FERGUSONS AVENGJSRS. < A STORY OP PARTISAN DAYS. ? . 'This for tba gallant Ferguson !' , The foregoing five words had instituted < a reign of terror, in one of the loveliest die- \ -trie to of the Palmetto State?a distriol we- ? tered bjr the Oatawba and Paoolet rivers and i their gentle tributaries. " ' In the of September, 1780, Cojrp- c wallia dctsfeAed the notorious Col. Ferguson c to the frontiers of North Oarolin*for the ? ostensible purpose of enconraghlg the lories r of that region to take up arms for the king, li Ferguson's force consisted in part of the a most profligate and abandoned characters of t! the partisan days, and bis maroh wa tnark- o r - Ma U??J uimut iUtkVHVIlDSS, B Kentucky and Virginia rose against the ma- ? rauders, and, led by Boenq, and other back- p wood's worthies, gave them a decided defeat at King's Mountain. Ferguson was slain m in the battle, and his fellow-foreigners, num. ri .beriog'abeht one thousand, were nearly all A captured or killed. ' p This conflict revived the hopes of South- n k era patriots, and forced Oornwallis to return j to Charleston disoomfiUed and nasi down. at 'We shall have rest now/ the patriots fa said, after the battle. 'Ferguson, the dreaded, is de^di a?d the few torics who es- cl caped with their wretched lives are not strong enough to do us harm/ hi Everywhere in the vicinity of the battle a field, the Amerioans breathed freer, and the fr loyalists in whose interest Ferguson had di . < marched to hiajleath, curbed their loyalty. ^ -.nd in aecreeyawore revenge. * i a- A But the settlements were soon to learn th that the victory of Kind's Mountain had nerved the arm of a foe mofe terrible than h< any whioh they had hitherto .known. bt The existence of the new terror wss die- ot covered by a boy one morning about a fortnight after the tattle. Ho found the family of Archibald Meltson murdered in their 'E own house, end to the oorpses had been pin- ca ned e paper bearirg these words: 'This for the gallant Ferguson 1' H This terrible atrocity aroused the country, and the exoitenient was quiokly heightened by the finding of the body of another mur- lai dered patriot. On the oold breast which wi had becm^piereed by pistol balls, was the ro pallid paper and its words of terrible import, da and the country kuew that a fearful ven- ' geanoe would bo taken for King's Moun- th tain. cb n?: ?L .I... '?-? ? vuuug ?u? wooi iqui iouowea tne.dis- m< ooveries I have mentioned, the work or the oe Avengers was torrible. Thoy fell ..upon de patriot honsee-at the dead of nieh^, and Mk -M on the boaom of theiY Victims the fmftoettw -fc which had already terrorized the country, jgi It was in vain that the patriots summoned their ounning and energy for the capture of th the band of demons, whioh, as it had been at discovered, numbered, six men, mounted on te: black horses. Thoy came and went like ghosts-but always left behind th?*[terrible sen- gl tence which had made their existence exe- th orable. At times they fell upou their bun- ed tors, and left them by the roadside, marked with the signs of vengeance. Feat* began of to paralyze the Caroliuians; many aban- wi doncd their homes for the sake of their di families; and it is probable that the entire he -district wonld have been depopulated in a ut - ?hort time, had it not been for the courage fa -of one woman. Her name was Alioe Beauchampe. sii It was a dsrk night in the last week of tii November, when tho heroine of my story th left the house of a friend. Her own bonse, st< which had boen deserted for several days, an was not- far awav. and she had dfltermiiiad sti to feturo to it for the purpose of securing an fo article of apparel left behind in the recent bl flight. . he Before she set out on her jonrnoy, she in waa varned of the dangers that environed it; but ahe smiled, and declared that she ge did not tear them. She could enter the Fl house through the kitohen, iu the rent, find re ' the garment without a light, return safely u| to her friends. , , The path ahe had often traversed was w< barely disoernible, but she made good head- eh way and reached her home without inci- sh dent. The silence of the giave hung about g? the forsaken plaoe, and the lifting of the wj latch sent a ohill of terror to the young th girl's heart. Through the Ifi tehee ^ across w< the deserted parlor and up tho ' stairs, she wi crept op to the room where she had left the bi objeot of her nooturnal quest. The drawer fit of the old bureau yielded without noise, aod Alice was drawing forth the garment when bt tbo voice of-men fell upon her cfars. th She started, dropped her prise, and with T her heart in her throat orept to the window st that overlooked th# porch in front of the 01 bouso. e< She eould see nothing, for the night was rh too dark; but the voioes of men mingled g> with ehatnpiog of hits, continued to salute o< her ears. _ o< This is old ISeauohampe'a house,' tmid one. 'It has boea deserted for fevera! day a. ci The daughter, frightened bj tfte mapuer u> di wbteh we treated her father, has fled eone- uj where for protection.' ? V Theee words droto etttt vestige of eotor m from the Iwtieer'a fooe*; they tpU bcr who st the meaJ?elow were, though afctWuld not at *see evew the outlines of theiu. pessooe.r? gi * below. Then the culm thought of her situation *1 drove fear from her heart, and Aiiou Beau ri efoeusfe prepared to ftlfown one^gf the taort tl iaring deeds of tho Revolutionary War. The noiso In the hc'uso increased, en >atis and rudo jests prececdod aod followe the lighting of a fire op the hearth. lice* who had louged for a sight of th Ireaded sir, crept to a spot near the berea there there was a crack in the floor. The ipplying her eyes to the peep hole, she sax lix Wild looking nion directly beneath hei They were, beyond doubt, the- Avenger >f Ferguson's death, for several. masks la; a the taMe, along with throe or four bottle >f wine whioh they had taken from son> patriot's cellos. Tall, rough-loOking fel aws they were, armed with pistols, carbine nd sabres, the kind of ineo who never cour he smileB of mercy or listen to the pleading f innocence. Just such fellows as the; rere Alice had supposed them to be,. im h6 bad seen man} of the prisoners to ken a wing's Mountain, and she longed for th< rcsence of a band of patriots. Thpre were true men in South Carolim t that time who would havo given thuii igKt arms for a chance to exterminate th< ivougors, and Alice knew where a little arty of patriots lay, but, alas, they wen ot very noar. We'll rest here and finish that wine, tid one of the leaders of the band, whose ice told that he had already imbibed freely 'Bring in the poultry and oh old Beaulampe's hearth, we'll prepare a feast.' At hit command One of the men left the suae, but soon returned, bearing with him duck and several thickens, from whose cshly wrung necks the warm blood was ripping. :1"* ? 'How's the horses ?' asked one of the vengers, as the man flung the poultry on ie> table. * 'Standing like rocks,' was the reply. 'Such >rses as they are don't need watching, and aides, there isn't a rebel within ton utiles ' ibis place.' 'Why, there's the widow Hartxell.' 'I didn't think of her,' was the reply.? low bitterly old Hartxell hated us, but we ught him at last.' 'And* presented him with a breast-pin! elHaP And the laugh went round the room. Alice Beaijchampe did not wpit until the ugh was ended; while yet it filled the house ith. devilish echoes, she glided across the om to a window that looked out upon the irk palmetto grove. There was no sash in the window, and e cool winds of the night kissed the pallid cek of the partisan's daughter. For a Mnent sho triad to pierce the darkness heath the window, but failinc in har en uvofa, she crept over thesillTM^iTed to |T?Ugnted without injury.. ^ Now she was free to make bar escape to e friend she bad lstoly left ;"but imuiedi0 flight in tnat direction was not her in* ntion. ^ 'Heaven aid me 1' she murmured, ided arouud the old house and approiioirea e horses wbioh the tories had left tether1 to a small tree a few yards from the door. A glance in the room revealed the forms the Avengers discussing the wine and itching the roasting of the fowls. They d uot fear danger, for their horriblo deeds id completely terrorized the country, and ider tho sway of their lawlessness it was st becoming a desert. Alice counted them before she touched a agio rein ; and then in a brief period of lie she loosened the Worses and quietly led em into a small copse not far away. The seds did not refuse to obey her guidance, id when she had reached the copse, she ruck them with a whip which she had und beneath a saddle. It was a smart ow that she administered, and the trees started forward and disappeared in an stapt. Tlfusin a few moments, Ferguson's Avon re had hecn deprived ot their horses.?lushed with triumph, Aliee Beauchampe turned to the house, nnd again looked in (bn its hilarious tenants. She now held a.pistol in her hand?a snpon whioh a holster had granted her, and e crept to the edge of the porch before >e halted. There was a flash of venlance in tho dark eye of the partisan girl bile she gazed upon the party beyond tho reshold. Once or twice sho raised the eapon, but lowered it again, as if-playing ith the life of the lender of the six, whose irly form was revealed by the light of ihc e. She saw the fowls sfftoking and well irned, placed upon the table, and watched ie gTcedy men crowd around for their share, heir tongues and movements told her that olen liquor was doing Us accustomed work i all save the giant, who had superintend1 the ^cooking of the late repast. Thu an appeared perfectly sober, and the an ry glances which he often cast at hit imrades told that be did not sanction theii >uduct. * 'Come 1 enough of this 1' he snddenh ifid, rising from tho tkble, which had becti ragged fo tho middle of the room. ' 'Gel p, boy*, and lets be.going. I told you a< niey e tnatyou haa wine enough, bat toe ust bfiog tome here anddriwk yoeiaefvei upid. Tom Sdott end ton Btmkeeoh, I ate ijumed of ,ou I WkTfftM-n do if . tog of rohele would eatoh ua in tUt&coo ition? You know the mercy we wouM got id yet yon ak there m eepiree aa ateteei -drunk aa o!d BacchUa hfooaelf.' Then an cxpreavioa of opntempt pete 1 over th? mea'a fieoe, end atoppiog hi ried: fjpr apt the rebate ere coming ?' Bht bta cry of atym did not Infoae muct fa into the men at the table. One or tw< eada were raiaea.bat the drunken leer the lede the fnoeu hideofmri^^nnu^h to pro oke a amile evea flroq^^Htad tory. 'Men!' he aneerafljPRReinptuooaly.? [boge, every oue of you. I've a mind U d? down to the Peeolet ewamp and tel be rebeh hfding there that the men thai M .**4 "i niyftr i * *irti-?e "n'ltfWiTi hato aie in their power. I haro thought d that I commanded ro&o, not drunkards I' d and he struck the table with the butt Of hit pistol, hat could not rouae his stupid fble lowers. u The next moment-, with an oath on hia a lips, he strode to the door, whi6h h^ jerked w open, aud ateppedapoilatha porch.. 'Cttrae such dogs aa 1 lead I' he hissed. 'I a suppose I must lead Abe horses up aud tie y each fool in the saddle.' >j it a He waajttepping from tbe^erch fior the c purpose of attoodinar to the norsM nrKinK . ho supposcd^wpre still.tethered at the tree, s when a roqqi rose befqro him and ho started t. baok with u gasp of terror, j , 'Wno io the mischief f, 'Alice Boauohttajjjpe!'^as tho iuterruption of the apparition. 'The daughter of f thc' was clutched in the hand of the fearless 3 girl, else his rashness might have been curbed. ' 'Kneel to-you ? Never 1' ho cried. ) The weapon which he raised dropped bc. fore the flash that followod his words, and . with a groan of pain he staggered buck to drop dead among his drunken comrades. Alice Beauchampe, amazed at her own 1 courage, stood silent amidst the smoko of 1 her own pistol. Sho saw the baechantcs 'try to shako off their torpor at the sight of their strioken leader, and one roso to his feet to full as soon as he needed supin* for tho swamp ! she died,*with triumph, aud tho next minute fbshed from . the disgusting sight. ?, An hour passed aWay and the drunken . lories began to recover; their chief', who * dropped to the floor, seemed to sober tliem uc with his cold face and stsriDg eyes, and when they had all recoverod their scattered .u< witx th? fna lh?ir ? ? *1 , -w ?avj Uiuaucu was upUU IOCIU. , Alice Beaucbumpe's voice bad fired the hearts of the patriot l^od for vengeance. P,r On her way to the swamp she bud eneouu- ?' tered the partisans who had captured, one of the flying horses^ and were folIowibflMthe , trail. ?. The conflict between patriot and tory was , brief and almost bloodlerp. t- 1,1 The five avengers were made prisoners er an sued like cowards for the mercy they had ro never granted to a living being. nii I need hot describe the scene that follow- *>c ed. Suffice it to say that tho trees in front of Alien ^Beauchamoe's home bore the I.'.1' - % !TR^^vengeance of the patriots was as 'l0 cttjififcla. fis it was terrible, and when th^ . giotWus sun rose again, the dreaded men of ' the Toveiy district TiaC beased to frighten '' peopfe "with t hoir nonip.1' ' e Alice Beachatitpe, wlloso courage bad led M to the extermination of the avcuging band, became tho horoine of the day, aud after c>< the termination' of the hostilities wedded a ra lieutenant of Marion's men. Iler heroism P* is venerated, and her gallant exploit narra- ^4 ted daily by buudrcds of her descendants * in the l'ulmctto State. j Uncle William on "Dipping."?Dear . Children : I was at church last Suuday.? ,U| Nothing straDge about that, since I have r*' been going to church pretty regularly for i forty years, or thereabout. Yet I saw something that was very strange to nic?some-, thing that I had never seeq before. A brother invited me to go with biui to dinner. I got in his wagou to ride. ? Besides' the man and bis wife there wcro .? three ydung ladies in the wagon. I noticed 7C all of these had sticks about as large and as .e long as yoar little fibger, stickingout of their SK mouths. I noticed that they kopt spitting c.z like their mouths were sore. 1 Tbcu there was a dark streak reaching from ooo side of the mouth to the other, wt circling under the lower lip, in the shape ?? of a new moon. Presently one took out her stick, which !" bed a swab on tho end* dipped it in some- JU thing and put it back iu her mouth again. P' Tbeu it occurrcd-to uie, thai thisjis what is called "dipping." So it was. 0 , I soon found out thut 1 was in a noigh- (?r, borhood of regular "dippers." i 1 had a conversation this morning with a good woman, the mother of three ohildren, nD who is herself e "dipper." She said, J'it is th wrong; and as you do not use tobaoco, I fa cheerfully receivo-your reproof; but Jthey who Uj obew and smoke ought not to condom u?." C(J | Truo, pi "They who live in glass houses ought not hi . v nn i Dipping, like smoking, drinking, playing th cards, etc., is a social evil. I do not say it i is worse fcthan other evils. But I do say 0a : it is vile, dirty, filthy, wicked, wroug. or Lot me beg my pieces, who have com- ca r 1 menced dipping to ouit it. And those who ^ i havo never done such an ugly thing to pro- be t misC me dley never will. * 8e l There 4te bat few things that would pain ac l me more than to see my own daughters en- 0} I gage in this vile practice. a i ' Pleaee, my little ladies, koep these ugly U i sticks on* of your mouths.?St. Louis f Christian Advocate. la t ? A at ? A dsvkey earn* to lowayneterday driving aw ok named Hayee while he wan, in a 4$ stove making some purebaeea a farmer oamT 4 ? up with a wagon load of fodder and stopped * ia front* of the darkey's east. The ox pel- j0 led op to the fodder and oommenoed eating bi I it. in a few miuutea the darkey came oat, M ? and seeing Hayes as ho was trying to get f0 t another bundle, yelled at the top of hie roios: K - 'Whafer is yer eatln' dat dar fodder ? Yer kno'e taint yone! 1 sed de berry day dat I - oam'd yer Hayes dat yer was gwine tor tek 01 > sum tin'dat nebber b'long'd ter yer 1' He h I drove off, giriog the ox tbj fall benefit of n f f returning board. 1 t. ' 1 . - ? Mjiij a i v JLO I 1 - Ii.1 .i'ITI. THX EMPTY CRADLF. Sad ia the headt ef the mother >. Who site by the lonely hearth, Whore never a sin the children Shall waken their aonga of mirth. And still through the painful silence. She listens f r voice and tread, Outside of theJieart?there enly She knows t tat they are not dead I Here is the dctolatc cradle, The pillow ti lately pressed, But far away las the birdling Flown fronyits little nest. Crooning the lullabies over That once were her babe's delight, All through fhe misty spaces She follows its upward flight. / Little she/bought of a moment So gloomy and sad as this, ffben close to her heart she gathered Her cMld.YViT U* n J Bhe should he tenderly cherished, ' Never a grief should she know, { Wealth, and the pride of a princess, These would a mother bestow. And this is the darling's portion In Heaven?where she has fled; By angels securely guarded, By angels securely led. Brooding in sorrowful silence Over the empty nest, Can you not see through the shallows, Why it is all for the best? Better the heavenly kingdom Than riches of earthly crown; Better the eaily morning flight. Than one when the sun is down; Better an empty casket, Than jewels besmirched with sin: Snfer than these without the fold, Are those that have entered in. 4 [TAe Scot$mans* COTTON GROWING AND POOD. It is now a settled thing that war is to euk out between Russia and Turkey in e course of a few days. Should the struge bo^confined to these two powers, we need it apprehend very serious results to the ttou producing industry, although the cfct will be depressing. Russia consumes her maucfuclurcs at least four huudrcd ousand bales of cotton and Turkey is a etty large consumer of cotton goods.? jth these couutrics will be crippled in esc particulars by the war. But it is a very general idea abroad that Iter powers will probably be drawn into 0 struggle in spite of themselves, and that ere is real anil *orinii? ilnnM? ??iav a pcuil explosion amy follows in which all Eupe will become involved, and.the political lp of the contiucut be a good deal chaud before quiet is restored ogain. It is uuhappily the ease that this is comBf, (if it comes.) at a time when nil the tlbtt/ "fcve'ry one of thejnover els in debt, and cannot carry any more. Russjp and Turkey are already bankrupt, nstria and IfSly are in not much better conlion, and Germany, Frauco and Great 'itaiu, cannot safely iuorease their liability. There is no telling what disastrous finanil results would therefore, follow a gene1 war. And it is certain that the common ople, in poorer food, in scantier cloibiug, rlyghcr tuxes, in lighter supplies of all the miorta of life, the production of whieh Ikes trade active and bring labor, and raw Dducts in deuiaud. Any such catastrophe tu!d prob ?blv put the cotton product buck magnitude and demaud half a genedon. Now, the possibility of such a result is of serious contemplation by the cota producing people of the South. They ij well remember that the cotton crop !?j Me new.planting will most probably a largo one?.not far from five millions balps, as wc^ believe; and that it may ry possibly bavs to ssck its principle mart in a continent racked by the convul>us of vpr, and oependont to afar creator tent tlian usual 4u the. surplus food proict of America lor subsistence. Such a state of-things will mako cotton >rthless to producers, and if the latter arc mpellod to rely '^npon it to procure their ju su^uuo, ib mil uvi uu cucjr tu escape convenience anV suffering. It i9 a fconnction of factsjnd possibilities which no udent man shoia} lose sight of, and which ould stimulatdyety farmer to active ofrts to render bflkelf independent of othsources for lm food supplies.?Macon rlegraph. * ' ' < T Unreeling a j Pull-back.?A most uusing scene was witnessed on K street 0 ether day. A lady with a vigorous public* ofidfty elaborate polonaise was walking ) K from Fourth 'street. In that unacuntabfe outside pocket which fho fashion escribes shall be trained to the rear and ing as low doVn as possible upon the last imed garment, she had a new, full spool df read?just purchased evidently. An id of this escapiug from the 6pen pocket, nght the eye of a K street gamin?a six ' aeven year old speoimen. He deftly tight the end, and holding to it, foOnd at it reeled off without the prouenader ting aware of it.*- Ho at onoe squared himlfj sailor fash ion ,fn the middle of the walk, id as she 'paid -off" he 'hauled in/ band rer hand, to thefiofloite amusement of half hundred men WTO witnessed the operation. 1 a brief time the line reached defer up to ifth#retft. from near Fourth, and as the dy afepped out ou the flagging to cross tho roefc toe end ran off, and she went ou with |S empty spool, blissfully unconscious of e pierrhnent behind hof back at her ex>o#e. The cruel men?and by this time hind red had seoo the proeeee?then began apeeulate upon the look of blank astonish eut which must have overpowered ' her iuotcnance,.wben on reaching houie, she und the spool empty, which she could asrt ?u full when she purchased it. The conversation tuns upon the fastidu times* of the times. "Why," says a uieinbV, "they'll tg m say marriage is improper." No, no, replies Douglas Jerrold, "they'll Iways consider marriage good, brooding." I .1 ?i ?? di V ts.<- Tn/Hj*-'^ 1 VM99B!gaaxsvSMMmEg(eHB!>^saBKt Air xfidxjuc or hu&debs aid suicides. Paris, March 20.?Paris to-day has a sufficient numbor of horrors to satisfy the uiost morbid of natures. Simple murders are tho moat common place of occurrences, ond so we are to be congratulated on the extraordinary number of extraordinary crimes, which are constantly occurring. If we seek parricide, there is the case of Gcorgcl, who murdered bis mother the other day in the Hue de la Providcnco. He was a laxy ne'er do-weel, who, after taking all his mother's money away from her and spending it in a night's debauch, out her throat because she had uo more to give him. Louis Piguo has just killed his br.ther for culliug him n "gamiu." Tho disposition which murderers make of the bodies of their victims?such as cutting them into minute pieces, burning or distribution them over a great nrea?is also notable, but even what, with npparent lightness, is called 'Taffuire Billoir," or "l'affaire Moyaux"?although the French do not connect with the word "affaire" the levity which attaches to the Euglish "affair"?is far outshoue by the epideuiio of suicide which has of late set in and assumed most remarkable proportions. Lc Qaulois uewspapcr considers itself justified in saying that before long, if thingacontinue as they are at present going, the journals will have to issue supplements which shall be devoted simply to chronicling the number of self-murders that ure committed frotn day to day. Here is a notablo case:.. Day before yesterday a respectably dressed, white haired gentleman, apparently about sixty years old, presented .himself at the tower entrance of Notre Dame, aud asked tho concierge if a good view of Paris was to be obtained from tho tower on a clear day. Of course he was auswered in the affirmative, aud so, giving the keeper fifty centimes, he mounted to the gallery and at once threw himself headlong into the parvis, horribly crushed and mangled by the fall. formerly suicide was mainly confined to the gr?at cities, and especially to Paris, but now it has extended its works into the rural districts aud is notieed in all the telegraphic dispatches to the newspapers. The suicides leave behind them such notices as "I kill myself because life bores me," and they desert the ranks of life for the most trivial and inconsequent of reasons, except the "spleen" which came to us from England with jockeys and water proofs. A rich young fool falls in love with an actress, and spends money on her. Presently he learns thut she is uulaithful to him, so he purchases a nicely-mounted revolver, goes to her home, makes a speech as near as possible like one taken from a novel by .Duuias Jils, bursts pentance, and blows his brains out. A joung girl gels into a tiff with her family, find nnnn \m m??d 1* a 1 : ? *W IUU..U uuugiug IIUUI a UCUII1 111 her father's barn. Another falls in love with a man who in his youth has been condemned by some magistrate as a thief. She pardous his youthful indiscretion, and the two are happy as doves. Then the father discovers the truth ab.>ut his proposed sonin-law, and naturally enough objects to haviug in his family a forcat libcrc. The lovers do not hesitate; they kill themselves. Such are the true stories of the day, and I doubt very much that this recklessness of life is due to books like "Joseph Noirel's Revenge,' and to the sensational plays, so much as it is to the levity with which nearly ail the journals deal with the most serious matters. An atrocious murder is the cause of puns and jokes, and every crime is treated iu the same way. It is to be hoped that before long gomo meBM -will ho found to afnp epidemic of orime, and ospeoially of suicido, even if the measures of the Middle Ages should be called in.?AT Y. World. An Editor Who Loves Babies.?We love babies, and also anybody else who loves babies. No man has music in bis soul whq doesn't love babies. Babies were made to be loved, especially girl babies?when they grow up. A man isn't worth a 'shuck' who doesn't love a baby, and the same rule applies t) a jfomuu. A baby is a spring day in winter, a hot-house in summer, a ray of sunshine in frigid winter, and, if it's a healthy, go^-naturcd baby, and if you are sure I 11 s yours, us a Dusnci oi sunsuine, no matter how cold the weather. A man cau not be a hopeless case so long as he loves babies ?Mine at ?tiriie. Wc love babies all over, no tbatter how*dirty they are. Babies were born to be dirty. Our lovo for babies is only bounded by the Dumber of b ibies in the world. Wc also have sorrowfhl feelings for mothers who have no babies. Wemen always look down-hearted who have no babies; and men who have none always grumble and drink and stay out eights, trying to get music in their sooLs; but they can't ootne it. Babies, are babies, and nothing can take their place.?-Atchison Patriot. ' ? .? Save tiie SoArsuDs.?However deplorable washing day may be to the household (and the careful house mistress or tidy maid has it m her power to greatly modify its discomforts,) to the garden it is a very bountiful dayk. Ous hungry and thirsty grape, vines and flowers are glad of every drop of wash water, nod will repay every bit e? fatigue it may oost us to give them this fertiliser. If the sua is shining hot when we go out tn dispense our flavor, it is best for t us to dig n slight treOoh not far from the , root of the plant, and poor tha water into kit ?iu) AMTU. u>i> ill lk* anil Tl.!. vvwv? "Vf *MI? m^fek the water go farther, and at the saute tia^Voes net tempt the rootleta to the surface of the grouud. No better liquid can be prepared than the aoapauds fiom the "woolen tubs" as thej are sure to nourish 1 the rotes? if any of the liquid rests upon the foliage of the plants, wash it off by syringing smartly?plants always pay fur this extra oars. A greased dog cannot run so fast as a boy ' in a collar who~h<>?ft his mother say she I must go down and Wis aTftT"; , preserves.?Union, ? ,A ELECTED RECIPES. Tomato Catsup.?Take a half bushel ripe tomatoes ; cut up and boil till done ; rub through a sieve; to this add half cup of salt, one pint vinegar, ouc of sugar, and cloves, cinnamon, pepper and allspice, each ono tnblespoonful; boil one hour; bottle and seal. Tomato Chowder.?Soak one peck green tomatoes in salt water over night; chop fino and add n few onions, one cup mustard seed, with pepper, cloves and cinnamon ; boil sufficient vinegar to cover up the mouths of the jars, aod you have au excellent pickle. Tomato Preserves.?Scald and peel # smooth, round, ripe tomatoes; to seven pounds add five pounds sugar ; let staud all night; drain off-1be juice , boil aud skim ; add the tomatoes ; boil gently twenty minutes; skim them out into jars; boil the syrup till iust enough to cover them n* it cools pour it over the tomatoes, and you huvo one of tho nicest preserves. Pickled Peaches ?Rub the peaches smooth and steam until done; stick a clove and a bit of cinnamon in each, and put in a jar; boil vinegar to cover, adding one pint sugar to each quart. These pickles will be good iu one week, and arc very nice. Icing That Will Not Break?The whites of three eggs beaten very stiff; add one pound white sugar, with ODe tablespoonful corn starch ; flodr the top of the cake as soon as taken from the oven; put on the iciDg with a steel knife wet in warm water. Delicious Brown Pudding.?One cup Graham, ono of meal, one of sugar, one of cream, oneof raisius, one-half of sweet uiilk, one egg, one teaspoonful soda ; stir nil together and bake one hour ; with sauce this is a delicious pudding. Like in Texas.?A new comer in a Texas towu always enjoys himself. After spending a short time looking around the place, he grows weary and finally asks the clerk of the hotel if there is any chance of having fun that day. And the clerk, scratching ljis head a moment says : "Well, I dunuo ; reckon we can get up something for you before night- Huvcn't been shct at yet, have you ? No ! Oh, well, you will be soon. Just loaf around the streets a little while, and even it you aiu't shot at yourself, you cau dodge the bullets intended for some other person. Maybe you might object to its coming in that way, sort o'.sccond band, you know ; and if you do, why wait a little whilo and I'll go out with you, and I guess wo cau get up something real ^studying tlic lime "fafcfif for*rt\ie''MoaviiV^ time of the next train, and not even the clerk's promise to let him carry the revolver that he shot a wan with last week can keep tho guest in towu over night. Sccue at a hotel?"Good morning, stranger, it Ionics IS If A min ?" Sfrnnu:no nPMr sticks or strings are stretched horizontally along the rows; so as to keep the plants ereot. I a addition to this, all laterals that have ne flowers, aud after the fifth toppiug, all laterals whatever, are nipped off. In this way ; the ripe sap is directed into the fruit, which acquire a beauty, size and excellence unattainable by other means. Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, the rebel of tho harem, in her ^Wife No. 19," tells of a cousin who married a Gentile. The girl's parents were devout saints, and grieved over their daughter as one dead. Tho disconsolate father consulted theoraole of the Lord, who gavo him the following godly advice : "Put flatten out of the way, it is a sin and a shame to liavo so good a woman dragged arouud the world by a Gentile." Of eeurse the voice of the Lord epoke in his chosen servant, and in a few days came tho startling-news that this audacious outsider had been killed by Indians. Dancers will be interested to know that several new condition figures have been introduced at private assemblies in Paris.? One of them ia called "La Poste." Tho gentlemen wear armlets, with bells attached, and on these tho name of a post town is written, as "Postc de Montigny," "Poste de St. Cloud," &o. Fancy cards, bearing corresponding names, are distributed among tbe ladies, each of whom calls out the name on her card, and thus obtains a partner. It is a noteworthy fact that whenever one of our farmer correspondents expresses himself as comfortable and happy, with no creditors pressing him, he explains the fact by saying "plenty of oorn and meat of my own raising." That's the secret of it. Show us a man that raises plenty of oorn and meat fur hie mm nee, nasi ire will show you a splendid, jolly fellow, beloved by bis neighbors and popular wherever known.?Prentiss Pleader. . 'Man wants but little here below nor wants that little long,' is alibol: Man wants everything he can see, or hear ov, and never is willing to let go ov his grub. Whenever you find a man who is thoroughly satisfied with what he has got, you will fiud either an ideot, or won who has tried hard to s;ct some more and oouldn't do it. The older a man grows tho more watohful he bekuiiia : ss his hold on life slsek*ns- his pinch 011 a ?Josh Biffing*.