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sand. aud if it is too light. put 10 some
heavy loan Every yabere make veil
ro.ted manure 80 incorporated part OF
this soil from top 50 bottom. This is
the Only right say TO begin.
The ground is nov iu order to set
out tho plaoss and these. in age.
should oos De over two years from the
seed Ii is mistake TO set cot older
plants.
When the bed Is three feet wide. Two
rows should be planted along it Each
row should be foot from the edge Of
the bed. In Eve foot beds three rcws
are allowed to The bed-ooe sloDg the
ceo.er AID one cn each SIDE foos from
the edge.
The distance from plant to pIaus in
the rows ocght nc: 20 De less than 3
foot ADD if exhibition grostbs are
sought this distance ought to be more
As 5000 as the ground ia iu eoodi-
tion to work we'll, proceed TO plant !;
and any arrangement BY which the
roots can be we'll spread out, aod so
that the crowns SHOWING the buds from
which .be tops come will s.aod two or
three inches below the level of the soil.
will mees she need
At 20 time should asparagus be cut
closely enough to impair the 7igor of
the plsnt. Experience With sn arpara-
gus bed soon teaches iDtslIigea: people
what this meaos. Gain io the future
strength of 40 asparagus Ded will usual
Iy be oade 81 doirg 30 custicg before
the opening of the fourth year from the
making Of the bed
The secood grea. elmensi iu asparagus
culture turns on toe feeding OF the
plant. It takes wooderful vigor to
make this plant yield IS it does. snd
that vigor must, if i; is to conticue, be
sustained by bountiful supplies of suit
able food.
A: toe outset the crown Of the plant
is two inches usder the surface
of the .oil (; gradually. year by
year, until the year Of first reg
ular cutting is reached, this is increased
BY soil thoroughly enriched by we'll de-
composed manure. until there is 8 soil
depth of six iaches. At this depth it
sssods; tie coaiiog Of manure or other
fertilizer which it aonually afserward 'e-
ce;ves not iocre.sng the permanent
depth.
The asparagus bed sbould be keps
free fsom weeds, of course The an
sual coatiog Of manure is given in the
fall. as is alec the spriokling Of salt
shs need for this salt usually Increasing
AZ the di,taoce from sea breeze iodo-
eaoes iDctesses.
Another po,us is TO barn the tops
after shey dry up in the fall; the pur-
pose in this burning being the destruc-
.iou of aey insects tina: nay be es.ab-
lishiog t ,aelves on she asparagus
plant.
Ii is sometimes necessary to resort to
scmmercial fersilisers for asparagus. .od
IN euch cases she following formulas
will be helpful 10 guiding or nay 10
most o.ses be ssfely followed /: l Dis
solved boz. mesl. 100 pounds; basic
slug phosphate, 200 pouuds; k.inis.
800 pounds. 2 Nitrate Of soda. 180
pounds dissolved bone meal. 12O
pounds dried blood. 40 pounds dis
solved bono black 140 pounds (; muri.se
of potash, 100 pounds; kaiois. 22O
Each of these stand for she needs Of an
acre.
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of the Board Reaches
Washington.

Washingscc. March d The report
os sbe naval board of Inquiry iato the
Maine disaster Vas received 10 Wash
iioslen as 9 :35 to oigh: The fous
naval officers vho baye guarded It siuoe
IS departure from Key West we're hos,
sies a. onoe into carriage BY az At
s,cbe Of sbe navy department and dr'v-
60 10 tae Ebbits house.
The party consisted Of Lieutenant
Commapdsr Mark, L;eut. John Hood !.
Leu. Cssl Jangen, Passed Assistant
Engineer B,sess. A T. Marx. a
nephew OF the judge advocate. aod a
ships carpenter, Helms Of the u aioe's
ili fs,ed Grew There vas an immense
crowd wsisiag a. the depot when the
tr.ia pulled In. The uavsl
e,ptiogent avoided sbe crush OF
cisisans by alightiog at the upper end
of tbs platform and going cut scross
the tracks.
The party vas met By Lieut. Wsrd
of the navy department., who was the
sole representative of Secretary Long.
he informed Commander Mark that
the secretsry would no. receive the re-
port to night
Lieu: Hood carried the bulky docu.
mens in While canvas bag slug uoder
his arm, It nass have weighed 10 Oh
20 poauds, without its carrying case
That the whole party carrying the re-
port was armed was demonstrated in q
rather theatrical way juat as they were
about to get into the carrisge: Some
one ran agains. the end of the mys
.erious canvas bag 10 which the report
was concealed. Quick as o fash Lieut.
Hoods band went back to his hip ard
L;eu.. Judgen laid his hand 90 the bait
Of revolver that was stioklog from
his side pocket. The movements were
sua,iens to prevent further jos,ling.
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State Democratic
Committee Called.
Meeting to be Held Prior to
Prohibition Convention.

The State Democratic executive com
mii,tee is to meet on April 8. prior to
the assembling Of the State Prohibition
conveution. This announcement made
Yesterday caused quite ripple on the
calm bosom Of the political sea and set
a few tongues to waggiug and minds to
pondering
It vas not SO long ago that the first
gun Of the State campaign Of this
yesr vas fred when the Prohibition ex-
ecative committee withous any warning
issued it's call for convention on the
14.h Of April and coupled it With the
positive announcement tia, the con-
veption was 10 be held for the purpose
Of contrasting full. State ticket. That
created stir for the time and put the
politicians to thinking, but shiDgs qui.
eted DOVE and i. sook yesterdays an
nounoemsns TO cause the people to
commence talking politics again.
A great many say that they do no.
understand Why Che executive commit
tee has been called so far ahead of its
main business, aud ahead of the pro-
hibision convention. There can be 90
routine work Of any consequence. The
con ssifu.ion Of the party 6xes the date
for tie club reorganixatious, the man
ner thereof, the date for the holding OF
county conventions, the date for the
State May convention, and arrapges all
details Of preliminary character
The only duty lefs the State executive
committee is to issue a formal call for
tie May convention, very simple and
easy thing. The present com mittee can
have no voice in the arrangement for
The primary election aud the coming
campaign. as the May convention elects
a new committee which will be in
charge. Again the May convention
can change the party constitution and
rules Some venture the suggestion
that members of che committee wish to
euggest to The May convention that ar
raogements be made for referendum
on the liquor election at the coming
primary election.
The fsct that the meeting has been
called prior to the prohibition conyen.
ton may have some significance and
agsin it may not; it remains to be seen.
Chairman Tompkins who issues the call
when asked about it said ]: "Fhe con
stitution of the Democratic party pro-
y;des that the State executive commit
tee should call convention 10 each
election year and the committee bas
been called for that purpose. know
no.hing now Of aoysbing else that will
be considered By The committee. TIE
State.
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THINKS SPAIN WILL DECLARE
VAR

Boston, March % hon 7. Jef
ferson Coolidge. ex. minister to
Fssnce. In an interview to day On
sths Spain cnba situation. said
81 believe we are going to have
var and that Spain will declare it
where We interfere in Cuba ! do
nos think that the Spanish dynasty
could keep its place if It did cot de-
clare war when the United States
undertakes to free Cuba :"
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Asparagus.
From The Home and Farm.


Mrs A j Moses, Providence. S.
c., asks o. to give her ''some ioforma-
,ion abous layiog Gus aud onlsivssing
an aspsragu. bed."
We gladly comply with this request,
and think it shame tbat any eDe own
ing farm or even garden Of aoy con.
siderable size should be without an
asparagus bed.
There are jos: two main elements in
asparagus culture and shsy both ueaa
thoroughness sOd are good for people to
practice
Oae Ct these elements lie :has the soil
,nust be properly prepared if the plant
is TO do any good Il is not intended
to fr,ehseu aoy one a~sy from aspars-
gus cn.,are by this remark. The soil
should se made both deep and rich
bu. this does uot meao that very deep
lit has to be made aud a whole fcrEiiiz
ing establishment turned toto this pit.
An epriching of two 20 three feet deep
is eoouga; and piow culture c4n he
made TO cconplieh What is required
When asparagus growing is carried 90
on large scale. then Two fee: ia ;he
greatest depth 9eac:ica6la
In the natural soil is the ssfs fcunda
tiou for the asparagus plant, aud ;6e
bcs. of al natursl soils for ibis is hae
sandy frIable loan
So if the soil to De made iuto al as
paraeus bed is heavy. tighten it BY
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HECRISISHIN SIGHT.
Spain Must Ether Back Down
or Fight It Out.

ashington March 23.-Ine Ieei.
inewas universal throughout otlcial
sciicles 10 day chat the elimination OF
he Spanish criais was near at hand.
Nth the report of the Maine Court
of inquiry only q l;stle while OF,
with the White House the centre OF
long and earnest conference between
the President and the party leaders
rs Congress, and with the exception
81 sctiyity toward emergency prepa.
railnns ii the war and navy depart
ments, there was abundance OF evi-
sIence that definite results regarding
ia Maine disaster and the Cuban
z,uestion in general were about to be
reached Among the Presidents
'ycsIIers were Senators Cockrell, Tur.
AZ and Foraker, Gen. Dan Sickles,
diormer United State minister TO Mad.
) ssi r;d aud Representative William Ale
deu smith, Of Michigan, wAo has re
Gently returned from trip to Cuba.
ssIha cali Of Senators Cockfell and
Tarpie was regarded as particularly
sipnifcans. as they are representative
@Nemoctats IN the Senate and their
syiait followed that of Senator Cor
man yesterday Il was generally
uuderstood that in the present emer-
aency the President desires patriotic
! 1nity withot reference to party. Sec
reiaTies Long and Alger also con-
ferred With the President during the
day. Secretary Long. said later that
ts,a Maine report would probably
reach n ashington to morrow night.
ssIE however, It did not come before 8
sosclock Thursday evening, hir. Long
eaii hes probably would not receive It
sbe1ore Friday mornisg. when It
would be laid before the President
ssmnediiaseIy. The Secretary did not
fhink HE President would give the
document any onsideration at . later
shour fo-morrow night. t was more
probable, he thought. if Lient- Mark
sarTsyed at 3 late hour that he would
4ase the report to hotel for the
night
There has been no change 10 the
splan Of sending the report TO Con-
ress early next week. probably Mon
s. Ia. accompanied by. message from
the President Il ie definitely set
stlsd. however, that the message and
sshs papers accompanying i will re-
saase exc:usreIy TO the Maine disas-
:aer Il viii not take up the fearful
condition Of affairs in Cuba as shown
sby the reports Of United States con-
snls, these being reserved for snbse
qaent action and q later message to
Congress.
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BEAUTY HATH CHARMS

and all the charms which beau
ty likes best to don are shown
in our grand display Of fash
ionable jewelry for this season,
Jewels ike these would en-
hance the charms Of the most
fascinating belle, and surely no
fair one would despise such
brilliant aids to her beauty.
Like personal loveliness, they
conquer admiration on sight !;
they score new victories at ev-
cry inspection. Those who
look over our stock do not.
willingly stop with examina-
ton. Beauty may now be
made easily irresistible by a
few judicious purchases from
our display of up to date jew
elry.
L. W. FOLSOM.
Jeweler and Opticlan,
SION or THE BIG WATcA.
Oct Is.
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BUCKLEN'S ARMICA SALVE.
The best Sslve in the world for Cats
Bruissae. Sores, Ulcers.salt RheurD. Fever,
Sore letter, chapped Hands. chil6lains, corns
and all Skin Eruptiors, and positively cure
pilo, CT no pay required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money rsiunded
price IS cents per BOX. For sale by DR. J. +.
" DALorme
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spain Appeals to France.

,ondon. March 24-The Vienna
scorrTIesspondent of The Standard ssys
ID am credibly Informed that
Srain has informally inquired at Paris
ubefher France, as her largest cred
sator aud tsaditional siend wonld, ,
.eisher alone or<in conjunction with
so1har powers. mediate at Washing.
Dan and also whether it is possible
I'd place q Spanish loan in France. :.
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Cotton in Egypt.

The following facts 10 regard to cot.
ton growing 10 Egypt are given in re.
cent bulletin is,ued by she department
OF agriculture The average in cotton
,s 200. 900 acres. ana as cotton is
planted in rotation With other crops, or
follow only every third OF fourth year,
about 1000, 900 acres constitutes the
cotton region shich occupies breadth
of four miles 90 each side Of the Nile.
Ooe and third million acres in the
Dsl,a have been draioed during the last
ten years. and there renaio 5000. 900
more TO be drained. In addition to
this q vast reservoir is being built on
the upper Nile to bod its foods. a-d
wheo it is completed 10 few years tbs
area Of cultivation will be very largely
increased The Gotten crop Of Egypt
10 1879 was equal to about 500 600
Of our bales 10 1895 il wss equivalent
to over 100000. In 1896 the
equivsleo. of 100000 of our bales was
imported into this country frcm Ez5ps
Our S.a Islspd end upland seed
have been tried 10 Egypt aud their
culture abandoned as Improbable.
Ezy p,ian cotton has bsen fully expert
men;ed With here and proved failare.
The average yield of cotton 10 Egypt
is l,4G0 pouods Of seed co;too. Of
which cue third is lint. selling ct 81
cents. The crops grown 10 rotation
With cotton are wheat. GLOVER, fax.
e:c. planted between October aod Feb.
ruasy; cotton, sugar care. peanuts,
etc. planted between March and July !;
maize. rice. etc.. plac,ed July TO Ooto-
ber. In preparation for cotton the land
is ploughed three times. reachi,g q
depth of thirteen inches Ploughing
is done With oxen at 90 cents a day for
each animal ; total cos: of three
plcaghings, 81. The growing crop
does cot seem to be plcugbed, but it is
boed three times. II is watered eight
,iocs to a depth Of threo aud q half
inches at each watering. No fertilizers
are used, but sometimes ten or 6fteen
tons barn yard manure is applied
per acre. This is bought at 20 cents a
ton. A boil worm is very destructive,
and a caterpillar that burrows IN tbe
ground ca,s dowo the plant sc as to
oecessitate replauting cot iufscqaetly.
Cotton picking is 20 cents per 100
weight; the hand getting thirty to
fo.;y pounds dsy. The stalks sell for
fuel at 50 ao acre. Rent is S27 &C
acre. Irrigation cost 81 an acre The
total cost Of planting an acre Ct cottor
is $46, and the products sell fer 500,
leaving profit per acre ct $40
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Marion, March "a Mr.. Frank
Rogus of N ulllns was thrown from a
wagon drawn by q runaway horse
and instantly killed yesterday after
noon.
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Hon. Thomas E Watson, who was
nominated for governor one week
ago by the populists. is out in an
open letter to day declining to accept
the honor After saying he could not
be elected, no matter how the ballots
went, be announces that he is out CT
politics for good
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a Mothers Experience

quiet and getting better. When / had
taken two bottles OF Hoods Sarsaparilla
and a box Of Hoods Pills I found my
hands getting better. l kept on with
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Land Surveying.

HR. q. D. HOSE, will give prompt at
tention to calls for surveying and plating
land Can be found at bis Office, next door
to Office Of Leo and Noise, Sumter, s. c.
Nov. l8
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From generation to generation the
faint of impure blood is transmitted,
and in the same way the beneficial
blood-purifying effects Of Hoods Sar-

saparilla are spread through families.
II the life stream is purified at its
source, or Immediately when evidence
of impurity first appears, much suffer
inc will be avoided. The beneticent
work Of Hoods Sarsaparilla for young
women, wives, mothers and little ones
of all ages has won the highest praise,
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Hoods Sarsaperilla and my hands con-
tinued to improve and now they are per-
fectly healed. My little boy is strong and
healthy. Hoods Sarsaparilla has given
me strength to do my housework. My
husband has taken Hoods and says it is
as essential in the family as -four" Mrs.
PROSPER ANTOINE, Box %, Justus, Pa.
Get Hoods and only Hoods.
The sun., 1898-12-27
CURSES LIKE A TROOPER.
A Small Boy Utters Oaths That Puts
Hardened Criminals to Shame
at Atlantic City.

ATLANTIC CRY, N. j., Dec. ga
small boy better, known as Little Tom
Tit" will pass the rest of his boyhood in
the New Jersey State Reform School, at
Jamesburg. Little Tom Tit" is years
old, but he is baby degenerate, born
without morals, and is the more shock
ing, because his intelligence is thor
oughly developed. He splits his words
to sandwich an cath, and tries to steal
everything that is not nailed down. His
name is Francis Moulton. The police
nicknamed him W:ttIe Tom TIT" Ten
days ago he was arrested as an infantile
tramp. His parents can give him good
home, and have lovingly tried to con-
troll him, but he prefers to wander by
night, to sleep wherever he finds shelter
to beg his food and to steel anything he
can carry away.
No sooner was he lodged in jail than
the police saw they had to deal with a
tartar in knckerbockers. He is abso.
lutely incorrigble and constantly pours
out torrents of oaths SO blood-curdling
that older prisoners beg that he may be
taken out OF their hearing.
Truth Little Tom Tit does not know.
He can be coerced only by shaking a big
whip at him, and then he yells until
people living near the jail fear murder is
being done. The boys father seriously
suggested to a policeman that he take
Little Tom Tit' home and cham him
in room. "Thats the only way Car
keep him at home," said the elder Moul
ton "Pve tried every other means"
TOO cruel" said the policeman, but
he did not know what to do with TIE
child. He has committed no specif,
crime for which he might be sent t(
prison for long term and the rules o
the reform school deny admission t.
children under eight years old. In thi
quandary Judge Endicott decided. th'
rules OF the school must be broken. ant
Little Tom TIT will be sent to the re
form school tomorrow.
"The boy is MT fit to be at large,
said the Iulya
The sun., 1898-12-27
AN AWFUL LEAP.
Miss Ackermann, Ill With Grip,
Threw Herself From q Fifth.Story
Window and Died.

New YORK, Dec. 26.--Out Of window
on the fifth floor Of No. 725 Seventh ave-
nue., the form of woman shot this
morning, and moment later it lay on
the stone pavement crushed and bleed
ing.
Two men were passing by at the time.
1t was just daybreak, and in the gray
light they could see only white figure
flying downward like nickel plated pro-
jectile from huge gun.
There was no cry of alarm, and only
the thump of the figure on the stones
proved that the flying mass was solid.
The men fastened to- the spot and
raised the form, limp and unconscious,
and then one OF them ran to find DO
liceman. An ambulance was summoned
from Roosevelt Hospital, and on it's ar.
rival, the wounded girl, for she was only
a girl, was taken to the institution.
ave may get her there before she
dies" said the surgeon doubtfullv, "but
she cannot live." She breathed her last
few hours later.
An examination showed that her legs
were broken, her skull crushed, and she
was injured internally.
The policeman inquired at the fiat
house, No. 725 Seventh avenue, and
learned that the girl was Jennie Acker.
man, 20 yers old, who lived on the fifth
floor.
Her action, it was said, was deliberate.
She wanted to die, and took that means
to kill herself.
The fifth or top flat of the house is
occupied by John Guerbach, his wife and
-year-old son, Frank. They are rela.
tives of the girl and adopted her when
she was child.
Her parents and most Of her relatives
died of consumption, Mrs. Guerboc.
said, and Jennie was afraid she inherited
the disease. She was Of melancholy
disposition, and two weeks ago when she
was taken with the grip she became very
Respondent
She recovered, however, and was in
reasonably good health when Mrs. Guer.
bach went to Kingston last Saturday to
attend wedding.
Miss Alderman told the bov Frank
yesterday that she wished she was dead.
She retired last night fully dressed, and
about q O'Clock this morning went to the
front room, raised the window and
leaped out.
She was pretty girl, of slight figure,
and not quite 20 years old.
The sun., 1898-12-27
FIRST CITIZEN WILLIE's "boomlet' is
critically i'll. Last night the sickness
took turn for the worse and died.

THE announcement that President Nc
Kinley is about to modify the civil ser.
vice rules and open up number OF
places which have hitherto come under
their provisions is creating a great deal
of dissatisfaction. This will throw them
back into the spoils system and the re-
suit can only be evil. 1t is said that
only a few places, about 240O in al will
be affected by the order about to be is.
sued, but it will do much more mischief
than appears on its face, for it will en-
courage the sp1ismen to try to break
down the civil service barriers still
further. 1t is move in the wrong direc-
tion, and its ultimate consequences may
be most disastrous.
The sun., 1898-12-27
GIRLS IN A PANIC,
Were Ready to Throw Themselves 8
From Window and Are Pre-
vented by Firemep,

CHICAGO, Dec. ga few hours after
the Christmas service had been con-
clnded, early this morning, the Episco.
pal Church of the Ascension, one of the
highest rtualistic churches in America,
was almost completely destroyed by fire.
Little besides the stone walls is left
standing.
The fire caused panic among the girls
in the building of the North Chicago
Young Women's Christian Association.
at No. 36l La Sale avenue, Just south OF
the church.
The screams of the girls. who thought
they were imprisoned by the fire, called
the attention of the fremen to them.
All OF them were rescued
They were never in great danger, but
several, in the panic, thought of throw
ing themselves from the windows to the
street below.
There were six girls in the building at
the time of the fire. Many of the mem
bers were home for Christmas or there
might have been loss of life.
The fire started from an overheated
furnace in the basement of the choir
boys room.
The value of the church building was
$66, 900. The flames seemed to be under
control at $50 O clock, when they broke
through the roof of the church again,
and all hope of saving the edifce was
given up.
The Rev. Father Larrabee is the rector
of the church.