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The People's Journa PICKENS S. C IMPRESSIONS OF DIXIE". A Norlihern Newspapor Man Writ About Th10 Sunny South. Mr. Edward A. Hunt, a Now Yor newspaper man, who has been spoor ing the past few months in Bamber county for his health, has been mal tag a study of Southern customs an life. This being his first visit, to Sout Carolina, naturally ho is impresse with the dillference between Northor and Southern Customs and ideas. R . cently he wrote a letter to the Trr ton, N. J., Sunday Advertiser, fror which are made the following o. tracts: 1 But a word as to the charoctorih tics of the people wbo have made th Sunny South. The writer does no propose to take any class for an e ample, neither would it be fair t readers to speak only of residents of certain State or locality. Of cours the people inl rural districts differ vetr materiaily froil those living in citie or towns, but no matter whore one goe in this land of sunshino, lie is con pelled to acknowledge the feeling o luterest aind kindness inanifesutd il his behialf by al lihe chances to meet a spirit of courte'v and hospitalit, which seemis to he inohorn wiv ith poolph of the South and which wou d be dit ticult of i m itition elsewiiere. To b, sure, hospitlL ity on the part of joplh in other parts of our glorious Uniou are not uncol IiOn, hut it usually lack: the real ring of sincerity which chsracterizes2 tie p2ople of whom I write. our people of thec Norti miiean all right, but they I ar: to() h u -Y Vith the athirs of ife,. too ager to be among the goal winn'r in th! ever lasting chae af ter vo ath, to stop and extend the hand of good felowship a. it is here extiu'sd. In the Souitl there are not !-o moilny 1111i of dive sion to elgagI Ithe ittenoton of thi young, iatieuirly, and the" re iiut, i that the pCopeII do 110t hecI'mel either selish or thoughtle of 0,c .t",fare of others. in t h part .f the ct ntry the eligibility of ii nun111 01 ior ai fan Iiy t.i the best set is not I ue't .110 wealtih. That, is not a falt 'r L .M 12n-i'ur tijn. Character anid repuznt1u kniti, ot everything. 0ne il tueCn for %Viit bei is or what be IICa! t'o b. lie i respected and elntcrtaInld until luc forfeits till r'h1t '. .pw t by :71in act or icts unLCOnlIt - intlema in tbe lattir evt1n1. 't'vllr falily 0i0t iioncy will retor h n11 to 1the gooi gracels of the ptop t. A 1thmougi Southerner are nIt. L'enraily, speaji. ing, nearly i-4 eIere1t'CLI nd atn1hi1 tlous as peo I h 'r p r.- If tii Country, ther-- i- lit' jai aingtha they seen to get mr'e i-ntifactiontla lin( real enjoyiiiLt out of ife' than re sidcnts of any other' par' of the l t'ion So muilich for tile pe pie f I bxi ., Iand. Negrieis tlortualy al of the work, though three of t hnm harthy 0o whal would he Nl uird of at illn inl tlt North. They appearti to be. at hiftles lot ailt! wor: My wnen it is reali necesary N.. are paind forty an fifty elnts a thi , ard w ilie iIt is seem., like an imlIo-i :Mti, it i- probably a: muLc a Vtr. the avra . onil. really Carns early c Vi ry1i.: c r i t glil), a; they say herek i :,-Iliaking of a re volver, and they u te wLpiljo upoi the sligh .tL- pro )(ItIlln. Anu inititution if lnore than passiui intereet-mo ut of? tile resident s con sider' it to iterest in thbat thbey rarel, ever pass it- -is the' dbl-plenary, a pro jeetpeculiarII to in mth Carolinai I. T'i l 'ahneiltto) State,.I' ii, h only 1)ne in tii Union that haI this~ Ce'eentric law re gulating thille of.Cu liquors. lie wh< sairy, and1) t-r b- but one oif tneti buildings in eac )i iLIawn . A half1 pin1 is till ?'mlesli-t .1uantity~ -ol and n, a rlcordlI I beilng kept III1 i a li les. Tn law prohliIt drmllingl, iinsidet the dih pensary. The. pro1t o f tis trtlie ar aiuplied tol SLtte fundl 11and11 iienitail helcip to proidett1 for t he i-en(ol sy ste n whtieh is asi w rtched 1a' 11an be' im in 5sssi bu t threet month2 Li) thiLi yeair. It C' e''lhned1 that the dispen siary hai ihaild a Lt'enden (cy tIIoC ncs tile nutmher of dI ruiikatrd, it iiugo miwiui to -Cn o un-, L let Calis, atd as Ln clerk in et a:rge :'eceIlre-, a ti ed salar any ceffort to obta1)) in niw patrons (I create larger i-ale5. Wh ile one plae canl not begin to Create the destructio that wo uld re'Sulit from a half dozen c morue saloons, still, l iquor is so coni mnonly used by both white and colere residents as to represent a total coi sumpition that is more than alarmin1 in short, the two prevailing curst1 of the Palmetto State appeiar' to i "drinking and credit." The latter a factor which the farmer seems to rt gardi as a necessity aind Is the sall vatio of the merchant. Explained brit ii each farmer trades with ono mnerchani and the hatter takes a mortgage 0 his cui-omer's oroperty, or morue ofte his prospective crops. When a settie muent is madiek a goI).l part of till pre1 duet of the farmer's mi-uI i neessair to caincel hi s indebhtednhess to tile '"k i hearted mlerchant.'" or this reauoi a vast maiiyrity never *becomne l iineen dlent. The storekeeper cbarges ai bib price when credit il. Civen, out 1s 01h liged to sell on a ve'ry nlarrolw miargi I of proit for CashI, bieneeh rfr give time.' ICle rfr i ubruairy la-ti a'tcliam' efta hiat with liv, hlunldred anid Loegy.-'M eIxcursonists, whio had~i piad bm I o Mr. Clark, who was ruiine tiii IX. sion andol who~ wa'siLi to tak 1(1! til - t t hroiughi thle .\liditerranei n w)Li i I. t 11 furilier expnse A t N ales iil i po was dicovered amonlihg thll'crewa of thi vessel, and whvieL the 'eiirsionist were sight-seeing ini the city thol baggage was do oldou onti wharves and the 511h itcsteamed oIf fi Liverpool, leaving thieii stranded( stranger's in a strange landl. As they had alreadly paid their ei Cursion e in advance, and it was I cover all expenses of the trilp most thorn had very little money w.ith thie having brought along s'.imilv a smo amount to pay tips to) waiters and purchase small triflesasouei Many of the stranded a cu oni found thiemselves in Naples with fro $10 to $20 in cash r~nd at leas necessary to get them back to lAv, pool. Mr. Clark said it would he ii possible for himi to finance the enti party and lie loft themi theme tu hust for themselves. One hundred and fifty of themni rived at Boston on l."riday iast, a were delIghted to set foot once niu on American soll. Not only hauve Li) had a great disappointnment and Iou worry, and embarrassment, but Ln declare it was the wrong season of year to make a Mediterranean tr and that they had been cold or v ever since they left home. TilI UIGARNITTId iCVII. The SuprnNi Couart of the Inite, States Takes a Hand in Cieckin, the sale of Cigareties. The recent decision of the Unito States Supreme Court, aflirming th constitutiOnality of an ordinance of th ' city of Chicago, requiring a licens for the sale of cigarettes, is of genera k interest and importance because I settles finally all questions as. to th right of a municipality to i1poso sucl a license upon the hurtful business ani prohibit the sale of cigarettes t b minors in the interest of public healti and morals. i Ever since the passage of the ordi nance, several years ago, it is noted the cigarette dealers havo been at a tacking its validity and the caseo ha been carried through the local courts the State Supreme Court, and, finally throuvh the United States SuPrenti 3 Court, but the measure has been sus t tained at every step. The Chicago Tribune, in comiint o Ing on the decision of the United Stater % Supreme Court, remarks that the or dinanco with regard to cigarettes Is " as reasonable and necessary as the s one requiring a licenso for the sale of 3 liquors and forbidding its sale to - minors," anti that the desirability of f such a restriction in thbe sale of cigar I ettes hias becoto firinly fixed In the - public mind. "There is a growing conviction," it says, " among business men and emlioyers that the in haling of cigarette smoko is physically and intellectually injurious and many are inclined to discourage or prohibit the use of cigarettes among their em ployees." The license tax, It is added, is not so high as to be prohibitory of sales to adtults, yet It. is high enongh to perimit a revenue of abolt $;)0,000 to the city. The l'ribune urges the city authori ties now to enforce the ordinance rig idly, especially as regards sales to inors, and the business interests of the city, as reported by another paper, are hgur'ing to move itn the latter in their own way, antd on their own au count. Ono railroad company and] three large imercantile !irmns in the city, have isse-Cd orders prohititing eigarette smoking by any of their em ployees. About 1,100 persons are affected by tle action of these four concerts alone, " of whom nearly 900 are bovs under IS years of age." luIIy 600 of these boys, it, is stated, Who are now coipelled to stop .tiokiig, uinder pelalty of losing their places, were addicted to the elgaretto habit. The reasons whieb have inoved tile eml1 pa1cye's to ord1er and enforce t,bh pr iiO hibition, as stato i by them), are live in 111mbe)(1 : (1) Tiit, tile smull of nlico tine fromo tile breati of employces b annoyirg to customers and to otho employees, who are not users. (2 T'hL nicotine deiioralizes tile cm ployceo antd a0leets his honesty. (.' 'I'lTat eigarettes m(lake the employect nervous. (1) That they stunt (Iis men tat growth, befog his Iltelory, and pre vent an alert intellect. ('>) Tha physically they afect, tibe eiployee 8< that b;e cannot give tile best service t< tWhe employer. Other business house:, in Chicago are being asked to join tht iovement so started ani it is believet that it, Ill speediiy be.'omno geni eral andcl will extend to other cities. There is no disputing the validity o the realsoul.l given by tle Chicago ~ei poyers for th'ir actio:, and It ie couragilg to find buiie1s1s mell leading tile li izht, against the olfnsive and in jur'l~is practic on3 1( buine stst as well a sanitary grounds. 'iTey canl miak nIlore UnIpression on the evil in a weol -thlan any legal au thority UCan make i tta year, so long as cigarettes are ai 3 lowedi to be mlade ando sold. Happily -thbe boy whlo smiokes them habituall >cannot hide t~le fact of is inlligenIce and, kn(owing that, anld kn (ow Ing als that he cann (Ot h~old botih his pl1ace an t his bad habit, lhe will not long healtat, ,y as to which ho will give upi. The Ch icago) busines men5u'iI, the at 3 thoritlis of thoiS)othernl l'il way, all .the ollicials of tile UInhied State weather snev io, have set, ani exampi ~, which shlould he followed by all on , players who regard thleir own interes .tile wvelfare of theiri emll~oyees, an1 Stile sLensibllit~ICs of the public serve by them, and they would do wvell - tahey would( goi one ste) fuirtilher an 3 pr1ohibit the use0 of tobiacco, in an . tormi, to milnOrs, at, least,. Noithe a legislators nor parttS can11 reach th evil in many eases. I'imploycrs cai e They sh'outl use thleir pow' r' accot r ingly. i1 -Attorney Genleral Ilcollinger hi r' tinal(ly decided to appeal from thl d.tecision oif J1udge lionut,, whierebi di thle indict~lmont agatinst Colonel N eal I I- the se3cond casei was Cf uashetd. 'The pol -. was r'alsed thlat Colonel Neal hadtt n :s rgilt to) iece,- I t1b1e monecy p a id hit 13 for convict irle, but, t Lbiat it shli 5 have been pa~ id to the hoard C)f dire tors. Thlis poilt w as Sutsticainedi an<u Ci from tile dlcetliin an appeal will it , tk n. 1i- - bove every" std Iu is the record - Iof Dr. l'ieree's Goldent aledical Discov ery ats a rinedy for iseases of the bldee stoiach andl' C'lgausi of ditgestioni ani " Iiscovery '" will eut e ninety-e'igh e sonls ll every hundrtiled whot are sutITein) Sfrotin the diseases for wichl it is pre' Sactual record that it has eure'd ni nety 3711 GTffNS thi';e who"l:IV - hundredsi iof11( thu sadsiW l iAe r y' ouiii TJ it. A t i. a wottlielftd tite1icitle an i l w Clie xt n de~er ell ou meitcine ~iCi to be '' j st a tgoo .' C nt ast i oi) ni diin do't. 'vigure. i i r t I s ' \bo t ttt e~t : ~ ut be Ct t lutlvjet i'bl wn t an tunc . w ii .\f t. W it c bnn tie cv - ' at ituc (tils i hv ,. (li'; I ie Ckt .- ;'ii wha tel it rt < WIEATItU AND uiOP' iEPoIlT. I Weekly Biullotinl of t ho Weathtr H3u r reau for South Carolina. The week ending Monday, April 23d, I was iuch warmer than usual, due to 3 generally higher mninintum tempera. 3 tures and moderately high maximum 3 temperatures, which en tho 22d and 1 23 1, roso to or above 80 degrees at t various points. 3 The first day. and the last two days I of the week were clearly or partly I cloudly, but the rest of the week was ) cloudy, with light to heavy rains ovt r I the entire State. Tho rainfall for the week averaged above 4 inches, and in the southwestern and at places in the central portions, was in excess of 3 inebes, whilo along the immediate coatst it amounted to about 2 inches. The week's rainfall -was generi.ily in excess of the normal precipitation for the entire month of April. The exces ive rainftall delayed pla:lting opera tions, and they cannot be resumed on elay lands, and on bottom lands, for some time, estimated at a week or ten days. The damago caused by the heavy raiis was confined principally to the upper and central portions of the State. Lands were badly washed and eullied ; bottom lands were Inundated, or covered with sand and mud ; roads and bridgos were destroyed ; fertiliz ers leached on sandy lands, or washed if the lands : but the rain benefited wheat, oats pastures, truck and gar dens, and together with the more sea sonable temperatiures that prevailed, calused raIl)'d germination of recontly plaitou seeds. The preparation of lands for planting mado slow progress, or caine to a stand otill, thus makio' an already lato sea xou over the western half of the State still later. Sunshine and dry weather are now needed. Elarly planted and replanted corn is coming up to averago stands, but cut worms are destructivo at places. Lato corn is coming up quickly. Corn plant ing is nearly finished over the eastern half of the State, but has not made much progress over th western half. Cotton that was planted early in April is comning up to good utands. The bulk of tie crop remains to be planted. itnd are not all prepared. S-led is sca-cru in Places. Sea island cotton about all planted. Wheat is imupiroving and is very promoising. In Piaces it is heading. (Jts are beginning to ripen in the ex treme soutLbeastern portions. Tobacco transplanting has generally b-gun, and plaits ar everywhere ready to set out. Shipments of peas, beans, radishes, let tuce and straw berries arc being made : whitL, iotatoes soon Will be retdy to sillp. The outlook for peaches conl t-inue's promising; pear trecs are blight inv; melons, sorgItitai, sugar eani, pas ftures and gardens responded outikly to the weather conditions iow so favor ablo fo- thetm. CROSsINz Till. A *. r fti. -Twenty live years ago, says laeslie's Weekly, the ngineer of Londot, the recogn z e(d authority on all matters po-ta ining to steaniship navigation, mado the pred ictilonl that thte cro0sing of the Atlantic ocean by a steamslhi p at the .-pieed of twenty-ive miles ant heu- Was one of the thinzgs imtil-uble of ae coil)'bhment. At- that time the /litnntic had never heen crossed by i setrow steamert hit as high a Speed as lifteen miles an houtr ; the Gunarder Scotia, the last of the big sidlewheel ers, niever doing bett~tr thmban an ave age of foutrteen tand three-fourthb5 knzots. Thtertefot-c, thbe ptroheey of ttto eng zneor was ziot lit all a wild one. But today there az-c steamers that have reached the speed of twenty-live ma iles ani hour, anid otizersx are zt cour ise of consitruction whItich az-c expictied to Ssur-pass It,. VTno fastestI iter oif iodayv has dote tuioro tait atntVtlt avrU oIf twenty -live ztiles. [etr enormozut en. -g ies and ipowevrtfLut przo)peilIers, mti ghIty p lowvers of przo pulitonJ, have i forcoe her A tlati at ani average pedlf tw - -ty-onet tnot, whiiichI is a frac ti over twety-i x milieS in the hout-. Theac zi i 'tatte of t lhe 8outhamiptoni-New Yozk r-oute is. 3.tMj miiiles, wh.Iiebt she coivers. Otn iih'' averaxge, In livei da ys tand tevezi itzee hoursitt3, (-on -dterzab ly 3ozver twventiy live zniies an hourta for tu etirze tipg; rhtet tiighty zzginiea-tht,t tlzhrbing iitt bpitng iheat, down z belo 1w--revol vt abouttt rittlbty times per minute, or 'aboutt t,.2,000tt~ revoutiozns to (Lro::.s the A tilanztic. Li phlical d ist-erbu tti zof re-ihead ed g ii-Is y is, fortuntaly3, wide. .'hey c-ant he n founud itn vet-y inhabitedl qu arter- of it the worldt, says thme St. Loutis i.-putlIic. o Thte so-calIled dat-k races az-e ftrequent, n 13- glor-ihted by glowing locks. The p81111at-ad s are swathiy, as a race, but thle lpu r-est, blooded Cas t Ili anes I req u on t, ly- shtov traces of their t Visigoth ie blood( by bluei ey-es and r-ed hairt. ThIie intfanata l'uhdtie, whoz v~sited this coun try-i 13I-L%, is redl-ed ed. I li -(I-hairzed I tal iants tare firl ty numi ii rus In Itatly. 'l'hoey are mzositi nutr tius ini the nourtlthern provin31ces, witere there is the gr-eatest inafusion of Ger mtan blood(. And thei-c is ito gir I in thbe wvorld pr-ettier than a red-hair-ed Italian or Spaniard, exceplt it be a red hirited Americlan. in Irtelandi a r-ed-hairedi girl Is made miisetale by being called1 a " Dane." This epitibet Is a legacy of a thousand years or moro--from the Limo when the D)anes actually (lid overt-ide the tonasts oIf Britain. -Josephl WV. Hiolden, who died at Otishiold, Me., iast iweek was the Przof. L Uolden wh lo foir many years pro-achedu the theory that ibe eartLh was lat,. 11e started life tas a fatrimer, and was very successful. Ele was at, one ime at jutdge, and tat anothert a mieimiber of the S tateu I4'gis'ature. lHe got, his ntt on of the eart-Ih's iI itness by sitting up se-vetral ntights and noticing that the watci- in his iIll ploncd 1(1 not run out, whIen a - cot-ding to othter thteorists, the portlion of the g lot e tmndet- his (tb)arvation was upsIde down. --Now andh then wve have invoctives againist the l-nglishi sparr-ow. T1hose wvho look upon these little birds as an unmtiitigattedl nushanco shioul d take con - szoiation fromn the statemxent, of a I''r-ench natur-alist who asserts that, if thiis wotrld should become birdless men couldt not, inhatbit it after tnen years. lit' goes oni to say that in spite of all tLbo spratys aind pioisons Lbhat, ceuld b3 manuttfactured fotr the destruct~Ion of insects, but, for the bir-ds the worlId wotld be0 untinhabitable. -l3cently thz liquor deleirs of St. aJoe and Kansas City have comabined for the pur-pose of testing the constItution ality of the prohibition law of Kansas. IThe traveling salesmen of these lzquor houses have beien tarrested in various plarts of the State wh ile tmakinog sales in violation'z of the law. The claim of the liqeor dealez0 has been and is that these arrests are it, violation of the Tnter-Stnate nommazrna law. Prosperity at last hans conic to th Southern faimer, or at least it la cOme within his reach. During tih past years of trolible and dietress the Southern farmer lia learned better tc Utilize tie advaItagcs of Clinate and ioIl which he posseS08. He has learned that sole dopendence- upon cotton is a g -t mistake. lie has learned that therc is prIofit in cotton Only when it is his money crop. it does not pay to raise cotton at 4 cente and buy wheat and corn and food products even at the low pices prevail ing duiing the past few years. Those low prices will prevail n1o longer. Everything that enters inito the Con sumption of the family or tire farm is advanced in price. it costs more to raise cotton now than it cost before, and this makes it all the iore neces sary that tie farmer himself should produce What ie can for honic con sump111)1tior. It. is all tire more necessary that lie sholid do this, for in this way ie can curtail tire acreage devoted to cotton. Cottoni at 9 and . .1-2 cents is a dc lusion. . This is the price of cotton to day; that was not the price of cotton last October; it will not be the price of cotton next October. Do not plant with tihe idea thait pre'sCiL prices will prevail then. No doubt we are entering upon a series of years of higher prices for col. ton. How long these prices will pre vall vill largely depeid upon the amount of cotton prod uced. Produce it greaLt sirpuhis aga in and you may ex pect lowei prices. Avoid the pro ductioll of a sur'pll-i ly producing a larger portio t f your supplies at hiomire and tire "outh will soon blossom as a rOSe. A new cra tilidoiulbthlly has opened for '"tie Soutl," aking the phrase in its broadest iieanin. rg an1rid including inl it commerce and1 niaufactures as well as agricuilure. There has been a vast extension inl the cotton factories of tihe South. It is onle of tihe most signiticant, mo'c viements of iecent years. Capital real izes that. it. must build new factories ii oiler to) prodice cottoil at prices that will ive the Aiericanl factori es tine ccnn 4111111and of tire world's mal kets and to 410 this the American riceds tihe latest r machinrery; Ire needs vii imp'rovemieits on the latest ma chiniery; h lineds to blil his factories allew ain ni any of the wisest and inmost far-sigh tedl propose to builcI tese iew factories inl the South. Scuthelri cities, toc, are receiving the bleneilit f Ile genieral prol(peritY. Southiern railroads are increasing their thus bceniltinlg thremiiselves andicl tilie countries tIhiiouighi which tliev iruni. Southe rn rail roadls have tor be yet exteinled and hIrgely improved t Iakei them what they cccight to be, iu every yer 'slows a mriarked iip rove rirerit inl tire t ransportat ron facilities (I1 the SoIutern scticOn of thie co try This irmprIovement will cunrt iilie I loli,- as tiimiesare gcood. Thius we looick Ito a few years. a1 Iast, of general :Iil widespread pro speritv. It is a prosperity that ever miani shrorlui shrec. nirhviuacls anic setionis andrc iticons have unrale mis takes in lire imst, aindl these mristakc' luad all to be. icaidl fori. Thie inciak ofl raising I9 m rillioni bales of cot 1t)n fccr thle wor'lcdI wheni it onl11y wianited 9 miiilliorn has bceen pid Ior. '[hle mis stak e of rreglectrrng diver'si tied agricul lur'c has been p~acl for. Nccw let ui: lcock chieeri ully in o tire futuire anti ii up inc cciurli very' miistaikus, ma~kini thriino reurni to urs a hu rilsome i. n lcomit oin thei inrvestmienit.--J/,cc candc JE Flm "It is a sinrgular ani mres~'~t ing~ dir'. cinuist airie," s;ays \iclutre's Nlag azineo, 'Lthat thei wocrlcd's progre'ss hras :i ala s been fromi tine risinrg to) tie set. ting sin, e cx orient lurx. Now, afteri a laiic e of . 5,t tno years, tihe younigest ofl Liie great, nations~ is preprarig to paiss cci, or rthler Ito returrn, tis Iilit, to th e ccldiest, whie nice it started ini its ci rcumriorbemii jounrney. Whiethier the( haitter, receivinig bcack thre ilamec, wvil add scomrethrinrg to its brightness irs each pcrev ious nation has clone, arid start i muoving on ice mrore westward, arid s<c begini a ne w arid still hrighrer circle 0: deve'lopmen cut for' the world, is onie o thoiise initerestinug qulestionrs that only generat ion tar in tire iture iwill bre abl' Ico answer. We of to-clay are conrien ed niot wvith whait Clinia iwill do Leen tinally i thi progress, buit iwithi whait wt ouir'selvies can r anrd shoul do wit hi niowi. We shiouhll awa'rke tor Ithe r eali zation of our ropplortuities, aird Lini t< for thre invasioni not onrly of'I Chinra, bu foi othier Onirital landscl as well. Th'le discovery of mrainy dead rit around some casks of fermrentinig moi lasses has given ci French genius novel idea, Hie suggests tlhat r'ats o1 shipboardl may be destroyed bry hilin tire bilutes ith carbonic acid gas fron cylinders of tire comrpressed lurid , an points ourt that. the alsphryxratinig gar hais rno warning odor, whiile it is iran in less ico ship and cargo. 'Thei hirst, bubitonie plaguie of i wie we ihave auithientic cecord is piaced hI twiio phiyicianrrs of Neiv Sccuthr Wales ii thre year i111 I. C., or miore thai eight centui rres ea 'IrlIirtan th le dat uisullly aissignred. It is ccid cecd thai ItIe liepiemic dciiredl inr thei Fir!s Boorck of' Samiur1 was t'I ru hcubonci pilaigue. or go to Dr. great rep~tttati< BodPoison (tarsaiilua terrible stages, pcrodu rcing 'cpper-'color'c spots on face or bodriy, hio urtecrs ccr tic' tongue, In thne mnicrth or throat, faiiirg out1 cc tho hiir or eybcrcws, cdec'ay of thec tflesh cc bonos, compleoteiy anid forcever 'racdcict wltthou~t the uir of tnjurlicus cdruis, tleaving tho system In a purre, strong arrtnd health ful state, I asor enlarged veIns, wic warico0 0UI lead to a comaiceo tccss ci sexual power; also lIydtrocelo, Gonocrrrc'a Ghoet, Strieture aind altt Prtvato and Venecre'a DIseases and Weoaklmsses of men qruickl cured. Cotton pulanlig hias already begull in the Southerin t ier of the cottol belt, and llsoonl all Over tile cotton couitry tihe seed will be going into the ground. It is dotibtless too late to urge ally re duction of tile acrieaigo in cottoni, aild we fear that if the seasoin is a favorable one for tile crop there will be sutich large crop growii that prices will revert to nearly their forller. level. But what We would urge oil the attention of cot ton farmers is the fact thiat small area well iaitired and well cultivated will give more profit tlain a Iarge area of' poor land badly cultivated7. It Shouild not be how mianv aeI's cal I Cultivate per mule, but fow uillch cot ton per acre cnn I average. The mteni inl tile Cotton Country, so far as our ob servation has gone, who are imaukiii large crops and improvig their lanid are the men who have grasped tle idea that tbe raising of forage and tile feed ing of cattle lie at, the very foundation of all rational farm improvement. One cotton farmer of our acquaint ance last year lel (100 beef cattle from the products of his plantation, aid lie made over a bale of cotton per acre without tile use of commercial fer tilizers oil a farm where the former owner came iear tle starvation poilt. This im is making money both flom cattle anl cotton, and his farm is ill such con1ditiol that lie can make monev witli cotton sh(ould tle price go back to the recent figures whell the man will) plants cottonl by tO help ofl the ierchaiit in town and raises only cot toll by the aid of commercial fertiliz-rs, cantnoiake expenises. Onei is farm ilg an11d tile otther is Simliply gtmblng oil the chiallces. By proper farmini g and the feeding of stock the one mani has been elabled to get upon a cash basis n111d Cal almost dictate thle price het' has to pay for what. ie Ileeds to buy. TIe1( other has to pay whate ver is chaiitrged Ilim, and usually pays about twice as much as tile man,111 who u'llys for cash. It is easy ellough to argue ill time of g!od( pics that itdoes niot PUay to grow other thigs Illat you ennIli buy chep11er than yoti canl grow them, but the way in which the calculation shotiloI he nllaldie is for an I Veratg of, a selies of years and their prices. Ex perH iece has showni that whel tiLis i don1e, tile falmer who Irllisrs what Ite nteeds fot' himself, and1 anlimals to conlsumle, isi always ill tile best conditionl iuanlcially, aild his land is in conditioi to make tile 1est cro1 per acre to meet the tiie of low prices. The danger in the cot tonl counitry is niot So mluchl thet Crop that will be r1.o4wll this yv'ar, for the worl'' suplply o)f cotton has runtt downl to sil. an extelit that fair p ices may rtile anotiher1 fall even with a liarg 'rop, ' an11d then1 grIowers may assmile that the prices have com1e to stay ald will c'on) tillut to pile tip et surt'plu.s till ite nu-trkt is oveiloaled agai With any 11U% C-n-ney crp rown, the man11 wh~o purIISues the evenl tenlor of his way, alO 1itever loses his head whlen iligl prices emi11 will Inl tle Iwog 11111 b) the succet'lssl maI n-1 w itLI that cro). The rule to Iiglt sy of what every on1e is (lit ing vey hatIrge ly (of amtl ( to pay "pecial attentio1(:1 t) tile crops) itatfor' the time1 bem 0g are 1bein3g niegleted, will apply to cotto0n ats well as to oithier -'crotps. D)o not1 breakll(1 up L'0 troo ota t11ioltat you haUve 'omm~lenlced, andm to) get ai big areaU ill ttoll. I ,ook Iirist to the permanenit impr111111ovement ofI your1 'oil Uamo the crops will comle. --/ Y'.' - IFrom variouits sources we learn'l t hat there' is, illnl1 numeroust1 places , matrked( r'eviv~al of' int erest inl tihe keeping of shee~Op. We re(gartd thiis as an (1(31 enouag. Ijt il idicart ion1. For'. while there arIe regtins ill whiichi0 others aim lals will malike a bet31ter' retrn , andi rept 's (of tile times beenl exauggeratLed by\ too enthutsi arstia fri'entds, it, is trute titt.herei' ar'e a greCat, mlanly loc3alitles inl wiiich the she~ep can~ lie muade to pay~ hland stianely fotr all1 the cost thlat is involv'ed in their keeping. T1he e3xpense of' staritinig in tire buisiness is smlll. Sheep increa(31se so r'apidlly thlat .at, 1irst onily a .this, but1 it is veryv muirch be~tter tor' ai binnerli113 ill thlis buine l(ss to com11 mence13( onI ai small scaule than it is to begin wih al large flock.--Prae'icalI Farn')tu'. \ 'rmsh ing buttter' is a dlistinictly 1in dle sieele idea, hut, they dlo it ini Fi'ance, to make tile butter' keep. The10 varn'ishl is very') stronig syr'up, whlichi is applliedh wiarml. Theii heat melts tile suriface of the brutter', which mingles with t he syruip. Th'le latter' sets ver'y rapjidly andh covers tile butter withl a crystatline a layei' ot' sugar', which is imiper'viouis 1o - miiirobies, whetherl those wh'1o ma~ke 1 their living by thle mlanulfactuire of I butyr'ic arcid, or any others. At tite i sarme t~time it goes with~out salying that l ii Vthvarnish offer's 11o iped 11'imet to 't Thel( wayt iln wiche tihe Indianis matde - soa pstone d~hih's is sa tl to be as foil lows: WithI a hatrd imiplemlent , pr'oh atbly' 'a Iln thiey et a eiirele oni the s'tonie whichi was to becomt ia (dishi andi l 1( 'theichippe away imdo downW oil theo circum''l~ferenlce of thiis'. Thei'y thlen fashiitone(d thle otsidle to the slhape the y I odesi red whIiile it was1 still aIttched' t) t thie r'ock itstelfI. FinallyI, Iht plit 11i. it anld t' he ishtiv wa comipletoed. 'FOR YO. 1tmient and a sp)eedy cure write J. Newton Hathaway whose m is a sufficient guarantee of ~uits. Consultation 3;g)!"al Free. Kidney and Urinary e c ult, Tloo Frognieont, Bloody or Milky t'rne, alil funeetloinal tsoaoses (of toe I leart. L.ungs, [I.ti'er ando Stomach;i also Catarrht, lituture. Rheo'iumatim, Piles, FIstiuia antI atlI 11lootl atndo Skin Illseasos and allt Femiale lIIseasess treoatedi acocordling to theo attoest ando hiots mnethoods knlownt to mecl scihec Home Treatment Wea2 f .'ssful. Writo for freechook just pu~liUshed' tyd1 ,Symiptom~ blank if yout capn~lot call. 1 J. NEWTON HA T HAWAY, M. D. Dr. JHathawaty & Co,, 22u Ronth Jiradn Stene. Aata. a Prompt advantage 11as4 been taken by ludiana land-owners of a law iassed at tip, last SesLioi of tile Legislature to oncourage the growing. of trees. This act offers inlduccent's for (fie startinw anl tnaintenanco of private woodlands as forest reservations, stuch1 landsa be ing appraised for taxation at only $1 P)er' acre. To secure benefit froi tile exemption the forest iust, consist of nut less than 170 trees in each acre. A des:riptiotn of the land must be filed with the county auditor for record a11141 anl exlaniination must be inado by himII )efore appraisal. No horse, cat tle, sheep, or goats niay be pasturedi 1Intii tile trees are four iiclies li <liamtleter. Much initerest is shown by the Iarmners, as many of them as twenty-eight in one county taking ad vantage of the law. The reservations are froii tliree to eighty acres. The benefit of tle law cannot he claitiiel Ii ntil tle ttrIees atre tliree years old. Lead poisoning 11111 be More coi monl than is supposed. So thin ks a FrIeh physiciar who Wsa puzzlel by thiel colic an(d Colstipat loonI ofl a boy of twelve util the father r~pp-eared with tile same trouble, wihle it was dliscov er'ed that the family haid hecn using. kitllingf wool froin a White lead 'ile tory. A case in a youlpg woi was traced to the sitet lead wrapper of her Inuff. Another case showed Iy)icld syiniptoms, but t!hc source of the poi son could not be actected. Tel carintig industry oil the Alary laind Pelinsula is constantly l'Mowing. Wallace Roberts, of Baltimore, whlo is prominently identified with the buei 1ess, reports that the output this year is likely to exceed 50,000,000 cans. 1his means that the Peninsula puta up more tian ole-twentlethi of all the cantied goodls put 111 it! the United States. Tlhe valtie of the Maryland Cannettd oods is only at little short of $5,000,000 a year. Over 20 ,000 per sons are employed in tile industry. SOUTHERN un-* . RAILWAY. Coden I Sleiulto of i'a1nentgor Trains. It Rt&ffect DOcember 10th,. 1899. Greenvliti, WashI 4ia "Itnat the alst. N.. 12 No. 38 No. 36 Northbound. Daily; lmaty. Dally. Lv. A tlanta, (''.. T .5 0 i t. 11 60 " Atlanta, 1 T.8.:i)) ....... 12 60 a (iinevil5o. 2 18 " A h n.. ...,. n . ....ln .............. 1 ,l Toevo I 1 p, ,33 ... 218 a 6 '4 'Ch II I ~ I1 11 4 28 a " Cotlia...... 5 .... 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(atN. .P ia . j2 4') p 14 0 a 11. p " Ph1(ildlphi . 3I 50 a I6 55 204 . " (atir e.... II 4' 4a19:50 p .2 p " I W 4aigltn.. 11 a It0:45 a .15p LY (4 41'4vile .. .. . 151 4 12 p 4 610. a.. i1v. Norfolk . I 0 :0 ' p 1 . .. Ar.Grenbor..i35 p8 5 215 P ..A .. LY. Orenoo. 7 7 10 Ar. ('hrott ... .14 45 . .4 10~ Lv(ani a..... 414 1 108 422.14 Atlintksur 4. .P 6 10 a!?5 p00 "r (1ntfny .... 10 4-14 5p24)a " Sartanbug. 12 : 5u 4. 5a "r Grenille~.... 7 :340 7 1 50p " irToccoa ... 35 !?8 0p...... Ar Cow rn l a.. .. ..p 4 I...... "A Lulamu,.4 )5)a 4 51'.......... Ar. A1thens... ... ..4 0.... ...7 8 a . " ksaineville...0 44 8:0 l " AtlantaX 1 . T. i 1 Ar.. oe1.. .. A'... 7 -1001 L p. 7 05 a 7 34 a .......5 444*4 ~'. 11411'p 111 07 at .12p ..,. 8 oa ' . ~r~to' i to-1 . '. Oli p 0..... 44 4 a N ~10 58 a ~'2 00p .... 1 ..) ~ ~ ' . ~ 11 3'4) 4 . a' R 00 p ....... I 414 , '4 4 tv .zI~,4' j12 3. .' 45 01.... .11 l~~ ... 4*1.V.. a . 30 t44"'4 60Sp i..... 2 :.,p S2~ 1 I v . 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A4 r(i4..4l3 111441i ti'rlTa .. .... r~8~36 "A"144 a m. ""i '14 m. "M" v non "N"l ohng. Train11 cl'av Kinvill, dal ep Suta for0.' (4amde 10:15 a ni. ad Norfol. bs. Reoun ing011 late tNorfden for Kingv PINlo daMiex1T Auly, 8.>n. m. nwid 2:50tt . .loefor fom Nm. 41turnn 8 Lenvo Stnte at :30 r. .nti trsol t we4tWo(1 Cual~itubi and( N Orlreatns. . Trin leave(1(4i(fCO'(l4'4 pa an t t rvia gh U.&C ivi ('londaily for pIaglend falt Jonella. PUinami Conhtand i Ohnterianedaiao pointgomer45a Tans leav Toccoa,1414 I'a., fora Elboron, Gra bail 3:'(41) tl(h4.11.l aiep Sul l ayotI, 7-00 ia.y le exceptl 0unayos 1:10 p.1in, norkion ono tion114 n2 Toeon i~th* tanee Atlant ltru Proonville andithe 4'n sl n crfr Chesapenk :l~o PLllio toaor ~1~~in al forvicen westlern est ibuo Limat. haronug Pumti lIn e rosl41144 bot('IOe fe or Andeview nOr hil and vmiWasington, A(4 tata aound Mont om Tryad alPo he wen Nw, Yorkand Mo ing tngd A 1)in. LeaingWashington eaLi M044nday,4Ag Wensa Aad Fr'ia a.turs CH 0 ICE Vegetables C will always find a ready market---but only that farmer can raise them who has stud the great secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious .use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassaut St., New York. PITT'S Antiseptic Invigorator! Cures dy ippia. indigestion, and all stomach or bowe1 troubles, colic or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts o sores, risings or felons, cuts and burns. :t is as good antiseptic, when locally apnlie as any thing on tie market. Try it and you vill praise it to others If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co. -HOMSON., GA. or CARPENTER BROS., p - eenville. H -. LIGITNING RODS. Much valuable information on this subject is compressed in a little space in this paragraph from Wallace's Farmer: We have no doubt that a good light ning rod, properly crected, protects a building against lightning. By a good1 lighitnng rod we mean a rod of iron, or a strip of copper, with its lower end in mloist ground or in a well or cistern, in close connection with the building, with 110 glass insulators, and terminat ing in a sbarp j)oint on the ridge several feet above the comb of the building, and properly stayed. This rod may be of' quarter-inchlI round iron, or it may be a copper ribbon, or it may be of several smooth or barbed wires twisted together, in all case8 nailed to the building and terminating in one or more sharp points at the end, with connection with permanently mo1ist grounl. This is a lightning rod, anl we Would feel quite safe ill any build ing this rodded. The mistakes that men make in erecting lightning rods are in not having moi8t ground con nectioni, in using glass insulatoia to keep them from contact with the builing, allowing the ground con. nection to be broken, and in using balls, gewgawvs, and ornaments, at, very considerable expense anid of nlo prolit whatever. If a farmer wouldi take four or live stands of smooth irc, twist them into a coil, run them dlownl into the moist earth ,gtaple them to the building, separate themn at the top. andl have them drawn to a shiarp point, he wouldl have at goodi rod. .If he wvould take a spool1 of barbed wire, in, sert it ini the mioist earth, ruln it b~ack and forth ov'er the roof of his building, andl~ brace about four or live feet of it on the top), drawing it tot a sharp point, he wvill have .a goodl lightining rod. lie should have about tvo or three groundl connections of this kind oin aii ordinary barn. Waste gas from European blast~.fur naces now operates 74 engines with a total horse-power of 37,'720. To all points North, South and South west. in elfect November i(th, 1899. soUTH BOUN D. N6. 403. No. 41 L~v N ew York, P. R. 11. ..*11 00ami *9 00pm Lv Washington, P. R. R... 5 00pm 4 30am L~vRichimond, A. .0... 900pm 9 05am ILvIortsmouth 8. A. L. . ..* 45pm*2odii ArWeldon .............11 10pm 11 43am .Ar Henderson......... *126am *1 35pm !Ar Raleigh .............. 22am 3 31pm iArdo Pines............... 4 27am 6 00pm ArH amlet................~ 11lam.- 7 00pm Lv Wilmington,..A. L .... ..*05pmi 4rMon roe, . A. L,....6 53am *912im A rCh arlotte 8. A. L...* 8 00amj*10) 25pm A r~iiestr,5Ah. .. . .. 3 10r5jIONm Ar Greenwood...........10 4am I 12a,, Ar A thens ...............I 24pm 3 48amn Ar Atlanta ..... ......... 350pm i, 15am NOR5TnhoUND. N o. 402. N o. 3X liv AtlaniaS.A.L..* 100pm*8 0pim Ar A thens..............3 OSym 11 05pm A rGreenwood ............6 40pmn 1 4Oam Ar Chester. .... ........ 7 53p~m 4 08am Ar Monroe............. 930pm 545'm Lv Charlotte 8 A. ....' .2 0.I0anm Ar Hamlet 8 AI0......i 10pm 743ii Ar wilmington, 8 A .... 11105pn Lv 80 Pines 8 A L....12 02am *9 0(Jam Ar Raleigh..............23m 111l3amn Ar H1endersoni.......... 32'am 12 :5pm Ar Welonm.... ..........4 55fam..250pm Ar Portsmouth,.......... 7 25ham 6 203pm Arlifichi mon d A . C. L. ..iarn *7 .24pin A r Washlington viaPen n R R1l2 81pm 11 203pm ArNew York............ 623pm 65am *IDnilly. tlDaily Ex. Sunday. N os.403 andi4t)..'thio tjilanta peejal Solid Vestibuled Train of Pullman Sleepers and Coaches between Washington and 'At Ian La. also Pullman Sleepers between Ports mouth aind Charlote, N. C. Nos. 41 and 38.-"The S. A. L. Expr ass," Solid Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers betweeni Portsmouth and Atlanta. hlothi traina make immediate connection at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, Npw Orleans, Texas. California. M~exico, Chatta nooga.-Nashville, Mlemphis. Maconi. Flor idla F'or TIckets, Sleepers. etc., apply to (I. McP'. BATTE, T. IP. A. Tryon Street, Charlotte, iN. C. J. ). JIENN INOS, Agt A bbevllle. S. C. E. Sr. JOH N, Vice-President and Generai Manager. HI. W . B. GLOVER, Tratlec Manager.. V. E. MoBEE, General bupt. L, S A LLEN, Gen'l Passenge: Aent. .