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The Laurens Advertiser. t $1.50 Per Year in Advance. EXPOSITION DAY AT CAPITAL. A great demonstration IN 'Uli. IN k TBItKST Ol TIIK great show at ?iiarlkston. Charleston, S. C, Nov. ;i.?i.ast Thursday was exposition day at tin annual .State Pair of tho South Caro Una Agricultural and Mechanical So ciety in Columbia. The attendance at tho lair whs the largest en auy day ill the history Of the SOCioty, the num ber of persons passing through the gales aggregating not leas than 20,000. The visitors came from all pari? ol South Caroliua and made up ihc hap picst and most content) d 1m of mortal that has ever been r.8s< mblcd in South Carolina. There was a look of pros perity in the throng, The woinon were handsomo, of course, and all the men well dressed ami wi ll behaved. There was not an ineldcul dining the day to mar the delightful harmonies of the Occasion, Tin; exposition to be held at Charleston next year was the talk of the day and uigbt, and the bill boards throughout the city llaniet! with posters announcing the exposition to be held next year. Thou sands of advertising buttons and Slacks of ulltcraturo" were widely distributed, so that Olio-fourth of the iadies attend ing the lair wore the exposition label and in every eonununity throughout the Slate tin exposition will he dis cussed from now until its opening day with ever increasing interest. " The ofllcot'8 o? tho State Agricultu ral and Mechanical Society were ex ceedingly at ten live to the representa tive* of the exposition company and every possible opportunity was offer 0(1 for the discussion of the great en terprise. The feature of the day was the ex position demonstration on the fair j grounds, when the people of the State were addressed by the Governor of South Carolina, the president ot the state Agricultural and Medianicle So ciety and the Mayor of the city of Charleston in behalf of the undertak ing, lu ' ioding his address to the people ol South Carolina, Governor Si:SweoOoy stud* "I feel great interest in the BUCCC88 of this great exposition, because I linn-1 *)y believe It means a great deal, not I only for the city of Charleston, but for the entire Slat". I trust and be lieve that our people, with one accord, from the mountains to the seaboard, will lend their aid and influence to mnkc this the greatest and grandest exposition ever held in our Southland, and if they do it will redound to the lasting benefit not only to the people Of this State, but to the people of Un cut ire country. There is no reason why it should not meet in its every de tail the most sanguine expectations of those who conceived it and have been its most earnest supporters. "Let US present a united frout and show to the world that we arc true to our birth and to our country. Every city and every hamlet, and every man and every woman should feel a personal interest in ibis enter prise, for its success or failure will af fect every one of us. IJut ith the energy and progressive spirit that is behind this enterprise, the success ol the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition is assured, and it will be a source of much satis faction to know and to feel that wo have contributed to that end." Mr. W. D. Evans, president oi tin Slate Agricultural and Mechanical So ciety, speaking for the State 'Fair As sociation in a few well timed remarks, said that the fair association was de lighted to have so many Charleston tans here, even the worthy Mayor of that mettopolis. It was a genuine pleasure to have so many ol the good people of Charleston here, he said, and he hoped that c.ty would continue to send large delegations here. Char leston was always welcome here. The State fair has passed through its dark days, but was now a great success, and lie was delighted to so report to Un people of the Stale. The last speaker was the Hon. J. Adger Smyth, the Mayor of Charles ton, who set forth tin objects ol* the exposition thus: "We believe if our plans are carried out this South Carolina Interstate and WcBt Indian Exposition will so display before the world our vast undevelop ed resources that \ve can interest them, and thus draw into our Slate the capi tal and the population needed to make our waste places blossom like the rose, and replace our barren hill Urns and our unproductive swamps with the smoke of furnaces, the hum of mills and factories, and with fields of waving grain. "Its very name shows that it is lo be essentially a South Carolina Exposi tion. We feel, therefore, that we nave a right to ask you today lor your sym pathy a.n<l for your assistance in mak ing tili? exposition such a glotious success as will relied credit upon South Carolina and promote the interests of every citizen within her borders." The commissioners of the exposi tion company appointed for the several counties of the State met in the Sen ate chamber at Columbia on Thursday afternoon and perfected their organiza tion for active work by the election of Hon. C. s. Met allot Marlboro County as chairman, Mr. P, Q, O'Neill, of Charleston, as vice president, and Mr. II. M. Aycr as secretary, ( apt. A. II. White, of York County was made tem porary chairman of the meeting and presided over Us deliberations in such a manner as to accomplish the object for which the meeting was held. Capt. F. W. Wagoner of the Exposition Company made an excellent address, netting forth briefly Ihe purposes of tho exposition and indicating the special beueflls which will accrue to the State, from the successful conduct of the enterprise Ho was followed by Mr. W. A. Clark, of Columbia. (?en. "W. E. James, of Darlington and Gen. E. W. Moise, of Sumler, the Stale commissioner I' >r South Carolina. All of these addresses were in the right temper and showed how deeply inter ested tho people of all parts of the State arc in tho success of the cxposi-1 tion. Resolutions were adopted under Which the work of promoting tho ex- I position ID all parts of the State will be . activoly prosecuted. At the meeting of the Slate Agricul tural and Mechanical Society on Thurs day night a great deal of enthusiasm was manifested by the members of that body in the great work which has been undertaken in thocity of Charles ton, and the most gratifying assurances were given of the disposition and in tention of the members of tho society to place their Influence, their work and their moans at tho ~?rvico of the Exposition Company. Thcso assur ances of practical cooperation received formal expression in the following rc-1 solutions: "Resolved, That this aocicty do on dorse the South Carolina Interstate i and West Indian Exposition, and wo pledge our-clves to do all that we ran to make the same a material success. ??. That wo pettllou tho Oenoral As seinbly of Ibe Stale lo make such up* proprfatlou as in their judgment they may think to In: suitable to the [lupor* ftUCO <>r this exposition. That wo recommend and urgo the different counties of the Slate to organ* i/.o for the purpose of darting au act ive nml material interest in both as to subscribing to the capital stock and a to exhibiting nil of tho products of our j State, In luluiog, mining, manufactur* j ing and agriculture. 4. That the executive committee of this society he charged With the mat ter ol'presenting the petition that the Mate give some material aid 10 the Charleston Kxposltlou." DHOCTIl AND Til K IIKSSIAN EI.Y. Drouth ami I ho Hessian lly did con snlcral.lt' damage lo tho wheat grown in Pennsylvania and neighboring states this year, and also in [800. The lly pest is one. that demands consideration at the meetings <>i all farmers' organ izations, as individual ellort can ac complish hm little unlcs- supported by CO-opuratlon. The Hessian lly is an ! old pest that is so well known and has I done so much harm I hat farmers should I have organl/.cd ye;.r8 ago lor its ex termination. The adult insect is about lbs si/.oof a moequito, and in I this Bccliou the females deposit their i eggs upon the fall wheat. It will also ? attack >ye and barley. The OggS are , deposited upon the under surface of Ihc leaves und hatch in about four or livo dnys, tho mnggols Ihon working tlioir wixy down hotwoon Iho sheaths to points ol Ihe slalks near Iho ground, where the "puparium," or "lint seeds" lire formed. Tho larvae remain inactive Oil the Stubble during the wilder, hut issue as adults in tho spring. They then lay eggs lor the summer brood, which lorm the familiar 'Mlax seeds," before harvest time, remaining ou Iho stubblo duriug the summer ami pro* during adults in the fall. Their work weakens the stalks and causes the wheat to lodge. The swelling OU the young wheat near the baSCOf lllO stalks indicates their presence. Some fields seem lo escape the lly, while other* are attacked, and the amount of mois ture is a [actor. The destruction caused i by this enemy of wheat is enormous in ? some sections, lVnnsy 1 vania farmers having their yields of wheat so greatly j reduced this year as to cause them a loss. I'.ut this reduction not only af fect- the farinoi'S, hut also reduces the. wheat supply of the country, as the lly is known over a large area, and any : danger to the bread supply is a main 1 of concern to all classes. A- Ibe Insccl remains in ihe Blubblo \ (In! duly of evory tanner, alte;- lie has harvested his Held, la In plow the land ! or burn it over, if possible. The land i should he rolled w ith a heavy roller , after plowing. All chaff and screen* Ings should i>e burnt. Wet weather favors the development of the insects. [ There are parasiLcs which prey Upon 1 the la sts, atnl they cannot i scape de struction unless the burning of the held is done somewhat late. The lu st mode of preventing damage is to sow I or drill tlie seed as Into as possible. Such advice may not he applicable just , now, hut it not out of place to keep that fact in view. Fanners should ; examine their field and notice if there I are any indications. Many of them i arc under the Impression when the Ilcsslnn lly appears that it comes sud I detily, when in fact it begins on wheat in Ihe fall and remains until ready for work. The burningo the stubble Hold alter harvest, or plowing and rolling, should never bo neglected. Co-oper ative effort in a community will rid any fanner community of the pest if the work is dime systematically. It is tho careless otic, bete, and there, who propagates the insects and turns llieni loose upon tho community. A single season's work upon the extermina tion of the Hessian lly would clear the State of the nuisance, and it is not at all dilllcult to get rid of it If all farmers will unite ill tho matter. Where wheat has been seeded down late this year, in order to avoid tho lly, and it has 1101 made desirable growth, there may be favorable weather be tween now and the severely cold period. Should the ground be covered with snow it will afford protection against cold. I>ut, whether wheat starts off Well or not, there is one special fer tilizer that will give the plants almost new life in the spring, which is Mitrate of soda. An application <>f JOO pounds per acre, after danger of frost is ovor , in soring will give a deep green color to the plants, and they will grow rapid ly. The cost of the nitrate will be re turned in the increased yield of the crop, as woll as save a sickly lot of plants from destruction. Sonic farmers go over their fields in the spring with a smoothing harrow, and if necessary ; the field is lulled. When npplying , nitrate it will he an advantage to har row hofore so doing. The drouth is I not so damaging to wheat if the pre paration of the land was thorough at I time of drilling the seen, nor are the plants thrown out of the ground if the , land is well drained. .A good wheat crop pays as well now as formerly, I even with lower pi ices, as labor-saving i machinery reduces the. expense, but where far met 8 make the principal mis. ; take is in not applying fertilizers more I liberally, as well as using manure, lor, according to statistical reports, the uso I of fertilizers is not general, considering i the number of farms.?Philadelphia : Ii? cord. ?A new use has been found for glass, says the Scientific American, i It consists in packing butter in a box ' made of six sheets of ordinary window glass, the edges being covered with gummed paper. Tho closed box is then enveloped in a layer of plaster of Paris One-fourth of an inch thick, and it is covered with a specially prepared paper. As the plaster is a had con ductor of heal, the temperature inside the hermetically sealed receptacle re mains constant, being unaffected by external changes. The cost of packing is only about 2c per pound, it is used to a great oxtonl in Australia. Uulter has been sent from Melbourne to Kim* boHey, In Africa, and the butter was found to bo in a perfectly sound con dition. Cases are now made which hohl as much as "200 pounds of hull er. | In the curly years of the political history of this country it was customary to choose as the president the. candidate getting the highost number of electoral votes and to make the candidate (usually of the opposite party) who got the second largest number of votes vice president. This plan was adhered to until 1824, when the present system of popular votes for presidential electors was inaugurated. Hub lamp chimneys with nowspapors on which has been poured a littlo kero sene. This will make them much clcaror than if soap is used; they will also be less liable to c.ack. VIRTUE IN NUT DIET. m IKNTI8T6 INVKSTIOATK TlIK VAI.UK im i\ ClIKAl* An i le l.l OV DlKT. Uncle Sum bus in bis employed at the present lime a corps of scientific experts whose Imsiness it is to study Im ils ami to atlviSU AlUOlloatl house wives as to the most economical mode o? iilling the family market basket, cost ami nourishment being jointly considered. Those dietetic sharps, says the New i Voik Herald, arc anxious to persu.idc I the people to cut more nut*, which, while approaching the grains in food Value, are decidedly cheap, or, in the ease of some kinds, would soon become so it* attention were paid to cultivate I them. it appears thai ovou iho nuts wo do oat aro largely foivhod from abroad, though nearly all of them might he produced very easily in this rjuntry. Dried and shredded cocoauut is a very Important article of eommorco, 1 ami a vast amount of it is already used 1 in this country. Tho meat of the fresh fruit is both palatable ami nutritious, ' while the milk, iced, is a most delicious drink. Grated, the meal eiders into the composition of curry, while from the oil is made a beautiful butler, which is Unding its way to the tables- of the pool as a substitute for oleomargarine. Wht n small and green the nuts are ! powdered f< r medicinal use, bel?g mixed with tho oil of Ihe ripe nut for ' a healing oiuttUOUt. The milk con tain- about half as much fat as cow's milk. Chestnuts arc cultivated on a great scale iu Europo, particularly in Franco, win ic the ?hief morning tlish for n largo part of the working class is a pre paration made by steaming the shelled nuts and cooking them with milk and salt, the mixture being sohl hot on tho StlOOlS. These nuts arc also dried and ground lo Hour, which may be kept tor quilo a while, and which, when mixed with water ami baked in thin sheets, ttffordss a sweet and nutritious t ake. An excellent soup is made from chestnuts, which are likewise utilized as a stuffing for birds, and sometimes boiled and dipped in syrup for a con serve. Experiments made by the govern ment exports point lo the conclusion that nuts, generally speaking, are not indigeslihlc, despite the popular im pression to the contrary. Enormous quantities of pecan nuts arc now used ill this country, though chielly by conicctlouors. This is a species of hickory nut, native lo this continent, and not found any where else in the world. The llncsl pecans come from Louisiana, though the bulk ol the crop is produced in Texas. J'ccau nut oil makes a very good table oil, ami as a lubricant it is used by clocktnakcrs and gunsmiths. It is ii fine ilhiminant, the kcrucl being so rich in oil I bat it will burn t or a l ew moments brightly when lighted with a match, Thousands of acres of pecan \ trees are already under cultivation in l the Gulf Stales, and it is said that an , orchard will yield a fortune and a big iucoinc to anybody who has patience i to wait ten years until the trees COIUO into lull bearing. Almonds, while recognized only as a luxury tor desert, lind a great nuukot in this country. The almond is verv ' good food, containing as it does *.?1 per cent of " protein,'" which is the stuff that goes to make blood and muscle, together with '>?> per cent of fat and 17 i . per cent of starch. (>no might live for \ quite a w hile on these nuts and letain 1 health and strength. The experts say that, speaking roughly, one pound of nut kernels fur- ; nisbes one-half as much muscle lliak big Stull and about the same amount ; I of fuel as one pound of wheat Hour, j j One could live pretty comfortably for | i sonic lime on Bllghsll walnuts, which I ! contain 00 per cent of fat, 10 per cent of Starch, and 17 pel cent of " pro- | i lein." Efforts art", belog made through cul tivation, lo increase the si/.e of various American nuts, ami notable success in this line has been obtained with (he " shagbarh and the chestnut. Peanuts can not lie omitted from a discussion of the food value of nuts, though in reality they arc not nuts at all, hut a kind of pea. The govern ment experts lind that a quart of pea nuts contains as much muscle raising Stuff as a pound of rump steak, though costing only one-third the price. The peanut is the cheapest of all foods re latively to the amount of nutriment it contains, having li) per ccijt of fat and 20 pci- cent of " protein.'" The oil, which is one half the w< ight of (he kernel, is sweet and palatable and is widely used as a substitute for olive. ?The expedition sent to Cuba by the Smithsonian Institute to collect animals and plants has returned loaded down with specimens and with tales of adventure more strange than the curiosities they I nought with them. Among other strange animal spevies they claim to have captured rats three feet long (including tho tail) and weighing eighteen pounds. The bun. gry adventurers ale these animals and found them to he a delicious dish. ^Treats Ml Diseases. FIIh Method Invariably Cures All Calarrhal, 'Bronchial. Lung. Stoin arh, Liver, Kidney and Other Com plaints, as Well as All Diseases and Weaknesses of Women. in Dr. Hathaway's w% extensive practice, ??? t oring a period of more tlmn20yoar8,ho has boon railed upon to treat :tlt manner of diseases of men anil woman ami alonx tlio Whole lino of human ailments ho lias boon uniformly .suc cessful. i>r. Hathaway'a mo thod of treatment got* _J directly at tlio sent of Hie trouble, purifies tlio blood ,l ?i j tunes up tlio wholo system and tno Blood, noutrall/.os tlio jiolsoris which produce tho diseased conditions. ? aii ij;. , Yearly ho restores to perfect nu uf-.oasos health thousands of sufferer* Tr ated. fr<?? Catarrh, Bronchitis, As thma. Hay Fever, f.ung Complaints, stomach. l.lver anil Kldnoy Diseases, Piles. Tumors. Can ccrs, Rc/eina anil all manner of skin affections. _ Dr. Hathaway also treats with UlMiuHcsof j],,. Kr,.atPst success nil those Women many distressing weaknesses anil d|f oases by widen so many women are afflicted. in. iiatnaway's offices are fitted tioctrioai w|th aU thB mt)>st oi^trlral and Appllanoos. other appliances, In tlio ?so of which, as well as the microscope, no has world wide fame as an export, aii of ttio medicines used by Dr. Ifathaway are compounded in his own laboratories, under his personal direction, and special remedies are propared for each In dividual case according to Its requirements. c.miniiH?? ,)r' hftUmway has proparcd a fcxnminnnon sor)os0fself-examination blanks Blanks. applylngtothedltTerontdlteases ?.vlilch ho sends free on application: No. 1, for Men; No.'-'.for Women; No. 3. for Skin Diseases; No. 4, for Catarrhs] Diseases; No. ft, for Kidneys. _ . Dr. Hathaway makosnochargo Consultation for consnltntlon at olthcr his , Free. nfllce or by mall. . J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. I)r. IlnttmwH} Si Co., JIJlMgOQtll Brood Htr?et, A t hiiitr?,<la.< H KM ION THIS 1'Al'Kll WHEN WKITIke. SAVE YOUR <)WN SEED, Very low farmers appreciate I he lin? 1 poituicc of selecting ami BUVlug their i own seed for next year's planting. Thoy do not realize how much depends i upon this, Often two nun on adjoin ! lug farms do ahout the same amount ; of work ami plant about the same num ber of acres and one will gather very UlUCll larger crops than the other, -imply because be used better seed. ' We have in mind a funnel who sowed I lurgoly of wheat one year ig". Hi land was much the, same quality, lb1 prepared it all alike, lie s; ein as much upon one aero as another. Hut he i sowed ahout one-third in one variety ; of wheat and the two-thirds in anotllOl. 1 The seed upon the smaller acreage were heller. 'I he resell wim Ihn I he iiuulo as cuucli upon luv one-third at t p on lhe two-thirds. But the cost was only out-hall as much. So that Ihc pt'ollls wore mote than double It he had used the best seed upon all his crop he would now he abcul live hundred dollars heller off. That I menus that ho had lost live hundred dollars by Using an interior seed. 11 lit even his interior sued had been saved j with care and well sowed and that part of his crop was much better than many of bis neighbors. It' all the community had bowed the bettor variety of seed the resulting crop would have brought many thousands of dollars into that community for this single crop. This is only one instant e. i There arc thousands more like it all over the country. The same truth applies to every Clop we try to grow. Tho best see<l i are the choapost seed ami the host burning cuu uover hi; done with sorry , seed. (Jet the very best, and thou j save your own seed with the very best care you can give thorn. You can I make no worse mistake than planting t inferior seed because they are cheaper. Again we. have wondered why our fanners are so careless about taking i care of their seed. Why they continue I from year to year to buy seed. Every j farmer could and should save his own i oat seed. But WO sec millions of , bushels id* oat seed bought by farmers , every year. We can all save our Irish potato SCCtl. Hut thin is a large anil increasing trade throughout the South. Many actually believe that Irish pota I toes grown North will make better crops than thofO we grow here. This is a great mistake Try it and you will soon be convinced. They really , become acclimated and make larger ami better crops than shipped seed. Of course ? is some trouble to save pood seed and protect them from rats ami weevil and damp, hut we can learn to do these things and we will gel large pay for doing so. It i^ not m ar so much trouble as working hard nil the year aud making a Bhorl crop and borrowing money to buj more seed with, or mortgaging Ihc crop or form in- boili to grow another crop on. Your success or failure as a farmer may depond upon the seed you plant. Think of this and begin to act upon it. Southern OuHivutori GROWTH OF CITIES. It would be a blessing to tin- coun try if all the increase in population during the last ten years was in the rural districts, and that every city of more than 16,000 people would show no increase. One of the greatest ovds that confronts us now is the tendency to leave tin- country and rural industry lor the cities, with their vices, im moralities and bedi/zened temptations, that llock under the olcctiic lights, like moths around a lamp. In very large cities there 19 a large percentage of the worst elements of society, and I he intluonce of law-abiding citizens is taxed to hold this baser element under whole some restraint. New l'ork und Akron, Ohio, arc not worse in this respect than other American cities of similar size, and yet they have recently shown scenes of disorder that would pill to shame the half civilized races of the dark ages. The political debauchery of cities is equal to its moral status. aiic; corrupts city govcrnmoiil ami spread- its inlluouco throughout the country. It bus been shown that every noxious weed imported into this coun? try to plague the industrious fanner, liuds its. center of infection in the c ities, and slowly, perhaps, hut surely spreads along the routes of travel and transportation until untold injury re sults. Thus ii is with the political in fluence of the CiUcs. dust as the Akron mob OUly wanted a pretext to display its disregard for life, and pro perty, so the corrupt city boss only wants an issue thai hears upon the spoils of [dace and power, to arouse the hordes of corrupt and corruptible voters within their sphere ol influence, to carry out the deepest ami darkest political plots. The smaller towns are not included in this criticism, because they have not yi i reached the base eminence that prevails in large cities. Von will not Und a dock of buzzards COIltonding over the carcass of a mouse, but let the loni.y ox be the attraction and the obscene birds will come from every point to attend the feast. The smaller towns do mit present a sulli Cicnt array of possible spo.ls to attract the political vultures. The weed-, of moral and political corruption, Qrst grown in the city hot-beds, will pen CttatO the rural districts and give, char acter (or lack of character) to the politics of the Stale ami nation. The political Influence of the cities we con sider the greatest menace to honest government that now confronts the people of this country. We would he glad if we could suggest a plan that would prOVCUt the over-growth of cities, and render the political and moral influence of the country districts paramount. Then wo would have honorable political methods, and a guarantee of the perpetuity founded on good government.?Farm and Ranch. Practical education is needed oil Iho farm, but it seems to require a long tune for Southern farmers to profit by their own experience, without saying what they might do With the advantage of using the experience of others. Deop plowing lias boon urged for many years upon the farmers Of Ibis section, but comparatively few are really en gaged in this method of benefiting their land and protecting their crops from drought. The Southern Cultivator makes an excellent point of present Interest as follows: "The present short crop uf cotton is largely due to the ignorance of the cotton farmers. Cotton requires a great quantity of water when taking on its fruit. If we bad plowed our land last fall so deep that the heavy spring tains would have g.iiie down into the subsoil instead of into the creeks aud riVOtS, then when i the dry weather of August came, plenty | of water would have been at hand and the shedding would have been prevent- I ed and a heavy top crop would now be I on hand. Our ignorance prevented us : from propor preparation, hence the , shedding aud the light crop." Ordinary sticking piaster makes a good remedy for corns. It keops thorn soft and prevents rubbing. PAPER PROM COTTON SEED j HUE ES. To an Atlanta man belongs (ho die? llliCUon of having dtoCOVOred a pro cess by which the common cotton seed hulls can bo made into papei at about one-half the cost of the manufacture from wood pulp. The inventor is Kobcrt ThOUlOS, lormerh SUpotlUtCU dent of the (i)cndulc paper mills, a large plant owned by S. M. lotliau and ( ol. \V. A. Iloinphlll. Mr. Thomas is at present ;i resident of New York city, and has already interested several well known capitalists in the enterpiise with i Hie result that u 80,000,000 company is to be organised lU Trenton, N. J,, for the purpose of erecting huge plants j in various parts of the cotton bolt, i It la expected that Mr. Thomas's discovery willen; the present prico of . paper in half. Accord llg to the in ventor himself lids latest cousumnin , tion of the COtlOll seed hull about ex ?? hllUSlS the me of the cotton plant. The | CollOU itself is used in making cloth, a I line oil is extracted from the seed, I winch is used in Europe In place of I olive oil, the bulls have been used for ( -lock feed, ami even the stalks of the , idanl have been nlili/od Mr. Thomas was for many years in | the paper making businesslu the South ami a few months ago, while operating a small mill in Florida, he learned the chemical action which will reduce the cotton seed hulls to pulp. Keali/.itig at once that he had made an important discovery, ho disposed of Iiis plant and devoted ihc entire proceeds of the sale in purchasing machinery with which ; to prosecute his experiments. The cost, of producing the new pulp will be . about onedialf the cost of manufacture j heg the wood pulp. Its tensile strength is said to be. very much irrealer than ; wood lihcr, which will make il invalu , able for bags and wranniuu minor. In an interview with an Atlanta friour! Mr. Thomas tells of his dis covory as follows : " 1 have discover ed a method of couverling Ike comnion cotton seed hulls into a lino paper fiber suitable for making writing paper of a high grade, Now tins discovery winds up the cotton crop product coin plclcly, and gives everything a market j value. Now, as large stuns of mouoy cauuot he raised in tho South, I came on to New York city to look for capi tal, and I have been very successful, having about reached the point of. organizing a 85,000,000 company for I ho purpose of electing large plants in the COttou belt of the South."- Atlanta < 'oiistitulion. FBKDINfJ KICK M K AI.. I The following huUcliu is from t!ie dairy division of the South Carolina j experiment station iltClcmson College, S. C.: UiCO meal is usotl (piite extensively in the lower part of l he Slate as stock food and as no data could he found as to its fecdiug value it was thought best to make a test of it. Tho results id' feeding rice meal with milk to piga arc given in bulletin No. 50 of which the following i- a i summary. When fed with, skim milk rice meal ; has a feeding value equal l<? that ol corn meal. I'm- six months old made an avcr ' ago gain of 1,72 pounds per day for 01 j days when fed on rice meal ami skim milk at tho ratio of one pound ol meal to four pound- of milk. The lot fed on corn meal and skim milk at the same ratio made an tivcrilgo gam of 1.00 pounds per bead per day for til days. ll took pounds of nee meal and 0.01 pounds of skim milk to make one pound ol gam. it took 2.07 pounds of corn meal aud ! 10,28 pounds of skim milk to make one pound of gam. Ouo pound of gam cost :;.si cents when rice meal was fed and 4.0*1 cents when coin meal was fed. the price of corn meal being &20 per toil and rice meal $1A per ton. "There are very few Southern farm era who know how (heir lands should ho I real 0(1," says tho Savannah N~CW$. " The trouble with UlOlU is that they are ' Very year so anxious to raise a bi^ crop of cotton thai they give all their time and devote all of the laud to COtlOl). They work haul cultivating a hundred or more acres under unsatis factory conditions, and do Hol gel as much in return as they would from OtIC-lifth the number of properly-eulti vated acres, in time they will come to the conclusion probably that it is better to treat their kind so that it will yield from one to two bales of cotton to the acre instead of one. bale to three acres.*' You can cough yourself into bronchitis, pneu monia, and con sumption. Bandaging and bundling your throat will do no good. You must give your throat and lungs rest and allow the cough wounds to heal. Tliere is noth ing so bad for a COUgh as cough ing. Stop it by using MA ktrra Even the cough of early consumption is cured. And, later on, when the disease is firmly fixed, you can bring rest and COinft rf in every case. A 2., cent bottle will cure new coughs and colds ; the SO cent size is better for settled coughs of bronchitis and weak lungs; the one dollar size is more economical for chronic cases and con sumption. It's the size you shouldkeepon hand. " All fnmlllMonght t<> ho on ttio w&toli foi Biitltlfii hiucUh. of croup in noiito lung IriiiiMen. l'.vPrv ' nun try homo in tlm In)id hhoiifd keep ehorry I'octoralcoiiHtantly on hnnu to provhlo ntnln^t nn omrruouoy." J.MIAII Ui \N i i.i I", .Ml'., T)-<\ 14,1*1?.. llollnnd, .Midi. House Work is Hard Work without GOLD DUST The practical side of science is reflected in J^tent j? Record A monthly publication of inestimable value to the student of every day scientific problems, the mechanic, the industrial expert, the manufacturer, the inventor ? in fact, to every wide-awake person who hopes to bettor bis condition by using Iiis brains. The inventor, especially, will find in The Patent Record a guide, philosopher and friend. Nothing of importance escapes the vigilant eves of its corps of expert editors. Everything is pre sented in clean, concise fashion, so that the busiest may take time to read and comprehend. The scientific and industrial progress of the age is accur ately mirrored in the columns of The Patent Record, and it is the only publication in the country that prints the oflicial news of the I*. S. Patent Office and the latest dovelopcmeutS in the field of invention without fear or favor. subscription emeu one dollar per year. THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Mtl. 'UITCIJ VOl'i: WACOM TO A STAK/' Thal is, have a high idea' in all ^out work, and continually bo working 10 wards it. Von may not attain to your ideal, but you will he a heller tanner, a belter man and a better citi/.OU if you are always striving to wards imprOVOWeul. Improvement in slock and Iho buildings for their com fort, improvement in seed ami crops, and of course, improvement in ihe land Itself and in all the processes needed for the cultivation of the soil. The season is near at hand when I he farmer will have an opportunity to review the season just past and to note wherein ho has I'ai ed and the cause of the failure, to study his suc cesses and the methods that led to them, and can thus be in a better i.jii ilitiou to plan for the future season. Plan lo have more of the successes and i fewer of the failures, ll the season lias taught you the reason for your not I getting belle'- results with a certain crop, do not let the lesson be losl. if every farmer could keep brief notes of every day's operations on the farm in a brief and compact shape, he would have at the close of the season a mass of hints for the future. It is the men who plan most in advance who make the greatest .successes, and are never behind hand. Determine now that during Ihe winter you will study more than ever, and that you will use less guesswork m jour farm lug. There is nothing like reducing all your business to writing, and to measure und weigh everything. If you do not know the exact content of every one of your Holds, measure them accurately when you have leisure. Drill measure in seed ing wlh at ami thresher measure in storing the crop do not give you an accurate knowledge of the 8U0 of your fields or the number of busheh you can sell of the crop. Stmh the feeding Of your animals and proparo rations that are best adapted to the needs of each, and try to compound the rations with some degree of accuracy. Weigh your milk ' and do not credit u cow with a lol of ; foam and call il quarts of milk. Not I only weigh the milk of each cow, but 1 tcsi its quality with the liahcock ? machine, and see whether thai cow is ' paying for hor feed. I'ut a high idea! before you for the cows to come up to as well as for every other animal . kept, ami all that arc not approaching Ihe ideal get rid of as socn as possible Set a high ideal on the farm hands and treat those well who try to come up to your ideal of whai a farm should be. Tin- man who COIUCS up to your ideal is worth far better pay than the com mon run of nun. In a word, weed out inferiority on the farm ami t ike ! the best care of the developing ones from the farm hand down lo Iho pig. I "So shall your barns be lilted with ; plenty/'?Practical Farmer. STOP I'AYINC SUCH TAX KS. When wo sco a fanner struggling I through the mud with a half of a toad ; id the market, when if the road9 were ; good, he could haul a good load, we ' know thai lie is paying a heavy road I tax, far heavier than In; would he sntielictl to puy ll it was levied on him by the tax collector to make, the road good. When we pee a man plowing an old held with a single mule and a toothpic k plow we know that lie is pay i illg a heavy tax for lack of the know how, and that lllO tax he is paying in poor crops would supply him with all the farm papers published in the IJ11 iti><l Stales and would help him to do belter and to get more out of his soil. When wo sco another man living year after year to raise a crop on wet land. WO know that he, too, is paying a tax far heavier than (he drainage WOUld cost him. When we see a man buying commercial fertilizers every year to put on his laud to grow I he same crop annually Oil the same land we know that be, too, is- paj ing a heavy tax ami making his land poorer at (he same time. \\ neu wc see a farmer (so called) throwing his manure out of stable window in piles under the eaves to tot the barn and WOStO in I lie rain, wc know that he, too, is a heavily taxed man. And yet there are all over the lam fanners who are, paying all Ihese heav\ laxe?, lo Which the real taxes thoy an required to pay are hut a tithe, am. they are Complaining that farming doe.1 not pay. There is no business on earth that could stand the leaks thai many farmers have; and si ill pay a pro Iii. If you Want to make farming pay, slop (ho taxes that your own careless 11088 and ignorance are levying on you. Bettor pay twice the county tax you now pay and got good roads to haul over. Better read and study how to make better crops ; bolter look at the leaks from your barnyard. Bett? r raise more forage and fc id more cattle and make a profit in loing it and then adopt a good rotation of crops and save the fertilizer bills. In short, better he a real farmer and make money instead of being a slipshod cropper and see yourself and land grow poorer.? Practical Fanner. ?The care of thousands of dollars worth of railroad property devolves upon Mr. and Mrs. Paul Uoicko, of California. They uro in charge of a signal slat ion on the brow o:' a lofty peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where they keep a shaip lookout, held iduss in hand, for fires which might break out in the snow sheds that skirt the railroad through tin; Kooky wilds. If a small llamo should pass unnoticed lor an hour tho whole chain of sheds might be consumed and the tracks en dangered. Tho woman watches by day and her husband by night. Moot line boon preserved in a froton ?fate for SO years, and found perfectly eatable at the end of that time. WHITEWASH VOl\ FARM BUIED ixus. Nothing odds so much to Iho ap pearnOCC ot farm buildings us bright and unchanging colors. It costs a great deal lo keep houses and barns painted, but it is well worth the money, not merely because ot iho in creased durability, but because of the unproved appearance. Nothing spclle prosperity in such lair letters, written large, as well painted farm buildings. Paint, however, is dear, and foi a long time tanners who desire to keep things in lirfct-class shape have been looking for a cheap paint or a white wash that will stand the weather and not become instead of a clear while a dirty drab in a lew weeks or months. The United states government has been looking alter ibis, as it does alter almost everything touching farm I life, and has hit upon a whitewash lor its lighthouses winch should stand rough conditions. Wegivo the receipt as fol lows: "Take a half bushel of unslackcd lime, slack it with boiling water, cover during the process lo keep in steam, strain the liquid through a line sieve or strainer, ami add to it a peck of salt, previously dissolved in warm water: three pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste ami stirred in while hot: half a pound Spanish whiting and one pound of glue, previously dissolved by soaking in cold water, and then hang ing over the (ire in a small pot bung in a larger one tilled with water, add live gallons of bot watet to the mixture, stir well and let it stand a few days covered from dirt. It should be ap plied hot, for which puroose it can be Kept in a portable furnace."' There is nothing in the above that is not within the reach of every reader. He can buy the .naler ill, except possib ly the ground rice, and he can buy that and have it ground in the coffee mill 'r with his own farm mill, can do all the mixing, and apply it, and having ap plied ii to one building he can soon determine whether be wants In go around the farm ami make bis farm the envy of all observer-. The oasl end of (he President's bouse in Washington is embellished with this whitewash, and if ii is good enough for the While House it is good enough for anybody else's house or barn. A pint of this mixture will cover a tquiiro yard and is said to ho alm08l as serviceable as palUI tor wood, brick or stone, anil there is no paint known that will equal it in cheapness. Why not try it?? Wal/nct's Fanner. There aio in operation in Mexico I:; I cotton mills. The prairie chicken, it pi edict cd, will soon become extinct in Kansas. President McKinley has appointed Thursday, 2lHh nist., Thanksgiving Day. The. highest price paid in green backs for gold during the civil war was $2.S?, the quotation for duly 10, 1804. The report comes from ?crmauy that many Confederate sin h?ls have been passed there recently as Uncle Sam's p oiniscs to pay. (icrmilliy leads all other countries on the continent in cotton consumption with ?71,-100,000. France and Ku??in together equalling 8967200,000. The cotton industry of the South has now 4,801,320 spindles in active opera tion, and during Hie present star I,418,-107 more Will be added. Mr. Herbert Putnam, librarian of Congress, who has returned from his visit to Europe in search of hooks, spent 812,000 for volumes needed by (bo institution ol which he is a', the head, lie visited all the principal CiUca of England and tho continent and rummaged through dark, dusty second-hand Stores, besides examining the slocks of the llrst-clnss book dealers. There is a county In Kansas where there are no physicians, and druggists do not make a living. For more thnn a year there has not heen a sick man in the intire county that has not heen cared for and restored lo health by "herbs" and othor household remedies. The principal cotton mills in China aro those at Shanghai. They now number eight, and have 273,000 spin dles mid ?'! If>u 1". ins. .\i N'ingpo there is one mill tit work, wi I 11,000 spin dles, and at ITankow there are two, with 110,000 ami ?o,0(to bpindlos re spectively. The Ali/mil Indians have a pecu liar and effectivc way ot branding an imals. The brand is made of steel, with a knife edge. It i- fixed on the bead of an ariow, and shot with a how at the animal lo he branded with such force that il ( ids the mink in the bide. When the wound heals it leave .1 scar, which looks as tluMVjdi burned Wilh a branding iron. ?One of Iii?: innsf ItlSl lioil? bevor? ngcs consumed in Ilonol i i Is known as 41 swipes." It if i|p native boor of Hawaii, and aniotu ilia mnti\ lllgl'c (hi nts used in its manufacture are sugar, corn, pineapple root, sliced pineapples, Chinese ;. ngcr, bran and Irish potatoes. It formen!?after s'nnd log lour or live days, an I 11 IhuU ready for consumption. Prom the otitbreak of the COtltCSl With the Boers up to the end of Sep. lemhor the actual war expenditures of Ihe British government were $280,000, i it Ml, and the official estimate of pay ments still to be made ?based on the declaration that the war is ovor ?SfSO, 000,000 more, making ? 'ntal of $300, 000,000. This is nearly equal to the gross output of the South African gold mine* from their discovery to the he ginning of the war, n period of fifteen and a half years. OASTOniA. B?*rt tho Kind You Havo Always Boutfit Signatar? -i- -.?!~U- 1 . ^ HINDIPO ^*\^P*<* Made a 4 Well Ma. THE of Me. v?RBAT ? LfKKNCH REMEDY producta the above t. ? I'nt icocfU, J-ailing Memory. Stops nil drains ai'< losses caused by crroraof south. It wards oll h ? ??? v nud Consumption, i ounc ! Ivti ic^ain M.. o il siid t ' l Min ret over \outhiul Vigor, i tea \ i v;'?r bnd size to shrunken organs, and ti ; in'., lor business or marriage, liasTly carried I'rice r A PTC o Boxes f: ??I .in j. ,a- OU ij I o, win miuiilec. OR. JEAU 0 HAI'.P H, Pari? I Sold by l>\ K. P. I'oaej'i LaUroos _^S^fcsriBU?0 Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New C)rlean&, and Points South and WeBt in Effect Junk :!i>, 1000. HOCT1I llOl'NP. No -im. No. l.vlNcw York. I'. K. It. .. 1 tOpm 12 l?am l.v Philadelphia, " . 32t)pm ? 70am Lv Baltimore, " .. 8 60pm 0 Mam l.v New York, nTS'TTv.vTnT" 8 00ain ? ? pin Lv Pldhidelp hi, "_Inflam 11 '.'Upiu Lv New "York, () D.S.*.( oJ .'i M?(>?i> Ijv Baltimore B s p Co.Ill HOpiii l.v WasliMon, N .V \V s p. OHOpui Lv \\ nshington, 1". lt. 11... V OOpiR I" ? ?? im l.\'Richmond, s.A. 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