THOUGHTS FOR THE MONTH
BOMB 8E\M>v\ltl.i: sn.OKSTIO* PROM
mau AUTHORITY.
Wlml Work Ihc UUINI Farmer* Should Do III
the Mon Iii or A ugual? An Interesting Article
Prom nu Intelligent Writer.
(W. L. Joco? in the Auguet '.Cuttiviiior.")
To one who ia not a routluo farmer,
nico question? uro sometimes sprung
this month touching thc intuiagcniont
of :i cotton nop. As untie "laving
by" is completed by tho last of July,
but should heavy, compacting rains
follow close un tho heel ot the last
plowing, and hot dry weather sots 111.
is it helter to plow again Ol' not, and
how late in thc season may plowing be
advantageously continued? No in
dexible rule on theso points can bc
laid down-one nm-! decide according
to circumstances. In he land is fresh,
or thc soil tilled with humus, so thal il
is friable and loose, plowing may bc
stopped earlier than wheio opposite
conditions prevail. If thc soil ls dis
posed lo run together and bake, plow
ing should continue as late us it can be
without breaking oil* limbs and bolls
too bailie One lui row in each m id
ilio, using a very wide scrape and a
very short singled cc, is all that is
needed, ll is hardly necessary to add
that thc plow should run as shallow
as possible, j 1181 deep enough to break
a single root.
Another circumstance to bc consid
ered is thc state or condition of thc
crop tor the time being - it it ha - been
growing .-lowly au.i steadily up to the
time in question, a light plowing may
not accelerate growth so much a- to
induce shedding; but it growth has
been suspended by dry, hoi weather
and copious rain-falls, there is danger
of a second growth set ti ny in so rapid
ly as lo make tho plant throw oil' its
fruit? Plowing would accelerate tho
second growth, and might do harm
instead of good, lt would I e well i:i
such case as to delay it awhile until
aller thc impulse yivcu thc plant by
the rains had somewhat expended
itself, [ffrcqticnl rains continue, no
farther plowing of course is advisable,
bul if a "good season" Olllv occurs,
followed by dry weat lier, i he plows
may bc advantageously started, say a
WCOk after the rain: forby thal time
thc effects ol'thc rain will be well-nigh
over : and plowing will only prolong
a steady continuous growth. Lot it
bo borne in mind that a sudden start
ing or a sudden checking of growth
arc both very objectionable after conon
begins io fruit. Ono inusl consider,
therefore, thc condition of his crop,
thc character of his soil and thc kim
of weather prevailing, and regulate
his COUI'SQ accordingly.
The "topping" ot colton is anothci
point Mhich conies up just now. Il
done it must be before thc middle Ol
August, for the object of topping is to
divert thc forces of thc plaid from
weed-making to fruit-making, and
alter tho middle of August, lhere are
only fifIcon or twenty days in which
fruit thai will mature before frost can
form; not many blooms aller thc ll rsl
of September cnn ordinarily bo count
ed on. If tho plant has about ceased
growing-, topping of course cati do no
good-it will simply bo labor thrown
away. If, on the contrarv, weed i
being rapidly formed, lopping may dc
some good by checking new growl I
(which now cnn add nothing to thi
yield) and diverting thc forces of tia
plant into fruit-making. At time-- wt
have seen topping produce decided I j
good results- at oilier times nom
whatever. Herc, as everywhere
farming call-; for keen, discriminai nu
judgment. To do what is boat Ulldci
ovor-varying, shifting conditions de
manda intellect ol' thc hig!. i ordoi
and most thoroughly trained. In tin
olden time, when reliance was hm
upon tho natural fertility ol the soi!
removing competition by keeping
down weeds and grass wa- the clliel
business <d' thc larmer, and he w in
could manage labor best and got Ila
most work done was the moat success
ful. Exocutivo talent was the greni
desideratum. Of course ibis wil
always be an important factor ii
farming", but now with worn, exhaust
cd soils, destitute of humus, runnim.
together and baking aller ovory rail
-the feeding of plants, thc preserva
tion of soils from washing and tin
.securing- of linc tilth, call for mud
more thought. Agriculture now i- ;
very different thing from what it wa
in this country lilly voa 1*8 ago. ll is ll
much more difilcilll arl- oin* lind
makes brains greatly paramount ti
mere labor.
in thc olden timo fodder-pulling wa
a prominent teat uro in tho work ol
this month, more so than at present,
partly because more corn was planted
than now , and partly because fodder
was tho almost exclusive dependence
for long forage for horses and mules.
Other kinds of forage have .supplanted
it moro or ?C88, but it si ill holds a high
place in thc estimation of Southern
formers, and deservedly so. Well
cured, it is very lino feed, but [f nurdy
it is execrable. Considering tho ri-k
of weather, lt is bettor to cut off the
tops above the ears ami cine them in
shocks. Tops can bc cured success
fully in weal her (hat fodder would
spoil in. For some years wo have
adopted the plan of going over the
corn and stripping all tho blades
below the car. These are the first to
dry up and cati be taken off some days
in advance of cutting tho tops. Some
art is requisito to shock up thc top- so
they wil| not blow over. They must
bc spread out all around the bottom to
braco up well, but no) onough lo adroit
rain, and also give air access to thc
center ol'the shock. They must all bo
settled on the ground before they arc
(?cd. A ropo With loop in tho end is
drawn tightly around thc middle, ami
then a band of grass or any convenient
substance placed securely around thc
shock just above thc top . After this
another band is placed near tho top.
Pllt up green the leaves w ill speedily
wilt ana droop down so as to shed
rain. Thc mass will quickly -brink
enough to permit free ventilation, und,
except in very long spells of wei
weather, tho whole will ClU'O well and
may remain for weeks in tho field.
Ot course it is always better, however,
to house Ol' slack linage as soon after
it is cured ns cnn bc conveniently done.
At thc North thc whole stalk is eui
tiown and cured as above, but their
corn has smaller stalks than ours.
Our tops correspond to tho whole
stalks ol'their corn, if these tops aro
passed through n cutter and arc
sprinkled with a little meal limy will
bo eaten up very clean by stock. If
fed alone, especially If not cut up,
somo of flu- largest portion of thc stein
ia apt to bo left.
Preparation fornuhuun crops should
now oo vigorously pressed, turnips
should bo sown by tho end of thc
month, and all tho grasses and somo
of tho grains will cnll fOrsccding early
pcxt month. No time, Ihoreforo, is to
bo lost. ' AriftllgO business so that]
plows and lau rows may start promptly
alter every raia. Most of thc seeds to
be sown are sandi, and call for a very
lindy pulverized soil. Deep breaking
and ?inc surface tilth arc thc desiderata
so far as mechanical preparation goes.
Thc plow, the roller, the harrow, fol
lowii ir each other in the order named,
will do the work. With Ibo modern
improvements in pulverizing harrows,
there is little ditliculty in bringing
land into thc host condition, even when
starting with il rough. For grass and
clover-especially grass-tho land
should he made vcrv rich. If the
supply ol' manure is limited, it ls better
io pul ?I all on a small area and sow
only that, lt is time, labor and seed
wasted to -ow on poor land. One
acre of good grass i> worth ten of that
which ls poor and hardly able lo main
tain Itself in thc struggle for existence.
On ordinary land apply not less than
thirty two-horse wagon loads el yard
manure to start with. If you got a
good st:.nd you can help out this
quantity by top-dressing next spring
with commercial fertilizer.-. Tho
manure should bc well mixed with
thc surface .-oil hy harrowing. Never
plow it nuder deep. Whether for
grass proper, ? lover or lucent, a good
application of barnyard manure is the
best foundation io build on ; commer
cial fertilizers answer a good purpose
afterward?.
lu relation to grass culture, thc
cotton bell may bc conveniently
divided into two scellons--? northern
ands Hilborn half. North, say of par
allel thirty-three degrees of latitude,
red and white clover, together with
orchard and herds grass, grow admir
ably and should he most Widely -own.
Smith of that linc Hie annual clover, as
the burr and the crimson, together
with au annual winter grass Uko the
"rescue" (Festuca), can bo moro cer
tainly relied on. Lucent will do well
in h th sections. Wo are speaking
now broadly-there are other plant'
that may succeed wt ll anti answer ?
good purpose in both tho section!
named. The tall meadow oat grass
will grow all over the cotton bell
better in thc northern then in Ila
southern half, but moderately well ii
tho latter on rich sandy loams. Tim
olby docs well on thc valley land ii
Ibo northern section. Span.sh clove;
(Richnrdsonia) is a valuable plan! foi
thc < . alf horders, perhaps superior ti
any of the true ( lovers lor that rc lon
There is ample material from which ti
choose, ami an abundance ol' land
1 nothing stands in thc way of gras
1 culture hut habit, and lo some CXtCtl
' a lack of appreciation of the value o
j grasses and clovers. Everything tba
cheapens ?he maintenance of worl
-loci, lessons thc cost of production
and everything that cheapens prodllC
timi increases tho net profits from th
. farm. Now whilst it costs some thin;
in thc way of manure, labor and sod
' to gel a field of grass, ii must he ?re
membered that such a Held will viol
crops of hay and sonic grazing lo
many years and if the first outlay i
1 divided by thc number of years, th
annual expenso, SO to speak, will b
very .-mall. 1 ?tit grass culture con
un nds Itself not only because it is tb
cheapest means of keeping stock, bu
' because it is thc best restorative au
preservativo of our worn, humus OJ
han-led lands. If corn and foddc
' could bo raised at exactly Ibo sam
1 cost as hay and oat-, tho latter ai
greatly IO bo preferred in view i
their beneficial eftcc\s on land. Lai n
? cr- hohl this idea and practice it in tl
seeding down of land to small grain
they say Ibo land needs sowing llOWl
; Hut tho resl from the plow in that cai
; lasts for ono year only ; grass prow in
extends it through many years. Ora!
depends mainly on winier rains whit
rarely fall; corn cannot bc made wltl
j oui summer rains and these often fal
Our Into policy is lo concentr?te coi
J culturo on land specially adapted i
j. that crop, manure highly and cultiva
with harrow and plow exclusively, f
' as to reduce cosl lo a minimum, au
theil utilize hillsides, rocky knolls ail
' such localities as aro not adoptod i
. clean culture, by seeding them dow
to grasses and small grains.
On former occasions wo have urge
'f tho sowing of rye lots for supplyii
green feed in thc early spring. -Not!
?mr jv reliable: rich laud, good see
j and carly sowing arc just as certain I
bringa full supply of early grcr
1 forage ns spring succeeds winter. Tl
richer thc land thc more tia; rye wi
bo relished by slock. This is impo
tani because ryo is not as much relish)
by animals as some oilier plants, bi
' its nuaiit} can bc greatly improved I.
sowing on rich or nighty manure
. land. It is somewhat disposed
become woody aa it gets older, but
ric!) soil by promoting rapid growl I
obviates this--il will grow highonoiuj
to cut before woody tibor has limo
dovolop. tove the rye patch prcc
dence over all others-begin ?ts prep
radon at once-break and roll nil
harrow and incorporate manure w ii
surface soil. Have everything read
lo sow tho seed by Hie 101 li ol ne:
month. Sow Southern raised sect
and preferably thal grown ncarc
your locality. Western rye will in
answer. Seed from Virginia, east <
(he mountains, does very well. So
one and a halt to two bushels por ncr
Thc nearer thc barn the patch can I
located tho belier: if it cannot I
near thc barn, let it be adjacent to
farm road so that il may be easy |
reach with a wagon. In eveivthin
have an eye 'o economizing labor.
lt is too late now to plant forn?
corn; the worm will cat and desire
thc hud: possibly carly amber cat
would mature sufficiently before fro
to make good forage. We sowed
last year on Ibo 11th of duly and
matured seed. It can be tait whe
thc seed is in thc dough. Corina
millet and Hungarian gras? may sti
be BOWI1, however, and on rich lan
will make good yields. Cow poi
may also be sown for forage. Tl
pea grows more rapidly in thc latte
than it does in tho early summer,
provision has not already been mad
for an ample supply of forage, at
prompt Iv and got in some of thc?
crops. Do nof Iel tho opprobrium <
buying Western ami Northern ha
I'OSl any lougOMipon the South. Sonn
thing may be done a little later in tl
season in thc way of hay of crnbgl'Oi
and ol her kinds Which grow spoi
laneoitsly. The mistakes iisuall
made with these is to cut them to
late. Crabgrass mown just alter it
in full bloom and properly euro
makes a very excellent article of liaj
Remember Hint during fall ard wintoi
when thc teams aro not very busj
they can bc kept almost entirely o
hay, and the grain ration reduced t
ono feed a day.
Turnips should be sown during till
month-the rutabagas and Aberdeen
during tho earl V part ; Dutch and re
top towards tho last of tho monti
Mako tho land vciy rich, bring lt int
tho finost tilth, cover seod very light)
and "linn" tho ground; these uro thc
conditions of success. 'For greens,
sow tho seventop-it will stund otu
coldest wintors-othor kinds have tc
bc dug and pm in hunks or collars?
Let neighborhood (dubs now conn
together ?nul have barbecues. (<ivt
tho social side ol our natures an oppor
tanity of expanding. The oxaollntj
douinuds of hts crop havo heretoion
kept tho farmer too busy and too close
ly tit home for him to enjoy much tin
society of his friends. This is till
greatest delect in farm lifo; let ui
counteract its dwarfing, nurrowitif
tendency whenever we can. Mee
together as often ns possible, compart
notes, swap experiences, discuss till
public welfare ot'tho county and State
Do not bo frightened by tiie bugaboi
cry of politics ; farmers havens mud
righi to polities as anybody else. Wh;
should they not lix up slates as well ll
city people or anybody else? By til
means take politics out of the hands C
the sell-seekers.
IIOItHIUM-; OKED.
UcMCcratlou ul" n Urave nml Mutilation ol'
Corpse.
M r. John C. llutnphrk 8, of 1 hirhtunvill
Aiken, S. C., writes io tho Aiken liccortU
giving an account ol an outrage perp?trait
on tho night of July SMtb at th?' cometoi
of Moimi Hermon Baptist Church, in Lc
ington count v. Thc church i- in Aikt
count)', m ar Ihuiscy's Bridge OU the Nor!
Edisto River, bul the cemetery ison tl
opp..vii,, side of tho river. A young mt
mimed Tillman, 1!. Williams., { exceptio
ally good character and well connecte
died .-e\en months ago and was decent
burie l. On the 24th of July thc gra
bore thc evidence of having been de
crated, and relatives of tho dead m
hud tho grave opened, the body remov
and an autopsy held, when it was nsC(
lui net I that thc ches! of thc corpse had lu
cut open from just above the navel lo t
clavicle or collar bone, thu knife mugil
centrally through thc sternum, milking
incision more than twelve inches lon
The heart lltld 'icen removed mid thc hail
deprived of their I In un hs. Thc affair 1
eauseil much excitement lu thc ueighbi
booti.
A s-.M VIJL W VII CI.OI I).
Tho President lo bo tulliorl'/.cd io Ilene*.*. I
Doiiiattd Tor t 'titling.
WASIIIXOTON, August 8.- Thc Hoi
Committee on Foreign Affairs, at a call
meeting to-day. took up and COUSidci
the rca dutton introduced by Represen
lives Belmont, ("raine and Lanham In rx
lion to the Cutting case, and olso thc c
respondence on thc subject furnished
thc Secretary of state. Representa!
Lanham appeared in person before
committee in support of his resolut!
and finally thc following preamble ?
resolutions, drawn up by Repr?sent?t
Crait.e. were adopted;
"Whereas A. K. Culling, till Amci'ii
cilb.CIl, is wrongfully deprived of hi . lii?i
by the Mexican officials nt I'aso del No
in the republic ot Mexico; anti whci
thc Mexican govcrninciil refuses to role
said Cutting upon the demand of thc P
(dent of the United States; and whereas
government of Mexico alleged as a rea
tor its rcfu.-al lo comply with such dcm
tlial said Cutting is guilty of violntin
Mexican law upon American soil;
whereas tho House of Ucprcscutath
while appreciating tho disposition silt
by ibo government of Mexieo lo carry
it- inti : national obligations, CHU nev er
sent to the dodi inc Hint tho citizens of
United Stile- may be prosecuted i
foreign country for nets done wholly u
American soil; therefore, licit
"Jienoleetl, That the House id Re
son tat I ves approves of tho action of
President ol ?lie Ulli!? d Staii - in demain
Hie release of said A. K. ('utting.
"Jiemlrctl, That tho President of
United Slab s bc and he is hereby rei pu
to renew thc demand for thc release of
A. K Cutting."
The resolutions wera unauimoi
adopted and laid before tho linus?
Chairman liohiiont to day, and humed
action requested,
\\ lui.* Tit re is Lifo There is Hope
Many ol' tho (llscascsof this sea
of the year cnn bc averted by a sn
ainounl of caro and al linio cost,
tho timely USO ol I'.WI?ANK'S TO
CINCHONA < !OHI>IAI"
li eme-; Dinri'litea, Dyscntory, Cl
era Morbus ami liku complaints.
traveler should bo without a bottle
il will prc voil I any disenso that wc
no doubl arise from the chango
waler, food and climate, without
USC. Tho most valua.de incdieiiu
the world, contains all ibo bosl
mo-! curativo properties of all ot
Tonics, Ritters, Otc, CtC, being
greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Rog
tor and Lite and llcalth-Rcsloi
Agent in existence. l'or Mala
Fever and Ague, ('hills and Fe
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick lb
a<die, Xervou- Headache, Ch rt
Rheumatism, etc., Otc, ?I is trill
Herculean Remedy. It give- new
and vigor to lue aged. For lilllie
doliente health, weak and sickly i
dren, nursing mothers. See cil'CII
wrapped with bottle.
ClIARI.KSTON, S.C., Sept. 1, 188
H. H. KVVIIANK, Kso., Presiden
The Topaz Cinchona Cordial I
Spartauburg, S. C. : Dear Sir-Ll
used u case < f your Topaz Cordi;
Illy family, and as a Tonic and A]
lizcr I cnn cheerfully recommend 1
all who arc Butlering from Deb
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especially, havo been muon Delicti
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Why IN III
When your are driving a nail, and
your thumb instead of ino nail, mid
then go jumping and hopping and w
lng around thc room in tho wildest coi
Hons of agony, ami slinging your hat
if you were trying to hurl oh* tho lacci
thumb, some one is -inc to ask you '
hurts;'' and while you know the int]
arises from a sympathetic nature, st
wild, passionate, earliest, soulful, loin,
insatiate desire to he perverse ri
through your bosom, and you can't rc|
tho tantalizing Inclination lo say; "H
don't hurt a bit, but jusl at this very
mont, I was seized with au uncontrol
desire to learn a new slip in dancing.'
is wrong to make such a reply, but m
(heh- - it is human nature to do so.
To Ciel Hld of Misery,
What is the usc of suffering from
pepsin, nervous prostration Or debi
Wlion Brown's Iron Hitlers vdll tone
ii]) and cast these horrors out? Tile
joy in every bottle of this valliablo t<
ll malu s had blood good, and Iuds
mal people bo cheerful, lt bring? j
cheer to tho dinner table, mid make:
family happy. It drivus away tho b
ami helps you to enjoy ft hearty In
And all tito respectable druggists kee
It is seldom thal, n man is sullieii
color blind to Ito aldo not to toll a g
hack when he sccs lt.
<; I.M .Ii \ I. NB WH I IT MN.
l'nel? of lui,-..-nt (Jnthrred from Varloua
Uunrtrm.
A Bohemian family in Chicago cat dog's
I lesli.
The total visible supply of cotton for thc
world is 1,483,010 l?ales.
Hoar sprung a Moody shirt discussion hi
tho Senate Thursday.
Specials from all over Alabama show un
expected victories for Independents.
The elections in France resulted In a
complete victory for the Republicans.
Handbills demanding home rulcare being
circulated throughout Wales.
The operatives In 42 factories nt Broclon,
Mass., struck Saturday.
The New Orleans 7'?//<f.v-/,><,i/ifl< mr thinks
tho postal noto is a failure and a fraud.
Virginia has raised more liny Ibis year
than tor any of the preceding forty of her
existence.
At Oakland, 111., thc mercury at one
time last Thursday registered 112 degrees
in the shade.
William Hooper it Son, of Baltimore,
have made an assignment. Estimated
assets ?.".!!!?.?)!)!).
Mr. and Mrs. Van Honten, of Watscs
sing, N. V., were poisoned recently from
eating c anned lobster.
David Davis was not worth thc six or
eight millions he was credited with. It has
been ollieially given at $850,000.
J, C. Dobhius, a train shifter, was torn
literally to pieces hy a freight train at Cen
tral. Thursday.
The ground was covered to the depth of
1 J inches yesterday at Mount Washington,
\. H., with snow.
Thc four story brick Mock, comprising
Nos. HO, 1 IS and 120 South Dutaw street,
Ihdtimore, was humed last Thursday.
In the anarchist trials nt Chicago, yes
terday, the defence oponed their case,
Mayor Harrison being one of their wit
nesses.
The Sibley Mills' operatives nt Augusta
returned to work to-day. The situa
tion at the Augusta factory remains un
changed.
By special order of Governor Ireland, of
Texas, thc parties concerned in delivering
Arrcsurcs to tho Mexican authorities have
been arrested.
The Governor of New Foundlnnd says:
"I have reason to believe that the report ol
starvation in Labrador is absolutely un
true."
Two French Buh-oiUccrs of the army.
Stationed at Algiers, fought a duel with
sabres. Tho head of one of thc combat
ants was cleft lu twain.
There is said lo be another great boom in
Alaban... coal lands. Active life prevails
in the vicinity of Birmingham ami through
out the Black Warrior belt.
The proprietors ol factories in Westpha
j lia and Rhenish Prussia ure dismissing
,. workmen by wholesale, owing to the ter
rible depression in trade.
ii In New Albany, Ind., on July 2?, Prof.
y J. (!. Strunk shot Dr. C. h. Hoover, ii
prominent druggist, and his son Charlot
Hoover -domestic difficulties.
Thc people <>f Texas have established H
Confed?ralo Home in Austin, which they
"' propose to make a model resting place foi
!j the heroes of the Lost Cause.
bhllcrprislng South Carolina editors ari
i liegin?dnir, to admit that wisdom tl iii not
die with Calhoun, McDufllc and Waddell.
' Tin'world moves.-An ff lin tn Chronicle.
n At tiie ti ?al of the Chicago dynamiters n
carload of the explosives used by the an
nj arcill?is ns well as the bloodstained clothes
a of the murdered polit einen were exhibited
?i to the jury.
In Louisville, on July 27, John Koehler,
a jealous husband, shot John Carter, a
ie counterfeiter, through the heart and Potci
g lloupb, a bricklayer, through tho right eye.
In a icient autograph letter to n New
Yolk man, Jefferson Davis says: "I am
loo old to quarrel, too old to boast. The
'' man ol' sense in his old age likes to be let
almie."
v Gov, Ireland's letter addressed to Score
(. tars Bayard is approved all over Texas,
and has had the effect of intensifying thc
war spirit by affording it a quasi authority
for its existence.
II Careful Republicans concede that the
I next Douse w ill be Democratic by a re
iluced majority. Don Cameron admits that
.. the next Senate may be Democratic or pain
fully i h.se politically.
M isqllitocs are so thick at resorts on the
f; coast along Barncgat Hay that city people
s are compelled to return home, Thc walls
I ot every house are literally black with the
. insects, and tho people endure almost un
bearable torture.
s
Tin aggregate appropriation made by
j thc regular appropriation bills passed at
tub session ot Congress (excluding the for
' litlcations hill) is $805,000,000, which ls
'' $45,000,000 in excess of the appropriations
* made by the bills passed last session.
T In Cincinnati, Wednesday, a little l>oy,
? bar. heath d and barefooted, reeling with
? liquor, bUiggcrcd before thc merchants
along Hace street, flourishing a revolver.
0 He tired nt a gentleman w ho attempted to
1 disarm him.
0 II is estimated thal British capital Invest
1 cd in the United States amounts to $175,
. li$IS,585. This money is in mortgages, cal
s Ile, land, mines and manufactures. Some
investments pay from 12J to ;i per cent.
Some pay nothing.
Seventy acres ol land north of Binning
f ham. Ala., wert! recently sold nt Hie rate
% of $100 per ai re. As the saint: land was
, purchased live years ago at about $r)0 per
I acre, an idea ol the increase in the vnlue of
property in that rising district cnn bc ob
} tallied.
? Thc Adjutant Gent ral of Texas received
nt Austin applications for permission to
j raise volunteer regiments in case of war
willi Mexico. He also received informa
timi that thc Mexicans are reinforcing the
garrison at Ll Paso del Norie, l ucie Sam
s has only one company at Kl Paso in charge
5 of Fort Bliss.
Lither Senators Hampton and Butler ure
wrong in voting practically against the
Morrison r^solution or the whole South
Carolina delegation in the House, Includ
ing .Messrs. I Icm phill anti Dargan, have
I blundered, Ilcmphill mid Dargan beard
! from the people at homo, no doubt. Hamil
ton and Butler may hear later on,-vi ugutw
Chronicle.
< At Ibu kiley's bar room, Rome, Ga., is
1 ntl old rusty pistol, which was dug out of
l the ground by Mr. Aycock a few days ago,
r but whence it came is a mystery. Thc tintes
i of the patent nre battered, bul as near ns
i an he made out read "May 12,1757." The
j place w here the pistol Is touched off ls nt
4 thc bottom, but thc mst hos oaten olT most
i of the w orks. Ono like it has never before
bet II seen in this generation.
Th? debt stntement, issued Thursday,
t shows the decrease of the public debt dur
lng the month of July to be $0,040,108.85;
cash in treasury, $484,580,008: gold certi
ficates outstanding, $74,71H,517; silver cor
ll Hon tea outstanding, $87,5(14,04-L certifi
cates of deposit outstanding, $ii), 105,000;
legal tenders outstanding. $340,788; frac
tional currency (not including nniount estl
1 mated ns lost or destroyed), $?1,058,721.52.
1 While Rohblns's circus wns on the way
from Manor to Sag Harbor, L, I., ria thc
? Long Island Railroad, a largo elephant In a
' car with two camels attacked the latter,
1 killing them botlp Thp keeper, who at
tempted to quiet the elephant, was driven
from tho car, narrowly escaping with lils
life. The noise made by thc elephant ex
cited thc lions and tigers to such an extent
that they attempted to break out of their
cages, anti a terrible uproar prevailed for
some time.
BR IC-A-DH AC
A plauc Issue-A shaving.
Thc fishery question-Got a bite?
Moves in the beat society-Tho fan.
A bride's made-By tho clergyman.
' Having a great ruu-Perspiration.
Thc Associated Press-A lover's squeeze.
Mental gymnastics-Jumping to a con
elusion.
Pugilists arc the only men who really
make money by striking.
"Whenever a musician gets a bright
thought he mnkes a note of it.
No bald-headed men are enlisted now.
It aggravates the Indians.
Dentist-made teeth go well with a false
set-oh voice.
A bang is something to a door-especial
ly when it is on a pretty girl.
Fashionable people do not seem to bo able
to hear scandal and not repeat it.
A few weeks more and the tide of travel
will lie from Instead of to thc resorts.
Civil service reform was a Republican
web which caught the Democratic Hy.
Chicago bus a population of 005,000 of
which only 104,000 ure native Americans.
You can't tell by the size of a woman's
mouth how many bair pins it will hold.
Mrs. Cleveland is said to bave n remark
able memory for mimes as well as for faces.
A woman bales to pass a pretty lannie!
in a store window, hut she is always w illing
to go buy it.
A student of human nature says anything
cnn be sharpened. Put a lead pencil in a
woman's band, and sec.
A man may refuse to bc a friend to a
principal in a duel because Ito desires to bc
second to no man in tbe country.
Man proposes and the girl makes Inquiry
as to his pecuniary value, and then glvc8 an
answer.
Tbe Hy is not much of an astronomer,
but if there is a cream jug within his orbit
he will lind out nil about tho milky way.
As prohibition begins to prohibit in At
lanta tho domC8tiC wine business shows
signs of beginning to boom in th it city.
The most important on thc Hst of booka
to be taken to the mountains for the sum
mer ls the pocket book. Don't forget that.
The economical man is never happier
than w hen he discovers a tobacconist's ? hop
in which he can buy a ten cents l igar for
live cents.
Oregon pays a bounty of two cents for
every squirrel killed, and'ono man recently
was paid for 125,000 squirrel tails w hich he
had collected.
There is ii crazy man in B?llalo who
Imagines ho is an umpire. And there are
lots of base ball players wie? imagine their
umpire is a crazy niau.
Beware of the young man who writes
love letters with a type writer. They may
bo dictated, and if be dictates before mar
riage be will boss afterward.
An Obi?, factory tums out 57,000,000
matches A day, and yet many a mail has
barked his shins ou a rocking chair because
i he didn't have one of them.
1 The enforcement of prohibition laws in
Rhode Island has produced a marked effect
i on Newport. No sea serpent has been
noticed around there this summer.
A new drug has been extract'd from
hops, which is said to i>c a combination of
morphine, cocoa!no ami atropine. Beer
contains plenty of the new drug.
A writer says that a woman is a silent
power in the land. To this a cynical old
bachelor editor responds: "That it w ill he
news to thousands of husbands."
Ages will come and go; but woman will
not be perfectly happy until she cnn have
eyes attached to her shoulders, so that she
may look up ami criticise her own hac k
hair.
Thc Del Rio (Tex.) Dot is edited hy a
young lady. She remarks: ".Man pro
poses, but il 80metlinCS takes a great deal
of encouragement to get him to t?o so."
A writer on woman's rights says: "Never
scold your husband before supper, I'm
him to his purgation on a full stomach."
But suppose he doesn't provide the supper?
A gifted poet writes: "The devjl arose
from his little bcd. and washed his face
and combed his bead. " We hope not to be
considered profane if wc ask when in hell
he got bis water?
One of the pcimaneiit mysteries to a
.student of human nature is why those little
girls who tight so bard against being kissed
al copenhagen play the game at all. They
don't have lo.
Diu you ever feel that deep, inner, subtle
sensation of the whole being as though thc
whole world hud flopped up ami hit you on
the bead, which creeps over a mau whin
he stops on a place that isn't there?
As u drug clerk, the female is not a bril
liant success. When you wink nt her
across a soda fountain, she doesn't know
whether lo put a little balm of Gilead in
ymir soda, or hang ber head and blush.
Wiggins, the Canadian weather prophet,
has prophesied a storm for September 'Jil,
which will be the worst in ten years. If it
will blow Wiggins to the north polo it will
l?c welcomed by a grateful continent.
An exchange thinks thal the Chinese
way of removing dandruff with sandpaper
is the most effectual. Perhaps it ls, but
HM* common North American Indian lias a
plan, though quito abrupt, which is said to
l?c reasonably sure.
Sinn Jones says: "There is something
wrong when a preacher gets $-|U0 ?mil a
pitcher if."),ooo." The Boston Jratueript
explains: "But Sam should renumber
thnt thc f?.OOO pitcher has a much better
delivery than the $400 preacher."
"With nil thy false I love thee still,"
snid the newly-married man to his spouse
when viewing the mysteries of her toilet
"With all thy faults I love the still," gni<]
the owner ol' a whisky still. "With all
thy faults I 1 OVO thee still," said the niau
who was mated to a garrulous woman.
"With nil thy vaults | |0VQ thee .till," said
a wife to the leaping noroonaut.
Publicity is money. This lins come to
lie recognized by shrewd business men as
an acknowledged fact. Competition issi,
keen, and we live in such busy times, that
a man's best hope for success really rests lu
the judicious presentation of tim merits of
his wares. If a merchant, manufacturer
or mechanic has a genuine meritorious arti
(?le for sale lt will always pay to let his
ncighlKirs know it,
Land near Birmingham, Alabama, sold
recently fur fUR) im aero, lt was pur
chased five yearn ago for $al) nu acre, A
half-nem in the City of Birmingham sold
for $?7.000. Ten years ago lt was worth
little or nothing. The Manufacturer'$ lice
ord says:
Manufacturing has mndc lt valuable and
ls steadily increasing its valli?, The land
owners ure grow ing rich, thc farmers lind
a good home market for nil their fruits,
vegetables, noullry, etc., and everybody in
and Around Birmingham |a ppVspcr'lng
Chattanooga an (e|| HIP mme lalo, ami so
can AniiWlor), Roanoke and other plan
This ls thc result of manufacturing ami
this manufacturing has been dovelopcd
through the influence of a protective tariff.
Marshal Boykin, of South Carolina, bas
bren contirnied.
THRESHING M
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In nee -waste* no ?ruin; rif ?in il resily fur ninrkM.
THRESHING ENGINES '?USSH?
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_ A. B. FARQUHAR,
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Most of tho diseases " Moll evflllct mankind aro
idly mused by adlsordored condition of tho LIVER.
For ?ll complaint* of this kind.mell a? Torpidity ol
tho Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Iniiurr-s
?on, Irregularity ->f tho Bowels, Con-tip.itlon. Flatu.
lonoy, Kruetationa "i"' Buming of tho Stomach
(sometimos called Heartburn), Minamia. Mnlnrin,
Bloody Flut, ?'hill? ntnl Porer, Breakbone flsvev,
Bshaustion li?fore <>r nftor Fevers, Chronic Dl?r
rhooa, I"** ol Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath,
Irregularities Inaldontal lo Females, Bearing-down
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It changes tho complexion from n winy, rollow
Ungo, to n riidilv, hoall hy color. It entirely removes
lo?, gloomy ?pirlta. lt i* ono of th? BEST AL
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thia very critical period In a
woman's lite can he avoided.
A distinguished physician, who
passed tia- Kr?ntest portion of
Iiis life (foity-foiir years) in
this 1.ranch of practice, left t<?
childbearing woman this price
less lenney and IlfC'HRVUl? OP"
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are thousands nf the best wo
men in our land who, having
used this wendel fol remedy
liefere confinement, ilse ni? and
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ing us for placing this prepara
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would like to thank the pro
prietors on her knees for bring
ing il to her notice, as in a prc
vior.-. confinement she 1 ad two
docto:-, and they were com
pelled to use chloforui, Instru
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ahnest death: hut this time she
used "MOTHERS' FRIEND,'*
and her labor was short, quick
and almost like Uta gio. Now
why should a woman suiter
when she can avoid if.' We enn
prove all wc claiui by living
ttUneases, and anyone interest
ed eau call, or have their hus
bands do so, at ?mr office, ami
BOO thc oilginal letters, which
we cannot publish.
This remedy is one about which we eau
not publish certificates, hut it is a most
wonderful liniment to be used after tho
Ural two or three mont hs.
Send for our treat iso on tho Health and
Happiness of Woman, mailed free, which
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