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T. C. ?^.I?IJIITC! 7-OXT. Editor anU IMojir i r 1 .jr. LAURENS, S. C., WEDNESDAY, M ARCH 21, I M-ss CITS Z^olloir a. "LTooii: Payable in /v>ivuncu, 40 BALES TOTHEMULE. CAPTAIN PETERKIN TELLS HOW IT WAS RAISED. A Straight Talk on the Fleecy Staple -To Mako Fifty Batos to tho Hortic mu? $ u.ooo Proltt' Tho young tuen nt home nud in tho ? neighborhood were inclined to be slow | about plantinga new (nop. Thoy did not showathc energy I wished to see. So i to stir them up, I boasted I could take j one large mule and one hand to plow bim, and make 00 bales of cotton and fl.aOO clear profit. This had tho de sired Oircot. I talked il until I con vinced myself I could do it. So I ' went to work to accomplish it. Hind to swap work so as to run a throe horse Casida plow to break thirteen acres of land that bm I been in corn and was worked by a negro for sever ttl years. It was badly overrun wit h Bermuda grass and very pofindcocd. When the land was ready or plow ing, thc big mule and negro had nine days due them, bot 1 din not require itpaidbaok. There was no other plow in it except the one used by tho j big negro and run by the uig mule. ? My neighbors say it was as good or as well cultivated ns any fifty acres in the neighborhood. Hut il ?lid not j make tho fifty bales, I only got forty- ; four. I lost my stand on tho pari ! that had been infested by Herminia grass, and lind to poison twice for worms, which injured it some, I?-.', ?fi possible, I moan to make the fifty l?a les on fifty aeres with one mule nod one negro in 1888, and expect to fer tilize the land from the seed or meal of fifty bales. I will tell now how I prepared the land, although I would not advise any ODO to try it. on as largo a scale as my self, as it requires practico todo the work well. This is my third yea'- on thc water furrow or alloy system. I begun willi ton acres, the next year increased to twelve aeres, and this year, 1HS7, increased it to fifty ncresJ with thc stated results. I will not he contented until I make fifty ludes and two thousand dollars clear profit with ono mule and hand, I toan he done, ann if lifo is spared me. I moan to do it. Thc land was thrown Into beds of three and ono half foot rows, jast ns though I was going to plant it on tlic bed : but I did notado so. I put my fertilizer, three hundred pounds ol* cotton seed meal and oin; hundred ami twenty five pounds of acid phosphate mixed, as I have before described in Hie water' furrow or between tho beds ; thou Hire two furrows on willi a double bull tongue; boarded it of; put the planter on in the usual way, but down in Hie water lurrof/. As soon tvs Hie seed bogan to sprout, I i harrowed willi tho little Iron Age - harrowed Hie middle and all-mu) so killed tho crab grass in its infancy. Afterwards there never appeared ] much grass tn the cotton, I then ' bull-tongucd it and called that two plowings. Next ran around it with an eighteen inch swoop, one of Pop? ponheim's ; that was throe plowings, I next used the Planet, Jr. cultivator oae furrow to tho row, this was four plowings. Next, laid it hy ono fur row willi thc sweep. The ploughman and Mide began work by daylight and worked till sunset each working tidy, i Tho ploughman cost me $100. Two j hoeing* cost 8100; the picking cost' 50cents per hundred, or six dollars per bnle, or $300 for ginning and picking. Tito seed converted Into meal und mixed with acid phosphate makes tho land self supporting. Thc linne made twelve thousand pounds of peavine hay und peas, which will Support bim. Ho did lins in ti.e days that were too wet. to plow in cot? ' ton. His onts aro growing. I ex pect to get 10 cents per pound lor my cotton, more if I can. It is makin;: cotton at ;1 cents per pound, for before February I will net 11,480. This is not n large crop of cotton. It, WAS tho money I wanted ss well as to stir up thc farmers ond show it could bc adopted. I will make 82,000 on tho ! .ame fifty acres next year. My ex fierienco is that making cotton is the ?est and easiest farming in Hie world. Go at lt with a vim, ami stick to i', .tay In tho Held and seo that thc work is done well. Spend less mon ey for fertilizers, and sec Hint you put tim right kind and the rigid quantity in thc righi place. Make tue farm .elf supporting and you are sure to succeed. Plant nothing in cotton hut high, dry and natural drained land; bot toms that require ditching aro uncertain lands; tliey look ns If they would make a crop but generally fail in thc end. There arc bottom lands that make colton, but they hive a natural under drainage. Stop planting cot ton as soon as you get otr Hie natural drained lands. Ono acre of bad cot ton will take Ihn profit from two good I' It I'S! I > ION Tl A L Tl >! Ill Mt. A I,isl ol'Seven I*osslhle ltepub liea II < 'a nd ida ( cs. ST. LOUIS, Mareil Ul.-ThoGlobo Deinocral says: Tlie list.of possible candidates for (lu1 llepnblicnn pies idenlial nomination seems lo bo confined to about seven men. They uro: (irosham, Shorlden, Al lison, 1 lawley, ('allom, IlisCOcU ami 11 al l ison, Some one of those will probubly ne selected. Clresh am appears to have tho beat chance at present, ult bongil there is eon sidorablc opposition to him in his own stnte. In fact, tho only activo opposition lo him nnywhero is Ilia! which ls in I liliana, a.id which i in the interest of Harrison, a rival aspirant, sherman also mts manx trlonds, ami would undoubtedly control more votes on the lt rat hal let, if the convention was hold to morrow, than any other man. ^hoi man's lons;- and active political ca reer, how ever, has raised him many enemies. 11 is record is almost as well known at thal ol* Clay or Wobst or half a century ugo, nnd fully a- well as thwt of ?Marcy, ( as or Seward. These men, I i ko Sher man, wore among tho ables! ami mos I illustrious members of tho po litieal organization- to which they belonged; hut they wore ali beaten, either in the nominating conven tions or at Hie polls by men who were com pa rill vely untried and ob scure. lt appears reasonably safe lo predict, though, timi sherman, unlike ?'lay or Class, would bi ol md ed if I he no ii ii na lion shou kl be given him, Ploughs l'|l a Dla mond. A ri. \ NT \. ( : \ , March l">-M r. 1.. i M. Parker is a farmer and live-* about foin milos south of Atlanta i A few days ago he wm ploughing in bis orchard when he turned up a bright slone, \\ hid. resembled fr?as- | ami was about Hie si/.e of an Kag-I I i s 11 poa. Ile carried il home ami tried it on ;;la^s and fourni il would cut it. Yesterday he came io At lanta ami w as exhibiting the .-tone ' lo a number of gentlemen in WU-' -on A- SHIV'S store. Mr. Palmer.! o -of t !i . g m tie ni en present, said : ' "I w ill give von Illly cents for it. "All right," said tim farmnr, ami suiting tho word to the deed ex-J changed the stone for Illly cents. Mr. Palmer carried it lo Prof. .1: I>. ('aldon, an Ku/I Mi minorolouist, who has-pent a niimbei of yours in the diamond fields ol South Al flen, and he pronounced ii a genu ine diamond ami \ nilled at about ; thirty dollars, _._._ To Preach His Own Knneial. A gentleman from High Sh Auls (?a., tells of tho peculiar prepara tions of all Intelligent old minister of that sectiot . Ile -ay- M r Prid- : gins, and old ami respected prc;ch er, has suddenly decided to preach his ow n fwiieral sermon, and has set for (ho day thc second Sunday in April, and as the placo a little (mureil il lew miles tin- -ide of High Shoals. Mr. Pridgins has or dered his son to make him a collin, which he direct- must bo perfectly plain, and looked w ith a padlock. I I Ie says t he collin w ill be pl iced by Ins -ide in the church amt therein i in tho presOtlCO Of Ills friends and family, w ho are requested to waste no mourning, he will tell of his life and pay suitable tributes to bis own memory. The news has spread rapidly all over the sur- ! nmndiug counties,and it i- thought that the little ( burch will not be able to bold the vasl congregation. Mr. Pridgins is thought by some to Ix- vers eccentric, but is considered hy his neighbors one of the smar test men in the county. I le has been a minister of the gospel for many years, and ls extremely pop ularla his neighborhood. 1 ! is mimi is perfectly idear on all subjects, ami bois unusually well informed, fie deslros that Hie "press" he pre sent at tlie funeral, and occupy seats in Hu? amen corner. As yet lieluis made no disposition Of Ills body. After tlie sermon isover.it ls thought, he w ill retiro his hmne and lead a (jillet life until the Hmo comes for him to occupy his collin for good, As yid no pul! bear roi's lutVO In en -(deeded, but all ar rangements w ill be made for the funeral before the eventful day nr I ives. I,ike Town like Nespacewr. Thc intni who refuses lo take his home paper is without public spirit find is ol'little benefit to tho ennuin nity in which he li\C8, Thc OTOfttCSl of all nonsense is to try to make ?I town grow wit hout a nowgpnpcr; ii simply won't do it. Poor, lean, half starved new-pupers nie indicative of tho initie kind ol'a town. Neat, \\\Q. ly pi.pers, full of local news and full of advertisements of local iradomon mean business for thc newspapers, for thc people and prosperity tor the town. Hold up your homo newspaper uu'd they will hold you up. Stick a pin just herc, and glvd thc paper a boo ni and you will bloom also.-Dublin (tin.) (?lizette. An excess of animal food und a partinl (dosing of thc pores o the skin, during the wi at rr months, cause the system io he Tim STATT: IN BRIEF NEWS FROM NEIGHBORING#GOUN TIES IN A NUTSHELL. < Ivor lilly applications li.wo bool) made foi' pensions in Fal rib M County. Tho Baptist ol Anderson have de cided to misti $(1,000 for I heir now church building, pnyubie In Install monts by the 1st ot'.May. I8S9. At thu opening of the recent term ol' lidgeilold court, Judge Ker shaw denounced in severe terms Hie carrying ol concealed weapons and the soiling of unlicensed whis key. The annual meeting of (he South Carolina Sunday-School Conven tion, ot* which ll -v. H.s. Morgun,of Croon Vi I lo, is presiden I, will lu? held in Sp.irttinbtirgon the U7th in stan;, and continuo to the ?loth, in clusivo. Abraham Stanley, a w hite man liv ing in Harnwell conn'v, w as found dead in Iiis house last week willi a hullo! Mole t Inonu li his head. The verdict of tho coroner's, jury was that he died by his ow ll act . A verdict nf md gullly was n u de od Thursday, at Varaville, i 'inn pt on county, in tho case of the ?tale agalnsl w. .1. William-, for the murder of Courge lilley in No vember last. Tho caso bas excited thc greatest interest In Mini suction. Hon. C. <.'. Memmingcr, the ll rsl Secretary of the Treasury under the Confed?ralo Provisional Gov ernment, died in Charleston last Wednesday night, aged N5 years. Ills remains w ere taken to Kial Kock, ?S'.'C., ibo location of lils sum mer holm', for lin rial. .Mr. James Snipes, < f Lancaster, has been su Hering for -?une tim? with sarcoma on his !,?... lt grew to I he si/.e (d'a min's hoad ami de stroyed nil lin- musel?s of Hie leg. As a final resold to nive. Iii- liv. his lee- luis boon amputated, Ife stood the operation well and ?s i ia prov ing every (lay. NY hillsboro News; lt has been suggested by an ox'jltnnge thal Ibo convi-t- in Ibo penitentiary boom pioyod to work the roads in (In state. Tin- suggestion stems tu bc a good ono. 'i'll?' present plan of calling oui tiie people to w ork the roads js very unsatisfactory if one may Judge by Ihn condition of tile roads III tile Minto, ami if any b'.i siblu pinn of improving them by convict laboi i-- th vised, wo thiek It eliot! bl be adopted. I ?nine Salmond, a colored boy, w as recently arrested noni'('ninden for attempting to steal some money froma white lady. When ho was about lo he taken lo jail ho |UO| us ed thal I?i ? captors whip him and let him go. His proposition was accepted, und ono hundred and one lashes were laid on Ins back in good Style. Win n the whipping was finished he touched Ins hat i > his captors nml for parts unknown. Says tho Cob mbia correspondent ; of (he News ami Courier: Shei'ilT I>rafis, ol' Lexington county, has re ceived n dispatch from I'hil Sheri dan, elly marshal ol San Antonio, Texas, notifying him that lie has arrested Cap Williams and asking thal ho be s, nt for. \\ llliams i tho young white man w in?, on last Christinas day, rode up to listore In New Brooklyn, Lexington cou li ly, J usl over the Cungaroo bridge, ami -hot (.nd killed a young color ed man. Governor Richardson will lend a requisition for him lo ibo ( lovornor of Texas. A Rou ti for! dispatch lo I ho I ha lesion World Bays. Robert Cads den, who is represented as n des. pi rate character, w as accidentally stinton Sunday morning between lb aufoii and l'oit Royal, by Con stable li. I>. Rryanl,whllo resisting, tho constable wlm was bringing' bim to jail, Brynn! came hero und delivered himself Up to the sllCI'llf, and is now In jail, Gadsden died an hour after being shot. Gadsden violently assaulted ami bea! I Ito constable over the head Willi ?I piece of iron in a fearful manner, ami during the scullin (lie pistol was exploded, Roth the parties are colored. An accident which occurred In Hie Kdgcflcld sessions court Inst week, (luting (Ivo progress of a murder trial, occasioned some . n mtiscincu I at the lime. A jurel Who was called and presented to the prisoners, w hen asked if he bad any prejudice against (hom, repli ed "No," and in answer to t he ques tion as lo whether 'ne had express ed an opinion w hich w ould disqual ify him from sitting on tho CUSO, again replied "Nu," dial he had only made a little remark, liv was asked whit! thc remark AV as, and Mated that be lind only -aid that "the whole danni crow "tl might to be hung." It is unneees nry to say lli.it ho WHS oxen-.ed from serving on the case. Abbeville Not l?it, Yet. Abbeville, S. C.. Mardi 13.~-AI> bovilio is not dry yd. even foy hiw, it ?ceins, TIlO act giving the people thc light to vote license fir no license, requires Hint a majority ot the qnnli lied voters shall be ncecsnnry to entry the election eil her way. There arc about 8600 votera in tho county, and Of Uti* number only about Moo cast i,u i) ci ICON AND roleen. A Desperate Devil's Diabolical Deed N'en i' Columbia. The Broad River Brlilgc-^eepev Beaten to Death Hio V/tfo Assaulted and the HOUR.- Robbed aud Flre:l A Color ea Farmer also Murdered The AHsa?sla Kscaue. Coi.CM HI A, S.C.. March 12"-A specimen ol' genuino diabolism cunio to light this morning in thc , shape <>r ?1 horrible murder and nt. tempted inccndluryism that forde* vi?isll deliberation mid inhuman, cruelty i rarely, if ever, surpassed, j Tho fell ticed occurred at 7 M last night ttl thc Uro.id river bridge, two miles from this city, Aclnm BtilT, UK? gute keeper nt (ho bridge, was culled to thc door: by a negro who talked io bim for { ll few minnie-, and thoo suddenly struck bim a terrible blow on the hoad with n heavy club, Tim nc-.' gro ilion entered thc house, threw & M rs. lmll', au ligod lady, on Mic , lloor ami trampled upon ber, Ile robbed Ibo money box of it- con- ' lents, and set lire lo Ibo house and * , would probably have burnt up his < victim bul for tho timely arrival of . Wm, Kraft who was passing ami I was attracted by Ibo llames ?s-m- c in"- from I lie w billows. , n An investigation ensued und an- > other ghastly lind w as made-that of tho dead bely of .Jack Kenton a I negro faruicr living near hy, it wtts 1 found, w iib the brain oo/.iug from u bolo in tin- skull, about lol ly yards 1 from tho house, ( Mr, Buff, who is 7 ? years of ago, < i s ju a :l lng condition, When s lound hy Mr, Kraft lie made ibo < latter immediately write on paper a Hint Jack Kelton, William .lobnon:?, I < white, and a nejfi'o named Brown ' were lin- last men bc hud -ecu, . Du this statement Johnson was ar- ? rested. j Brown is evidently the murder? j cr, but cannot I. . fourni. Tics,. ni?(. hui meagre details of om* o ! ibo most horrible crimes ever com nilled in this community. March I I.- Pick Anderson, n ? build oil tb-' Newberry nuil Laur cns railroad, lt r rcs tod tills afternoon ns tnllyiiig with the description of tb" murderer in tho bongaree bridge ,r;1..,.dy, wa- released on proving nu alibi. OllVcor Clark ar rested a! the corner ?if (lutes ami Uervnifi it reels (wo ncgroe.**, Bur- . ion Price mid Joe Moore, this af tor noon, covered with fen I hers ami I clots ol' bl.I. They aro supposed lo bi the guilty parlies, ami will , have a bern ni"; in (he morning bc- ' fore ibo mayor. Lynching is talk- ? . ed of. if conclusive evidence is . found ns lo t heir ; uItt, t Icy w ill ! probably never have a trial. Tho Kcgister of this morning . contuined an Intervh?W with Mr. Johnson and ruc .intc-mortciu statements of M r. ami M rs. Bu IT, which were taken by Coroner0iv 11 , ! Inst ni?rht in view of (li? fae? that neither w ould be able to personally : testify in >omc time, ami probably s might die from their injuries. This Interview and I beso -tate- c nieiit- completely clear Mr. .1 >ou son of any oomplicity in Hm crime, ' 11 bis pr?sence at the bridge being ex? ' plained, ami be being proven io I liave reached .this city at 7 o'clock i Sunday night. 1 I The coroner's jury met at the : I'lincnix truck house this morning r ami decided that thc evidence thus tar received entirely exonerated t Mr. Johnson, Me was accordingly , discharged from custody on the or der of thc coroner. The inqttc I w as indefinitely postponed to au ail further developments. It is under stood a clew ba- been found which may lead to the early detection of i bo guilty partie Many a broadcloth husband ??wes his prosperity to thu fact that he married a gingham girl. Tho people of the tei'l'ltoiy of Dakota believe in a future State. Kv cry lime a lady physician : calls on a gentleman patient she show s plainly that she's Mr. call lng. "I presume you me skating furl thc first time." "No, for the las! lillie," replied UlU (llsgllStod Icinale. Bcicntlstfl say that thc ?avago has n moro nouto smell than civilized' people. They have more material j to prnetleo on. If you want to dream that you a rc n toboggan slide rushed with business, and that thc electric is right over your .stomach, Just c it fl lot of hickory md cake for supper. Tho Intest complaint of rt discon tented jjenorntloil is Hutt lhere is not enough gumstickem on the postage I tamps. Do people expect to got u w hole meal of mucllcgo for two cents? Dick 'I hilo (pathetically)--"'.VIion w ill you love mc. darling? When will you smile upon nu nmidriV.iM bul wt niggl, ag artist ?" Miss Flip (cheerfully)--"Why, .just fis *O0n "" you can produce .something to hung on tlie line heside-t one shirt. COTTON AND GRAIN. ? SUMMARY OF THE AGRICTLT URAL OUTLOOK. Chi' Mon tit I j Bluletnci i d' tho Itv-' l>nrliiicm of AjKrUuiltiu-.Some In* t cres! i nu ?Viiriircs. Thc monthly summary of llio Agri cultural Ihircaii hus been issued in Washington nod vivs : Tho report of tho cotton marketed was completed for eight Slates :i inontli ugo, bul deferred for returns Prom tho Carolinas mu! Texas. Thc apparent proportions forwarded fruin plantations on tho 1st of February (vero ns follows : Virginia, '.io pcr i>r.\i\ ; North Carolina, 94 South tlarolinn, 13 5 Georgia, 1)4; Florida, 87; Ala taina ()2; Mississippi, 00; Louisiana, 19 ; Texas. :? t : Arkansas, 00 ; Tonnes ice, 8?) : Missouri and Indian Territo y. Thc general avcrago is 92 ?cr cent. This indicates an increase ?I" :? or \ percent on tho aggregate of omi ty osli mates of tho 1st of October, iltliouglithe Februar)' returns of the slimntc>l product compared with that if 18HG, were nearly identical with the November returns, This furnished ' further HIIHI rat ion of t hc local lon- . lency to underestimate production. , It wa-* suggested ia Ibo November . eport thal it might lu? assumed that i Icoprootod ami carly an t well (level- t ped plants would produce bettor than ix per cent in their apparent losi of ondiliotl an t that if the outcome i liould surpass this fu st est imate the N \'<"ess might l>0 duo to this cause. ?' 'his view was correct. An allow- '' hoc !.>!. the depressing ellbcl Of this z i local I ct Unis, so stonily opposed v y speculators, is again proved to be eccssary. The ipialily of the libro is superior, . lie condition clean, and the yield of . nt a little allOVC per cent. The aluo of the Rood nvcrnges t;'. cents ci nu-liri on the Atlantic coast, 15 t, eut s in Mississippi, l-l cents in Ten* , 'ssce, Pl ?."its in Louisiana, ami | I cents in TeX:?--. ? Thc average close of picking is as ?Hows! Nort li Carolina, 1 leccmbcr 10 : out h Carolina, December H ; ( ?corgiu, .. november 20 ; Florida, December I: ? Llabnma, November 24; Mississippi, ., Icooinhci - ; Louisiana, Docombcr 13; i 'ex ns, Noveinber30 ; Arkansas, Nov | inlier 2G ; Tennessee, November 27. he Mate was later than lost year on c ie Atlantic coast, (?corgia, excepted, lld eurlior i:: thc moro West ern Slat es. Thc statistical returns of thc Depart- h lent of Agriculture for March relate e ? thc distribution mid consumption of ie wheat and corn stock in farinera' finds, thc proportion of merchantable ?rn, ami the average price < respect. ' cly of merchantable ami unincrclianl - ile. The coin crop is thc smallest ne?- 1884, aid t he remainder on farms Iso tho smallest iii seven years. It is * )t i mated ot f>08,000,<)00 bushels, jjninsl G?3.0ii0,000 last year, and 773- ? m.(M?O two years ago. 'i'he propor- j ?. on is 34.0 jier cent of the crop, the (1 ?west percentage except, in INS l, when v was 33, and tlie stock 512,000,000 j, iishels. I H ree,Mil years the percent* t j;e has ranged from 1-4 to 4-10 of tho li inu.nl pro Im-;. II Thc proportion of merchantable t ?rn is 85.?! per cent of thc present av- * rage value ol' 50.0 cents per bushel. ' * he average valuo of stock remaining *| i 47.6 e.Mits per bushel. ?,2 cents high r thou on thc iir>t December. Tho | roportion consumed without removal ey omi county lines, which was last,] larch. 17 per cent, ts estimated at 12 er cen? for the present crop, which v Minces Hie qunntitiy transported to I' 70,000,000 bushels, 18,000,000 bush- ? ls less than last year, while thc mount for consumption ls also sinai- " .r by 90.000,000 bushels, The Indicated stock of wheat of 1887 ,, i th.- bands of farmers in 132*000,000 j iishels, against 122,000,000 Inst your, a r .Jil per cent of1 IK> crop, agni asl 26.7 <| cr cent la-! Match. i r There bas b< en usc,l ?n the seeding , lt f winter wheat. 04,000,600 bushels. . d 87,000,000 In c'ghl months, conan mp- 11 OU G1.0OQ.O00 bushels, exported in 0 heal, ami flour, 3K(000,000 visible V upply, an l an unusual quantity in J iln?r elevators and mid stocks in \ nurse of distribution between former locks ami actual consumption, Tin' Un il i ond Pituitaries. (Greenville News.) President Humbert, of tho Carolina, knoxville tv Western railroad com- j . any, WHS Inutile eily yesterday. Mr. j j1 !. 1'. Sibley, president of the Georgia I ? tonstrOeling company, Ucxpecte'1 to 9 ay. Thoso two, gentlemen moot here ^ > confer on malters of importance ^ ? the road, i K Referring to the Agitation on thc ?wer end ol'lin line over the futppos- fl d purpose of tim construction com any to abandon tho lower section, 'resident Humbert, said he deprccat d any healed agitation at thin tillie, s thc construction company had vio if ed no contract and until thev did TIlO < ot ton Plant. What a royal plant it is! Tho world waits in attendance on its growth, Tin' shower that roll? whispering on its leaves is heard around tlu> earth. Tho sun that shines on it is tempered hy the prayers of ail people. Tho frost that chills it and tin- do that de scends from tho stars is noted, and trespass of a little worm on ?ts green loaf is more to england than the advance of tIm Russian anny un her Asian outposts. it Ls gold | from thc instant it puts forth its; tiny-hoot. Hs libro ls curren! in every hank, and w hen loosing it* llceccs to the sun it Moats ?1 sunny banner that glorifies the field nf the humble larmer. That man is mar shalled under a Hag thal will com pel the allegiance of tho world, and wring a subsidy from every nation on earth, lt i- tho heritage thal Clod gave to litis people forever a.s their ow n when be arched our skies, established our mountains, girt us about willi the ocean, loosed thc breezes, tempered the sunshine, and measured the rain. Oursnnd our children's forever* As prince ly a talent as ever can 0 from his liand to mortal stewardship.-//. II'. Cf petty in Wimm n's W'ml:. The Farmers' Alliance of Heck enburg County n ru buying foriill 50 rs di roe I from tim manufacturer* md saving Ibo profits of local deal ers. In tin- way they divide tho myincnts, settling for thu freight m delivery ami paying for the for ilizers in thc tall. I'iVaugellsl '. lOileh mude such an m pression during lils recent rovi? .al serv ice-ai Florence thal tvhon i barn .storming drama I ic company cached the town ii was fairly fre ien oui and had to leave town vithnut an audience. Spa rt an burg is bidding lo have be three t-'s line run by lhere from tuthcrfordton, NM ., lo New la rry o i In- m glee! of l nion. There is prospect timi tho Hooch r -caud al i- all tn bu ri vived, a son if Heceher Itavli g published a look making mention of the case, s likely to bring a rejoinder. The depart m.-nt of agriculture ocolvod instruction from Senator littler and Congressman Colhran! mi 110111 ph i I ! cordially endorsing | be iuiuiigration work nf the do? mrtmont, which is doing splendid crvie.i in advertising tho resour < s of South ('andina. Thirty-two napers in Michigan ave hoisted t hc na 0 ol' F.x-Oov-, rnor Alger as the re) ublicnn enn idato. Congressman Tillman will oppose he tai ill' hill and do all he can to o feat it. ( 'ol. John R, Winston, a prom i neut forth Carolinian, died in Caswell 'ounty on Wednesday last ol eon limption. ('ol. Win-ton was a hmfedernto soldier, noted for dar ug ami bravery. Ile was a prison* r un Join:- on'- Island, and in mid? linter winter he in nb' his escapo iy scaling Ibo walls, and tlien, hough barefooted am! thinly clad, c walked miles on the ice, and It ally reached Canada In safely, ol. Win-ton was a very prominent ?ranger, and was al-o il leader in ho Creonbnok party, which, al one Imo, bad a strong following in ?'<>al b ( 'arolina. Randall or Hie Dei il. Congressman Tillman was inter- '. Jewed by thc Washington corros ondent of Ibo New York Tribune n Saturday las! in regard to tho lilis tariff bill, and said : "Tho bill saws nothing about the opoal of tho tobacco lax nor any lodiflcalion of tho internal r?ve ur laws. If tho Democrats go to he country with tho bill they arr Ufe Ol defeat and they will be ootned lo defeat any way If they onomiunto Cleveland on bis lame lossage, li tito surplus ?s to ne po liced, and we all agree that it inst bo, then lol Us repeal tin dion- internal revenue taxe- and P any deficit occurs we can mis., he revenues by levying an Income ax. i'll vote with Randall or tho leyll to repeal tho internal revenue axes. The idea of placing woolen he (roo list. Upon our protective ysteni for the past twenty years ri* have prospered as no other ountry luis ever dreamed of? And \ \ al l as Cleveland donn for the ountry In tho South V Coln pit fa ively nothing, lt's Irtie that he ins to some extent destroyed the lank carpetbagger.*) but (hal about ll. Why with that tariff bill of the 'resident's inessa go we will lose 'irginin, West Virginia, North 'arolina and, perhaps, Ambania! sow gm away and don't usk me ny more questions; you will bear rom me on Ibis subject in the louse when thc time comes." Josie Hliinn, the heiress of Cleve imi, Ohio? who Int* been mlssiihj or sometime (rom that city, sud lenly appeared again, stating that lie bad been detained it il IT RRKNTNEVVS NOTES. I''IK'1V amt Fancies Ont hoi oil druitt Various Qtiurtci-K. During tho lust sixteen years 85,000 sailors OU british ships lime 1.n [ost ut sea. The busiuoss of tl io findon posloltlcois of such magnitude thut tho present po stmaster general lins saved 810,000 a year hi sealing wax and I M ino expenso- alone. Tho little tnrm house in which llorac? Greeley was horn, together with 120acron o? form land, is to bo sold at auction ni Am herst, N. IL, for taxes amounting to $?0.26. An eastern man of (lgurcs Hays that au u\ crag? "i 1,000 people aro drowned through tho leo m tho united States every winter, and au average of 8,000 aro drowned by ac? ciilent in tho Bummer, A i< el steamboat, to cost $50,000, isln-in,? construct eil to run on tho upper Mississippi, tho expectation being that it will muka thu trip from St. Louis t., ,st. Paul in half thu timo required by tho existing wooden craft, Electricity lui.-, dono much for civilization, but its possibilities, it seems, havo not been exhausted. An '.electric birch" lilia bcou iu vented, bj which rofrnctory school pupila cnn bo punished toa nicety und no murks Inj left. An Ann Arbor student suspected that som? ono was stealing his coal. Ile loaded ono of the lump', with a chargo Of gUltpowdci, and tho next morning his landlady's stove blow np and his breakfast executed a bountiful frasco design on Ibo kitchen ceiling. "Weight sociables" oro tho latest era/oat Yankton, Tho gentlemen pick their ladies, take thom i ? tho neales, weigh them, pay u quarter of aconta pound into tho goner il lund, and then i.ni thom lo supper, Th? latter costs liol far from six inls a pound. Professor Mtdcoiiisou, of Dallas, Tex., who is said to he ti loiiohovof some learning, ad vances tho theory that the earth ls lint and als?, motionless, neither rotating on its axis nor revolving around the sun. Mo also be? I ie VCH 1 hut the sm i mid moon uro si na I ?er I hun the cu th, and that tho light of (he moon is lier own and liol roflcctcd from the .sim. A fun. ral procession which starl.-d foi* tho cemetery ut b'ruuioiit, N. Y.. oucouutered snow drifts so deep that ti couldn't proeeet'i Tlio remull?s wore placed in a blacksmith shop near by and tho mourners nul friends ?vt to work with shovels. Tili) work was not ihiished lil! tho following ovoidng, when th.? corpse was hur?es) hy tho lighl of lanterns. Thc seale bug is tho |>ost ot California, lt cou lines ii - ravages to orango groves, lt I. od- ?II tho leaves and burrows ill tho ten drils, and when hs work is completo tho leaf curl, up, shrb els, and tho (ruo dies within a shoe', limo, A prominent si. Louis manu facturer recently invested *-.">.'MO in au m'uugo grave near Los Angelos which suf fered from tho blight and had lo bo sold at ti heavy luau, L loch lloblnson, l'or moro than half a cent ury a dealer in looks lu boston, leis just died at his ?'Urions r?sidence, know II n's tho lo und house. The building, us Its nun io indicates, is circular in form, and has i tit-- o -torie;, tho third story being o? smaller diameter than the others. The interior arrangements uro in keeping with tho '.or, thora bel?g cir cular stairways, em ?, rooms, lahh-s. otc, in profusion, IS vc ry (nan winn he takes, up his cards at a game of whist holds ono out of 035,0l8,ft50, IAH? possible hands. As for the total iniinbor i>f variations possible muong all tho players, it is so unoriuoiis ns almost to exceed bollol. Mr. habilito calculated thal .1 1,000,000 ol' men w? iv tn l.-o.ongngi I dealing canis at th* rate ol one deal oat li nih u i ?, day und night, for lt. lot years, tiny wOukl not then have exhni! le.) all Hie possible variations of Ibo curd l":t only 100,0001h part of them. SOME AMUSEMENT NOTES. Loudon is to have n new tbcatro for light opera thal will cosl S'.'.VI.INM. Jane Hading. iii? great Paris favorito, will prolmbly conn- to America with CoqholiH next i >otubor. lt ls rumored Hint Marj Andorson intend* to play m (lermnnj Itoforo returning t? Aoiorica next August, Kiel kn Oorstei is on a lour with.tho Cam pani i-.i Conceii compati) and will continua with them M<?nm weeks. Mary Anderson i- bringing ber London Kennon toa '-i'-s-. Her Hud lencos ara almost exclusively coin pose? I of prov i nola I tourists. Claru Louise Kellogg, ir is umiuiinced, will lour next season with an opera coin? pauy of sixty-five pciwuti, un, 1er tho nuning >. nient of her j omi ? husband; Carl Str?KOSch. The annual p.c. roll Of ihc Paris (irand Oj ?ern foots up -ir;:,Jil, and In .spite of th*, fact that no rent i.s paid and government fur nishes $100,000 n year, tho manager l?'lifivaii ably a loser. Arrangements have 1 K?--i i completed whereby Pnuny Dnvonporl \> i 11 playa suin nior season on tho Pacific slope nuder Al Hay man's munngoraciit, Miss l)a\<-u|tort opens iii the Baldwin t beni re, Kau Francisco, May 14. Theodore Thomas may IJO forestalled in his professional tour tbrOttgh Kuroptt Th" French conductor, Limoreux, IS going to make a contort toni' tliioiigli Hpnin, Portu gal, l?tts-ia and England with ninety peV f oriners. Mrs. Alice Rhaw, Hie whistler, is to go te Kpglaud in tho Sprhlg, and, ns ? SOClSl hoV elt y, s'.:o un,y vi?< with Adclne. Dctcbnn, whoso prat ty pipings and bird imitut ion ? hav e bcoil I lie ?orrect Hiing Ut lister, to ?OT several seasons past. Australia lue; just put roller skates nt ul in KI busy with them thal tho theatres sutTar. It ls decldod nol to take "A Parlor Match" Lhere, bul Ocorgo Knight will undertnkua professional tour. While W. S. Gilbert is building a tbtvitr? in London thora is no foundation, for th?* minor that Hill ert and .Sullivan have bad a railing out. Their union ls as st rons ns ?ver ind u bett r ti?titk timn "Tho Mikado* issald to bo preen ing. Lillian Olcott itcrivlitcil with tho most f?i ?oui i-i ? - fashion of them' tinie?. Tho young K-tresM Half a snmll live snake of a gre-MiUh tute, imported from Afl'IO?, InoloAod In ?* ?rt Of, haine-.-, vt gold encrusted with small | liuuioitds atilt fastened to her collar with a ibamond ? l.i-p. ICeiliicod Katen KoHistod. AtUnln, March 13.-Representa tiv?b oi various State railroads nppenr od before tho Ita i I road Commission to rlayt. be rc rn*'1 I I I iv