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The Pitilcss Cyclone.

Whence it cometh Or whittier it goeth
no man can tell. 1t turks in no particu.
lar latitude or longitude; it is partial to
no section or season; it regards neither
station nor condition; it respects neither
morals nor manners it swoops without
warning, and its path is marked by desc
lation and death. No man is strong
enough or swift enough to escape its
fury no mother may supplicate its
mercy; no babe so innocent or SO help
less that it can command from heaven or
earth protection from its relentless and
indiscriminate wrath. Temples of wor-
ship, places Of vice, haunts of misery,
asylums for the sick are leveled alike
and among the dead, the strong and the
weak, the old and the young, the sinful
and the sainted lie side by side. All the
signs by which the human mind is capa-
BILE of judging-all the indications Of the
doom.swept waste-point to the potency
of a God, but to the temper of fiend.
Tie pitiless cyclone Whence cometh
it? Whittier goeth it? Hath it pur-
pose as the expression of Almighty
power? Who can interpret it? Who
makes it seem consistent with the idea Of
omniscience and love? Who can recon.
cilc mankind to its visitations? Who
can foretell its approach? Who can
provide safe refuge from its ravages ?
Who PSI. Louis Sayings.
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er leaf, but this is thought to be unneces'
sary. Treat every bearing shoot in the
manner described, except those you in.
tend for next years use, and the first part
of your Summer pruning is done. Very
soon afterwards, however, the laterals on
your bearing shoots will begin to appear.
They must be piuched out. Pinch them
off beyond the first leaf at the base,
leaving this first leaf on the young lateral
to perform its natural functions, that is,
to afford a partial shade to the fruit
which is near it, and do its indescribable
work of celebrating the sap for the bene-
it of fruit and vine. But one shoot
should be allowed to remain where two
or three come out together. Look to
this in your first pinching. Select the
most vigorous one and rub out the others.
Apply this rule to bearing shoots, and
also to those intended for next year. On
these next year canes leave the laterals to
grow as stout as they will, the stronger
the better. Throughout the whole pro-
cess pinch out every tendril that is not
doing service in holding up the vines.
They are useless, except when so serving,
and will be greatly in the way. Close
and careful attention is the watchword,
and, as said by Mr.. Husmann, vast deal
of labor can be saved by doing every.
thing at the proper time.
VINEYARD WORK FOR THE SUMMER.
The suggestions above made cover
nearly all that is to be done in Summer,
and are for vineyards wherein the vines
are trained to stakes or upon wire trel-
lis, and where Fall pruning has left the
vine cut back to within from three 10 FIVE
or six feet of the ground. The same
general rules will apply, however, to
grapes trained upon arbors, which is the
common practice of those who have but
few vines upon which to grow fruit for
domestic use.-Corrcspondence Of the
Ne,ys and Courier.
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Ploughing.

Farmers as general rule, do not take
pains enough with this part of their
farm work. am convinced that / can
get moro clear cash from an acre that is
we'll ploughed than can from an acre
that is only half ploughed. What l
mean by half poughed is where it is
poughcd by guess, deep here and shallow
there, wide furrow here and a narrow one
there, with the furrows standing on edge,
or turned over very fiat. We can do
good ploughing just as easily and just as
fast as we can hog it over.
The first thing in good ploughipg is to
commence right. In marking out bed
I use two stakes, one at the opposite end
of the field from which I begin to
plough and the other about eight rods
from this toward the end where begin.
Get the stakes in line with the furrow
where you start, and then take some OBJ
ject way beyond the first stake you set,
in exact line with the stakes and furrow
where you begin, and then 60 ahead
with the plough until you come to the
first stake. Stop and take the stake
down and lay it to one side out of the
way, and then go ahead again, taking
the end stake and the object beyond for
your guide. In ploughiug the first two
times around set your plough wheel SO
as not to plough more than four and one.
half inches deep. After you have gone
thus far, raise your wheel so as to plough
the depth you wish to have your plough
ing done. By doing as have described
we avoid the high back furrow we would
have if we ploughed the first two times
around as deep as re do the rest Of the
bed.
In ploughing the first two burrows (the
first time around) we have two essentials
to look after. First, to do our plough.
ing straight; second, to turn the fur
rows over in good shape, and have the
edges of furrows meet and set firmly
together. This will prevent the grass
from growing up between the burrows to
great extent. Now we can so ahead
and finish up our bed. Be sure to keep
the furrows straight and the same width
the entire length Of the field. If you
hold your plough firm and steady your
furrows will be as straight as a line.
Keep your beds the same width at both
ends of the field and then when we come
to finish we have only one furrow the en-
tire. length of the field to turn out.
This, 1 think, is much better than to
have one end finished and from one to
five burrows on the other end to turn out
yet Right here I would like to say a
word which l consider very important in
doing a good job of ploughing. 1t is
this: l consider it very essential that
the driver and team understand each
other pretty we'll. If you have good,
strong, well-kept team, and one that is
steady and true to pull, I see no reason
why we can't do our ploughing in a
workmanlike manner.
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Considerable interest attaches 10
the results attained by various American
and foreign scientists in their attempts to
ascertain, by careful and prolonged OBJ.
servations The daily increase Of the earth's
mass from the falling upon it of mcteors
and cosmical dust. Briefly, these obser-
vations indicate that about four hundred
and fifty thousand meteors fall upon the
surface of the whole earth every hour,
the average weight of these bodies being
about five grains each, the total represcn-
ting nearly five thousand pounds per
hour, or fraction short of sixty tons
every twenty y-four hours, 1t is remarked
that such an amount Of material falling
thus daily is certainly no small increase
to the carth's mass, and for this increase
the eurth's attraction is considered re-
sponsible to the extent of twenty per
cent; the balance of eighty per cent, it
is alleged, would be increased each hour
by globe the size Of tho earth, even if
it had no attraction.
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Beautiful Complexion
is sought by the use of cosmetics and all
sorts of external applications, some OF
them being poisonous:
All females love to look pretty (which
gentlemen do not object to- and smooth,
soft, clear complexion adds greatly to
female charms.
The use of B. B. B. will purify your
blood, will remove blotches, splotches
and bumps that appear upon the face and
neck, and will tinge the pale cheek with
the roseate hues of nature. One or two
bottles will convince any one of its value.
No family should fail to keep B. B. 3. IN
the house, as there is no family medicine
its equal.
Rheumatism.
One author says: "Rhumatism is due
to the presence in the blood of a vegeta-
BILE organism of definite characters"
Another says: "It is due to the pres.
ence of poison in the blood which is OF
the nature Of Tiasm."
The disease having its origin in the
blood, it is reasonable to oppose that it
must be cured By remed es directed to
the blood. A successful remedy must
produce certain changes in the compost
ton Of the blood, and whei this has been
accomplished, all pain, swelling and stiff
ness of the joints subside.
This accounts for the reason why ex-
ternal applications fail to produce perma-
nent relief But we now have the RENE
dy which acts like magic in giving relief
to all forms of rheumatism, rheumatic
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Men with two crutches, and hobbline
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are cured by the use of 3. B. B. Cast
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Many who read this will refuse to be
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Address Blood Balm Company, Allan
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Superpllosphates.

The american Cultivator thinks it is
doubtful if there was ever a business in
which more frauds have been perpetrated
in given time than in the manufacture
of superphosphates. Thousands of tons
have been sold for superphosphates when
not single atom was what it was
claimed to be. Many ingenious devices
have been resorted to in order to deceive
the farmer, e. g., fish guano, medium
fertilizer worth perhaps S14 ton, WAS at
one time compounded with animal char.
coal, to give it a darker appearance, and
then sold for $50 a ton as superphos.
plate, when not drop of sulphuric acid
had touched it.
A chemical analysis is, of course, the
proper resort if you seek any extensive
information concerning the genuineness
of the fertilizer but there is rougher
and much cheaper one which has had
the sanction of Professor Stockbridg &c,
namely, to place little in warm water,
when, if the fertilizer is genuine, it will
be so far dissolved that about one.half
will settle Us sediment, and the water will
have an acid taste. II is not true that
"the worst smelling is the best fertilizer; )"
something different from olfactory nerves
must be brought into requisition. Super.
phosphate can be cheaply and easily pre-
pared by pouring upon pulverized bone
sulphuric acid diluted by adding a bucket
of water to every fifty pounds. The
mixture should be stirred with hoe; the
effervescencc will cease in a few minutes.
The supcrphosphate will be ready for use
in twenly.four hours.
Bones cannot be dccomposed by the
use of sulphuric acid without pulyeriz.
ing, for the acid unitcs with the surface
of the bone, forming Il coating which is
not penetrated. We have never consid-
cred it practical for the average farmer
to engage in the manufacture of super
phosphates. It is better to buy them of
regular dealers Of reputation and com.
mercial standing. Beware of purchasing
fertilizers Of unknown parties, whose ad-
yertisemcnts are never seen in your farm
journals. There are dealers whose busi'
ness will not bear The sunlight of the
agricultural weekly. If a dealer has u
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An Expressman's Story.

"I was an expressnlan on the Mobile
and Montgomery railroad. 1t was just
after terrible robbery in the west, in
which the expressman had been horribly
murdered. I made the trip from Mobile
to Montgomery at night. When the
train started, / had in my car three
collins each containing corpse, and in
sack attached to a hook the carcass ola
hog. Perhaps you don't know what it is
to be lonesome? Well, you don't, just
try riding in an express car with three
dead men and dead hog.for company.
The night of which I speak had
through run, and as I had no work to do,
soon grew tired and sleepy. 1spread
coat upon the floor of the car, and
stretched myself upon it and was soon
soundly slumbering. About midnight
rolled into an uncomfortable position,
and began to dream. You never con-
ceived of such horrors as those that pre-
sented themselves to me. | dreamed that
the car was full of robbers, and that they
were shooting twenty balls into my body
every minute. A sudden jolt of the car
turned me over, aud awoke. The car
was as dark as midnight. The lamp had
gone out while I slept. l lay a few
moments half dazed, aud then put out
my right hand preparatory to getting up.
touched what I thought to be the
smooth flesh of mans face. Talk about
fright, but was so badly frightened that
my heart actually worked its way by
jumps, straight up to my mouth, and |
had to grind my teeth together to keep it
from jumping out upon the floor.
didn't know what to do, and I didn't
know what the man lying by my side
was going to do. I was satisfied, OF
course, that I had to deal with a desper-
ate robber, and, as my pistol was in q
desk out of my reach, I thought that my
hours were numbered. But the man
didn't move, and after while I got uE
and stole to the door. I was afraid tc
open it. I thought that if 1 did I would
certainly be shot in the back. I begar
to whistle. Then took a match from
my pocket and mentally discussed the
advisability of lighting it. 1 toyed with
it several moments, and then suddenly
scraped it against the door. 1t bazed W
quickly but nobody fired at ME. 1 slow
ly turned my head and looked back Owe
my left shoulder. Well, sir, I beheld {
sight that made me so mad that havn'
gotten over it yet. Down on the coat
had spread upon the floor lay the carcas
of the hog. The miserable bunch o
pork had fallen out of the sack and hat
been my bed fellow nobody knows hoy
long. That was the first and only en-
counter I ever had with express robbers.
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: The worst cut-up man of the hour
is that Western reporter who, in describ-
ing the appearance of the belle of the
town, at local picnic, intended to
say that she looked au Jait, but, fcourse,
the types had to get it call feet"
"A Clergyman who married four
couples in one hour the other evening
remarked to friend that it was fast
work." "Not very" responded his friend
"Only four knots an hour"
O'Flannigan Gust promoted from
day laborer to section boss on the rail
road): "Ioikc Dooley, come into the
shanty; I discharge you at once, not
that have anything agin you, but have
the authority"
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CROW CREEK

D. T. BACoT & CO.-Dear Sirs: 1 am
thousand times obliged to you for what
your Bacot's Best Liver Pills have done for
me. I have been sufferer for forty years
with liver complaint Never year since
that time but what 1 have had spell du-
ring the summer which disabled me from
work until this summer. After taking
several boxes of your Pills, have been
enjoying better health than for forty years
before. REV. r. NJ. JOHNSON.
Bacots Best Liver Pills for sale by all
druggists and dealers in drugs. Call for
free samples at HILL BROS. Drug Store.
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EHE SKIN.
ITS DISEASES AND CURE.

This class of troublesome complaints
embraces a large list, some of which
atllict neatly every family in the land;
Heretofore the treatment OF nearly all
these diseases has been very uusatisiac'
tory and unsuccessful, and the people
have been very much deceived by pre-,
tended remedies. A majority are caused
by an impure, .sitiated condition of the
blood, and as most of the blood remedies
of the day require so to 100 bottles be.
fore you discover that they will not effect
cure, we offer B. B. B., which makes
positive cures by the use of only few
bottles.
The most common of the skin diseases
which are cured by the use of B. B. B.,
the only quick Blood Purifier, are as
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Bucklcn's Arnaca SalYe.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
tiuely cures Piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Hill Bros, Ander-
son. S. c..
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A SAFE YIELD FOR A VINE.

A few strong, well-grown healthy vines
of very vigorous and strong-growing
varieties, such as Concord, Clinton,
Brighton, &C., may mature as many as
twenty pounds in single crop with
safety. The question of about how much
fruit vine shall be permitted to carry
must be decided before the Summer prun.
ing or pinching begins. Bunches or
clusters Of grapes as they are gathered
will average about one.fourth of pound
in weight. The fewer the punches the
heavier they are likely to be and the
better the quality Of the fruit, unless a
Loo severe pinching back and thinning
out of the growing vine is resorted to-
which will check the vine too suddenly,
probably disturb its growth and cause it
to put out quite a bralnble of new shoots
with second and imperfect crop of fruit
Say four lunches to the pound, then, and
begin.
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THE TINE FOR PRUNING.

We find the vine is at this time pruned
and tied, and the young shoots, out from
six to fifteen inches in length, laden with
forms or embryo punches of fruit. Sum-
mer pruning is at hand. 1t is done with
the thumb and forefnger. 1t will be
newly acquired information to some peo'
pie to learn that young and tender
growing shoot will not bleed when cut or
pinchci. If last years growth of wood
is cut or broken (of course it cannot be
pinched) it will bleed greatly and the
vine will be seriously injured. The
young shoots are growing vigorously, and
the vine.dresser must use his judgment,
before he begins to Summer prune a vine,
as to the quantity of fruit it is old enough
and vigorous enough to mature and ripen
into palatable or marketable grapes. A
vineyard four years old and properly
managed will produce in fair average
crop an average of ten pounds of ripe
fruit per vine. Twenty to thirty pounds,
and often more, is not uncommon, but a
grape-grower of good judgment and ex-
perience will say that more than ten
pounds, as an average, will be overtaxing
the energies of the vine, and the over
production will be at the expense of next
I ear,s crnn
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Andersp11 gnte11igeaeer.
FARMERS COLUMN,
sSg~ Communications from our Farmers
on any matter pertaining to agriculture
are respectfully solicited for this colosmn.
THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE.
Valuable Hints on the Proper Summer
Pruning.

GnEENv1LLE, April 2G.-Iu the skill
full management of the vine at the begin
ming of the growing season lies in great
part the success of the vine dresser. A
few hints upon Summer pruning may be
of some advantage to those not initiated
into the secrets of growing the grape.
Correct instructions could hardly be given
in grape culture without seeming pur.
loinipg Of ideas from that most excellent
work on the subject, Husmann's "Grape-
growing and Wine-making." Granting
the reader permission, therefore, to
believe that the suggestions here made
are taken from Husmann, or that the
information has been acquired by expert
ence or by constant contact with grape
growers and consequent general knowl'
edge of the business, or from all these
sources, which is really the case, will,
for the benefit of beginners who are dis
tressed with the question OF what to do
at this time. give the promised aid, and
add only that the methods laid down,
which are purely Husmann's in principle,
arc practiced here by successful grape
producers, who would probably meet
with still greater success were they to
follow Husmann's instructions 'uore
closely and attentively. A man raised
to cotton planting, and the ordinary slip
shod farming of this State and date-ol
I might say of the recent past, for there
are here and there signs of great i'm
provement in the common methods Of
farming-does not tumble, SO to speak
to the e1acting and unerring rules of the
scientific pomologist, who views the
work from scientific as we'll rs au arts
tic standpoint.
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Kidney Diseases, Rheumatism, Etc

tfi': al eon,;;lcc tho most skcptical that
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h"in2 far !aorc ir"Yrrful III their action than
.'he:iias!cis !lnnU.',c induced to take others,
lm: i'p ';lr" Hn .:rl Il" genuine "Petroline,
w:!r is '.l,Ta c..t!osr,i in nn envelope with tho
ai.la:,"' Of III" nr"r.ctors, Tho P.W.p. Co.,
;ui'l directions in -FOUR languages; also seal In
rr''':' a;"l gold Oh each plaster. Sold by oil
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HOW TO pRuNE.

Pinch off the tip end of the growing
shoots beyond the third, fourth or fifth
well-shaped and good.sized bunch of
fruit, according to the quantity to be
left on the vine. But hold hold You
want to leave some canes unpinched to
grow into bearing wood for next year.
Select these shoots now. Select healthy
shoots that como out low down on the
vine, as they will make stronger growth
than those higher up, or select them
where suits you best, according to your
manner Of training. These canes, in.
tended to bear next years crop of fruit,
should be allowed to grow unchecked
until they are about three feet long.
Then they should be pinched off at the
tip for the purpose of forcing out the
laterals or side shoots, which will soon
make their appearance at every joint
along the cane if they have not already
done so. These side shoots or laterals
are the canes to produce next years fruit
upon, as itseems to be a settled conclusion
among advanced grape culturists that
laterals produce finer fruit than the main
canes out of which the laterals grow.
The method of cutting away the laterals
in Fall or Winter pruning, and of pro-
ducing the fruit on canes that come out
of the main cane at the base of the later
al, is fast falling into disuse since the
discovery that laterals produce the best
fruit. Many columns could here follow
on the different methods of training the
vine and upon its general management.
The object of this letter, however, is to
humbly suggest Il plan of management
for the present emergency. Our crop of
canes for the next years fruiting we have
disposed of for the present. But may
add that these canes so left for next
years use may be allowed 10 carry and
mature one, two or three punches of
grapes at or near their basc-the point
from which they started out of the cid
cane few weeks ago. Take these few
punches into your calculation and pinch
the shoots on which we have this years
fruit accordingly. The safer policy is to
have too little rather than too much
fruit. Forty punches, we will say, will
make ten pounds Of fruit if properly
ripened. Select your embryo punches
of fruit. If there be dwarfy, imperfect
bunch among those you would leave to
ripen, pinch it out. Do this before you
pinch offthe tip, and leave another in its
stead further toward the tip. Sec how
many bearing shoots you have on the vine.
If you have twenty, four lunches tc the
shoot will produce you twenty pounds of
fruit on the vines. Leave the leaf that
is opposite the last bunch you let remain.
Some go joint beyond and leave anoth-
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