The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 29, 1893, Image 1

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BB 8DMTKK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1SS0. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims'i at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's il ' . . ... - TH2 TRUE SOCTHKON, Esta blithe J June, lc66 Consolidated Au?. 2, 18S1.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1893. New Series-Vol. XII. 3ft 35. Published every TFe?nasiay, BY N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-is-as vance. ADV ISTISKVI S"T 8 . Joe Square. Sra: insertion-..$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 C?atracts for three monars, or longer will be sade at reduced rate*. AB communication which subserve private nterests will becharged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. THE SDWKDS KATIOKAL BISK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AW> CuUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, StDiTER, S. C. F?n? up Capital.$75,000 00 Surp?ae? F*nd. 11,500 00 Transarts a General Bmking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of SI and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rnte of 4 per cent, per an&ua>. Pa va We quarterly, on first days cf January. April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. C&reos, Aug. 7 Cashier. NEW LUMBER YARD. IBEG TO IN KO RM MY FRIENDS AND tb? public geuer>iliy that my Saw .Mill located on the CS & N. R. R.. just hack of ay residence, is now in full operation, and i am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pioe Lumber from uubied timber, a; prices according to grades Yard accessible ca North side of residence. ? B. ROACH. Feb 13_ NEW MARBLE COMMANDER & RICHARDSON. LIBERTY STREBT, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Horne? ToiMones, Eic, And doing a General Business tn ihm line. A complete work-shop hits been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis? faction guaranteed Ohmio our price before placing an order elsewhere. W H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON Jut?e 16 CQTTbd STALK o?per Tk Tiste Mi Ceil Stall sr Was again awarded the first prize at the Sooth Carolina State Fair, held Nov. 6th to lOtb, this year. There is no c*ber implement that will clear your latid of the old stalks like this one. Many of them have been in ase for three years, and without exception each ?nd every farmer using one has pro? nounced it a complete success. Send in your orders promptly if you want a machine and don't wait u-ntil the fest moment when the stalks must be eat, or knocked off on the top like your great grandfather aseo* to do. Respectfully, JOEL E. BilUNSGH, SUMTER, S. C. Dec. 14. _ If you want A FIRST-CLASS KASY-RIDING Road Cart, ATA REASONABLE PRICE, GET A Genesco, GIO. I STEFFENS & Sd Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. FERTILIZERS ! FERTILIZERS I FERTILIZERS! Saving bought largely, FOB CASH, a full as? sortment of, Fi rs, mu m oner w We are prepared to fill orders for 90CQ at low figures and on reasonable terms'. ?. WULBERN k CO., Wholesale Grocers, 171 and 173 East Bar, Nov. 19._ Charleston. S*. ? ?atclies, (Ms, Jewelry RpM PROMPTLY. Satisfaction guaranty! or money refunded. A. D. Powers, Xeddic'8 Barber Shop. Mum .Sr., Sumvr. S. C. NOTICE. THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA? TION will be in his office on Salesday of ?ach month, for the purpose of issuing certifi? cates of Registration to al! persons who have become twenty-one years of a?e since the last General election Also unriper* to those who have changed pUce ot residence. W. S J A M KS. Supervisor of Registration. Dec. 7. 2-t. iOS. F. RH A ME. WM. C. DAVIS. RH AME & BATIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attend- to business in any pnrt of the State. Practice io U. S. Courts. Sept. 21-x._ G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Boirin s New Store, .HTRANCB ON MAIN STHE&T SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 Di E. LIU DENTIST/. Office OVER BROWNS & PURDVS? STORE. Entrance or. Mainstreet, Between Browns ? Purdy and-Durand Son OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C . Agpi 13.. THE BEST Bemedy for colds, coughs, and the common disorders of the throat and lungs, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is uni? versally recommended by the profes? sion. It breaks up the phlegm, soothes inflammation, allays painful symptoms, and induces repose. In bronchitis and pneumonia, it affords speedy relief, and is usrivaled as a prompt and effective Emergency Medicine BI croup, sore throat, and the sudden pulmonary diseases to "wfcic? young children are so liable. "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has hada .wonderful effect in curing my brother's children of a severe and dangerous cold. It was truly astonishing how speedily they found relief, and were cured, after taking this preparation. "-Miss Annette N. Moen, Fountain, Minn. AYER'S Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Prompt to act, su re to cure 'Jtike ano Min? ai Jonction of W. ( H. A. HOYT, MAIN STREET, SUMTER S. C. Gold and Silver Watcbes, FINS DIAMONDS. . Cloc&s, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, ko. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. FebJ_ A. 1BITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, Among other Companies: LIVERPOOL k LONDON k GLOBE NORTH BSUTISR k MERCANTILE. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, ?. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO-. Capital represented, $75,000,&GO. Feb. 12 OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE And Li (?nor Dealer. OFFiCE AND SALESROOM : 1S3 East Bay, Charleston, S. 5. Nov. 7 o BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED Estimates furnished by return Mail. LARSE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS, EH ii, mm & co., MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN MOULDING, -A:+2 GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL Office aud Salesrooms, iu and 12 Hayne St. CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o WILLIAM KENNEDY Fashionable Barber. MAIN STREET, Next door to K-i?\e k Purdy's Law Office. SUMTER, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens ot Sumter ind vicinity that I have opeued business on my ow? accou r '.nt the above old stand, and that with competent and polite assistants, I vv.iH be pleased to serve them in any branch of ray business io t;(e best t>tylf Ot' the art. C i ve oie a call WM. KENNEDY. Oct. 19._ ' VALUABLE Suburban Property For Sale. I r/\ ACR33 - WITH RESIDENCE and J-jH / H^ necessary ou tb J i Id wigs-30 acres ? under cultivation, on the suburbs of the city of Sumter. ?-uitable for Truck Farm, Poultry or Dairy Farm. Price low and terms reason ! able to approved purchaser. i Apply ?t the Watchman and Southron office. Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Powder ABSOLUTELY PURS ? RIM (ju m aili SUMTER, S O. CITY AND COUNTY I>gP?SITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also h^8 A Savings Fank Department Deposits of $1.00 aud upwards received luterest calculated at the rale of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, W. F. RHAMB, President. Cashier. Aug 21. J. B. CARR, Contractor and Builder, Sumter, S, C, DEALER IN Rough and Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths, Cypress Shingles, Lime, Glass and General Building Supplies. Mill Work of all kinds made to order, such as MANTLES, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, STORE FRONTS, MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK, O'? EVERY DESCRIPTION. 3.4 A, ar.d C. S. & N. R. Rs. GINS! INSURE YOUR GINS -ET THE Assurance Company, OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Grus. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT HOSES, AGENT, j P. S.-We do also a Gene ral Fire Insurance Business, j and represent the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE j of New York, i the largest in the world. ] Aug. 17. _._? ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR, Desires to ?nform the public that he is fully eouioppd and prepared to do TIN SQOf INS, PLUMBING, REftttJMG PUMPS, and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and tinning shop. -Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE j MANTLES. TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS AND GRATES. Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, Speaking tubes, &c. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at 3-. 8 Carr's Mil!. Communications left at Walsn & Co.'s Shoe Store or through post office will receive prompt attention Oct 26-o THE Sumter Institute. TE INSTITUTE had opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances, 'i he boarding department is well appointed and the rooms ?re rapidly filling up. Those desiring rooms should apply at au early day. j The Art room lias oeen enlarged and refitted, affording ample light, uud all necessary fae:li ; ties for good work. Special lessons in Painting and Drawing, I ench $15 a term; in Book-keeping, Steno- | 1 graphy, Typewriting and Penmanship, each I $10'a term ; Instrumental and Vocal Music j eace $20 a term, with S3 for use of instcirent i for practice. Elocution S7.50 a term. I Students wili he received lor any of these I Special courses at any time during the vear, I and we solicit patronage of the voung ludies I of the city not regularly entered tn the school. For further information apply to H. FRANK WILSON, Piesident. ; I II. 15. W HILDEN, WEST END CALHOUN ST., CH AK LESION, S. ?T General Agent for South Carolina, RELAY BICYCLES. Self-healing or other Pneumatic Tvres. PRICES $110.00 and $125.00. Exclusive agencies given ;<t unoccupied points. Correspondence solicited. Feb. 15-v. i RECKLING = THE COLUMBIA PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST, Offers Special Inducement to all who have never had a good picture. Old pictures copied and enlarged. Nov lb-x Tea Culture. it is tbe farmer who raises something lor which there is a demaud, something which every farmer does not raise, who stands ehe best chance of m-aki-ng money, provided he understands its business a-ud markets his produce judiciously. A few years ago the cultivators of strawberries made a good deal of money out of them, but their success stimulat? ed others, tbe business became overdone in some sections and k was ouly the grower who was fortunate enough to get his berries to market early,, before the rush came, that realised mucb pro? fit out of them. So with truck. The men who went into that business first got free pri?es and made money fast, but the acreage has been so increased that it is only tbe early shipments which pay handsomely, late shipments paying very little aud some of tJpea nothing. So with melon raisiog nod peach raising in Georgia, both of which- paid very handsomely a few years ago, but tbs acreage has been bo much increased, and the fruit ripens so near tbe same time, that few realize large profits com? pared with what they reaped iu the first few years. It is much the same with the grow? ing of table grapes in North Caroliu-a. The firs* shipments give big returns , but thc rush soon brings prices dowu too low to keep enthusiasm up. But yet the probabilities- are that all engaged in the industries referrred to, who get into market with their pro? ducts within reasonable time, we pretty well pa-id for tbeir labor, although they may be more or less disappointed in their expectations. There is one branch of agriculture which has attracted little attention in this country, which promises much, while there is not much danger of its being overdone ?or some years to come, at least, if at all, and one for the pro? duct cf which there is now a good market, which will coutiuue to grow as the populatfou increases. Another advantage it presents is that there is no particular reason for the marketing of the product, for it is constantly iu demand, and keeps throughout the year or longer. We refer to the cul tute o? t-ea?, which has never been grown in this country asa commercial article, it is said that#it. may be grown anywhere in this country south of the lakes, while it has been demonstrated i by successful trial that it will grow luxuriantly in the South. An ounce of fact is worth a ton of theory. Some time ago the Chatta- j nooga Tradesman offered prizes for the best articles on ' What Industry Will Pay the Best in the South," ! the condition being that ~nly industries that' might be capa? ble of un?-versal extension and general benefit should be considered. Among the articles sent iu wbi?h struck the Tradesman most favorably was one on tea culture by a farmer in Mississippi who proved that he knew whereof he was writing by accompanying his paper with a package of teas grown and cured on his farm and by his own people. These sa-mples compare with the best articles on the market in this country and were vastly superior to the stocks ordinarily kept for 6ale, white they were absolutely free from any of the poisonous compounds used by the Chi? nese to cover much of the viles'uff they ship to the American market, which, by the way, sees very little tea* which is fit for U?e. Much of what is pent to us is the refuge after the best bas been selected for the use of thc rich tea driuking Chinese who can afford to pay ten or twelve dollars a pound for it, and much mor-s, Nearly all the cheap tea?, is stuff the Chinese have extracted the first juices frcm, and then dumped imo a pile to be baked over, curled up, colored with poisonous decoctions, packed into boxes, covered all over with mysterious Chinese characters and sent over here to help kill the people ? who are unfortunate enough to drink it. This Mississippi farmer writes that the plant will mature in four months, and that thc curiug doe* not require near the car.* ihat tobacco does. (Tho quality of te??r by the way, like the quality of tobacco, depends very much ou the curing of the leaf )i It requires less labor than cotton, and there is nothing about it that a half grown child cannot comprehend. A row thirty feet long, be says, will raise all the tea a large family can use in twelve months. This mau has been raising tea for years, and the strauge thing about it is that it bas never occurred to him-to raise it to put upon the market. Tea has beeu grown for years, and successfully, near Fayetteville, in this State, but only for home use. Mr. Charles Shepard, of South Caro? lina, has been putting it to a practical test on his plantation, near Summer? ville He planted twelve acres three years ago. Last year he picked and cured about forty pounds which he took to Baltimore and submitted to tea experts, who pronounced it tqual to thc best English breakfast tea. This year he expects to gut 160 pounds, and next year 240. Mr. Shepard has familiariz? ed himself with the processes of curing an<l produces different grades of tea as r<? vuJt of different methods of curing. So far he has used the ordinary, fruit evaporator for curing, but will have more eifective apparatus for this year's pick. He proposes to have a fine exhibit at the World's Fair, and will let the curious take a sip of loutit ( j aro lina tea. These three citations of what has been done establish the fact that, tea can bo grown io tho South, and if as easily as represented, there can be no doubt, that the indus'ry would be a pi i 'liable oiiC, for there ia ult tea-drinker who would oot prefer the tea groT*o at home to the questionable, to say the least, stuff imported fron* China - Wilmington Star. Palm Sundayv Last Sunday wa>* celebrated through? out the world in every Kb ni an Catholic, Episcopal and Lutheran pariah as Palm Suuday, and in most of the churches, no doubt, reference was made to the triumph;?! entry of Christ info Jerusa? lem eighteen a&d a har'f centuries ago as fche people strewed branches in his way and saug hosannas of praise and rejoicing. In the Catholic and Episcopal church? es and perhaps more especially in the former, Palm Sunday is a day of special : interest in the church calendar, and a special service is provided for the day. The palms with which the altair is dress "ed are blessed by the officiating priest, ! spriukied with holy water and incense, and then distributed among the parish [ inners. These are carried howe, and by the devout are carefully preserved until the next year ? when-, if they be specially pious churchmen, the leaves are burned and the ashes rubbed wpeys the forebea? at the Ash-Wednesday ser vice. Formerly in the absence of palms, it was the custom to-decorate Mie churches on Piam Sunday with other evergreens and flo now tba providing of palms for thrs- day is a regtrlar buvi rress in some qnwtersr and in most of the churches only piam-s ?re used in decorations. The variety of plano used in the ser? vices is obtaiued from t'ae palmetto trees which grow in greater or less abundance on the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina, and along the streams of the Palmetto State and in Georgia and Florida. While not identic*! with those growiog in Palestine, they are of the same general variety aud are such as are used at Sr. Peter's at Rome, Notre Dame, Hi Paris, and St. Stephenr8 io Vienna. The paiins , usediu these cathedrals are obtaiued at great expense from ?sia Minor, and are, in consequence, seeo only at high ceremonials. An authority gives the following facts with reference to the use of palms in this connection. '."Everything connected with Catholic worship has a symbolic as well as a real signification. The palm is held especially to syinbalize the principal Christian viciaos-, but more especially penitence, fortitude and gentleness- of peace. "The leaves symbolize penitence, for they are bitter in taste, sword shaped aod sharp pointed as to smite, and in? cline toward the truuk of the tree, which is meagre and dry. Penitence smites and humbles us, destroys our evil inclinations and reduces them to ashes "It is for tf/is reason that in Roman Catholic churches the palais of the pre? ceding year are burned aud the ashes :Coile3tedaod placed as a sign of humilia? tion OTj the foreheads of the worshippers on Ash-Wednesday to remind them j*that from earth they some and to ashes they must return. "Palm leaves never rot, and when ?hey dry preserve a very strong tissue out of which the anchorite of old used to weave baskets and other objects. Hence the palm is held to symbolize fortitude. Its fruit is sweet to the taste, and so represents the virtue and the peace of a Christian life. The Cost of a Canning Fac? tory. The Baltimore Manafacturers' Re? cord goes fully into the details. R says that a plant having a daily capa? city of 2,000 cans of & pounds each vf ill not' cost for its entire equipment more than- ?100, exclusive of the building and the brick used for the chimneys and to set the kettles. The equipment for a 4',000 canning factoiy can be had' for ?200, not including bricks or building. Three hundred dolJars will buy the equipment for a factory turning out daily 10,000 cans of three pounds each. The ave? rage labor cost in a ?,000 can factory is about $25 per day. These points will enable our readers to figure out the cost of such a plant as they may tbiuk o? establishing. In almost every small town there are old ware-houses or other buildings that eau be rented or purchased for a email stun, lt is easy enough- to secure the building. The brick wo*!* needed and the equipment cost only a few hundred dollars for a large fac? tory. So much for thc general features of enterprise. The M-amrfac ?nrers' Record. A the 17th instant cotnains an itemized list of everything that ib necessary. -Sinoe the nutmeg swindle of the Connecticut ^yankee, tire more recent attempt to swindle the people of these United States bj the Directors of the World's Fair is perhaps thc most cheeky and insuitinrp When Congress supple? mented its original appropriation with ?2 5U?.?00 in souvenir half-dollar sliver pieces, it wa.-? with the express understanding that the gates of the j exhibition should, be closed on Suuday. The cheek as well as the shrewdness of the average yankee is displayed in the proposition to rstum thc two and a half millions lb' the Government and thus remove the prohibition against opening thc gates on Sunday. Too at? tempted swindle, however, is shown in the fact that the Directors of the Fair have sold these coins as World-Fair souvenirs for each, thus realising a clear profit of two and a half million dollars by th? operation. If the Gov? ernment will' now require the return of the souvenir silver pieces instead of their face or fiat value, it would have a striking example of the difficulty which the people would have to encounter in metti?g their obligations in the event of having to pay debts -rroviding for pay? ment to be made in gold. There is a woman living iu Seattle, Statd of Washingten, who went W>: to grow up with the country, whoso first husband was a soldier of thc Rev? olutionary war, and whose present hus? band is a vet of tho war of 1812. She has 'preserved her war record pretty weil. Cotton Seed Rubber. j They are uow actually making; i India rubber shoes out of cotton seed oil. This is not a hoax, but an abso? lute verity. The factory is located near Savannah. The site of rive acres was-purchased four miles from timi city, a high board fence was erected around the property, the factory was built in the enclosure, and has been running for months. Nobody knows what is geiug on inside the factory except a few ignorant negroes, and no one is admitted, because the secret is not patentable. A writer in the Baltimore M ann facture rs Record writing on this subject saysr The bare facts alone ?re known that crude cotton seed oil, costing about 50 cents agall?n, or about $125? a ton, is carted in, in- five ton lots, and that tons of rubber, worth about $2,000 a ton, are carted oat and ship? ped to a-very prominent rubber deal? er and manufacturer in Boston. The value of the new industry to? its discoverer and his associates is indicated by tire figures we have just given. It is not easy to over-estimate its value to the St JU th and to the world. The use? of rubber are- in? creasing every year, and the demand for the article ie taxing the natural supply already. If the artificial pro? duct can successfully be eraployed for all er mosfe of tire purposes to wbicb the natara! pro?t?ct is applied, or would- be applied if its co?$ were cheapened, there wi41 soon be a mar? ket for all of it tba* eau be made in the South-, and tt*e cotton formers will be directly and greatly benefited by the increased value of the raw mate? rial, cottou oil seed which-they must supply. It has been predicted that the seed of the cotton plant will some day rep? resent a larger value than the lint, and that it may yet come to pass tfrat! the crop will be planted mainly for tbe profit in the seed, lt really begins to appear ae if the prediction, wild as it seemed at first, will yet be verified. A berry or nut-OP whatev? er it is-that fu-rniahes at onee a wholesome table and cooking oil, the best kind of food for all eattte, a ?agar fifteen times sweeter than cane sugar, a rieb fertilizer agent, and material for the making such varied articles of usefulness as Alabama strings, era? sers, galoshes, gum boots, bicycle and buggy tires,, liospital beds, sol? diers overcoats, ladies' wraps and car buffers and springs, has a future before it that it would be vaiu to attempt to-outline or limit. i^m?m? m m mmumm Niagara Moving South. The American Contractor of . March 15, has the following important article, which"may prove interesting to some of our readers "Formerly the Canadian side of tbe Niagara falls was U-shaped, which caused the name Uoraeehoe Falls to be given to it. For the last ten or a dozen years, however, that side of the fall has been V-shaped, the change being caused by a wearing away of the ledge over whicb the water pours. On Jan. 4, 1889, a greart displarcement of rock again took place and now, accord? ing to- the Philadelphia Press, the Canadian side of the great cataract is again as 'Horseshoe Pails.' It is pretty generally known tha-t the faills of Niagara ?re moving to the south. A deep cut through the solid rock? marks the course they have taken in their backward march. It is a wonderful excavation, a mighty canal dug ont by the sheer force of falling water. 2$6t less astonishing is the removal of all this debris. The rocks have been thoroughly pulverized and swept oat into Lslse Ontario. Ooce it was believed that the falls would ultimately wear back to Lake Erie and degenerate into a second-class rapids. The latest idea is that the fall will recede two miles further to the southward and theo tstop still ./ that is, as far as the backward tendency is concerned. The cause of this will be that at that point a solid foundation for the limestone ledge over wbicb- the waters pour will be found. Two- miles of a wearing back will malte the falls only eighty feet in beigfct, instead of WO, as? at present. ^ _ _ MM ~i<r-- rm - It is announced that an association of foreign capitalists is just concluding negotiations for the purchase of lr,500, 000 acres of excellent cotton lands in turee adjoiuiog counties off Texas, with the intention of raising the staple orra iarge scale Alluding to the projected j enterprise, the Mobile Register says it j is questionable whether the South should j favor the cultivation by great foreign j syndicates, who with steam plonghs, J couimissary stores, picking machioes ! aud oil compress, will be able to re? duce the cost of making cotton so low as to drive out of the race the individual fanner and mule. "Syndicates j might make goodr interest/' says the j Register, "on their investment with I cotton at five cen.s a pound, but what I witt b'e?o?ie of the great multitude of j smail farmers ? It might be better for I them to go back to hog and I hominy and raising hay and mules, i but it sOcnis to us that the wealth and prosperity of the South is in the i independent and individual farmer who j drives his own mule and runs his own ! press. - mm -^ The Slowness of the Snail. - [From tho Phiiadephia Press]-' j "A snail's place" need-no longer be j used as a term more or less indefinite ; ! those >kii-.ed in the seieuce of "snail j ology'' can tell you just to a dot the snail's rate of travel. These interest i log facts were ascertained; by some won j der fut experiments at the Florence, ' Italy. Polytechnic Institution in 1S89. j and those inclined to be exact- can now j usc figures to support their arguments. lt was all done iu thi3 way : A half j a dozen of the mollusks were p?rafitted j to crawl between two peints ten feet apart. Fr.nct time was kept from the : start to the finish, and thus the average ?"pace'' was ascertained. Tho experi ! rn enters reduced' their figurc?ioto tables ' of feet, yards, rods, furlongs, etc, and thus found that it would take a suai! . exactly fouitceu days to tr aral a milo. How to Keep Irish Potatoes. The York ville Eoejuirer gives the plan pursued Dr John Gr. Kack, a successful fanner at Blacksburg in keeping Irish potatoes through* She winter,, which is as follows : "As a rule, the ?rish potatoes pre? served in this country are watery and not as good for table use as those which come from the North. This is not on account of the difference in cli? mate, or anything' of Cfoat kind, but th? larrit ie with the common method of preserving. The idea is to prevent such chemical changes as will destroy the etarce. This cnn best be done by the use ?f a cool dark cellar, or an air tight house,, constructed with no pro? vision for ventilation. To get more room, it is a good idea to have tiers of shelving on the inside, one tier twelve or fifteen indies above the ol lier ?m digging the potatoes, put them on these shelves to a depth of about four inches Then keep the door closed? tight during the (fay, and open at night until about the ?rst of Decent ber, when the potatoes may be put in barrels and headeti up. After that, of course the door should remain closed Every week or tvro* it is necessary to go over the potatoes on the shelves and throw out ad* Shat are faulty. If treated iii this way, the potatoes are bowid to be as mealy as could* be desired and the flavor will be delight^. I have sold about eighty bushels of potatoes this winter at a (foliar bushel, aud the purcha? sers consider them in every respect equal to the Northern potatoes." Rattlesnakes. An exchange condensed as follows an interesting article in the local- coK stwns of th? Messenger of several months since: "The Wilmington Messenger of the B8th contains an account oi a rattle? snake plague in Sha43otte township, Brunswick County, about fifty-?ve miles Wilmington. Within the past sixty days three negroes and one white woman have been bitten and killed by these venomous reptiles. Numbers of horses, doga and cattle have also been killed by these snakes, j The reptiles are of very great size.'' Some twelve or fourteen years ago a rattlesnake was killed in bender county measuring, as it was reported by the slayer, eleven feet m length That was probabfy exaggerated. It was sixteen iuch?s-wv circumference. We saw a section that measured four? teen inches months after it was dry. The skin was indeed beautiful. \YThen discovered hts snakeship was doing his best to get away with a two or three months old calf. A friend living in this city, whose veracity we vouch tor, was born iii Brunswick, beyomi tho Cape Fear. He tells us that he killed a rattlesnake when in his teens, about a mile from his father's home, that was, i-mmeuse in size, but was not measured. His father was quite six feet tall. Lifting the sftake by the tail above his own head to the extent o$ his armband the head of the snake reclined*' upon the ground' with' some portion of the In the war the same fr rend saw in Robeson county the rattles ofa snake Me? by the far'rwer at whose house he spent the.uigfit, that curtained twen? ty-one (we believe it was) and they ' measured 1^ inches-across. It was a monster^ ?h? farmer pointed toa grand daughter present anefsaid, she was a small girl and actually stepped on or over the snafce before it was Wiled. . ; tfbrtii Carolina--and1 eipecfaliy this eastern section-leads the continent, in big rattlesnakes as far as beard* Itou*. It leauVju- many other things^ but they will not do to tatk- or?, to a" snake story.-Wilmington Messen? ger - -^r - " A. Match for Cagt. Andrews. Tyler county. West Va., can show a sure-enough lootftDg old vet. Thomas Allen wfcb fought antier Wellington, under Scott.in the Mexican war, and at the a?c of T*2 enlisted in the Confeder? ate army. He feels lite a' you?g^ re? cruit y ev atjhe.age of 103 years. New Office Nfee?ec?. The Legislature ought to have pro? vided for theof?ce of'Whiskey-iaster to ?is Excellency, to be filled hy com petiti'V'e exiaiination-tte ofnee, we mean. The Taster would be filled by sampling, the different brands of whis? key. . . ; . , If the Governor, beside being a gen? tleman and scholar, imot also a judge of good liquor, he is liable to be imposed on when he goes to lay ia a stock for th? State's bar-rooms.-Newberry Ob? server. --mm*>^~*+- Wi - The Farmfcr'fe Garden. . With' the majoritiy of farmers the carden is of very" small consideration, and its entire management is left to the good wife. It consists of a patch of a few rods of ground in seme corser, and usually shadovr?d by some trees. The yi?ld is a' few vegetables-mostly col? lards not sufficient to'support :?e table for a month. The farmerV garden should be large enough-'to'gfoW nctr only- an abundance of vegetables for the family, but al*o small fruits such as strawberries,, 'rasp? berries; blackberries and grapes. This wirree at least one-half an acre of ground. Thiti s h cold-be well located if good returns are expected. The land should be well drained, aud ttie soil a sandy loam. The garden should be longer than it is wide, so as to have long rows in cul? tivation and the mest of thc work done with the horse. You cannot apply too much manure if it is properly worked into the ground Select the best of scsd'and only buy of reliable seedmen. -If sassafras grew only in the tropics it would be on sale i*vo:sr stores. But ailtla to found in all of our old fields, it is not highly prized. A cup of good sassafras tea, the red kind, is a most pleasant beverage at this seasou of the year. , Complicated Relationship the C?use of Suicide. One cf our medical exohaog?s relates the following as z fact: William Hannan, a resident of Titos-. ville, Pa , committed suicide a few days ago frc'ts- a melacholy conviction that he was bis own grandfather. Here is a. singular letter rbat he left; "I married, a widow wno. hatT.a grown-up daughter. My father visited our house very often, J fell in love with roy stepdaughter, and. married her. S> my father becatae my son-in-law and my stepdaughter my mother, because she was my father's. wife. Sometime afterward my wife had a soo;- he was my father's brother-in law and my node, for he .was the broth? er of my stepni-otfVer. My father's wife -i e.. my stepdaughter-had also a SH-; he was-of course, my brother, and* in the meantime my grandchild, for he was the son-of my daughter. My wife was my grandmother, because she was my mother's mother ? was my wife's husband aod grandchild at the same time And as tue husband of a person*? grandmother is his grandfather, I was ruy own grandfather -Scientific Amer icau. Repeal the Law. In view of the fact that no white n?an," as far as *e now remember, has ever been punched for killing a negro, we suggest that the statute against kill** ing negroes be repealed, so far as white men are concerned. We fun lier suggest that instead .of the death, peualty for murder, that a* fine of ?20 be subs'itu?d. We propose, too, that a section be^ added to the criminal law, requiring Circuit aod Supreme Court Judges to-, give convicted white men as many'uew trials as may oe necessary to secures an acquittal.--Abbeville Press- aid Ban? ner. There will be au eclipse of the SUIT April 16rl? Cut flowers are now being brought, from Sau Fraucisco to the east in spee?"T refrigerator cars. Oo a dollar bill a Washington board. of health doctor recently found germs oF three different diseases That may clT so, bot p?op?e will risk tire chances. Australia has recently had the . big?, gest flood since Noah's t?eSi .At and;' near Brisbane 67 inches of rain, fell tu three days. The damages were ?15, 000 000. Montana's solid silver. 4'Statue of Justice,*" for the World's Fair, has?' been cast. It is 5 feet 10 .inches high,, contains 1 600 pounds of silver, and cost ?70,000. .The model of the' statue was Aila Rehan, an actress. The new state of Washington bas passed a cigarette law that gets next tc the skin. It makes it unlawful" to man?-" fae ture, "buy, give away, seH or have ia one's possession cigarettes, or cigarette' paper. The year ?S93" is to be a great cpt ton year, buta poor corn year. This is the prediction of Jeff Welborn, the great Texas farmer.. The., conclusion"', from this is that? you must plant less cotton and more corn. . The. students of Ciecri*o2" CSfrege will wear Confederate gray uniforms,, costing ?23 75- for fatigae and dress stats, which will be adorned with brass buttons, marked C. A. The dress coat will be swallow tail and the fatigue, the regulation United States cat. But the College will not be "a dudefactory *"* Four hundreds pianos piled up io the form of a pyramid and connected to? gether by an electrical controlling device so as to admit of being played stm-^ artsneonsry by one person is mentioned' as an attraction for . tbe World's Fair." It wi**;t?ake Chicago's H vest reporter to_ taae down the notes cf that perform? ance. Physicians at Washington say'they/ believe the ntrmber is greater, but are. quite sure that fifty deaths in that city are directly chargeable to exposure oar inauguration day. Thousands of peo? ple are suffering from colds in varions t stagtes of severity, and there is little doubt; tfcat througboctv the country. tl?er? Have been seve-al hnndred deaths. resulting* from ?be dreadful weather experienced at Washington on March; A young friend of oars in this neigh? borhood went to call on a youag lady io/ Sumter county one night last week." When he reached the river at DuBose's^ bridge h? was disagreeably surprised to find the bridge had* been torn up for re? pairs. Nothing daunted, however, he laid down three- planks and" led his. horse across at the risk of His own and" the animal'a life. He evidently believes, that Vfaiot heart ne'er won fair lady.** -Darlington iJews. Chicago is confronted by a serious^ condition of affairs. The tribute paid'^ to St. Fatrick aroused the patriotic jealousy of the Germans and they insisted' on the . oflfoial municpal re 1 cognition of F5*tiser Wilhelm's day. This has been d?ue and now th? othe? nationalities want holidays. The man who can solve the problem of getting^ five hundred holidays out of a year c?V Cud"employment iu Chicago just af> prcsent - mt . ? . A Leader, . . _ Since its first introduction, Electric Bitters ha* gained rapidly in popular tav-JT, uatii now it is ciear?y in the lead am ng peri? rsedicmal tonk** and alteratives-cont.-tiKin^f nothing wbiofa permits it? use as a he-.vrage or intoxi? cant, it i?.recognized as 'fae be.-t acd purest medicine for all ailments of v toma^h. Liver or Kidneys.- It will cure &ck HVad::che, In??ges tiun, Con?tipati?c> iSf?- 4*'Ve,Malaria from the system. .Sati??Hiti..n guaranteed with eaca bottle or thc m-mc-y will be refuuded. Price only tOc. per bottle. Sold by J. F, W. De, Loree. ?.-.-.--? 2 A full stock of Trial Justice blarjks kept ba " band at this office. - mm ? ? ? ? -mm*-- ? Buckieu'B Aruica Salve, _ ? ^ The Best Salve in the world for*C.uij Bruxsea . Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sorea, 'fetter, .. Chapped Hands Chilblains, Coras, aod all ri t?kin Eruptions, and positively cores Piles, or ,, no pay required, lt is guaranteed to give per- _? feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Pricey 25cents per box. For sale by J. F. W. De Lorme. Fecdir.g a torte, or children w ho wantboDd- *" ing up. should take BROWN'S LROA BITTERS. .It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria. Tndfc' . z&iian, ?iiiou?ucss and Liver Coi?i>?aiut?, i _ ?_ -- Wmm - j Ripant Tabules eire t.b^l?;^s. f j - litiKins Tal?ulcs.:iurJiv4r:^?j0??^ \