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THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH BOMB 8E\M>v\ltl.i: sn.OKSTIO* PROM mau AUTHORITY. Wlml Work Ihc UUINI Farmer* Should Do III the Mon Iii or A ugual? An Interesting Article Prom nu Intelligent Writer. (W. L. Joco? in the Auguet '.Cuttiviiior.") To one who ia not a routluo farmer, nico question? uro sometimes sprung this month touching thc intuiagcniont of :i cotton nop. As untie "laving by" is completed by tho last of July, but should heavy, compacting rains follow close un tho heel ot the last plowing, and hot dry weather sots 111. is it helter to plow again Ol' not, and how late in thc season may plowing be advantageously continued? No in dexible rule on theso points can bc laid down-one nm-! decide according to circumstances. In he land is fresh, or thc soil tilled with humus, so thal il is friable and loose, plowing may bc stopped earlier than wheio opposite conditions prevail. If thc soil ls dis posed lo run together and bake, plow ing should continue as late us it can be without breaking oil* limbs and bolls too bailie One lui row in each m id ilio, using a very wide scrape and a very short singled cc, is all that is needed, ll is hardly necessary to add that thc plow should run as shallow as possible, j 1181 deep enough to break a single root. Another circumstance to bc consid ered is thc state or condition of thc crop tor the time being - it it ha - been growing .-lowly au.i steadily up to the time in question, a light plowing may not accelerate growth so much a- to induce shedding; but it growth has been suspended by dry, hoi weather and copious rain-falls, there is danger of a second growth set ti ny in so rapid ly as lo make tho plant throw oil' its fruit? Plowing would accelerate tho second growth, and might do harm instead of good, lt would I e well i:i such case as to delay it awhile until aller thc impulse yivcu thc plant by the rains had somewhat expended itself, [ffrcqticnl rains continue, no farther plowing of course is advisable, bul if a "good season" Olllv occurs, followed by dry weat lier, i he plows may bc advantageously started, say a WCOk after the rain: forby thal time thc effects ol'thc rain will be well-nigh over : and plowing will only prolong a steady continuous growth. Lot it bo borne in mind that a sudden start ing or a sudden checking of growth arc both very objectionable after conon begins io fruit. Ono inusl consider, therefore, thc condition of his crop, thc character of his soil and thc kim of weather prevailing, and regulate his COUI'SQ accordingly. The "topping" ot colton is anothci point Mhich conies up just now. Il done it must be before thc middle Ol August, for the object of topping is to divert thc forces of thc plaid from weed-making to fruit-making, and alter tho middle of August, lhere are only fifIcon or twenty days in which fruit thai will mature before frost can form; not many blooms aller thc ll rsl of September cnn ordinarily bo count ed on. If tho plant has about ceased growing-, topping of course cati do no good-it will simply bo labor thrown away. If, on the contrarv, weed i being rapidly formed, lopping may dc some good by checking new growl I (which now cnn add nothing to thi yield) and diverting thc forces of tia plant into fruit-making. At time-- wt have seen topping produce decided I j good results- at oilier times nom whatever. Herc, as everywhere farming call-; for keen, discriminai nu judgment. To do what is boat Ulldci ovor-varying, shifting conditions de manda intellect ol' thc hig!. i ordoi and most thoroughly trained. In tin olden time, when reliance was hm upon tho natural fertility ol the soi! removing competition by keeping down weeds and grass wa- the clliel business <d' thc larmer, and he w in could manage labor best and got Ila most work done was the moat success ful. Exocutivo talent was the greni desideratum. Of course ibis wil always be an important factor ii farming", but now with worn, exhaust cd soils, destitute of humus, runnim. together and baking aller ovory rail -the feeding of plants, thc preserva tion of soils from washing and tin .securing- of linc tilth, call for mud more thought. Agriculture now i- ; very different thing from what it wa in this country lilly voa 1*8 ago. ll is ll much more difilcilll arl- oin* lind makes brains greatly paramount ti mere labor. in thc olden timo fodder-pulling wa a prominent teat uro in tho work ol this month, more so than at present, partly because more corn was planted than now , and partly because fodder was tho almost exclusive dependence for long forage for horses and mules. Other kinds of forage have .supplanted it moro or ?C88, but it si ill holds a high place in thc estimation of Southern formers, and deservedly so. Well cured, it is very lino feed, but [f nurdy it is execrable. Considering tho ri-k of weather, lt is bettor to cut off the tops above the ears ami cine them in shocks. Tops can bc cured success fully in weal her (hat fodder would spoil in. For some years wo have adopted the plan of going over the corn and stripping all tho blades below the car. These are the first to dry up and cati be taken off some days in advance of cutting tho tops. Some art is requisito to shock up thc top- so they wil| not blow over. They must bc spread out all around the bottom to braco up well, but no) onough lo adroit rain, and also give air access to thc center ol'the shock. They must all bo settled on the ground before they arc (?cd. A ropo With loop in tho end is drawn tightly around thc middle, ami then a band of grass or any convenient substance placed securely around thc shock just above thc top . After this another band is placed near tho top. Pllt up green the leaves w ill speedily wilt ana droop down so as to shed rain. Thc mass will quickly -brink enough to permit free ventilation, und, except in very long spells of wei weather, tho whole will ClU'O well and may remain for weeks in tho field. Ot course it is always better, however, to house Ol' slack linage as soon after it is cured ns cnn bc conveniently done. At thc North thc whole stalk is eui tiown and cured as above, but their corn has smaller stalks than ours. Our tops correspond to tho whole stalks ol'their corn, if these tops aro passed through n cutter and arc sprinkled with a little meal limy will bo eaten up very clean by stock. If fed alone, especially If not cut up, somo of flu- largest portion of thc stein ia apt to bo left. Preparation fornuhuun crops should now oo vigorously pressed, turnips should bo sown by tho end of thc month, and all tho grasses and somo of tho grains will cnll fOrsccding early pcxt month. No time, Ihoreforo, is to bo lost. ' AriftllgO business so that] plows and lau rows may start promptly alter every raia. Most of thc seeds to be sown are sandi, and call for a very lindy pulverized soil. Deep breaking and ?inc surface tilth arc thc desiderata so far as mechanical preparation goes. Thc plow, the roller, the harrow, fol lowii ir each other in the order named, will do the work. With Ibo modern improvements in pulverizing harrows, there is little ditliculty in bringing land into thc host condition, even when starting with il rough. For grass and clover-especially grass-tho land should he made vcrv rich. If the supply ol' manure is limited, it ls better io pul ?I all on a small area and sow only that, lt is time, labor and seed wasted to -ow on poor land. One acre of good grass i> worth ten of that which ls poor and hardly able lo main tain Itself in thc struggle for existence. On ordinary land apply not less than thirty two-horse wagon loads el yard manure to start with. If you got a good st:.nd you can help out this quantity by top-dressing next spring with commercial fertilizer.-. Tho manure should bc well mixed with thc surface .-oil hy harrowing. Never plow it nuder deep. Whether for grass proper, ? lover or lucent, a good application of barnyard manure is the best foundation io build on ; commer cial fertilizers answer a good purpose afterward?. lu relation to grass culture, thc cotton bell may bc conveniently divided into two scellons--? northern ands Hilborn half. North, say of par allel thirty-three degrees of latitude, red and white clover, together with orchard and herds grass, grow admir ably and should he most Widely -own. Smith of that linc Hie annual clover, as the burr and the crimson, together with au annual winter grass Uko the "rescue" (Festuca), can bo moro cer tainly relied on. Lucent will do well in h th sections. Wo are speaking now broadly-there are other plant' that may succeed wt ll anti answer ? good purpose in both tho section! named. The tall meadow oat grass will grow all over the cotton bell better in thc northern then in Ila southern half, but moderately well ii tho latter on rich sandy loams. Tim olby docs well on thc valley land ii Ibo northern section. Span.sh clove; (Richnrdsonia) is a valuable plan! foi thc < . alf horders, perhaps superior ti any of the true ( lovers lor that rc lon There is ample material from which ti choose, ami an abundance ol' land 1 nothing stands in thc way of gras 1 culture hut habit, and lo some CXtCtl ' a lack of appreciation of the value o j grasses and clovers. Everything tba cheapens ?he maintenance of worl -loci, lessons thc cost of production and everything that cheapens prodllC timi increases tho net profits from th . farm. Now whilst it costs some thin; in thc way of manure, labor and sod ' to gel a field of grass, ii must he ?re membered that such a Held will viol crops of hay and sonic grazing lo many years and if the first outlay i 1 divided by thc number of years, th annual expenso, SO to speak, will b very .-mall. 1 ?tit grass culture con un nds Itself not only because it is tb cheapest means of keeping stock, bu ' because it is thc best restorative au preservativo of our worn, humus OJ han-led lands. If corn and foddc ' could bo raised at exactly Ibo sam 1 cost as hay and oat-, tho latter ai greatly IO bo preferred in view i their beneficial eftcc\s on land. Lai n ? cr- hohl this idea and practice it in tl seeding down of land to small grain they say Ibo land needs sowing llOWl ; Hut tho resl from the plow in that cai ; lasts for ono year only ; grass prow in extends it through many years. Ora! depends mainly on winier rains whit rarely fall; corn cannot bc made wltl j oui summer rains and these often fal Our Into policy is lo concentr?te coi J culturo on land specially adapted i j. that crop, manure highly and cultiva with harrow and plow exclusively, f ' as to reduce cosl lo a minimum, au theil utilize hillsides, rocky knolls ail ' such localities as aro not adoptod i . clean culture, by seeding them dow to grasses and small grains. On former occasions wo have urge 'f tho sowing of rye lots for supplyii green feed in thc early spring. -Not! ?mr jv reliable: rich laud, good see j and carly sowing arc just as certain I bringa full supply of early grcr 1 forage ns spring succeeds winter. Tl richer thc land thc more tia; rye wi bo relished by slock. This is impo tani because ryo is not as much relish) by animals as some oilier plants, bi ' its nuaiit} can bc greatly improved I. sowing on rich or nighty manure . land. It is somewhat disposed become woody aa it gets older, but ric!) soil by promoting rapid growl I obviates this--il will grow highonoiuj to cut before woody tibor has limo dovolop. tove the rye patch prcc dence over all others-begin ?ts prep radon at once-break and roll nil harrow and incorporate manure w ii surface soil. Have everything read lo sow tho seed by Hie 101 li ol ne: month. Sow Southern raised sect and preferably thal grown ncarc your locality. Western rye will in answer. Seed from Virginia, east < (he mountains, does very well. So one and a halt to two bushels por ncr Thc nearer thc barn the patch can I located tho belier: if it cannot I near thc barn, let it be adjacent to farm road so that il may be easy | reach with a wagon. In eveivthin have an eye 'o economizing labor. lt is too late now to plant forn? corn; the worm will cat and desire thc hud: possibly carly amber cat would mature sufficiently before fro to make good forage. We sowed last year on Ibo 11th of duly and matured seed. It can be tait whe thc seed is in thc dough. Corina millet and Hungarian gras? may sti be BOWI1, however, and on rich lan will make good yields. Cow poi may also be sown for forage. Tl pea grows more rapidly in thc latte than it does in tho early summer, provision has not already been mad for an ample supply of forage, at prompt Iv and got in some of thc? crops. Do nof Iel tho opprobrium < buying Western ami Northern ha I'OSl any lougOMipon the South. Sonn thing may be done a little later in tl season in thc way of hay of crnbgl'Oi and ol her kinds Which grow spoi laneoitsly. The mistakes iisuall made with these is to cut them to late. Crabgrass mown just alter it in full bloom and properly euro makes a very excellent article of liaj Remember Hint during fall ard wintoi when thc teams aro not very busj they can bc kept almost entirely o hay, and the grain ration reduced t ono feed a day. Turnips should be sown during till month-the rutabagas and Aberdeen during tho earl V part ; Dutch and re top towards tho last of tho monti Mako tho land vciy rich, bring lt int tho finost tilth, cover seod very light) and "linn" tho ground; these uro thc conditions of success. 'For greens, sow tho seventop-it will stund otu coldest wintors-othor kinds have tc bc dug and pm in hunks or collars? Let neighborhood (dubs now conn together ?nul have barbecues. (<ivt tho social side ol our natures an oppor tanity of expanding. The oxaollntj douinuds of hts crop havo heretoion kept tho farmer too busy and too close ly tit home for him to enjoy much tin society of his friends. This is till greatest delect in farm lifo; let ui counteract its dwarfing, nurrowitif tendency whenever we can. Mee together as often ns possible, compart notes, swap experiences, discuss till public welfare ot'tho county and State Do not bo frightened by tiie bugaboi cry of politics ; farmers havens mud righi to polities as anybody else. Wh; should they not lix up slates as well ll city people or anybody else? By til means take politics out of the hands C the sell-seekers. IIOItHIUM-; OKED. UcMCcratlou ul" n Urave nml Mutilation ol' Corpse. M r. John C. llutnphrk 8, of 1 hirhtunvill Aiken, S. C., writes io tho Aiken liccortU giving an account ol an outrage perp?trait on tho night of July SMtb at th?' cometoi of Moimi Hermon Baptist Church, in Lc ington count v. Thc church i- in Aikt count)', m ar Ihuiscy's Bridge OU the Nor! Edisto River, bul the cemetery ison tl opp..vii,, side of tho river. A young mt mimed Tillman, 1!. Williams., { exceptio ally good character and well connecte died .-e\en months ago and was decent burie l. On the 24th of July thc gra bore thc evidence of having been de crated, and relatives of tho dead m hud tho grave opened, the body remov and an autopsy held, when it was nsC( lui net I that thc ches! of thc corpse had lu cut open from just above the navel lo t clavicle or collar bone, thu knife mugil centrally through thc sternum, milking incision more than twelve inches lon The heart lltld 'icen removed mid thc hail deprived of their I In un hs. Thc affair 1 eauseil much excitement lu thc ueighbi booti. A s-.M VIJL W VII CI.OI I). Tho President lo bo tulliorl'/.cd io Ilene*.*. I Doiiiattd Tor t 'titling. WASIIIXOTON, August 8.- Thc Hoi Committee on Foreign Affairs, at a call meeting to-day. took up and COUSidci the rca dutton introduced by Represen lives Belmont, ("raine and Lanham In rx lion to the Cutting case, and olso thc c respondence on thc subject furnished thc Secretary of state. Representa! Lanham appeared in person before committee in support of his resolut! and finally thc following preamble ? resolutions, drawn up by Repr?sent?t Crait.e. were adopted; "Whereas A. K. Culling, till Amci'ii cilb.CIl, is wrongfully deprived of hi . lii?i by the Mexican officials nt I'aso del No in the republic ot Mexico; anti whci thc Mexican govcrninciil refuses to role said Cutting upon the demand of thc P (dent of the United States; and whereas government of Mexico alleged as a rea tor its rcfu.-al lo comply with such dcm tlial said Cutting is guilty of violntin Mexican law upon American soil; whereas tho House of Ucprcscutath while appreciating tho disposition silt by ibo government of Mexieo lo carry it- inti : national obligations, CHU nev er sent to the dodi inc Hint tho citizens of United Stile- may be prosecuted i foreign country for nets done wholly u American soil; therefore, licit "Jienoleetl, That the House id Re son tat I ves approves of tho action of President ol ?lie Ulli!? d Staii - in demain Hie release of said A. K. ('utting. "Jiemlrctl, That tho President of United Slab s bc and he is hereby rei pu to renew thc demand for thc release of A. K Cutting." The resolutions wera unauimoi adopted and laid before tho linus? Chairman liohiiont to day, and humed action requested, \\ lui.* Tit re is Lifo There is Hope Many ol' tho (llscascsof this sea of the year cnn bc averted by a sn ainounl of caro and al linio cost, tho timely USO ol I'.WI?ANK'S TO CINCHONA < !OHI>IAI" li eme-; Dinri'litea, Dyscntory, Cl era Morbus ami liku complaints. traveler should bo without a bottle il will prc voil I any disenso that wc no doubl arise from the chango waler, food and climate, without USC. Tho most valua.de incdieiiu the world, contains all ibo bosl mo-! curativo properties of all ot Tonics, Ritters, Otc, CtC, being greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Rog tor and Lite and llcalth-Rcsloi Agent in existence. l'or Mala Fever and Ague, ('hills and Fe Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick lb a<die, Xervou- Headache, Ch rt Rheumatism, etc., Otc, ?I is trill Herculean Remedy. It give- new and vigor to lue aged. For lilllie doliente health, weak and sickly i dren, nursing mothers. See cil'CII wrapped with bottle. ClIARI.KSTON, S.C., Sept. 1, 188 H. H. KVVIIANK, Kso., Presiden The Topaz Cinchona Cordial I Spartauburg, S. C. : Dear Sir-Ll used u case < f your Topaz Cordi; Illy family, and as a Tonic and A] lizcr I cnn cheerfully recommend 1 all who arc Butlering from Deb ami bude ol' appetite My child especially, havo been muon Delicti by its usc. Respectfully, I lu I SON Lu Ad; your druggist for EwilAl TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL and i no other. THE TOPAZ CINCHONA Conni AL CC Spartanburg, S. C., U. S Why IN III When your are driving a nail, and your thumb instead of ino nail, mid then go jumping and hopping and w lng around thc room in tho wildest coi Hons of agony, ami slinging your hat if you were trying to hurl oh* tho lacci thumb, some one is -inc to ask you ' hurts;'' and while you know the int] arises from a sympathetic nature, st wild, passionate, earliest, soulful, loin, insatiate desire to he perverse ri through your bosom, and you can't rc| tho tantalizing Inclination lo say; "H don't hurt a bit, but jusl at this very mont, I was seized with au uncontrol desire to learn a new slip in dancing.' is wrong to make such a reply, but m (heh- - it is human nature to do so. To Ciel Hld of Misery, What is the usc of suffering from pepsin, nervous prostration Or debi Wlion Brown's Iron Hitlers vdll tone ii]) and cast these horrors out? Tile joy in every bottle of this valliablo t< ll malu s had blood good, and Iuds mal people bo cheerful, lt bring? j cheer to tho dinner table, mid make: family happy. It drivus away tho b ami helps you to enjoy ft hearty In And all tito respectable druggists kee It is seldom thal, n man is sullieii color blind to Ito aldo not to toll a g hack when he sccs lt. <; I.M .Ii \ I. NB WH I IT MN. l'nel? of lui,-..-nt (Jnthrred from Varloua Uunrtrm. A Bohemian family in Chicago cat dog's I lesli. The total visible supply of cotton for thc world is 1,483,010 l?ales. Hoar sprung a Moody shirt discussion hi tho Senate Thursday. Specials from all over Alabama show un expected victories for Independents. The elections in France resulted In a complete victory for the Republicans. Handbills demanding home rulcare being circulated throughout Wales. The operatives In 42 factories nt Broclon, Mass., struck Saturday. The New Orleans 7'?//<f.v-/,><,i/ifl< mr thinks tho postal noto is a failure and a fraud. Virginia has raised more liny Ibis year than tor any of the preceding forty of her existence. At Oakland, 111., thc mercury at one time last Thursday registered 112 degrees in the shade. William Hooper it Son, of Baltimore, have made an assignment. Estimated assets ?.".!!!?.?)!)!). Mr. and Mrs. Van Honten, of Watscs sing, N. V., were poisoned recently from eating c anned lobster. David Davis was not worth thc six or eight millions he was credited with. It has been ollieially given at $850,000. J, C. Dobhius, a train shifter, was torn literally to pieces hy a freight train at Cen tral. Thursday. The ground was covered to the depth of 1 J inches yesterday at Mount Washington, \. H., with snow. Thc four story brick Mock, comprising Nos. HO, 1 IS and 120 South Dutaw street, Ihdtimore, was humed last Thursday. In the anarchist trials nt Chicago, yes terday, the defence oponed their case, Mayor Harrison being one of their wit nesses. The Sibley Mills' operatives nt Augusta returned to work to-day. The situa tion at the Augusta factory remains un changed. By special order of Governor Ireland, of Texas, thc parties concerned in delivering Arrcsurcs to tho Mexican authorities have been arrested. The Governor of New Foundlnnd says: "I have reason to believe that the report ol starvation in Labrador is absolutely un true." Two French Buh-oiUccrs of the army. Stationed at Algiers, fought a duel with sabres. Tho head of one of thc combat ants was cleft lu twain. There is said lo be another great boom in Alaban... coal lands. Active life prevails in the vicinity of Birmingham ami through out the Black Warrior belt. The proprietors ol factories in Westpha j lia and Rhenish Prussia ure dismissing ,. workmen by wholesale, owing to the ter rible depression in trade. ii In New Albany, Ind., on July 2?, Prof. y J. (!. Strunk shot Dr. C. h. Hoover, ii prominent druggist, and his son Charlot Hoover -domestic difficulties. Thc people <>f Texas have established H Confed?ralo Home in Austin, which they "' propose to make a model resting place foi !j the heroes of the Lost Cause. bhllcrprislng South Carolina editors ari i liegin?dnir, to admit that wisdom tl iii not die with Calhoun, McDufllc and Waddell. ' Tin'world moves.-An ff lin tn Chronicle. n At tiie ti ?al of the Chicago dynamiters n carload of the explosives used by the an nj arcill?is ns well as the bloodstained clothes a of the murdered polit einen were exhibited ?i to the jury. In Louisville, on July 27, John Koehler, a jealous husband, shot John Carter, a ie counterfeiter, through the heart and Potci g lloupb, a bricklayer, through tho right eye. In a icient autograph letter to n New Yolk man, Jefferson Davis says: "I am loo old to quarrel, too old to boast. The '' man ol' sense in his old age likes to be let almie." v Gov, Ireland's letter addressed to Score (. tars Bayard is approved all over Texas, and has had the effect of intensifying thc war spirit by affording it a quasi authority for its existence. II Careful Republicans concede that the I next Douse w ill be Democratic by a re iluced majority. Don Cameron admits that .. the next Senate may be Democratic or pain fully i h.se politically. M isqllitocs are so thick at resorts on the f; coast along Barncgat Hay that city people s are compelled to return home, Thc walls I ot every house are literally black with the . insects, and tho people endure almost un bearable torture. s Tin aggregate appropriation made by j thc regular appropriation bills passed at tub session ot Congress (excluding the for ' litlcations hill) is $805,000,000, which ls '' $45,000,000 in excess of the appropriations * made by the bills passed last session. T In Cincinnati, Wednesday, a little l>oy, ? bar. heath d and barefooted, reeling with ? liquor, bUiggcrcd before thc merchants along Hace street, flourishing a revolver. 0 He tired nt a gentleman w ho attempted to 1 disarm him. 0 II is estimated thal British capital Invest 1 cd in the United States amounts to $175, . li$IS,585. This money is in mortgages, cal s Ile, land, mines and manufactures. Some investments pay from 12J to ;i per cent. Some pay nothing. Seventy acres ol land north of Binning f ham. Ala., wert! recently sold nt Hie rate % of $100 per ai re. As the saint: land was , purchased live years ago at about $r)0 per I acre, an idea ol the increase in the vnlue of property in that rising district cnn bc ob } tallied. ? Thc Adjutant Gent ral of Texas received nt Austin applications for permission to j raise volunteer regiments in case of war willi Mexico. He also received informa timi that thc Mexicans are reinforcing the garrison at Ll Paso del Norie, l ucie Sam s has only one company at Kl Paso in charge 5 of Fort Bliss. Lither Senators Hampton and Butler ure wrong in voting practically against the Morrison r^solution or the whole South Carolina delegation in the House, Includ ing .Messrs. I Icm phill anti Dargan, have I blundered, Ilcmphill mid Dargan beard ! from the people at homo, no doubt. Hamil ton and Butler may hear later on,-vi ugutw Chronicle. < At Ibu kiley's bar room, Rome, Ga., is 1 ntl old rusty pistol, which was dug out of l the ground by Mr. Aycock a few days ago, r but whence it came is a mystery. Thc tintes i of the patent nre battered, bul as near ns i an he made out read "May 12,1757." The j place w here the pistol Is touched off ls nt 4 thc bottom, but thc mst hos oaten olT most i of the w orks. Ono like it has never before bet II seen in this generation. Th? debt stntement, issued Thursday, t shows the decrease of the public debt dur lng the month of July to be $0,040,108.85; cash in treasury, $484,580,008: gold certi ficates outstanding, $74,71H,517; silver cor ll Hon tea outstanding, $87,5(14,04-L certifi cates of deposit outstanding, $ii), 105,000; legal tenders outstanding. $340,788; frac tional currency (not including nniount estl 1 mated ns lost or destroyed), $?1,058,721.52. 1 While Rohblns's circus wns on the way from Manor to Sag Harbor, L, I., ria thc ? Long Island Railroad, a largo elephant In a ' car with two camels attacked the latter, 1 killing them botlp Thp keeper, who at tempted to quiet the elephant, was driven from tho car, narrowly escaping with lils life. The noise made by thc elephant ex cited thc lions and tigers to such an extent that they attempted to break out of their cages, anti a terrible uproar prevailed for some time. BR IC-A-DH AC A plauc Issue-A shaving. Thc fishery question-Got a bite? Moves in the beat society-Tho fan. A bride's made-By tho clergyman. ' Having a great ruu-Perspiration. Thc Associated Press-A lover's squeeze. Mental gymnastics-Jumping to a con elusion. Pugilists arc the only men who really make money by striking. "Whenever a musician gets a bright thought he mnkes a note of it. No bald-headed men are enlisted now. It aggravates the Indians. Dentist-made teeth go well with a false set-oh voice. A bang is something to a door-especial ly when it is on a pretty girl. Fashionable people do not seem to bo able to hear scandal and not repeat it. A few weeks more and the tide of travel will lie from Instead of to thc resorts. Civil service reform was a Republican web which caught the Democratic Hy. Chicago bus a population of 005,000 of which only 104,000 ure native Americans. You can't tell by the size of a woman's mouth how many bair pins it will hold. Mrs. Cleveland is said to bave n remark able memory for mimes as well as for faces. A woman bales to pass a pretty lannie! in a store window, hut she is always w illing to go buy it. A student of human nature says anything cnn be sharpened. Put a lead pencil in a woman's band, and sec. A man may refuse to bc a friend to a principal in a duel because Ito desires to bc second to no man in tbe country. Man proposes and the girl makes Inquiry as to his pecuniary value, and then glvc8 an answer. Tbe Hy is not much of an astronomer, but if there is a cream jug within his orbit he will lind out nil about tho milky way. As prohibition begins to prohibit in At lanta tho domC8tiC wine business shows signs of beginning to boom in th it city. The most important on thc Hst of booka to be taken to the mountains for the sum mer ls the pocket book. Don't forget that. The economical man is never happier than w hen he discovers a tobacconist's ? hop in which he can buy a ten cents l igar for live cents. Oregon pays a bounty of two cents for every squirrel killed, and'ono man recently was paid for 125,000 squirrel tails w hich he had collected. There is ii crazy man in B?llalo who Imagines ho is an umpire. And there are lots of base ball players wie? imagine their umpire is a crazy niau. Beware of the young man who writes love letters with a type writer. They may bo dictated, and if be dictates before mar riage be will boss afterward. An Obi?, factory tums out 57,000,000 matches A day, and yet many a mail has barked his shins ou a rocking chair because i he didn't have one of them. 1 The enforcement of prohibition laws in Rhode Island has produced a marked effect i on Newport. No sea serpent has been noticed around there this summer. A new drug has been extract'd from hops, which is said to i>c a combination of morphine, cocoa!no ami atropine. Beer contains plenty of the new drug. A writer says that a woman is a silent power in the land. To this a cynical old bachelor editor responds: "That it w ill he news to thousands of husbands." Ages will come and go; but woman will not be perfectly happy until she cnn have eyes attached to her shoulders, so that she may look up ami criticise her own hac k hair. Thc Del Rio (Tex.) Dot is edited hy a young lady. She remarks: ".Man pro poses, but il 80metlinCS takes a great deal of encouragement to get him to t?o so." A writer on woman's rights says: "Never scold your husband before supper, I'm him to his purgation on a full stomach." But suppose he doesn't provide the supper? A gifted poet writes: "The devjl arose from his little bcd. and washed his face and combed his bead. " We hope not to be considered profane if wc ask when in hell he got bis water? One of the pcimaneiit mysteries to a .student of human nature is why those little girls who tight so bard against being kissed al copenhagen play the game at all. They don't have lo. Diu you ever feel that deep, inner, subtle sensation of the whole being as though thc whole world hud flopped up ami hit you on the bead, which creeps over a mau whin he stops on a place that isn't there? As u drug clerk, the female is not a bril liant success. When you wink nt her across a soda fountain, she doesn't know whether lo put a little balm of Gilead in ymir soda, or hang ber head and blush. Wiggins, the Canadian weather prophet, has prophesied a storm for September 'Jil, which will be the worst in ten years. If it will blow Wiggins to the north polo it will l?c welcomed by a grateful continent. An exchange thinks thal the Chinese way of removing dandruff with sandpaper is the most effectual. Perhaps it ls, but HM* common North American Indian lias a plan, though quito abrupt, which is said to l?c reasonably sure. Sinn Jones says: "There is something wrong when a preacher gets $-|U0 ?mil a pitcher if."),ooo." The Boston Jratueript explains: "But Sam should renumber thnt thc f?.OOO pitcher has a much better delivery than the $400 preacher." "With nil thy false I love thee still," snid the newly-married man to his spouse when viewing the mysteries of her toilet "With all thy faults I love the still," gni<] the owner ol' a whisky still. "With all thy faults I 1 OVO thee still," said the niau who was mated to a garrulous woman. "With nil thy vaults | |0VQ thee .till," said a wife to the leaping noroonaut. Publicity is money. This lins come to lie recognized by shrewd business men as an acknowledged fact. Competition issi, keen, and we live in such busy times, that a man's best hope for success really rests lu the judicious presentation of tim merits of his wares. If a merchant, manufacturer or mechanic has a genuine meritorious arti (?le for sale lt will always pay to let his ncighlKirs know it, Land near Birmingham, Alabama, sold recently fur fUR) im aero, lt was pur chased five yearn ago for $al) nu acre, A half-nem in the City of Birmingham sold for $?7.000. Ten years ago lt was worth little or nothing. The Manufacturer'$ lice ord says: Manufacturing has mndc lt valuable and ls steadily increasing its valli?, The land owners ure grow ing rich, thc farmers lind a good home market for nil their fruits, vegetables, noullry, etc., and everybody in and Around Birmingham |a ppVspcr'lng Chattanooga an (e|| HIP mme lalo, ami so can AniiWlor), Roanoke and other plan This ls thc result of manufacturing ami this manufacturing has been dovelopcd through the influence of a protective tariff. Marshal Boykin, of South Carolina, bas bren contirnied. THRESHING M BlmplMt, Mont l)iiri?Mr>, Krnnnmknl, nn<l IVrfrel In nee -waste* no ?ruin; rif ?in il resily fur ninrkM. THRESHING ENGINES '?USSH? **?T ""y**. V1'1 "?."???rd Implement, ?en. .revlljr. Send for Illustrated e?lM<>goe. _ A. B. FARQUHAR, Paaaarlvaal? Acrlesdiaral Warka. TOSS. Pa. Most of tho diseases " Moll evflllct mankind aro idly mused by adlsordored condition of tho LIVER. For ?ll complaint* of this kind.mell a? Torpidity ol tho Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Iniiurr-s ?on, Irregularity ->f tho Bowels, Con-tip.itlon. Flatu. lonoy, Kruetationa "i"' Buming of tho Stomach (sometimos called Heartburn), Minamia. Mnlnrin, Bloody Flut, ?'hill? ntnl Porer, Breakbone flsvev, Bshaustion li?fore <>r nftor Fevers, Chronic Dl?r rhooa, I"** ol Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities Inaldontal lo Females, Bearing-down ?fifiSTflnifiER'S ftURANTII I? Invaluable. It la not s panacea for td) diseases, but j*** i to rr mi cllseasos of tho LIVER, " i %^VJr\ IC. 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I wi ot Kuli lluclnCM tour?.', Inrlu.lim:Tuition.Stallone.) ti llloaiii.al itgttO. short lUait, IM..H rltln? killi Tehrfraphj ; >o Vo ration? Kntef Kow? i i ..it .t. . i?uar?.n.?-?<l Surr.*.. Pot cin.ulirsa.Ulic.? W. lt. SMI I'll, l'ro'i. I.i On?ton,Kr. .. r. lXXOLttt9?i&BEB 183611 'SWIFT'S i A REMEDY NOT FO wy HALF A REI.IF.vTNG BUFFE AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON B FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT 81 ADDRESS THE SWIFT 8PE ASHLEY jSoLI Tin- SolublefGunno'lsXhlghly concentrate Oratio fertilizer foi nil crops, AS 111.KV COT ION AM) COHN COMP two crops and also largely used by tho Truel ASHLEY ASH KLEMENT.-A v. ry oln-i tlllzer for Cotton, tan n and Small Grain Cn Vines, otc. ASHLEY DISSOLVED BONE) ASH LE Grades-for uso alono anti in Compost heap. For Terms, Directions, Testimonials, and publication.') of tho Company, address THE ASHLEY PHOSI Nov30Lly PARS Thea? pills ?ere a wonderful discovery. No otha or relievo all manner of disease. The irjforraatton bozof pills, rind out fHMMfc. Mn na them, and you fl^Bs^A 1 will always bc thank . BflTjlH H .Inri. MK^Hf i Pajraona'PiUs contain I f?fr H ?othinjr harmful, are fl BZ I easy to take, and fl ?j? cause no inconvn- HB MN M the marvelous power of these pills, they would wal without. Sent by mall (br 26 cents in stamps. Ul the information is very valuable. I. S. JOHNSON i MAICES CIIILD-BIltTH KASV. Tho lime lias como ni last when the terrible agony hll'ldo?t to thia very critical period In a woman's lite can he avoided. A distinguished physician, who passed tia- Kr?ntest portion of Iiis life (foity-foiir years) in this 1.ranch of practice, left t<? childbearing woman this price less lenney and IlfC'HRVUl? 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