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VOL- XXIV- BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1900. NO. to. "JyEST WE FORGET ! EEST WE FORGET !” SPLENDID TJUUUTK TO VALOIt. “The Mitk Hatiai.ions ok Kn , 'camped Conkkdkk.vtji.s Whose Snow.White Ti nts At:k Tuu k- ENINO IN THE V'AI.I.KYS ANI> THE IIltUSIDES.”, Mr. Lu«tAu 1^. Kui^lit, of Atlanta, Ca., recently delivered an eloiiueut oration at the, annual ' memorial ex ercises of the Confederate Veterans in that city, which is worthy of i>eru8al by every -man, womand and "child in the counti y, and we take pleasure in giving our readers the address as fol lows.: * “ On this _o< casion it is not uniuete to unroll the panorama of tiic past : to wander again in thought over the dis puted fields which Confederate valor has made forever glorious anil to hold communion with the spirits of our martyred dead who .have made the story of the conquered banner immor tal upon history’s promlest page; to contemplate again the heroism of brave men and the fortitude of noble women who illustrated our Confederate struggle and Vo entphaat/c- anew the lessons of lidelty to principle which Oht; saentit c* ot the sixuv* teio h us. in honoring our Conledcrate dt a*l we honor Americans who proved them* aelVM Worthy sons of U« voluuonary sires ; who, entertaining jaditical con victions as deeply rootetl as life itself coaid not rtav!«hy surrender them at the maihlatc of me potties** aiHpwha, rattier than vield the henlage of free dom which they rMiUidfrom the rc- publif’s fathc!*, preferred to immolate themselves upon the allara-of the re public's constitution. Though born s.iM'e the diunui of war was concluded ai A|>p<>ni itto\ 1 rcjoit t in th<‘«niu- ««u* lot >tl -kiushtp » huh w«il»* -mo-with tftrtr oio-h out- tuu V4M. the kno men wh<> r my own o er be the son tlFtlRUI 111 Ttip' followed lare, and if 1 tonvii lions, 1 had ialh- ot one of the humblest Anm nf Xnritirrn Vtr- ll!'' tNt Ull* .aptam that in triumph dluUUtlg the t * Is with tie* ' la-t we the udltlO- itve we In*- liish in our e cea*ed to story of out as long as gmia than to trace my liu broken to the proudest \ turned to lb<111. tLrough lb A,-; am \\ a> busannahs of Caesar. “ lU Uudyald KlpilMi nia-teqiiece each -tan/a em refrain • *• l^**t we forget iDfkB’l 1 ' 1' it noasible that nition ran apply to «* * II coiue *0 sordid and so m pursuit id gam that we hav listen with emotion to the Confederate struggle whnli we breathe the air of heaven ought to make every drop of blood 111 our veins tingle with enthusiasm?. No; and God forbid that it should ever be ' Thirty-livo year* have |>a**t • I since our gallant boys in gray, reluming home trow Appomattox, brought with them 111 their iMUlid fares and in their eye* lx diipaitsl wiib-iaars the fate of Dixie's forlorn ho|K*. V ast changes hu\e oc curred since then. Like the phoenix we hate risen from the ruins of war and ti|»on our liatlletields we have gatheied unuumltend harvests of wav ing gram and tleeey cotton. Another eontliet in whieh our former foes have fwso wnr eomrsdes- hun tosmcalhr.l to ns fresli glories and throughout our Slln: "WltW fighting our battles o’er again we march behind them *till ! “ We have not forgotten our Uiltered regimenls of ill-starred'cavaliers. We recall with pride the spectacle which they presented when they sprang to arms at the drum tap in 1801, going forth to battle not as mercenaries who aie hired to light for pay, but as pa triots whojare constrained to struggle and to die for principle. Unrivaled in the chronicles *of war is the record which they made. , Half-starved and half clad they fought as onlv heroes can light, winning victory after victory from the enemy, though outnumbered (wo to one in almost every struggle ; and they yielecd up the strife at last, but uot until they had swelled the fed eral pension rolls with the r names of nearly twice as many pensioners as there were soldiers mustered in the Confederate ranks. Crushed by failure, but sustained by love’s anticipated welcomes, we see them start upon the journey homeward only to find ashes piled on ashes where “ home, sweet home ” had been ; loved ones scatter ed ; slaves emancipated ; military forces in possession; everything save honor lost, but undauntcd|hy adversity, we see them pressing bravely forward w ith the work of rehabilitation until -beauty once more takes the place of ashes ainUthc- Smith, like the buiu-rtly emerging from the chrysalis, bursts asunder the Itoud* of humiliation and defeat and leaps into the radiant and triumphant Dixie of today. We-have i,M- forgotten our l»aUlc- scarml veterans win me presence among us still links the present with the past W c honor them for the lessens of pa-j triotism whieft they h'.ive tadght us in peace no less than in war. are their amply .slecvea and tin ir ing?s silence they would nerve us for life’s coming battles with something like the sentiment which Addison has put upon the lips of Cato : “ ‘Tis not in mortals to comm ui>l suc cess, But we r lf do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.’-” ; -J' : - WIIEBE MUSTARD IS RAISED. Mustard, the sauce plant of a nation, is cultivated only in Santa Barbara County, California. This locality grows the mustard for the entire country aud the hundieds of acres of brilliant canary yellow and brown are a pleasing sight to tourists who enjoy the pungent odor of;the mustard Mower. „ In the region of which Lompoc is the centre 2,590 acres are devoted to the industry occupying the attention of some 2A0 farmers. ^ >ne of the pecu liarities inoideut to the cultivation of mustard is that no farmer employs himself exclusively in growing it, be cause of its absolute refusal to yield two successive crops from the same soil. The mustard fary*f must there fore alternate his crops^tnd he usualfy does so by putting half of his land 111 beans, barley, corn or beets, while thl* other half is* gfven over to rahs* lard, and thus a change in the soil be comes regular. What principle of the soil is withdrawn l»y this peculiar sauce pii|uant ia_a myster. that science has not as yet solved. , 'nic I/»mpoc Valley has bfen in the business of raising mustard for eighteen ycai*. the from the abundance of wild mustard The rcceht Meath of Sir John R. .awes, of Rothamstead, England, re moves one of the most prominent figures connected with the agriculture of English speaking countries during the past century. His services were along lines in which science was cou- )led with practice, and it was to his good fortune in reducing scientillg irinciples to practice, that mi owed his financial ability to pursue,* during the last sixty yehrs, the lines of experi ment for which Rothamstead has been noted. In 1H42 he patented a scientific irocess for dealing with mineral and other phosphates, and upon it the great super-phophate industry was erected, and it was from his factories, built for the purpose of manufacturing super-phosphate of lime on a large scale, that the means for his life-long <Ievotion to—agricultural ex^ierimmis __ found on the hills and in the valleys of Dear to us Santa Barbara t ouniy, aud the ’success 1 of the early devotees stimulated others mIco legs and their locks of while, i to follow in their wake. We cannotjenrieh (hem with gold, hutj The lie-t results are now secured we cap crown tb&tn with honor uad'wt [ from land lying in the middle of the > an kt epron loving them uniil our | valleys and ulftig the bank* of tlo hearts, like broken, drum*, have beat “ We have not forgotten our lieroie women. At the fireside* of home we see them through the memoriva of this ^liftbaTfl jtgtH i , iiiturtng sdtihm lurid* hips aud displaying Holder fortitude than we tiud in the exi-erience of <air rs at the front of Rattle. Kn- compassed U\ the 'langer* «.f invaaion they never llinched or faltcvif once, >ui -uadlasl.v rul*ore*l mid prayed .uni udcittl that Dixie’s cause might win. In the quietude of home they knitt* d ami made clothe* foi the regi- iiieuis. Ill the hospiiats they nursed the WMimled ami the au k, wooiug them le with shnles’of healing 01 kissing them to -ieep of saered t< udenie-* ; and vault* of the Couledeniey they even pledged their inketa ami their jewels in order that (allure might not come until the re- soureea of dcvolum wi re exfiausit*!. Dim and comiuonplaf c beeo'ue llie erown* ot honor w ho h have rs-sii il tur- halli ngeri lor more than twenty < > u- turu u|h>ii tin (tow ■> of-shttav niir- n ■ t >)>urta when w< eoutemplule the loftier virtue* which regnltae the worpeu of Dixie. Wlial if we failed in the struggle, whose memories we recall tonight. Tiny never die ing)oriou*ly who, die foi 4>i incipie and they suffer no humi- 1 ration wtlio wnunliis ihw ijuinsi id mans w Tiessful a man’s career mav have been, ic is at its close, rarely content with what seem* to him to have been the poor results of his Own efforts and labors. Quit® recently, CiiTjTa few month* before his death, he said that if he had his life tp live over again he would not work continuously at Rothamstead for sixty years or so, adding: “No, 1 could be more useful in helping td infuse a condiment of science into the ordinary practice of farmer* mhiwg their wi* f-farmef* try asking occaamtiAl journeys around the country, ascertaining the nature of the land in different locali ties and tendering advice.” It i* quite common to all. both the great and the •mall, to think that they could do bet ter if they hail opportunity to do it over. However, that may be, we re gard Mr Jolin’t expression, “to infua* a condiment of science into the onh- pratree of farmers," as a par ticularly happy one. -detenhing the place that sciem < should have in prsc- anta Vue/ ItTver. ’ITie soil is dark amt ■■>1iiii«i withnul ant waUUm haai mr soil is preferred. In the eultivatioii of mu'tard mm h water and daiupueas are ncccsHury and one thing tlrat con- inbuti sno the sneres* nf the fiOtnpoc di-lriel is ilschwc pioximily to the sea, and the heavy fogs which roll ill every evening are equiyalent to rain, giving • him " (■ >|Uiri d. The eowaig time for the I now 11 va riety »» m January aud March for the yellow. The around is broken and eul- tivded. after .whieh the mmhI i* sown broadcast, four pound* to ihc acre. The inu*lan! *Ubk be •'.raw color, growing 'roni four to live feet in hiighl; tluT |Mida are from I to 4 mehe* in length, eoulainiiig one row of seed* only. In harvesting the crop a reaper and thiowing tlv at wuJv, once divided 1 iin 'On ^tlllldffW filiation have been *ilentl healing thrftrcf.'h wtddY us until North ami South today, like the sisters of Bethany, dwell together 111 love. Wo cherish the flag wh’ch ripples above us in the breezo; we glory ; in every stripe and we a-rc proud of evety 81^^”Rut yy e have not for gotten the. sacrifices and the triumphs, the privation.* and the martyrdoms which our lost cause brings to mind ; and ever and anon our thoughts My backward to. the days when hope beat wildly in the bosoms of our gallant boys in gray and our brave battalions Muttered the banner which now beauti fies the air no more. AVe ehen*h every relic which the war has left us ; every lock of Irwir, every faded photograph, every lefter dimmed with age ; nor *hall we cease to cherish them nulil ; yonder, 'where the war drums throb no longer ’ we shall fold the owners'In our loving arm* and press ‘.hem fondly to our hearts again. “ We have not forgotten Lee. Our hearts still shrine the image of the captain of our hosts and we venerate him still as the prince imperial of the sons of men. Without fear and with out reproach he led us from victory unto victory, and though at lust the duress of superior number* compelled him to partake of the bitter cup of failure, he found himself in the hour of surrender enriched with nobler honors in the ashes of defeat than any earthly conquerot; ever found in the laurels of success. Grand in battle, grandu still in-peace, I think of Geu. Lee as I think of some rock-ribbed mountain pile rising in colossal majesty above the plains to bathe its summit in the purer ether of the skies. Nature made but one such man and broke the die in molding I Aie 1 “ We. have pot forgotten Stonewall Jackson. We cherish still the memory of that priest of battle Whose martial enthusiasm yoked with his saintliness of character made him resemble some fearless’ kpjght of old eager to plant the banner of the crusade upon the sepulcher of Christ. < >ur memories of the past delight to*brood u|M)D his ex- pipit* in the valley of Virginia aud our . hope* of the hereafter find sweet em ployment rn dreaming Of him yonder 'ueath the vernal shade of thrimnior- to •) iiiputfiy 11I1 Jewrii when the wtfrf einpn t U*cd,< left the vn tone* ul_ .vu+ms*. 7T whuii \v ;n»s»w u* rbt-syno nym survives m tin- trmwptr -prutuet t? slipped MM.He West. _ •jpns but * in'lbe handful of iulrepul patriot* who uituig the stalk them in bunches, when' they an lo-j ure until October. They are now thoroughly dry and are Iran-ported to some etntral place and spread out upon large sheets of canvas, where the m.itfcv an.| podn are rolled with a heavy fhller qiitil crushed, after which they are raJtWSJTf <S ith band cakes. The .half and seed remaining are run through a fanning ina. bine; whhh separates all the light and fix>*»• mat'*- rial, and tbe seed is ready *ack and market. Mu.-tard w the greatest apiong herbs, but tbe least among seeds, and its use sgHrt annual eon-uinpiioi^ e;ir^*!iii I raneiseo 1* the distributing point aud much nf the tn the Ku*l and fell with Kosciusko in defense of the liberties of'l'oland. Tin 1 mopoho* lives today embalmed not in the achieve ment of Xerxes’s bauneted millions, but in the sacrifice of the iihmortal few who perished wifti ^.couidas. So may it be affirmed that the savor of heroic incense’with which Appomat tox shall invest the pages of impartial history in they-year* to come will re mind Americans less, of the victorious legions which prevailed with Grant than of the vanquished eohorts-of half- xtarve'd Confederates who, iu feuUy tp the constitution, followed the plumtN-Of our immortal Lee. "Veteransof the gray, your thoughts are sad tonights. Tears fill yquf eyes as you dream with mellow hearts of the days which arc no uioio ; but weightier still becomes the load upon your spirit* -When you recollect that many ot the face's whieh Hashed recogni tion into yours when-lasli you met arc missing now. In Ilia year whose sands are almost run more ®ian a score of your gallant comrades have fallen in the rankfi. Weary of the march aud scarred with the .bruises of the battle they sweetly 'rest at lenglli in the slumbers of the bivouac. Time moves apace ; and ere you meet again still othprs will retire to dreams. Thus one by one fate closes the eyelids of the vetotans of the Lost Cause, and. soon vho hour will come when there will be no more to follow. Rut may we not soothe our bosoms with the hope that some sweet day every camp will call its roll up yonder without oue soldier missing and every tie oT com radeship which death has sundered here will be knit onpe more together in the reunions of the skies. “ But one word more, and I aiu through. .^Standing tonight' in senti ment beneath the Mag of our reunited country, we find no difficulty in re conciling .our allegiance to the Stars and Stripes with our. lender recollec tions qf the Stars, and Bars ; for if the past which we love to think of teaches anything, it teaches that fir tEiTwTIT- ingness of Americans to die for prin ciple arc grouddeil the triumphs'of the nation in.lheJ conflicts which are f our A Diet ok Ful’IT—The New York Hcr&ld says: Among all^ fruits, the apple stands first with lh£ larger uum- her of ptr^ons as being obtainable 111 good condition iu6re days iu a year Uiuu puiy fruit. Apples placed ready for ihe'children when they awake in the morning, to ertl as appetite de mands, will be found a turning point where little ones are troubled with many petty ailmt’nts, remarked a doctor whose name is known all over the country. There are few children win would not eat an apple before break fast if allowed the privilege. It is a mistake, says Answers, not to let them have it. The nervous system, always calling for phosphorous, is quictedhy a full fruit diet. Apple’s relieve the nausea of seasickness, and are a heif to those who are trying to break them selves of the tobacco habit. • A good npt^ raw apple is complete ly digested in 85 minutes. This easy digestion favors longevity, the phos phorous renews the nervous matter in brain. In the juice of lemons and limes may be found a cure for bilious colic and for some forms of rheumatism. Hot lem onadc wiil relieve fever, but it shoulc not contain mucli sugar uor be strong The juice of oranges may be used f reely in nearly all ,fqrnis of sickness Bananas give strength, and may be given to many convalescents in reason able.quauititie> without fear rtf bad ef feet. f V" Iq eating fruit, remember that the remedy which will cure the disease may fie'best for steady diet. SCIENCE IN AGItiqULTUUE. THEKSs'lN 1 kR:ATIVE OF KINDS ' .OF SOIL. ~ To the initiated there are no tests lo good to determine the qualities of the soiUas the wild growth. The object ions to chemical analysis as a method of learning the nature aud qualities of the soil is that it is too special and ex pensive. A portion ot 3(4! may be taken from one part of a were derived. , Sir 'John’s death brings forward many reminisceners of his life and work. Some of them illustrate the truth.of the idea that, however sue- g&rds the elements from another part. The blowing down of timber by storms, - the accmrrnlat’on of vegetable matter Ju Jbow places, the situation and exposure of the land all enert a modifying influence upon the character of the soil. Were two chem ists require*! to make analyses of the soil of a particular field, aud oueshould, by chance, get his specimens from the subsoil exposed to the surface by a blown-down tree, ami the other should gel Ids from Qie spot where the body of the tree decayed, they would make juitc different reports as to the gon^ stituent elements of the soil. And yet Imth woultl be strictly accurate as rc- of the soil which they analyzed. The difficulty arises I'dhu the impracticability of gettiug specimen of soil that represent* cor- rectly the average quality of an cxUhmL ed tract of lamb No chemist can tell by analysis only whether a field is^iro- ductive or unproductive, and Uie science of agriculture lias received a check >ecausc men of science have asserted too ponilively their ability to determine lucalious into which more conditions cuter than were thought of, and which must lie met by other method*. There are, however, unerring Indica tions by which an uneducated man .nay judge of the capacity of the soil. Among these indications there arc none which can lie relied on with ntort .-ertaiuty than the wild growth. Na lure is always truy to hereelf. anil never cor mails any error. Mi* displays her ayntboia jj n*--n-lanr* nr sywr of distress. We know, for instance, that green brier* and sweet gum mean soils low m pnslui Uv« ii*-«». but green brier* tical farming and in | hr i imnsai and wtttmur itir -*wm gmn *rr «rm* llm. * advice <n tnoae who speak to practical funner*. It should be the aim of those field which will differ materially from tlmi thu atatem«;ut-4» candidly admitted, who aspire to assist in the improve- nu-ut of the agricultural system of the •utUry to u*e science as a coutimenl amt to season their leaching* with it. Their task is not to teach science, nor lo make scientists of farmers, but to talk or write tqion practical subjects, in a practical wav, not forgetting the -*< usoioug.’’ The purely practical man, so-cadled, should riot forget that his counsel must uot be out of harmony ilb the principles that scientific in vestigation has ascertained, and the cieutist who speak* at Institutes, or rntes lor .igncultural papers, should bear in mind that science rs wanted u* a condiment merely, and Ural he should not “put the hay *0 higlf in the rack that the lambs can’t reach it.” In other words whatever such -a *|ieak*r or writ* e may elsewhere, here be should deal with practical topics. Another of Sir John's sayings may well !>c borne 111 mind by all who at tempt to give ml vice and counsel, as well as by those who consult them Said hc,^*I dare say if a farmer would come and consult me, as a sort of agri cultural doctor, as to bow he could get tal tree*! . “Johnston, Beauregard, Stuart, to come; and if the spirit* Hood, Fonest. lamgslreet. Early. We martyred dead could sj«afc to us ib . ’ (iovernor Sayers, of Texas, speaking of the reconstruction of Galveston, said- to an interviewer in New York ihe other day : “ I think that much can be done looking to the safety of'the new city, but 1 dp ngt believe thkt there will be a repetition of the fright ful hurricane that visited us. If a storm nf such awful proportions should strike tfiis effy it would utterly wrec k it. You do not. appreciate here the tremendou- strength, of tbe elements as it wa* shown at Galve*UH>. No safe- of human construction could itbstood it. But such a storm ^uard have 1 Iiuou, ~~ i 7 .. - . , I* 1‘hely again ; we have have forgotten none of them, and in 0bt*pen through this autumn evenijliuk fear of tluit.’* , but wlial would apply to hi* particular case might be loudly uusuilcd to bun druds of others,” Thy essence of this very truthful saying amounts to this: That general principles should be stated and discussed and the circutu- stanocs'under which they are applica ble can be outlined, but there are no agricultural prescriptions that me ap plicable to all cases and that may be swallowed blindly with-an expectation that they will do good. Suggestions that are valuable ^because adapted to one set of conditions may be entirely useless iu another, and just here is one of (he mistakes the so-called practical man, who relie’s upon his own limited experience alone, is likely to fall into He has done certain tilings on his own farm, and m the environment that surrounds it, and has found it success ful or the reverse, and he jumps to the general conclusion that it is a good thing or a bad thing,- as the case may be. So it is tor him, but under, another set of circumstances the same course may result quite differently. Wje see illustrations of this on a large scale attending the westward progress of agriculture. A farmer will come from a far eastern state where he was, perhaps,, a good farmer. . He will seek to apply to his new conditions the methods pursued by him with success under the old ones. Some of them will succeed ; a 'great many others wil not, and he will find that entire success is ouly to be obtained when litf is ready to abandon these things he did “hack yonder”'if he finds them unsuited to the agriculture of his new home Every man mustTunder such circum stances be teachable. He must regan each problem as one to-be deterinined by the conditions. Experience else where and under other conditions has a value but is not a finality. • r , As a corollary to what has been sail it will follow 'that when a farmer seeks counsel in a particular case, be. inusi uot expect it to come 'in the form of a farming prescription unless he is able to furnish absolutely all the conditions under which it i% to be applied. The real la*k of the farmer who desires to pursue the best methods in his calling* is to learn tbe reasons for thifig* that he d<*.-a. to know why- he does them and w'bat their effect-is and how the effect is produced. - Then wbetL, the reason cease* the practice'Dboald cease and lie will know when to do this way or that by knowing the facte of the .situation in which he liiuia himself. THEORY AND PRACTICE. A REVIEW OF THE CROP TEAS. «A.want of the union of theory and practice in the culture of the farm has created a prejudice in the minds of al most all farmers in regard to what is called hook farming—that a man who^ habitually studies farm journals and newspapers is most sure to fall when he comes, to Uie practical details of the farm. That -there is some troth in met with pn good soils. Had soils rath er than | oor soil* arc the teaching* of those two growths taken . logctiu-r. An achl. bluish «ul>*otl, with sund- iug water through the winter ami in the summer parched to chalky slow ness, is Uie habitat of water oaks, swamp maple, green briar* and sweet gum. Such buMl** if drained and lime,I. would prolutldy make meadow* or grow cranberries. By some It I* *up|>o«ed to lie gotal for |>each tree*, but the coupacinc** of tbe suImmnI would make them short-lived. The first-class tobacco sods injKen tucky ami Tennessee may lie known by the growth of blackjack and scrub hickory, with an undergrowth of dog wood, hazel hud black guru. Dug- wood, and more e«|M.-cially pawpaw, are always indicative of g«Mal land*. It should be slightly undulating, with an admixture of blackish red pebble*, an argillaceous rock with fonail remains silicitied, but slilf reluming a trace of phosphoric acid. These |>ebbles, rest ing on hnieslone, form an admirable natural drainage and make the land much warmer, -thereby hastening the gr jwtb of the tobacco- and giving it a ilky texture and fineness which are arw savs tho Southern Farm Magazine.' All hRve-knfiWiTraen who could talk or write fluently on agriculture, and yet were failures on the farm. This arises from two very natural causes. First, a man who is thoroughly conversant with the theory of agmulture, and with those science* which have a natural af finity to agriculture, such as chemistry and geology, has roost probably spent the greater portion nf hia life in the student’s cell, and has never tried to learn the practical details of farming, just at a military man may tie a marti net in the drill, and yet fail in the more ira|Kjriaut work of directing the storm of battle. In the second place, men of great executive ability and of practical skill in any pursuit arc seldom wedded to theories, and are more diligent in oh serving Umu in studying. Hence it (he often happen* that a most successful farmer is unacquainted with the pri mary principles of those sciences upon which agriculture seems to rest, and while he can tell by inspection what will grow best on this field orttuA, will •robably be unable to tell whether the •oil 1* Kilicoous, argillaceous or ealcare- >ut. On the other hand, the man of theory can analyze and tell the com- mnenl part* of the Mil in any given locality, and yet be unable to those *pote that will produce the l>e*t cotton, tobamr or corn. The truth is, the theorist deals too much in generalities and the practical the farmer too much in particulars. The 1 knowledge of both shnutd he united to produce the greatest results. It was the union of the two that enabled the farmers of Scotland on their barren nio<>t* t>i ri-a:i/c more handsome profits than are made by the fanner* tn the rtcbcet valleys of the New World. It is the union of the two that has ia- 11 iu Uff" 111 TII HU TU 1 -"YffWTr BH other lamls. This character of soil also produce* the finest cotton, and renders the plant comparatively free from blight. The land of most gcnural utility, and which always responds most kindly t< the husbandman in all staple crops (ex cepting perhaps peanuts), is known by the growth of poplar, 6ugar tree, beech and white oak, with an undergrowth of dogwood’and pawpaw. This i^the yery best laud also for bluegrass, and in the great blucgrass r* gious of Ken tucky and Tennessee these trees are the characteristic growth. Wild cherry, black walnut, yellow poplar, ash and beech, with an under growth of dogwood, pawpaw and blackberry, are indicadous of the very best alluvial soils, aud for corn and hay cannot be excelled. Upon such lam cotton aud tobacco’ make too much stalk. Tobacco - is coarse and cotton matures too late. Wheat does' well in in a dry year upon such soils, hut apt to l>ed when there is much rain or wind. In all wheat lard* there shouk be sand enough to render the soi mellow, and hence some of the best wheat lauds have masses of chert un derlying them.-— Among the poorest soil (but not the wprst, because they may be improved 1 are those known by the blackjack and post-oak growth. These lauds are mostly level, intersected by numerous wet-weather branches, and produce a coarse, barren grass, resembling broom- sedge, uput which cattle (feed dringu the summer. This grass is jioor in nutritious matter, and grows so thin that it poorly protects the, land from the rays of the sun.' The common blackberry brier (rubus villosus) is indicative of good land, but, strange to say, it will Houri*h on the poorest soil, gathering fresh strength” each year. It is a powerful fertilizer.. The roots penetrate deeply iiito the subsoil, letting in the air And extract ing therefrom fertilizing .elements MUich are brought to the surface and retained by the mulch which the leaves form around thi: bush. The red, galled hillside that are too often found in the South can be quickly'ami cheaply re- clammed by selling them out with blackberry bushes. - TbeV enrich, shade aud protect the laqd from wash ing, and supply a berry that is growing in demand and commercial importance every year. We know of no plant Mpenor to it a* a fertilizer e;:i ept red clover, and oo very thin toil it is even M|Mrnor to clover. -J<o. Jfciyjiitt. Director Bauer, of the South ~ linn section of the United States weather bureau’s climate and crop MV* vice, has issued the following ii ing review of the crop year in thin State, and monthly bnlletin for iember: ~ j The year of 1900 haa been n note* worthy one in South CarqUna, in the matters of rainfall and temperature, and their influence on crop production. The temperature during February was unusually cold, but after that month and np to August U differed but slightly from the normal for the — period. During August and the gFfHr part of September it was eon high, at times higher than ever known, and too high for the uonaul development of field crops. Iu those months, the heat and dryness of the air, giving it an unusually lam ab sorptive capacity, together with the scant rainfall, also increased the sev- verity of the drought. The average rainfall d (5.41) was with one heaviest on record for that during May it was slightly but owing to the amount of round, crops did not suffer froaa the deficiency ; during June the raw. fall was again very heavy (7.M,) and averaged greater than ever before re corded for the month. Coating at tho time when field crops are usually euL tivated to promote their growth and to dear them of weeda, which work was greatly impeded, its effects oa crop* was unfavorable, bat as the following July had only moderate rains, were again put into good, “ l -—“ non. August had the lea record for that month (2.13,) and dur ing the second week of failed rapidly aoder the combined ature and iac't ut_ sequent wutlhdr efl their recovery an til the crop* had ■ 1 ring port was of the ighly tmprebeMe that creased ibe I’fudurtiOfl of grain in En gland an hundred-fold in the last cen- lure, aud it will lie the union of the two that will in the future make the woruout field* of the .South again coa- tribute to the wi.ellh and ■ustonaueeof a great people. Theory united with •x|terieDce and practice will always in sure *uccewi. * THE YOUNG SOUTHERNERS. (« Sound ail vice to young‘Southerners waa given by l*rof. Frano* II. Smith, of ihe Uuivrreity nf Virginia, to the last graduating claas of the Virginia Military institute.* He lraced to the earlv South the thing* which are best u Uie South of today, dwell upon the outlook for youth gsuerally, ami 1 omieg lown to his own people, said : “ 1 would irnpres* <>u the young me n of the South that we livc^p the choir, est of all the reuluries and in the choiceHt of all the lands of this century. America is the best country iu the world, and the ’South is the beat pert mimi tones T-— favored land has no titled aristocracy lo pre-empt the best places, no grooves of custom lo direct and confine his en ergies. In our own happy section the, same . industry and talent are more quickly and more generously rewarded than in the more crowded and ' hustl. mg ’ communities of the North and West. 1 have Often thought that half the push and effort necessarily put lorth by the youug Southerner who settles in the West, with slow returns often for his toil, would have made him a rich man iu his native Slate. Young man, go not North (tliat may be ex cusable itra young married couple on their bridal tour); go not West—that mi- vice was meant for New England boys. Stay where you are, and begin life with the capital of good-will left you by your parents and the heritage of their honored names.” There is a heap of truth in these words. In the wreck whieh followed the war yoting .’joutheru, then could hardly be blamed~for seeking a' com petence iu other parti of the country. But times have Changed. Now the South, emerging from its tremendous difficulties, is not only demanding thatf its young men shall abide at home, but is beckoning with attractive finger to those who have grown up afar and also to the men not to the manner born. There is wor k to he done in the SouRi —work of building or developing towns and cities, of extending rail road lines, ^f uncovering rich minerals, of utilizing timber resources and of diversifying aud advancing agricultural interests. This work should be done by Southerners. They ought to be best qualified . to reap its beneficent rewards.—Southern Farm Magazine. Ute, An undertaker’s business is adver tised for sale in an English newspaper in terms .which are hardjy such as to encourage any uric to become a per manent resideiUjjf the locality. After stating IhaGNeis retiring from busi ness altogether the advertiser, praises the town thus: “Sanitary arrange- meuts'much neglected ijiiortality from fevets, excessively high ; total death- rate 10.7 higher than any town within radius of fifty miles ;"one trade com- peutor (caqienter) only. Excellent opening for energetic man willing to pat In* heart jmo the baaLnc**.” No farmer need sit down pert someone to furnish made system or plan of normal dnrir that it ia hi will soon be a repetition as to agricultural intersete. The that reached ruatunty before such a* the various fruits, aod tobacco, were fully or above, their normal yieide, tboer that came to queotly, such ns ec cane, and sweet river rice which were very poor. Tbe opening w 1200, gave a continuation of the 1 malty hot mod dry weather tk characterized August when, on the Utth and roaumung to I there were cotBparelivslr heavy rates over (he entire state. The teirer port of the month's precipitation fell dm this |ieriod, although shower* occurred enriy In the and at its close. There waa a cool |>eried on the 17th, iHih and 19th daring which the lem- l>ereture was slightly below the nor mal , bat with Uus exception tho tens- peratnre ranged normal during tho en tire month. .September had number of clear ^frttnnectnnr-VHh 1 temperatures and ed crops to npen tepidly, in tbe case of much cotton and corn. Gathering and harvesting! progress, and the balk of the r< crop was picked daring the month. Some fielde ware entirely finiahed, all having opened, while in other* onto scattering bolls remained unopened and unpicked. The lint was saved in fine condition, with a very small anoutof stained cotton. The weather conditions were note. vorable for the growth of vegetation up to the 15th, but after that date cot ton began intake op a small top crop. The weather doling August and the first weeks of September reduced tilt yield of cotton materially, and in there six weeks of extreme heat and dryno« amounting to severe drought in many places, this crop waa changed from a promising to a very poor one. The condition of corn did not Im prove during September, nod late can was a failure, while early and inter mediate plantings were poor *t matur ity. Some corn was housed during this month. Minor crops improved slightly after the middle of the month, bat owing to the advanced stage of the season, taetr ultimate yields were slightly bettered. The weather conditions were entirely favorable for tbe river rice crops whien were largely harvested. Upland tfce proved to be a failure. The ratee started a rapid growth of grate for hay, and much was dition. The dry condition of the soil did l favor plowing and leas than the amount of plowing and foil was accomplished. Hie month M a whole was unfavorable on 1 interests, except for j OUR GRKATB8T Kor 20 yean Dr. J. haa so saoosmfnllj treated «• that he Is acknowledged at ths head of bis profsate His excliuivs method of Varioocsle and Stef ot knifs or cautery i all cams In the Vital Forasa. N« and Ui Poisoning,!