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Improving POT Soils.

Many examples arr given in the
last reports OF the Uited States ag-
riculturai bureau ~ t1nfe-frnovation
of worn and appasntly worthless
soils, and the increaI OF fertility Of
fresh but unpromisis lands. Fields
that have been cult lted exhaustive
ly for twenty AM even for forty
years have been re5red to original
productiveness, notify guanos and
superphosphates, atb60 and $50 per
ton, but by lnexsnsive local re-
sources, the cheapes and most relia-
bic of which is fouf in clovering.
In one case in Butld County, Pa, a
section of thin, GRIZZLY land, on
which it was thouat no one could
secure a decent liylg, came into the
possession Of Gernn immigrants at
nominal rates. Thy cleared off the
brush, plowed, cusSated, turned un-
der GREEN crops; ssea, every ihrtil-
izing material aHlsble; never du-
plicated a crop inige or six years
rotation; and tbattra,t is now q
garden and from forthlessness has
advanced to the Hue of 500 per
acre and is yearlSbecoming more
productive. Thes( owners in some
cases have raised ad educated fami-
lies, live comfortaE ride in carri-
ages, and have Dney at interest.
In other instancesn which the aid
of clover has be invoked, swine
feeding in the cloY fields have been
a valuable meaSpf soil improve
ment. In the Sob region which
many Northern yters assume most
enormously to besSlsssd- grass
culture, and whicb southern farmers
have strangely n@cted as a meat
producing section obvious reasons,
a new era is daSng, and clover
and orchard gr$s are in mauy
places found to be purces OF lmme-
date and heavy pits, aud of great
ly increased Iertifnpln large lands
Of more torrid ttfSature theA:g
pea performs quIly aud inexpen-
sively the work anaellorahon as
signed to red clSr IN hrgillaceous
soils. 1t is a lht literally worth
millions to thesouth, possibly as
good an ammon gathsIy1r. 1. Us clover;
perhaps equallys goo.aF7f tattenlng
SWINE and groMg,, witsgrsster ia
oility in poore soils. vssti-
CATION present promin0w three
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courage, and which shows neither

courage, and which shows neither
trust in God nor man. MIR. U. a.
Hill, who left his widow and children
to take care of themselves, presents,
in the letter we publish, only one OF
ten thousand just such cases. There
is deep love for wife and offspring
and certain trust in Divine Provi-
dence, but there is no Christian faith
and no saving strength, and hence
the iend that inspires the knife, 1ne
bullet and the poison, becomes mas
ter of soul and body. Surely there
is in the forum Of human laws, In the
capacity of medical skill, in the press
and in the pulpit, some better rene
dy than suicide to be pointed out tor
all human ills. In the common TEL
lowship of our race and in what is
good and beautiful around US, surely
some medicine can be found capable
Of miniatering to the mind diseased
and of staying the hand of the many
who seek their own lives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1875-09-23

Says the Scientific american "If
mooquitos or other bloodsuckers in
fest our sleeping rooms at night. we
uncork bottle Of the oil Of penny
royal, and these animals leave in
great haste. nor will they return 20
long as the air in the room is loaded!
with the fumes of thatpromatic herb.
II rats enter the cellar, = little pow
d;ered potash, thrown inNheir holes
or mixed with meal and sc,ttered in
their runways, never fails b drive
them away. Cayenne peppee> will
keep the buttery and store-roonlf fee
rom ants and cockroacnes. M a
mouse makes IN entrance into an.
part OF your dwellings, saturate ray
with cayenne, in solution; and stuff j
into the hole, which can then be re
D ,iired with either wood or mortar
No rat or mouse will eat that rag 70
the purpose of opening communica
ton with a depot Of Supplies.
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From the Coust,tutioualist.
FTUN Ute Observation-Disclosures.
The Maine EleCtiOn--PrOgreSS Of
the Revolution.

Mr.. Speaker Blaine is the most
personally popular man in the Re-
publican pay as he is its most
prominent candidate for President.
The Democrats like him, and when
censuring him for some Of his unjust
ruling in helping through partisan
measures in Congress, they always
insisted that he was forced by the
party lash. Blaine is a citizen of
Maine. He is, of course, very pop
ular at home, and with his candi-
dacy for President in view he made
great effort in the canvass just
closed to carry his State by the usu-
al majority.
But he signally failed. In 1872
Grant carried Maine by 1886. In
1878 the Republicans elected tlleir
candidate for Governor by IL ,24S
over the Democratic and Indepen-
dent nominees on a very light vote
and last year carried the State by
1897. The returns indicate that
they have just carried the State by
less than 4,5O0 majority, a loss since
the election Of Grant OF over 81 900,
and loss during the last year of
nearly 1000.
The Democrats have not been in
favor there since 1852, twenty-three
years ago. After the election in Mas
sachusetts last year it was thought
that if the Democrats could carry
that State if they could carry
anything. But Maine is undoubted-
ly the hardest of all to change. 1t
is an out of the way country-an
old-fashioned people, deeply welded
to prejudices, and nothing else under
the sun could disgust and turn them
out of their regular channel of voting
except the course of the Radical par
ty since the war.
To make the popular current plain,
we give summary of the votes Of
the State during the past seven years
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Fron, the n. y. Express.
Strange Suicides.

The suicides OF the times are be-
yond all precedent, and usually ac-
counted for on account of business de-
pressions, and some of these records
are sad indeed. But here is cas
so extraordinary as to make it an e2-
ception to AL rules, and what is re-
markable it comes from two young
girls Of only II and Is, and from So
Der New England:
Two village maidens, IA and Is,
schoolmates and friends, retired to-
gether and after eating plentifully of
nuts and candy, took morphine with
view to ending their unhappy ex-
istence. One Of them died, but the
other, not having taken sufficient
dose recovered. They deliberately
ii their plans for dying together,
and left requests that they have but
one funeral, naming the minister to
oficiate and four young friends to act
as bearers, two named by each being
the same persons and two different,
being six in all. They also left afec-
tionate messages to their parents, the
widowed mother of one living in a
neighboring town, and the father and
mother of the other being absent
from home on a Summer trip.
They had spent their vacation TO-
gether in the village of Belchcrtown,
Mas, rather gaily, atten ling dances
and associating freely with boys Of
their own age; latterly they had be-
come interested in the Methodist
pray r-meet,ngs, and asked to be bap,
tized. Nettie Barrett, the girl that
died, left letter to a boyish lover,
in which she declared how much she
loved him, gave him ring land prom
ised to watch over his future. In a
letter to he. mother she asked that
another RI be given to Edgar
him and coeS never have been his
wife. The otAer girl wrote no love
messages but Slid iN letter to heI
parents that there we've stories about
her which were not true. The only
provocaion known is derived from
the statement of Nettie that her un'
Gle had been scolding her for being
out evenings, and had told her that
folks were talking about her, and the
fact that Frances, the other girl, hac
gone to the Methodist meetings IL
violation Of her fathers commands
and he was expected home the mex
day. The further statement is made
that both girls were addicted to read
ing novels and romances.
This is a peculiar case and one very
difficult to analyze; but thus to leav,
children alone at the age of even l:
or Is is not wise, and shows that lacl
Of discipline, if not of interest, whicl
no father or mother can well excuse
Where .here is no discipline ther'
can be neither health Of body or
mind. Silly novels, vivid fancies
and false sentiment will be apt to d
all the bad work of which they ar
cl;,able.
= But the notable suicides o. the da.
are OF very different class-mt
from 80 to rs or more, discourage
8 in business, grieved at their losses
t 3ishearrened about the future, an
: hpeless of anything better.
:. is not an easy thing to- reason o
r argte with such people. We can on
= ly ply that, terrible infrmity whic
mean aliloss ol-.hope, all absence {
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To the Baptist Churches On or Near
the C. and c. II. X.

DEAR BRETHREN Desiring "a better
country" than South Carolina, went
and labored three years as pastor of the
Corinth, Doak's Creek, Bethesda, Thomas
town, Conway and Carthage Baptist
Churches, Mississippi and, being con-
vinced, from personal observation, that
the land OF "El Dorado was still beyond,
and that Mississippi was not the better
country" desired, | returned to my native
South Carolina, where sleep the long slum.
Der Of death the bones oi father, mother,
brother and sisters. l lett in Mississippi
wide, destitute and interesting field Of
labor. Failing health was the principal
Cause of my leaving the want Of an ade-
quate support was another reason.
l say to my brethren in the ministry, il
you are Doing only tO!erably well in South
Carolina, stag 1rhere you are !
Ny health, by the Lords blessing. is
restored, and am ready to work in the
Masters vineyard | propose 10 locate in
Grecnville to educate my children, and
want churche; TO preach to, accessible by
railroad. Ii desired, could locate in the
midst Of two or more ch6rches and)vlsit
my family in Grceny.lle, or locate them
with. Inc, provided there be good school
IN that 10 ality.
Please consider my proposition, hreth-
r~n, phd ldslress me at 2arjetta, G*'cnt
vile bounty, S. e.
Fraternaliy, I. D. GwYS;
PSI will ID. W be at the Able
vile and Reedy River Associations
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SUGAR BEErs FOR FATTENING
SwINE.-Jonathan Talcott gives q
statement in the Boston Cultirator of
an experiment performed on Suf-
folk pig where sugar beets were large
ly employed for fattening. The ami
NAL was about year old and the
feeding on boiled sugar beets, tops
and roots, began on the 18th of Au-
gust and was continued three times a
day until the 1st of October, after
which ground feed was given, consist.
ing of two parts of corn and one OF
oats, three times a day, till the ami
NAL was slaughtered, the meal being
mixed with cold water. The result
was, on the l4th of August, when
the sugar beet feeding was begun,
that the weight was 306 lbs; Sep.
tember /, 800 lbs; October l, 45C
lbs; November l, 500 lbs. This is
the substance of the statement given
by which we perceive that the in,
crease the last of August, when Ted
on boiled sugar beets, was at the rate
of two pounds per day; the rate o.
increase on the same food continued
through September. When fed or
ground corn and oats, made into colo
slop, the gain for the next fifty day:
was less than pound and a half pei
! dow
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AND
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suggestive points; First, the use OF
the fertilizer is becoming more gem
eral and more discriminating; second
few, if any, soils in the country ere
80 rich that they cannot be made
more productive bv judicions tertili-
zation; third, farm yard manures
the best for general use green ma
nures are the cheapest means of soil
renovation, and commercial fertilizers
are useful for quick results and for
specific purpose.
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A TOUCHING STORY OF THE FRENCH
FLooD.-A young mother was ava.
kened by the inundation. She had
two clildren-twins at the breast
adorable rittle-girls;- The,-water-in
vaded her house. 1t was night, and
the hour was full of terror. The cow
ardly husband took care of himself
and mounted the roof, but the woman
only thought of her children. She
tied them to her breast with scarf,
and, as she was about to swim from
the house, she thought that the bread
trough would serve as a boat. The
house sottered as the mother en-
barked in her frail boat. She was
scarcely out of the house when it
went to pieces. The husb band disap-
peared in the ruins. The little boat
foated away, but struck against a
tree and was overturned. The poor
woman seized branch and climbed
into the tree with the strength of a
lloness fighting for her young. But
the tree is young; it bends; it will
not hold all three. The mother sees
that the end is come, but Der mothe'-
hood is not conquered. She ties her
children to the strongest branch; she
kisses them again aud again; she
signs them with the sign of the cross,
and cries: ITO the mercy of God !"
This piteons drama was witnessed by
spectators who could do nothing in
aid until quarter Of an honr Was
gone. The, mother Was drowned, but
the children were saved. They We're
adopted by the Sisters Of Charity
Of Castelsarrazin.
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agp DR.. Lovick Pierce thus write

?Y DR.. Lovick Pierce thus writes
t. the Christian Adpocute concerning
the Wesley Monumental Church:
In conclusion, Imnst say it is a
foregone conclusion that this Wesley
Monumental Church idea is believed
to be one Of the set times to favor
Zion. There has perhaps, never been
a better time, in our day, when some
unexpected, genuine, heart cementing
Methodist enthusiasm should have
come up than now; and l can think
of nothing better suited to bring it
on than Wesley Monumental Church
in Savannah. The day will never
come when Methodists cannot unite
on Wesley. No large, denominations
al, evangelical church ever had for
It's human foundtra man more evi-
IDENTIFY called and set apart for a great
reformer in evangelical holiness than
our Wesley was. And now, hun
dred and thirty eight years after his
residence in Savannah, all at once
comes up this universally popularidea
to build a grand Methodist church in
Savannah, and call it the Wesley
Monumental Church. believe it is
epochal. Let us all help.
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Grain Trade Of the North West.

Chicago is the biggest grain mart
in the world, and handles about 90,-
100000 bushels annually. How this
vast amount is received, stored and
shipped is the subject Of an interest
ing article in the Chicago Times. The
first steam elevator was established
in tie spring Of 1913, with a capaci
ty of 100000 bushels. To-day Chi
cago has eighteen steam elevators,
with combined capacity Of 1880
900 bushels, or more than the aver
age product of l 100000 acres of The
fertile wheat-producing lands Of the
continent. Their capacity varies al!
the way from 100000 bushels to
100000. The entire cost of the
e1cr:,rors nos III operation
was about $5,000,000, exclusive OF
the grounds on which they stand.
Add for this 100000, and the re-
suit shows 100000 invested in
this industry. The two great firms
of Armour, Pole & Co., and Munger,
Wheeler 6 Co., handle more than
one halft the grain that passes through
Chicago. They control eight Of the
eighteen elevators. and last year they
together delivered over sixteen mill
ion bushels Of wheat, seventeen mill
ion bushels of oats, and over two
million bushels Of rye and barley.
For the benefit Of the uninitiated it
may be stated that the term elevator
proper is portion of the machinery,
the building being vast storehouse
for grain, with any number of eleva-
tors therein. Strictly speaking, the
ordinary elevator consists of an end
less rubber belt, % inches wide, run
ming on pulleys, and having attached
to it, at intervals of from II to l3
inches, tin buckets 20 inches long,
and each holding about one peck.
They are continuous litter :
though single bucket holds uut a
little, thousand in constant action
will do an enormous amount of work
in single day. The grain trade of
Chicago is the wonder of the world,
and is increasing annually in aston
ishing proportions.
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SaH!h Carolina Destined to Be-
come the San Domingo of the
Snufk

From the Charlest9S. correspon-
dence of the Constitution oAr;st, we. clip
the following. The LEI h: is dated
Sept Sth:
The Census of fann, which
has jnst been complete &. es US very
gloomy prospects forthv fut4re. In
five years the population of~tha city
has increased from 1856 to 56, ,540
but the increase is lalesy in the ne
gro .ace Tie white. SSAation has
ine.fs~sed ], ,I79 and sss;r-1S..,s-rI,t,ee- =,
When it Is cpnsidtrsd f'Ie yeaf+r,
mortality among the SAAes is over
100 per cent, greaterthaA Athat among
the whites, this will seAn a little
strange, out it is to be atc$unted for
by immigration. The cityiis flooded
by negroes from the adjacAt sea is
lands, and this will ,<fsdnd to be
the case all over thiAH Hate. There
can be no disguisin}a fact, unless
some miracle lnteHs Els, poor old
South Carolina is des4A to become
the San Domingo Of theSouth. As
white supremacy and decent govern
ment is restored to the other South
ern States the negroes iemigrate to
South Carolina, where hey already
have voting majorityp pf $4,000. 7
greatly fear that this thhis,s ,sajority will
be increased by the ce,sus, which is
now being taken, to 10000. But to
return to the city. In $40 the vot-
ing strength of the tW races was,
whites, s, 5,lS2; blacks, l049. In 1878
it is whites, 5,622; Jacks, 6,S22,
showing an excess Of hs negro vote
amounting to 1900. Another cur
rent fact is that of te negroes there
are 6 ,406 more womq than men and
of whites the feminine majority
amounts to 1883.
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DEATH OF JOE CREws.-The death
81 JOS. Crews, who was shot a few
nights ago by unknown parties, who
ambushed him in the neighborhood
Of Laurens, is announced by tele-
graph as having taken place attwelve
o'clock Monday night. The deceased
made himself very obnoxious to the
people of Laurens, and of the whole
State, by his course as a politician
since the war. As n member of the
Legislature he was implicated in near
ly all the corrupt schemes which dis
graced that bo;y, and his incendiary
6arangues during exciting times gave
him an unenviable notoriety. He had
some good traits, but they were over
shadowed 10y the baseness Of bis pub.
lie actions. All men regret the man.
ner If his taking off, for blameworthy
as he was, the cowardice that prompt,
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Jefferson Davis declines to accept the
gift Of homestead in Texas; lew He Tres fe5
oe ~ to know that your people who have
emf suffered s bv our common disaster, instead
Of blaming me for their misfortunes. have !,
been wiling to share the remnant OF their
fortunes with me-" The plan was to BUY
q farm by dollar subscriptions.
al said in my haste all men are
,;or,p said Job. A Scotch parson, scan
,,n,1' n;ng the text, said: Ye SAID IL in yer
@ haate, Job. mon; had We lived IN tn, these Sc
times times ye might have said it at yer leisure
Danville, (va,) has a population o. o.
5000 with eighteen tobacco factories, hvf
@ to0seco warehouses and doa trade. trade IN lb iHt u
VA, was sold at an average OF $l2 per hun
dred.
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". II. ZIMMERMAN.
Johnston's, September l, 1873.

DEAR WORKING CHRISTIAN We have
had glorious revival in our midst. As
the result of an eight-days meeting at the
Red Oak Grove Church, twenty persons
were added to the church. At the last
invitation for persons desiring an interest
in the prayers OF the church to come for
ward, there were not less than thirty who
came forward.
We also had seven days meeting at
the Red Hill Church, which resulted in
the addition Of ten to the church. The
meeting closed leaving not less than forty
earnestly inquiring the way Of salvation.
G. w. BussEY
Cold Spring. Edgefeld County, S. c.,
August 20, 1875.
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Three Items from the Working Chris
tiaD

DEAR WORKING CHRISTIAN: On the
third Sabbath of August we began meet
ing, which continued eight days, with
Philipp Church, of the Edgefeld Assocl
alton. 1t was precious season Of revival
with tue membership, whilst the uncon-
verted were moved to see and feel their
condition as sinners and seek an interest
in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.
Seven We're baptized and four others are
awaiting that ordinance at the hands OF
our worthy pastor, H. T. Bartly. We
were especially blessed in having the min
isterial services of Elders L. W. aome
and N. n. Burton at our meeting, whose
eloquence and pathetic appeals so stirred
the hearts of our people. Brother Horne
has been absent from our State for nearly
four years, in the States of Missouri and
Texas, as pastcr and evangelist, where his
services have beca much blessed Of the
Lord. We trrst scnA of the chrr hes Of
our State will lay their hands uHaS him
and keep him amongst US. He isnot on
ly good preacher but an excellent pas
tor, whose services are much needed here
in our State.
Johuston's, Dry Greek and Mount Pleas.
ant have also enjoyed special seasons Of
revival recently.