The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-18

South Carolina, it is estimated, pro-
duccd 19 ,00Q 900 pounds of tobacco last
year. The Darlington News, with
other newspapers III the tobacco region,
holds that the crca this year is twice as
great as last. This is hardly possible,
but if the increase in yield should be
even 90 per cent. The crop of 1899
would be 81 900, 900 pounds, a quantity
better understood if reduced to 500
tons, or, to 2,700 carloads of 10000
pounds each. When it is considered
that this crop is only in its beginnings
in South Carolina and is generally
grown only in one-fourth or one-fifth OF
the belt best adapted to it's production
its possibilities for the future are seen
to be very great. 1t will not take
South Carolina many years to rank both
North Carolina and Virginia as a to-
bacco producing Statc.-Ihc State.
1t Is reported, Oh what is declared to
be "good authority" that coffin trust
IS being formed in Ohio, with capital
from the tombs is the saddcst murmur
Of the year ii is marked evidence of
scllishness run into tho ground, and
that the last opportunity to gougc hu
manty is to be worked to the limit of
what is in it, and proves conclusivcly
that coffin makers arc very far from
satisfied with the death rate. Trusts
arc growing at an alarming rate, but
VIC confidently believe they will pass
the way of all mortality with just as
rapid rush the coffin trust, probably
the last, will doubtless demonstrate
the wisdom Of it's being in its prepared
ness to meet the final requirements of
the others. Rcric,U.
This is the advice which The New
}, ork Press gives to a young man who
wanted to know how to increase his
height by three inches: "lh the first
place, eat beans. They have an up
| ward inclination, and we observe that
the giants of Name, who live almost
wholly on them, don't care rap
whether their parents are long or sholt.
People who live on turnlps, the broad
flat variety, generally partako of the
nature OF that watery root-they be.
come round and dropsical If beans do
not aid your stature try tying a cannon
ball to each ankle, and when you sleep
hold to the hcadboard with your hands
and let the weights swing over the foot
Lie down a great deaf. Sleep on the
small Of your back on a horizontal bar"
An old cavalryman says that a horse
will never step on a man Intentionally.
| 1t is standing order in the EnPlish
cavalry that, should a man become DIS
mounted, he must lie down and keep
perfectly still. If he does so the entire
troop will pass over him without his
being injured. a horse notices where
he is going, and is on the lookout tor a
firm foundation to put his foot on. 1t
is an instinct with him, therefore, to
step ovcra PROSTATE man. The in jurics
caused to human beings by runaway
horse are nearly always inflicted by the
by his stepping Oh them.--Boston
Herald.
| George Huff, Of Portland, Ind. III,
| claims to have discovered Il new gas
which is suitable for use as fuel or for
Illuminating purposes, and which costs
very little to manufacture. lie says
! that water and air are the only ingrc-
dicnts used and that the results are
obtained by comprcssing the air and
forcing it through water.
The French Minister of Agriculture
| reports that the consumption Of horse,
mule, ard donkey meat for 1898 shows
| still greater increase than 1897. The
number Of horses slaughtered was 90.
$50 &; Of mules, 81 of donkcys, 3O3.
The prime cuts sell for flame pound,
and little Of the meat brings less than
ten ccnts.-IdthJinder.
One of the most desirable home
products is the boy or the girl born on
the farm, ralsed on the farm, and 50
well alphabetically educated that
he or she realizes that the greatest
happiness in life is to be had in stick
ing by the farm.
The goat produces moro milk annu-
ally in proportion to its live weight
than any other animal kept for milk
production.
1t is far easier to keep land in good
state Of cultivation than to restore
soil that has been allowed t. "run
down."
Resolve not to let cookie, thlstles,
docks, or any other specially annoying
plant go to seed on your farm this sea-
son.
Western farmers are making up for
delays occasioncd by a late spring by
planting their fields nv mOOnliuht