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», >***■ **"'<»** VICTORIAS LONG REIGN ENDED. ^ + World's Oldest Ruler Has Passed Away. [DWARD VII BEGINS HIS REIGN. ---- - • Incidents and Anecdotes of Mother and Son. 'ter* are a mat maejr otaen «ko Ulak oaibing If It oaljr comet to $100 a On* evanlac after t larf* di$Der partj *t Wlndeor Xhm u«MO, with the gaeata and member* of the royal hoaeehold, wa* in the drawing room, when a lamp The qneea, who n f '< ■ — «—Hovea, I ale of WH#ht, Jan. tt. Her Majeetr, the Qaeea. breath m* her lait at *J* p. aarrounded by her ekildree and trend-children." ■ Oawaa, Tale of Wrifht, January m.-Queen Ytetorta la dead and Idward VII reltna Tte greataat avent In the memory of thin genemtlon, the moet atapendoni tenue in existing oondltlon* that oonid poSuy be interned, hae taken place quietly, aimoet gently, noon the annlrer. aanr of the death of Queen Victoria’* father, the Duke of Keat. The and of thin career, neyer equalled bf any women in the world’s history, la n simply furnished room in the work done by othera. The man or the woman who encouraged great deeds is entitled to some of the credit of their performance. Victoria wa* wiae in that the always recognised the popular will, and called Into hex service the repre •entativea of popular adoration. Five times she recognised the great popular party of Xngland by sending for Mr. Glaastone. Distasteful to hoi person ality as hd wae said to be, she never failed to tee in him the choice of the masaea of England. Under Victoria democratic government in England has become a fact. No future monarch can withdraw the precedents by which she acknowledged parliamentary spuremacy and emphasised the responsibility chiae has be i P ulsed the responsibility 01 rule. The franchiae has been house. This most respected i ao extended that it has almost reached living or ddftd* Iny iu a j manhood basla Religion* intol- erance has disappeared, ao that a Roman Catholic has sat as chief Justice of the of all women, living o gtent four-posted bed and made a Shrunken atom, whose aged face and i were n cruel mockery of the fair who In 1887 begun to rule over ad her were gathered a'moet •eery descendant of her line Well within in view of her dying eyes there hum a portrait of the prince consort It wee he Who designed the room and •very pert of the oastla. In scarcely usdlbls words the White haired bishop of Winchester prayed bcetd* her, as ha ted often prayed with hie sovereign, for te was her chaplain at Windsor. With bowed tends the Imperious ruler of the German empire and the man who now is king of England, the woman who has ‘ ‘ to the title of qeeeu, the ■ of lea* teas royal bishop's empire, and another held the vice-royalty of fodia, a personal appointment of the •overelgn. New England* have grown up in Ji astral la, Canada, 'New Zealand and elsewhere, all self governing. One of the last sc's of the sovereign, on New Year’s day, was her recognition of the commonwealth of Australia, an act equal to that of her grandfather, George 111, when he reoognlt d the indepen dence of the American colonies, with the significant di" - was as voluntary luctant Victoria, then to recognise the | to the circumau recognising that rather than a d* the peace of her i age and her r*ot of pi _ tnduati The bishop con mi Oe* of the | Qf progress w . children naked a qoeWlon in a lB j u ohlldlah treble and waa Immediate oikt B *** Tte women of the royal dao9d Ji to coni Mteed fhlnily and the m shef ^ ^ mmfkn ^ led eneeaily. At asecely •» Sir Jemee Md tetd up hie hand, and the “ B * pnenle In tte room knew that England Vk*<<K fca toet ter qeeeu. The bmbop pro re llty ling I In rlB|; ugh roe- sioe ivll •h< I la Bees -rid gn commenced to smoke waa near it, prompt! promptly down. A i nay in WHltlng, ashamed that tnrned the wipk •be should hare neg'ecte SS nity of service, apologlzlngly ask any opportu 'LSdS si. d r a/is the qneen had Attended to it hersel ‘ 3ccau»e,” raid her majesty, ” had I said to you the lump waa smokinj would have' told the equerry, w< turn would have told a servant, whb would have searched for an especial footman, while all the time the lamp would have continned smoking, so I preferred to turn it down myself.” After arising at 8—her retiring hoar was 11-Queen Victoria had breakfast at 9, a hearty luncheon at 2, tea about 5 and slight dinner at 9 45. Luncheon was her chief meaL and a joint of either roast beef or roast mutton was invari ably served, but fish appeared on the table only at dinner. The queen some times drank a glass of tok&y after din ner. This was Prince Albert’s favorite dessert wine. WHEH HE WAS PRincE OF WALES Here are some interesting facts about King Edward VII when prince of Wa es, which are condensed from bis biography as written by his private secretary: He is a colonel eight times over. He has one private secretary, two as slstant secretaries and a s an of clerks to assist them. He receives two hundred letters a day and answers moat of them Every minute of his time in London ia ■pent according to schedule. • He has every order of knighthoed in Europe. His uniforms are worth 175,000. He is the chief horse owner, dog owner and yachtsman in England. He goes to church every Sunday morn "fu started life with an income of 8Vi.000 a year, and aa king it will be nearly forty times as great He says he has no defais He loves to travel'lncognlto in Paris His favorite vehicle te London ia a haeeoei cub. yet hie stable* oust UUO a year. 11* baa friesdt ia every aalioa, and •peak* Germaa. Kreach, Kalian aud Hue tall eooaeat would crown their hap- > ~Fsl* Mapped in, and to aetiefr her dy- ng father aud persistant, proud mother, aha drowned the love of her soul sad tearfully married the millionaire She Imagined that bar doty to her pa rents was supreme, and thus 'broke the tie of love and nature, waking two hearts miserable forever. In e few yean she pined awey and died of a broken heart, another victim to a false seose of duty and fashionable pride. The Minister soon left the cold, chili- lag blasts of Iht North, drifted to Geor gia, and when the guns at Fort Sumter roared the echoes of the rebellion and death knell of ilavery Webster enlisted n support of the “ Stars and Ban,” and tried to smother the dying embers of his first lovs amid the crash of battle and pomp and circumstance of glorious war. forget” his The poet priest tried to sorrow, but that was imj shown in the following ibte, as is iiful song evolved from the rippling rills and green mbrance. I have beep try ig to secure the song for the past year nd at last found it in a torn and batter- valoa of remembrance Ihi an ed condition, published by John C. Schreiner, Macon, Ga., May, 1864. The reader, and particularly the old soldiers, will be glad to aee again a heart ballad, composed in the dark vale of disap pointed love. It will strike a tender chord in every loving soil. John A.Jove*. MORE AND BETTER SOIL Every cotton planter should write for our valuable illustrated pamphlet, “Cotton Culture.” It is sent free. s and add )RkS, \ 3 ^ Semi name and GERMAN KALI WOR ddrew to ^3 Nasstlu Stf, N. Y Jer fcrti |lilui left life! | ia Beniaue I. Ha is 5 fart 4 in. 1 |M0 puua«le Us is fifty s.vca Umi gtaadcUlidreu. Wten te jruttte te ••• very tee aad weighs years old aad has LORENA (Words by H. L. D. Webster. Music by J P. Webster.) The sun’s low down the sky, Lorsna; The frost gleams where the flowers have been. J , But the Heart neats on as warmly now As when the summer day* ware nigh. Oil! the sun eau never din so tow Adown affection a cloudless sky! Oh! the sun can never dip so low Adown atTectfoa's cloudless sky! A hundred months have passed, Lorens. Bines last 1 held that hand in mint, and felt the pulse beat fast, Lorsna. Though mins beat faster far than thin*. A hundred month*— twas flowary May, When up the billy elone we climbed To watch the dying of the day And hear u>* distant church balls chime. We loved each other Dies. Lorens. Mors than » s ever darsd to i*U. And what ws might hava been, lorsna. Had tet ear loviae* psuepeswd welt. But. tbea, tie neat, tte years are guns. 1 U out eeii up iteir shadowy lurma 1 U say to .bam, - _*>•« yea-a, sleep oa ’ ' Vorhssd hfe’s paitinj storms ■ Yea. i Th. Thay sn, -»•** wsr* words ■j tem atibta my i tassrb sasne tender ■cb thrill bod tram • s pen >f thins na; »w. r f borda t oreaa. * With regret ■te- d. aad ertad for day* wt»*a a I Twas eat ibj esmss steer* that aim I Thy heart *ae eleay* irw* la me. Id to be one of Ite beat sb«-U I a tfwy stwm aad passsiag esote I Th i fee taabi tea te c abas iswrsuy u»g With I a world H* pnpaiarisad the A II* has thirteea b aa made m -rs spear tee ta sea ia Iba w<>r 4, bat ab**rt pass H* awes tte dsapsni M.a* t lead Me wae Ite bam fbrvsams be 41 iba salt** af Tarbwy sued I 1 lte| ONI OF WAB'B FAMOUS BOMOB tsgv ^ I Fedsrala It A rawed TWtr Camp FI Ha cuaralsariag waned, raaatsad at u aaw Mnaatala, Uaurgta J eaa. I**A I mat at lb* at Leatewllla. Ky Adjmaat MtaAain, m tte • b Pwaasylraata carairy, wte re laled la m* lb* paAtetic atery <sf Ite fa tea* u« Ite lb' Hosaaf Wateter tte aatenr of oea of iba moal baa al If el tut tte 1 Tte • or* ot tte Fa** I •■#*•* Ala* 1 #of* 00' k> r***at. Tte te.*** Mat *ohI4 oo* Mat Ttey li#**. (0* 00tv n*ee i Mlf I 1 Wooln ooi com* •■* «aa**i ».«Uy I f® In y# iMHaafli ru# •• uy «• mmf • Eag • tel III |># Ite# # f ll flMl?#*# . »h# mmm tc###WI« settled, the relatives who contested the will receiving 8800,000 among them. In the will but |250,000 was left to rela tives, the remainder going to the Thom as Evans Museum and Institute society of Philadelphia. ^ — It is believed by many that the dry climate of Southern Oklahoma and the souther a district of Indian Territory ia going to make all that section the home of the finest grades o' cotton During the season it baa developed that the cot ton grown in the Choctaw Nation was of an extra good fiber, grading above the average and in great demand for ex port. —The successful experiments of United States Commissioner of Agrkul tore Le Die, followed by the planting and manufacture of tea at the Pinehursi farms, Snmmerrillr, near Charleston, haa attracted#!orthern capitalist*, who will go intone business on a large scale aad who si pert to raise VXJ.Ono pounds annually for the American market —The tall eat man liring is said to be Lewi* Wilkie*, who is now aroeateg K latereer ia the arient fir circles of p* Wilkins was born on, a farm aanr M. Paul. Minn, .& 1874. WhaA te was bat 19 years old he menanred sit feel la height, aad sow tee grow a to tte tremendous heigh! of 1(*7| tsetee— I jest three qwerte-e of aa .aeb tern thee j nine feel—aad weighs 804 posad*.' —A 81 hill, bwartag <mly a Memo aad I ao wrapper, wee rec-ret’y a*sl ibruegh | tte maila from l ‘hMwgQ Tte bill aeriaj 1 as e wrapper for a writ tea cummssic* | Uon on a card, and waa aa aad to tte tte ueletda af lb* bl 1 was j Mr. .1. H. Hunnirutt, of Georgia, Who is known to our readere as the author of a number of very practical farming j articles, bqa in a recent insue of the Houthern Cultivator a strong article on More and /Heller Soil.’’. It is a good subject for onr farmers to think over these winter nights, and we pub lish Air. Hunoicutt’s letter in full be low: The foundation of all aud lasting success in farming must be laid in a better soil, y-The soil is the farmer’s bank. ’ Into this bank he must make constant deposits of active working capital if be expects success. Hence it U all important that'every, farmer should thoroughly understand what his soil is and how he can improve it. For the past eighteen months we have been discussing ibis question in a more or less desultory manner and while this discussion has not been al together vam~ jet we are painfully aware that a great many have not yet been fully awakened to its real mean ing. Therefore at the risk of repeat ing we will discuss the questiotLonce more. “Line upon line, precept upon precept” is still demanded. Indeed our very effort to explain the nature and powers of soil has tausht us much of real value. “Day unto day uttereth speech, night unto night showeth knowledge,” and each setting sun has left us wiser than when the day begun; the same is true of each student oi nature’s wondrous ways. what is SOIL. Without undertaking to give an exact scientific answer we desire to say as it relates to farming, it is the top of the earth and its plant food content* There is no specific line of demarcation between soil and subsoil. The depth of the soil at any particular place Is not a fixed quantity, but may be in creased or decreased at the will of the farmer by bis matboda of treatment When the top of the i-arth i* loosened up the air abd sunshine aud water circulate through u and mate soluble the mineral element* of plant life which everywhere abound. \N hdr there are fooilaau of tteae alcmcou aotl wUl.make possible have not been accuetoated gathering. • ' _ What we call our poor upland farm* with fifteen inches of soil call M made to produce from 50 to 100 buabeU of corn per acre, from 30 tQ 50 bushels of wheat, from 00 ’to 100 bushels of oats, from 1 to 2 bales of cotton; and so ou of other crops. If you doubt Ibis, try to fjove it false. Prepare any given number of acres with fifteen inches of sell and plant any crop you please upon them and make a fair test. • Of course you can use on soils thus prepared all the manure and feitilizer 8 you may be able'to raise or are willing to buy. They will pay you a much larg er clear per cent, of profit on these deep s than when used upon the ordin j ary three or four inches of boil. Hut you can become independent of chem ical preparations by this method of farming. We have said nothing of nitrogen or ammonia, because u is not a min eral element of plant life. It is found in rich abundance in'tEiTTetinoephere and carried by animal and vegetable matter and rain water into the earth in sufficient quantities wherever intelli gent farming is pursued upon fifteen inches of soil. four o4 Umi farmer otter*. in nil ptnma, then nr u that particularly Naum TVfl I U thrn are rt sosia; aaaii suits n there worth ml a rsa* •an* >’* Md< m a l san hS*l (h# tel It owlj_threr KH-ern lbs after th* 1‘uteah, and thaae tea hi nil thaw- #*efy Natural Fear ix Houses.— “While horses are not subject to •nerves’ like human beings, they are all more or less timid,” remarked a fa mous horse breeder to a Washington Star writer. “Fear in horses is due to Ute fact that they arc inclined to mag nify the unusual into the terrible, and night and twilight predisposes them to this nirvous condition. Understand ing or investigating these things, how ever, often removes all fear In a iMirse’s mind. For instance, 1 Lave a pony which when first put into harness could not be induced to cross a rad- road track until one day 1 urged the Least to touch on* of the rails with his b<n»f. Finding it secure, he will ingly trusted the -ithar foot, and aioee thau baa never shown any fear of the glistening r»il*. «>n tba other tend, 1 oo4 * bad a marc which always lump ed over th* tetvg shadows of tr*s trunks lu Ute road and could never b« liodurad to tr*t wbelter or not the I dreadful Uiiiigv w*r* real or ia I A Hotter ranges iliwsiua I aiooct;- bwrsva i* that wtea ink (tea IMDL’tTBLAL AMD GUN MEAL >f j caa te dapaadad sp fact ***** las tar at e*w**e(« ela> r • * larvs a smati slut* as Tte Ai of Ksaas aa ite rxh af hiopsial •4 ia a •chi m* eta. n •it «• - • i mam# Lutsaa •*• st-mpoaed aad pah iiahsd Jar tag oar late ci vil wot aad waa ••ag erueafl ite camp eras of hutA tte B’s# aad ite Gray alia* m*aic spank tag aagugm aad lav* i iaais aharte ad by friend* aad f«aa la all leads aad •Mate, te* aa Wste'.as the thank. tte computer, waa * am of 'bar* muck lag birds oral Ud r sa* aad aauwy eottea •side ill ap tte asaaMrs of tte fisatlag a waa fiavly *dseated, had a pa caliarly ssasiltvs mt*d dateiaad by aa tor* te well aa art U> preach lhe.gaaar af Olateaaa. bora IM4. died ia At tte time of hie dguu te was lo Priaoaas Mary Victoria of who afterwards marriad his broth Full i^ck, Duke of York, oldest llviag child of tte Prlaoaaa of Walaa The of York ia aaxt lo his fatter In to Iks Uroa# of th* most powerful kingdom of modaru Umaa. H# 1^65, and Duka bora la daughter, b* other i haa two aona and Tte oiter children of the Prise* aad Priaoaas j>f Walaa ar*: Louis* Victoria, 1817; marriad the Duke of Plf#: Victoria Alaaaadra, 1868, and Maud* Charlotte, 1888, who ar* unmarried, and Alexander, born 1871 aad died ia infancy Th* Oaarlaa of Rum la la th* grand daughter of Queen Victoria, being Vic toria Alloa, daughter of th* Grand Dachtes of Heeaa. By other marriages the queen of Great Britain ia connected with all the powerful reigning families of Europe. Through these relatives ahe tea often exarted her influence In inter national affair*, especially for peace. W0HDBR8 OF THE VICTORIAN BBA. Atlanta Constitution. When the young girl of eighteen came to a throne tainted by th* Georges it re quired nothing short of the presence of a pur* woman for the disinfection of English eoclety. The Tudors were the culmination or tha English monarchy: the Stuarts united the whole island under one flag; under the Georges the assumptions pf an Irresponsible sriato cracy apent themselves, and the England of to-dar was evolved. Elizabeth wtettedtLe pride and enterprise of the Englishman, Cromwell gave him a aeri- onsnesa of purpose, and William of Drang* served as s buffer between the old monarchical claimants and the new. Tte Georges lost the best of the colonies, tfcrongh which England learned the valaabi# lesson as to how to treat her depeadenclw. The literary glories of th* Elizabethan era had been reinforced hy those of tte eighteenth century When Victoria cam* she placed the •vil record of tte George, behind her ■9 anted the united country of the ’Ioy»l,ttesUrdinemof Cromwell wanry, and tte spirit ex imanetb directing ter ships on every •*** •k* found in train lag tte young Mat mm■ a Gladstone, ms to bs almost oola m, with Dtsraea fol the ined her. the the the ■ord lied >un throws off ami h ahouldare, ter f« ter eyes, tet i Lrmfied.* The aU*a dan I urging of th* vis Victoria, but hi Th* duchess of yooag gtrt and i room where Loi archbishop war Chamberlain ku« a paper to the a dug th* death o __ lify- lug her that ahe waa his anccossor. The girl oonid say nothing, aad tte arch bishop announced that he had come by desire of Queen Adelaide, widow of King William, who wanted Victoria to know of the peaceful death of her uncle The queen’s firat words were addressed to the primate She said : “ I beg your grace to pray for me,” which he did. TUB l-Rim E OF HKR CHORE. Prince Albert, it ia said, had been in lore with his couiin for at least a couple of years before ahe proposed to him. Gossipa even affirmed that the marriage had been suggested when he waa a mere child of two. and that the common nur sery talk at that time waa about his little bride in England, “ the sweet May flower." Anyhow, the queen gave her heart, and her whole heart, to her handsome cousin of Saxe Coburg. She always re K ded the prince’s marriage with her in light of a sacrifice, and often spoke of it in that wav. After her bethrothal the wrote to her Uncle Leopold, the then king of the Belgians,”! love him (Prince Albert) more than I can say, and shall do everything in my power to render this sacrifice - for such in my opinion it is—as small as I can.” Then the archbishop of Canterbury After gredostiag. his Drat chart h was at Pttteburg, amid an aristocratic sect of that working and educated community His congregation waa made up Urgely of wealthy miners and manafactnren who turned out millions-of tons of eral. iron, glam and machinery. The Rev. Homer WebMer waa young, handsome, faithful and'eloquent, Just such a minister aa the fathers respected, the mothera adored and the girls went wild over. Between prayer meeting!, weddings, baptisms, funerals and preaching the ig minister waa kept bnay perform- his sacerdotal duties, placing his ¥ is ounjj ng. L tate Amerma — i A A#a •vd f *r as war* ieu» i Keg tend te IM B C . » tie'sg ' ee e wtaUf r**»w aad tte this see*** a »•#, eaeuuregteg —Des Huteea tea mure bursae ia aru port km la ter popaiaSksa thaa say other city or tows th the Uaitml Mai** the ceaeue ahowtan a total ola htt. or oa* horse for every tea of the pope lot km — Uureeehue* wosnhtag aa oaaeo each aad Joel a irtB* iarger thaa e at vvr del lar. ware teraed out te a CURforate tte *m *r a«*A fuo 4 Is 11 toray t '9* l#*tk 11* J** to 4**lr*(tt Ml tef | tte gt -ota uf tei f khbte# k- • I*«4 OH M* aw lit J ## a/« fu md te *mhI Of utfe Thm* Waaa Aeah la a Aa anted fftev* whmh I hetweoa the <ssth mnh«* e tare gvuoed fuv teeth deat tea Kef toe, atmld aired - vo few o#vaa« wiib whicti ihte ki- ! | IHf 1 t AI • aporteteat 11m 1 M* MOHkvv ‘a tot 1 #f# (h#r«!f« jrgon' te tte aaim ftl k - i/ ' teOlAfl %4N ,m» to tev* teow < i r##i#U #ji * r tat t 1 (*€###«% f A * tte porpoM of I 5#4k#fC u9H mmf j k *8*• •. . 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'eg W Ml >a te First, I th \ - • »ugTfu'*is are te ab«tahns*ht of sv hut th* I’btitpp'he* am ted L-r tii iam cwuat i annrwttesl uhmI '•y y were maim ■th* old, aad fur a te ter* anggeated to the queen that perhaps the might like to have the words ” to obor" in the marriage service altered, on ne occasion of her own wedding. “ No ” waa the decisive reply; “ I wiah to be married as a woman, not aa a queen.” When Prince Albert, as he placed the ring on his bride’s finger, repeated the words, “ With all my wordly goods J thee endow," the queen, who oonid ap predate humor aa wall as dignity, found It Impoasibls to repress an arch smile. AJCaCDOTBS OF THB ql'SKM. Tte qeeea ted a large head. 8te wort 74 gloves. Her lager* were es- tremely abort and oet of proportkm to Ite atea of ter haa A Bhn won sothiag bet Wank gteve* and aaad ohly abate tw* doaaw nten a year late pair note •oul lit thoughts on heaven, while his Impulsive ana loving heart could not es cape the invisible arrows of Cupid— Who ia ever quick and cunning With his passion am muni lion, la always going “ gunning And oavOld of all contrition . A wealthy glass manufacturer, belong ing to the congregation, had an only daughter, “ Lorens,” who waj the pride and joy of the family and a devotee worker in the church. Sunday school with a class qf poor boys and girls, ab sorbed her ardent attention on Sabbath mornings, and the eick and dying in squalid novels or humble cots found her a ministering angel, a walking benedic tion. ", Such a co worker was at once a joy and affinity to the young parson, and thrilled him with love at first sight! His secret devotion was reciprocated, If long log eyes, blushing cheeks and fervent hand-clasps are indicative signs of affec tioa “ Lorena ” had rich lovers by the score, and there was never a dinner or tea at the grand mansion on Allegheny Heights that was not graced by the .fashion and manhood of the Smoky City Hich and rare were the gems she wore. She did not seem to care for the dashing “ bloods ” who sought her hfnd, and while her prond father and fashion able mother endeavored to match her with a yonng millionaire iron master, their Insinuating efforts did not meet with much sacceas la tte firat dawning* of lots. Modesty and grqo* were the handmaida of H Lorefta, ,r evnr taehant- inc companions fo truth and virtue To tte outward world, when tte young minister aad herself met la home church or street*, ate waa always tte devotee of rnH^ina aad tte pofkkad, bee*votest lady, hot deep dews ia ter woesae a heart ate loved U 1 *** Ateh B 1*0- •hup '•cealiy Whet lead p fur Ha ag* —It is know a tkot wm inks fire, Mppueed to hr < chemical aalioa of tte wai apua th* material of tte aeel itself This may aeeoaat fur many ayeterhMH fir** in hare* aad oetbotldiaga. —Ia Bur»«o aad Labuaa postage it ite Tjjjgnf Ijin k -’•teg* on Ite mail from la*M Iwo countries do#i not eseeUd fit.uou a year. It ia tte col lectors who bey tte 'lamps —A cab!* dispatch to the New Hon announce* Ike death at Liverpool, Eng land, of J D Bullock, who during the civil war acted, aa a Atenfederaie agent in England, aad who negotiated for the building of the rebel oruteer Alabama. —E 8. Converse of Maiden, Maaa , haa given to that city 1125,000 aa an en dowment fund for the Maiden Fublic Library, which he and his wife gave the city aa a memorial to their son, Frank E Converse.* —Iowa almost from the date of ite ad- 1 mission, has been called the ” Hawkeye State.” Hawkeye waa the name of a noted Indian chief, who in the early days caused no little tronble along the western border of American civili; tion. — In-the year 1800 the territory of the United States was 815,244 square miles ; in 1000 it is 3,768,521 square miles. This is «n expansion of nearly 3,000 000 square miles in 100 years. It is the moot amazing record of territorial growth ever made by a nation —Cripple Creek is the greatest gold camp in this country, and its production is very great. The core of the gold country there is a strip of ground six miles long by three miles broad. Out of this comparatively small area of ground 830,000,000 in gold will be taken this year. - Hartford County, Md., Is rejoicing over a bequest of 858.000 for road im provements from William Woolsey, who specified in his will that the money must be used in certain amounts on cer tain roads and within a stated time Mr. Woolsey wlll„k*Yea monument worth the having. Dr Joku Kost, a physician of Ar- dian, Mick., who has several times made liberal donations to educational astitfitions, has given to the College of Medicine and Jl _ _ * ' museum of zoo’ogical specimens valued at 8164.900. The articles filled fire freight cars when prepared for ship ment. . —One of the late Governor Moont’s. final ledoauaeadaiioes to th# Legisla ture la Indiana waa fbr the enactment of a law providing that th* county that a lynching ate aid bn held re « la damagee in a «k to te brought by tte A loraey General la an cuuaty thaa that ia ■1'**• of a hag* map that the river aad 1 ter but bit reported to the bowse eLotted * I AM 8A>«.9M to tte awes tee* Mat— tev 0 r Ma hag »#••'»'• .<* tte committee report I by is# I 'ng K. t* M* V? to* ghteea otter dial*' | 11 ■ xrvi aQ'I U»« Wil ite lemaiadet la ' lump* of mr '• appropriated for | wc may prof aad sotkieg at all U eddilkM. 817 44> OOu tte M'wtMtppi aad Mimoert rivvra aad for Mrteya Mat caaa<>t b* charged lo say Btate la port tot lar. Tte tte hat ck Th tv f< i• ill# Sv^OU If k ■ ’ The i* t*f fonutl _ ^TIm Pmu AmcncM Kipo^lHoa ai j 4ruwio^ cmp*. If •wWate-t* nee »h*-«*ty ■■■*1 *.%«wwow wtigrpsiror ftm to te opened thU year The cltjr i»f Glasgow, ia 8c Aland, will a ao terra graad • xpoetUva for which it haa been •t of ite year wbva I bore** lived lo i>* looted af- nrtiig th* miMidr mteoe tte •crairte* were piawted, tii# isvate •LouM be diarovvrod and Irani* nl at the e^'Uret moment [»oat hie. t (i . If d m* of preparing, but Buffalo and Glasgow are ao far apart Mat abater is likely to barf the other The last exposition at Glaa gow waa thirteen rears ago, and It then proved so profitable that tte surplus re ceipte formed a fund which will pay for the permanent art buildings lu be erected tr ia year. It ia to be hoped that Buffalo's Exposition will hi equally sue oeasfnl. —On account of the general tUlnesa of the counti y in ning by meant of hydraulic power will never Lave a great futu-e in Biberia, bat in many districts sufficient grade can be obtained for the use of hydraulic elevators. For dredg ing riv<.-r beds tne method of placer mining now pursued with such success in California, Montana and Nqw Zea land could be well employed in the Siberian gold fields. It may be said that the miles of auriferous river beds capable of being so worked number tens of thousands This statement will seem the less improbable when it is consider ed that Siberia is a country inside of which the whole of the United States could be placed, with plenty of room to spare, and that vast portions remain un explored as yet even by the Russian*. Russia is stronger than the South Afri can Republics and there is little danger of Great Britain a'tempting to seize the Siberian gold fields. Sir James Grant, an English physi cian, attributes some form-* of muscular rbeumatl«m to the presence of electric ity stored in the tissue*. He avers that for some years he has treated cues of this kind by inserting fine steel noedlos into the routoios, and that, the electricity being drawn off, relief comes almost instantly. The Chinese have ea’’elaborate system of treatment which utilizes this Idea. urgery of Chicago .»I WANTED TO LEASE. A FURNISHED HOTEL In a town or city of Soath Carolina. State nutn her of rooms, location of hotel in rela tion te business section, the length sod terms of lease. References given If inquired. Address, Mrs E G. P., Reldkville, N.G. MONEY TO LOAN Oa farealrg lends. X*'# payments. Me chmncad. Loaorar paya wo of Ite let* Dt cmteTp of tiua nuLUriAl ta kc a tiur siller atMii- aift your anil. Only •that |Mirt ihat goes lb rough the aiftrr ia fit lo be called 1 toil or ia readv to furmth plant fotid. The real ta useless until purverizidl ao that the average crop 00K has shout one inch of aotl upon which to draw ite food. — Ueiow tins three or four iochrs is found six or eight inches of compact earth which for convenience we call hard-pan. It ha* received this name because it is too bard for water to circulate freely through it either by gravity or capillarity. It is also too hard for the little feeding rootlets of growing plants to penetrate. Hence it is worth very little if anything to the growing crop. Hut this hard-pan is filled with phosphoric acid, potash and lime, the three great mineral ele ments of plant-life. Hut though at present they are locked up so lar as the plant is concerned ami below this hard-pan the earth is sufiicicntly porous for the upward and downward circul ation of water, and for the growth of plant roots. WHAT WK CAN AND OUGHT TO DO. Now a little study will make it clear that the first duty of every farmer is to quit flowing his land when it ts wet and quit making sun-dried brick- hats and proceed at once to mash every one he has made by the repeated use of plows, harrows and rollers. Next he should proceed to break up this hard-pan and make possible the free circulation of the water, air and sun shine and the free growth of plant roots. Hy doing this he will almost indefinitely increase the depth of his soil, almost indefinitely increase the richness of hia crop, almost indefinite ly increase the profit of his farming. What we mean to say is this; the Lord has made the earth rich. He has filled it with the necessary ele ment# of plant food. He has wisely eft it to us to make this food avaiUble or not, as we farm wisely or fooliahly; we can make our toil deep nod nch by simply plowing deep and often. The hard-pan is a creature of oiir own maonfacture made by our folly and ignorant*. It is an interference with all good farming. Heme it ia onr first duty te proceed In remove it No farmer ahowitf be ■ftn- vttfc lean than fifteen inch** of •oil- This depth of The uarnlof cough is the faith ful sentinel. It tells of the approach of consumption, which has killed more people than war and pestilence com bined. h tells of painful chests, sore lungs, weak throats, bron chitis, and pneu monia. Do not suffer another day. It’s useless, 0 r there’s a prompt 4ind safe cure. It is w Ayers Prctdl which cures fresh colds and coughs in a single night and masters chronic coughs and brdnehitis in a short time. Consump tion is surely and cer tainly prevented, and cured, too, if taken In time. A 25c. bottle for a fresh cold; 50c. size for older colds; $1 size for chronic coughsand consumption. rhl. , r^ lw ? 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