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BUSINESS BREVITIES.

Paper barrels are a success.
The cigarette manufacture is deCreas-
ing.
Locomotives now have electric head
lights.
England is building ship that will
cost S4,750,000.
Europe is reported to have $4,000
match factories.
There are over 81 900 Western Union
telegraph offices.
The kegs used for the expectation OF
gold hold $4,000.
The annual production Of pepper av-
erages $4,000 tons.
Electric lights are extinguished by a
clock arrangement.
Twenty-Five cents a day is good wages
for laborer in China.
The New York Central has increased
its capital to $l00,000,000.
Birmingham, England, manufactures
$780, 100000 of pins weekly.
Twelve million fans are exported an
nually from Canton, China.
The highest price ever paid for silver
was Sl.2l an ounce, August 10, 1890.
Lots of land is changing hands now in
Franklin county, Kan, at $40 an acre.
The sixty-four corn-canning factories
in Maine put up 13, l61, ,02S cans last year.
Twenty-one thousand persons are en-
ployed making pins at Redditch, En-
gland.
During the last year the imports OF
woolen goods amounted in value to $95,
792,905.
During 1892 there were 1,76S strikes in
the State OF New York, involving 25,7 ,764
persons.
More than five hundred street rail
roads are operated by electricity on this
Continent.
The Bessemer iron miners of Michigan
admit the formation of a pool to limit
their output.
More gold has been obtained from
Spanish America than from any other
part of the world.
A new wire, called the Hungarian,
is covered with three coats of thread and
two coats of celluloid.
From all sections of the Southern cot.
ton belt come reports of largely in
creased cotton acreage.
There are quite number of women in
New York who earn their living by tax
ing in "baby boarders."
More than 100000 lizard skins were
shipped to this country last year from
the State of Tobosco, Mexico.
The fish hatchery at Selkirk, Canada
which has capacity of 100000 fry, il
said to be the largest in Canada.
The silver output of Colorado was in
creased last year by 5000, 900 ounces il
spite of the low price of the metal.
There is $4,000, 100000 of life insur
ance written in all parts of the world
and of this nearly one-half is placed il
this country.
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HrOcql


"You will excuse me, gentlemen, for Civ
ing you but one verse, as want you to at
tend the reading shall give in the hall to-
morrow night Admission only so cents. I
have one other here, entitled, When Bill
Turns Jack part of which | will recite
When the stock is in the stable and ever'thing's
been fed,
And all them kind o chores done up and the wood
throwed in the shed,
Tn mighty apt to slip acrost to Bills to have
some fun,
And most gently we play eucher till the clock
strikes one;
I've allus handled pasteboards In q easy sort o.
way.
But when 1t comes to Bill, Ise got jes' this ere
much to say;
You may pile up p'ints agn him n hold the best
keerds in the pack,
But you've got to play 'em awful close
When
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Turns

Jackf
"That is all will give you tonight, gen.
tlemen, but it is enough to show you who has
been writing Mr. Riley's poems My reading
tomorrow evening will be most entertaining,
and as wrote all of Mr. Longfellow's poems,
and am constantly shipping poems to Mr..
Lowell, you can see that it will be varied as
well. Lately have been encroaching on the
English market, sending a number of con-
signments to Mr.. Browning, and yesterday
filling trial order for Baron Tennyson.
This is all done away with, however, and
Thomas II. Stoc!Swell reveals his true self to
the world. Do not forget my entertainment
tomorrow
"Tom," said a man, as he entered and
touched the poet on the shoulder, "come on
it is long past time that you were in, and
have been looking everywhere for you.
hope he hasn't disturbed you, gentlemen" he
continued, as he started toward the door, fol-
lowed by the other; "he is perfectly harm
less, SO we allow him about the asylum
grounds, but we didn't think he would wan
der away He is the same man who used to
think the world would cease to revolve
| around the sun if he didn wear green rib
bon on his hat, but he has given up that and
taken to poetry"
Nye came in a moment later very much
exhausted by Uncle Asa's cow and hired man
story, but be had to help Riley up to bed
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nacneu vuo rtog ruo~.-.:----
range.
tsNow; George, that all may be
80 but Iwant you tu tell the ole
grownhog this fur me: Eff he'll
let me alone I'll let him alone, an
eff he don't, if I don't lizard him
agin I wish I may be turned inter
a poulticel Let's go tu the spring
an mix q little owe hit with this
yere whiskey (shaking his flask }
afore you start. Mind, tell ole
Barebelly what l sed about anuthel
big skeer, with-say a peck, ur a
peck an a half owe Lizards. Try
an skeer i'm eff you kin, Good
by.n
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AllUnnerved,

The Detrotit Fro. Press.
He didn't have them again,
that was evident, but when he
came in at 6 o'clock from Bis
Office he was badly ratified.
aWhat's the matter?" asked his
wife.
ell saw a woman a while ago.
he stammered nervously," wearing
one of those confounded skoop
hir is"
@skoop hirts2" queried the lady,
eying him closely.
"No-no." shaking his head,
zone Of those confoundod hook
spirits"
"Hook spirts2" and again his
wife looked at him suspiciously.
"No one of those confounded
skoop spirits"
"skoop spirts?" interrupted his
wife.
He rubbed his head hard and
tried again.
zone of those confounded
soop-".
sHenry, my DEAR interrupted
Mrs. Henry, getting up and taking
him by the arm, "suppose you go
out and soak your wits at the
hydrant for a few moments"
Henry obeyed, and when he
returned he said it was one Of
those oontounded hoop skirts that
had snnnerved him so.
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which it was slightly injured.
About the time the silks began to

which it was slightly injured.
About the time the silks began to
appear rain ceased and there. was
no rain for three weeks; then a
good rain, and then three more
weeks of dry weather-the last
week the hottest Of the year. The
corn suffered considerably-the
blades were burned up to about
eighteen inches on the stock. The
crop was on the public road and a
great many persons pronounced
the crop a failure, said it was plaLt
ed too thick, etc., but when the
fodder was stripped the ears show.
ed up two to stalk and in some
cases three ears.
Notice that in each of the three
-plowings that only one round in a
row was made, thus reducing the
cost of cultivation to a minimum
on hill or rolling land from the
ordinary mode of cultivation.
In our low country the land clear
of obstructions could be cultivated
with q suitable cultivator at half
or at much less expense than on
hill land. Some day in the not
distant future the low country
will he the aEldorado" of South
Carolina.
twill be a great day for South
Carolina when our farmers learn
that economy is the bed rock of
successful farming. The best of
them never think of the cost of
production. For instance. 1 have
a neighbor who is called, 8 good
farmer, who gave me his plan of
cultivating corn, which cost him
as much for one blowing per acre
as the three plowings. cost me,
showing that at least one-third of
the labor is expended in cultiva-
ting the crop is SO: much time and
labor wasted. That if this third
of the labor was intelligently di-
Tected, the result would be aston
ishing.
On well-drained upland deep.
planting has given the best re-
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knees with thar eyes shot, but
facest turned the way old mudtukil
Was y 4 runnin,-,hev WINS the

Knees with thar eyes shot, bu'
facest turned the way old mudtukil
Mas a runnin'-,hey wus the
Idsceitful wuns; sum duin' nuthin'
they wus the waitin' wuns, an
THE most danjerous owe all 'em by
gdurned long ste.
= tuck a big skeer mysef arter
|a Bibil about as big as brick,
dSs-sip-line, an book called a
ataplasm, few rocks an sich
like fruit spattered onto the pull
|pt nj onto my he'd; an as the
|LQyengoo oods-durn~ 'em!-know
n4thin' but tn run when they git
skared, I jist put out towards the
swamp on the krick. As I started
|a black bottil owe baldface smas-
he'd agin a tree forninst me. Sum
durned fool perfessor dun this, who
he'd more zeal than sence; fur I
say that any man who'd vast a
quart owe good whiskey fur the
chance owe knockin' a poer devil
like me down with it, if the bottil
wig nuthin,' isn't as smart as ole
Squire Mecmullin, an he shot his
|sefs with a hoe handl, an hit
Wafn't loaded at that. Well, you
know, George. l orter run fast
jisflook at-these legs; / used 'em
s1msatween that meetin' ground
an the swamp, an they hain't
Kotch me yet.
Ole sBarebelly Bullin, as they
cal him since his trlbulation with
the5Hell Sarpintss .hain't preched
but Saunat an then he hedn't an
oman tu hear i'm. His tex was,
.NakedI cum inter this wuld an
Pm gwile outen it the same way,
|ef I'hlspared till them I'm told
|;twa1sa Bowerful sarmint-it wus
hearh three miles: He proved that
nakianess warn't much arter all,
ef yn take. the rite view owe the
thing; that hell sarpints owe all
size ;Eus. skeery, cold an trubil-
sum that it warn 'ttu be expected
owe BIN, a poor, weak, frail wum
:
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Draining the Okeflnokee Swamp.

The work of draining Okefnokee
swamp, the biggest undertaking of
its character in America, which
will eventually reclaim 100000
acres of the finest agricultural
land in the country, is progressing
at remarkably satisfactory rate.
The great swamp is situated in
the southeastern part of Georgia,
and extends northerly from the
border line of Florida. Creeks of
st. Mary's River and suwanee
reach to the swamp. One of. the
engineers in charge of tie work
was in the city recently and gave
the writer an interesting chat about
the scheme, which will open up
section which for centuries has
been under water and muck, the
home of alligators and various
other reptiles.
One hundred and fifty laborers
are now at work at the swamp, and
the construction of the great canal,
which to carry the water from
the swamp to st. Mary's River, is
being pushed forward as rapidly
as machinery and human hands
can accomplish it. After January
1, this force will be doubled, one
half working during the day and
the other at night, so that this
years results will be twice as much
as that of the last twelve months.
This canal, when completed, will
be $50 #. wide and 63 #. deep,
with fall of 1875 #. to st. Mary's
River. The most difficult part of
the construction will be through a
high knoll two miles long. Through
the middle of the swamp another
canal, sixteen miles long, will be
constructed, with small branches,
the whole to act as feeders to the
big drainage stream.
When tho latter is completed,
two hydraulic pumps, with a ca
pacity of 10000 gallons each per
minute, will force the water off the
: 60 ,:lc tko la-naet inland
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s
anil was sglad Owe it, fur / thot he
ment tn kill me with his club of
he failed tu preach me tu death, an
I didu't wont her tn see me die"
"Who was the friend yeu speak
of, sut?"
"Nun owe your bisnes, durn yonr
little ankshus picter! But I'll tell
you one thing, George, that mite a
neibor gall got an orful confounded
stroppin' from her nam with the
stirrup leather owe a saddil, an
ole Passon Bullin had ct supper
thar that mite; an what's wus nur
all, she cooked it fur him an beg
ged him tremblin' and cryin' not
tn tell on her; the burned infurnel,
hiperkritikcl, -bellied, whiskey
wastin' ole grounding! But I
paid i'm fur it all; eff I haln't ]
will. Imean tu keep prayin' owe
him all the time. Well, at mex
big meetin' at Rattil Snaix I wur
on him, as solemn as hat-kerrier
at collection time, fur I had
promised the ole hog tu cum an
be convarted jist tn keep him
from KILN me. tuck a seat on
the steps owe the pulpit to prove ]
wur in yearnest: The, wus a
monRtrous crowd in that grove,
an ole Bullin wur preachin' tn
'em at an orful rate, how the He'll
Sarpints wud serve 'em eff they
didn't repent, how they'd crawal
over 'em, rap their tolls round
thar necks, poke thar tongues into
thar eyes an blow inter thar years
an if it war an 'omman, how
they'd guile in her busum, an try
tn crawl down under her frock-
string. An he he'd 'em hot, hollerin'
an scared. The fact is, the thing
was workin,, powerful. Now I'd
kotch five big grey pot-bellied
Lizards, an held 'em in little
narrer bag, what I made purpose
thar tails all at the bottom, an
packed as tighF as a bundil owe
silks. So while he wur a rarin
onto his tip-toes, unbenowens tu
anybody, I ontied my poke an
put the mouth up under his britc.
hes leg an gin ther tails squeeze
an a shake, when they tuck up his
bar leg, maxim owe a Mise sortel
like squirrils a climbin' a shell
bark hickory. He stopped pFeaehin
an looked fur q ,poment like he
lwuF lis'pin fur snmthip,' sortel
like an ole SOW dus when she
hears you whistle fur the dogs. ]
give a big gFoan, an hilt my he'd
atween my knees, Then be com,
menced a,slappin' owe his self
whar ye cut the steak outen a beef
an then he'd fetch a ruff rub whal
a hoss's tail sprouts, then he'd
stomp, then rub his ham atweer
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LovENGooD's LIZARDS.
Ss-eit Duler Reward.

|
Nashville Union and American.
This cash will be paide in
korn or projunce tu be collected at
ur aboute mex kampmetin by enc
wun what ketchis him, for the
cacus owe wun sutty Levengood
ded ,ur aliy an safely gin over tu
the car owe passon John eBullin at
Squire mack Junkins for, rasin
owe the devil, permiscuously,
discumfurtin the wimen powerful
an a skarin of folks gineraly at
the ratilsnaix spings. signed by
me John Bulin the Passon. attested
tn by Jehu Wethorne.
I found written copies of the
above highly ineligible and
yindictive proclamation stuck up
on every blacksmith shop and
store door i'll the Frog Mountain
range. It's bloodthirstY, vindictiye
spirit, its style, and, above all, its
chirograpby, interested me to the
extent of stealing one from tree
for preservation:
In a few days I found Sut in a
crowd in front of Capehar's small
doggery, and, as he proved to be
about in ''tune." 1 read it to him.
eyes George, that ar dockymint
am in yearhest, sartin. They duz
want mo powerful bad, but ! spect
cit dullers won't fetch me. I'll go
mysef fur fifty, planked down, EFF
you'll go long all see me hey
iestice. Lite, little ole feller, all
let that roam owe yourn blow a
little, an I'll splain this cussed
afar what hes rnined my karacter
as Plus pusson in the sciety about
here. You see, l went tu last
years big meetin' at Ratail Snaix
Springs, and wer sittin' in a nice
shady place conversin' with a
frien' in the huckilberry thicket,
when the fust thing I know'd 7
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britches. Wun owe the smartest oye
my blue Lizards lit he'd fust inter
the bussom owe fat 'oman, as big
as skin'd hoss, an nigh on to
as ugly, who sot thirty yards off q
fannin' hersef with a turky tail,
an smart tu the last, hit COM
menced runnin' down. So she wur
bound to faint, an did it fust-rate
-jist fung her tucky tail up in
the air, rolled down the hill, tan
gled her legs an garters in the top
owe huckliberry bush, an wur
thar all safe, fair an quiet when
-Ileft.
"Now old Bullin had nuthin'
left on him but par owe heavy
low-quartered- shoes, seort woolin
socks, an eel skin garters tn keep
off the cramp, an his skare wur a
growin' >on him fast. He wur
plum crazy, fur he jist spit in his
hands an leaped over the front
the pulpit rite inter the middle
owe the plus part owe the kon-
gregation, kerkiffl an sox in tu
gettin. away. He run, or rather
went in a lumberin' gallop, heavy,
like an ole wagg:n hoss skared at
a locomotive. When he jumped a
bench he shook the yeath an his
self tu. The bonnets an fans
cleared the way, an he had a
purfectly far track tu de woods.
He weighed nigh onto three
hundred, he'd black stripe down
hi back like onto an ole bridil
rein, an his belly looked about
the size and cutler owe a big beef
paunch, an hit shakin' from side
tos ide. He leaned back frum it like
little feller a totin' owe big
drum at muster, an 1 hearn 1t
slosh plum tn wher I wur. Thar
wur cramp nots on his legs as big
as warnuts, an all over he minded
me of a crazy ole. elephant what
wer possessed by the devil, with
hits years, snout all tushes sawed
off, an rared up an gwine on hits
hind legs away frum emediate
troubble an trlbulation. He did
the loudest an scariest an fussiest
runnin' 1 ever seed since Dad
raced with the hornets, tu be no
faster then it wur. Well, he disay-
peared in the thicket, an owe all
tho nises ye ever hearn it wer thar
in q cirkle owe two hundred feet or
thereahouts-snm wimenscramin'
they wus the skery wunss
SUM larfn'-they wus the
wicked wuns, snm oryin'-they
WINS the fool wuns, (sorter of the
Lovengood stripe); sum tryill' tu
git away ur hide thar faces-they
wus the modest wuns; sum lookin'
arter ole Bulin-they wus
the curious wuns; sum on thar
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lis waisbun an his shut, an reach

his waisbun an his shut, an reach
down. .'roun' mitily with it-thenl
he spred his legs an give his back
a good shakin' sort Owe sa rub
again 'the pulpit, sorter: like q hog
scratches agill'a stump; leanin'
tu his work powerful, AN squirmin'
ginerally, zif he'd jist cum outen}
a dog bed, ur he'd slep Oh q ant.
trial. About this time wun owe my
Lizards (scared an hurt, ] s'pose,,
by, all this rubbin' an scratchins
an slappin') poked his he'd out.
atween the passon's shut collar an
his OILS brown neck, tuck "a peep
at the circumstances, an doge;
back ag;n. Ole Bullin's speech
now cum tu him. His eyes stickin'
out like two buckeyes flung agin5
a mud wall an his voice trimblin,
says he, Brethren, take keer 4 oyses.
your SETS. the He'll sarpints hev2
got melo Sum owe the wimmin5
fotch q painter yell, an q ramrod.
legged doctor what sot near me;
allowed it wur clar case owe
delicious tremenjns. AMI !, thot,
he wur rite, fur it wur tremenjnsi
afore itwur dun with. Off went the;
clayhammer coat, an he flung hit
ahind him like he wur gWinei
inter a fte Che he'd no jacket on.
Next he fotch his. shut over his
he'd faster nur I got outen my.
pasted wun, an he flung hit up In
the air like he didn't care a durni
if hit kept on up forever, but hit.
lodged onto black jack. I seed
wuL owe my lizzerds a:sracin.
about over the big old dirty-lookin'
shut,skared like the devil. Then he
gin sorter shake an a twist, an
he cum outen his britiches, an he
tuck 'em by the bottom owe the
legs an swung 'em round his he'd
few times an then fotch 'em
down cherwallup over the front
owe the pulpit. You could NV
hearn the smash q quarter owe q
mile! Nigh onto abon.'se seteen short
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NV custom has been to scatter ih,

NV custom has been to scatter ths
manure in the drill, causing the
rootlets TO seek some distance for
| it. If concentrated at the hill the
rootlets concentrate Mt that point,
hence less substance 10 the roots
than if properly distributed.
Never plow land wet. Run rows
on a level so as to retain the rain
fall. Never put much dirt to corn
early in the spring, and when once
you begin to plow, do so regularly.
In conclusion ! beg to say that
the result of the experiment made
by me and. that of Mr.. Drake de-
monstrates the fact that South
Carolina soil is capable of making
more corn per acre and cheaper
corn per buehel than any other
State in America.
As the result of the experiment
the following statement is made
from eight and three-fourths acres
Of land: 40
Breaking land, man and horse
8 days, $500
Seed corn, SIC
Planting, 3 men and 2 horses
i day, 2.5O
Hauling and scatter'g manure, 400
Cultivating, 1 man and horse
II days, 7.4o
Thinning. man 2 days, LOU
Total cost of production, $2S.7C
Average number Of bushels on
81 acres 394.
Average cost of production pei
bushel 8 2-5 cents.
Largest yield on one acre 56t
bushels, 6 cents per bushel.
Two thousand bundles of fodder
were gathered from the 81 acres of
land, worth as much OF more than
the manure used.
R1cHBuRa, S. c., Nov. 9, '92.
We the undersigned (disinter.
ested) parties certify that at the
request of Capt. 0. A. Wylie we
measured and staked the acre Of
land on his farm on which was
grown the 56s bushels of corn, and
that it was no more nor less than
one acre.
(Sisned)
GEO. c. GILL,
JOE B. WyL1E,
w a. KEy
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Mr.. President and Gentlemen of
the Executive Committee of the
State Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Society of South Carolina:
I beg leave to submit the follow
ing statement under Section Is of
the Rules of the Society:
In order=to make the report of
the yield of corn on one acre more
intelligent. ] submit the cost of
producing 342 bushels on eight
and three-fourths acres of upland.
The land was in, cotton
last year (1S91), three acres of
which was fairly good clay land,
five and three-fourtbs acres sandy
clay subsoil.
Before the war the sandy land
was considered too poor to pay for
cultivation with slave labor.
The clay land was broken with
what we call side grab three inches
wide, breaking five to six inches
deep. The sandy land was broken
with a two-horse double foot ploW.
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tt. long, Will a ~ ~. .....--.
what is known as combination
-dipper and stump puller.
By April 1 the company will be
able to secure timber from Oke-
fnokee. In this alone the wealth
of the swamp is!incalculable. Its
pine growth is the most magnif-
cent in the world in point of size
and quality, and its cypress de-
posits cannot be equaled anywhere.
The pines average. 70 #. to the
limb, are as straight as an arrow,
and from to s #. in diameter,
while the cypress trees are enor-
nous in size, the average diameter
being from 10 to 12 ft. Saw mill
men have besieged the company to
secure the timber, but, as it is of
such valuable quality, the compa-
ny will probably erect saw mills
on the edge of the swamp and de-
velop the timber on it's own ac-
count.
The engineers expect to find
many valuable curios as the work
progresses. Already they have
found evidences of Indian habita-
Etion Of. the numerous small is-
lands which dot the great swamp.
Numbers Of Indian mounds have
been discovered on these islands
filed with all styles of pottery.
specimens of which have been
sent to the Smithsonian Institu-
tion at Washington.
The most interesting curiosities.
however, are expected when the
big dredge begins it's work of re-
moving the muck from the swamp.
The engineers believe that man.
moth wild animals, now extinct,
made their homes in the swamp
in past centuries, and are anx-
iously looking forward to the turn
ing up of carcasses to prove their
theories.
Just what length of time will
be required to complete the drain
ing of Okefnokee the engineers
are unable to estimate, but it is
safe to say that there is work
ahead for several years. When
the reclamation is accomplished,
the stockholders of the company
who had the nerve to put their
money into the scheme, which,
when first broached, appeared to
many as wild vagary, will real
ize handsomely on their invest
ments. 1t may take a long time,
but it is one of those things worth
waiting for.-savannah News.