plant-food before we can grow better crops all will admit, iut how are we to get it ? Thia is the important question. Some say buy it^ ndeed, nearly everyiwxly Is already buying it. We purchase guanos and ehenffenl preparations in enormoua quantities, liecause we wish to increase the available plant-food ip our soils. In some respects this -is wise, iu others it ia foolish. Our past follies lave made it uecessary. But is this the only or the wisest way to correct our follies, (uwt and present? We tiiink not. We do not purchase wisely. We do not study the case so as to understand the symptoms and the real remedies. First, we buy much that #e do not iiet^l. Second, we buy much that is u«H profitable. Buck phosphates aud their compounds do not pay in pro portion to their co«t. Ammonia costa loo much in these combinations. There « too much dead weight- loo much that is not plant-food ut all, and much lliit is not iu soluble couth lion. Guanos made from bones and animal refuse contain much more that is or will become available iu IhP soil, iletice fertilizers of this class will help In make tbe soil (teruiauenUy lietter. This jioiul is not suHicieully under stood by our farmers. Do not be gov erned by the cost (>er ton of fertilizers, nut by the available plant food they cive for a certain cost. Again, we wish to call attention to Uie fact tbaf iu order to gel the best results from the use of any fertilizer e must have depth of soil ami plenty of water. Fertilizers cau do uo good iu a dry soil and but little gtMid in a shallow, cloddy soil. We should save all the manure we poesibly cau of our owu raising. Let nothing be burned upon the farm. Make the com poet heap a storehouse for all refuse, lioth animal aud vege table. Make your soil deeper by constant deep plowing. Make it liner by har rowing aud by working into it ever PROFITABLE FARMING. SYSTEMATIC INDUSTRY. The Charlotte OU 'and Fertilizer Company and the president of the com pany, Mr. Fred Oliver, of Charlotte, N. C., have, again demonstrated ou their farms what can be done toward profitable wheat raising. The- 250 acres which they bad in wheat this year gkve au average yield of 30 jjushels per gpre; one field of 30 acres gave an aver age yield of 34 bushels, uuother field of OOacres gave, an average yield of 33 bushelsperacre. A field of GO acres that was in wheat a year ago, sown by the former owner of the laud, and which lakt year yielded only eight bushels per acre, this year gave au average yield of 24 bushels to Uie acie. With such au illustration of what can be done by progressive farming, ‘why will tbe majority of farmers continue to be satisfied, or, if not satis tied, ..continue to curse their luck when tbeir ciop of wheat turns out ouly five or ten bushels per acre ? There is no reason, aud in fact it is a crime for any farmer to throw away his time aud land by growing such a poor crop, as Uie most of them now raise when they could treble aud quadruple the yield by iutelligeut and progressive farming. Tb«y must use better mules and plows to prepare tbe soil, using the best disc grain drills, having fertilizer distributor attached to plant and fertilize the wheat, using the best seed wheat even if it does cost a few cents per bushel more money, using not less than 400 lbs. of high grade fertilizer per acre insICSff'of 100 lbs. of low grade ac>d and potash goods Seed wheat that is free from broken aud defective wheat, and above all al most absolutely free cockle seed is worth twice as much for seeding as the seed wheat usually used. Still more im|Hirtant is the fact that seed wheat from a crop that gave a yield of 30 to 35 bushels per acre is superior to seed wheat from a crop that gave ouly five to ten bushels per acre. No fanner will attempt to raise horses aud mules to weigh 1,400 to 1,000 lbs. each'and ex|iect to succeed if he uses for breed ing, stock that weighs form 50U to 800 lbs.; uo breeder of high grade milch cows will ex|»eet to succeed except by using high grade stock. laud, but uot least, they must use high grade fertilizer if the farmer ex pects to receive proper returns from land and laiKir. Why be satisfied by -using 100 lbs. |>er acre of cheap, low grade fertilizer when 400 pounds of high grade fertilizer will give an in- crease of 15 u> 25 bushels per acre ? It coats no more, or very little more, to prepare the laud for a good crop lhau for a-|>uor one; it coots no more to drill in’good seed wheat, aud 400 Ibo. of high grade fertilizer, |>er acre, than to 'drill in (>001 seed wheal, and lUO lbs. of (toor, cheap fertilizer per acre; it coals no more to cut au acre of good wheat with a reaping machine lhau it does to run the machine over an acre I of |»oor wheat, aud the reaping machiue I leaves less wheat iu the field iiugalh- ered if the crop is a good .oue than it does if the crop it a pout oue. The farmers of the South have the best market for their wheat, corn ami hay df any section iu the Uuiled Stales, as they cau obtain the same prices as the Western fanners plus the freight that is charged from the West to the South Why uot theu farm ou a profitable plau and uot au unprofitable one ?^ Use In this way we encourage aeration. This .wifi rendei ’•soluble, muctcbf the potash aud phosphoric acid aud soda and lime already in the soil. a Hence, we will need less foreign plant food. We will not need to buy so much fer tilizer aud* we will get much better profit for what we do buy. . Encourage home factories and buy those brands which will furnish you the highest possible per cent, of soluble plant- food. Bones-are more soluble than rocks. Bone phosphates are more profitable than rock phosphates. Southern Cultivator. Gkit And Thrift.—The larger the number of fowtf, tbe greater im portance* it is to provide them with grit.' It can be easily ascertained whether they havetr sufficiency by opening the"gizzards of those (hat die or are killed aud examining the quality of the contents. If the edges- of the stones are sharp it is a sign that they are well supplied. If, however, tho edges* are blunt and round it is a sign that the poultry requires sharp grit. Chick ens are often put on a grass field where there is no sharp grit, and. tbe owner cannot conjecture why they do not thrive better., Sharp grit is to the poultry what teeth are to the human family. Fowls that are not furnished With it sometimes have diarrhoea, etc. Flint grit is the best of any that can be used, as it is harder than any kind. It is not obtainable in every district, but tbe best substitute must be obtained. Auylhiug really hard and sharp will aoswer, such as old china or earthen ware if not brolAn in too large pieces, aud old mortar broken up is very good. Oyster shells help- the digestion, abo, and are useful. When iowlR-have plenty of grit they are'*kept in good condition, because their food is better digested;—JUnrni and FiresiiU. t The reports of huedred*-«f growers in the Virginia jieauut belt s^iow that tbe acreage has been decreased Ibis year by 25 to 35 per cent., owing to the low price'which has prevailed for the Old Domioian staple. Tbe crop up to this time, owiug to the protract ed drought and long continued aud - fierce heat, is iu a very critical coudi-. •J.tuiu. Lndustioiu -pmat U> a short I yield aod higher prices. - • fertilizer, good judgment and skill in handling labor aqd machinery, and above-all work yourself as au example to yOur hired help hud you will tint farmiug profitable. Good Roads.—We hail a talk with a gentleman not loug since who lives ten miles from Charlotte on one of the magnificent loads leading out from the city, from five to twelve miles, like the spokes of a great wheel. He told us that before the road was complete tbe people iii his neighborhood dreadet the fall hauling to town more than any other part of the year’s work. Theu tbe great question was to find teams to pull a bale or two of .cotton through tbe mud to town; now the trouble is to find wagons strong enough to hold up as much as a pair of “rabbit” mules as he called them, can pull. To’be sure these roads were built at enor moiis expense to the county, even with the advantage of convict 'labor, but tiiey have paid a thousand fold. The city of Charlotte could have affordet to have built the roads for the benefit to the trade of the town; and the farm ers after all are the ones most greatly blessed by them. They are worth more to a town than the greatest trunk line railroad in the- world would be and they make life in the country much brighter and happier. Along with the other blessings that will come to North Carolina within the first quarter of the new century we earnest ly hope the improvement in country roads will lie among the most con spicuous. It is the best sign of civili zatiou and progress to be able to ride through a neighborhood in a trot with*" out danger to a broken bone. Evefy town in the State ought to take espe cial pride in the roads leading into it from every directipn.-r^-C’/iarxty and Children. - . . “Well, it’s no use of working one’s self to death to get a little money,” was a remark heard a few weeks ago from a strong, muscular young man who for several years had been pretending to farm, but who spent a greater p*ortion of bis time with his hounds aud was the leader in setting up all the barn dances in the' neighborhood. Such a young man will never make a farmer. His stock will go unfed; his fields will be broken in upon by roving stock; his hirelings will spend two-thirds of their time in talking, and the little .work they pretend to accomplish will only be hall done. The fatm of this young man was a true index to his character. It was slovenly, ill-kept, and had au aspect of ruin. Sheep,cows, hogs and horses were all running together in the same lot. The gales were dragging, and required the exertion of a stout man to open them. The fence corners were filled with bushes and briers; gullies were washing ou every hillside; bis outbuildings were rickety and uncomfortable; no clover, was seen about tbe- preuiises. Besides all this, large piles .of barnyard manure were lying in front ot his stables, trampled by stock and loading the atmosphere with an in tolerable stench. Just out-' side his stock lot was an enclosure, in which stood his wagon exposed to the weather. Nearby were several old plows bought “cheap” at a sale, with which the beat plowman in the, world could uot do good work. There were also broken-liamtle shovels, wooden hay I oiks, patched hoes and toothless har rows. There was nothing pleasing about the farm. Everything was left to take .‘are of itself, ami Die owner seemed perfectly content to “let things go," provided he could Indulge in his r avorile amusements. 1*1 oar young men do with all their might what they pretend to do, and form while young systematic habits of industry that will, support them ia middle age and secure a competence for declining years. The pleasures derived from idleness aod dissipation are short-lived aud temporary. 1’tries* correct habits ore formed in youth a miserable old age is likely to result. There is no more valuable advice that can be given to the young man just starting in life,'upon the farm or elsewhere, than that he should, above all thiuga, avoid taking things easy. Start out in life with Uie fixed pur|ioae of moving things round. But in your days at work, your evenings to menial improvements, and your nights to reel, ‘f Uie foxes disturb your poultry-yanl or the wolves your sheep fold, dou’l waste rime in trying to exterminate them by hunting them with dogs two or three nights iu the week. Make ;rour. poultry-house fox-proof aud pro vide a tight fold for the sheep, into which drive Umni every night. Neither the fox nor till wolf will acalc a very sigh fence, aud unleas you expect to 00k after the sheep daily, better not to keep them. Rise early. See that your stock is well provided for. * Take the papers, that you may know what other farmers are doing. Waste no lime at the village store. Start a farmer*’ club in your ueigbborliuod. improve your stock as fast as you can. * Save and use all the immure, possible. Cultivate every crop thoroughly, aud ere many years are passed you will be in a con- aUa.;li and lisili, gisal Write ae^jalril^. ‘o take >hswy iroviug conscience Magazine. j THE SAW PALMETTO. OUR HOME. The Savaunah News ■-ays that the saw palmetto, or “ sable «errulata,” as the scientists call it, is indigenous to the set! of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida/ Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, in the tidewater section and just beyoud. It is au extremely hardy and vigorous growth. When its roots are set in a soil they cau be removed ouly by the most industrious and thorough grubbing. In very many places the palmetto scrub covers whole “ fiats ’’ of many acres with an almost impassable barrier of tangled under growth. Until within the very recent past the saw palmetto has been looked upon as an unmitigated nuisance. The cost of clearing an acre of land of the growth was often much greater than the price of a dozen acres in the rough. lately, however, the plant has been receiving more cousideratiou. It has been dis covered that the saw palmetto is both a source of health and of wealth, and the probabilities are that at a day not far in the future U will be adding largely to the prosperity of those lec tions which formerly cut it down and cast it into the fire. The medicinal properties of it have been found very .valuable in the treatment of kidney and other troubles, aud various pro. prietary medicines manufactured from the saw palmetto are now finding their way into the markets. The roots are rich in tannic acid. Several factories for extracting the acid are already in operation in Flor ida, and others are projected. Leather tanned with acid from tbe palmetto is said to be eqtial, if not superior, to the best oak or hemlock tanned stock, the palmetto cost hardly more than the gathering, acid from It 61m be produced aj, leas cost than from any other source. The market for it, therefore, is safe For manfactunng auch articles as bask ets, mats, hats, Ac., it would seem that there ought to be a great held for the palmetto. It was extensively made ute of during the war of secession by the women of the Soi^Ain making article#, an«l it is safe to say that thquaaml* of the articles made aie iu serviceable condition today, so durable is the ma terial. ; There is a great aud increasing de mand for a satisfactory substitute for wood pulp in (taper-making. The for ests are being rapidly denuded, with out sdeqnale steps for their reproduc tion being taken. Besides, the wood pulp business is now controlled by a gigantic trust, which is in a position to squeeze consumers at will. The pal mello Hats would furnish an inexhaus tible nupply of paper stock, since so long as the roots are in the ground the tops will he abundantly reproduced. The tops may be cut off every year with the positive assurance that auolh er full crop will be forthcoming the next soasofl. Harvesting palmetto for paper manufacture does not destroy the reproducug stock. Mr. John H. Stephens, of Jacksonville, is authority for the statement that tbe saw pal metto will make the “ finest and best paper in the world.” That being true we ought to have paper nulla in many (tarts of. South Georgia and Florida within a few years. lika -Southern Fanil Berhai class, their owu X at) >ve any other industrial farming class can find in calling rust 10 change. In- ng rest m cnange. iu-1 e nm ikvcio What are our homee? lives, they are what we To some people home is jast a place sleep and eat; but such are not tree homes. That kind of a home ic do more appreciated than the poor brutes of the earth appreciate the pens aod troughs in which they are herded ead fed. Some wives seem to have very Utile pride or energy when it comes to doing housework ; when they ought to he queens of their households end the greatest pride in their little over which they reign. It is true that some, and I might say, many, wives and mothers do not know how to make their homes attractiTe, but they can all learn If they will try, and many have little or no encourage ment, and no conveniences furnished them, bnt 1 believe that we can all Un prove our little kingdoms if we will try. First of all, a woman needs a good, kind, loving and helping husbaDO, 00a who is always ready to help do any thing she wants done, and to adriM her if he thinks there is a nicer or better way of doing it. It is his duty to show or tell her how e thing should be done in s good-natured way, his a4> vice will nearly always be taken and followed. I don’t believe it is the richest peo ple who have the happiest homes. The happiest people on earth are these who are best satisfied with what they have, be it much or little, and whom ever we find contentment and lore, we will always find happiness. 1 behove that it is a hutltand’s duty to do every thing he can for his wile’s conveni ence end satisfaction, and when he doea that, I think that ah* ought to be satisfied. To make home happy, both husband and wife most won to gether to make it so. They must poll at the same end of the rope and m the same direction. They should always •peak to each other and to each ber of the family in kind tones. It ia so nice when your husband has been sway 00 a long trip to have Mm •it down and tetl you all about it, and to bear him aay, “Oh, I did gut so homesick ; I do not enjoy anything as well away from bom* aa I do at h I cannot sleep so well on any bed aa 00 my own, and no other tastes so well to me aa the breed you bake, and no one ale* can butter so Dice and firm as ycu Such aa this makes a w her husband. And she is happy the thought that be ia pleased with her and that he loves ber, and it eneonr- ages ber to still further efforta to anftB borne attractive. 1 have been in some homee whseh were so disordered and lU-fOYOCMd that I would think, “Oh, my I doea the poor it ? Everything piece, and ail is der.” A visit to ly always fcttended meat to both host* think moat of the el with me that a nice make ber stay short 1 usually do, and “Well, I know ahe has a bad 1 but I think 1 could do bettarthan yeujrilkber ™»-***-«‘*» ” , Crest, Clover I/eaf, Gray Gables, The White House—how much Thia year’s apple crop in North Am erica is expected to be the largest ever known. The horticultural experts pre dict from 80,000,000 to 100,000,0C0 barrels, which will be a supply of more thaiL4>ue barrel-for everyInhabilaBt of thg.UOiled States. The Naming of. Farms.^Walter Williams, one of tbe literary editors of the Globe-Democrat and editor of that model couuty weekly newspaper, the Columbia (Mo.) Herald, commeuts as follows upon the above subject: • “One of our exchanges rightly urges the naming of.farm homes. It adds to the standing of the farm, makes people better acquainted with it aud increases the owner’s pride in keeping it up. A name chosen because of’location, en- viroumeut or for other reason may be selected. There’s something iu the special name, but any name is better than none at all. “We should like to priut the names of all the farms in Boone Couuty. It would be an interesting and suggestive list. Walnut Hill,. The Elms, Em inence, Sunn^t more appropriate these names sound than simply the farm of John Jones or Tom Thomas. If then the farmer placed over his front gate Or in other conspicuous place the name oi his farm so that passers-by might read there would be added attractions to the coun try road and higher opinion of the land.” • • 0 It is probable that In the future more root props, sucl) »s beets, turnips and carrots, will be grown -for stock. The difficulty has been rin the labor of slic ing the roots, which is necessary when feeding them to cattle, but within the past few years root cutters have been introduced, which cut all kinds of roots into thin slices, bran and cornmeal be ing sprinkled on the food so prepared which makes a meal that is uot ouly highly.relished, but oue that is cheap and. promotive of the thrift of the animals. Kansas boasts of a potato field forty miles long, fiom which is produced an average crop of 200 bushels to the acre. It is estimated that this year’s harvest will come close .to four thous and carloads. - the time H is with them. Not only do the seasons Jake their ever-changing rounds amidst charming accompani mails on every farm, but also the ob jects requiring the attention of the farmer change with the seasons. And yet even the farmer is buttered by get ting away from farm routine occasion- ally. He ought now and then to make himself acquainted by actual coutact with wtjal is going on in one or more of the great centres of population ; and Uk; State Fair provides him with an opportunity foi securing a change tliat ought to be regalded as au important opportunity for strengthening his avo cations! vision and enlarging his views The purpose of the agricultural fair is largely to lead to better things, by giv ing farmers an opportunity to see and know about the best agriculturally. The cottonwood of the South, Icing condemned as a worthless tree, has found a market iu Germany, where its cheapness recommends it to lumboir merchants. A firm at Druesburg has contracted, it is said, for millions of sawed cottonwood to be delivered dur ing the next year or two. It is to be used in making crates' and light pack ing esses. Any farmer who will make a special ty of producing an extra quality of fruit, butter oV vegetables will not be compelled to seek a market after his produce becomes known. Hundreds of merchants are seeking the choice goods, and they are willing to pay high prices for superior articles, because they cau make large -profits therefrom. dren are dragging about in Ana they are stringing the spool *f thread all over the parlor, dining room and everywhere, end one cone to with greasy hands and slap* them on the dresser, the new rocker, the window shade aod everything in the room. He gets the photograpn slhnas and down ho sits “to see the babies,” and mamma says, Oh, dear I please give that to mamma ; p-l-e-a-s-e do; yon have almost torn it np already,” and baby eajs, “I shan’t; I want to seo the babies." Now, sitter, won’t yon agree with me that if this child wee taught to obey his mother they would both be happier? The child wonld love his mother better, and the mother and everyone else would love the child better. After going to such a place, yon re turn to" your own home and tout own children run to meet yon, dad u clean dresses, and they greet you with bright faces and sweet kisses, and ask yon if you enjoyed yonr cell on yoor old friend. Yoh answer, “No, not very well.” “Ob,mamma, why?” “Well, 9 ry thing my dears, because everything was out of order, and the children naughty and disobedient, and yon know I cannot bear bad children.” Your visit has done yon some good, for you appreciate yonr own home tbe more after yon have seen so eh a one, and you are happier when' yon pare your lot with hen.—Home Farm. Ntver wash an egg if it can be hel(H ed. (father them often from neats while they are yet clean, aud do this ' espy tally often 'tlttrihg wel r weather land muddy Spring season. The price of cotton will take care of itself; jetthe.faimer ifijAfi. the.wheal acreage, says the Aiken Journal and “ Review. '~‘ OUR GKKATK8T APBCIALIST. For 20 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseas es that he is acknowledged today to stand at the head of hie profession in this line. His exclusivt method of treatment -for Varicocele and Stricture, without the aid pf knife or cautery curse in HO per cent of all cases. In the treatment of the ioee of Vital Korcee. Nervous Disorders, Kidney and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, KhsumaUsm, (latarrn, and dis eases peculiar to women, he is squally I are me successful. Dr. Hathaway’s practice u and the more than double that of any other " ialisL Cases pronounced phyeu-iane readily yield to hie Write him todi “The day of cheap bones andj has passed,” aays the Sumter man. “The? supply of good all classes is not equal to the and the hone and mole dealers ell aay * that there k no prospect of adiange in present conditions tor aeveraf years to come.” There is money in stock-rais ing when the prices are good, and, if the dealers in Sumter are not ia there U no reason why the a iu thia State ahoold not torn the: tion to good acconnt. It ie i that at least 50,000 buieaa I in this atote y paid for them of the but* to the profit of those wM ■Of