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THE GROWING CROPS.
CONDITION ANO OKNEUAL OUTLOOK
ON Tin: KI HST Ol' AUGUST.
Bxoollenl Prospect H for :i <:n-:it Vlf ld <>r
Cuttoii'-lfouvy Kcduotloii In the Condi
tion ot Com.-Ko Improvement lo Soi inj;
Wltent-A Poor fruit Crop.
WASHINGTON, August 10.- -Tho Ar.gm t
report of tho Dopartmont of Agrkmlttiro
gives tho following facta und figures UH
to the oonditiou of tho growiug erupa
throughout tho country:
Cl OTON.
Tho pant month 1ms beou favoru ?lo,
oxcept timi tho rainfaV s b< en un- 1
equally distributed in po So tim:, the
drought threatening at OD I uriod aud
damaging raius following, in tho i ast
ern bolt the excess ol moisture predemi?
nates us ii factor ot' depreciation. Tho
wood is therefor.! largo and sappy, and
tho fruit full appears in i-omo th Ul*
sordona, aud somo oases of rust uppoar.
In Louisiana .similar conditions havo
prevailed, and only very pnrtiallj in
Alii-fi?HS?i>pi. Texan has boon too ? ry,
though tho drought has not aa yot boon
disastrous or .severe. The provident
status of tho crop is very good for Ho
lst of August. While tho reports io
OOgnizo this as a critical timo and foar
tho efleot of subsequent droughts on the
green omi succulent oontlition ot tho
plant, yet, in a comparison of ten years,
tho August condition is only oxceodod
by that ol 1882 and 1885, the ono pro
ducing u large cr. p and the otlu r nn
uniter medium vi .-!. Tho general ; ver
age condition is 'J \v!i ii is lo-vi . . by
over three points, than that ol' .- dy.
Tho State averages aro ns follows: Vir
ginia IM, North Carolina 90, South Car
olina 03. Georgia 91, Florida 00, Ala
bama O??, Mississippi '.Mi, Louisiana 94,
Texas 88, Arkansas 97, Tounossee
Tho first brood of caterpillars bas ap
peared in several .States, but is not gen
erally mentioned in tho returns, ii. is
reported in Oraugcburg anti Berkeley,
S. C., in Calhoun, Taylor, Dooly und
Laurons, Georgia; m l?alo ?mil l> Has,
Alabamaj in Stark, Nowtou, ltsaqu-onu
und Oktibboka, Mississippi; in lied
Uiver, Bossier, Richland, Natehit lies
and Iber vii le, [.quisiana, und in S ph
ons Comp and Jaoksou, Tcxtts. Tin boll
worm is much loss frcqueutlj mentit ned,
CEREALS.
Tlie prospect a mo:.th apo waa ; ir al
VCry heavy orop ol oom and the rah.? of
yield about tho nvtrago. Its condition
in all tho States of tho Atlantic cou .I is
now unimpaired and of very high j om
iso. Ill Texas and TcilUCBSCO Hie e : ii
tion hus declined materially. Ji? t' a
oentrul corn region, howovor, in thu val
leys of tin; Ohio and tho Missouri, whore
two-thirds of tho orop is grown and tho
connuerei.il supply is nrooiircd, a very
heavy rcdtioti n has I aleen pince, i ?oh
hus uni lo tllO national tlVOrugO 80.7, ill
atoad of 97.7 last mouth. Tho eau o is
tho loog-ooutiuu i drought, whiul hus
boon seven.-t bi Kansas, I liuois, I ..i:
ami, Ohio und Michigan. Nehru 1- < hat
been scorched on tho southerly t .hr,
und Iowa und Missouri iiavo . : lied
with comparatively b'ghj loss, us ..
tho moro Northern Statis. The teven
corn surplus Statis btaitd ns fol ows:
Ohio 82, Indiana t'.l, illinois 05, Iowa
00. Miflsnri KO, Knn.-js nu, Xobrusl .i "/.>.
The oondition of si>ring wheat, which
wus reported very low lust month, ?om
ravages of chiuoll bug, is not improved
in the August returns, but hus billen oft'
very slightly. Tho general avorago i.^
? *.H, two pointa li .ss than UlO AllgUtit re
turns of lust year, Dakota hus uuefo a
; light ohaugu and stands highest in con
dition. Tho avorago for Wisconsin is 1 '<,
Minuosota 7<>, lona 72, Nebraska 7T,
Dakota 80. Ill tho OXtrOhtO CUSl and
Paoiilo coast the condition of spring
wheat is high. Thora is no ropoit ol
winter wheat tl o presen! month, us ?t i
too early to obtain results.
In tho oats crop there is no chango,
A part of tho breadth was harvested nt
lust reports. Tho condition ..vt rogos
H?.fi, which indicates a crop blightly un
der tho avorilj .
Tho barloy crop promises to yield
rather helter thi n was h ared last m..nth.
Tho eastern product averaged a higher
condition, but is reduced slightly since
lust report?. The uvcuigo is 80.2, indi
cating nearly un average yiold.
Buok wheat apj.o.ir-1 to be practical!)
tho samo as hot year und averages about
00.8 in condition.
TOUACCO.
Thc tobacco crop in in high oonditioi
in tho seed leaf States, averaging nearly
loo, except in Winconsin. Tho snipping
and ottttiug district of tho Wist make
unprecedented reports of low condition
-Tennessee 63, Kentucky 59, Ohio 55,
Indiana 50, Illinois 62, Missouri 00. lu
view of the heavy reduction in acreage
in fragments, tin USUal crop nmy l e ex
pect?n". An oiti- ia] investigation of the
area now in progress will hot. miine au
thoritatively tho breadth cultivated the
present year.
POTATORS,
Tia ro ls u gnat reduction nineo the
1st of duly in the condition of potatoes,
almost entirely tho icault of drought.
There is DO niuh riul decline on the
Atlantic or (hill coasts, but tho injury
is severe in tho Wi t. 'I bo los? during
the mouth as reported is fully 20 per
cent, of tho prospective crop.
pnurr.
Tho fruit cn-ii ri vi ry poor. There
will bo low apph s outside Now England
and Now York. There ubi bo a partial
orup in Michigan. lu tho Ohio Uiver
Stabs tim har ve it will lo neurly au en
tire faillir.'.
II AV.
The hoy crop is also greatly reduced.
In tho Wost tho general orop is HO.
TBK citor.-Ti.N nu-: STATE.
0 TliftCoiiilliloii ul Colton, t orn, Hbo an.I
Other <'ro]>n, M Hf*ported to Hm l??-|nni
ment ol Agriculture?
Tho consolidation of tho orops for tho
month ending August 1st. from returns
to the South (yandilla Department of
Agrioultuie, shov.s tho following inter*
csting foote aud figures:
Tho eatiinatea given are based upon
271 replies, ooveting every county in the
BUtto. Two hundred aaa thirteen coi
rosponcloutfl report that tho weather lin?
booii fuvorablo ami forty-two uufavor
able.
OOTTON.
Tho orop waa thought to bo slightly
injured by tho excessive iiot weather
during a few days of the month, but
timely ruins oamo and tho crop was re
covering, whon tho heavy rains con
tinuing hove caused the cotton to Bhed
some, ol its fruit. The crop WUS two ?ir
three weeks earlier than lust, year, and,
then fore, has a ?nil bottom crop. Sonn;
of our correspondents ray that if tho
seasons continuo three weeks longer that
a full crop will b? gathored, and that it
will bo tho lurgest yield Hutt hos been
produced in this ?State for soveral yours,
if not tho largest ever produced. But
thero aro so many casualties that may
?uri.se boforo the maturity of tho crop
from continued heavy rains, drought
and tho caterpillar; which hus appeared
in Homo localities, that it may, in our
next report, materially ohango tho aver
age for tho State.
The condition ia roported in upper
Carolina at 07 por cont.; middle Caroli
na at LOJ per cent., and in lower Carolina
at WI per cont. An average for the Stale
of Oil por cont., showing II falling of 2
percent, for the State hinco our Ins! re
port; but, novertholess, thoorop is still
botter than for years up to this dato,
conn.
Tho corn crop is reported generally to
bo the best ever grown in the St de.
Tili'curly upi md coin is matured and
scoured from injury. Tho late corn has
received rains sullioiofit to almo, t bring
it to perfection.
The condition ol tho crop is roported
in upper Carolina ul 99 per cent ; niid
dlo Carolina 102 por cont., and lower
Carolina '.?7 per cent. ; au average for thc.
State of !.'.? por cent., against '.'! per
cont, for .lune, and 811 per cent, com
pared to tho crop of last year. This
poreoutago will bo somewhat reduced
owing to tho freshets, which has do
st roy cd muon ot tho corn planted on
river and creek bottoms; but, with those
drawl lacks and tho inoren11 din foagcand
yield, the crop will bo tho luigi st ever
producid.
MOB.
Tho reports for a huge crop of ric. for
tho aorongo j laid ed - till continuos U: for
able, mid ii it is not injured by 'lie i res
ent Hoods, which cannot now bo tle
lormincd, will bo tho largost f >r a num
ber of yours.
Tho ooudition is reported for upper
Carolina al '.?I percent., tniddloCarolina
at Ul) por cont., and lower Caroliuu ut
08 por cont. Au average for thc t?tulo of
'.?7 per cent., tho sime us .lune report.
OTIIElt CHOI'S.
Tile condition of tho other crop?! is
reported P follows:
isorgl.uin, for upper ('.indina at '.'7
per cont., mi.idle Carolina at 07 per
Cent., and lower Carolina at 07 per cent.,
nu average for tho State of 07 per cent, i
Sug.- r cane, tor upper Carolina 88 pori
ocut., middle Carolina 08 por cou t., und
h.'.ver Carolina at '.?7, an average for the
Stato of 02 per cont. Cease, for upper
Cnrolina at 08 p< rcont., middle Carolina j
Inn per ci ut., and tor low? r Carolina at ?
hi percent., au avcrago for tho Shi" of
US i i r coi.t., and our ci.rn apoudoilt . re- |
port a large incrcoso in tho acreage over
proviens years, trish potatoes reported
for upper Carolina al 80 per cent., mid- !
dlo Carolina at 08 per cont., und lower'
Carolina nt 80 per ot ut. Sweet potatoes
aro reported for upper Carolina at . .>
per cent., middle Carolina at 100 per
cent., and lower Carolina at '.'7 per 00111.,
an avcrago for tho State of 07 poi' cont.
Our correspond.-ni. report this crop in
lino condition, and as tho ern)? has been
increased 'J per cent, in aorcago tho yield
must necessarily bo very largo.
DKATII OK A l'A MOI s l SION SPY.
C..ni m Wuriiloy, Wini Pollowotl Mimliy
mu? Lon, IN NO illoro.
L'ardaw Warsloy, tho "I nion apj of
tho Shenandoah,' died ut his home ut
Foster brook, N. Y., last week, aged
sixty : e ven years, beginning lifo as a
fancy goods merchant in Massachusetts,
nt tho opening of the war he raised a
company of the- Fourteenth Massachu
setts Heavy Artillery. Ho was soon
afterwards employed b\ Major-Oouoral
li. F, Bntler in tho nam o of tho United
States jo into the British provinces to
look i ito tho system of blockade running
Hu n in vogue. Ho was BUOCOSSful in
this mission, for Major-Gcn< ral C. C.
Augur, in his report of August, 1805,
BAYS'.hat it was through tho instrumen
tality of Mr. Wareloy that tl o extensive
8)stem ol blockade-running from balti
more and Washington was broken up.
.liter n t.lining bom UI?H trip Walsh j
went out as a spy upon Mosby under
Augur, though not until lie had returned
to Boston and married Hele n Isabelle
Franois, who survives bini.
Accompanied by hm young wife,
Worsloy set out ostensibly upon a ped
dling trip through Virginia. His reid
object was soon suspected bj' .Mosby,
nod u spy was placed upon his tiack.
Tho spy wus a handsome young lady
who was to be conducted to Washington
hy Warsloy. Tho Union spy was too
smart to be caught, and, instead of
using Ins pass through tho Union lines,
bo conducted tho lady through swamps
mid by-rouds until she became disgusted
with the Irip, and she returned to Mosbj
Convinced Ol the loyalty of Warsloy.
Mosby was not convinced, and at om
lime placed a pistol to Warsloy's bead,
im i aw mug to blow his brains out. The
young lady interceded and Warsloy's
lifo was saved. Afterwards Mosby la
carno his llrm friend, fighting a dud
with a nephew of General Leo because
Lieutenant Leo had sot a guard upon
Waisley and had conelomnod him as u
spy. On two occosiens Warsloy furnish
od information by which tho Federe 1
forces wore onnblod to surround tho
houso in which Mosby was quartered,
lint tho dashing I iel u l out his way out
and escaped. On several occasions
Warsloy got information of intended
raids upon Washington in timo to allow
tlio authorities to muss their forces und
HOM! tho capital.
At tho time of tho assassination of
Prosidont Lincoln Warsloy was givon
command of a squad of detectives.
When Booth was killed Warsloy roto rued
to private Ide, and for years ran a pari',
restaurant in the bradford oil Heids.
William Mcllwaiu, colored, was shot,
though not fatally, lost Saturday night by
Mr. W. 8. U. Harper, while in tho act ot
Mealing wah i ..lolons from Mr. Harper's
patch tn Lancaster.
.
ItlSai/VltCK'S Kid SC II KM ll,
A Itcinnrknblo I'rojocl WI?loll tho denium
Chancellor lu Sahl to Have in View?
Ul i ninny AViintH Holland.
(spuolul to tho New fork llorukt.)
FUANKKOIIT, August b.--By a very
lucky coincidence 1 have just hail a
highly interesting conversation with a
foreign diplomatist whoso high position
cu.ii'los liini to have us clear au in> ?ghi
into tho views and ulterior aims ol' I Ti ice
Bismarck as perhaps any mau living eau
h.ive. Tho diplomatist in question was
passing through Frankfort on Iiis way
to a fashionable Gorman watering pince,
and tho fortune of travel placed us in th<
Hinno railway carriage.
1 called tho diplomatist's attention to
tho report published by tho Hinsels
Qazotto to tho effect that tho (?orman
stall were oompletilig a measure by
which in twenty-four hours some 100,000
Gorman troops could bo thrown iuto
Holland. Tho diplomatist Paid:
"That report ?H so near to tho truth
that it is sure to bo contradicted. Gor
man designs upon Holland, are, in my
opinion, tho toy nolo of Priuco Bis
marok's future projects. Priuco Bis
tnarek, it ho cloaks his acts, seldom COU
ecals his opinions, and 1 have serious
reasons thal justify my conviction that
before long I'riuoo Bismarck will, hy an
adroit move, uso Holland as tho means,
strango as it may seem at first bight, of
comonting friendship with France aud
of acquiring a colonial empire for Ger
many."
1 remarked: 4'Idon't quito understand
you. How could this ho done?''
"In this way. Suppose some day
i li i m my were to say to Frunc?', 'Von
may havo Alsace -I JO rai nu back again
provided you will let Germany havo
carte blanche elsewhere and agrco to
Germany absorbing Holland and all tho
Holland colonies.' A proposition to re
turn tho lost provinces WOtlld bo received
in franco with loaj a and hounds of j ?y.
AI heart tho French and (lennans do
not hah' each other nearly ns bitterly le
the French and English do.
"1 llruily behove that Priuco Bismarck
really contemplates such U move The
Chancellor never follows woll-bcnten
lines of diplomatic routine. His genius
is as indounablo us that of a poet, a
fouudor of religion ir of au artist. His
diplomatic tliundoioolts strike ut ono
moment in Bellies wig* Holstein, then in
Austria aud again in France. Ho is not
tho man lo have made suoh extraordina
ry seor i (Ices to lay tho foundation of
Gorman ealonixation unless ho b lt sure
of reaping a rich harv, st."
"Tho Chancellor knows that ovcry
Gorman who emigrates to America is
for.:vcr lost to Germany. Tho noa.., nt
Germany has colonies of hov own this
vast d;otu upon tho Fatherland eau not
only he cheeked, but transformed into u
priceless source of strength. Tho vast
colonies of Holland oller exactly what
( I or mau j wants. Thoy could bo ut onct
made profitable without ? pending ll ubi?
gio thaler, Holland hus ? tink millions
lof guidon and thousands of men in Java
and Sumatra. With Germa i organisa
tion mu? energy tho Dutch Indies would
form a sort ol wedgoor strategic vantage
groiuid, dividing England's two great
colonial bulwarks. Australia and India.
?.i'riuoo Uiemarok feds that France
and Uermany are natural allies, and that
tho real enemy of Germany, Franc, and
Kir-va is England, lt is on this basis
that tho futuro ol' Europe and Asia is to
bc Bottled-tho ('ontiueut for tho Conti
nentals; Germany to comeut lasting
friendship with Franco by giving lier
baek Alsacc-Loraino and thereby realizo
her magnificent dream of colonial . m
piro; und lluesia, under tho agis ol'
Germany and France, to secure the iou. I,
?not only to Constantinople, but lo a
much coveted port on the Indian Ocean,
! between Persia und British India.
"lt LS to-day not Franco, but Englnud,
; that in tho Chancellor's bete noire.
1 liverywhero ho turns it is England that
' opposes his interests. In tho Balkan
Peninsula it is England that is straining
ev? ry nervo to create small independent
md tonalities into bat m rs against Uussiiltl
and Austrian conquest. Aud us to tho
domination that Biemarck is trying to
bring about in Egypt, England is tho
dog in the manger that prevents Bis
marck's policy ol placing Egypt under
French or continental control. lu l'en
trai Asia it is England that prevents
Russia from developing southward n
policy which WUH always felt by Bismarck
to he u necessity, in order to enable
Germany to hold her own in Contra!
Klimpe. Everywhere it is 'l.iglui. 1 that
stands in tho Chancellor's v ty."
Ami hero the diplomatist lighted a
fresh cigar, and added, with a significant
smile:
"In spite of these plain facts England,
in tho present naval manouvres, Booms
to havo utterly ignored tho possibility
of defence against a German or an aliu d
Fr. neil, German and llussinn licet nt
bicking her from tho North Koa. The
British naval authorities seem to have
only provided for thc case of French
Invaders coming from Cherbourg or
Boulogne!"
Sion .lonou ut ClinutttiM'tin.
Tho lecture of Ham Jones ou "Charac
ter and Character" ii. going on, and us 1
now writo in hearing ol much ho say s,
it is ch ar that ho has his audience wi ll
in hand and is playing upon tho thou
sands who listen as tho harper plays
upon the strings of his instrument. As
often, on au average, as once a minute
there bursts forth tho most stormy ap
plause. The man is at his best, and this
is with him a field day. Ho has liatin
guishod between character and reputa
tion, churacter and orthodoxy, chin nett i
and professions ami relations, and is
now picturing tho relation of characb i
to temperance, lugh-licouse, prohibition
and n great many other interests ol
practical life. Ho is absolutely fearless,
and really ho loves a shilling mark. He
lum no more love or rovironoo for lords
und nobles, judges and bishops, than for
tramp.., when diseiissing questions ot
right and wrong. Ho BOOthS to bo ob
liv ions b< everything but one, alni to
oonoentrato himself into a lightning bolt
for tho purpose of striking tho one point
he w ishes to hit hurd.- Correspondence
Buffalo Courier.
Young men or middle aged ones, suiter
lng from nervous debility und kindred
weaknis-ica should s uni 10 cents in stamp*
for illustrated book suggesting sure menus
of euro. Address, World'? Dispon gai J
Medical Association, 0<t;t,Main street, Bui
falo, N. Y.
TIMELY 'iones ron FARMERS,
HOW TO l)<> PAVING WO UK AT THIS
SEASON.
Suggestions of interest, from un Autliorl?
till Ivo Sour? ?'.
(\v. L.Jones i" Soutlioru ' ultlvator)
August is usuully a month of compar
ativo rest on tho Soulhorn farm. "Tho
I arduous labor of cultivating tho two
j most important crops is pretty well over
I on evory well-managed form, excepting,
possibly, in tho extremo northern edgo
of our peculiar territory. Although
I July 1st is literally tho midway station
in tho your's calendar, August 1st is
really noaror tho dividing lino botwecn
Hie work ?if cultivation and the labors
ot tlic harvc t. Vol there may bo some
work that may profitably bo done in (he
continued cultivation ol tho cotton Qolth
SUAI.'. Pl.ow IN<; CONTINUE?
II depends on the condition of tho
plants and sea. ?ons. If tho crop is in a
growing condition, and fruiting well,
I but is rather later in development
I than it should be, the cultivators, or
; shallow-run uing NV. cops and scrapes, may
bo run over the Holds every ten days,
particularly alter a rainfall Btllllciout to
' lorm ft crust. Knot-cutting ami.mangling
I must bo carefully avoided, as tho eJlect
will bo to c oo.; tho plant to shed its
j fruit and then take on a new growth too
I late to arnon::! to anything. Tho object
now should be to pr< vent tho shedding
of tho squares already formed, and en
courage their development into blooms
and bolls, sine, verj tow that make their
appearance after tho tenth of tho month
i will escalio the first killing frosts of
I October. Kate cotton should bo en
couraged h? keep up a vigorous growth,
i not that tho additional development of
: the weed will iuoroaso the number of
bolls by thu formation of now squares,
? lint that tb" squares and young bolls
may ho ha toned to full size sud eather
j maturity. Where H wt epa and scrapes
I have bu n used dilling Juno and .Inly, if|
?cultivation lo continued now, it is bitter
to run the implement in the same furrow
I previously last run, and thus avoid
plunging tho plow into the ridges of soil
cast up ut thc pl?.v.iug. Ono furrow in
I tho middle ii ling a twenty-inch sweep,
scrape or cultivator, will generally be all
I that is now required.
roPPlNM COTTON.
.Many experiments have been made in
I topping cotton in Ibo lani forty years,
|aud the results und conclusions Lave
I been very di vi r.-.e. Sometimes it pays;
j ot ten it doe? not; sometimes it injures.
No rule can bo given that will always
j work. The usual object in topping is
to prevent further growth of weed and
founs after the plant has as many as it
can sustain, and when new forma would
bo too Into to mature; the idea being to
iudiico the plant to throw all its vigor
into the cb o rt to dovelop tho forms ol
, ready visible. The object, according to
our observation, is lu roly attained by
merely removing the growing top of the
j plaid, but may often bo accomplished by j
topping or lopping off tho growing cuds I
I of tho branches, as well na the leader. |
In most cast ., win re topping cotton re-j
suited in increasing the yield it might
have been noticed that tho work wits
done rather carly- some time in July,
livery ono has observed that stalks of
cotton that were topped by tho bite of
tho plow -horse i arly in tho season aro
: often made much more fruitful thereby.
III such cases the etVect of the early top
ping w as probably to push thc branches
of the stalk ? into more vigorous growth,
! causing a moro rapid evolution of forms.
I On tho whole, we have wry little faith
I in topping cotton us a part of a regular
I system.
e. I.LINO r'OODKIt.
Tho propriety Of pulling fodder, i. e.,
j whether it does not injure tho grain moro
' than tho fodder is worth, to pull the
blades as is usually dono, is e>uo of the
questions that luis been long mooted,
but m vcr settled, experimenters diller
in results and conclusion*. Possibly
each is correct in tho results of his ex
periment, but wrong in his general con
clusions. Tho only true conclusion is,
that pulling the blades sometimes doos,
and sometimes doe.-, not, injure tho grain
more than the value of tho fodder se
cured, lt is commonly said, in com
parison with the. animal system Unit the
blades of com ure the lungs of the plant,
by nu ans of w hich tho plant takes in
nutriment from the air; and as an animal
w ill at once die if deprived of its lungs,
then lore tho corn will Ito injured by re
moving tho blades a very singular and
altogether unwarranted conclusion. If
it is bitid that the plant will die if de
prived ol its blades lung.- tho simile
would be perfect and the conclusion ce?r
roct. lt is a tact in vegetable economy
that tho leaves or blades of plants con
tinuo gt cen and succulent for a time
after they have ceased to bo at all neces
sary to the pei lection of tho fruit or
seed. Familiar illustrations of this law
limy bo found on i vory hand. In tho
case, ol the corn plant, under favorable
and natural conditions of soil and sea
son, tho ear eil' corn the fruit of the
plant -is among tho first parts to show
signa of o ntuiity. Tho tassol and silk
pei toi m their ellice s, und aro tlio li rut to
lade; then the lin >k or shuck, and the
enclosed grain. This succession will be
noted particularly when corn is grown
ou fredi I.iuds or soils abounding in
humus. On worn and exhausted soils,
or soils deprived of vogclublo matter,
and easily inline-need by drouth, tho
blados often "dry up" before tho gram
is fully matured, in such oases il m on?
dotihtiy true that to hasten the Stripping
of tho blades, without reference to the
Condition Ol tho tar, would result in
mole or less injury and loss of weight of
grain. Of this every farmer must be his
jud, e, Kc governed by tho condition
of 11 : <. tar, and not thu blades altogether,
in deciding just when to commence pull
ina.
There is nothing in the way of hay
that is moro generally relished by stock
than nicely cured corn blades; and there
arc only a very few kinds (clovors and
luce i u) that are more nutritious. Our
hov.-cs and cattle aro genorolly reliable
judges; and they turn from thu best
meadow hay, and prefer oorn foddor.
the Nortlu rn mid Western farmers do
I aot appreciate tho quality of well ourcd
oom blades, because nuder their ay stem
they do not pull tho blados aa we do,
but cut down stalk and all, and treat tho
stalk ami blades, after removing tho
ears, tut so much roughness, or "stover,"
lit only to bo picked over by cattle, and
tho bulk of it trampled under toot iuto
tho manure. With their rioh meadows
and mowers they cannot afford the1
tedious labors involved and meagre re
turns from tho practice ol fodder-pulling :
os followed by Southern farmers. They
aro right, and wo uro wrong in tins mat
ter. If only tho labor devoted to pull
ing and housing corn bind?.s in tho
South wore employed in pr<p
meadows and mowing graso tuc ri
would add millions of dollars to lu
value of our farm results. Wo
then he encouraged to incrcaso thu area
devoted to grass for mowing to tiny de
sired extent, until our barns would bo
tilled with plenty for horses, muli s,
sheep and cattle, and the .sorry spi otaole
of half-famished uuimnls, shivering :'
the cold and ruin, and moaning fi r tin ir
stinted and often forgotti n allowa] cc ol
shooks, would bo banished from among
UH.
To do this wo are not dependont on
tho doubtful success or tho standard hay
grasses from abroad. We have our own
native-at least thoroughly nntuntli/.cd
-erab grass, crowfoot, IJoriniuln, ; li 1
several species of pnspnliuns; beside!
several species of millet, Indian coin,
clover, lucorn, cte. Of c ursi', i! thor?
is no other resource for hay, and uoth |
moro profitable for tho hands to do, tho
foddor should bo pulled. A common
Held hand, oosting say fifty cents a day,
can save one dollar's worth of fud tl Ol',
and possibly not seriously injure I lu
corn -a very good operation. The plan
of Olltting tile stalks down will not
answer ill our climate, and without other
resource of better forage.
WHAT MAY IU". I'JiANTT.O.
August has sometimes beon called a
second spring, in allusion to tho fact
that many of tho orops planted tir&i in
the earlier month" may again bc put ill,
but chiefly beca; ?Jfjj'?fs the beginning
of seedtime for ? ' ? the grasses and
small grain, Y,'../of thc guidon vego
tables, including turnips, beets, beans,
tomatoes, irish potatoes, etc., may bo
planted with reasonable prospect of nc
'sessful results, it is the main month
for sowing nil tho roughlcavcd variotii
of turnips. Success dependa more than
in the spring-on deep preparation,
liberal manuring with well rotted stable
manure, or quickly soluble fertilizers,
and good seasons. With little effort,
and reasonable weather, most of tho
garden vegetables may bo had in ph uty
until frost. Wo have several lin os suc
ceeded well in producing an ftblllidnut
supply of tomatoes from plants grown
from cutting oil'tho old purnta, A cul
ting containing a vigorous shoot, with i
portion of tho older stem attached, will
readily strike root; and if set in a d lop
ly dug soil and shaded [or a fo\\ da it
will soon como into bearing and co itinu
until killed by frost.
non Too.il?s's m itt r.
? "Ile Hounded Into lin- Arena Mk<
Iliac kOtaiictl Numldlun Lion."
(From tho Louisville Couiior*Jouri>al.)
Tho first evidence of tho COI lill powei
of this remarkable mun was exhibited ll
Willington, a small village ill Abbovilh
district (as tho presout counties wen
thon called), South Carolina, (len ru
Qcorgo MoOufllo, the only reine- ? ' i
five of Domosthcuc! in this country
since Patrick Houry, lived mar then
Mel lilllie was harnessed lightning, li'
hoged tho chain of ingie at a whil
He was tin! moat nervous, hu] o
and thrilling tribun ? of tho people "
that ?lay. Ho demonstrated tho polilicn
problems as Euclid did geometry, ivhili
foaming ut the mouth and Bcrcamili)
liken painted Creek Indian, ll !
married tho only daughter of Dick Sin
glot?n, thc celebrated millionaire turi
mun und rice planter, und hoowiicd foil
hundred slaves and mude eight hundroi
bales of cotton a your. Ile had been
member of Congress, governor ol SOUL
Carolina, and was afterwards Unite
States Senator. The people, befoi
making up their minds on any politic;
question, would suv ".Mr. Mel hillie ]
going to speak nt Morrow's old ia ld t\i
weeks from now, und 1 will wait till
hear him," und there they would com
forty and fifty miles, and camp Olli ti
night before tu hear him, und his spool
would decido tho politics of tho ontii
country once a your. On thia Wiitin;
ton occasion it was said that "tho eve
lasting mouthed Bob Toomba wi
coining over to meet him." lour Hu M
sand people were there whoo thal rac
young Georgian crossed tho Havan un
to meet the hon in his den, to be n d t!
Douglas in Ins halls. Toombs rode
homo, and it was remarked that his sin
bosom was stained with tobacco-jttic
Ye: he was ono of the handsomest mi
that ever had the seul of genius on ii
brow. His head was round as thc Cl lc
tial globe. His abundant, strnigli
black hair hung in profusion over li
ample, marble forehead. Ho hud
mauy teeth ns n shark, and they WO
whiter than ivory. His oyea wore blai
aa death and bigger than an ox's, ll
step was as graceful as tho wild-out
and yet he weighed two hundred poilOi
His pr?sence captivated ovon tho idol
tore of George MeDuillo. He bound
into tho arena, like a blaek-manud N
milhun lion from the unknown desei
of middle Georgia, to reply to t
Olympian Jupiter of tho up-country
tho proud Palmetto State, lt waa I
most memorable overthrow that IV
Dutlie over sustained. This was in t
Harrison-Van Huron election of 18
His argument, his invectivo, bia ov
bealing torrent of Lrrovoront dentine
lion, is a tradition in Unit country ev
now. MoDufllo said: "1 have hoi
John Uandolph, of Roanoko, and n
Tristam BurgOSS, of Ithode Island, 1
this wild Georgian is tho Mirabeau
this ago." After that South Carol
admitted that Georgia was somethi
moro than tho refugo of South (yurol
fugitives from justice. This was tho
ginning of Toomba's immortal South*
fume.
Since tho recent death of ox-Sena
H. M. Ti lluuter, of Virginia, Sena
Kengau, of Toxas, and ox-Oovemor
H. Watts, of Alabama, ure tho only fi
viving members of Mr. Davis's cobb
Keagau was postmaster gonerul ;
Watts attornoy general. At MontgOl
ry, Ala., thero was a secret session
the cabinet to soo whother wo sho
liombard Fort Sumter. Toombs
thon secretary of State and was rogar*
as the most rash, headstrong and viol
man in the Confederacy. While in
lt <L\ *j rtTUBMKJ sc? ev : w MBMBBM?BMBMDMI
prcsonco o? Mr. Davis, tho balance of
Hu' cabinet gave their opinions in favor
ol llio bombardment, Mr. Toomba was,
aa vwis Jiis eudoia, pacing tho Hour.
When it came bia turn tu oxpross his
opinion, to ila: amazement of all bo
vchoinci tly opposed Ibo attack, an?l
Diado ono of tho most remarkable
oj ; i plies of all bia lifo in opposition to
?i. Ho . lid it would be thc doom of tho
Confcdoraoy. Ho aakl: "Let Charleston
go. Givo up Sumter, Lot it bo pro?
visioned, but never oxplodo tho volcano
that is under our foot. Ile said it was
Ullioidu :oi.i i uidui ?> coi would lose us
? very friend in ail tho North, and ex
hibited all ins maguiliccnt power? in
op) Ol ?lion to tho attack, lb; said: "Mr.
President, you will wantonly strike a
hornet's nc: I. that, tills the North from
occau to ocean, and legions, now quiet,
will swuriu out to sting us to death, lt
i. uuiae-ssury ; ; pue-, us in tho wrong;
d is fatal.'! Aid so it was. Toomba was
;l" ?MM 1 und tim greatest of all tho
statesmen ol Hie Southern Coufodoraey.
.1 ! lill: ON ii VS ls i; KPH KS.
fiovi nor Oort in alni IbnSlory of tho I'm?
I .. ?eil ASHIISHIOIII ?un.
To tho Editor of the New York World:
My attention has bei n called to a lotter
o! * . t. . nor Curtin, published in tho
Herald ol lin ly th inst., in regard to nu
alleged complicity on bis part with a
purpose to nasa unite mo during tho
war between tho States, and also to a
lotter bom Wilkcsbarro, l'a., on tho
santo subject published in tho World o?
tile IStii int. i . heit tin: use ol' your
columns lo make a brit I' statement (?t
the facts, so ?aras they art known tone .
Governor Curtin makes two mistaki.-.
in his letter. First, that I bed une .
publie accusal ion against bim and that I
had alleged thal ho was to pay $100,01 I
to a <le>pera.! . for my assassination. All
tibs, based ou a newspaper article pur?
porting lo h.; the report of an "inter
view'' luid wit!) me tor publication by
a m v. -} ? iur <?( rrcspoudont. tSuch waa
not fm- ouse, Y we;1 known historian
proposed lo write mj biography, and
ask. d ru i o givo him for Ilia' purpo e
nu m'. ol atti nipta made duriug tho
war to a as iuulC inc.
I told 'o .i in iii it conncetiou, and b r
that pi?'pbsi that uti nhonytnuus lotter
ol' warning ha I hoerj si 1 * t<? mo from
Ph i kwh lido i to tho elli a that tho gov*
ernor of Penntrj l\ u ia had released fro.a
thc pon.U tdiJ.ry a notorious convict en
conduieu ibid he would go to the S?llth
and assai sii atc hie, add ii siloci ssl'lll, ho
was to feet ive ns. a toward ??1 10,000,
Though Hu u tter dt< 1 nad bbb taimo of
(?ovorm r t'.uivn, I omitted iii in ni.)
abdomen!, oi' tho sub?l-bici ol' tl ti letter,
and ns the w t iler did nb late how lliij
money promised ivan tu bc eui-? ?i, I did
aot at-.1-1.11.1 lo supply the omission,
Indeed, it was quito unimportant to na
whether it cairn from ? beeret soivici
lund, from the j ri,atc , tu o of Hie g0\
i ruer, or was 11 an-.buted by olheiBWhd
wibi iike /.eai, sn i lied tho buttle fron
ular und cru d havoc.
Tho i hoity mons letter ncquircd ah ?lit
portanco ii would not i therwiso haw
possessed bout ! e fy.ol ily\l about th?
time ol'it. r-ooipt, win:, going to h.;
residence ul the maud hour, t saw a Hu i
Cioucldigb ?ide ti?- j isemenl wall o
Ibo paling ' i tie- yahl ft ilob ??d iheidi,
intentiy ton:irds tho galo ontra???. lu
stead of pi cowling to the gato I Itirnci
und wetd iowaro the crouching liguri
As he wm- iqiproaciic ., bc rose, lied ant
escaped, 'ino importance thus given ti
the anonym u letter induced me lb in
close it to ti e Lion, W. ll. Mood, o
Philadelphia, with a request that h
would muk.- snob inquiry o- 10 hit;
might lie practicable to i i . >VCf tl
writer, and to verify or diRproVO th
stillem, nt.-?.
Governor Curtiu's "omphatio ooutn
diction" of tho accusations against hil
pertains not t<> me, but to the writer i
thc letter, who ia uukuowii lo i.ie, ah
for whom 1 IntVe not voiiobcd,
Tho avowal of Governor Curtin <
/.cal to maintain Um government )
honorable warfare, and tito denial bi
bi "ever resorted to Mich moana for th
conduct ol' tho war," murk a conmen
able appreciation ol the obligal OU8 .
civilized war, and it H a pity that thci
should bc anything to interrupt tho cm
rent of his self-laudation, 'tho lott,
from Wilkenbarro, already referred h
certain I reven?a conduct, not very dill,
ont from that alleged by the anonym...
lett r-writ or. lt thereby appears th.
Cove. ..i i- ( arlin reel ?ved .ni applieatio
apparently from the United States v.
department, for the release from ti
Pounsylvuni i pi nitonHory of a notorioi
convict, tim* he might "bo sent over t'
linos for a spooille purpose." On th
and other like representations it appen
that an order was issued by the govern,
for tho reloaso of tl i convict, lt is iv
shown that the governor knew <
thought proper to inquiro for wit
special Fcrvico the general of thc arr.
required a convicted criminal; that tl
fact that ho waa to be employed ut ti
South was enough to secure, ooinphau
with the application, To an uvera
mind intent upon "honorable wnrfar*
tho quest ? ?:i won lil naturally have ansi
for who! propor dntj with the nrmyci
a convict be particularly qualified?
Uni ibsence of information on that poi
it might li.ce been rt i onably suppos
that tho "i peeble purpo-e" was to do
act which a soldier Wi r hy of tho Dal
would not perform. Assassination mig
readily havo been supposed to bo sn
"speedie purpose," and the applicati
for release have been postponed I
further information und rofuscd uni
it should bo such as would justify co
pliancoby bringing the "purpose" will
the palo of "honorable warfare."
Governor Curtin (loos not say windi
this was tim first transaction of like ki
botweon himself and the United Stu
war department, but his ready bel
that tho forged lottera wore gonn
would indicate Unit it was not a s
prising event.
In . onchision, I repeat that, in stat
the substance of tho anonymous lot
received by mo and tho attendant i
cumstunecs, it was not Intended to ace
or excuse Governor Curtin; neither '
tho statement made for a newspa
article, and conditions precedent
further investigation were imposed u]
its publication even in the propo
biography, Ilcspootfully,
.Inri KIIHO;, DANU
Beauvoir, Miss., July 30.
A blind mun may DO In perfect he
anti ye! not bo looking well. Torrin!
1 bo blind!
CARTLOADS OK MONEY.
TDK AMOUNT OF MON KY IN TIIK
NATIONAL TKKASUltY.
Soiuo Startling Figures Aitout the Quanti*
ty ol Money In the United States Treasu
ry-The Public i>?-i>t Hair Faid.
WAHIIUSOTON, August 7.-Few persons,
perhaps, who read the frequently pub
lished reports of tho fiscal operations of
the government give any consideration
to tho vastnoss and significance of these
operations. Wo read of tho hundreds
of millions of gold and silver in tho
treasury, but how few persons havo any
intelligent idea of what is embraced in
tho niuo figures required to describo tho
liabilities and assets of tho government?
lt is only when tho auriferous contents
of tho treasury vaults aro weighed and
measured and placed by tho side of arti
cles and commodities that aro daily
handled by tlie masses that an intelligent
comprehension eau be obtained by tho
people ol tho flnanoial strength of tho
treasury and tho great extent of tho gov
ernment's tisoal operations.
1 lind by reference to tho latest pub
lished statement of treasury ossots aud
liabilities that among tho assets was
(1281,090,317 in gold and nearly $250,
000. 000 in silver, including 34,000,000
ol trade dollars and fractional coins,
laking up this $281,000,000 of gold and
placing it on scales, 1 lind that the gold
Ix ld by the treasury weighed ?l',) tons,
and it j acked into ordinary carls, ono
hui to each cart, it would make u pro
cession two milos long, allowing twenty
feet of space for tho movement of each
horse and cart.
Tho weighing of tho silver produces
much moro interesting result-. Running
this over the scales 1 lind its weight to
bo 7,0011 tons. Measuring it in carts, as
in the case of tin-gold, the silver now
Judd by tho treasury would require thc
services of 7,89d horses und cart? to
transport it and would make a procession
1. ser twenty-one miles in length.
Tho surplus about which so much is
said in the daily newspapers amounts to
nearly 817,000,000, an increase of
85,000,000 since July I. Counted as
gold this surplus would weigh eighty
six and i no-half tons. Counted os silver
it would weigh 1,085 tons.
Kaeh million of gold adds 0,085 pounds
to the surplus, and each million of silver
adds 58,000 pounds.
Applying cubic measurement to tho
treasury gold and silver, and piling tho
two mutais on Pennsylvania avenue as
cordwood is piled before delivery to tho
purchaser, I lind that tho gold would
measure ti.irty-sovon cords oud tho silvor
I'.i'i cords, und that both would extend
from the treasury department to ll
treet, or from the treasury to the pen
sion ellice in a straight lino, and forming
ti solid wall eight feet high and lour foot
broad.
Extending tin-so calculations and com
parisons to tho interest-bearing debt,
equally interesting resulta are obtained.
Tho publie debt roached the highest
point in August, 1805 just twenty-two
year.-ugo when it was $2,381,530,205.
The gt nora! reador will I u tter appreciate
tho vastness of this sum when informed
that it represents 70,150 tons of silver,
which would make a procession of cart?
that would extend from Richmond, Va.,
to a point twolvo miles north of Phila
delphia, thc distance it would tbuscovor
being 200 miles.
The interest bearing debt is now (not
including thc Pacific Railroad bonds),
$1,001,070,850, showing that tho sum
paid has beeu $l,879,5?3,'ll?, or more
than ono-haK of thu total amount, and
representing IO,<>-'!7 tons of silver dollars,
which would OXtond 1? I miles if packed
in earls containing ouc ton each.
deducing these ligures to a basis
where they may be intelligently com
prehended, and that tho rapidity with
which tho government has reduced its
bouddi debi may bo fully realized by
tho general reader, I lind that the reduc
tion has been at tho average rate of
$02,000,005 each year, $5,225,581 ouch
month, $171,180 each day, $7,258 each
hour, and $120.47 for every minute of
tho entile twenty-two years.
I 'tirsiliug the calculate into tho smallest
divisible space, of tune, the bonded debt
of the United States hus boon decreased
at the rab; of $20.07 every second, or for
every swing of the pendulum, for tho
entire period from August 81, 1805, to
July 81, 1**7.
'lliis is an exhibition of recuperation
mid material progress on the part of tho
country and ol sterling honesty and in
tegrity'on the part of tho government
ami people that is without parallel in tho
world's history.
Negroes und Sunstroke
The physicians of tho Pennsylvania
lu-spital assert that they have no record
of a colored person suffering from sun
stroke being admitted to that institution.
This is a remarkable fact. It is enough
to make white folks envious in this sort
of weather.
Most people would imagine that
colored people wore far less apt to I"
overcome by tho heat than their Cau
casian brethren, but it is rather strango
to learn that, in a hospital where scores
of sunstroke casos aro attended, not a
tinglo caso can bo found of a black mau
suustruck.
In tho lind surprise at this informa
tion ono might imagino that a good way
for people to avoid being overcome by
the torrid heat of summer would be to
make liberal applications of burnt cork
to their skins, Tliero is something so
I nu]-lo and easy in this suggestion that,
if it were not for appearances, it might
bo experimented with by tho whole pop
ulation of Philadelphia.
lt might if it woro not for tho fact that
tho records of other oities, particularly
i cities in tho South, show that negroes
aro Kiinstruck. This is ruthcr bewilder
ing, lt is, as ono may say, dazing.
And tho conclusion to which it loads is
that Philadelphia darkios aro peculiarly
particular in not woothor to avoid hard
work and koop out of tho sun.-Phila
delphia Nows.
ll is only a question of preference wheth
er y?.u leave your monoy when you die, or
allow your money to leavo you while yon
live.