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CAUSES FOR THANKFULNESS. For all that Go?t iu mercy sends; For health and children, home and friends. For comfort in the time of need. For every kindly word and deed. For happy thoughts and holy talk. For guidance iu our daily walk? For everything give thanks! For beauty In this world of ours. For verdant grass and lovely floworl For song of birds, for hum of bees For the refreshing summer breeze. For hili and plain, for >tr"amsauu wood, For the great ocean's mighty flood? For everything give thanks! For the sweet 3leep that comes at uight, For the returning morning's light. For the bright sun that shines on high, For the stars glittering in the sky, For these an l everything wo .-on, O Lord ! eur hearts we lift to Then? For everything give thanks! ?Etlen Isabella Tuppcr. Miss Barbara's Lover. A i ll STOSIY. ' SHALL!" ; jn There was wrath BJ hi Miss Barbara's "E touos and deter^.^"slg j.K luiuatiou iu her ^ ^ cou'honunce. ' 7 didn't make this !'-ir 'ou hir the benefit of the V,'^ neighbors' hens, and I will kill oue if T can. -Just see that?and that!" Her iinhguaut linger inilieated the tomatoes lying in red ruins at her feet, then the ragged eoru that rose forlornly further on. The currant bushes were still stirring where the last marauder hud scuttled through. Sylvia suddenly smiled. "Auntie, it's a fowl theft," she said. "It is?ami, as I can't stop it by fair means, I'll try fowl," responded Mis-i M.irhirt, grimly, beginning with restrained vi ;ur to gather up the Hecked t<.mattes and .'ay tuem ou the wrape tivl!:-. **\:v y pr.j ire 1 to go to law, uuut ie V ! -..n r.'d 1.> i* > invl! ? my side ot t i_? .'once. <"> > into your em'ur >; dory, S/.v su--you'ro oi no US' a - :l SOlll"' OV >\V." she w.ivi. L her trowel martially, mi l Sylvia tie ', in laughing hast Tlx -ileueo that is vocal witU lords and in-octs a hi rustling leaves settle.! over the' gar leu, where Miss Barbara's energetic figure Initio detiaueo to the ih rmouiet- r. Charles Dudley Warner ouct.1 spout a summer in a gar.leu, an 1 has re:n irke 1 in consequence that he likes neighbors and likes chickens, but he does not think they ought to " ? *> . a v.. tell. Mtss Barbara agreed with Lira warfuly. She cnduied much bofore informing her genial, easy-going neighbor of the mischief his hens wrought daily iu her garden. She had endured more since the complaint, if complaint it could bo called, had proved a failure, an.l neither faith, hope nor charity remained to soothe li>T soul. Suddenly an inquiring " .tick" str i'k her ear with the etl'oet of in t leetrie battery. It came from the other ?t ?? the fence. A yellow feathered kail pnuru led through the iv i.els, the r md, unwinking eyes o: u Li:u suneye I the premises, auothor fieri-:: a *'cluck"' sounded, and the lo !y follow -1 the hoa.l. Miss .15 -r. tr.'i cautious!* arose, her exnrosejoii full of :? tried :ir??. ( tn?oU-.;: us of impending evil th" u.v-i iers u . .<! 1 their way through until a i.ir . in I cheerful company h a-i a-- -in' . I. In pleasant expectuucy they iiii-.r d around the huleu ton.ah) via- Su blenly tiutl with Vengeful r *e a missile descended into their v.ry midst. >Si|iiawkiug wi! 11 y. t.:.-startled h-.-ns .scuttle.1 into th irr ii.". -.sues, nn o-r the tomato * jil .n'.s, union. the i-ji'n. A puns-, fji-j i il t ? ? . . nkitivo ?tea tloek folio . .!. '..a "i'? an utter uuother ca itioii iy aim-go I and presently or iv.;u* i t?-var I tho totn-itv vines. Aguiu Ai.-^ "lirbatu seized oa vonjg> aiiee and the stove wood. Stick after of it tlew, like a kind of ii i:!, teika t upon the tomatoes if not uj in tie- : > as. Miss Barbara whs not unaware f t e facts :n lite case, hut ft ,i:r mid Mot kill it was a relief to 11 . I;jl- all hioioU.s old hell *.* .4,1. ?. 4 w. I-M. i \ ?H -? in 111nc'i"?< i -.;ii-_r. ! t!;u ?! .;>o walk, over j tl. ! r t !. iij? : j riio ?lour <:i<- j fiiiiv I 11. !i-n hi: I sititul her In .?. ft.-.; r ns t tl q ; j I uiMiy ur t\ !" u- r in>rvor -i . lit.i ; <!.. r?. > :t ti i*.{?>:t tiio it :!. t :: . . < ::: r I; tsi: ;v .iti I !> - I j. i :i r : :h ?t!i :i-i'.nl* : . ? i iii hi! 1 o. ..? . : .. < i;ion, con. 1 *. I. li. * :. ' I' ? : 'iiiI ? I i- r.iy . im ; ITii ; ...,V ?ji tii . . . . ; ?r:. -.1 . it . i. v. " i i.. \ > i iii . . i:v.- 1 iv .. U: i:i":.11 c i. 4,\\ .. rti. ; ; ; .. a tit m -V ' !. - 111 : . r .v v.- .; . , W th. 1 / ii,.i. i:i . . : i hi; i us t ...\ ' ?:i S*. . .. "in j .v .a p ;> 11 ? w'.iisp r- .1. nt. ' t . I : > nr..; ;t ntiivri ..la r. "i. t - t ; t v.V. i - . a !l! i' t c i iitr . . . .'.I. i i ..;*??? t.j t i. ' . V. i : < r.u ti- . t . i . :i I'*. i ? ? . i \ EVERY BIRD '^ accident with nn inscrutable couuteI nauce. lie was a calm, keen-eyed rutin, , whoso resolute orders hoou cleared | the house of superfluous attendants, j liis attentions were received with itj hv hi* lintinnt. until tin liolil an otlroous substance near the injured face and said gently: "I want to help you--T am a doctor ? it's nil right." Tho dull eyes wavered au instant on bin face. "Is it? I thought it wasn't?I hope you know"?with tbis murmured, respouse tho refractory patient submitted to the touch of the skillful uauds. "History repeats itself, Fordkam." The speaker, u serene-faced mau of imposing presence, advanced leisurely into the private ollioe of a well-known lawyer in Bombay. "So I have heard, ' said tho latter, j i glancing up with a smile of welcome. | rim visitor settled leisurely into a | seat, win ro he received the beneticencc l of tuo punkah swung from the ceiling. ' I Moth men wore full suits of white : ) iisicu, that, despite tho unutterable , h at, retained their fresh crispnoss. j ".M trrying and giving in marriage ? th>' world keeps on in the same old j way," said Fmmett, comfortably. : "iuis has been borne iu upon mo since t.'ie arrival of the American mail yesterday." "Vou had news from vour brother !" 1 "1 believe so ! I hiive just grown accustomed to tho pleasing certainty ; that all the words in his letters will bo j spelled according to the dictionary ; : possibly you can comprehend the shock I experienced yesterday on I reading in his own handwriting that 1 j he is engaged to lie married." j "1 congratulate you, Eiaiuett, on tho acquisition to your family? j probably your example recommended this step to j'our youthful brother as j eminently desirable. Let us see?he , I must be about twenty-five now?" "Possibly?by tho aimauac, but to I my recollection bo is still a bidder for ! tips and spankings. Tho next mail ! will bring out her picture and his, and ! j these, with tho course of events, may j I compass my comprehension of his ' ' present legal age. I shall reply on j j your assistance, For d ham. Tho most charming girl in tho world, you know." "Of course"?an answering smile j ; sparkled over Fordham's dark face. i | "Knowing that you had honored the | State of the wooden nutmeg by being ; born there," continued Krair.ett. "I | | thought it barely possible that yon j might kuow soiuethiug of the family j >; this young lady, and I shall bo glad ! <d any information you may bo able to impart, provided your fee is reason* j . able." "I believe it is one of your maxims, ' my friend, that time equals mouey? ii is a period of s-venteeu years, more or less, that you desire me to cover. I j will undertake the case for 10 oJ rupees down." "Done! You recollect that I always \ pay in brass. Well, the name of this ' young la ly who will soon lmva the i mood fortune to become my relative is j Nutting?Miss Sylvia Nutting?and j : she resides at present in the town of ; Drumpton, county of Drown, State of Connecticut, U. S. A. Do any of these co ,nomens e uiso the chords of j , meiuory to vibrate :u your patriotic breast?" "Yes," said the lawyer, laving his 1 p-ui e ird'ully across its raca, "1 had a ?IU go friend of the imo oi Nutting, i; v. (i f.vo or three years older than i : 1 v yotsrj r. As i.:, ho? was iir ton, this young I lady 1.1 probably his daughter," "I ': ;>> thai will prove to bo the on > . ' s".! iMni'iett. lie procec-.iod t > . .par: ;iie iii>ri.i .:i >n given by h: '.. / :U'V upon ti: subject, winch r v. ; I . ; ! doubt liio identify of . i.i IV . all; r u:ia r ur I* i"1.' <- ?.! .r.'-u i. i v,i! 1 i;.: : tt.> t iie Irst moil. i .:iif i," .?:*t ill i i:u ;:i"i , iu cji:- j it was fiit n; tin- ordinary I'otu v. ?!?>? ?)> in1 ! >' i ? in "t, : r i int. Ai i i: tin; )i.' i iIt's ol' : . iimntor no was waihI iriug about i. <"i? i:ii v on fiii' o. t..w.-; .Military . -;man Irnuns :i uii i t > cti v, m i irij?]11.*11* 11 If ji.is-, titroilii . ; .lit.-; t n> i ui J'r.t ill t ?:i. It w.i . it y ? .j?>; r th ro a lift day. l'?.. . ! * . * * iVi r ;. I u sin l.'h oi' f !l luilcs ' r , an i, ii ij'j ilia ( tf l> -hold a . i::i i ;ni f'_? li. i:;. Ira'it in a yard l> t^s.iif, in* -1111 i nly It it ?'i#:itliir.'t. Wit lio it r .4 r I t i ! 11;, ho pro-* < i I lf .var.i-. ' ! 1. , K it 1. 1. y.T IC.h! it. ' ' ! i' * I 1 I i '1. IA ll l.-.O Off I. . \i i. i ! i. ii.a- !. . T r ' ir th.* a -mi r I : is !, ad ; . " . I..' in ii n:\? I < ^ w d? iC* Jl .? w ..U.4 k ?'4 4 , ?3= HAS HIS HAT. ^ i . y from tho woodshed, Miss Sylvia came on the scene inquiring: 'Did you hit one. auntie? I hope it's that old rooster.' And then Tom saw tirowc*rkn and all the stars. He was half senseless ? they thought he was a crazy man. Well, they called in a doctor, and he kept tho boy a prisoner there for six weeks?ho and Miss Sylvia, and the result, you see, is a sister-in-law." "A charming result, I uavo no doubt," said Fordhain. "It's a striking story." They left the office together and entered tho lawyer's gharry that stood waiting in the street. Tall aud stately white buildings cast welcome shadows along the wide thoroughfare, aud in the arcades of t'ueir lower I floors were heaped jewels, silverwork, wrought brass, silks and shawls. The I squatting merchants guarded their treasures with sleepy-looking, Keen I eyes as they patieutly waited for customers. Crowds of shoppers, idlers, coolies and water carriers tilled the street, and the tropical sunlight brought out th > glowing richness of brilliant-lined brocades an 1 silken shawls, the dazzle of white garments, t hrt KH 1.1 ti f k'.ii ?>>? of lii'nn'i > . 1 - aud ctust>- i 'ttlo public hue cer; ?>r cubs, < irt ? led with bright beep colors an-1 'vf.? i by brisk littio bullocks, roiled constantly by. Humpbacked cows strolled placidly arnou^ the throngs, and a pet ram with gilded horns accompanied its Brahmin master. Presently the gharry turned into a narrow side street where luscious fruits were heaped up in rieh-hued pil es tbut freighted the air with spice and perfume. Dusty roads appeared when the business portion of the city was left behind, and they rolled the palm-fringed roads of Malabar hill, the residouce district of the wealthy foreigners. At the entrance to his bungalow Einmett alighted and Fordham rolled on toward his own home. It was not far, aud he was soon enjoying the renovating effect of a bath. He replaced his white garments with a negligee of India silk and became accessible to his little daughter, a lovely child with pale little lace like a flower. She had been motherless for a year. He took her on his knee and drew out the little story of her day; then ho told her fairy tales?dainty fancies, exquisite jesting that older aud less intimate listeners would have been amazed to hear from the Uoeu-tongued I ? Tl.?? i b lltil., - l. Ktwjci. xucii mt) in LIU uuu a ii} Ail cuuiu to carry her tu bad. Miss Barbara was walking slowly homeward through the dusk. Faded leaves dropped softly about her and the mellow air was smoky with bonI tires. These Indiau summer days heralded the approach of Tiianksgiv1 ing, but the remembrance gave her uo pleasure. For some reason?she attribute! it to Sylvia's recent romuuee ?her thoughts persistently reverted to a long-gone Thanksgiving Day that had begun for her with huppineis and ended with sorrow. On that Thanksgiving had arisen th > never-settled quarrel that had parted her arid her young lover. He had gone immediately abroad an I hastily married there. Not until then did Miss Barbara dismiss the man he had accouuted his rival. Their worl I had held her blameworthy in the affair ? perhaps she had held herself so. Certainly life had looked darker to h r in those days than it looked now. She went slowly up the steps of h< r pleasant home. Fur within a girii-h vote : sang happily ami the rooms were cheery wit a mei! ..v lamp-!! Hit tlic.t rev del Hi-iBiri...ra n lifting mi.-.tr -s . >. the iov. iy old house. Sa idenly Sylvia's held gleaiuc I in a distant ho -way. '"There's a 1?.tt r for you, auntie," lie ealh l oit.y ; .Un. a pe i.-r 100ktiling ? 1 i :i i it oil t.n* j>. mo." It was a f< r< . . n-1 > > .lug letter, and l?oro truces <>;' u long journey. Miss IS.it ' 15'ii ?-\ i ii . 1 toe /-ti l ir : ruri Wii -u she earn .iii. - '< 11?- r to <i .r ro. :t :u <:.! n : .t -r ii-r luco !.>u., i'il pale. I /.-hi iii t ;ori;< .1 <l< -r t l ; !l. \? 111 >iU< I. . Mil* it ii )'.>.! t> '"t-.lil it. V? itit ilolib. r .'c I r<- > io opeiiO'l 11: envelop.\ i" i-oii! t:I lunut liiiii -ii? i Is written i?v -r mi :i < ! '.ir, u.mlv h in l. Siio .-on. iit i-.-'t'nirlicrtliy ti?r t ho si^n.iti; ?v, nil'I r --ni tins leuno t li.tt h i ! oiico 1> -on .i-r to her. A -tr; r:-^ -, i.uniiiiir loo!; it \\uiv. M;u.-u wits written h-twoeu tin.- iin- s of i..-- Lory In- tol l 1>: u-.ly. J if ii.i i ic t liis i. .t ive l iM-i hot with pilssi >ij i 1 ti: --rustrt /. th ir i/io.?u i--i.':i lent. Shortly .. i r li.s arriv 'i la ! i. ha a report of )u r in >rrist.* h - r< i tiioJ ii:'.i, and, !. 110.11 > t i 1:iii- tl*U' of It, hi jeial i o 11 r t t an! hastily mnrriod the fly hut m hio.v -i . lighter of an ... i ' i i J * *' i * . ti.? re. Darin -. t i.- ye i .one . ho lilt-1 ...veil l'? ?: i.. e ;i -; , leitaM of : ? v i. , .'i . lie i. hurt;.' Iii -.ii it ii 1 i "... . art: .? ; .1 Iro i h' _v.?. .'.o ..i. a _ *tv?. !? . Jul oJ 'his child in words that brought tears to the reader's eyes and then he turned passionately to the old days, and questioned her of the future. The letter fell from her Angers. She felt as ouo must feci with the earth rocking under foot. Was the old love dead in her heart ? dead like the imother of his child? Sho thought of that gtavo under the Iudiau'palms, and a feeling rose slow and strong out of her heart. No?his part in her life had ended years before. She did not hold herself blameless, but 3he had suffered onoe; she had no wish to suf- ! fer again. She could not change the ; pleasant, settled boundaries of her j life. Toward him and toward that lit- I tie cmlu ot his her thoughts would ever go kindly?but hisjpnrt in her life wus over. She sent her answer before she slept; and life went on as if it had not paused. On the eveniug beforo Thauksgiviug Sylvia went ear- j ly to choir practice, and Miss Barbara I sat down to read the city paper, which f had just arrived. A glowing tiro j snapped in the grate, half a dozen car- j nations scented the air, and Ophelia, I the cat, purred lazily at intervals, j Outside a round full moon shone high j i:i the sky, and the frosty ground : sparkled iu its radiance. "Fire ! tire ! tiro ("shouted a voice in i ' the street. Miss Barbara rushed to the j window ; before she reached it the do- j moniac shriek of the lire whistle, pro- 1 longed aud awful, smote upou her , i ears. Thou came the sound of ruu- ' uiug feet. Snatching up a shawl, she : hastily locked the door and joined in J a wild race toward the swelling mur- ; inurs that rose turuultuously iu the i j air. .She was soon in the midst of tho ' ' excitement, but paused iu the outskirts of the crowd. It was a barn that j | was burning, and it stood out against , - the smoke-blackened sky a glowing j ; mass of triumphant tire. There was ' | no longer hope of saving it, though \ i the hose still played upon it. The j ; rescued horses stamped and neighed, ] iho tirernen shouted hoarse orders, i ! dogs barked a a 1 a babv cried. Sud- i deal}* there arose a cry: "Look cul! ' ! Look out! 1 One of the frightened animals had ; sprung loose and charged wildly for- i ward. Miss liar barn felt herself j snatched up and borne persistently I through the shrieking crowd into a 7"?orred street white with moonlight. Iter tor made no motion . > : ' ?so , her, :.-i !, startled nut I auuovi i, s 10 tir.:;*d l.-r gazo fall upon bin; t uo ; next instant her breath stopped, her I face turned white. She was gazing into the face of the man she once loved I ?the man whoso letter she had lately answered. A llock of girls ran laugh- i 1 iug and calling into the street. *'Let 1 me go?there are people about?you must let mo go," she whispered sharp- I ' Iv. llis arms dropped from her waist, j but he walked close to her side. She moved away towards the further edge ] j of the walk. I "Barbara?" A loose board shot suddenly down j under his feet?the other end went up, | Miss Barbara went down. Sho tried to rise, but fell back helplessly. Ford- j j ham dropped on his knees beside her, i speaking passionately. "I am not hurt," she said, her lijoa I white and set, "it is only my foot?I ' am afraid I must have a carriage." Mauy weeks elapsed before Miss Bar- j ! bara was able to walk again. During ! those weeks Fordham received her let- ! ter, which had been forwarded from j Bombay, lie had been too wise to i await it there. Emmett had smiled | genially as ho changed the address ; upon that letter. He had always , known that more of Ford ham's heart ; lay in the crib of his child than iu the j grave ot his wife, but ha i not before I divined that his own communications j , concerning "United States bouds," us j j he wouid have phrased it, were responI sible for his friend's sudden journey | across the seas. Fordham laid tho let, ter unopened iu Miss Barbara's lap. , lie knew the answer it contained, but j the writer had verbally admitted that with only ono foot to go upon she j fouud it impossible to escape from j fate. ; An AII-BoiiikI Thanksgiving Dinner. I Bronco Pete?"Whar's th'turkey ?" j Alkali Ike?"I set him outside to j cool, an' th' cat et him." I Bror.co Pete ? "Whar's the cat?" Alkali Per?"A cayoto et him." Bronco Pete ? "Whar's th' euyoto?" j Alkali Ike?"Th* greyhound et | i Bronco Pete ? "Whar's th' greyhound ?" Alkali Ike?"An Tnjun et him." Bronco Bete ? "Whar's th' Injun!" Alkali Ike?"A gr.//.ly et him." . lirouco LVU:? "Wiiiir'd tb'grixziy ?" Alkali llto? "Out tb ir." i l5roiic.? I't.'to ? 'AV.ia!, we'll have t.tt cat t!.' griu/.ly, Ik ; but 1 hato 1 i :o ti?" l-.Mviii's uv a TirmUsgiviug turkey!;:. ih it."?H irijer's IJu^ar. \ N t Wail. Ti * W.\ 1 N . at ! i-t j i till i v . . Til-- ?i_r ?t vvir t . ><- ?r- .?1 ! - ; M.\ I! r i- : ... . , J: wait . v i. I N :??' r's _ Wlion i I lankMlvir.g'n far a I< at-:. i'- ; :u? I Xk.it ; ua v.'i.i >> I - .\!. r . Anliiupation. -?1 | . r? Dnb.trTurk y?"*-T' . v.\ .-.!<> i-r i'.? i - viu M ..mi '! : y ?, : y o r; 1m; if tv 'r . \v w..1 w.'.v <j ^ u ij' a. 1... ?J U j J, I % ROTATION OR CROPS. I ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM ; IN COTTON CUIiTUitG. Valuable Suggestions Tor Southern Farmers by Professor Mnssey, of the North Carolina Experiment Station. IT has been said that tho nature of the cotton crop forbids its bein;j h'rowa in a regular farm rotation as is practiced amou? f*ood fanners in sections where tho tuoney crops are fjrain and stock. The utter fallacy of the notion that this can be tho ease with any anuual crop has been repeatedly shown from the ex perieace of those who have broken ' away from the old time methods of j cotton growing, ami have shown that ; cotton tits as well into an improving rotation of crops as any other of our hoed crops. It is true thu: its use iu a rotation necessitates a rather louger | rotation than where there is but one j hoed crop in the rotation, for where | cotton is grown th"re corn must ul- ! ways of necessity lie grown r .o, and j to properly locate two hoed crops in a rotation, so that both can have a fair chance for success, involves a | lengthening of the series of crops. This is a matter of no disadvantage, [ however, as it gives more diversity 10 the farming, an 1 opens up more oo? portuuitie.s for the j routable keepiug of stoc'.c ou the cotton farm. We : would lay it down as a rule that no progressive farmer in the South should disregard, tiiit two clean cultivated crops should never follow each other in successive seasons on the [ same land, unless a leguminous crop can bo gotten iu between them. We wii! suppose tint the farmer in the coast plain, the true cotton belt, will adopt for his crops cottou, corn and winter oats. Now, the true i lea in a rotation of crops is to so manage > l.-c o ... l ( ... ^ ...? tiio large-t amount of the money crop, i colt on, per acre, while steadily i*i(Ti-iiair t th ' fertility of his soil. Ifo will bin ly the art of lining '.nill/.cr-. so 11; 1. 110 can g.'f i?y means of the r datum he uses, not otilv without c.i.,;-, hut at an actual pro'tt, the most expensive . >f a i:; r * grade for- ! to.- :: t. gen. ? .i ?li whoa pur oh ..-e t is t iarkv e-.-ts more , than tar. o tii ies per d-::. what the pol.t-h aud pho-piiorio acid cost. If iio farms without such a well-devised ; rotation, in tho oil oas crop plan, ho must buy the nitrogen, ami must thus ha handicapped in growing cotton in competition with a neighbor, who farms while ho plants, with the a.Me I cost in the crop of the nitrogen hiR neighbor makes a profit ?n getting j from the air while ho pays a heavy price for it on the market. It is easy ! to see then that while his neighbor : may timl a margin of profit in the cot- i ton crop, he may at the same price lose mouey in the culture, au.i not only lo:-:e money on the crop, but liud that h'.s lanil is growing poorer anil poorer at the same time. Anil this is to-ilav the condition of the great mass of cotton growers of the South At- j lantic cotton country. Now let us 1 assume that the farmer is going to get out of this destructive system,or rather lack of any system, and that ho , is going to grow something else h i- ( sides cotton. Aud he is not going to j do this because of some misty notion 1 that he has that he should diversify ' his erotis. and ?rrnw snnin other thin / besides cotton, just in the same way thut be has been growing cotton, but that Lo has determined to use these other crops as a means towards ! the development of his land for the more profitable culture of cotton. Ho is not going to grow a lot of corn this year fo as to bo able to say that he has grown enough to last fur several years while ha grows cotton, but he is going to use these extra crops as unv business man would use the stock he has tor sale?to help pay his expenses. tie will get ri 1 forever of the idea that his cotton is the ouly ! thing to get money out of, but will turn all his surplus of any kind into money, and thus tend toward the making of the cotton crop a surplus crop for profit. The change from a plantation which has been run for years in the sin.de crop of cotton until it will only bring cotton by the application of a complete fertilizer, to a farm where a variety oi crops are grown in a systematic manner, cannot be done ' all at once unless the o wner has a surplus c isk capita'. Ilut it can be done gradually by any man of industry and , per.-j veraucc. The one thing which our people lmal to learn is tho value of concentration ?u ?firming, and to realize that a :<.v, acres heavily '.?:* tiJized and well cultivated will give ,i . i i ; nil. ii, I il'TiMi/i'r, ho v. !"> h r > < .: i;sv?* ill> practice will br >p otf about hulf tha in*, i r.-:mlly on'.; v?.t..- ::i the t\#iton croj? ami its t>u tbu remain lot nil i:i l? r: i; " is' - no Mti.stutii.: t t.? ii < :s liu \viiu:u, i. v.iii haw a ; r to : v>iv i\. ir money ti:-:'. t: i < a the v.:;,. , 1' .. !a t-\jr i <io-o "I e! <\v;i! ;.ot only i-i'i :t ! .t . r m> <>:' iiii- *-1 ;i 2 >i <->. 'i.'.', will a i >i > iieip i:i t'.io ?;.?/ ::oli 11? ? rotation \vu ; ro|.u-?'. W'r ..'ill .suppose tnal lie ilovs > >, : t: ! ;u An:;:ist, on l::s well c u 111 v 1111 t ami I acres lie i-uivh ail a'lio! ins notion ceil of crimson > i i-?\? r a*, rata jf fifteen poll nils jicr i i r.-, i.ki'l it' by any moans lie can atr i to bay a / h'.iijiirc>l po.tmls of aoiil is. : );i?.1 niitiisii lor atop b.r- i j j]io clover .?? tins tall 1m i 1 :! i . t in toil flirt hi r alien !. nti?l '.'.i.-y Wi'I be it:V?* .eil Wot r: It will pay a botti r percentage than in haul: : city. Wo will ita.siinio thitt bo < . . i. ant' -loch I > '.to t j to .1 "1 i.. s i .i'.aiii* at: , to ii'ii* ; ,i ittaiiiirii 1- 1< 3*011 the i i , . IgriiUtltrs, ILo cldt'tif \ ..I * giva Lin:, if treated as wo suggest, a flue crop of hay iu Aprii or May, whieh ho will of course save for stook feeding. He eau theu plow tUe atubblo at onco aud sow the cow peas broadcast, and as soon as well filled with mature pods turn in the hogu, for vou will surely want to raise pork as a matter of food aud profit iu farming, aud the hogs will use the peas as profitably as they can be used iu any othor way. After the hogs have reveled and growu fat on the poa?, take them off to finish on corn and plow the land for winter oat using on th9 oats about 400 pounds per aero of tho Reid phosphate aud potash mixed?say 000 pounds of aeid phosphate to 100 of muriato of potash, tho previous crops of peas nud clover having put an abundance of ammonia in the soil, and paid for the doing of it in fattening the hogs, so that you are now saved the cost in the fertilizer. The chances are that you will at once get a heavy crop of oats. As hoou i\s the oats are otY sow uuotber crop of peas on the broken stubble to bo cut later for hay, an 1 in August all among the peas sow crimson clover again, to be pastured in the fall and winter after the pea vine hay is saved, aud kept closely pastured whenever tho weather will permit until time to prepare it for tho cotton crop. Bjr this time there will bo a little excess of nitrogen lor the cotton crop, and the potash and acid phosphate should be used to balance tho ration for the cotton and to in?ure again a good stand of clover in the cottou. In August all among the cotton sow crimson clover again, and in the win- * ter haul all the home-made manure ou the clover, and in early spring, as soon as the clover is in bloom, mow it for hay and at once plow the land for corn, and do not be afraid to put tho plow point down deep if your subsoil is clay. Cultivate th * corn well, but A shallow aud do not hill it. After tho last working sow crimson clover seed again, to be cut for bay the following spring an I to he followed by peas for cow hay, an i theu to be put in orV der for oats in the fall and thin repe at the rotation :roui year to year. i>p tho time von have gotten around jfo -< the cotton on rive second rotation yen will lind that you can prow the crop without buying any feriilizerp, uuil thereafter if you add a fui- s-npply of ncitl ph".?'iv: r.ml potash t?> your peas an . <\ov . 1 lime the soil when it come- i ; < on can keep up the ; soil to u hi.,u -v.i.j of productiveness of the sale crops without direct lertilizatiou, and if you feed all the forage grown, you will have enough home-made manure to cover the corn field every year. Then when you find that your soil is improving fast, do not be tempted to put it all in cotton, but stick to your test and keep up the laud. W. F. Masse Y. PROCLAMATION ISSUED ' POSTPONING Til K SESSION OF T1IK (IKXKKAI, ASS K3111LY. Gov. Kvans in Accordance With the Ordinance Adapted !>y the fonstit ut lonal ('on vent Ion Postpones the .Session of the LcgisJa! ore. rile eon -titutii uml convention having ratified tin1 ordinance authorizing the governor to postpone tin; regular session of tho legislature from tbo fourth Tuesday i:i November to tbo second Tuesday in January. (Jovornor Kvans lets accordingly issued tbo following proclamation, announcing tbe ] ostpom niontt -vjt Whereas, the people of South Carolina. in constitutional convention assembled, have 1 y ordinance postponed the next regular -.. --ion of tbe geueral as.s? inbly until tbe s.-cou 1 Tuesday in January, A. 1>. IsdG. Now, therefore, 1", .Tobu (?arv Evans, governor of South Carolina, as re.jnircdby said ordinance,do proclaim that tb" regular session of the general assembly of South Carolina is postponed from the fourth Tuesday iu November, \. i> 1 >am! re.piired to convene in the capitol in regular session at noon on the second Tuesday in January :ie\t, A 1> lM'.Ml. J.din llarv Evans, ^ Governor. <;OOI> FOK THE i!()AHS. Fewer Kail road, in Ktuu overs' II.tin's than Slnee IS.S7. N ' f !. mi';.-, rami niugtiifit* I.. .. . < ! >r V.- ' 11 l*e Tl . . a; ; il.l I e . - . in ttie -.in. ' i e. i;. ! I. I. ' ... nlli - tVom .1 :: .(> - r i. i- iv.-1;. \: . ir : . 1 - v - i lit. a t r i ' ".'in. T-j.l e.' hi.. i*, an- a;. i \v t t rn I >i m.s in that p"ri'?l. n ! ... tie (i, . ,-i am i ant, tl; -St. .1. .'|.!i hi I < ' . ; !- e. !. -lit t; . :!111 ? ;iti l t I i.UU.i .1 . s;u.a.. itii.n, laiirlil er..| T.y I fluiru" 1 to 'II iillit of 1W'll -I. '!. t'lii'U J'u ill . ;l v.a- >iilr-.tleil. W? III into . I' ! 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