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Sheep in South Carolina
Louisville Home and Form.

have always been convinced that az.
ricuIture would never flourish in the
South unless the raising of stock should
be combined with the raising OF cotton
aud corn, and have, therefore, watched
the raising of sheep with interest. Ihave
never known an instance where great
profit did not result from sheeprralsing
when protected from depredations Of dogs,
and, In rare cases, OF thieves. !.
To Sonth Carolinian the experience Of
DR.. ME-, OF Mississippi. will certainly ap-
pear wonderful. The only drawbacks to
sheep-raising in this State are depreda-
tions of dogs upon the fockg, which can
be ren,edied bY the passage Ofa dog H.
cense law, and the trouble of fencing or
herding, and the indisposition Of farmers
to do anything but watch the negroes
make cotton. Sheep entail no cost except
a little salt and q little cotton seed in So
we're winter. Practically there is never
any disease among sheep here. Twill
give an Instance Of what has been done in
this county. In February, 1855, Gen. j.
Bratton bought flock Of forty-nirle poor
sheep. The shearing Of that year he
gave to his neighbors. In November,
1872, his flock amounted to three hundred
and fifty head, having bought nc other
sheep, except 9 few s'outhdown bucks.
IN the meantime ha had sold $500 worth
Of wool and 5000 worth Of mutton, and
had lived on mutton, not having had q
chicken or pig on his place. With the
sheep be had enriched thirty acres of land
that would hardly sprout peas, 30 that It
would make one thousand pounds Of cot
ton to the acre. The only feed ever given
was a little cotton seed for few weeks
the winter. Then he divided bis
flock, giving one hundred and seventy
five head to q friend In another county to
raise on shares. Since then his clover and
timothy and lucern fields made by means
of his sheep and herd Of thoroughbred
AYRSHIRE cattle have made his plantation
resemble Kentucky blue graen farm.
g.. b. McMAsTER.
Fairfield County, South Carolina.
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A Mans UnbrIdled Passion.

SEYMOUR, IND, November 8.-.As q
result of terrible tragedy, growing out
Of family feud, five people are dead to-
night in their country home several
miles from this place.
Four years ago Clinton Jordan, then
81 years old, married q daughter OF
Joshua Foster, with whom he never
lived happily. Last week they separa-
ted, and she returned 10 the home Of her
father. Late last night Jordan met his
father.in. law and accompanied him home
contrary to the wishes Of the latter, who
feared trouble. Jordan p. omised to be-
have himself but soon after his arrival at
Fosters home he began 20 quarrel.
Foster then ordered him out of the house,
when Jordan fired at the old man, but
missed, him, the ball striking Cora Fos-
Ter. aged II years, in the head, killing
her instantly. His second shot hit Fos-
ter In the head and he fell, but he soon
rose and ran quarter OF mile to the
home of another son-in-law, William
Powell, where he fell and fingered until
late this afternoon, when he died. Jor-
dan then turned his revolver toward
Mrs. Foster, his mother Ia law, shooting
her in the neck, the ball passing down
ward, and causing q wound from which
she died tonight. Jordau's wife at
tenn pied to defend her mother, and he
stabbed her repeatedly in breast, hands
and face, and ended by shooting her
through the head. Jordan then opened
his vest and placing the revolver against
his breast sent 9, ball through hia heart.
He dropped dead, falling across the dead
body of his wife. Foster, the aged vic
tim, was 60 years old and his
wife so. Mrs. Jordan was only IS years
old.
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A New York Chicago Electric Line.

What was once regarded as possi-
bility and lately regarded as a proba-
bility has developedinto grand real
ization. It is an elevated electric
road connecting New York and Chic
ago. The scheme has been in state
Of incubation for the past two years,
and until now the projectors have
succeeded in keeping their plans con-
cealed from the public. During the
past eighteen months there have been
numerous secret meetings held in this
city, and another, began yesterday,
will continue throughout to-day and
possibly tomorrow.
The session is in progress at the
residence of DR.. j. G. Anderson, No.
1919 Euclid avenue. Capital from
New York to st. Louis is interested
in the affair and sufficiently large
amount has been secured by the pro-
jectors to insure it's success. Ex-Gov.
Charles Foster is one Of the principal
men interested. lie has been devot-
ing his attention to the matter for
some time and has Influenced capital
to take hold Of the scheme. It is diff
cult to obtain information from those
in position to know, but the follow
ing statement in connection with the
proposed road has been received from
authentic sources.
1t will require $1C0, 600, 600 to build
she road. All the money kings in the
country who have been approached
have consented to investigate, and the
result has invariably been in favor Of
consummating the gigantic undertak-
ing. It is to be double-track road
and built entirely Of steel, except the
ties, which are to be of wood, and the
only part Of the entire construction
which will consist of that material.
Another remarkable feature will be
the speed of the trains. They will
run at rate not less than 100 miles
per hour, and by the direct route.
which is proposed, the whole journey
from New York to Chicago will be
made in less than ten hours.
If a person had to travel at the eX-
ceeding high rate of speed without
any assurance of safety the success Of
the road would be doubtful, but
among the numerous patents already
secured by the company lis mechani-
cal device which keeps the cars secure
ly on the track and prevents posi-
bility of any accident in that direc-
tion.
The double track will overcome the
danger Of misplaced switches in pass
ing trains. There will be no switches
throughout the entire line. The road
will accommodate nothing but mail,
express and passengers there being
no means for transporting freight
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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To determine the exact age of
eggs dissolve about four ounces OF
common salt in quart Of pure water
and then immerse the egg. If it be
only day or so old, it will sink to
the bottom, but if it be three days old
it will float in the liquid. If more
than FIVE, it comes to the surface and
rises above in proportion to its in
creased age.
A dispatch from Teheran, Per-
sia, to the London Times, says that
$4,000 persons were killed in Kusman,
Persia, by an earthquake, last Friday.
Up to Sunday, 10000 bodies had been
recovered, but 1000 more were still in n
the ruins of, the city. Over $4,000
head Of cattle were killed in the sur:
rounding country. The earth opened
in many places and literally swallowed
them up. Shocks are still being felt
throughout the neighborhood daily.
The recent depression in bust
ness has had marked effect in de-
creasing the consumption of tobacco
and beer, as shown in a material fall
ing off in the internal revenue from
those manufactures.
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When he Stopped Payment,

The bully manner sometimes assum-
ed by certain lawyers in cross-exami-
nation, in order to confuse witness
and make his replies to important
questions hesitating and contradic"
tory, is notorious, and many are the
tales told Of ''cute" witnesses who
have turned the tables on their perse-
cutors. The following relates case
of this kind:
In civil action on money matters
the plaintiff had stated that his fnan-
cial position was always satisfactory:
In cross-examination he was asked ii
he had ever been bankrupt.
':sNo," was the answer.
Next question was:
''Now, be careful. Did you ever
stop payment p
"Yes,' was the reply. =.
"Ah !'' exclaimed the counsel, 81
thought we should get it at last.
When did that happen p
CATER I paid all I owed" was the
answer
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"A magnesium lamp has been invent
ed by M. Louis Bouton, Of Paris, ny
which submarine photography has been
made possible.
-Only forty-three out Of hundred and
fifty candidates for admission to West
Point were successful at the last entrance
examination.
Mary Johnson, an aged colored wo-
man, from Newberry, $. o., WAS last
Wednesday added to the long list OF
cranks who insist on seeing the Presi-
dent to secure an adjustment Of grievan-
ces. She will be sent home.
There has been no rain in William
son county, in the vicinity Of Flores
vile, Tex, since June lst. The water
supply obtained from the wells
and oisterns is being rapidly exhausted
The Legislature-elect in Virginia Is
nearly unanimously Democratic. In the
Senate there will be thirty.nine Demo-
Gratis and one lone Populist. The House
will be composed of eighty-one Demo-
Gratis, ten Populists and one Independent
Democrat.
Virginia raises 100000 bushels Of
peanuts and $4,0OO,OO0 worth Of fruits
End vegetables. The iron product Is
200. 600 tons, and over $4,000, 900 of gold
has been sent to the United States mins.
This State has the largest lead mines in
she South and the largest maganese
mines in the world.
The pastors of Savannah, Ca, have
recently expressed themselves nearly
unanimously as adverse to the practice
of women preaching or e9horting. Com
mentlng upon their Judgment, the Sa'
vannah Press says: "Some women ara
persuasive speakers, and no objections
can be urged to their leading their own
class meetings or conducting blole les-
sons at their Sunday school or prayer
rooms. But the practice OF encouraging
women evangelists and women preacher'
and women stump speakers Will not pre-
vail down here"
The Oldest man In Georgia, and even
in the United States, lives in Emanuel
county. He is 140 years old, end haa
lived for over 100 years with the Young"
blood family of that county. ne wag
brought from Africa in slave ship and
was purchased by the Youngbloods. 40
was called Marsh. After the war III no
adopted the name OF his owners. ,, tuia s
was the onlv difference the civil war
made with the old man, for ever since
freedom he has lived with bis former
masters. Marsh ia hale and hearty oid
negro. whose kinky hair and beard III
now snow white. In no other way,
however, does be chow any signs OF ms
extreme old.lge.. He does as mncn Work
|ssS,S es any Of the bucks IN no ns's'-
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How Many Bees Mako q Pound Z

This question is answered in re-
cent number of the american Apicul-
turist. Careful weighing shows that
an ordinary bee, not loaded, weighs
the one fve-thousandth part Of q
pound, so that it takes fve-thousand
bees, not loaded, to make pound.
But the loaded bee, when he comes in
fresh from the fields and flowers load
ed with honey or bee bread, weighs
nearly three times more, that is to say,
he carries nearly twice his own wei ght.
Of loaded bees there are only about
/ 300 in the pound.
An ordinary hive of bees contains
from four to Eve pounds of bees, or
between twenty thousand and twenty
FIVE thousand individuals but some
swarms have double this weight and
number Of bees.
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Freezing Fish.

Science has conquered nature and
has demonstrated that to preserve
fish it is not necessary to salt them.
Freezing is the thing in the future,
and Sandusky, Ohio, is the place
where the first attempt has been
made to carry on the business in
general way. Frozen fish are taking
an important place in commerce and
in the cuisine, and as the industry be-
comes more general the demand for
salt fish will probably drop off to great
extent.
About three years ago j. A. Stoll,
4 fish commission dealer in Sandusky,
began to experiment with freezing
fish, and soon found that the inven-
tion of the ice-making machine would
be his salvation. Last year he COM
pleted his scheme and now he has
plant in full operation, employing
twenty-five men and a capacity of
freezing and preserving twenty tons Of
fresh fish each year. In year Mr.:
Stoll expects to double the capacity Of
the plant.
The method used is very simple yet
interesting. The FISH are unloaded
from the schooners and placed in the
dressing vats, where the refuse matter
is removed and the fish sorted and
graded according to the species. This
is only done with the larger fish, but
.the smaller ones are not mutilated.
The fish are placed in pans made Of
metal that will not rust, being placed
lin layers and the pans carried to the
cooler. This cooler is sort Of q
vault filled with pipes arranged in
tiers and compartments, like the
shelves Of a pantry, and made to fit
so perfectly that no space is wasted.
These pipes are filled with freezing
fuid and the temperature is kept zero.
From here, after freezing twenty-four
hours, the pans are removed to the
preserving vaults, where they are
placed on pipes arranged as in first
mentioned vaults.
Just step in once, after standing
around in the hot sun Of July day.
Of course overcoats are neglected in
the summer, but in two minutes you
discover yourself in the atmosphere
of the Artic regions, and, glancing at
thermometer, you will see the mer-
curry registered at eighteen below zero.
A massive door is opened and before
your ewes is O big stack of block wood
no things are what they seem, for
you find the wood very cold. tits the
fish that will be distributed to your
market man, perhaps many yeaEs
hence, and the meat is so frozen that
when emptied from the pans the fish
appear Like chunks of wood, and are
SO solid that they must be thawed sew
eral hours before the fish can be sepa-
rated.
It has been demonstrated already
that flesh kept frozen at such q low
degree of temperature will remain
perfect for period of years, and it is
believed that the fish may be preserv-
ed ten years, and then be turned over
to the fish dealer fresh as the day they
were caught.
Brine is circulated by the pumps
through every toot Of the pipes, and
returns to the tank for cooling for re-
distribution in the space Of one minute.
The Sandusky plant cost $25, ,O0O.--
Detroit Journal.
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If the tax on whiskey is not increas-
ed to $l.50 gallon 1t will not be the
fault of the religious and temperance so
cieties in some parts of the West. The
statement made last week that the whis-
key tax might not exceed 81 gallon has
brought forth storm of protests from
the Young Mems Christian Association
and Women's Christian Temperance
Union in Iowa and-Illinois. They all
want the highest possible tax on whis-
kew, and their letters are very. strong in
condemning its use.
"A man who is in situation TO
speak from the card says that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company burns over
twelve thousand tons Of coal day be-
tween Pittsburg and Jersey City, at a
Cost considerably over $4,000. This is
for making steam only, and does not in
clude the coal used for heating, running
pumping engines, elevators, air COM
pressors, and electric light generators, or
for the many tugs and ferryboats en-
ployed by this line.
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Sensible Mississippi Farmers.

The Memphis Appeal-Aua1anche has
the following:
The Farmers Alliance of Mississippi
has adopted very wise policy that will
tend to strengthen the order immensely.
At the Tupelo conference, during the
past week, an address was issued recon-
mendiug the suspension Of all participa-
ton in politica until 1896, and urging
farmers to devote their energies to the
profitable diversification Of crops. The
lecturers ofthe State have been instruct
ed to preach this new gospel Of ngricultu-
raj reform and to use every possible or
fort to develop the stock and trucking
interests of Mississippi. Concessions
have been obtained from some of the
railroads and commission houses for the
sale of farm products will be established
in several Of the larger cities of Che South
and West. This Is Is q move In the
right direction and it is In limo with the
original and Fundamental principles OF
the organization. II the farmers OF the
Mississippi will accede to the sugges-
tions they will be- able to make the
State one OF the richest and most produc-
tive in the union, for there Is nothing
not actually tropical that cannot be rails
ed within her borders. Concentration of
effort to this end on the part OF the AL
lance leaders will do more in one year
to improve the condition of the farmer
than half century of political schemipg
and speaking. The time Is ripe for the
work which the Tupelo conference has
outlined, and 1t will be blessed day for
Mississippi when her truck patches are
as numerous and her agriculture as
scientific as they are in South Carolina,
Virginia and Georgia. As the farm
ers grow prosperous, they will grow
powerful
The farmers OF other States will do
we'll If they profit by the example Of
their Mississippi brethren. II they want
to better their condition, let them give
their time and attention to the diversiti-
cation of their crops. the production Of
the food supplies required for home uss,
-and the cheapening Of the cost OF produc-
tion.
to give any time to politics before the
next general election, q careful study OF
the Chicago platform will not come
'amiss. We are satisfied, that when the
farmers of the South and West seriously
consider the benefits that must come to
them through the redemption Of the
financial and tariff pledges Of our plat
form, worry few of them will ever Drift
into the ranks of the third party.
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Killing Time.

If there is any occupation under
the sun from which every right-mind-
ed man and woman should pray
to be delivered it is that of killing
time"
We have seen people engaged in it,
and we always pity them immense
ly. Just think Of it To get up in
the morning with no definite employ
ment for the day To eat breakfast,
and be as long as possible in doing it,
so that dinner may come the sooner.
To eat dinner with the same end in
view, that supper may not be too far
off.
Meanwhile, nothing to occupy
the mind or hands the only idea pres
ent being the desire to pass the time
somehow. :,
Why it is enough to make a we'll
man sick, and to drive rational man
crazy.
The idea of killing time when the
world is so full Of work, and not half
hands enough to do it. Killing time
when men and women are suffering
for the help these idle hands might
render them; and innocent children
are being sent to the alms-houses for
the bread these lazy drones might earn
for them.
Killing time when there are forests
tn he leyeled. cities to be built, des-
erts to be made blossom like the rose
and whole nations Of human beings
yet to be Chr;stianized, and taught
that the first duty Of man to man is
to Glove thy neighbor as thyself. "
Fie, young man, for shame Take
off your kid gloves, lay aside your dia-
monds, and consign your eye-g lasses
to their case and go to work. Don t
complain to us of weak stomachs, and
trembling nerves, and aacid mus
cles, you who have no more en-
nobling life work on hand than killing
time.
The man who follows legitimate
business never has any time to kill.
He has not time enough. He has
to calculate in order to make his
allowance Of time and the demand
which labor makes upon it. And
he will live longer and happier than
the idler who works hard to get rid
of the time allotted to him and the
world will feel his loss ten times as
much, for ''it is better to wear out
than to rust out.
Young woman whose cheeks are
pallid and whose lips have lost thei,
bloom, leave this wretched occupation
of killing time and go to work.
Hunt up motherless' and desolate
| children around you, and teach them
to read and write, and make them
some frocks and petticoats to keel
the cold winds Of winter from theil
| shivering forms. Help the poor wild
ow across the way with the garments
for that flock of boys Of hers; to-
who knows but somewhere may b
found the future President Of the
United States (? Nothing more likely
And chen if such an event shoult
come to pass, just think how prout
you will be to say to your grand chi!
dren on inauguration day. "Well,
made him pair Of trousers once.
Do anything honorable rather thai
kill time.
| Time which is slipping away from
us SO fast that in little; while it viii
have passed forever, and eternity vii
have begun.
Think of England's unhappy queer
who, on her death-bed, cried in dis
| pair:
"My kingdom for moment o
! time. ."-Kate Thorn, IN Ne,o Yorl
Weeklu.
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to be removed from penitentiary and be
in reformatory or separate prison.
Age when Observation-Disclosures 20 years,
21l; from 20 to 80 years, 80; from 30 to
40 years, 81 from 40 to so years, IS; over
so years, n. Total 664.
Nativity Of Prisoners-South Carolina.
592; North Carolina, 81; Georgia, 10;
Kentucky, 8; Virginia, s; New York, q;
Alabama, q; Indian Territory, l; Ten
nessee, l; West Indian Islands, l; Eng
land, i, Total 6H.
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Nov %, 1893
TO CREDITORS.

~ All persons having demands
against the Estate of the late Gen. w. w.
Humphreys, are notified to present them.
properly attested, 70 the undersigned
within the time prescribed by law, and all
persons indebted to the Estate are notified
to make prompt payment to the under
signed, or to E. B. Murray, his Attorney
in Fact, Anderson. 8. @.
WADE O. HUMPHREYS, Admir-.
Nov %, 1893 2l
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TUESDAY, November 14th, opening
day.
"Wednesday, November 10th, Govern ors'
day.
Friday, November 18th, Educational
day.
Tuesday and Wednesday, November 2l't
and 22d, Georgia and South Carolina days.
November 23rd and oath, Veterans day.
Special days arranged for the entire
holding of the Exposition.
Twenty thousand dollars in premiums.
Fifty thousand dollars in amusements.
Grand, gorgeous and glittering spectacu-
lar production, combined with the Ereat'
est indoor and outdoor attractions ever
seen in the South-Burning Of Moscow.
Excursions from all parts of the United
States.
November ID to December ID, 1893.
Lowest Rates on all Railroads.
Nov /, 1893 Ia q
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FOR SALE.

GPECIAL bargain in 6:oom House and
- Lot, one half acre of ground and out
houses, on East Boundary Street. Also,
$1,000 (par value) Alliance Store. Stock
Any portion of this Stock can be bought.
Apply to ,,,.u,,
Nov o. 1893 81
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Here is 4 section demanding the Legls-
lature's aL eution and indicates how many
ohiI6rcu are in prison when they ought