The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 25, 1899, Image 4
UY IIKN1IY S. IIARTXOO.
MKNT STATION.
To tho Kdltor ot the Cotton Plant:
Au agricultural experiment station
has been defluod us an "institution in
which scientific aud practical investi
gations are made with a view to im
proving tho methods of agriculture or
introducing new crops or industries."
Agriculture is both a science aud an
art. It is tho practical application of
many sciences. The cxpciinient sta
tion worker, therefore, is a scientist
whose primary busiucss is to apply his
special knowledge along original lines
for the benefit C-f agriculture.
There are some successful expert*
mout station workers who know very
little about practical farming. For
instance, a belaubt may study tho
causes of rice smut, and may prescribe
effective remedies and yet may be a
failure as a practical rice planter. But
in some lines of experimentation a
knowledge of practical farming is ab
solutely essential for intelligent re
search.
Scientific Investigations are tedious
and expensive. Work of this kind
must be done by trained specialists
who have eyes to see, who can record
what they Dave seen, who can correlate
and tubulate their records and draw
correct conclusions. They must under
stand the use of delicate apparatus,
ami must have proper laboratory facili
ties. Very few farmers in practical
life have tho time, or the money, or
the training for this werk in its higher
forms. We cannot depend entirely
upon individual enterprise for agricul
tural experiments, lu mechanics it is
otherwise. The inventor of a toy
secures a patent and makes a fortune.
The mechanic has ttie incentive of
quick and enormous profus for inven
tive genius. Some farmers, it is true,
who develop new varieties of crops
get good returns from the saie of seeds,
hut even this cannot last long for iho
seeds soon become widely disti United.
The farmer who works out new meth
ods helps himself, but gets no royally
from others who adopt and use his
meihods. The man who evolves from
long experience a successful formula
for compost, though millions arc bene
fited, will not make as much money as
the inventor of a tin rattle.
It may be added too that the station
worker studies nature in its most clu-1
sivc forms, and it requires longer re
search and broader scientific knowl
edge to find original truths in agricul
ture than in mechanics.
ltecogui/.ing these facts and the
axiom of the ages that agriculture is
the basis of all wealth, the Federal
Government has established in the va
rious States and Territories agricul
tural experiment stations.
Ou March 2, 1887, the following Act,
popularly known as the Hatch Act,
was passed by Congress :
SECTION 1. * * * That in order
to aid in acquiring and diffusing among
the people of the United States useful
and practical information on subjects
connected with agriculture, and to pro
mote scientific investigation and ex
periment respecting the principlcs-iand
applicatious of agricultural science,
there tdiall be established under direc
tion of the college or colleges or agri
cultural department of colleges in each
Slate or Territory established, or which
may hereafter be established, in ac
cordance with the provisions of an act
approved July 2, 18(i'2, entitled "An
Act Donating Public Lands to the Sev
eral States and Territories which may
Provide Colleges for the Jieiiellt of
Agriculture ami the Mechanic Arts," or
any of the supplements to said act, a
department to be known and desig
nated us an "Agricultural Experiment
Station." * * *
Skc. 2. That it shall be the object
and duty of said experiment stations
to conduct original lcsearchs or verify
experiments ou the physiology of
plants und animals ; the diseases to
which they arc severally subject, with
the remedies for the same ; the chem
ical composition of useful plants at
theii different stages of growth ; the
comparative advaulages of rotative
cropping as pursued under a varyiug
aeries of crops ; the capacity of new
plants or trees for acclimation ; the
analysis of soils and waters ; the
chemical composition of manures, nat
ural or artificial, With experiments de
signed to lest their comparative effects
on crops of different kinds ; the adap
tation and value of grasses and forage
plants ; the composition and digesti
bility of the different kinds of food for
dc mestie animals ; the scientific and
economic questions involved in the
production of butter and cheese ; and
such other researches or experiments
bearing directly on the agricultural
industry of the United States as may
in each case be deemed advisable, hav
ing due regard to the varying condi
tions and ueeds of the respective States
or Territories.
The first section of this Act requiies
stations to be under the direction oT
the agricultural colleges, in all the
Stales except Georgia and Ohio the
stations are located or or near the col
lego grounds. In the States of Ala
bama, Connecticut, New Jersey and
New York more than one station is
maintained by tho aid of funds from
the States.
There are some advantages in hav
ing the colleges and the stations work
ing together. Specialists are employed
who divide their time between teaching
'culiego classes, and working in the
station. Thus *moiiey is saved. The
station workers have access to the col
lego laboratories. The agricultural
students have a chance to study the
experiments in progress.
Each State receives 11 fteen thousand
dollars annually for the experiment
station. Tho expenditures are regu
lated by the collego trustees, but an
auditor from A'ashinglon examines
the accounts once a year to seo that
the money is expended in conformity
with tho act of Congress. Every
item is rigidly scrutinized, and the
furds cannot be diverted to other pur- I
noses tha.i the legitimate station work.
1 dwell upon this because some who
aro not acquainted with tho law think
that the Hatch fund is used in part in
South Caroliua to support Clcmson
College Tho law will not permit us
to apply any of this fund to college
purposes.
Tho last clause of the act "having
duo regard to tho varying conditions
and needs of the respective States ana
territories" is worthy of special notice.
The South Carolina station is intended
primarily to help the farmers of South
Carolina. In somo of tho Western
States the irrigation engineer is one of
the most important ofllccru of the sta
tion staff. Our station has no spe
cialist for irrigation because local con
ditions do not demand one. There
are now in the United States fifty-one
stations that recoive Federal fuuds.
These stations employ f?07 workers.
Although these stations have been in
operation hut twolve years many sub
* stantial results have been accomplish
ed. The main work thus far has been
. he collection and publication of im.
k^riant scientific data. Scientific du-1
volopmout le necessarily slow. lim,
foundation rests upon an accurate rec
ord of facts. From tho immense accu
mulation of fuels made by station
workers during tho past deendo wo
may reasonably oxpect the discovery
of principles of incalculable value iu
the near future. The time clomeut
should not be forgotten. Thoro are
sins le experiments that Cannot be
completed iu the short space of twelve
years. At Ilothamstcd, Eu gland, one
wheat experiment has been running
liffy years. This statement is not
made by way of apology for the paHt
work of the experiment stations, for
they have already discovered many
now things of great economic value,
and tho work is but in its infancy.
A short sketch of the South Caro
lina station at Clemson College may
not bo inappropriate. This station
began its life at Columbia under tho
direction of the University of South
Carolina in 1887. Sub-stations wore
established in Darlington and Spartan
burg counties. Iu 18U0 the station
was transferred to Clemson College.
Every change in a station start* breaks
into the continuity of tho experiments,
in this respect the South Carolina sta
tiou has been peculiarly unfortunate.
On account of death and resignations
five change's were made in the admin
istration of tho station in tho short
space of nine years. This has some
what retarded the progress of the sta
tion. Within reccut years the work
has bceu moving forward smoothly
and prosperously. Tho Staff at pres
ent is as lollow8 :
Henry S. Eiartzog, director ; J, S.
Newman, vice director and agricultur
ist ; M. 13, Iiardin, chief chemist ; P.
S. Shiver, assistant chemist; 11. N.
Brackett, assistant chemUt ; C E.
No-join, veterinarian ; C. C. McDon
nell, assistant chemist ; I*. II. Bolls,
botanist and bacteriologist : C. M.
Conner, animal husbandry; E. Walker,
Entomologist; C. C. Newman, assis
tant horticulturist; 1$. F. Robertson,
assistant chemist.
As the duties of the directo, nre of
n financial nature the immedia ui
agement of the expeiiment work is
entrusted to the vice director. South
Carolina is fortunate in having for this
important position a man of such rich
and varied experience as Col. Newman.
Since I tie establishment of the sta
tion the following bulletins have been
published '
OLO BBRIBS.
use? Uoport of Experiment farm,
188t? "
lt-Sb?No. 1, 'Testa of variot ies of cotton.
No. 3, 'Testa of co i merolal seeds.
No.), 'Analyses of fertilizers anil fced
Ing-stuffa.
'Annual report.
18S0?No. 4. 'Entomology.
No,6, 'Outs and wheat.
No. tl, Hog oliolora.
No. 7, Moleorology,
16VO?No. s, Chemie I statistics of corn crop
in South Carolina.
Maize fodder ensilage ; cow-peas
us a forage crop.
Composition of so Jar bOAD vines.
Annual report.
NKW SEUIK.S,
1801? No. I, *Anulyscs of commercial fertil
izers, Part 1.
No. 2, 'Cotton experiments With varie
ties mid fertilizers.
No.3, 'Analysescommercial fertilizers,
Parts.
No. 4, Fertilizer teat* with wheat.
Amuiul report.
No. 6, Methods ol keopliiK sweet pota
toes.
1.03? No. 6, Analyses of commercial fertil
izers.
No. 7 Experiments with wheat and
oats.
Amuiul ronort.
No. 8, invcstlKiitlon ohoinlcnl composi
tion cottonseed meal.
18011? No. 0, Kxperiments with Irish potatoes.
No. lu, Notes ou varieties of henna.
No. 11, Analyses commercial fertilizers,
Part 1.
No. 2, Cooperative soil teats of fertil
isers.
No. 13, Analyses eonsmcrcial fertilizers,
Parts.
No. 14, Experiments with corn.
Annual report.
1804?No. l?. Fertilizer experiments with corn.
No. l?, Bxi criments with tomatoes.
No. 17, Analyses commercial fertlllzcra.
No. it, Portfdzor experiments with cot
ton.
Am.mil report.
18r&?No. IP, Dairying.
No. !C0, Analyses commercial fertilizers.
No. 21, Technical.
No. 'ti. Colic in horses uui mules.
Annual rcpor.' .
1{00?No. 2;', Lamellosa In horsea.
No. 24, Analyses commercial fertilizers,
in two parts.
No. S5, 'Distemper in horses and mules.
No. 88, ?Founder in horsea and rod water
in cattle.
No. 27, ?Wouuda and their treatment.
Annual report.
1807? No. 28, Tho sweet potato as a starch
prod ucer.
No. 2t1, Analyses commorclul fertilizers.
No. ht1, Determination of starch in the
sweet, potato.
t o.bl. Hog cholera and swine plaguo.
No. \S2, Protection and improvement of
worn soils.
Annual report.
1808? No. c8, Testa of duirj methods mid appa
ratus.
Comparative testa oflmttor fat.
No. 14, .SiiKiir beets.
N<>. M, Antuyaea commercial fortili/.ors.
No. U0, Diseases of plants.
No. b7. Wheat.
184o?No. as. Asparagus rust in South Caro
fina.
No. 39, HiiKKCStloiis to auxllliiry olvbs.
No. 4U, Farm manures tor cotton.
No. 41, Hlce Must and a now rico smut.
No. 42, Varieties of cottwn.
No. \t, Analyses commercial fertilizers.
No. 44, Corn,
No. 46, Anulyscs of fertilizers.
No. 46, Cotton.
No. 47. Chemical study Soa.Island cotton.
?Numbors marked with stare are exhausted.
The law requires us to issuo four
bulletins annually. At present wc
have seven thousand and live hundred
names on the mailing list. These bul
letins are sent free to all who ask for
them.
In addition to the issuing of the
regular bulletins hundreds of letters of
inquiry arc written every year to the
various members of tho staff asking
for advice upon special lines. Theao
letters receive prompt, and courtcoue
attention, (hough at times the clerical
work becomes so heavy that it is almost
burdensome.
The various departments of the
College and Experiment Station will
furnish, free of charge, advico and in
formation on any topic pertaining to
general agriculture, horticulture, bot
any, entomology, veterinary science,
dairying, stock breeding, feeding, otc.;
also analyses of fertilizers, marls,
clays, waters, and other substances,
asHays of ores, determinations of rocks
aud minerals, tests ef bricks, cements,
building stones, illuminating oils, cali
bration of electrical instrument^ etc.
The departments can not undertake
to analyze soils, stomachs or other
parts of poisoned animals, nor to make
bacteriological examinations.
All inquiries and requests should be
addressed to tho I'rosident, giving ex
plicit nccouui of conditions, difficul
ties, otc, na far as possiblo, and the
matter will bo referred promptly to
tho proper department for furthor cor
respondence Beforo sending sam
ples of any kind for examination or
analysis, it is best to write for instruc
tions, and thus avoid troublo and
delay.
It will require many years to com
pletely equip our station. Tho build
ings consist of a wooden strucluro,
containing a library with 1,600 vol
umes, an offico and a working room ;
a two story barn for storing products ;
a votorinary hospital ; a greenhouse
and thirty acros of land for horticul
tural experiments ; good working lab
oratories for tho botanist and tho ento
mologist ; a well equipped chomical de
partment, and forty acres of land, cm
bracing five of river bottom and thirty
five of upland for agriculture propor.
Lack of space prevents us from
giving evon an outline of the many
interesting experiments now in prog
ress in. the various divisions. A morn j
synopsis would occupy u column of
your paperi A Met orihe experiments
under way will be giveu in the aunual
roport to tho Governor of tho state
next year, and bulletins will bo pub
lished from tune to time Betting forth
results.
The South Carohua Experiment Sta
tion is working oomostly, methodically
and intelligently to improve the agri
cultural interests of tho State. Tho
viaitiug inspector from Washington
last year in a published interview said
that ho saw mauy evideuccs of con
tinued growth and improvement. No
reasonable man expects tho station to
work an industrial revolution in a dec
ado. Our station measures up in most
respects to the stations in other States.
When we relied that tho Federal
Government has 557 learned experi
ment station workers attacking with
vigor and in a systematic ami thorough
way, the many problems of agricul'urc ;
and when wo relloct that &750.0UO is
expended anuually on this work, wc
I must believe that within a compare
tively short timo good results of prac
tical utility will he obtained from this
gigantic scheme of experimentation
that will attract the favorablo attentiou
of farmers.
'SBBD Cohn Ski kction.?Many
farmers owning both bottom and upland
cornfields make the mistake of using
the same seed on both kinds of soils.
Corn which is adapted to the soli and
moisture conditions of the valleys will
not do so well on tho upland as will
some variety that has, by several years
of cultivation and selection, become
adapted to the conditions there. It is
for the same reason that the largo Color
ado potatoes that have been grown for
years under irrigatiou will do sopooily
when used for seed in Kansas without
the accustomed supply of water. It is
generally Ihe case on the farm that the
corn from all the fields, both upland
ami bottom, is cribbed together. When i
the time for selection conies the largest
ears are picked out irrespective of the
kind of soil that grew Ihem. As the
bottom land produces the large ears it
is more than likely that the bulk if the
seed will be from the lower and moister
portions of the faviU. This is the proper
seed for 'he lowland, but it is not so
well adapted to the dryer and poorer
upland as is seed that has been raised
there. It is advisable to select the seed
either befovo or at husking time, when
not only tho quality of the ground but
the character of the individual stalk
and ear can be taken into consideration.
As has bcou suggested belorc, a small
box attached to the side of the wagon
bed into which the desirable ears can
be thrown is the most practical device
that can be recommended. By a little
judicious selection for a series of years
a strain can be established on the up
land portion of any farm which will be
well adapted to that or any other soils
similar to location and composition. An
eight inch ear from the upland will or
dinarily prove better for planting on
tho upland than a twelve-inch ear from
a draw in Ihe lower portions of the farm.
What's the Matten With You??
Nearly every one you know or meet
has some eccentricity you could point
out, no doubt. They entertain certain
views or have a peculiar way of doing
tilings that the generality of mankind
think nonsensical, and perhaps absurd.
We often think of the remark of the
old Quaker to his wife who said to her :
"Everybody is a little quee*, Alary,
but thee and me, and sometimes I
think thee a little queer also." Wc
sco a great many people who are con
sidered queer because they get into
some sort of a groove in tanning and
nothing can induce them to try to pull
out and adopt up-to-date methods. In
passing around through the country
we still see an occasional farmer who
wastes his time trying to save fodder
by topping his corn, or iu cultivating a
crop Still thinks it absolutely necessary
that the bar plow should first lie used,
throwing the dirt away from the coru,
and afteiward cultivating up to it. Not
a few do their planting and seeding
"in the moon," and no amount of ar
gument would ever convince them that
good crops could he grown if started
When the "sign" wasn't right. One
of your neighbors doesn't get along as
well as he ought because he works
without any sort of plan or system.
Another fails for the reason that he is
always behind with his work. While
others spend too much time at cross
road stores or dabble in politics iu
which thcro is no pay. If all the fel
lows round about you have their short
comings, have you ever stopped to
consider that you too may be a "littte
queer?" It's a good thing to know
just where our weak places arc and
then uso some effort to strengthen
them as wo go along.?Farmers1
(Juide.
Brimstone Currs Diphtheria. ?
A few years ago, wheu diptheria was
raging in England, a gentle/nan accom
panied tho celobrated Doctor Field on
Iiis rounds to witness the so-called
"wonderful cures," which ho perform
ed, while tho patients of others were
dropping on all sides. All betook witli
bun was powder of sulphur and a quill,
and with these he cured o/ery case
without exception? that is, ho put a
teaspoonful into a wine-glass of water,
and stirred it with his finger instead of
a spoon, as Bulphui docs not readily
amalgamate with water, and on the
sulphur becoming well mixed he gave
it as a gargle, and in ten minutes the
patient was out of danger, as brim
stone kills every species of fungus in
man, beast and plant in a few minutes,
instead of spitting out the gargle, and,
in extreme cases, in which ho bad been
called jnst iu the nick of time, when
tho fungus was too nearly closing to
allow tho gatgling, ho blew tho sul
phur through a quill into tho throat,
and after the fungus had shrunk to al
low it, then the gargling. Ho never
lost a patient from diphtheria. Or if
tho patient cannot garglo, lake a live
coal, put it on a shovel and sprinkio a
Spoonful or two of the brimstone at a
time upon it, let tho sufferer inhale it,
holding the head over it, and the fun
gus will die.?London Lancet.
What becomes of all tho pennies ?
A superficial answer might be that wo
spend them, as in trulh we do; but did
[ you over stop to consider tho enormous
quantities of the litilo copper coins
turned out by tho rhiludolplua Mint
every year ? The llgures aro really
appalling in thoir magnitude. There
aro at present about 1,000,000,000
conts in circulation, and yet tho Mint
is compelled to turn out nourly 4,000,
000 a month to keep up tho supply. It
sooms as though this most common
coin must in somo mystorious fashion
vanish in thin air, for surely nobody
hoards them.
Scoretary Holloway informs us that
tho prospect for a lino exhibit anil largo
a tend' co is very Haltering.
?C> S.. JE? <M? ?Ot X*. DC -A. .
B? ,? th? ? tin Kind Yo'J Haw always BwpC
THE TOBACCO FIELDS OF CON
NECTICUT.
Tho Doeton Transcript.
"Tho most sovoreign and precious
herb that over the earth tendered to
tho use of man," as Ben Johnson de
clared tobacco to 1)0, finds a congenial
home in the lovely valley of tho Con
necticut river, between Springfield
Mass., and Hartford, Conn., where tho
rich, red soil peculiar to the region
moro nearly approaches tho tropical
requirements of this agricultural exotic
than any other portion of t. is part of
tho country. Tobacco farmi of from
one to twenty-I>e acres, producing an
average of seventeen hundred pounds
to the acre, are scattered along both
banks of the Connecticut riyer in a belt
about twenty miles wide, tho east sido
of tho river being devoted to the pro
duction of what is called the "Connocti
I cut broadlenf tobacco," and tho west
side to the "Havana seed tobacco,"
which is raised from seed brought
from Havana.
The soil devoted to this industry is
enriched annually with an Immense
amount of fertilizing material, as the
plants require rich food, und sap the
soil tremendously. The tobacco seed
is planted in the spring, and after it
attains a height of about six inches it
Is trauplanteainto rows like corn. It
is a handsome plant, with broad, glos
sy leaves, shaped like those of the rub
ber plant, and reaches ni maturity to
11 height of lour or live feet.
A growing tobacco field is a pretty
sight, with its long, even rows of plants
with their shining, dark green leaves.
The plant usually has from ten to twenty
leaves, its full growth being reach
ed by the middle of August. The leaves
around the base of the plant are coarse
and fibrous, and are used for filling
cigars; the top leaves are also tough .
aiul coarse, even more so than the bot
tom leaves, and are used in the man
ufacture of "stogies." The cente/
leaves are ihe choicest , and are used f- r
cigar wrappers, which call for the l est
quality of tobacco leaves.
An immense amount of care and
labor and expense is involved in the
raisii g of these crops, as the plants
requires constant watching to protect
them from encroaching weeds, bugs
and various plant ailments that con
nive against the profits of the tobacco
growers. A curious climate feature of
the tobacco belt is the frexuency of
severe summer hailstorms, which are
a constant menace to the tobacco crop,
as tho wind and hailstones tear ami
mutilate the leaves, injuring their
saleable value to a great extent.
From the middle of August to the
middle of September the crop is har
vested. The plants are cu. off close to
the ground, and hung upside down on
poles about six feet long. Skeleton
wagons, bull! for the purpose, cattlho
filled poles which are laid across their
frames to the great tobacco sheds,
which are such a common sight through
out this region. Her.; the tobacco is
stored, row upon row, tier upon tier,
until the shed is lilled, where it is left
to dry, or "cure." The denuded roots
of the plants left in the ground im
mediately start a second growth of
rank little feelers, which are called
"suckers," but as yet no use has been
found for this supplementary growth
of tho plant,J as it is too tough and
fibrous. The harvested crop remains
in the sheds until December, whim the
I leaves are stripped from the stalks and
I sorted accordingjjto condition, and then
! packed in bales and shipped to the
warehouses, in Windsor and Suflleld,
where they are storod. By the follow
ing duly the baled tobacco begins what
is called a "sweating" process, when
the leaves look as though they were
rotting. This continues for three
months, when it dries off again and
the tobacco is ready for the market. In
September Ihe crop of the previous
September is ready for the buyers.
Fach box or bale is sampled and sold
individually, as the quality is very
variable and can only he determined hy
testing it. The cheaper grades of this
Connecticut tobacco are worth from
four to six cents per pound; the better
grades, called tho "binder" and ''wrap*
per" tobacco, brings from lf> to 40 cents
per pound, and some of the choicest
are sold as high as <>U cents per pound.
This season has been n very profit
able one for the Connecticut tobacco
growers, the crop yielding between
fifty and sixty thousand cases. Fach
cuse or bale weighs about .'150 pounds,
The buyers come from New York and
the West in the early fall to negotiate
With the growers for their crops, usually
doing so after they have been harvest
ed, although when the demand is brisk
it is noi unusual for competive buyers
to make an offer for the field of tobac
co as it stands. This is a great risk,
however, as it is difficult to determine
What the quality of the tobacco will
pro/cd until it has been thoroughly
"cured."
For the last few years there has been
a great demand for spotted tobacco, as
most of tho nico imported tobacco has
that appearance, so the dauntless yan
kce tobacco growers produce the do?
sired effect on their best crops by
spraying the growing leaves with pot
ash, which eats into them, giving them
the requisite spotted appearance. Tho
war with Cuba has advanced the price
of Connecticut tobacco somewhat, but
not so much as the buyers expected as
there was a large amount on hand when
the war began. A very considerable
feature of this industry is the demand j
for tobacco steins, after Ihe leaves havo
been stripped from them, which are
used for fertilizing purposes, being
shipped to New York in hales by the
Hartford boat, which runs between
that city and New Yoik, and it is a
curious and picturesque sight 10880the
bales of tobacco stems being loaded on
to tho steamer at IGlnstonbury and
Sullicld and other little towns along the
Connecticut river by night, as tho boat
does not start from Hartford until 6 in
the afternoon, tho deck hands being
assisted in their work by the glare of
tho searchlight from the boat, which
lights up the wharf and the banks and
tho surroundings with a startling bril
liancy, enhanced by tho pitchy black
ness which lies beyond its meteoric
flash. The cheap "filler" tobacco is
shipped to Pennsylvania, where it is |
used iu the manufacture of "stogies," i
(lie hitler being made by fiiniilios of
foreigners, men, women and children,
whose labor is thus secured cheaply,
making il possible to soli them at a
much less price than tho better grade
of cigars, which aro made by oxperts.
Tho most curious papjr-woight in
tho world is said to belong to the Prince
of Wales. It is tho mummied band of
ono of the daughters of Pharaoh.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Absolutely Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
_ROYAL QAKINO POWDf R CO., NEW YORK._
BIU, ARP ON THE METJSORS.
KNOWS NOTHING OF Til Kill ORI
GIN.
He Hah m hotter from Arkansas
Describing ?? l'liuiioincna Out There
liAHt Month?Meteors Never Hurt
Anybody.
A friend living in Arkansas writes
me about the recent fall of a meteor
near his homo, and ho compliments
me by asking some questions that 1
cannot answer. Tho origin of meteors
and their llightand fall is yet tho un
solved problem of tho ages.
He says that on the 2Utb of last
month, at 8 o'clock in tho morning,
IVhen there was a clear sky and not a
cloud to bo seen, there was a rum
bling sound of thunder so weird and un
natural that it war ularmlng. It was
like tho rolling of heavy trucks over
un uueven platform, only immensely
louder. It was hoard in all the naigh
borlng towns, and they all telegraphed
each other to know if a mill had not
Mown up or a maga/.ino exploded.
Suddeuly there was an oxplo.-lon In
tho air '..id a dark cloud formed and
meteoric fragments foil at different
places in tills vicinity. A small piece
ttiat weighed one and a half pounds
fell in a lield near by and was brought
to town while it was yet hot. It was
powder-blackened on tho outside, but
inside was a grayish color, and Its
particles shone ilko gold dust. Under
the microscope they resembled quick
silver.
It was a full minute from the begin
ning of tho rumbling thunder till the
explosion came, and the course of the
sound was from east to west. Tho
event was so unexpected and so like
the'mythology of ,1 uplter Tonvn.- throw
ing a Damn from Mt. Olympus that the
white people were spellbound, and tho
negroes declared It was a warning and
went to prayer.
Philosophers and astronomers have
boon studying these phenomena for
2,500 years, and have not yet agreed
upon a solution. Tho archives of the
Obinese empire record the fall of six
I leen gro.it aerolites from 1100 to (100
y :urs before Christ. The Creeks anil
j Romans record a number, and Aristoto3
I and Diogenes commented upon them.
So did I-iivy, Plutarch and Pliny. They
have been seen so large tnat the esti
mated woight of tho fragments after
i tho explosion was 30,000 pounds, and
the light was 60 brilliant as to pale
tho sun by day aud obsoure the moon
by night. There is now in the Yale
college cabinet a fragment that weighs
I 1,(1:10 pounds. This came from near
the Red river in Arkansas. Many of
, the western states have furnished
I spjeimens for the museums of colleges,
j and ull of them are composed of the
I same mineral ingredients?principally
iron?and include copper, tin, sulphur,
I carbon aud other metuls known to our
! o.vn earth. Not a single new sub
j stance has ever been discovered, and
i for this reason the theory ohtainod
that they were thrown up from our
volcanoes with such force as to wander
for a time in the outer atmosphere ol
! tho earth, and to revol\o svith the
! earth. Hut this theory has long since
i been abandoned, for they seem to havo
j an orbit wf their own from west to
; oast. Then came a theory that they
came from the moon, and were of vol
canic origin, and wore thrown out with
! such terrilio force as to get beyond tho
I moon's influence aud within that of our
I earth. Hut this was disc-edited bo
I cause these fragments have been fall
; ing, no dauht, for thousands of years
I on the land and ou tho sea, and on all
countries, and would have by this timo
materially diminished the size and
weight of the moon. La Place and
Humboldt favored this moon theory for
i a time. Hut our modern astronomurs,
1 ouch as Professors Arago aud Almstod
! and Howditeh declare that meteors
; are simply clouds or motion of meteoric
planets that have a motion and orbit
of theii own, and that orbit sometimes
' comes within range of the earth's and
j produces a commotion?a disturbance
1 that causes the fall of some of their
i own nebulae. Some of tho children
got too far away from their mother, I
reckon.
Sometimes meteors are simply lumi
nous and havo no body to explode or
strike the earth. Those havo periodic
vibrations of thirty-four years. They
C ime in showers as thick as snow
flakes, and fall as gently to within a
I few feet of tho earth and are extin
guished. They fell in 1709-1833 and
I 1807, and each fall was on the 13th of
j November. But there havo boon
minor disp ays at irregular intervals?
generally about tho 10th of August. 1
am old enough to remember well tin
"falling of the stars" In 1833. M>
father held me in his arms as he stood
in tho portico, for 1 was scared. Oui
j old negro, aunt Minty, was praying
i and shouting so it soured all of us
I children. George Dostor lived on the
' opposite sido of tnu streot, and bis
I mother held him in her arms. Some
times in these later days I would gel
with my oldtlmo friends, Dr. Jim
Alexander or his brother Tom, or
George Adair, and wo could boast of
tho wonderful era In which we had
lived, and tho advent of steamboats
and railroads and cotton gins, and
sesving machines, and telegraphs, and
we never neglected to say, ''and we
saw the stars fa'1 in IHM." Dowoy nevor
saw a night like that?but 1 rookon
the Spaniards at Manila thought they
did on tho 1st of May.
But this is enough about the meteors.
At least, it is about all that 1 know
Joe Mulhattan, or Munchauscn, made
up a big fake u few yeard ago while 1
was in Texas and telegraphed tho fall
of a meteor near Brown wood that was
as big as a meeting house and hau
burlod Itself thirty foot in the earth,
i was at Brownwoud a few days after
and tho postmaster was as mad as a
hornet with Joo, for telegrams canro
to him from all ovor the United States
and England wanting to know about it
and wanting to buy it at any cost. Joe
had to leavo there, and hide out for a
month or two. The postmaster an
swered a few and then swore oh*. There
is one good thing about meteors.
Thoy never hurt anybody. The books
say It Is remarkable and perhaps pro
vidential that In all the earth thero is
no record of one having fallen on any
body or destroyed a habitation. Ter
restial lightning gets us somotlniCB,
hut celestial fires are not dangerous.
And now tho next Inquiry Is from a
young farmer who wants to know if it
I in gnu? funning tu follow grain with
grain. Qe dotn not say whut kind of
grain, but I will toll him that dftoon
vein ti ago Tho (Jourlor- Journal ol Ken
tucky, offered a prize of $1,000 fur tho
bust essay on practical agriculture.
Ovor 200 wero contributed and tho
essay that got the prize dotailed tho
writer's plan of farming in Kentucky.
It was brief, very brlof. Ho laid off
hla corn rowa aovon feot apart, drilled
hla corn eighteen inchos apart, culti
vated tho ground thoroughly and har
rowed It; unwed wheat early and har
rowed It in. Wheo tho corn was
ready to gather ho drovo tho wagon in
every sixth row and loaded from throo
rows oaoh sldo. After tho corn/ was
all gathered he went 07er thCf corn
stocks eroaswaye with a heavy roller
wheat. The stocks and tho--blades
covered It like a blankot. Whorrs.ho
first good snow fell he sowed clover ok
tho snow. When It ralnod or thawed
and rolled it all down
tho
tho clovor seod foil Into thu ground
and took root, and bo ho had corn and
wheat and clovor following la rotation
and inado a lino crop of each.
Hut in this region our farmers havo
1 :arnod thu value of peas as a fertilizer
and stock food, and tho harvest of hay
this year will no doubt double all pre
vious records. Ono of my friends has
a small farm near town and last year
harvested a fair crop of wheat from a
twenty-acro field. Aftor tho wheat I
was oil* ho sowed ton acres of tho
r round In cow peas. Last fall ho sowed
It all down In wheat and this spring
you could toll just whoro tho lino of
peas camo to. There was no difference
In the quulity of tho land. It was all
level and all aliko and yot ho harvost
od this year ton bushels per aero on
one half and eighteen on tho other.
Now, what caused this groat dif
ference V It was the shade of tho pea
vinos, tho shade that produces nitro
gon, and nitrogen is tho host of all
plunl food. Tho denser the shado tho
more nitrogen goes down into tho soil.
A canobrako, a briar patch, a clovor
covering, an old house In a hold?ro
tnovo it and plant tho ground that was
under It and boo how luxuriant vegeta
tion grows, riant a grape vine near
your house and the roots will all run
under tho houso to food?to foed on
nitrogen. My wife has a wisteria vine
at tho end of tho vorunda, and In three
years' time. Its roots hud traveled un
derneath tho lloor and sent up Bprouts
twonty foot away, and for a time we
did not know whoro they came from.
A good farmer will shade everything
ho can. llo will covor tho thin and
galdod snots In ins field with wheat
straw. Thoro is no virtue in wkoat
straw, hut it makes shade, and that
makes nitrogen. There is no virtue in
a stone or In rocks, but thoy make
shade, and notice how plants will grow
near to rocks or a rock wall. My long
lamented frlond, Dr. Berckman, told
me that " rocks woro God's bloaslng to
tho land," and ho purchased ton acres
of very stony land for his vineyard and
his tlowor garden.
It. rejoices mo to seen how our mid
dle Georgia farmers aro looming up on
wheat culture. Forty bushols to thu
acre. Ton years ago it would have
been declared impossible. This re
minds mo of my old Kngllsh neighbor,
John Allan, who asserted that his
father was never content In old Lleng
land with less than sixty busluls of
wheat to tho acre, and sometimes ho
mado seventy. " How whoat in dust
and ryo in mortar," was his motto.
Good old John Allan. 1 shot his cow
In my cornfield, for it was her third
offense, and tho old man was grieved.
Ho never got mad, but only said : " I
know me coow worried yo, but?but?
major, I wouldont have shot your coow.
1 lovo you too well for that."
IIow true it is tLat ,l kind words
tako away wrath." 1111.1. ARP.
DUTCH WORDS.
Hero aro some of the Dutch words
tliut are oftenost in print in connec
tion with tho nows of tho Transvaal,
and their pronunciation andjmcaning :
Bloemfonteln (bloom-fon-tino).
.Flower fountain
Boor (boo-or) .Farmer
Buitenlander (boy-ten lont-et).
.Forelgnor
Burgher (buhr-ker).CltizeD
Burregcrregt (buhr-ker-rekt).
.Citizenship
Burgerwacht (tiuhr-kcr-vokt).
.Citizen soldiery
Jobkorr (unk-hare).
. Mourners of tho Volk-i aa.1 gentlemen
Oooro (ome).Undo
K tad (rahdj.Senate
ttaadsr>oer (rahds-bare).Senator
itvads..uis(ralul? hay?).. .Senate house
Kind (ruhnt).Margin; odg
Staat (staht).State
Statkundo (Stuht-kuhu-de). .. .Politics
Staataraad (stahts-rahd).
.Council of State
Stud (Hot). .City
St miner (steininei).Vetor; oleulor
rransvaal (trans-fahl).
.Circular ; valley
Trek (m eck).Draught; journey
Trek ken (treok-on).. to draw; to travel
Troekpaard (treck-pahrd).
.Draught horse
?it (oyt).Out ; out of
Ultlandor (oylt-lont-er).Forelgnor
Vaal (fahl).Valley
Vaderiandsliuft (fah-ior-lonls-leef-te)..
.... Love of ono's countrj ; patriotism
Vo.d (feldt).Field ; open lands
Voldhoer (teilbare).
.Qoneral Commandant
Vcldwaohter (feit-vock-tor).
.Rural guard
Volksraad (fulks-rahd).
.Lower houso of Congross
Voorregt (fore-rekt).
.Franchise ; privilege
Vreetndellng (frame-de-ling).
.Stranger
Wltwatersrand (/it-vot-tor?rout) .
.Margin of tho white water
?Tho widow of former Govornor At
kinson, of Georgia, has croat d some
thing of a sensation In business and
social eiroles by going into '.ho Hold as
general Stato agent for firo and life In
suraooe companies. She says hor pur
pose is to make a living and oduoate
nor livo children. Stio Is already do
ing well and has received loiters of
congratulation from numorous society
women
OFTEN WHEN BABY
DOES ITS FIRST STEP
MOTHER IS TOO
WEAK TO WALK
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Puzzling*Leiters.?A traveler od
the St. Paul railroad was much puz
zled hy the little signposts alone the
track having tho single letter "K"or
" W." Ho asked the porter, who re
plied, '* Why, sir, dem's whistle ami
ring posts for do engineer." The trav
eler pondered and vH'caino only tho
more perplexed, In despair he re
pented bis question to tho conductor,
"Those signs are for the Informa- '
tlon of tho englnoer," replied tho con
uucior. " Ho is to whlstlo or ring at
certain points as iudlcated by these
Initial lotters."
" Yos," said tho traveler, " so I un
derstood the per ?er ; but 1 thought ho
must be mistaken. I knew " W" stands
for wring ; but how in tho thunder do
you spell whistle with an " It ?"
?At least onco a year it is In order
to ask what becomes of the pins. Tho
annual returns s^ow that 280,000,000
were made in Knglaud last year.
Whero are they ? It is estimated that
(ire,a Britain wastes $1,000,000 annu
ally by losing pins Instead of sticking
them neatly in a cuehlon, or man-fash
ion in a coat lapel. Tho Baltimore an
swer to tho old conundrum should airaln
bo cited. They fall to the earth and
become terra pins.
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
Condcanad Sohednle of I'anteoger Trains.
In Kffeet Hept. 24th, 1990.
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INo.l?jNo. 3b"1
Northbound. | I>ally| Dally
Lt. Atlanta, C.T,
" Atlanta, IE. T.
" GAineaviUe..
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Lt . Groonsboro.
Ar. Norfolk.
Ar. Danville...
Ar. Iti.-hmojid
Ar. Washington
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Lt. Norfolk.
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tr. (.'liarlotto
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11 31
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iharlest?n A~i
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Columbia .. "
Nowburry.. "
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Hod got.... "
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6 60 a Lv..Grccnvll 1? .Ar
0 46 a ArSpartanburg Lv
0 45 n| " .. Asuevillo .. "
Kno.xville "
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'*A" a. in. "P" p. in. "M" noon. "N" nigEt.
Trains leavo Klngvlllo, daily oxoept Sunday,
for Gatndra 10:16 a. m, And i :8fl p. m. Return
ing lnave Cemden for Klngrille, daily except
Sunday, fl: (>'? n. in. and 8:00 p. in., making con
nection at Kingvilla with trains botwoonOo
litinbia and Chnrloston.
Trains loavo Npartanbnrg vlaH. U. AO. dlvis
lon dully for Glondale. Jonesvllle, Union and
Columbia and Intermediate points 11:45 n m.
and 0:15 p. m.
Trains leave Tocooa, Go. , for Klborton, Go.,
dally oxoept Sunday, 7 iOO ft. m. and 8:10 p. in.
Returning leave lilbertoii, dally except Sun
day, V*:00 a. m. and 1 :!Wp. in., making connec
tion at Toooo? with trains between Atlanta,
Groonvllle and ibo Rast
Chesapeake Lino Steamers In dally eorvleo
between Norfolk and Baltimore.
Nos. 87 and 88?Dally. Washington and South
western vestibule Limited. Through PuUmnm
sloopingcars liotween New York and New Or
leAiis, via Washington, Atlanta suit Montgom
ery, and also between New York and Memphis,
YiaWashlngtoci.Atlantaand Birmingham. Also
elegant PULLMAN LIBRARY Tiii?HUVA
TION CARS l>otweon Atlanta and NewJfork
Firstolass thoronghfaro coaches between Wash
ington and Atlanta. Dining onrs serveall meals
en roi'to. Pullmandrnwing-room slcepLngcars
botwoon Greensboro and Norfolk. Olosooon
nootlon at Norfolk for OLD POINT COMFORT.
Also at Atlanta with PuUmau D. R. sleeper for
Chattanooga and Cincinnati.
Nos. 88 and 80?United States Fast Mall
runs solid botwoon Washington and Now Or
leans, bolus composed of haggAgo onr and
ooaohes, through without ohongo for
passengers of all olasses. Pullman ar&winn
fooin sleeping cars between New York ana
New Orlrnns, via Atlanta and Montgomery and
between Chnrlotte and Birmingham. Leaving
Washington oaoh Tuesday and Friday, t\ tourist
sleeping enr will run through betwoen
Washington and San Francisco wlthont oluUigo.
Dining cars servo all moals onronte.
Noa. 11, 83, M and 13?Pullman sleeping oars
between Richmond And Charlotte, via Danvlllo,
southbound Nos. 11 nnd 83, northbound No4
84and Ig. Connection at Atlanta with through
Pullman D. R. sloi-plng oar for Jncknonvillo;
AlSp Pullman a.coping car for Brunswlok.
Conn oot ion made at Spartanburg with
through Pullman sleeper for Aajiovllle, Knox
Tlllo and Cincinnati; also at Columbia for Sa
rannah and .Tu.-liHonvllle.
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southbound.
No. 103. No. i
Lv New York, Penn'lt. U. * 11 00am . 0 OOpno
Philadelphia. 112pm 12 05am
Baltimore. 3 16pm 2 Warn
Washington. i 40pm I 30am
Kiehmomi. A.C. I.. 00pm 0 05am
Norfolk via S.A. C_.' *H 30pm*il 05am
Portsmouth ... 8 15pm 020am
Wehten.'11 Klpm'll 60am
Ar Henderson.?12 67am *i 50pm
Ar Durham via S A 1.17 32am tl lupin
Lv Durham_ t7 OUpmt 10 l'Jain
Ar Italeigh via 8 A L.*2 Itiam *3 3lprn
3anford. 3 33am 605pm
So Pines. 1 2:kun b 58pm
Hamlet. 6 07am 0 63pm
WadOBboro. 6 63am s lupm
Monroe. 0 43am a l2i>m
Ar Wilmington ._ ^. *12 05pm
Chariot fe "via a. AT~L...? 7 60ani*io 25pm
"PIlester vi a"S A L. ?? 08am""* U> 50pm
Lv Columbia,U. N. A NLit..?0 00pm
AivClinlon , H. A. L.*s? 46am*12 iiam
Greenwood.10 36am l o7a ?i
Abbeville.11 03am il 36am
Klhcrtou. 12 07pm 2 11am
Ar Athens. 1 13pm 3 -13am
Ar^Winder. l.??pm i 2pam
Ar Atlanta (central time.. 260pm 6 20am
n out 11 ho un i).
No. 402. No. 38 ;
Lv. Atlanta cent. t. S.A.L..*12 00nn*7 60pm
Lv Winder. 2 40pm 10 40pm
Lv Athens. 3 lOpin 11 10pm
Elberton. 4 16pm 12 31am
Abbeville. r> if>pm l 35am
Greenwood. 6 41pm 2 03am
(?linton. li 30pm 2 66am
Ar (Columbia C N & L R K.77*7 45am
Lv Chester. S. A. I.. *7 53pm 1 I'miii
Ar Charlotte viaS A L_?10 2.r>pm*7 .f>oam
Lv Monroe S A L. 840pm 0 06am
11 amlet.11 15pm 7 45am
Ar Wilmington .... ~.. *12 U.r>pm
Lv So I'iocb.*P2 07am *'.) 00am
Raleigh.*2 loam li 18am
Ar Henderson . 3 28am *12 60pm
Ar 1)urbam via S A 1,.".. .. t7 32am ?4 1(ipm
LvPurham.17 uppm Ul l'Jair
Ar Weldon HA L.*1 iViam *25?.ip"g
Richmond, A. C. L. x-ll&m 7 12pm
Washington viaPeun RR12 81pm n 10pm
Baltimore. l 40pm i 08am
Philadelphia. 3 60pm 3 50am
New York.?? 23pm ?6 63am
Ar Portsmouth] b. A. JC.... 7 J?am ;> 20|7m
Norfolk .*7 3;>am ??> 3.">pm
?Daily, f Daily Ex. Sunday.
No. 3.>, Daily leaves Athens 8 06am. arrives
at Atlanta at lo 40 am.
No. 35, Daily leaves Atlanta 6 30 pm. ar
rives at Athens at N 0."> pm.
N08.403 and 402.?"The Atlanta special,
Solid Vestibuled Train of Tollman Sleepers
and Coaches between Washington and At
lanta, also Pullman Sleepers bctweeu Tone
mouth and Chester. 8. C.
Nos. 41 and 38.?"The S.A. L. Express,"
Solid Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers
between Portsmouth and Atlanta. Com*
pany sleepers between Columbia and
Atlanta.
uBoth trains make immediate connection
at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New
Orleans, Texas, California. Mexico, Chatta
nooga, Nashville, Memphis. MaCOll, l-'lor
ida
For Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to
\i. a. New land, <.;. a. f. u.
W. B. Clkmknts.T. 1'. A.
0 Kimball House Atlanta, Oa.
HB&MDIPO
in siout;, VITALITY
f$?\ ?
Made a
Well Man
THE '<i5lr^>^^ of Me.
KRENCH REMEDY produces the above result
In 30 d?ys. < 'ures Jvervoui Debility. Imftotem v
l 'arieoceti, Failing Memoty, Slops till drains nu<l
losses caused by errors of youth. It wauls oil In
? unity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man
i od and o'l Men recover Youthful Vigor. It
gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fit!
a ma for business or marriage. Easily carried n
the vtst pocket. |,rl,c Cf| PTC ' R?xes J;
I'v mail, in plain |>ack? QU u I ? . a gc, v ? t?
written guarantee. DK. JEAN0 HAH PA, Pari?
Sold by'Dr. B. F. Posoy, Laun n.-.
Charleston and Western Carolina R H,
AUOISTA AND AsilKVILI.U SlIOKT I,IM.
in effect July 23, 1800.
Lv Johnson. U
" ! Augusta. . II
ArftIreenwt od.15
" (Anderson.
"JJI.aurons . 1
P" Greenville. ? .... ;i
B ' Glenn Springs .. 4
t" Spartanburg.
" Salnda. ... f>
" FTondersonvllle.(I
" Aslicvillo. 7
Lv Ashevlllo. ?
"I'Hendersonville.i)
t" Plat Kock. y;
'? Saluda. 9
" Tryon.10
" Spartanburg. 11
"I Glenn Springs_|.., ,10
" Greenville,...? . l
"iJLnurons. 1
"I Anderson .
" (ii onwowl. 2
" Augusta. .. 6
Ar Johpaon. ..11
Lv Calhoun Kalla .4
' Kaloigh_i.12
" Norfolk.7
" Petersburg.6
Ar Riobuiond. ,- 7
LV Augusta. - F . j p
ArAllendale.?'.. 3 IS p*
" Fairfax..1 . . .'( 26 p
" Yemassee. j?",0.'> a 4 '?> p
" Beaufort.%'jf" a ?"' P
" l'ort Royal- -IffO a 5 8B p
" Havannali . II- 7 16 p
" CharloatonJ^:___ JjJ'tj-'-l? 7 ~ P
LvTcUarleBton.? ? 4 ? ? ? 6~28*a
?iJPort Koyal ?. I IM! p 0 66 a
B' aufort. 16 p 7 20 a
" yetnastee. i 30 p s 20 a
" Fairfax.\. <> 10 a
Allendalo.1. 0 35 a
A^MikusJ^^.^j^:_11 i" a
1.40 p in train makes 0,066 connection
at Calle un KallH for all ponta on 8. A. ],.
Clone connection at QMsnWOOd for all
points ?ii H. A. L. anil 0 & Q, Railway,
and at >partanburg with.Southurii Kall- ^
way.
Information i dui v <?. |., tir IidflflH
rates, schedules, 6t0.| addres ?JO
Wf J- CiiAio, Gen. Pasa.Agent. B B
K.,M. North, Sol. Aj/t /ngnnui (i . JH B
T, M K UKiiRON . Ti >!'!.? M im . ? >Am
mwkim
EasHy,Quickly, Permanently RestoB Bj
MAGNETIC NERVHE;,'I I
antce to t ur<-In ..iiniii.i, I- its, Jvzinrss, HsstH
Nervous Dehihtv, Lost Vit ?)/ t_vminil I
Falling Memory -the result rTT. 'Wr-work?1HWAV
Sickness, Errors ol Y'ouih.?.llkuBsl
Prlos 60c. and $1 : fi boxes ?I; B Si
Por quick, positiv? ?<"?? '??'j,!BVJ K
Weskn? i ? f' ? BH
Vitality, use Iii hi I m?| A 3H
strength?will k?v?- strengthifJ i H cm,
mid efte< t a i>ei incut i mei /fcS
too Pills fa; f>y mail. v?B
FREE?A I>"til. of Ihr fnrjfl
Pellets will l>e given with ? tj?m
netlc Nervine, free. Sold ""Mm
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