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flesh readily and feeding up to. an
enormous size of carcass, reaching in
some instances, $50 pounds live weight
and $50 pounds in the dressed carcass.
About the first we read of the Cots
void as a breed was in the reign of
Henry vi, when sixty sacks of Cots
void wool were purchased by the
King of Portugal chat he might man
ufaeture certain cloths Of gold at
Florence for his own use" At that
period they were coarse, rangys and
leggy, yet always yielding large feeces.
Upwards of a hundred years ago the
breed was taken in hand by progress
lsive men and SO improved by selec-
ton and scientific crossing that to-day
it may almost be regarded as per-
feet sheep.
There are none of the English
breeds of sheep that have become SO
universally, disseminated in the Unit
ed States-not excepting the South
downs-as have the Cotswolds. They
are haroy and very early in maturing,
being especially fitted to cross on 9th
er sheep for raising "the early market
lamb" strong in constitution, broad
chested, round barreled, straight
backed, gentle and easily kept, max
ing more. mutton at an earlier age
than any other breed. The wool of
the Cotswold is strong and rather fine,
but white and mellow, eight to ten
inches in length, and averaging ten
to twelve pounds for feeces OF ewes
and sixteen to twenty pounds for
feeces of bucks. The striking pecul
iarity OF the Cotswolds is in the pro-
duction of fleece which is perfectly
adapted, by its length, to the manu-
facture of worsted stuffs, bombazines,
muslin de lanes, ETC. This is branch
of our manufactures for which ne had
little material that was suitable before
the introduction Of the Cotswolds aud
its rapid extension within the past
few years clearly shows that a large
and increasing demand for this kind
of wool will continue at remunerative
prices. Besides its uses for combing,
it Is extensively manufactured into
blankets, carpeting and many other
fabrics
The many good qualities of the
Cotswolds. especialiy their hardness
snd adaptation 70 the rolling lands of
the South, have made them general
fayorites The ewes ara very prolific,
generally raising two lambs and some
times three, whilst their freedom from
disease Is remarkable. Like ali the
long wooled breeds, they accumulate
much fat with age, and their flesh i
most excellent. Another point IN
their favor is that the feeces are not
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gummy, and do not shrink, as Go the
Merinos, for pound of CotswoId wool
as it is taken from the sheep, will pro-
duce as much clean, secured wool as
two and half pounds gummy Merino
wool. Now that wool and mutton are
both low in price. it becomes impera-
tive to secure the most of each at the
lowest possible cost, and to accomplish
this there is no better cross to make
than that of the Cotswold. Ee
The illustration we publish here
with is an excellent picture of. the
prize Cotswold ram, Gloster Ill, S47
A. c. R., owned by T. Lovelock &
Co.,, of Gordonsville, Va Gloster III.
was dropped in the spring of 1880; at
sixteen months old he weighed $50
pounds, and on the 9th day of the fol-
lowing May weighed 800 pounds and
sheared 21& lbs Of clean, fine glossy
wool, fifteen inches long, as exhibited
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at the Virginia State Fair of 1882; on
the 10Th OF May, 1888, he clipped 49,
lbs. and the same weight of fleece on
May 7th, 1884 He was exhibited in
competition with some of the best
SHOW rams from Canada, Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and Kentucky, and was
never beaten. The flock of Cotswolds
owned by I. Lovelock & Co., was
originated thirty years ago, numbers
over eighty OF the descendants OF inn
ported sheep, at the head Of which is
now one of the grandest imported
rams which ever left England, and
the firm honestly claim the finest flock
of Cotswolds in the South--perhaps in
the United States of America.
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a wad of manifold paper. Usually
when he is ON the floor of the Senate
he leaves his roll Of tobacco on his
desk, and very often when he is writ
ing picks it up and bites off a quid
without looking at it. He LETT his desk
for few moments day before yester-
day, and went over to the other side
of the chamber to talk to a New Eng
lander.
A Senator who sat near the desk
occupied by Mr.. Vance saw the roll of
natural leaf and substituted a roll of
manifold paper, which, in color, form
and size, greatly resembled it.. Mr.,
Vance returned to his seat in few
minutes and resumed writing. He is
a little nervous, and not very careful
about his person. Shortly he was no
ticed to reach over his left hand, grasp
the roll, and push it quickly into his
mouth. His massive jaws went down
upon the roll OF paper with a crush,
but they stuck. The Senator grew
red in the face, took his eyes from his
paper and let them rest upon the car
pet, while suspicious look overspread
his countenance. Slowly he drew the
roll from his mouth, looked at it, then
turning around to see if any one saw
him, dropped it quietly in the cuspa-
dore. A faint litter arose from the
seats around him, but the Senator
looked hard upon his paper and con-
tinued to write.
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An Experienced Editor
From he Eytellle Bell.

"Ah," said the summer tourist,
leaning over the fence and addressing
the farmer, "may I make bold to in
quire what that great quantity of
green vegetation growing over there
is p rt'nly, mister that's corn. +"
"Ah, thanks. And those large an
imals over beyond the fence, they are,
er-" "Cows, my friend, every one
of 'em cows. Say, you don't seem to
be very well posted on these ere
things" Perhaps not. The fact is
my business has kept me SO closely
confined that this is the first chance
I've mad to get out in the country" !"
Running a bank or something like
that % 'No, sir, l am editor of an
agricultural paper. I have hello that
position for thirty years"
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THE COTSWOLDv SHEEP.
A BREED THAT SHOULD FLOUR
ISH IN NORTH CAROLINA.

The Prince of the Long Wool Varie-
ties, and the Most Profitable Wool
Producers Known.
Are the readers of The SENTINEL
aware of the fact that in England, the
home of so many varieties of pure
bred sheep, there are three we'll known
distinct breeds of Long Wools,' des-
ignated as Leicester, Cotswold and
Lincoln ? They are hornless, and the
largest class Of sheep known, with
white, open feeces of long fibre, val
liable for combing purposes and the
manufacture of worsted goods, blank
cts, and other cloths requiring great
length of staple in the wool They
are also a mutton sheep, taking on
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The Politician on Farming
From tie Roctiagtan, Rocset


The editor is in attendance at tie
farmers meeting to-day, near Mr.. J.
M Hines. He is an extensive farm
er, after the manner > :he yoomaEry-
loving politician, but Vi tope IL is
somewhat better posted than a poiiti-
cal friend whom We call to ilii.l and
who while running for Office IL an ad-
joining county, attended ali asricul-
tural fair. He was called on f5r
speech, and being prepared s. he
emergency responded When lear the
point of his peroration, he was ;ntcr
rupted by seedy g1ange- vi. he
query: Mr.. Blank, what your er
perience with cnsilaac " Ep5il@ssr!'
said the speaker, badly lliAcon :er,sd,
why, my friend its The 55st jc,i i'i-es-
l eue,' used!" L Is needless tc say
the balance of his speech was {! saed
by the yells of the crowd
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AT MOORE COURT.
THE SENTINEL'S MAN MAKES a
NOTE OR TWO.

The Extensive Carriage Works at Car
thage of Messrs. Tyson & Jones-A
Railroad to Cameron.
StGf Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
CARTHAGE, Aug. 17.--Judge Gil
mer is holding court here this week.
The weather is hot and dry; the
crowd in attendance is large. Car
thage is situated in a cotton growing
section, consequently there is but lit
tie money in circulation around here
now. About the first of December if
cotton sells we'll things, may brighten
up a little. The farmers have COM
menced raising tobacco in this
section. 1t is generally conceded that
the soil in most parts of this county
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A TOBACCO CALL.
A Humorous Pen picture of an Every
Day Scene in a Tobacco Warehouse.
BY IMOGEN BARKsDALE.
For The Sentinel.

For The Seatjaef.
Not a leaf moved in the hot sultrv
atmosphere, a. we wendcd our way
into the spacious warehouse to witness
tobacco CALL In vain endeavors to
breathe ''fresh air." eyes, mouth and
nostriis were filled with dust from the
crumbling tobacco, while our "sneezer"
IN bass, tenor and treble key, mingled
with the deep cay of the auctioneer,
was, to say the least-ea nilerating to
the "non-sneezers. In short while
we recovered sufficiently to take in
the scene and more dust.
Down the long length of floor, pile
after pile of the golden leaf" greeted
the eye; in the midst of this eoodly
array Of tobacco stood the "bright
particular star" of the occasion-the
good natured Auctioneer, who capped
his kid-gloved hands after the most
approved "high tragedy" manner and
in the purest and most unintelligible,
dog latin, endeavored to persuade the
buyers that never since Sir Walter
Raleigh smoked the fragrant weed"
had there been marketed such tobac-
CO, while large drops of perspiration
trlckled down his expansive forehead
over his rose-hued nose and fell silent
ly to the floor, Crowding around
him in glorious confusion were
the many buyers men, low men.
fat men, lean men, pompous men.
meek men, dudes and sensible men
elbowed each other and each man
held aloft leaf of tobacco and sniff
ed suspiciously at the uno.f>ndiua Ieat.
while we gathered from the expression
OF the ''sniffer' that there was .nle-
thing ''rotten in Denmark"
Regardless of the "eterliai fin ,f
things the weary pinhooker shifted
with the fat and sleek manufacturer
and gazed with far-away draamv
expression into the eyes of hi- .alleW
''snifer" and wondered if he wartd
buy that pile of tobacco that he had
so ski.lfully "nested' the lay before.
Standing about in little groups
were jovial farmers, who rzl not
that the aesthetic TASTE II thc s.a,ous
dudes was offended al their hc.aa-sgnn
suits and heavy boots, but laughed
long and loud at a resurrected :cke
that had.evideDtly hot made It's ,,aie-
tus with bare bodkin," but had come
forth to be laughed at with ereater
gusto than in its primitive freshness
The dust grows thicker tbe sne7zes
faster; the auctiono5r's voice ss,s.. l,as
the echos' and with one, last lingering
glance we take in the scene, that last
lingering glance takes in so litarv
dude, from "Dudedoms = dude from
the crown of his stove ripa Int t. he
tips OF his tooth-pick shoes 81 5 sur-
veying this mundane sphere" and
the tobacco contained therein with
great satisfaction, his tooth-pick shoes
are extended out into space he is
feebly holding a leaf Of tobacco which
ne is endeavoring to raise to his nose;
a nose "pure Greek" and tinted with
rich carmine.' As the picture of
that dude fearlessly battling with that
leaf of tobacco becomes indellibly en-
graved on our memory, we regretfully
leave the warehouse and murmur soft
ly I'D the language of the immortal
Shakespeare, "We are all Of such stuff
as tobacco is made Of.
Charlotte County, Va.
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Friend CT ti.- "a. .nsr. q

In this week issue OF the Winston
Sentinel, Brother O,dha.L- ,omes to
the rescue Of the rJod sense OF the
farmers from the insaits 5ha. are o"
offered to their intelligence by !
ing politicians ia behai! II = :
lation. Brother Oldham, : r-
rect and very Democratic IA very
true to the interecl- ~ the South
the whole people OF the South hin his
article.
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AGOoD ONE ON VANCE.
The Prank they Played ON the North
Carolina Senator. zass
Wash. Cor. Baltimore American.

Southerners enjoy pranks and jokes
more than any other class of people.
The Southern United States Senator
eau enjoy practical joke to an ex-
treme equal to any schoolboy, but one
was played upon Senator Vance, of
North Carolina, a few days ago which
taxed his patience. Senator Vance is
a lover of the weed, and chews from =
roll of tobacco leaves which looks like
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without PARALLEL. His participation
in the canvass of other States is some
thing to be feared, however hopeless
his Presidential aspirations may be.
SHADOW.
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Not an Organ Grind.
From. The WtI,ataoton Star

We take the liberty of disappearing
now and then, as all papers must that
dc not aspire to be organs. They al
ways grind the tune that is given them
to grind.
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PRICE 5 CENTS

Moore county IL the Legislature
several times is an old Landmark
here and is very popular among his
neighbors. TRAVELLER.
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THE FARMERS CANDIDATE.
McCIamnly Pulls Fodder While Re-
ing Nominated.
From the Goldsboro Argus

Fr p the Wilmington Revie,o we
leaah1hat Maj. McClammy was in his
corn field pulling fodder when the
telegram announcing his nomination
was handed him. Like Cincinnattus
of old he is called from the field of
honest toll to look after the rights of
his people and guard their interests In
the law making halls of the nation.
AS The noble old Roman called from
his plow handles to the Dictatorship,
led the Roman hosts to victory over
their.enemies, so will McClammy lead
the Democracy of this district to vic
tory in November next We have
heard it said that the people want a
farmers candidate" Well they have
one indeed The farmers of this dis
trict have in McClammy a man who
is a representative of their class, and
the whole have in him one who will
ever be true TO their interests.
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schuy kin county is Not Unique In This.
E@ob, the Mahogany City Local.
The day is fast passing for Schuyl-
kill county when anybody can be
elected simply because they are on the
ticket. -
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8 Basis Of Peace Found at Last.
fsOn, tie San francisco Atm.
It is time that Geronimo should re-
turn to the reservation and claim
mileage.
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Reckoning to the Shade Tree to Come.
F-o., the Eedionnf,olf- Jonnai-
Somebody should invent a ther
mometer that will ring bell signal
ing all work to cease when the mer-
cury touches 95.
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Disgusted with Phelps.
Atlanta Constitution.


We are sorry for editor Rice, and we are still
sorrer for Minister Phelps. We are sorry to
learn, for instance. that the American minister
to the court of st. James is expected to act as
one of the equerries of the Prince of Wales; and
we still sorrier to that minister who, in
a certain sense represents the Democratic party,
carry the spirit of funkeyisn to such disgust
ing lengths as Mr. Phelps. He not only toadles
to Secretary Bayard by taking up the cudgel for
him in this underhanded way, but he shows that
he is as perfect specimen of the turnkey as can
be found. In his correspondence with editor
Rice he is at great pains to inform the latter that
the Prince of Wales's "sense of the propretles
of personal conduct is as exalted as his rank "
Nothing could be more disgusting than this sort
of stuff. except. perhaps, to be told that Mr..
Phelps had forwarded a copy of the correspond
ence to the exalted Prince with this extraordinary
sentiment underscored.
Mr.. Phelps is supposed to be Democrat and
Mr.. Lowell is Republican, but it a gross
insult to the American spirit to substitute one
for the other. Is there self-rcspecting Demo
crat to be found who is able TO conform to Brit
ish conventionalities without disgusting his
countrymen2
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The Delaware County Quarrel.

Correspondence of the INDIANAPOLIS journal
MUNcIE, Oct. 16-The Republican central
committee met in this city to-day to take some
action pursuant TO the withdrawal OF Mr. j. E.
Mellette the party's candidate for judge of the
Delaware circuit Mr.. Mellettes withdrawal
was made in the interest of harmony, the peo-
pie being considerably divided in their choice as
between him and Mr.. Temper. The committee
accepted his withdrawal and decided to call a
delegate convention to meet in this city on next
Saturday for the purpose of nominating q candi-
date for the place. Primary conventions are to
De held in the several townships on Friday even
ing, to select delegates to attend the nominating
convention on Saturday. The meeting of the
committee today was quite harmonious in its
deliberations, and it is believed that the plan
now agreed upon to fill the vacancy will secure
such harmony as will result in the election of
&he man nominated by large majority.
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Philadelphia Times.
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will cease to be edi-
tor of Literary Life after two more numbers
have been published. The work has not been
what she had expected, and she and Elder, the
proprietor of the magazine, have been in hot
water from the start She has found it difficult
to edit in Holland Patent periodical printed in
Chicago, thousand miles away, and the recep-
ton given to her efforts by the public has not al
together pleased her. She has had unremitting
opposition to her career as a pubic literary
woman from her brother, the Presideut of the
United States. Indeed. it is no secret among
her friends that the President offered to pay the
expenses of a three years journey on the Eu-
ropean continent for herself and q companion if
she would abandon her ambitious literary pro
jects. He recommended visit to the Holy
Land and far Eastern countries
An unfortunate reference in her book to a GER
tain religious sect led Mr. Cleveland to view
with alarm the publication of future products of
her pen. He did all he could in decency to pre-
vent her associating herself with the Chicago
publication, but he not informed of her in
tentions respecting it until it to late and the
contract was made for six months. His efforts
to break the contract did not succeed How
ever, Miss Cleveland now ends her connection
with Literary Life more for reasons of her own
than for any one eses reasons She is dis
appointed in the magazine Disguised with Ed err
and not any better off as to her pocket than she
was when she began. She proposes to quit be-
fore things get worse, and will try nearer home
next time.
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Rev. Mr.. Reed as a Drummer.

Chicago Herald.
Il see" said an Indiana travelling man at the
the Sherman House last night. that Mvron W.
Reed has been nominated for Congress by the
Colorado Democrats. Why, I remember Myron
when he used to be preacher down in Indian
apolis and didn't know what it wac TO have po-
litical bee buzzng in his bonnet. But that is
neither here nor there. Myron is wel-itted for
politics, perhaps better than for the pulpit
though he's SLOUGH in the latter
Now, that l think about it. he never
did look like preacher. When / used
to go around with him people who did not
know him would laugh when they were told that
he was parson. Why, / remember little in
cident that happened up in Michigan when Myr-
on was yet gospeler. He accompanied a lot of
us fellows on fishing excursion up to the shin
gle and strawberry State and one day when we
stepped into a cigar-store to buy cigars.
introduced Mvron to the proprietor as Rev. Mr.
Reed, of Indianapolis. The rural store-keeper
looked him over for minute, and then. turning
to one of the boys, said: oh that fellow isn't
any preacher he's one of your drummers. Tn
onto him. Myron laughed as heartily as the
rest of u.s. but the storekeeper, conscious of hav-
ing got the better of his customer looked as
wise as az owl"
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Correspondence of u 9 India napolis Journal.
WINCHESTER, Oct 17-General Browne spoke
for more than two hours here last evening to
one of the largest and most enthusiastic audi
ences that has assembled in this county so far
during the campaign. Fully one-fourth of the
audience was made mp Of ladies. who gave the
closest attention and hear tily joined in applaud
ing the speaker. The speech was a mastery re-
view of the principles and methods of the two
parties. Democrats do not rely on their princi-
Piles or sound reasoning to place them in power.
but on trickery, misrepresentation and bull
DOING. He clearly showed that not one
of the many promises which they have made has
ever been fulfilled, by carefully reviewing what
they have done in tariff legislation, what they
hava done for the soldier, and what they have
done IL furtherance of civil-serviee reform. His
comparison Of the financial policies of the two
parties was enough in itself to convince any and
all who were willing to listen to reason. AT the
close OF his argument he was greeted with three
rouSing cheers
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Elam at Knightstown.

Correspondence of the Indianapo Is Journal
KN1GHTsTowN, Oct. ia large audience
alled Bells Hail. tonight to greet and listen to
Hon. John B. Elan, of Indianapolis, who deliv
cred one of the most logical speeches of the cam
0aign. Mr.. Elan investigated the Democratic
record of the past eighteen months in calm,
business-like way. and showed that no honest
Democrat who voted for Cleveland in 1884 has
gained anything, but has lost much by his act.
A "smart Aleck" Democrat undertook to cate
ehlse him in an insulting way, but the interrog
Atories only enabled MIR. Elan to more thorough
ay drive home his points TO the audience who
responded with hearty applause The inter
ing methods put in practice here of late by one
Or two Democratic leaders to interrupt Republic
an meetings have served to practically disunte
the Democracy, the honorable men. ~ of that
party not being in sympathy with e.. q warfare.
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WORK OF THE CAMPAIGNERS.
Largely Attended Political Meetings Adj
dressed by Republican Orators.
Senator Harrison at Bloomfield. M. But
Ter at Williamspert-Johnston at Craw-
notwithstanding at Other Points.


Correspondence of the Indianapolis sournaI.
BLooMFELD. Oct. Ex-senator Harrison
spoke here yesterday to a very large and en-
thusiastic crowd of people. There were 5000
people in the town. and the Senator held their
close attention for two hours. This speech did
an immense amount Of good in this county
Men who had been threatening some of the coun-
ty ticket went home declaring they would vote
an unscratched ticket. The soldiers had din
ner, and the proceedings closed with camp
fire at night General Harrison is very popular
in this section, and we'll do our part toward re-
turning him to the United States Senate.
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Current Magazines.

The Art Interchange of Oct. gives as its
colored supplement study of grapes A series
of articles on society etiquette in New York is
begun in this number, the opening paper treat.
ing of the dinner and how to serve it.
The Art Age, which is in itself such triumph
of the printers art as to be pleasure to the eye
furnishes three excellent supplements with its
October ISSUE Of these one is photograph oil
a marine view from an original painting by Otis
Weber, of Boston; the others are reproductions
of etehings, one on transparent paper, from
originals by Louis Hurlow and @. a. Platt. The
literary features OF this publication are excel
lent Turnure & Gilliss, publishers rs Fulton
street. New York.