vol iy.—third series salisbury n c july 24 1873 no 45.—whole no s85 pubiftt8hk w#sm.i ; j j li&unke proprietor aud kldivor j j stewart associate editor rate v sdbchirtion one tear payable in advance 2.50 8ix month . a " 150 5 coiiies to one address 10.00 ' t^h lihwi^v this unrivalled southern remedy is warrant ed not to contain a single particle of mercury or any injurious mineral substance but is puilxx.'r tsftltable containing those southern roots and herbs which an all-wise providence has placed in countries where liver diseases most prevail it uill cut e all diseases caused by derangement of the hirer thesymptoms of livercomplaint area bitter or bad taste in the mouth pain in the back sidea or joints often mistaken for rheumatism sour stomach loss of appet.ce bowels alter nately costive and lax headache loss of mem ory with a painful sensation of having failed lo do something which ought to have been done debility low spirits a thick yellow appearance of the skin and eyes a dry cough olten mis taken for consumption sometimes many of these ty in plums attend the disease at others very few ; but ihe liver the largest organ in the bodv ia generally the seat of the disease and if not regulated in time great suffering wretched ness and death will ensue this great unfading specific will not be found the least unpleasant for dyspkps1a constipation jaun dice billious attacks sick headache colic depression of spirits sour stomach heart buru ac ac simmons liver re n la tor or mcdieinr is the cheapest purest and best family medi cine in the world m.asrfactfrei only by j ii zeil1n co macon ga and philadelphia price 1.00 sold by all druggist for salfc by theo f kll'ttz juno 11 tl salisbury x c come to the j bookstore everybody and ret bibles prayer books hymn books of auy kind you waut histories biographies musie books music novels of the best authors blauk books albums of the most stylish kiud stereoscopes and views ; school books all kinds in general use slates inks writing paper of the best quality wall paper aud window shades in great variety music teachers for vocal pianos banjo violins c a word to fftflta.»iee.s buy a few dollars worth ol hooks every year for your sous and handsaud take a good newsoaper they will work better and be more cheerful try'it ▲ word to rarmeks bows you have something to be proud and to boast of the farm is the keystone to every industrial pursuit wheu it succeeds all prosper when it fails all flag donuthink vou can't be a great man because you are the aon of a farmer washington webster aud cl»y were farmer's sons but while they toih'd they studied so do ye buy a good book one at a time read aud digest it and then another call and see ine and-look over books come to the photograph gallery and get a good picture we will give yon a good picture or nutlet you take it away for we d."n't intend that any bad work shall go from this office to in jure us and the business call and try up stairs betuieen parkers u^id mi*s mc murray's call and examine toy stock of wall paper window shades writing paper inks t.v;c mind i don't intend to be.uu.ier sold feb i tf liitlm*a¥'s miasmaeluir the great poison netltjralizer a sure preventive and certain cure for chills and fever and all species of miasmatic diseases send for circular c r barker & co april 24 1873 6tnos the wo rid ats onished the american button-hole overseaming and complete sewing machine the first and onlv button-hole and fc.kwj.nu maim'se combine bat has f made ita advent this or any other country ■ avd the following reasons are given why this is tbe best family machine to purchase 1 because it will do 7 because you can everything that any ma quickly raise or lotverjtlie chine can do setting feed to adapt it to thick or from the finest to the thin cloth eoarswt material lietn 8 becanse you have a ming telling cording.isltort deep bobbin by braiding binding gath which the thread is c-iu ering aud sewing on atstantly drawn fiom the the same time ruflline centre the tension con quiltiiip,etc bettertliau seijuently even and docs any other machine mot break the thread 2 because the tensions 9 because the passer are more easiiy adjusted foot turns back ; that the than any other machine cloth can lie easily n-iuov 3 because it can work'ed after being sewed a beautiful button hole 10 because the best making as line a pearl asiinerchanics pronounce it by the hand . jthe liest tinisbad and made 4 because it will em-on the best principles f broider.over the edge mak any machine manufact ur iug a neat and beautiful ed it has no springs to border on any garment break nothing to get out 5 because it will worknf order a beautiful eyelet hole | 11 because it is two 6 because il can do machines in one a bl't over-hand seaming by ron-noi.e av,hiking and which sheets pillowcas-lsawiko machine cum esand the like are sewed bined ci er n-id over baaf no other machine can accomplish the kind of sewing stated in nob 3 4 6 and 6 parties using a family sewing machine want a whole machine one with alt the improve ments it is to last a lifetime and therefore one is wanted that will do the most work and do it the best and this machine can do several kinds of sewing not done on any other machine besides doing every kind that all others can do the american or plain sewing machine without the b tun-hole parts does all that is done on tbe combination except button-hole and overseaming me rone y a pro agta salisbury n c kxamine them before purchasing any other sewing machine l,do nothesitate to say the american combination surpasses all other machines besides doing all the work that other machines can it over-earns works ntuton-no.es in any rau.-tc irom swiss mn i'm to beaver cloth 1 have use singer's'sloats howe's and the weed machines and tindthe anier ican far superior to them all miss m lu'tlemge i have used six different sewing machines the american surpasses tbem all mrs a l rainfy i bave used the singer and uther machines and would not exchange the american fur any mks h n bringik salisdusy n c may 22 1872 meiionev a bbo agts american com s m sib i have ussd the howe singer wheeler v wilson wilcox fc gibbs erring machine and would not give the american combination lor all of them.it will do all that is claimed foi it in the circu lar i consider its uperior to all others 1 have ever teen very respectfully mrs eci w hat.rison we the undersigned takegict pleiisurcin giving r our testimony of favor of the american sewing . midline in preference to any other believing that it is truthfully recommended as the best machine made it ia simple runs very light and dues not get out of order or drop sti ties mrs lauka m overman '• a l foist i j allen brown " a w mothers " a e jonas " m t thomason we have seen flaming advertisements and heard much said by agents ofother machines we wiil forfeit one hundreds dollars to the con tending paitv if after fair trial oefoic competent judges the american machine will not do as well if not better the work done on any other machine ' and do valuable work that no other machine can i do we have been agents for sewing machine since 1856 have sold singer's i.ad wehster's ativater's and florence's and have abandoned all for the american send and get sample nf wok no40.-t mf.kuxevabu.o ag'st thesoltmrnmlimil 1?tfce j insurance a company of rich t10\d va assetts 1st january 1873 - 478,867.23 xisues annual term and participating policies farm property a specialty dr h g davidson president jordan n martin vice-president j e neisvvanger secretary s b.jorves general agent j allen brown of salisbury canvassing agent lewisfc.flanete of lexington local and travelling agent may 22 ly anthony with cleopatra lam dying egypt dying — shakspcare i am dying egypt dying ebbs the crimson life-tide fast aud the dark plutonian shadows gather on the evening blast let thine arm oh ! queen support me hush thy sobs and bow thine ear hearken to the great heart secrets thou aud thou adone must hear though my scarred and veteran legions bear their eagles high no more and my wrecked and scattered galleys stew dark actum's fatal shore : th'.ugh no glittering guards surround me i prompt to do their master's will i must perish like a roman-r die the great triumvir still ' let uot ciear's servile minions mock the lion thus laid low ; j ttvas no fiieinan's hand ubat slew him f twas ris own that struck the blow i hear then pillowed on thy bosom ere you star shall lose its ray him who drunk with thy caresses madly threw a world away ! should the base plebian rabble dart assail my fame at rome where the noble spouse octavia weeps within her widowed home stek her—say tbe gods have told me altars augurs circling wings that her blood with miue commingled yet shall mount the throne of kings as for thee star-eyed egyptian glorious sorceress of the nile light the path to stygian horrors with the splendors of thy smile give the caesar crowusand arches let his brow the laurel twine i can scorti all caesar's triumphs triumphing iu love like thine i am dying egypt dying ! hark ! the itisultiug f..email's cry they are coming—quick ! my falchion » let me face them ere i die ah .' no inure amid the battle shall my voice exulting swell isis and osiris guard thee cleopatra ! rome ! farewell from harper's monthly for july j improvisations by bayard taylor fill for we driuk to labor ! labor you know is prayer i'll be as grand as my neighbor abroad aud at home as bare debt and bother mid hurry ! others are btnd-ued so : here's to the goddess worry ! aud here's tt the goddess show ! reckless of what comes after silent of whence we come : splendor and feast aud laughter make tbe questions dumb n^i i i 1 11 .*• nobody ndt'ds to know : here's to the goddess worry and here's to the goddess show ! fame is tvhat you have taken character's what you give : when to this truth you wakeu when you begin to live 1 debt and bother and hurry ! others have risen so : here's to the goddess worry aud here's to the goddess show ! honor's a thing for derision kuotvledge a thing reviled ; love is a vanishing vison faith is the toy of a child ! debt and bother and hurry ! honesty's old and slow here's to the goddess worry and here's to the goddess show ! extract from gen cling man's address at davidson college it was once mv good fortune to witness a ci markable spectacle the review of tbe ! army fit italy on its return to paris on j the 14th of august 1859 the entire ' area of the magnificent place veudomc j was converted into an immense amphi ■ theatre wiih velvet cushioned scats and i graceful hangings of crimson and gold and gat festoon and countless flags and ornate columns surmounted with gilded statues of victory between the great triumphal column of napoleon the first and the balcony of the etnp>ess formed ofclnthof crimson and gold and alike tasteful aud splendid there was barely it ft space enough for the army to pass and as the 80,000 picked men covered wiib fresh green laurels of magenta and solferino wiih elastic step came along down the rue de lapaix theii glittering bayonets gilded by the sunbeams re minded me of a field of ripe grain gently waving in tfce breeze with rapid pace they swept by with cheering shouts and the music of a hundred bands and their varied equipments and arms infantry voliiguers zouaves turcos guards im perial artillery mailed and crested caval ry wiih captured cannon and banners dinted or torn fitting trophies of victory looking at their splendid array with its imposing and gorgeous surroundings and that immense assemblage of intelligent and polished spectators such as the modern civilization ot europe and america could alone furnish i felt confident that day's pageant surpassed any that had hitherto been presented to tbe eye of man the roman triumphs came up iu fancy before me and remembering that caesar had won the empire of the world at phar salia with only twenty-two thousand men a victory which any one of the batteries then passing would if used against bim have converted into a defeat i compared the display before me with that which the narrow streets and comparatively rude population of home could have furnish ed as the strains from one of the martial bands filled the air my mind went back suddenly to tbe first roman triumph when romulus in bis robe of state and with laurel crown on h;s brows singing a song of triumph marched along on foot and carried on his right shoulder suspend ed on an oaken trophy the arms of king acron whom he had slain in single com bat how much did not the small band of desperate outlaws admire the great romulus as with stalwart frame and martial head he strode along to the temple of jupiter feretrius ! waa he not elaied and happy in the thought that he had ob tained the highest reward of human ambition ? was napoleon the arbiter of europe more happy of all the specta tors-in that bright throng he alone was deeply thoughtful and melancholy why was this 1 a roan confident of his own destiny and at all times void of personal fear he could not on that day apprehend the sharp shot or the explosive sln-ll of the assassin was he depressed by the t ought that his career had been interrupt ed and that he had failed to make iialy free from the alps to the adriatic ? oi was he meditating on the fickleness of the breath bl popular applause i,;i dreading the upheaval of some new revaiiitionarv earthquake ? did he fear to fall irom the giddy height he had attained or did he simply realize the truth that he who has climbed to the topmost round of the ladder of ambition often seems te the public to sink because he does not continue to rise siill higher ? or did the shadows of com ing events mysteriously and by strange anticipation darken his mind t i knoav not but neither the gorgeous display around nor the triumphal match nor the spirit-stirring trumpet or drum nor evou the galdsome shouts of his soldiers as they cheered their victorious commander could change that thoughtful countenance only once was it lit for a moment with a smile when his little son in the uniform of a corporal was brought from the side of the empress and placed on his horse before him twelve years passed by and that majestic column of more durable materials and grandee height than those of troja i or antoninus had fallen to the earth by the hands and amid the shouts of a beastly multitude who were far more vociferous than they had been on the day when they cheered the imperial arbiter of europe his armies were all captured or vanquish ed and he a prisoner in a foreign land dying with as much pain as did his greater uncle pharaoh in the red sea nebuchad nezzar among the cattle alexander the macedonian dying in a drunken fit ; han nibal in exile 1 by poison ; julius ctesar stabbed by his friends ; the two napoleons captives sinking under gloomy defeat and painful disease lliese an by con sent of mankind the chiefest representa tives of human greatness and glory ! which of them yomg gentlemen do you envy the most and which will yon choose for your model as in the case of the tt.l,vl..n;in ,„,..,.„.-,•. .......... 11 these examples have been provided to the intent that the living may know that the most high ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will and setteth over it the basest gf men a tragical farce captain jack and his companions are to be hung for having killed general canby and others contrary to the rules ot civi zed warfare that is to say the modocs are treated and tried as if they belonged to a nation distinct from the united states and a if they had he right to declare war and to prosecute it in a civilized m in ner this is one of the most absurd farces that ever a great nation took part in the modocs have always lived within the territory of the united stales they i owe all,'gut,ice to this country if to any ; civilized country they are not-more ; independent thati mormons indeed the ! mormon have a better right than the j modocs claim to be no part ol l'ncle sam's subjects and to live on iheitowu lands if j the modocs had the right to declate war | against ihe united states tbey must have i had tin right to del a re war against eng | land ; anil it thev had the right to declare i w.ir against ihe england england clear i iv has the light to wage war against the ' modocs on tin-ir own territory—that i to : say on our terntitory and so it follows i that if the attorney-general be right and the modocs were lawfully tried the british or any other government has the right to carry on a ivar on territory belonging to the united states this train of argument shows that captain jack and bis companions have not been tried according to law it shows too that when executed lhe3 will be exe cuted not simply without warrant of law but contrary to law in a word they are to be murdered if this is not a logical conclusion we know not where the flaw in the argument is all these unexpected results aoav from the attorney-general's recent opinion in the case of the modocs.—and that opinion was wrong because he assumed as a start ing point that the modocs were an indepen dent nation having the right to wage war according to the rules in use amongst civilized nations it is tim that such nonsense were at an end the indians oave obedience to oar laws and should be punished for failing to obey them just as caucasians negroes and monogolians are punished captain jack and companions ought to have been turned over to the civil authorities of oregon for trial and punishment but such is the way ef the world an absolute ruler always finds not only an excuse for but a way cf ac complishing his purposes a powerful government whether republican or mon archical in form does likewise mr surratt and a number of other persons were murdered in washington city soon after the close of the war the military commission which tried them was organ ized in violation of law so that the modocs may at least have the satisfaction of knowing that though condemned to death by an unlawful tribunal they bave had no worse fate than better people have bad before and that even if they had been granted a legal tribunal and a legal trial \ the result would have beeu the same richmond dispatch kate stoddard the woman who murdered gooodrich a correspondent of the neiv loik herald has visited plymouth mass and had an interview with the mother and j schoolmates of betsy king alias kate j staddaid now under arrest,charged with j the murder of charles goodrich in brook i iyn n y the correspondent says : although the stories of the singular j ! tragedy had been read and commented j upon hen no one could connect the-name [ of kate stoddard with the youthful and handsome betsy king who until a few years ago was not only ihe belle but the | model of propriety oil ihe whole town | the papers received in plymouth on mon l day contained the fiisr news that kate stoddard and betsy king were one and the same person the news was conveyed to tbe family by a neighbor when mis king was agoniz j ed with giief kate was born in ply mouth and so were her father and mother i before her and she may therefore be j considered as a prttty direct descendent of-the tittle band who came over on the i may flower two or three centuries ago she is the youngest of a family of two daughters her elder sister being married to a mr bartlett a worthy citizen of hyde park massachusetts it was her sister aotl not betsy who taught school here in plymouth county although betsy is said to possess a far superior education she is a graduate of the hitrh school and dur ing her tuition she was particularly cele brated as a writer while she was clever she avas always regarded as sly and art ful the circumstances of her first going away are in keeping with her singular aud charactertic conduct ever since one day she suddenly took it into her head to go to boston and her parents fitted her j oat and give her 8100 inmont-y it is said by some of her lady associates that there was a young boston runner who had j become acquainted tvith her during one of his peregrinations herein plymouth and that it was to share her fortunes with his that she left her house she had cultivated a romantic disposition by a lib i era i perstial of story papers and novels i and it is rnore than likely that cheap liter ature is the prime cause of all her woes ' 1 aud misfortunes an interval of several months then • elapsed when her father was informed that she was sick in a hotel in boston ] and when lie went to her assistance in found that she had been sent tn the ipa-rrie ! ! tisviiiin in i imrtkml finei 4 lo'itu srx : l months sh began to improve and at | about the time she was to betnrued out as i . • cured 8'ie took it into ber head to leave without going through the usal formalities > of a discharge securing a couple of dresses and other clothing belonging to j one of the matrons she stepped into a ; | buggy that waa standing near the iusiiit i tiou and drove off to a relation's in north i bridgewater — there were no apparent : symptoms nf insanity so tli officials , j thought even aftsr this little freak and \ the patient was pronounced sane and al ; lowed to g subsequently she went to middleboro and learned the straw hit and . i bonnet business in which she is said to have ■ i been an expert providence was her next j objective point but she remained there only a few months when she went to j new york from which pi tee her parents . have heard very littl ot her her farther is a man of considerable means and has always been happy in expending his wealth for the rat tic tion and comfort of his children and this ti rrible and tragic affliction in his declining years is there fore ptculitrly painful from the chicago tribune bison in chicago where the wagon-loads of buffalo hides come from — where they go and what is done te ith them — tin • commercial vultte df last year's slaughtered bison almost every week in the year heavy loads ot buffaio hides may be seen pass ing through the streets of chicago and shipped deuce form all points east and , for europe few people know whence ! ' they come whither they g or for what j uses they are destined yet they form a . ' not considerable item of the infant com j merce of the great plains of the west it is estimated that some 200,000 buffalo were shot last year up to the end ' ! of the year for some yens previously , the supply of skins had been small very | little more in fact than thos of animals slaughtered by indians anil white hunters j ' for subsistence the price was there i fore rcmnmera'.ive ranging fiom 84 to85 for cow skin and so to 7 for a bull skin j [ many reasons contributed loan increased j supply hunters found it profitable to i kill the animals as a means of livelihood | at these prices ; the herds confined by i railroads to a comparatively small rang ' | ing ground became easier of access and i supply hence butl'ilo banting became ! a puisuite of considerable value and bun i ters from parties or limited companies and went forth in regular hunting ex edi tions of much greater magnitude than had i ever been conceived before their suc cesses became the theme of the new towns that began to dot and fringe the plains | ! more hunter joined in the enterprise and . ' the work of slaughtering bltfaeo ' ! for the sake of their skins became an es j | tablished business the readers are fami i liar with the plaint that came from the i plains over the wires las spring of the | nightful destruction that had been ac i ! complished and the demand that was , ' made on congress to pass a law probibi 1 ting the killing of buffaloes except at stated seasons and under regulations the fact that over two hundred thousand ani mals were sacrificed in less than twelve month for so small a sum of money as their skins produced created no little excitement and indignation in tbe cities of the plains and in the hide markets of this country and in europe it necessarily led to the cheapening of tbe article : and at present the hide that tho hunter could have obtained 5 for a year ago'he would be glad to sell at 81.50 the markets everywhere are glutted and it will be some months at least until tbe fail before the stocks on hand are worked oft several european governments taking advantage ot i lie iow price of theses kins are manufacturing them into knapsacks for soldiers they are largely used in the french and belgian armies and army contractors everywhere are large buyers for the purpose of making them up into all kinds or regimental material such as straps cords harness c tiny are used in this country principally for mak ing a cheap sort of bout ami horse collars but their introduction in connection with machinery and general workshops is only a matter of lime the tanned skin is aid to turn on inferioi leather in consequence of its porons character but dealers who profess to know sny that tbe fault is not with the hide but tvi'h the hunters and tanners the hunters sometime kill the ! buffalo at a season when his hide is al most worthless for manufacturing purposes and makes no attempt at preparing or even preserving it all that is doxi as a general rul.e is to wash and dry the blood wet skin and in that state it is brought to he near est railroad station aud shipped off ly the agent to chicago and elsewhere the : tanners as a rule have never experimented on buffalo hides and tln-y follow the same treatment a3 for the farm bull and cow t'here is no doubt whatever that buffalo skins can be used for almost all purposes to which dressed leather is ap plet and that improvements can and will be made in their preparation that must lead to their becoming a valuable article of commerce most of the skins shipped to chicago are consigned to wolff & kpstein kinzie street and by ilieru forwarded to tln-ir customers east and in europe they came chii by from sargeant a station on the kansas pacific railroad the balance of she hides are principally handled at leavenworth kansas and are senl thence by local dealers to the different markets the ordinary weight cf a dried cowskin is from eighteen to twenty pounds and of a dried bail skin forty to fifty pounds if course ihe price varies but it averages min'fdmfertllt f,!e'i^.^affof twsffii of shipment and transport commission and all expenses of handing have been j taken on tjie li tin ter may calculate on an av rage of about one duller pet skin from li shelves of the modern library ideas have been gathered respecting the killing of buffalo that are totally at var iance with the lacts the hunter a sym metrical being generally in loose cut un dressed deerskin leggins and unic adorn cl with dyed quills and fringed leaps on his panting steed and elms the terrified bison many a long mile and at conven ient distance with his strong right arm ihrotvs the sinn ius lasso midst the m n stcr to the earth in the midst ol ita wild career calmly he takes unerring aim wi;h his goodly backwoods rille and lodgi s the leades messenger of death in the brain i fthe lassoed brute leaping lightly from his steed the hunter then ad vances cautiously kni in hand and the bison's heart has scarcely cased to beal ere the luscious steak ir on tbe glowing coal and so forth and so on until the remaining meat has'been hung up on a tree or buried to bo come for at another time and the aninitl duly flayed and and its skin fm to dry in tiie sun for a gilt-edge young gentleman fond °* ro mance who had the good luck to fiud a terrified b mnding lis ou all alone v ith his hoot's and horns safely locked up at home i n 1 his teeth in his waiscoat pocket that library picture will do well enough ; but lie reality is sometimes a rather grim affair the bison run in herds of from two to four thousand head and when they are alarmed they scamper off and when they scamper off rod help the hunter or scire of hunters who ait luckless enough to stand in their way a hundred hunters would be swept oft the earth into atoms as cert tinly as though tli-y were to oppose with their bodies a locomative engine the bold hunters do not chase the bound ing bison in that way they have learned wisdom and tricks since iiey bhoi bison for the eastern markets they adopt all kinds of stratagems the successful oi wu j a the rj _„ ag o b te $ ■', ing in natural ho i --, » hi re th ■ buffalo are sure to pass here they wait many weary hours before lh herd takes up such a position that they can be safely scared fiora the rear with the certainty of ad vancin in tie direction of the hunters once seared they will come earing on like the wind and the hunter can pop at them in front out of the pits while those ; n i u .- n ar [ .;, al tbem b hind and on the sides from 1 i lies a bison a il al ways jump a hole but if he turns and means fight m ist hu - not to he issue it is a risky bus .,..,' ,, ily fit for indians and n bites oi the most unsettled habits to clk.ax cider barbels.—the scientific american bays put iime wa ter and a com non trace chain into the barrel through the bung hole first tying a strong twine string to the chain to draw it out with slink the barrel about until it weirs oft the mold or pomate theu ;■::;<■• well with water what till boston post and tii e chicago tbib un e think of grant's chances for a third term the boston post savs with reference i to the early nomination of grant for a third term the chicago tribune recalls the fact that this is only pan of the fa : mo us rawlins forney bargain made be j fore hia first election the demand on the part of grant was that be should bo ' continued presidenl long enough to com pensate bim for the loss of his salary aa general of the am.its of the united ! sinus to l-i sure by doubling hia ' salary for his second term tbe parties of j the second part in this contract have in a i manner discounted bis claim to a third i election ; but ihe chicago tribune n doubtless right in its statement that ihe president is not the sort ot man to give a release deed it be can help h when double that amount is to iiad by holding on to it the tribune shows also that giant deserves another te)ib aa the best living embodiment of the remain i ing principles ot his party this assertion j is supported by the statement in refer ence to he salary advice that he grab bed more than anybody else that he beliet d in the grab lobbied for the grab signed the grab-bill and is now engaged in pocketing the grab his dea'otioii to other principles of his party is shown by tha tribune by references to his endorse mint of bingham as minister to japan after his constituents had censured that congressman ; his alliance with butler in massachusetts ; his support of kellogg and durell in louisiana ; and his disbe lief in civil service reform the tribune certainly makes out a strong case for tho president ; and the reply of congressman hawley through his newspaper that this would put the party in a position to se cure its defeat in the next presidential election has no healing up m the fact that grant deserves the republican nomi nation in view both of his contract ivith forney aud his conduct toward his party the granges those who spi ak with contempt of the political power oi the farmers granges know but little of the strength and the iiilitieiiee of the organizations their vic tory in illinois where they overcame a party majority of forty thousand votes and defeated the nominee of the republicans wa an earnest of their power which camo upon the western politicians like a thiin der bolt from a clear skv the eagerness with which the ] arty hacks have sinee courted their cause and the warmth with which they assert and maintain their doc ffl'yfwvi h8 ten*'«ie nt:nfi*n ri!i*v*t-**rt - i igs held in w stern towns on the fourth of july monster gatherings of tbe sons of toil win re the anniversary of a nation's birthday was celebrated by the rending of new declarations of independence and the taking • f pledges to free themselves from the tyranny ot m mop lit s the farmers have formed a party and they threaten to sweep the west in the next elections the convention held in des moines on saturday adopted what may be truly termed a .- o ne out planters piatform the resolutions declare that no man will be supported for office who is not the friend of the producers and the enemy of monopolies ; tbal railroads hare do vested rights which free them irom legislative control ; they d nouuee the salary grab and the presidenl for approving the bill it the lowana win an this platform the old parly leadi rs may well tn mhle at the ime rtainti - of the future — ckronttje cf s a north carolina inven tion the newly invented cotton clnppcrand colli vat ol mr j 1 1 nderwood of fayetteville is attracting much attention in the secti n in which ii has been intro duced mr \\ . a mck ty * t richmond county a u farm i ind a gentleman of high ch i if a a letter speak ; ms says he : with the present scarcity of tabor its value to a armcr can only be appreciated it a trial having had tii time ex | . thi cultivation of cotton and knowing the requirements of the plant in its sev r.il stages ol growth and the necessity nl a speedy reduction of the plant t a stand while young i made . - d ex in.in iti in ' f this feature of its work and pronounce il a thorough uccess t bars both tbe cotton at tho - im lime much b tier than can be done by the ordinary plow and chops out tho surplus cotton leaving the bills twelve inch's apart and it thoroughly cleans tho coil i ol grass the a ■ : on winch this test w is in nl w is our river swamp land possessing a including . r-li cl ty and sandy loam,abound ing wi li il usnal number of stumps on such land there was a difference in its worki gs—no cl ggit _- r difficulty in - imps i w ia drawn by ono i.i - with i litest plow now nsed in the cultivation of cotton ,:. i was guided with m ire ease than an -- plow i . - : i i front what i 1 ive seen ol : i could ii tv gotl ' il*-i on my farm my crop to-day would have been i - u al least 5 i per cent i shall neverpl.ini mother cotton crop without one ol j ir :.. ic • mosby !.'• cla - i . :- the • man in america this is or i lainly very complimentary lo grant hut r t of us an a.m . . that b ton l.i ht-y have tkec why ia it then ir husbands d n't persuade tbem to havi tbeir photegraphs tak"ii fteuer . semi-anuua j