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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?. TUE INTER-STATE ENCAMPMENT. A OH 13 AT O ATI I Kit I NU NIC A It TUK OJTY Ol' SPAltrANItUKU. Tho Weather at I'lrat (nuitsiilclou?, bul til? Skies Itllghtoil ?it I.Hst--Thu liiaui;u ral Corenionlcti--A Partial 1.1st urtu lix hlblts-Other Mattera of Interest. The Ditor-Stato Fnrniors' Summer Kn? ' cnuiptnont wan duly inaugurated at Bpnrtanburg on Tuesday, tho'?uti inst. Tho had weather naturally dimini lied tho crowd at lir.-t in attendance, hut wltOU Ute hour for opening ni rived Ibero wau a goodly crow vi m tho pavilion pro vided for Un ir ucoonimodutio o A?. 12 o'clock tho Hon. doini \Y. Welford called the moetiug to ord? r, Thc stage was occupied hy tho following '.auicd goutlotnen N. L\ Walker, of ?ipaitunburv, the Uov. lt. ll. ll.id, tho Hon..). W. Woftbrd, Iv. C. K. Flcn ing, Col. A. r. lintier, tho lion. ll. B. Bedon, of holleton, Ti .'. Moore, of Bp? tan? hu . tho Hon. 1). lt Duncan, ol Bjmr tanburg, .Mr. ll. li. Houho, Prof. D. A. DuPro, .1. ll. .Montgomery, ll. l?\ Mont gomery, one Aged farmer from Texas, and otuor distinguished citizeus. Owing to somo error Bishop Dun-ni, who had boen Bel coted to deliver the opening prayer, did not ovtivo until after tho opining of the proceedings. The prayer was, tuen ?ure, ottered noby tho Kev. ll. li. Ut id, of Uoidville. lt is estimated that tho audience i nm- ; bored not less than two thousand per- ! tullo, among whom were a very larg? contingent of ladies, childly from Bpar hmbiirg. Upon motion ot Mr. John W. Wot ..rd, ' wk ) stated that tut re was no likelihood ' of tito prcseneo ol tho commissioners 1 from tho four other B?ltes, Capt. N. F. ' Walker waa called to the chair, lu assuming tho chair Capt. Wtdkor delivered a short at.d still ing add ros, :, in ; which he pledged himself to ftutlu . in every possible way the object.< ?:. rh,, i ' ?ncuTOpmont. Ile also introduced the lion. D. ll. Duucau, W^o had '..eui ohoron to doliver tho address of weld mo. ' Mr. Duncan add rosed tho moetiug as follow.- ? lllf. 1 N'At < I lt lt Ali ADOIlKSS. Mr. Chairman and Oontlcnn u: I '. ive the honor, in the :. mc ot ai! oiti/.oi . of Bpnrtanburg couuty, lo hid 3.MI a warm welcome to this Kucainpun ..t. We sincerely hope that tho delibera- ' lions and discussions whioh will 00cup; ' the ?laya of J'Otir sojourn lure maj bel1 marked by great good to all who par-1' ticipate and to nil who witness your ! labors. May your gathering bo ac. m pnnied in its iiilluoncu and praclioal ro- ' suits with tho largest amount ot un Iii- ! gent information and oxposiliou in tho ' arts and work ol' that grout science v. ich 1 you represan. Upon this nil gro vthl1 and prosperity re: !. Always tho largest contributor to ibo happiness of the people ut home, e ri- : culture has made this, ti:, greatest ot re publics, renowned abroad fur its co .'li bations lo the (.o-tem.ree and comfort ' of tho millions of oile r landa lt (he pursuit of knowledge, the lahore ol the I' workshop, the whirl of tho factory L' wheels, the busy industries and com. .or- V oial interests by laud and soa, lag and ! languish, it is only beoauso LU? valley 1 aro not covered over with com, becaiiso . there is no fatness in Ibo pastures, bo cause thc cattle do not rojofco upon the ? hills and the earth fails to yield her iu* , crease. ? Wo are tho moro rejoiced on tins 1 . ea | sion because of tho evidence WO have of , the awakening and awakened inten. t in j your avocation, which now seems to bo < taking in importance precedence of all ( other questions. -How 'shall tho largest j intelligence and thc most rolubh i \- ? periniontol knowledgo ho invoked and ? enforced in behalf 1 f tending this gar- ? den of earth, which was dolivorod to the ( first farmer of creation with tho com mand to keep and .he.-s it a proposi lion not new, indi od older than all oth ers, and yet, strange to tay, it has now,' less ol' intelligence, pressing and push 1 ' than any of those thiugs wliich coniumn 1 the timo 0nd talents ol mon. 1 While it is true thai tho agriculturo of this extensivo country is Conduotcd on ti beale unknown in ancient or in modern ! til.ICH, yet in tbCSO important depart* meats of knowledge we uro singularly deficient. No other field bolds out a moro inviting prospect to tho diligent aud tho enterprising, .1 lllo-wark which may lill the nobb st ambition. Tin ro is ho closed doer to the followers ol this ' art. As illustrated from tho days of (loorgc Washington down to tho PUCCCSfl of thc poor larmer'., boj of the Valley of Virginia with his reap? r, 011 downing sominariea, orphans' bonus and un i vor sity professorships, there is no temporal interest of Immanlty winch oxcecds in importance that of your pursuit, and all ! others it hus outlived. "lt survives Turk and Tiu.e and ( loth." Upon it the cleland and meehunic, the bench 1 nd ar and tho forum and cami) depend, udecd, as has bein said: '-The nocessi Ly of this art ia evident, sinco this can live without all olin rs, anil no ono other without this. Tiio principles of ii la ing tho principles of all mittlre, earth, water, air and tho sun and the sea, it comprehends of philosophy moro than any ono profession, art or science in the World beside... ' Let mc call your attention to what an ablo essayist wrote two hundred years ago. Ho said: "Who is there among our gentry that does not entertain a dancing-master for his Ohil reu as soon as they me able to walk, but did over any father provide a tutor for Ida sou to instruct him ht tine s in the nature and improvement of that lam! he intend oil to leave him?" That is a superfluity and thus a grout deli ct in our manner of (ducat.on, and till ti enc J could wish (but cannot in there times much hopo to seo it) that one college in I aoh universi ty wero erected and appropriated to this study, as well as they aro to medicine and tho civil law. lhere would bo no \nccd of making a body of scholars and lollows with certain endowments. lt Would suilice, if afU-r tho manner Ol stalls in Oxford, there wi ro only four ?iro tensors constituted to teach these our parts; First. Motion apdall thin' ttfe^WUi to iL Bcoond. Pasturage, hird, (lard? ns, orchards, vineyards and woods, Fourth. All pails of rural economy, which would contain tho gov? eminent of I pcs, swine, poul! ry, decoy hinl.s, .Vc., together with tho sport:; of the flold and domestic conservation aud uses of all that is brought in by indus try abroad. Tho business of theso pro fessors should not bc os is commonly praotioal in other arts, to read pompous ami superficial lectures out of Virgil's Gcorgios, Pliny and Yuro, hut to in struct their pupils in tho whole method and course ot this study, ami tho con tinued accession of scholars upon ti moderate taxutii U for their diet, lodging and leo ru i ug would bo a sullleieut con stant revenue tor the n audi nance of the house ami professors, who should bo ineu not cleverer for thu ostentation of critical literature, but for solid and ex perimental knowledge of the things th"/ teach." To diese thoughts, two huudred and thirty years old, little of value has hoon added on the part, ol' th .se who h ive essayed to write and speak much upon this all important matter. The wonder is that so much has boon oonoioved, so little has been achieved. Tho first agricultural society incor porated in America was that established lu Sunt.i Carolina iu 1785, called " Tho Society for tho Promotion ol* Agricul ture," stating that its objects included tho institution of a farm for i xporimcnts in agriculture and tho importation und distribution Of loreign productions .suit ed to tho climate, of lite State. Ho who was first iii tho heurts 01 ids Qountrymon, in utmost his last utterances ko them, with prophetic earnestness ur. ed upon tho founders and represi uta (ives of tho young republic this great matter of agricultural education as ono of tho foremost demands of tho times. Tho national inti ru t and importuno of his language is in proportion. As the nation advances in population lind ether oireumstuuoos of maturity, this truth bo somes more appuient and renders tito cultivation of thu soil more and more an abjoot of pub?O patronago. Institutions for promoting il grow up supported by ih" i ublio puree, and to what object eau it bo dedicated with greater propiioty? This speeies of establishment contributes [lonely lo tho increase of improvcm ut by stimulating outerpriso aud export inenl, und by drawing to u common .entre lim results everywhere of indi* v ?du d skill and observations and sj .< lid ing thora thenco over tho whole natiou. Experience hath shown that they arc very cheap instruments of inn-..ouse na tional bencdt. A fow years afterwards dio founder and great npostlo of Ibo Democracy, bi his distinguished inau gural, speaking of good govorumcnt, placed in the oin lc of our felicities tho inoourugemeut ol agriculture and com merce as it? huudm dd, a weil disciplined militia, our host reliance in peace and lor tho first moment.-, of war, and we Aol come them today as ono of the feflei'soninn platform plunks in nco,ni Lion of tho fact thal tho tillers of Ute ?oil aro nady, as Its defenders, when iieedi i io i ?.me the heroes of tho held md Cutup. I will not trespass further upon youl time, upon more interesting exorcises. Allow rae to isp? it tho cordial soluta dons ol the committee and people whom I represent. Desiring to do nil in (heil ! ower lo till thoMoys of your IM j-.urn in mr midsl with tho fullest enjoyment m! prollt, we feel ?ure. that ni tho preparation of tho sec< nd Kucampnu ut experience will oliminnte very muoh ot what wo ar? cou oiouaaro tho imporfeo tiens and shortcomings of Hus, tho first. AS KSSAY ON ut Ks. Tlio only other add rosa dolivorod din ing thu day was that ol Mr. T. J. Mooro, of Spartan burg. "Ih e culture" was tin ?ubjeet of his o: .-ny. Mr. Mooro lieut, i his subject from a praotioal standpoin md iu an eminently entertaining man uer. Ho illustrated his methods 0 mittlre by hi. own patent hives am 20mbs, which are of easy construction md eau bo linnie nt u very dight OX pen so. Mr. Moore's add ross closed the: peak iug of the day, upon which the mcotiui idjoiirmd. viBwiNti run ATTUACTIONH. After the .' leaking tho crowd limns.-. ind entertained themselves by visitin, tho stores of the mcrohauts on th grounds, tho State exhibit and the ur gallery on tiio second Moor of th pavilion. The Stuto exhibit was coin pleb- in all its details, containing spcoi nu ns of i vi ry thing produced or raisci in the State. it W08 tilled with visitors The m t gallery contains exhibits o painting and orayon work, sculpt uri fancy uccdlo and quilting, The grente part of tho work in painting is by Mis Alice Duncan and .Mrs. Clwyiin, of Spin tanburg. Thoro is also a lino display t pastel los by Mi*s .Mildred Boaifo, c I nion. Among tho contributors ar Miss (.'arno Duncan, Miss 1011 io Leo, an Miss Mildred Thompson, There is als some creditable work in sculpture b Mr. <). A. Waldon, of this county. Tho art gallery also contains oxhibil of organs and pianos by .Mr. Twitt* I'ho west cud ir? tilled with machiner exhibits from Wilson .v Uykar, of Abbi vilh , O. P. Poppcnhoim, <>f Oharlestoi and 1 >. W. Moore, of this city. Anion tho most energetic exhibitors on tl grounds is Mr. George MeMostcr, < MoMaster & Gibbes, of Columbia, wh havo a largo display of agricultural mi ohhiory, such as Van Winkle gins, Ba hour cotton seed crushers, Deoriij moili rs, hay rakes, A c. nu. ur LITA ny. CONTIKOBNT. Owing to the delay of tho train on tl Hpurhtnhiirg, Union ami Columbia ai; the Air Hine, only tho following comp nies arrived thu iirst day : Tho Hunib (luards, 27 mon, Capt. Simoon Hyd tho Manning Guards, 27 men, Capt. i Levy; tho lort Motto Guards, ~.\ me Capt. lt. M. Clufy; thc Edisto Hilles, i Graugcburg, 26mon, Capt. O. M. Dant 1er, and tho Nowborry Hilles, l? me ( apt. 0. L, Heh um pert. Tho Morgi BlflOS, of Hpartanburg, Capt. E, Haco woro also in camp. Among tho distinguished ofllcers pr. ont WOW Adjt. Gen. Honhiur, Hrig. Go H. N. Hichbourg, Col. H. Ii. Parle Ooh W. C. Mcdowall, of tho (iovorno stalV, Capt. J, li. 1'orrin, of Abbovili nido-do-cumi? to Gen. Hichbourg, a: Col. Geo. K. Wright, of Columbia, 'lhere aro one hundred and twonl four tents now on tho grounds. Tin wore secured by Gen. Honhain from t department, and although skipp from Philadelphia only a fow days H Arrived in good time. Gon. Itonhi I says that Col. Luddington, through I whom tho touts wero obtained, ach d whit commendable promptness in re sponso to telegraphic requisitions upon him. (Sen. Hiohbourg issued special ord< ra to company captains, instructing them to assume command aud arraugo for guan! duty. Moro About tb? Gathering. As tho weather cleared up, thc crowd increased in si/.o, so that, on tho second day of tho Encampment the estimated number present was over <'?,()i)i). North Carolina was well represented, there bc i Ug present farmers from Polk, Henderson and Uuthcrford conn lies. Most Of thoSO aro encamped out in the gr< ves thai surround the Farmers' City. They brought with thom all their ilo mustio imped ?menta and prepare;! torn stay of indefinite, length, it' necessary. Tkero was also a large inorctu . in tue attendance from all parts of this State, and especially from Charleston and the low-country, there hoing prominent raul representative planters from ail the Boa islands, Berkeley, Barnwell, i in..4.tun and Collotoil counties. There was a big crush under the pavil ion when the usual morning meeting was called to order. All tho scats were occu pied, and tho crowd OVOrllowcd in all directions beyond the limits of tho building. Tho Hon. .1. M. Walker pre sided over tho exorcises, wliioli wen' opened with prayor by tho Uov. il. M. Keid. Among tho distinguished guest 1 at the Encampment, other than tliD.se previously noted, were the lion. .1. .1. ll< mphil! and Superintendent o? Kdueti tiou .1. ll. IticO, who were invited to seat? upon tho stage. THU SI'EIX'IIKS. Thc first nd ress ut the morning ses sion was delivered hy State Chemist Philip I'.. Ohassol on the subject general ly of the ollioiai inspection ol' fertilizers -tho principles which underlie it lind tho practical dillictlltios which stand in tho way of a recognition of its value by the farmor. The SCCOnd address was delivered ey Cid. A 1'. Butler, State Commissioner (>i Agriculture, who prefaced hisroinarke by congratulating thu (?range upon th?1 success i f "lids great meeting." Ile said that it had probably surpassed in num bers and in work id' practical value tc planters any similar gathering that lins ivor boon held in South Carolin, lb considered the prisent success nf Hu Eucampmont the most convincing prool <d" its permanence as an institution, Col. Butler's address was devoted to tin discussion of tin- bars to the progress ot thc larmer, lb; denied that the hu ana of the Stute ar. being impoverished bj anything emanating from tho oxeenlivc legislative, or judicial bra nobes of tin State (?ovornmout, anti that it Iben were auvt liing that it could he promptly reim ,'ed, Summing up, Col. Untie suggested ns remedie.-? l'or pri sent dilli OUI til s the diversity ol crops, the prue'. ;LI of rigid economy, the improvement o the. tenant system, more mdopondono of factor -, and m< rohunts, intelligent ti of commcreiul fertilizers, improve* methods ot' agriculture, mid the uso 0 in i pro vial implements. The next ltddross was thai of the Hon 1).!'. Duncan, who regretted the ul Hence of Col. Lipscomb, who was, as h said, tin' originator ol and prime ino vc in tie- enterprise. President Duncan' speech was devoted principally to n ?Ii. mission ol' the best mothodsof ed neat 111 formers and farmers' children, lt was carefully prepared essay, ol' which would bo impossible lo gue in a pan graph or t\VO au intelligent idea. After the aboVO address closed lllOl was a stock show, ami tho State ngricu titrai exhibit occupied the attontiou 1 tho visitors until tito afternoon scssioi Oovornor lliohurdsou attended tl meeting and was of court e called apo for a specoh. He was introduc*. felicitously by Mr. N. F. Walker, tu 1 which Governor Kiehurdson respond*, congratulating tin: State (?range upc tho splendid attendance and cxprosbii tho hope that with each roturmug El campment its proportions would ii crease, and that the farmers, of whom I was proud to be ono, would rccoivi tho coming years the full benefits of t' OUti rprise I Applause, j Tin- lion. J. .1. Llemphill, in rospon to 11 call, delivered tl IlltmorottS ai taking little speech, whioh was repent e ly cheered and applauded, Secretary Ludwig, of the North ('ai linn Stub: Crango, addressed tho nie? illg on tho subject of a hat the Not Carolina State orango was doing. OTUEIt rKATI UKS. Tho feature of the outdoor sports 1 Wednesday was thc opening game ol' t base ball tournament between t OrangoburgS and the Spartans. T gain?' was wittcssed by about four hu (Ired persons, all of whom were 00 fortubly seated on tho grund stand. '1 following were tho batteries: Orang burg, Kitti fl, pitcher; Lightfoot, cub er. Spartanburg, Thompson and Bniil pitchers; Hammett, catcher. Kittr struck out eight men, ?Smith foi Thompson three. Tho game resulted a victory for ( >rung? burg by a score '.) to 7. Ofllcial scorer, Kohn. l uipi .Jennings. Tlie result of the glass ball tour, ment was in favor of the Newberry tea Thc scores ami tin compi ting clulw 1 aa follows: Newberry, 885 Walh iho 82; Glonn Springs, 80; Spartanburg > 1, 2G; Spiirhuiburg No. 2, 20. Thoth prizes wero; Nowbi rry, 860; WalUirbo &'?0; Olonn Spring*, $20. TUE MIMTAItY DRIMM Tho lirst brigiuhi drill wasoomraant by (lon. Riohbourg, Capt, E. hu officer of tia; day. The following com i >i.1 ici particip?t Sumter (imirds, BdistO Hilles, F Motto (ic ls, Cl roon ville Quards, ha Guard' 1 0 ?Morgan Kith-sund Nowbc Kif ? 'luv larudo was witnessed by a v largo doncourtK), and was performed i manner creditable to the military of State. An inspection of thc Mar Ki ile was held by Adjt. (len. Boah Among tho exhibits of macho which aero placed in position Wedi day were tho Knglo Screw baling p of F. W. Wagoner & Co., ChnrW S. c. ; Wood's harvesting machiner; Havsick Fulls, N. Y., and tho oxl.ib tho Piedmont wagon factory, ol Hi' ry, N. C. f.ADIKH IS t'NJt'OIUI. A very interesting featuro ol the campment was 1 lo kinness and Hag at the court-house, givon undor auspices of the rielen Chalmors Literary Association. Tho court room woe u Bceueof brilliant decoration. Tho boothe wore presided over by young ladies io various national costumes. Tho attend ance uns particularly largo, ns tho affair, was given for tho bouoflt of Spartan burg's favorites, tho Morgan Rifles. Tin (lag drill was oxooutod by tho following young hullos us sponsors for tho com punios: Sumter Guards, Miss Ernestine lloinitsh: Fort Motto Guards, Miss I Reina Allen; Morgan Hilles, Miss Nellie Milord; lintier Guards, S?ss Fannie Blako; Greenville Guards, Miss ll. 13m i. p??; Manning Gun rds, Miss Clarice Colton; Kdisto Hilles-, Mies Mildred Thompson; I .am ens Guards, Miss Carril McMukin; Nowborry Hilles, Miss Helen MoMnklu; Hichlund Volunteers, Miss (Jessie Means; North Carolina troops, Miss Budy Hardy; '.South Carolina, .Min* Helen Russell; Georgia, Miss 13. li. ('l ase. Tho (lag company was under command of ( !apt. 13. liaoon, tho uniform lu ing u blue ; Uirt and body with white trimmings, ami Mack felt huts with black plum;.-.. Tho evolution:, of their gallant military sisters were larg ly cheered by the various companies pres ent. It is estimated with every show of rea son that fully 10,000 people passed through the streets of tho Farmers' City on Thursday. Oortainly there appears to be no limit to tho energy displayed hy tho farming olasscs in tho endeavor to at least visit tho Enoampmont. Tin re aro instances of men, women and chil dren who walked from (ifteen to twenty miles during tho night to reach tho city. Taking tho K.manipim nt all in all, it i? something novel ill .South Carolina, and some of tho old men :*iy that it has been tho first limo in t?.?.-. State that u success ful effort has been made to attraot and hold together for such a length of time so many thousands of thc farming oluss. There indeed, no tolling how long the multitudes will romain in camp, foi they hiive como well provided tor any emergency. Tho woods around tho city oro alive with men, women and children, some of them having found ace ?tnnioda tiona in Ibo wagons and othoi's stooping out under tho open sky, which for lin past two days lan boen particularly favorable. THU CAST b.VVS. As to tho character of the crowd it ll possibly tho most motley that has evei como together in South Carolina. Al classes nro represented and tho visito) can eco almost everybody from Hu Governor of tho Stato to thc bootblaol from tho neighboring rival city. Tin plain country girl and tho bolles o c.i.?ney City, Laurens, I :iion, ?Spartan burg. Greenville and other centres o fashion ire to bo found i ?discrim?nate h mixi d in thc crush nt thc art gallery, Ol in tba i avilion, or m thu State buildiu) room.-., or in tho ii ter Shite booth of tin Women's Christian Temperance Union where Iced waters and tracts aro din pol u. ed with equal liberality , 'i bis booth by the way, is one of tho pretties : tructnrcs on tho grounds and w as oreel ed under the direction of Mrs. W. K blake, the president of tho loeal union The morning session began at I o'clock, 1'resident Duncan in tho ohaii This day hud bei n devoted to tho 0X01 ciaos of tho Stale Agricultural and M< chanical Society. Tho president invite all lije bumer- to visit the fair next fall, An instructive essay was lead by Mi John F. Townseud, tho well known stoc rais, ran I cotton planter of Kdisto island on tho future of tho sea islands. A gnu many of tho points nindi; were ?ill ot' revelation t>? tito up-country farmers. The next address was by Mr. K. '1 Stackhouse, of Million, on experiment with Ibo cotton plant. The tlcductio being that tho farmer who makes a livin nt home, and makes cotton a sur pin crop, is generally solid and safo. Then came an interesting discussion i tho question whether il [mys the fanni to sid? titule cotton seed meal for li cotton seed as a fertilizer. Among tl speakers wero Chancellor Johnson, i Minion, Messrs. M. K. Donaldson, < Greenville, ll?.Hey man, of Oraogoburi and W. Jennings, Ol Berkeley, wi maintained tho negativo of tho quostiot Tin? niliruiativo was unsuccessful' y argtu by Mr. Fctorkiu, of Orangobur; This inauguration of gOUOrai debil has boon looked upon by tho promote of tho enterprise here as tho boginnii of t lie practical school work and oducatit of tho larme.- und will be developed wi wonderful csu Its at futuro encampment Col. W. D. I3vaus, of Marlboro, read poper OU tho duty of the farmer as a e izon and as a legislator. Mr. I >. I Norris, of Anderson, discussed in a vc able paper tho nocossity of divorsiti agriculture. Experiments with tho co plant, by Mr. B, K. Korry, of Groenvill contained ninny suggestive points ni brought about another experience mei ing, tho debaters being Capt. C. Kelt of Spurtanburg, Messrs. C. Dixon ai A. MoBco, of Greenville, C. Turner, Spurtanburg, and H.T. Hawley, of Di hngton. TllC SOSSioil closed with excellent and humorous speech by C< J. (J. McKissiok, o? l nion. Friday was "Governor's day." T opening address hoing naide by G< Uichardson. Among tho other nddrosi was ono on the subject ol' signal sorv; iii its bearings on agriculture, by Ca ll. Graham, of tho I . S. Signal servie Camp was broken ami tho milite oompanic . returned home Saturday. .slur) nt it SliakC loni ll l*lg. Jasper lilyan, living out on the riv cast of town, relates ii remarkable ii; dent between a pig of his and a rntl SD a ko. A fine sow and pigs used to in tho rivor swamp, and frequently I sow would appear for her slops with i pig short , which so worried fi ii bryan that ho mustered his forces i went in search of tho causo of tho sonco of tho pigs. Ho hod not been tho swamp long before ho was start by the peculiar sound ot tho rattles, i noon investigation found that a sn had swallowed a pig, but tho li grunter, aol being satisllcd with confinement, had actually Uoked it? I through Ibo belly of tho snake und walking about trying to lind it? way of tho WOOds, w ith its head still incio ni the lower part of tho snake'a bc Tho snake was promptly killed, found to contain sixteen rattles. ' pig was carried home and is doing v -Mnrshallvillo (Iowa)Timos, "Gumption" I* derived from gum alum, and a girl who lins gumption is who shuns gum. A QUEER CREATURE, COLD AM) SIIlVKltINO IN MIDS? M MKK-WAUSI AS A l-'ltlTT10U Who'll iii? Uleak Wiator Ci>iitfl8".lcan ttOCet TollM of III? IV, lill,ult i<- ol Mis Physical ItIuko*Mi>"A l'ie/./.lo to All tho Si lent |?ts. w \UASU, INO.i July 21. The people of Wabash will not soot! forgot tho awful boat of hist Saturday and Sunday, v tho brassy skios looked down upon tho white bluet,tune wbieh glowed in tho hot sunshine and sent up emu it, <,? boat., it anything moro unboarablo tim . tho burning rays that dosoondod from abox i. ( )n tho evening of that swoltoriug Hut-: urdiiy your oorrospondont mot a ' so strange and out of harmoi y with i>! Hiirroundings tl.at ropotitioii ol wonderful story cannot rail ?nb n I tho reader, even though that reader mi > bike no thought of its scientific pim which, if it hus n count ?rparl in ll whole world of experience, is unkiii to tho writer. Just at dark, tho writer, as ho was passing the Wabash depot, trying in every possible way t" 1. ? , cool, noticed u largo-sized man standing near the depot building, apparently ju ; arrived on un incoming tram. Hoi? oked like a laboring man, and would uol have att racted attention any where except ; r one thing: He was dressed in heavy M in ter clothing, such ns no sane mun would baVO Worn With tho thermometer al degrees, ns it was then. Was lie an i i valid, whose blood was too thin and poor to bo illloctcd by the terrible beat, in common with bni follows? lb- MUS too vigorous and healthy-looking, and that theory bud to be abandoned. Was lie a tramp, whoso wardrobe did not afford a ? hot weather suit? Ho did not look like a tramp; besides, be bad on surplus olothiog, oven to nu ovoreoat that be I might have carried. lb- did nol look heated. On the other hand, be bud : much tho appearance ot a man chilled and siitVoring with tho cold. His over coat collar was turned up about bis ears tied his bands were thrust deep into I.i pocki ;s. The correspondent ha l md watch him long until be grow curious and concluded to investigate tho pi e nomouou. Ho accordingly took a posh ; timi near the stranger and remarked, while ko funned himself vigorously with i his straw hat: "'Tis warm h>niglit "So they tell nie,'' replied iii ; ai broken English, with a mixtlin . ! French; "1 do not know.' "Hut you certainly do uot I avo t- > ' i told Hint it is bot to-night," said tho cor- I respondent, who was faintly suspicioi that the stranger was trying to "guy" him. A closer inspection, bowover, showed bim that the man was not .-. big from bent, warmly as be wa.- dressed, I tor thoro was not a particle ot perspira tion about bini, "I have md been wann ince last winter, except when I was by a wurm stove or in bed," said tia- strim erina serious tone that banished tb" idea that bc was joking. "Mine is a straugo coco, "ho continued. "Would you cate to hear it; it is not 1 long?" "I should certainly like to bear thc I history ol' a man who is not warm i to-night, dressed as yon are in heavy 1 woolens," said your correspondent, "Well, then, I was born forty-two i years ago this month in a northern provinco of France, in Alsace, of pt a mut : parentage. There is nothing in my bi I- I tory that is of interest, but there is something in me that bas i itorcsted ; many-a peculiarity that bas pu.'/.led science, and is without a parallel in the whole, world, so far ns I know or have ever beard. The peculiarity consists in the fact that when others tire warm 1 am cold, and vice versa. I shiver with cold ? under a hot Jttly HUD, and swelter with heat amid the snows of winter. My mini' is Jean UoCOt, and my father was laborer in a brewery in Alsace, and bad ?a large family, of wbieh I was the youngest, except one, a sister, who was born three years latir. Nom- ti my brothers or sisters possessed my peen-, liarity. My mother llrst discovered that 1 was not like other children when I wu. about one year ami ii half old, before I can myself remember. My pnrontanud the neighbors wore greatly puzzled ul the phenomena, but ir t moro so than were the scientific men who examined mo in later years. I was the wonder ol our neighborhood as I grew up, loi while other children in winter wv; t about in heavy woolens, and shivered with cold at that, I played by the road side wearing thin summer clothing, while j my body was Unshed with bi ut and my ? face suffused with perspiration. Who i summer came again, and birds sang, a;.,! the sun's tierce lays beat upon the v.lui, roads of Alsace, an my little companions frolicked upon the green sward and waded the brook, I cried with tin- cold and sought warmth indoors, l in Reasons were just reversed for me." "Hut when you touched Hu- uv and snow, wore they not cold tu you?" waa asked. "Yow, aa they would be to you in tho summer time. The frozon ground, too, was cold, but tho icy atmosphere that swopt over it was stilling to mo tis a sirocco. What was most peculiar, per haps, was the bud that the lower lill thermometer sank the wanui r 1 got, and the IlighOI it arose tho colder it ? cerned to me. To provo to you that it was not imagination with me, feel of my hand," said the stranger. The soribe touched it. lt waa aa cold as icc, and the mercu ry stood at DO degrees, "I lived in Alsace until about ton years ago, when I came to th:;, country to work at my trade, that of a .stone-cutter. 1 lived in Joi'SOV (.'itv until a few days ago, when 1 started West. 1 am n married, mid have never bud >'. sick day in my life. That is my history and, HA you soe, uneventful enough, except foi thin peculiarity in my physical make-up, which tullin winter into summer and balmy sunnnor into dread winter." "Hut can you think of no explanation for this phonomononV What do sciontibc mon say of it?" "Nothing that ia uot guess-work. It is said that a fow days boforo I was bom tho hot July woathor in Alsace was brokou in upon by n aovoro storm, in which thc olomonts wore strangely mixed. Thiuidor and lightning, com bined with hail and oven snow, swept in a furious torrent ovor Alsace, anil con tinued for moro than twenty-font hours. HoicnUsts couuocl tko storm with birlli I in explanation of my pcouliarity, Dut, after oil, ihat explanation rests upon itu proved theory! I only know tho faoti J do uol attempt i<> oxplnin it." Your corrospoudout Baw tho foot, aud was himself amazed to a ac? a mau who ooidd ?o easily dofj tho power ot Old Hoi's influence. 'i lt ? I '?;(.. II Movement. I-'rom tho Now l'ork Fiuauoial Chron ic! 's cotton urtioh of July 30 tho follow ing Ilga icu nil gathered relativo to tho uiovcini ul of tho .-tapio during tho pa I wei li: I?' ? the wi * k ending July 21) tiio total receipts roached 2,581 hales, against 8,205 balea h.-c week, I,(IMO bides tho prOVioitS Meei'., ; lid I,'?Ol hales lillee wooka siuco; making tho total receipts ....?ile Ul ioptciuboi, 188(5, 5,20 1,<?7 - bul lin ? - : 072 bulbs for tho santo periodo Sa (J, showing u decrease sinco rJeptemher 1, I '?, of 1)3, Ol Kl halos. Tho exfibrt.s for tito week ?euch a total ol 22,1 ?15 hides, of which 15,WI7 woro to (jreal llritain, 2,200 io Fmueo and 1,288 to tho rest of tho continent. Tho im port ; ??ito continental porta wore s.tun bides. 'i le. r< ? . o increase in tho cotton in sight ni '? bales as compared with the siuru ' .?ii ol 1880, un mercase ol 80,f I" 1 ah -, ai compared with tho cor? rospoutliug date of J^-s?, aud a doorcase of 11111,878 I iii lei ut compared with 1881, The old inti nor stocks have dcorcasi d during tho week 1,850 bales, and were, Friday night, 80,087 Viales less than itt tho same period last ye o-. 1 he receipt - at tho same towns havo bebb >',.:,-..? bales less Dian tho samo wook last year, and since .Si pti mber I tho n c. ?pt 'ie all tin towns aro 71,287 halos less than torda aamc time in 1885 ii. Tho total receipts from thc planta tions since 1st ai ptombcr, 1880, u> 5,181,OoO halos; in 1885 0 wore ?,8i0,W8 bales; in 18! i 5 WOrO 4,727,270 bale . Although tho rec? i(>t.; at tho outports for the past week were 2,581 bales, tho not nal Movement in ni tho plantations MUS only I,.bales, thu ba unce bi mg tul.en from the stocks ut I!.i intori >r towns, fjiut rest- tho receipts from t:, plantation for tho ' ame w i . li wei . 1,870 bulos, and for I8S? ti.i y SM?fi bi lb . IJ plo June tOtlii . j !.-. at lie? ports this year wt.?..?. 110,007 bales less (han in ?885 0, and I7dd?00 h les moro than a de- same limo in 1881 *.-. This shite* ihenl shows that t! rc?i ipts since ?Sep tember I. up to In : friday night, wore Jl,8t^ bales less than they were to tho ?uno day Of tho mon th m I8-S?, and 182,880 bales mer- t! ;?i they wore le the same day of tho mouth in 1885, The Chronicle says lirai Ibo specula tion ia coi;, ti for futur di livery at Now Vork waa fairly active; for tho week uuder review, i>;.t tue cour.su ? [ prices wits piite unsettled, developing ul limos som< irregularity, Ss between '.his and the next crop. On Kalin lay tho lieut and the half holiday caused un ali . ?st com plete desertion of thc Cotton l?xehange after the ll rsl tnlli Oti Monday the market opened patiicky, but tho dcelin in thia crop wt. fully recovered; ph Tuesday, however, lliis crop was lower m I the next dearer through manipula lion [J EI pus 7.c l?oulhorti operators who lind brou Kelling freely, j int titi g out full lines ol eonlrnots, abd id tho close some pressure was shown in >)illy contr?ete, .vliich was moi . conspicuous eu \Vodiuw-? lay, when there was an tt tvitiice "alone lht> whole line. ' Tlniraday tuer.' was a material decline ill tho llOXt crop, the Ililli moven eui ol I bo pu vi ona day get ling no support from any ipiarteri Oil friday August options declined 81 point, ind the uuxt crop was milCll depressed A Shirl thia I ' i< a .< i i.oi. Two hundred y ea r?i og > in China then was just such a cruzo about natural gai ns wc have in tins coitntry t?-day. Cu wells were sunk with as much \im eu vigor as tho ColCstiuls Wire capable of bul owing to a gas ox plosion Illili kille? several, millions of people and toro ti j and dost ray? .1 a large district of eouutry leaving a largo inland sea, known on th maps tu Lal:? Foi Chang, tho boring o any moro gas wells was then and thor prohibited hj law. It seems, accord ii . to the Chinese history, that many Uro and heavy pr.-- inc g is wolla wo ru st ruc! ann in sonic districts wolla w. re sun quito near lo each oilier, (las wa lighted as soon a? struck, as is done i this country, li is stated that OUI WC with its unusual pressure, by induotio i r back draught, palli d down Into th earth tho burning gas ol a smalk v wt ll lesiittile- in tl dreadful explosion ol' huge district, destroy lng tho inliabitanl thereof. Duke Foo Chang rests on th? district. The same catastrophe is imm noni in this eouutry unless tho laws i. strict furthor developments in boring .. ninny wells. Should a similar oxplosic occur Ibero will bo snob an upheaval ; as will dwarf thc most toitiblo onrll (undies over kuowu. < i o eouutry alon thc gos bi .i from Tolodo through Obi? Indiana and Kentucky, will bo r ppi ap to tho depth ol 1,200 to 1,500 foi und Hopped over ie..-.,, pancake, lewie a chasm through wbioh the wators > I uko lirio Will Collie howling dow tilling the Ohio and Mississippi val loy ami blotting ll om -..t forever. -Oinoi nati Comm? . did duello. \ 1 rliili'i neil .lilllie. Judge Sloan, ol Golconda, Ul., ivas ci ting weeds ninr his house thc other ovi lng, and eui off the libad of n hig rat snake. Thc sumo blow threw the snn into (he a'u' ami it fell about the -Ttldg neck, about which it coiled with a cons -ive grasp, nt the -'linc dine keeping up ominous rattle. A colorid man pulled 1 bod) i lt Un frightened JlldgC and assi.-i him to tho hou ?. whore it was nome ti IK)fore he could cdnvlnce hlntscll that t blood which was smeared on Ills face fri tho be ly of the snake was not Hu result n wound, -Chicago J inns. Kn-r) Woman Knowe 'I'htwi. The human ho ly is much like a gi clock or watch in its movements; it i goes too slow or too fast, so follow all others, and bad lime r. suits; if one or< or set of organs works Imperfectly, 1 version of functional efforts of all tho guns Usuro to follow. Hence it is that numerous ailments which make Worm life miserable are the direct ls-ne of abnormal action of thc uterine system, all Unit numerous class of symptoms every woman knows them-"there ls one failing remedy, Dr. Pierce's "Fav< Prescription," the favorito rtf ?ho BOX. ASSASSIN tlUITEAU'S A NATU KM A. ld.ii'kublo Succession ni ii i i., 11 M m Timi lia.? Followed lils Withering Curso. WASHINGTON, July ."{<?. After tho as sassin ( Suit eau hntl benn convicted and sentenced by tho court to bo banged for killing President Uarileld, ho stood up in Iiis jilaco and pronounced a withering ourse on every one connected with tho trial. Liittlo WUH thought of it at the time, lt waa regarded as a Utting climax of his ravings throughout tliat remarkable case. Guitoau declared that misfortune would attend every ono con nected with his trial. Since then Qui tcau's cunio ha.: impressed ilsolf upon tho minds of superstitious people by tho singular manner in which it has appar ontly boon fulfilled. 'J no jury was composed of twelve strong and healthy mon. Tho foreman vois in comfortable circumstances and waa estimated to be worth $50,000. Within n year after tho trial he lost bia money and is now reduced to tho lovel il a day laboror. I our members of Ibo jury aro dead, iud nearly every one has been visited v\itu some kind of misfortune District Attorney Ooo. lb Corkhill waa removed from ollice, his wife died md Ids own death followed beforo the nd of another year. Mr. Scoville, Guitoau's brother-in-law, ivho with (..'liarles li. Heed defended tho ior, was divorced from bis wile and isl all of bis property, President Arthur, who refused to [raul a pardon or new trial to Guitoau, .. h ated for renomination ami slow* y failed ?ll health, and died last wintor. Mr. blaine, who was a witness i.gahist eiM-au, was nominated for President, bul defeated. .John A. Logan, another witness, is now dead, stricken down in apparent health. Dr. I K W. DHss, Garliold'a physician, bas boon in very poor health for two years, and it is thought that ho will never bo a well man again. David Davis, who appeared as a wit ness, bas also joined the great majority. JudgoJohn K. borter, of New York, nie of the government counsel in the ?aso, baa practically retired from the uaetice of his profession. Thc guards who kept watch over (iui . au in tho jail have nearly all lost their lOBitions. .lodge Cox, who presided over the rial, lost his wife. Tho downward career of Charles li. Iced, of Guitoau's counsel, which oui iiinotod in New Yoi!, a few mornings go, by his attempting to hike bis own de, adds another name to the list ol ic ti ma of Guitoau's anathema. The only conspicuous exception is olino in Walter DavidgO, of thc govcrn nont counsel in thc case. Mr. Davidgo ins apparently been nu . prosperous ince tile trial than before. He stands at ho head of tho Washington bar. Tho ..;>. n at oi tho Republican party iu 1881 recalls thc fact that Guitoau pro dded its defeat. Merits ol Small l ow ls. Tho advantage ol small broods of hens thus presented by tho American Agri iiiltarist: Though small in si/.o, the iCghorni and Hamburgs grow rapidly aid mature early, lt roqairos some nae. before a large fowl attains its full i. e. Tho advantage of the small brooda that they permit us to make a "short ?ut" to thu laying point, thong': 4boy nay be deficient in weight. So far us ,ho cost is concerned, it has been lemonstrated that it requires UO more food for a large fowl than a small ono jompnrcd with tho product. Thalia, wo ?an produce as many pounds of Leghorn neat OS WO can of Cochin meat with the Slime proportion of food, but in laying [ualitiea tho small breeds aro superior, ia tiny ure usually non-sitters, and lay iirgl eggs. Another advantage with is that, being small, a largo num il i can bo Uep! together, as thoy require ess room on tho roost, being active, hoy do not bucomo oxcossivoly fat, and f allowed to run at large they will pick ip a large proportion ot their food dur llg favorable seasons. Doing usually .le legged, they arc not as subject to icabby lega as tho Asiatics, ami if kept .vuna in winter they will lay about RU n li during tho cobl season 's in sum ncr. A n A rlHtocrnl lo Idiot. Thc semi-idiotic English nobleman si/ ibly caricatured by poor Bothern in by no means a creature of thu imagination. I lu wi ttel once attended a fancy-dressed .all given to Prince Eduard, ol' Suxo Woiwcr, tho commander of tho South ern forces iu England. One of tho mus ? ra of ceremonies was Lord VrthurSey mour, a person who might well have sat ior tho original of Dirndl- .ry. A niis uhiovous naval lieutenant informed the prig of nobility that ono of tho gilesta i\us attired as .Indus Iscariot. bord \ rt luir w as ploasod to consider this in lind taste, and attempted to timi tho imaginary arch traitor. During his toarcll he caine across the writer ind *the following conversation di ned: "lonah natue ia er L.. 1 be lieve."Ves, my lord," replied tho humble individual addressed. "Well, 1 am aw told that aw a person ia prosont who aw is dressed OS Judas, and posi tively has the tho thirty pieces of .ul va h in his bag. lt is aw liko bis d-d im powdonco to cawwy silvah hcnhl Why the dttVVOl couldn't ho aw bring sover eigns'/';- Philadelphia North American. Mow IO Secure n (.noil toland ol Turnlpi). Au old and experienced farmer gives us tho following rulo foi securing a good stand ot turnips: Prepare thc land thoroughly and lay off the rows ready for sowing thc eui, tuen wait until a rain bas formed a i rust and cover with fresh, moist earth. TllO moist earth will germinate the seed, and the roots will penetrate tho underlying crust by thc time thc plants are up, tinta securing enough moisture from la-low to Blipply the plants in case thc weather should ne dry enough to kill them otherwise. An oih. r safe rule, it is snhl'ls to roll thc hind well after sowing turnip seed, thus secur ing good rooting before tho plants como up to bo killed hy thc hot sun.- Anderson Journal. * <> * Premature decline of power In , iilni sox, however i m luecd, speedily and permanently cured. Book for io contain stamps. World's Dispensary Medical As sociation, 003 Main street, B?llalo, N. Y,