The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 16, 1887, Image 1

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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. TIM KIA' TOPICS VOW MUMEKA HOW TO DO I'AYINCI WOKK AT Til IK sr: A.MIN. SuggestI*>i?s of Intuios!, From un A ul lon i taliv? Source. (W.L. Jone? In llio Southern C'iiltiv ; .) it is presumed that by this limo ? very farmer has matured his, plans, and is ol ready underway in executing lin m. One of tho first thin ga to claim bis at i cu lion is tho preparation of tho manure h> be used. Ho has deoided to uso c inposts largely and be must now prepare them; tho matter cannot bo deferred much longer. Whilst a compost will .. bur rosultfl. prepared only a mouth or six weeks in advance of its application, tho general drift of oxporioncc iudii di a that hotter results ensue where th. y aro pr..?, pared three mouths in advance. Com posts for cotton should bo put up at once, and caro taken that overy e< nditiou for proper fermentation be present. Those conditions aro proper admixture of ingredients, decided moisture all through tho mass, and a decided com pactness, A loosely thrown up pilo ol manure will lao..?nf too hot and bo greatly in jun d. A proper f< ? mentation : brings about Bovcral valuable results. I First, it reduces or breaks down the courser ingredients, as hay, Ht raw. haves! or other litter, and renders ('.... dietribu lion of tin; compost ousici nd more uniform. Uniformity of distribution is ii matter of lirut importance. In tho next place it ronders inert, insoluble materials active ami soluble. All of the | nitrogen, for instance, of grci n or fresh j immure is insoluble; it is citbor in thc form of albuminous compounds or of urea (a constituent of urine), end must bo changed to ammonia or nitric acid, before plants eau appropriate it. The danger is that, as tins ammonia is formed, it may be driven oil'bj lu .it and bo lost? This is to be pi. vented by keeping the fermentation within prop.', bounds, aa above pointed ont, and by covering tho hen)) with n layer of rion dirt six or eight indus thick, to Catch and absorb any escaping ammonia. Another and very oflcctivo means of pre venting loss is using kninit as mo of tho ingredients of the compost. i ho preva lent iden hus been that lund plaster was excellent for that purpose bul plaster only acts oilioieutly where tin ie is water enough to dissolve it, and ; is not generally tho caso in a compost io ap. Kainit is much moro soluble iban lins ter, ami will lix ammonia und r cue mi stances whero plaster will not. Kai ni I is decidedly tin b< st eli.;.ip and available substance tor the purpose lind wo know. It hus been just stated that kainit ought to bu ono of the ingredients of a compost heap -what other of Ibo chi mi cal or concentrated fertiliza tn ?. hon I 11 ti ter into it. Tb oro nord bu no hesitation iii saying that phosphoi io acid, in sonic form, should occupy a front pl n?e in Ulis respect. No sub tuneo i? moro univer sally wanting in old, long-cropped ?ands than phosphoric acid, none, t;.' iq.plica lion of which, on uch lands, has given moro uniformly good results. Besides kainit and phosphoric apid, ll i re aro no other ohemical fciUli/.era which need generally enter into composts; in ex coptioual oases uotuo olin i . in iv bo ppedod; that depends upon ibo nature of the moro bulky basis i f thc c llipobt, and to this j. I o-, tum attention, Asa rule, barn-yard mannie is tho mail) foundation of composts, it i insists ol tho exen nient and u ri ne of horses and cuttle mixe I with a variable .; nudity ol i litter. With tho farmer it i ?rn ovor pressing inquiry how ho may increase the quantity ?nd improve the quality of this most valuable substance. AH to Ibo first (tho quantity), thc ready auswi r ol Northern and European writers bas been by keeping more, stock. Rut bear in mind, however, that thia answer comos from regions where gnus und grain an the leading crops, und v.li. re ?argo cili?s and a dense population flargely manu facturing1 croate a hug.: demand for food, iuoluding uv ut. i o u Norti.oru or English farmer the questa,n is, shall hay and grain bo sold direct from the farm, or shall they be converted into meat and milk, ami oltCCSO and butter, ami these become the obj. i ts of saleV Ho can lind sale for eithor. Willi a Southern farmer tho conditions aro some what dureront. Atproeenl i!..- most ol his lapd js tpo poor to grow gra s uno possfully, ami climat ie conditions render ,.i.i.ill grain crops rather une rt.du. Tho cities about him nie small, population is sparse, anda small portion of it engaged in manufaotarcs. \\ onld these surround btg warrant a general inoroase m the numbor of live stock on tho farm? J liai is extremely doubtful. Exoei)t in local ities whero there is un extended "runge,' most fanners have, until a rec. id pen. I, erred in keeping too much rallier than loo little stock. In one direction there might be a profitable increase, vi/.., in rinsing all tho hornes und nudes they m ed, nmI possibly tho hogs required foi domestic usc. Gradually our farms might bo brought up to the requisito degree of fertility to produce grass and glam enough for a moderate ?rn rcasc in tho number of milk cowa. Thoro is a osmand tor good butter at tho South, and we ought by all tm ans to strivo te work UP to the point of supplying it, Bot utter all, tho morons.' suggested would be small, and would not go vt ry far towards increasing tho quantity ol manure. How, then, can it bo dom '. By more cm (ul husbanding of all mann rial material on tho farm (i spt oially the urine of animals) and tho preventing ol tho leaching of thc soluble (and therefore most valuable) portions by ruin. Ill tins connection the most urgent need of Southern farmers is moro stub room for stock. Hulls should bo larg! and roomy, and so arranged that stock will not have to bo haltered, bul may be free to move abord ut Will. Will n am mal? aro haltered thur urine is dis obarged at certain spots; tho courut manure ia not uniformly impregnated with it, as it should he, uml the tmitmih will stand or lio do,wi m m t immure to tho serious Injury Of their hoofs or bides Again, largo sUlls tao desirable* thal immure may acoumulato in them foi long periods of time without umhio mis lng of tho bottom of tho stall or otllOl inoonvenicno,-, Largo stalls, for bk? reason, admit of tho uno of lar c quanti tlea of littor. And this ls om? of om most av.o.alc.e means of increasing tin quantity of stablo manure. Ou n a ..?. Southern farms nine-tenths of the arin? of ?took is practically lost. When not at \ work they tiro allowed t<> run nt largo in >:? ( J! yunis, wherj llioro is no absorbent* ??i ii' ibero is one to absorb it, tho ruins inna! effectually leach it out in tho ond. Kept in hu go statis, when not ut work, amt those stalls kept well littored, a very large portion of tho urine is absorbed ' and p< rfectly saved. When litter is int j prcguuted with urine, its quality is groatly improved, lt is a very different , thing from littor simply mixed with solid sen mont aud rotted. Hore is room for grout improvement in our methods this husbanding ol Clio urine. Again, stalls should notboclenucd out i move tittil) once a ; ear. Managed us i1 ove, neither the health nor tho clean j lb ie." s ot' uni mais demands it, and nuder no other conditions can mauuro l e no : cumulated with CO little loss ot detriment I to im quality. The gnat foe to barn yard manure of high quality is tho open ? yard. Abundant littering helps matters some, but leaching will bo great. The dark, rich juices which dow from it. after overy heavy or protracted ruin aro im pr< gnated with salts of ammonia no less than soluble mineral ingredients. Lol us banish the open yards from our farms, und ohiuigc tho name from barn yard to steh manure. Another BOnrce of bulky, organic ma uuro, which is quito unlimited, and w hich may serve us u basis for compost, is leaves, straw, cte., decomposed b, the agent y of ashes and lime. Ashes may bo uv d alone or in combination with limo, or lime may bo used alone, itt thu last ease tho chief function of the lime is to de compose ami reduce tho leaves. When ashes ure used alone, they accomplish the same purpose, but in addition in crease, very materially the fortiliziug proportion of tho leaves. The;.- add to thom lime, potash, magnesia, phosphoric and sulphuric acids indeed, every min eral ingredient needed by plantf. If n proper uniount of ammonia and some phosphoric acid bo added to such a mixlttlO, a very complete mid perfect manure ia produced. Such a mixture, then, makes un excellent basia for n compost. Ashes and limo should not bo added directly to stable ni.in ire; they will di ive oft*ammonia. But nftor thoso substances havo hoon mixed with large quantities of leaves, have bccomo diluted and marked by them, and entered into new combinations, they may then bu mixed with stable mauuro without detri ment. Ton bushels of ashes to three or four w i il packed two horse wagon loads of le ives muk?s n good misture, lt ought to bo prepared some mouths be fore it enters into tho iiual compost lu ap. A farmer might begin now, nod nt all available opportunities throng1: tho year, gather and haul leaves and put up pens of such mixtures. lie w ould bo aston ished nt tho amount which BJ'S to m and energy would accumulate in Ibo course of ii year, lt sh.mid not bu put in piles, "nut in pins four or ti ve fut high, well moistened lo start with, w ell p icked ami covered at top with u layer of rich dirt several i nobes thick to retah) moisture. After such tl heap has been well moist ened, ruins will be apt to ki ep it wot enough ulteiwards. Hain will leach thin layers of matuiro scattered in a yard m tho thin edgos of n spread-out heap, but will not leach n mass four feet thick will straight upright sides. N'ow, supposing u farmer has Hu s. vi i il materials mentioned on hand um is ready io make los compost-how sha! he proportion tho several ingredients'. Furmau's formula, now so extonsivol*< US? d, is thirty bushels euell of stabil mai.ure and cotton Rood, Kal pounds o aeid phosphate and 201) pounds of kninit I'.\pt iii nee has shown thia to bc. a Von excellent compound for lund of avorag? fortuity, Cau it and should it eve;- lu varied? Suppose one has OOtton se-d but no stable manure, lu such cuse tel additional bushels of cotton seed alton h lake the place of the lucking muinire; M that (be formula would be IO bushels o cotton aced,'100 pounds of aoid plios phate und 200 pounds ot kninit. Lut i would bo dosirablo, to koop tu? tho dc sired dilution of the chemical fertiliser in the compost, to mix willi the ubov ingredients Iwonty-flvo or thirty bushel of rich earth, or wood mold, or some thing of Hu; kind. Agniu, suppose on hus stable imuiure, but Ho Cotton SCCC the pince of the cotton seed may b tuken by cotton meal-say do bushels i manure, 300 pounds of cotton seed men Ibo pounds of acid phosphate und 20 pounds of kninit. Suppose one's land ? extremely poor. Then the quantity i the cotton seed in the compost may I doubled, the quantities of other in; ri .i onto remaining tho samo. If one's lan is quite rich, half or even less of Ute co ton seed may enter into tho compos tho other constituents remaining tl ?une. Suppose one has tho mixturo i leaves and ashes, but no nummo or eo ton seed; then the formula should be ( bushels of leaf mixture, KIO pounds i cotton heed men), loo pounds of aol phosphate und loo pounds of kami Less kninit would be called for in th case, because tho ashes, in leaf mi/.tur would take its place, if limo only wi mixed with tho haves, Um full quanti! of kninit should bo added. lt is well to build the compost pens or near the fields to which it is to bo a pl ?yd J this will save binding during tl very busy SOOSOn of spring. And eve one OUgllt to pr?vido himself witli compost distributor, both for CCOnOmi mg labor and tim??and tor securing in fortuity of distribution. Various pt teins of these are now made over t country, and nomo of them uro siinj nuil inexpensive. A revolving cylind arith spikes, in ii hopper witii slot in t bottom and movable slides to regtth .vidth of slot, constitute the csscut pai ls of ii spreader, und almost uuy fun er eau rniike ono for himself. As upi nig oats w ill be sown tl month, attention is called to thu mix iharaoier of seed oats sold in tho marl "i Texas mst-proof onls. Last year good deal sold nuder thal numo were r ml mst proof; the crop ripened lute u .. ry ueipially. Tho struw of tome v all, ?ott and giving-quite dillon .nun tho strong, still'straw of tho rn proof. Homo seed sold as Texas ru .roof is very good, but one should .notions and examine closely before p 'busing. As n ndo, it is better to I tioiue-iuiscd seed, if it Ifl possible, wi me is under tho necessity of buying .ill. For spring oats, sow spring-gro teed i and thoso troma rcgiou south your locality aroproforablo totlioso fr t point north ol you. Wo need fi lOOlimatod varieties. How os early i isuhle, it ii* just ns well to risk kill by cold whon a orop is sown early, ot run tho tho gauntlet ol destruction by tho drought and rust ill tho spring when a crop in sown Into? Iticli land and bot tom land may la? sow.? later than poor upland. [lavo scon good crops of oats on bottom land sown in Mareil, lt is always well to sow some of tho oat crop I on suoll laud, il" one has any that is well ?drained. Bottom lands need occasional I rest from corn crops, and if tho spring ; is very dry an oat erop on bottoms pay s very handsomely, Hy all means sow a large crop of outs, and give il a fair chanco. I'LA IN TA1.lt POU V(M NO MUN. Soiuo Adi Icc lin .<<l on Common -.? mu? i.vci'j'-lliiy K .po lon i'. Yes, aland u]> right before us, while WC lad; to ymi like u Dutch uncle. And what aro WC going lo say? .lust lids: Have ?mu thing, young man! Don't ..pend al) you got, and run in debt. Don't blow in your money on cigars, beor, good clothes, or, it may bo, a las! girl. Don't run oi'incline to that sort of business, lt ia domorali/.ing, danger ons, deadly. There is nothing that gives a mun more ennobling thoughts bulges out bis oh< yt so broadly lilis him with Bitoh nu inspiring sense of manliness, as to own something. Try it, and see what a noble ploasurc it is lu own a ju? ce of land, lt may bc only a few acres. Por haps au bumble village plot, or a moro pretentious city lot, but to own it to novo as all your own, that which you bavopaid for, a piece of (led's good round earth, is to acquire a feeling of security and independence which is tho most delicious and proilblblo experience in thc world. To Stop out upon - to plant your poor feet squarely on som. piece of land, some little portion ot earth and foti that it is all your own that you alone possess it, that it has been won by your own endeavors, by toil and struggle, through patient work ing; to know tii.it the grins that grcoilS it, tilts sp it ol' earth, you own- tho violet, that blooms above its verdure, thu vines that ornament it are yours to pos sess and enjoy, gladdening tho eye, do lighting tho senses; that the glad sun will beautify il and tho laius ol heaven moisten it into brightening beauty, all this brings n sense ol pleasuro and fool ing of contentment thal can bc realized from no oilier method of enjoyment, lt is freedom, independence, joy! Then to lins exquisite and ennobling sense of possession may bo added the delight of a home, and tinderla ath heuVCU, tiicro iJ no joy so pure, so elevating as a Well ordorcd home' llenen tb tho shade ot' your own vine and Ug tree, ela ping your little ones lo your heart, with wife m loving communion, the glories and penco of tho homo of God is only above this heaven on earth! Ves, young maul Own a piece of land! Noone, howover small bis pay, little his savings, but can in duo course of tinto have a have ti homo of his own-? pioce o? tho good, wide earth, all bis own! Hoys, work lol it! Young man, got it, and (bo Stat? and the nat ?on will he tho gainer, (pul humanity tho belter oft', for tho trio nobleness of citizenship is centered ii him who has earned a homo, for that home bads to thc observance of law mid respect for constituted authority in silicates moral and Christian linties oin these to love for your fellowmen and t< Ibo har of God! Vining man, get. ? piece of land. Kvhunge. (.nar.lei) fur tirr Diamond*, lt is astonishing to mo how the peopli who are md in New York society Strug gio for an entrance. The one' aim o their lives seem to lie to get within tin circle which, whether it is made up o what they are pleased to call liristOOnuv or not, has the credit of IK ing, and 1 tlie goal toward Willoh so many ambition men ami women bond all their cncrglt I have in mind a lady of whom I wrol some time ago, who has no cpd ' money, is a widow handsome and no be. old lo Olljoy life. She has been livin a number of year;: in Kiirope, but sh has returned home determined to tak social lifo by storm. She has n illed house in one of Ibo most OXOltlsivo pai l of town, and she bas given choice eutei taismonts to which all tho so-callc swi lls were ph used to come. 1 hey a' her dinners, pronounced bor cookingui exceptionable (md Went home to laug at In r Oliorls lo Lo one ol' them. I ii charity ball came, and it was given Ol that she was to opon th" hall, but si didn't; and not only that sha took n pint in ibo opening marok, ??ho was : the ball, however, and wore ?2/50,01 worth of diamonds. To enjoy tb luxury she was guarded by four dot? lives, two from Tiffany's nd two fun ?shed by tin police force. lt seems I ino this is hiking a great deal td' trotlb for u little display. I cannot iniagi) anything moro uncomfortable thou to I under tho eyes of four detectives for t entire evening. I should certainly fe as though 1 were going lo bo uriesU for something, why would it not i just as well to wear a little tablet on om breast bearing tho inscription : "I hi $250,000 worth of diamonds in Tiffani safe, but I tlo not want to take rho ri of wearing thom.** New York Letter, A sm, mn mi, II 11 H| '? promenade. A decitled sensation was created on t streets at Akron Into lost evening by well known lady residing on No:iii lii| street coming upon tho street in vc airy attire, being dressed in a single gi mont in w hich she had gone to bcd. 8 walked at least three blocks and eros two main Streets mar tho In ai tot tho oil being seen by quito a number of ot op A gentleman who saw the Iud , coi from her bouso. and seeing that she v walking away from her home m au vii but proper dross, approached ber a laid his hand on her shoulder, win n nt diced that ?ho was asleep. Hfl b hold oilier arm and hal her huck to ) house, whero abo cutored, gi'dtig signs that she was awake, though I coltl air and frost of tho night must hi severely chilled her body, which \ almost nude. Speciol to tho Cincim Km purer. A Ufretvrd M munn fa tho lady who USOS cosmetics, f lotions, white load, bismuth powdt arse nie, etc., in Hie belief of enrich and beautifying tho complexion. Il but temporary, and ultimately destr tho skin boyond tho power of nature restore. Stop it! Stop it now, and only Dr. Hatter's Iron Tonio, whit b parts thu \igor and lovuline.-s of youl Till', s I I.K (HOT KOK 'IHK KOllTII. How Otu Farniorn May llivoi'riir.v Their w otU i >> A .I \ an I UK v. Lorin Blodgctt writes t<> a Western paper: lt it; possible to add to tho pres ent crop of tao plauting States a crop not loss in ita realized voltio to the peo ple who grow it than tho cotton crop is now. Tho silk ero]) of Europe has the chief ri sourco of tho northern provinces of Italy and of several districts of France for moro ilian half a century, it is still at the highest position for those coun tries, hut it cannot bo increased and made adequate to supply this country witii Bilk. It cannot bo increased for reasons connected w ith tho close occu pation of tlie land here, the heavy taxes, and the embarrassments and ri strictions on tho occupiers of the soil; the heavy rentals and the absolute need cf growing as much food as possible, and tho labor of thc; people can tal'." care of. tn tl'?- la ntral and southern States here the situation is wholly diflbrout. There is a surplus of land, very lightly taxed, and not iucumhorcd, lad almost abso lutely out of nae, bco.au.se it does not pay to cultivate it in competition with the West. T!:i i c is no urgent demand lor labor to produce food crops and no restriction whatever on tho freedom of the owners of land or liie occupiers of the fauns in the few cases whoro the occupants aro tho owners. Thors is no crushing ex action of taxes or rent?is from the peo ple, and tin- only necessity is to produce a crop changeable directly for money. Thc cotton crop has had a great posi tion ns t!ie monoy earning crop of the South, out it does not return thu most ucccs.sui*, of the expenses incurred in growing it lo thc small planter or farm er, lt ?h ? fi not pay a dollar for his labor, and it rapidly exhausts all the fertility of tba- soil, it costs largely to prepare for il, and requires long wailing tori di'/0 what it docs yield. Valuable is it still i. to thc largo planters and on rich lands, ii has ceased to be valuable io tin- greater budy of tho small farmors, lind especially to the eastern States of Ibo South. Hut iu all these oidor States both thc soil and tho enmate especially favor tho growth of Mik. Tho mulberry is in iligi nous, and il glows freely without Bitltivation. Any part of the country ind ail classes ol lands will produce it profusely without COSt and without ploughing or other cultivation, The land being practically freo of taxes, tho occu pauls nie free to i am thc most they can md to USO thu whole of what they do arti. After the mulberry trees aro sufflciout ly grown il H au easy work to turn them into silk-a few days only, not moro dian a month- and the crop ol' the year is grown and gathered, ready for sale. The cocoons neeil no proparath aid con sequence, or none which involves any material cost, li a tlliituro is near at band the*i can be immediately reeled, und lin? re? led .' ilk is worth live dollars II pound not merely tile r-ix or i ightcotltt v pound which the ginned 00Itou brings. Thu cocoons, when gathered, aro wort! i-i gb ty cents to one uol lar a pound; bul they are not dilllcillt to reel, mid may bl n i lcd ?it once, as is done in Italy, Tin full value of the silk can then bo realized, This silk when reeled is tho most cn [luring and permanently voltinh! . of ni libres; as much mole valuable for nnj ilciluito weight than any other aa gold if moro valuable than iron. 'lie n is uol the least practicul tliflioili ly in producing silk in any village or Ol iiny farm. No machinery is no dod, am not c. dollar need be paid for any tooli [>r fixtures. Light feeding frames mn' lie made by any man or intelligent Ixe d light boards or of branches of trees Shelter from storms must he lakou ti ivoid wetting or chilling tim yoir.M ivories. the eggs must be liopt in i ooo! and dry pii.ee until tho leaves ap [ ea.-, it is not proposed to givo precis limitions here, but only to assure al intelligent persons that there is nothhi nu re required than every such perse L'an rea : i ly learn, if a mistake is mud in some precess once, it may be easil corrected tin1 next time. Tho writer id this "ote hos l ad a lib lime experience in the publie service an . thorough knowledge of the oultivatio md resources of tho country for a lon period, and of the South particularly nineo 1861. Then tito best renlizatio from the colton crop was still very in nerfeot, because cotton was very litt manufactured, Now manufacturers c golton in tho Smith are general un prosperous, but to grow cotton is i longer possible, with profit, on tho woi lands of tlie esatcrn States South. Still more, the oiroumstauccs of tl country are greatly changed, and au ii iliense consumption ol raw sill, has bet established. The present th m md Ink 500,000 pounds per month, or 0,000,0 pounds por year, worth $30,000,00 l'lie imports of raw silk for Novomlx 1880, were 5-10,000 pounds, wine j>'. lil i, 171. ll' half of this were no! grov here it wonld cost the merest trillo thu growers, beyond their time, ai would la? a net prollt of almost its fi value, li would ho so much direct lidded to the national resources, and would all eoiuo to those who llOVO tither resource to convert their time ir nu nicy. A channel has been cut through fri bake Ballona, Los Angelos county, Ci furnia, to the ocean, but further wi towards making a harbor of the luke i boen suspended until (hparrival of pi] which aro daily expected. Largo SUCti pipes have been laid from the lake o the hill into a deep valley, whore a ste dredger will be set to work and debris Conveyed by tho suction pi will be m ed as Idling for the road, wh has been graded for live miles Iowa Los ArgOlCS, A fresh illustration of tho power niu.de to charm was given in a lilith house the other evening. A young r was playing the. guitar late at night was surprised at tho visit of a good-si rat. The aninud seemed to enjoy music and slowly carno nearer the ] former, until within a fow feet of li Alter listening a few minutes the quietly disappeared. -Jack Harvey, an cooentrio chara of Pittsburg,, l'a., died Friday, ? living a miserly life for over fifty yt Ile h ff 140.000 iii an old tin can ?1 ho luu7 auied in tue yard hack of shanty. TUN COTTON CJtOl' I IIO<| lilli It'll for CluillllillVKS, Color Ililli Lcngtli of Stiiplo-l't'h'oor St i ll ls I.<>w. WASHINOTON, I.). ('., February IO Tho report of tho cotton crop of I88(j shows Hie average at tho date of t ? i ? - oloso of thc picking season, thc proportion of tho ero]) marketed on ibo first of F< b rtiary, tho quality of tin ?-tapie, tho price of seed and product, compared with that of 1885. 'l in; flo. o of th picking is reported Du: same us last year in tho Carolinas and Texas; om- day earlier in Mississippi; two later in Georgia and Louisiana; four in Tt mies loo anti twenty-ono in Arkausu . Tho dates ure: North Carolina, Dc ceuibor 'J; {South Carolina, Novomher 80* Georgia, Dccomborl; i'lorida, No vomher 27; Alnbiunu, December .Mississippi, December7; Loni 'ana, De cember I:!; Texas, Decetnlu t Arkan sas, Deccmbi r 25; ! i uncsst o, i >cct mht r. l?. Tho later maturing of the crop i.-.. extending the season in u ft \v States Duly. lu Arkansns tho season waa lengthened by tho inability lo pick tho heavy harvest, ltctnrusof Um propor lion marketed made lhenv< rugi lo Fob ruary 1, 1885, one per t i t. At that lute about 5,050,000 bales had gone fri :.. the plantations. This would indicate a nop ot .>, 1 Mu) halos, u unie tn Hf above tho No i'Cmbor indica!ions. Of Hie rat - of yit l i. he proportion by Stales is a follows: S'orth Carolina 87, ?South Car?.lina s-, leorgia K~>, Florida S!), Ain! iain;'. H.", Mississippi 81, Louisianas.), Toxus ' Arkansas 81. Tennesst o 8?k Tho quality d' the ciop ; . iperior. Karoly, i'. over,. uwo returns o? clennlincsH und color, lombincd with the length ol' staple, ?quailed those just received. The prico of set tl i .> low, and complaint s modo of the combination <ii oil millers o reduce prices. Heaters will sell nt illy prices, sometimes ns low ns live to 1 .ight cents per bush? I. Tho bi st i lani ta refuse to sell at ruiniug rah s. Tho ivertigo in Mississippi anti Louisiana i ; ? on cents, eleven in Arkausns, twelve in|1 L'exns ana Tennessee, thirteen in South ; JurohiiH, Georgia and Alabama, sixteen 1 u Florida. Feet le rs ol' fattie.md sin op pay Ihc ugliest rute. Tho product ia larger than, oat year in Florida, Tenuvsscc, Al ka" as ?nd Texas, and smaller hi tho olin r dates. The average result from ti caro ni aualysis of present n turns is au ggrogutb loss than two per cent, lowei hau thal of last year. KxriiitiKxci: WITH v SK.O. 'ho ?liirvclous ('lit-ti pu OM* nt I ho Knott : I'l'OllllOOH. Mr. Goorgo \V. Keiner, a leading armor ami stock raiser ot Augusta conic y, Va., itos furnished tlioStamitoii Vm-1 licator Hie following account of his ex ?orieiico with a il? ?. "Lust August 1 put np ti lr timo build ng 12 by 12 ami 12 feet high. Tito rame is 8 inches, plunked up on both ?ties. The space I ie tween ivas Hilt I with lawdust. I pul in a plunk door amt lovered with plank, wilna .lour itt ono ?orner ut the ground. Tho Hui! ling did lot cost over ?20, wit!- un estimated lapncity of 80 tons. < )n August . :>> gr< on lornwuscut. Not having plnnted the lorn for the purpose, and only as nu ? \ icrimcut, I solected tho lightest growth n tho com field. Tho corn was eut in talf inch lengths by steam power, ami luring the filling of tho silo three na n ramped the cut fodder ns tigi.t ts they onlil pack it. Tho silo WAS only lill i inly hall full, not feeling sure that this dall of house Would keep ii. Well. lin op was then covered will) om? und a i alf feet dry wheat chaff and pla-ll . dunks, closoly fitted, et.wring tho en tre top, Upon tho plank was put two eei of stone. Tho gable ends wore laitcd up ami Hie joli was coil)ploted ut i eo.st ot uhoiit SI pi i" tOU. "On December 5 I opt ned tho door ai lie bottom mude foi" Hie purpose ol' get ing tho ensilage oui. I found it in plendid condition, except a lew inclici .round the sides and mi lop. Fearing here would la- SOU10 troilblo to ti adi took to eut it, somo of tho ensilage was iffered to horses, cows an t hogs -all atc t nt once with as much relish KS if it was freon clover. After feeding t'ne t nsi age a few days tn cows, they increased hen- ilow of milk, besides giving n richer tiality, 'Lho stink, which hive been eil upon ensilage alone cxcopl access lo i straw stuck, have incitas d in wt ?gilt ind manifest an inoreased appetite and nste for it. lt is .said 11 nit green clover, ?nt when in bloom, muk. s as good Oil .Hagons green oort), l lover that will nuke ono ami n half tons of i my wid nuke twenty tons of ensilage per uer.', ind corn that will make ho ly to fifty .ttshels per nero will make ?I ?out twenty ive tons of ensilage. .lin lisoii's lil....I. The following story nppenrs in the itichmond State : 1 Bend you n thrilling and true account >f ii ghost willoh has recently appeared it tho Virginia Military instituto. On ,ho night of Hie 28th, shortly nftor I >'clock, us Hui sentinel was walking hi-* onoly heat, his attention was attracted brough tho .sally port to the front of ho hiirrncks by ii slight soon.I rcsem ding tho rustling of loaves by n gentle grind, instantly, botween tho two largo forty-six pound siege pieces, there ap peared n soldier dressed inn Confederate inifortn and monntod <>n a hugo gray torse. His sword was drawn, his horse ?'r?\?\y ruined'up, amt twowhito pinnies boated griieofidly about Iiis hat. I he sentinel ut lint, almost paralyzed v.?th terror, hud gazed upon tim object, bul ill nu insUiut, when the horco lia i started through the sully port into tho Doutt yard ut a rouml trot, crossing the senti aol's bent, milking no audible sound, al though he WHS passing OM I II solid brick pavement, the sentinel, true to his t .Hi lary principle, ohallonged with a loud voice, "Who goos there.''" The rider did not heed tho challenge, bul passed on at tho same paco until arriving at un .brant, dangerous and impassable pr?ci pice in tho reur of thc barracks ho van ished. On tho next night u similar phe nomenon occurred. An old veteran pres ant recognized tho grand and imposing rider to he none other than that of General stonewall Jackson. So far DO explanation can he given. JAM.', i T. Hn/ros, Lexington, Yn. Many imitators, hui 110 equal, has Dr. inge's Catarrh Hcmcdy. I*HOTOO ita i i ? i> IN cut nen. I Hun .ii: I ul? i ?iiisinu All Ul Sc?-..it ?I l'ic ' I II rcs i * f l'ioaltlonl unit M rn. < lc . OIHIHI. I (Bpo in! 'o i) o w Vorli Worl. ) WAHIUNIITOX, l?'cbrttnry 7.-For the! past few days a Ciuciunati ii rt int hus! been hex o carrying ii lcttor-box nuder I hi:, ann thai bad ovory ni)ponraiico ol nu | infernal mnohino. On more titan ono occasion tho young n.a . lias bei u taken for ?i crank. For two days ho lias been luidcr polico espionage and waa at bud compelled to exhibit tho oontonls of tho my h toi iona box. Instead of its hoing a dangerous contrivance it proved to bo onbj ? limpio and bartuleas detootive eau ern, ' ton as is used by amah ur pho tographers, which lie bad bren carrying ari and tin: oity for tho purpose of using on Ibo prom i ucnt public mon and tiu-ir wive?. yesterday ho waa ?I the White House with Ids niaohiuc, hilt was not allowed to biko it boyoud tho v stibulo. tie was desii otis of scouring an instan taneous photograph of Mrs. ( loveland nt hor reception? Tbis morning tho artist statioi ed ldin-, ?el( ut Ibo door of Dr. bundorlaiid's IJ church t-i await tho arrivai of tb ; Preta-i* deiitial earriiige, recognizing that this 11 would il. ubtli ss bo his ?mly o)?p il unity j1 ol'seeur?ig a photograph of lim Prest- J dent's wi fi in street costume, it was not * long until tho ourringo arrived at tho j1 church door containing tho t'residout 0 and Mt-. t loveland. As th . party <?' alighted tho artist set tho meelina ism cit'I1 tho mysterious box in motion an I it was : 1 performing ?ts work, Mrs. Cleveland t saw thc arti.-d and lite bi x. In ni lomon! J she appreciated tho situation. A3 qttiok ' as thought sbo wreathed ber fuco willi 3 s ta i les, looking at tho yoting 1: th ami . thc box, which bo still bold hrh' con-,' cenlcd auder bis ann, bowed politely as ' if to thunk him for los enterprise, ami ' passed into thoehnrcb. 'Jiu- President * idso saw tbe machine and look id ids- ' pl'-usrd. After tho sermon had begun ] Iii'1 artist :seated himself iu tho church j gal Ici y and succeeded in getting tb reo j* excel I?1 M i pilot? igrapbs ol Mrs. Ch voiaad 1 mid tho t'retident au they appeared in IJ ---rv >i I.l.t. loiopniti il Coi .a t. I * s AH a st aw that shows which v. ay the I j Pairo penn war tVind blown, tho p> opio of I j, Wilinington aro attaching n g?*? tl deni j j o? importance to th unusual lad! vit y at tho Dupont Powd ir ?dills ? 11 Ibu limn-1 L dywjue, a t? w IUIUM from that city. Tho <? mills have hover iii their hi.-nr. y buen v moro busy, and tho inch ao worked ,. night and day iii sonto parts ?a be. great i , eiitaiilishnieiit, which is lurai.ig ont j J, jilin k j i, >*.\ il. , such a. Idit rs us< nt war ?H hy tin: hms. Tho powder-:oak ra arni, told Hitit tho order.-! iioW 011 mud cannotL bc lilied fast enough, and these indica- ?, tioitsof an unpreci dented di minni tor lin- : article have sb ngthtatcd tho .urrent, j j liehet tba! lia Dupont.?: aro shippiug L large qua*ititi? ? of oxplo.-avt...?? to Prance i t, or (Jormaiiy, al d Hitit tho war in J-*n- j j. rope is coming surely hillie sprh (. The j v olin o ot ii..- l?tiptu. i lil :. ical Works |n ut Thompson's l'oint; X. a., is i dilated I] now in Wilmington, and it can b -stated I j wiPi pos ttivi-iu'SH ibid their a..ils, at U whie'i ia ,-t destructivo explosives in n tho world ui*t? manufactured, ?ive as busy s ns thc ! ?upoiit Works. . Titi'mills Ol tho tatter company aro L Ibo most lamons in tho world, and have U most ab.;.y i furnished n largo proportion 1 ot powdi r to I'hiropean nations on the 1 eve of a war. Just before tho Franco- L Prtissi war the mills woro run? 11 extra i. time, ns is the cns? now, and Otis was t tak?a> thou, as now, b> bo ?i pretty miro , harbingor ot war. The Dupe its aro ., very cautious when tile newspaper men t an' around, and Hu y say to all sach in-1. quisitivo pcoplu that thoyaronot oxport- [ iug large quantities of powder, bal in I. nearly everv instnnco wheii their mills H have been laisier.t, and just bc. .re an \ P.uropeitn struggle, tho same reply has N been : lade to tile pros.:. They do liol H deny, J io we vcr, thc unusual activity at 1 ?j tho mills, but declare in an iudilYoront sort of way thal tho powder is tot tho u powder is ?or the coal regions, ll this j ?. be trim tia ro is premiso of an cxtrnordi- |c nary coal supply and obenp fuel thia I, spring. Knowing pcoplo at Wilinington, however, smile viten thc coal regi?n j story is told, and ('celare that it is a k mu \ ?ld cliostnut. 11 v. :i ?aa t>- i I i t ti ; ia A Nino Your Ohl (?UOI'KIII t liii?t Liijs Hor!1 in Un Sil ulr. ? Tho Cumming Clarion ia informed by j Mr. H. Ti cry, who spout last wook in . llaford, <ai tho Air Lino ltailroail, of a , caso which rivals tho celebrated buln i Hurst. Ho, in company with a Well ? know n minister of that place, visitod tho J home of a littlo girl niuo years old, and , who is rather undersized. Th y had j beard of the child's powers and dosired . to pul tin tn t?> test. Mr. Terry ?aw the ( child lay one band on thc top of a table and move around tho room with it as though il woro ii nu re plaything. An ordinary child of that ugo oould hardly have moved tho table ai all. Mr. Torry, who is quite muscular, then took hold 1 ot a stout stick, grasping it at oaok cud; tho elido placed In r 'iamb on tho stick tu tho middle, and before he knew il the stick was wrenched out o? his grasp. Phis experiment was hied a second time, Mr. ferry exerting his whole strength to hold it, with the same result. A door, which fastened with a button, was then olosi tl and a person placed out - ...iii?? to push against it. Hy simply plaoing ber bands on tho door tin I litton gradually moved until tho door was un fastened. It is .said that \?!.in she a u 'hes the wall a person | lacing Ids ear against tho opposite sida can hoar a olioking sound resembling tho noise made bj a h-ieirraph instrument. lt is staled, and caa bo proven. Hud small slimes froquontly tull in showers around hor whilo she in in tho house. No one cnn tell where Pney conns ?rom. Uso, that, in whatever part of n rt mn she is 11 popping sound is hoard up parontly in tho wood. Tbeso are only a [OW of tho fentfl tho child is aldo to per form. She has bad health mid ls not considorcd bright, but thora cnn bo m> sort Of doubt as to her powers. Thc new $0 silver CortiflcntOi have l>c n iSSUOd, They arc-hut hold on-if thc I United States Treasurer wants us to notice I il publication? ko bad bettor send alony ' sumo sttmpl'. 'joplcs. MU: K.M.W AM? lt I.A IK. A l'roitt'loittlnl Tlckel that ls Much Talked About. (fiom tho Washington R< publican.) Tho presidential ticket, mnkora about Washington arc talking a groat deal of Sherman und Jilair ?is thc Republican candidates for 1888. lt is claimed that tin; two Senators would form a peculiarly strong combination on accouat of tho variety ot* causes t<> which their promi nence is due. A lcadiug western Senator,' who would not allow his name to bo used in this connection, for obvious rea sons, spoke ol' tho ticket with enthusi asm in conversation with a reporter. "Sen.dor Sherman," said he, "has tho OOniidcuoo ?>1 tbe business men in every section of tho country io a greater do a?reo than any othor mau in public lite. His wiso and conservativo policy as Sec retary <>i the Treasury and hiv soundness m all tho important questions which iavo engaged tho attention ot' Congress ii the last twenty years murk him as an ibsolutoly sute miiii t<? put in tho White louse evi n it' he did not possess any >rilUant qualities of mind, in one part icular ho is uniquo. Although aWost rn man, anti of courso dccpbj interested ii the progn ss of his section and aim il its peculiar interests, he is as well ikod by the great ilnaucial movers of \ew York and tho factory mi n ?>f Mas acbusett- as he i., by the fanning lemont of tho west. You will not lind liai tho Senator's nunn is rory gcnorallf nuded by tin- politicians <>n account of lis personal popularity, tor he does not ravel on bis ?.magnotisni," so to speak; .ut go north, cast, south or west and 'ou will hour people say: '"ISherman is a ?te man. Tho business interests of tho louutry cnn rely on him," This, it ooma to m.-, is tlc greatest praiso Hint ?ould bo bestowed on a Fitatesman. Per ?n:?! magnetism, brilliancy on tho itump, and solidness with boys aro all rory we!! in their way, but business nen think more of sound principles, ?onsorvatism, and long legislativo ex ?orieiiee. Senator Sherman is one of be very lev,- Biatesmeu who have not, in he cutirse of a long public career, gono rrong on un.ii' important question icnce the widespread oonlldouoo lie in* pires. He could certainly carry New LOrk, which is likoly to be again tho h'votul State in L888, and it is moro than irobablo thai Connecticut, indiana and low Jersey would go with him. Tho ioptiblioau campaign with Senator Sher OMI ns tho standard-bearer would bo n horougltly aggressive one. Tho princi pes of tin: itupublicau party have never icedi il any defouse, and with tho Ohio smiter on tho ticket tho candidate t'ould need no defense either. His ccord ever (duce ho entered politics is ?ure, und there is nothing to hide or \ J ?Illili. Uf COUrSO ti.ere would ucccs arily bc petty campaign lies, but thoy vould titi'i ct lb" Senator just as tho browing of pebbles would affect tho iVashiugton monument. Senator Blair would, I. think, moko ho strongest kind of a second in this icket. lu tho lirsl pine?. he ?strom tho .ast. Then his strength ?sol a peculiar dud which would swell the Republican otc in doubtful quarters. His earnest ml cons. .tent tempor?neo record would >e worth thousands ol votes tu tko ticket ii New York State alono whore, among cmpcrance people, ho is looked upon as .sort of apostle, No one doubts tho incetity of tho man ?o- attributes his irofcssion of tempor?neo priuoiploa to a le.-ire for political gaiu. Ho is known 0 be opposed to rum on principio, but io is ono of thoso who believe that tho iquor tndlio can bo regulated better hy ho Ki publican party luau by any third ?alfy organization. Ile does not see tho ?xpcdi?uey ot' breaking np tho grand old ?arty, winch 'mis taken the load iu ovory pecios nf progross and reform during be past thirty years, m order to advanoo ?rolubitory plans of more than doubtful fusibility. \\ iii; tb.e conservativo tom icrancc people Iiis name is a tower of treugth, and thoro aro enough there in he very (plaiters where theil" VOtOS aro tootled, to swell tl;e iii pnblk-nn \ote to ue'.i proportions us would clear away all toilbtS ni success in ISN*. Another gnat element of strength iu he Seuator ia th? raver with which tho 1 min looks upon lus eilt,its to promoto ?il neat ion in tuoir section. 1 am mn "?no il' those who think thal the South is ;oing to romain forovor "solid*" 1 l?e ieve 11 nit with a man oil our ticket who rould rcprosont son .- ab u that is popu ar in thc South we could gain two or lorhaps three States next time. Vir? dnia, you know, isstrougly in favor of ho blair educational bili, lt is likely to ju Republican any how iu iH.sx, but vith Senator Blair on tho ticket assur mco would bo rendered doubly sure, the sanie muy bo saul ot TonnOSSOO, vhicli, in a national (tontest, is a close .?tate. Wost Virginia wouid likely fall n lino also, since iho blair bill bas moro ulvocatos thoro proportionately than in my other Slate in tho Union. So, all longs considered, 1 think tho Repuhli .ans could 'int name a stronger tiekot wo years hence than Sherman and ?lair. I Kr Tobacco l uv. Thc prospects For tho repeal of tho tobae !0 lax ni Um proai ni sosslon of Congress ls mylhing I>>it olicoring, A long corres pondence between .Missis. Wise, flooder ?on and Randal] and Speaker Carlisle has liccn given lo tho press. Lifo ls too short md our space too valuable to till it up with his matter exclusively, Briefly tho letters f ihcso gentlemen explain w hy no motion AUS miltie to pass thc bill under a suspan -iou of tho mies lust Monday. Thc Wa b luton corros|?ondonco of tho Richmond ii Mg Informs that naper that Speaker Oar* lalo had said that il lio recognized any one . make thc motion it would 1)0 Mr. Kelley, tf Pennsylvania, a Republican, but tho DomocrAtlO friends of tho measure thought hut the motion should come trom a Deni u nit. Accordingly, n committee addressed \ communication to bim. asking bim to recognize ft Domocral to muk .! thc motion, but ho dieu refused to recognize any ono for Unit purpose.-Charlotte Chronicle. -Near Willow Creek, Cal., a fow days ago, a Mexican was riding along on Iiis hone with tho reins tiod to his wrist and playing n harmonica, when tho horse got frightened st tho noiso and commenced bucking, throwing bim off, and ai ho was maible to unfasten tho reius from his wrist, ho wa? draggod to death. An exchange speaks of a man with double teeth Who cai) crack a walnut. Tba?, is nothing, There is a policmnin in 1 leaton who hus a set of false te th and he cnn crack a cocoanut.