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NTA13- 'I.iSITE D 1865. ' ~ ~WY .0,TJSD)AY, MARCH 71r~IEAWEK 1~)AYA RICE CULTURE - hoMIC VALiJALE INVOICMA'1ON ON C'0. I Imm. W. lolloway fias Gatlhered Homt 4eritires and Facts as Ito Urowhing ice Fromk Tiomo Wio Itav 'I ried it amid Kioduly Frimilem ti in to Fh flerald ad News-Thmro ViII Iet Emile Experl m13nts in 1 1Is Colin ty this Year. Diversifying of crops, appears to be the means by which, if followed by the farmers of the South will enable thema to live at homo, and to make cotton the surplus crop and furnish ing the means for ordinary expenses. In tho Peo Dee section the farmers have been raising profitable crops of tobacco, and in other sections of the Stato preparat ion sare being mad in the sami direction, aind now Now be;ry is moving in that lino. These vfTirts show th.tt our people aro cast. iog about to see what can be done by not relviing on on staplo crop ats inl the past to take its place to a cor tin degroe at least. Followin-g u) the changes of pro d t, I have collm to the conclusion that under favorable circumustancog tht rico might onter into the econ uy of farm prodncts. I lavet opvned ip) a correspondoneo witi soveral of my friends in diffor ent parts of the St ate to learn th ox perietce of practical men and their observations as well on this .u ijoet. I thorofore present to the readers of your paper soni vialuble informa ti0Fn on thne subject under considera tion. If the irformation given by the correspondents shonid prove, as I think it will, to the :dvataglre in in ducing our pooplo to oter into this, tiot. general eroppinqg in the up coun try, at least, I will feel timply repaid for my efforts to secure the end do. sired. Thos. W. Holloway, Poiaril, S. C., Feb. 16, '99. 'MR. ANDERSON OF ANDERSON. Mr. H. G. Anderson, of Anderson county, Says: If your land has been in cultiva tion the past year apd there is no gras on the ground, it is not neces sary to break th6 ground with a plow, but take a outting harrow (this im plement is necessary in rice culture) runiing it over it two or three times, lenving the ground smooth and goes .deep onongh for tihe purpose. If the land is rich, fortilizers will not be re (uired. Drill in rows eighteen inches iapart one to one-fourth bushels to the acre. Cover the dept.h of cotton se(ed, and plant about the same timie cot ton is planted. When the rice is throo inuches high flood the land for two or t hree days, then take the water off' until five or six inches :high or until the grass begins to growv t hen flood again for two or three woeks before harvesting. Do not cover the rice with wvater eint irely', leaving a little of the blados prot ruding above the water. As the grass grows raise thie water to choke out grass and weedis. Keep this up untlil the water is eight or ten inches all over the land. No other cuilt.ivationi nieeed. About the first of August with sharp hio(s have every weed above the water cunt down b)etwoon the rows, tihe rice must no t be tinneiid outs About 25th oIf Autgust rop)eat ihe shoeing ont t he woeds. Two wveeks :before4 the ric is ready for harvest .in remuove the damn. The procesl of harvest ing is ai slowv process wvitt a sharp cycle or reap hook, aind han die carofidly or else tihe grain) wvil shutter. Han 1 in when t horoughl; (dry 11( and uredl. For plantiuig soo(d have a bench t hroo or four feet broa< anid as long as dosiredl. Flail the shea rice over the bench uintil enoughi had for sood1, what is left in the stral flailed end the balance thresh oi ordhinary whoeat thresher. In thu absence of a machine for poundini ship to Charleston. yheeyars in cultivation in rice requires that many years rest. Iti ahnot impossible to raise corn afte rice, which leaves the ground full c bud wormes. As to tihe yield of ric it will make from ten to fifty bmshel to the acre. Mat. GoUJNTs' EXPEIalENCE. Mr. Henry Counts who lives net Ppak, Lexington county, has boon hind enough to .uswor intorroga tories as follows: 1. The kind of land upon which your rico was grown? Ans. WVet swamDpy land. 2. The preparation of tho samo? Ans. Put in good condition. 3. Bodded or planted on a level Y Ant. Bodded. 4. How plant ed? How cove red and when ? Ans. Planted an .ured like cot ton, about the first of April. 4.. Modo of cultivation ? Ans. The rows about two foot wide, and planted thick in drill. 0. Wias the rico flooded ? Ans. No. 7. When cut? An4. About the middlo of Sop tonber. 8. \Vill a wheat '1;resher answer to thresh it ? Ant. Yes. 9. When t.hrt'shod, whoro and what it cost to clean. Ais. Atty timo aftor it gets dry, gave the 6th11. 10. Is th. Imaheineo for clefining nxpensivo, how munch does it cost ? Ans. Don't know. 11. Whon rondy for inmrket, how imuch per pound realized ? Aias. FivO cents a pound. 12. How many bushols per are 1111U1o? Ans. 50 blshels of rough rice. I'3. Is the straw for stock equal to coiionl liay ? Ant. Yes. Mit. 'MOOE n1 sPARTANDUnO. Col. Thos. J. Moorv, of Moore, Spartanburg county and one of the most progressivo farmers in tho up country writes th folowing interest ing letter. Moore, S. C., Feb. 7, 1890. Col. Holloway: In reply to yours on rice, would ay I have, no practical experience, but as I expected to try it this year, I have investigated the subject thoroughly. To aid you I send with this a let ter from Col. Crayton, one from Mr. Hf. G. Anderson of Anderson county, and a pnmi h'et fr m the Agricultural Departmnout at Washington, D. C., under separate cover from which you will got all the information you need. The panmuhlet is very full. In my investigation, I concluded that unless there was a mill to clean it near by, the cultivation would nec ossarily fail. [ have satisfied my self that, this can be overcomo. The Engloburg, Rice Hn ller Co., Syra cuse, N. Y., manufactures a mill for $300, and a separator or grader for $30 more which will hull and pro pare for market 10( to 14 bushels por hour. I saw the mijil in operation at Taylors Stat ion, Greers and Greenvillo a few wveeks ago as run by Col. Alfred Taiylor. lie seems to be a rice enthusiast is an old1 man11 (75 years p)robab)ly) aind says he has had the r'ice fever all bia life. Th'le trouble wvith him wvas not how to raise rise, but howv to clean it, and after trying soveral mills and inven ting one of his own arnd quitting t he busiriess several t imes he finay got the Engloburg Mill which has solved the question of preparing for market. Thom mill lie says' does all they claimi for it and more in the amount of work, but does not polish it as niicely as the big? mills, hut t urnis out aIc tually a bot ter qualhty of rice for ta bIo use. Parties here say they had rathle. buy his product t han t lhe other. Firsi class grocery men, however, profoi the other and as a consaequence th< , product of .Taylor's mill sells at I I lower prico.~ 1 fool then thei miil f quest ion need be no dlraiwback, ais a mill can be ruin by our gin eniginos V and in a bulildling ten feot squam a 1 the mill is no0 larger thanm a sowin 0 machine. Whilst on the Taylor subjoct asked him about the cultivation an yield. In brief he prep)ared hi s lands, laid off the rows 3i feet widi r dropped the Seed 12 to 18 inche f apart, covered with a cotton plantr e ran around with cotton plows, follow .8 od with a rake anid pulled off clod and1( uncovered wvhat rice the plo covered. TUhen a good hoeing an ir, plowing, after which the rice crowd eI out everything. It was kept wateoled as it IIooded it. TIhlree aeres %ielod 80, 80 aind 91 bushels, res)ovt ively. 1 W dozen, r.e quirinlg U I wo lorst, lous Ier ar i to haul it, to thre6ber, iaking 10 1 inds of straw worth 510 cents per hundred )ounds. Tho rico grow 4 to 0 feet high. The yield of straw in thio rice region is 2 to 3 tons per acre and 40 to (10 bushols of rice, wiater culturo. Col. Taylor said my lands ought to mako 80 to 90 bushels por Icre; that he had mado 26 bushols o 1 acro. The low country man will tell you you cannot raise it becanso of freshets. Col. Tiaylor says last year his was overflownd soveral times and onco while in full head, and it was complotely covered, and ho saw n damage to it. Another party who tried ono and threo quarters acres last year, sa3s his was overflowed timo and again; that a crook running over it did not. wash it down, whilst it flattened young willows and all weds. I think, howver, an overflow il dop enough to cover t he heads whe in bloom woufld com)lotely 'ruin it A neighbor of mirio, Jim Switzer soum yours ago piainteL it and math throe elegant eropsont of four onoeyIll making SO bushels on : of an lacrE Hi quit the bu-inesn as it was to( laborious to pestle out. I will ier say that it, can bo throslied on I Wlhet thresher. Tuylor's thiresher w.4as tbo Ault man Sweepstakes. Upland rico lia been tried for several years abou Fair Forest station in thi;s county. went uip thore a fow weeks ago t< Mr. J. J. Gentry's who told no lI raised 410 bushols por acre an(I whe ho fod my horso I saw it was rici straw lie gave for fodder. Upon ex aminiation I found it bettor hay thai the nativo grasses. I cut off in low bottoms. The universal experi once is that it is better than cor, fodder and that horses will quit fod der to go for it. You will under stand that rico coimone-s to ripe at the top and goes down; when th the lowest grain is still green I should be cut,the stalk then is gree and if cut and not bound for 2 hours will cure into beautiful, grei bright hay. When I was at, Fi Forest I was told that Liauran Ciib well last year planted 3 5 ol an act from which he sold $3-4 worth < rico milled )y Taylor; sold his fathe in-law 2 two hortO loads of hay an had enough left to feed a horse, mule and a cow till March wvithlon broahing his o1ther fodder. This a p)retty big tale, but it was toldi n by a reputable man. Starko Robil son planted 18~ acres of lowv brain botton~ whoe the branch runis in Ljawson's Fork on wvhich lie hi completely failed for two years wit corn, Ilo got a poor stamnd, soml times ten feet bet ween stalks beir missed1. After losing 25 bushc which got wvashed awvay bletween ti cutting and1( binding (one night) I made 03 bushels after inmporte threshing, and the groat est, qumanti of hay ho over got off a p)ieco) land. Ile was por1 fectly carri away with his expe-rimenit. I have great contidenice in I judgmott for I know him wvell, having Ii ved once adjoining me, al w~hmen he left he sold mte 0one hundr acres TIige'r riveor hottoems att crossinog of rail road Ib--.t weenOi heret a Spartamnbu rg. lie said 1 wats blamned fool if I <lid ntot qunit. tryi to raise corn. ]Iis ide4a is to 1ph rice whlichl will girow in wa'teor and done w'li it. S Col. Crayt on, of A nderson, Hil growing rtie is prit able. Tl' Johni R. Cochran raised one ye near Anderson court house, mnaki an immenlso y ield from 100 acer that lhe wast a greater sucCess in p< tics and rice than anything lie e I riedl. That the largest y ield oJf co eats and riceoever raised wero ASouth Carolina: Drake, of Marlbo 'Wiley, of Lancaster; D)r. Broy Sof Anuderson; 254, 180 and1 bushels, respetively. The late R -ort. Adger on Rtivoli farm, Pono Stop, now owned by Mr. 0. A ]Bow madoe one year 3,000 bushels of r d lhe sold for a big figure for seed low countrv nlanters, With tilso imlimonso yields and sUcCUssful oxporiments in growing rico Wero inde wIly was it. abindoll ed to at great, extmt? Tho answer sitms to bo billious f)evr engetdor ed by th flooding aiid amongst tho sm11all fry tih dillioilty 114 to milling Inld prepariing for markot. At the time hoy were trying rico in Andorsont county atind dying witli billious fever the sanio disoitno was ra11vaiging Ihis section, Spartanburg nouity, where no Lrico Was planted. Inl augriciltrat report of Georgin, voltuo 0 g" 2 1, inl 1880, twenty acrts of ri-- WA sown broad cast and lloodod at. once and kpt, flooded all tho timin from whlich on hundred bushels por acro wias made, aid the samo manner is pursued in Louisiana and cut with machines also. I feel like something has to be dono. 1 cam no longer hire liids to r1iso cottoi at present prices. I have to paLy tho 11h-r (1) hales thon lhero can e not Iing for me. I have 27 teiiants to take liln avro each. I wait, to try about 20 more, but, am gottillg fearful that I cannot preparo tho 11111(l ill Hi mi it. is now ill Wild grass, too iu11h1 rain sits us back. Ther e is oie other mat ter to vhich I desite to cal y1our ittPntionl, ViZ: Rico is the only pi oduect whlich has liot, gonm down ill pliWO sinco-0 the wlr. Cotto!i has goie from 27 cmlits to 4Q, co11 from *2 to .11) Coiws, ots i front .1.27) to :10 or 40 coits, bult. ricO 1111 If(W0 fo1 .111 to - c0111H before he v st, to h and i n11ts 110w. Tio reason i- we iako n over sup ply of cotton, wheit, cevin, &(., 1111d liavo onr pricvs fixed for u:; inl Liver pool in com1etit ion will tho Cheap eSt labor c(!umtries of the world; whiereas in rict, wo do iot raise over hilf the ((inantity consulicid and Con sequently it must, bo imported, on which at tariff is laid, (21 cents dur ing the var and in 1890, under the McKinley tarnfi bll, 2 cents por pound.) My friond Starke Iobintson Says it. will pay to grow rico for the iaty alone, but unless it can be floo(lod I the mowing is a tedious and costly job. a By consulting "The Hand Book of South Carolina" you will find booth h swamip and uplanid rio culture dik r cussed by Hliarry Hamm11111ond. HeI says the averag production inl South SCar.linaiis hushels peracrow~orth inl tho aggregate $83; whereas the average product,ion of cotton is 182 pounds at 10 conts is 9.18.20. It Mia. SUIMMElS Is OolAN(IEIUlto. s TIhe cult ivat ion of ny lan-I rico is ,of growing interest to the farmers of .- this State. '.I'h low prico of cot ton h1 compels us to see1k other means of .0 mauking mfontey. d The fa armer must look to t lbe soil for h suibsistenee as8 well as revenue, and1( e. after raisinug everything possible thlat ug h consiumeis on his farmit, find( 801m1 Is thing besides cotton to meet 110cos n, 5fary eXxensos. inuho ri)1Iico 110 V m have a ready imoney crop, and1( whiot et the soil is s11itale 1 e'st inrg less t ha11 y3 cotton to cult ivait and114 market it. of liy r(S<ii(st of Coel. Holloway, o a(1 Pomaria, 1 will give my broth: farmers of t he Stato( the benefit o is my expori>ne~ m rig upl~and rice lie Those Ii vinig ini the middle t ier o 1(d coiuntios ail low('r downi need( 1no ill ed format ion on this sutbject. No Iat. The -soil shoenhl be alluvial 'i any1 level eine haned, glim blottoml oi ai basin will growv riceo. Onak and biicht lit biottomts areI not adap:O d to suicces, be0 ful rice cub ror. li aniy Part of thI 81tat0 tha t, I i ha vI (over b('In, rice cat ys be grown if the land is select.ed. mit~ know nlotheing about raising rice b air, 11looding, hav seen(i'i it donoE on rig smiall scaile, but we do niot p)ractic1 's ; it in Orangobu rg conunty. >li. 2d. The~ prepaiirat ion of the I an1 lor should lbe thiorugh, (as. it should( I rn, for all crops5). It. is bet ter to b)ror in the land early in thie fali if poss5ibl ro ; .by t uirninrg wvithl 0one or two hior es, plows. TIh,en prepare your laind 28 for cotton when you are ready ab- p)lan1t; I profor the rows three and1( 11e. half feet wide, less will do, but y< onI, nood( proper dlistanco for aifter enu ice, vation, t.hiey should niot bo too hig to have thiemi as niearly level as pos81 hin. 3d. Do not be in a hurry to plant too early in tho seasoin, w. formerly plalited it tho S11111 tilito we planitted cotton, from the first of April to the first of MIay; but oxperieleo teaches us we nro mote certatin of a crop whenl platited the lat(or part of May or the first of Jfino in this 1httituide, i it catches the season--the fall railis and heavy dews help to mature it. it0h. Ilow to plant: For many yeirs I opmned the land with i a small bull tongui plow-droppd( the seod by laind, fromt fivo to tet grains as iear 1%y as possible, -bout fifteei nchs apart and covered with a bou't I fastued to a ploV as wo foriirly Covered cot ton. This met hod leIavs it inl nico condition for the first, working. Any of the improvod corn pulaItors pM4s it. il very nicely and silves much labor, if you are careful to not cover to> deop and have the right quatity of seed. It shotiuld not. bo too thick ill the hill. The quantity stated albovo is not. too much, if too thick, chop it out, to propor taund. A fow grainis coning up1 to the hill will tillmr sulficioitly to mavke a fui crop. Another meti. ol of planting and all excolleit on WVhenl thi land is n w orW not. griaIISS, is to drill Ile Sod in t he furrow instead of dropping. When it, is too thick in the drill, it canl be cloppod out to requisito staand. If 3011 (10 tot secure I good Stand you (iln r(.1lant or trainmplitit; the latter is easily dono. After at shower of raim, whoi the grontid is wvet, chop the Imlissin"g places and tako 1p with the hand or hoe froui th tIh-k hills, be suro to got, the roAts-a lit. t.o pressure with the foot, around the transplnlti hill is suflicient to ii sure its growth. 5t. How worked: Unless the land is grassy, yout can wait until the rise is from four to six inches high-with a shallow running turnplow. Take a furrow on vach sido of the rie-% throwing the dirt from it, this covers all grass inl the Imliddles and leaves tho rico on a narrow ridge, easy to chop ofT with the hoo, this should he don at once, being careful to remove every sprig of grass from among the rice; it is more easily cleaned now than at, any other time, an(] if caro fully dono there will b very little uso for the hoo i- aft er cult uro. Now sido uip with i small sweep, do Iot put. too much dirt to tho rice or you will check its growth i and provent tillering; then run out the middle wit I an eighteen or twenty inch Swee) and you have your rico clean. All subsequent workings should be with the swoop( anld as often as5 is nee&ssary to keep it clean. When t he statlk beginis to swell and1( before aniy of the heads mlako their appearantce, give the last working-lot this he thioroughi, go ovetr withI t he hoes if necessary be fore t he plows and leave nothlin g on he landut but rice, ani eighiteen inch SWeepI withI three furrows in the row dloes beautiful work anid this con chotiles t he cult ivat ion. ($th. What fort.tlizters, if any ? 1 h,ave not succeedled wellI withI f,r tilizers when used before planting, butt sotme of my13 neighbhors use thIe standalird fertilizer in the furrow b)1 side (if thle rice wvhien giving thle lasi t he y'ield consi doraly3. 9)thI. When to cut: .1 t should niol boUt cut until (lie grain is ripe. I cut too green1 t ht grn bIreiaks amn c rnlies bad ly in hutllIinhg. it is cen witIihi Cth c homo rnping) boo1k, thli Iheads latid oin the stublie until dry when it can be i mmediately lhreshoc 01r put up in stacks in the field oni il ready for threshing. When nid< aing stacks the hteadls shoul b) pla~ced ini the cent re andt thie top) c t he Stiiek so conistructed its to tuiir doff the rain. It mills bettor aift being stackedl at whlie ats thte grai khasttimou toi thoroughly d1ry. ,Teregular t hresheir usedI for oni so and wheat is thle one0 used( for' t hre'a e ing this graini also. to llow cleaned: Thel Englehmu a rice huller hats sulpplanted all ot he mi in this county for cleaning rice. i- cleans it beautifully, making an e: hi, cellenit sampl)o4 fully cormparing wil i- the best rico on the market. Il hull is finny groannd nd tiMs wil :ho imperfect graitns form at fino food For hogs whon moistotiod. 'h( mt raw i moro n i 1ts anld bt-ter relNish1ed )y sto0k 1ttt oat Or wheat strIaw. 11m graii is r-lishled by till stiock Ald poultry. Tho yivIht 1wr acro varies ill propor-lionl to is"o1s, (111111. (y of lanld aind miodlo of viultivationl, J!d ittill prodiciig from liftm,1n to wtfy.fivo hushit-h por acre. Now fluds givo btttr rostilts. Thoro aro two varieties plntod in 1is SOctionl. Th whito flint Itan ho uni bl ricv. All aro fNam111ihar with Ihw whito 1lnl wi it is 1he kind 1s;mIlly selin on tilt, llnarhkt- hWhI .I)ln iilerod t Ito best for millitg nd .hN it e. Th iml mcn is muort, pro diet ive, ha1s ina(111y a11%s larg. 't graiil, b)e..ing shlotor bit thicker, it, is lsier bIlle ad fuld I Cal dotoct n1o diTllTrviet 1i 11 oti(ng qutlithS tf it two vaiitiom. Th'el whitv flint comuiiltmds it hito. pric o tih miarket. Choice seeden Ot.11 (3 otaille( of either frotl M r TayILIor. & Hl1 of Cinwronl, S. C. J. W. SUMnuNers, Carkivi-r111, S. C. Vrvv litiral Dinvi.ry, It rvally Sve11 tha tthe free dliv orv of mails will now 0 extol<lvd to the, country districts. Groat. crodit for thi Mu111 to bi 414Sir'Jd r'sul1t i duel t (3 C2ongressmantir St oke(3:, of t he first district, who ham worlod with zoial, 4nI 1r gyot, an bIlity b)rin Iit abut. iI Tho hill providing for it. has passod, midl will go into ulToct short y v. Th ie bvinoli s wvill covor Solno ,0pst routf-s, and hencV ar1- 11,t iOnall inl thiri sWililp. Co Ai ngr-ssiant ii Stoke (s do serves tho tllks of Ills vowtittiA.. f()r his diligenll tud inelien fflort. 1Ho has at right, to fCol prond over I ho happy conSI1111111 1(ionl of i;s work. Wo shall wtch with intkrest til putt.ing itto offec.of thw provisions of tho bill, which wo givo lrowith. A bill to extind frvo delivory or mail illong star route.s. Bo it enactted by tho S84na1to find H1ou1sO of topr'ePlt itt i VS of thi united Staes of America inl Con grosts assomblod. That, all contracts for carrying mitil oil star roites mado aftor tih passtgo of this Act shall inchido ti ) doposit ill tho proper boxvs placod of) tho li no of t ho rou1tes for tiis piurposo. without chargo to the a<dhressoos, aniy mallil Imlatto0r that may bo itrusted to t,ho carrior for sIIch dlist ribuit ion by 3an3y postilmstv) ()in tho rout. Sec. 2. That it shall also 1ho tho duty of tho saidI carriors so contriict posedt bty s'ct ion six hundred'( 31nd1 awli (3ighlty sevent of tho ptostal laws, to tako up such il u m 13tt.er as3 nl1my dep)osit.mm3333( for matilinig at te ne(xt dlitionatl comtpensatttionl. Se(. 2 It shall1 Ite tho dutty of eaich po)stitnasteor,npon33 3 aV writeoi0 re fromt any13 person~I livg en33 Ior near an333 1 establi11shedl stahr rout1to which comes()31( wvitini tho provisions of set6(tior 0on( of th is Act, to1 del3ivr oto toepoe mail0 carr'ior for tha3t~ ro'nto any33 mail0 matltter, with instrtins as5 to3 the maitter shalll he3 deposi7.td. SIC. I. 1That 3any person)3 de3siringJ at'l L.ar to. 633w:tb:in th,' termst3 (o 3sect in (o3n of t.Lis Act. shall1 Orect r hr>Ix,33 '(3 a l cnverilt as8 prl'ttenbicl o 01 livety of htis ,wail to thle propet(r ('ar 3 ior foIr deposl3iItt .-aid( nu111l box. Sec~(. ). That11 a11 mail boe alon136103 -snehI star13 routtes shaltl b numbeIIlr'< 'ons culti'dy3, be(gining ire m f t II byiita point of13 the7~( tr rouStle't. 5 O ing thet3 maiio tu s depositd ulti ithlorizeto m 3 rite3 ?.uboiion3 of plan and1( de(vice(s fotr spial3 I .oxes5 ,wit g (1upl iinto( ke3 a f. .r th31 uise of ear'133ie '1(6 (O re it (''lci 3in Onei Nigat h) 'iTake Vatni et-t's ('old ('1p.-1ulIs for I cent.s aIt all dru'tggist.s. Guarntil ed3Ot( h1 01n1n 01' man0103 refr1l. c&fltun THE CONGitS ( ES OUT. 90,11T1I 110 iF IT v I W ;t 1 :N . % IT if A tlCAT VVenl--tA (ON. Llistr 1n4 <14 (' V4. -I*es-- Ott -, o 1e '1* '1.1 W 1n.1 A il Washingtoa, 1)D. , Marc i .-Tho . l1ilds of tho vlock-i iln bohail nbl e )f tho Coinr-s worv turned back odlay. Tho Vico Proidenmit doeltred ho S"natito adjourned without. day fit 2.08 p. i. Tho liouso adjourned it. 12.10 o'vlock. 3ot.h Sonato and imnso ngrovied ti ll (to approprip ion bils. Tho Houso won all its timen1dlivilts for incroaso of the navy iud tho Somlto 11111miliints rodue. tig tho prico of armor plaLo to $300 wtr tm, otfer d ib Si enator Tillmnm, rovitlteid. hm Sounato atmondumit for in armor plato factory for tho 0V411m1110111 wa elimiiatod from the bill. At. 10 o'elovick Prvident McKinloy id his full cibiniot Clno to ho Clp itol and wvont. dirm-tly to tho promi hoit's romi ill thn sconaito will,g of tho building. M1111v bills wilchi had bN.-ol passod Ver0 prtoesontmi to him anid signed. 'Tho closimtg 8n0110A wImO L110 o dom nstrativo vvor witnetised' in Witshingtoi. Mr. Bailey thanked Spolor Rov'l, who, inl tilrn, ma11do a touching spoch. Memborn of tho cninet, eliihmio to thoir chairs and -41hol otei. All (ho national airti wero sunllg anld fil"s w-avvd. Anl ilVidlit. Of to (111's SPSiOnl Was t1t eimptod I)y Whol-lor to got roeog flit-ion Ibt Iho Spoker doliboratoly rofivsed (o rocognmiz 11111. (J E N. W A 1) nA i 1' ON'S FE AT. oeina'geninn luanti Crippled 110 C1nml)brd Up,0,n 1(fof. Colllinbill, MN'archi I.--Thoughl Gon 'rakl Wikado IHalliptonl, o..ot% of t1ho few mirViving liotetlln toneraik of t1 CaIfNdole,: , is withinl a few dtays of c1olbating his ighty-first hirthidiy, I porformod i characteristic feat a row mornings ago, siowing he has los8. nlonlo of 1his old timjo (11111 and couragi. His feat WaI ind(1ood Vory liko that of General Vhoulor it San tilgo, though moro difficuilt of per porforinmc by roason of (th fact that tho agod warrior has at cork log and had no tree limbs to h l aid him. 11, was yot. very oarly on1 Sunday Ilorning whon on of th sorvans it (Oii. Hnpton'tis rmsidoeco, nioar tho cit.y', Camli to him and inforlled him 1tat, lparks hadt(] fallel ulponi and ign~1ited theo roof of' theo house, whlichI wVas then11I i buning. T1ho old1 Gen.. i'rali, without1)0 peirit.ting any1 of tho0 househol10d to ho4 awaVlkoned, has1lt1oed oulthimlHif and pIroconded1 tioIllubon1t upon)i thle roof. Roachinig the blaz.o, ho, wit h t.ho asisi-tanIco or his se rvanit, It wrVis rIot unitil theo brotkfast hlour thiat aniy of t 1 hlOanoI1ld w"re awaIre of th1e tiro or thle alged soldilIr's risky but,1 effoot iv c( tIlib 11pon1 (11 roof. Thil ineOidetlt wais known to but fow of thle Geneiral's frienids until today, andil thety are as8 proud of his~ fonIt, aLs of anyi (of thosei( dairig chlarge's h11 1l(d duiring (1ho civil war. IN FAvoa oF T)"I'lIE i I ICARIY. Judge ~iti tlag Red.,aa nn aim po ~ ~rt1ant Op?1inionIa i*n Ieen ino. ( IirnviIVillie, Feb~1. 28-JudligI K high Nehlet (t I.will ('ase(, whIichl involveS proper41t y wrolthI from $25,000 to $40, It14). Thel case has e118ixciteid conlsid - -'1tI erabl itresI withI lawyors in theQ Stalte, as5 manyti intrst in irg lawyh' poits wo44rI ra 4i1e inl till hearinog. Judl(ge thuiiis cotnuinilg ihlO funds4 inl po0sss -4ion or th1e NIoltt fr'oo lib)rar'y. Thei del(cision is madlio princ(i pal ly on two ro0) unds: Iir st, the( allIeg4d ag ree ment1011 be(tweenl Mrs. Tullrips(eed and 1 Alrs. NI'hlett to make1(4 m11tnal wviils a was nuot in writing. Seond, being a real and1( per4onall est ate, there was h no sneh part performanco on the 's part of M rs. Tu'arni psoodi as would take( th caso ouli0(it of thie staltto of frauds. Tlh( atliogod conItract was, 11h4. 'f)or, ohi)ons(1 to said1 statte ,a and1( could1( not he (lniforced b)y Con rt ofEqit. h cas wil o to the nr(mne Cnnurt