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RHIEGII! I IS RECORD Kick the Liquor Question Out of Politics, NOT TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE. The Common horse Sense of His Father in Giving Him an Education Enabled Him to \ Plead the Cause of Those wnom tne State Was Neglecting. HELENA MEETING. The speeches in general were good. Newberry's hospitality was superlatively illustrated and all the candidates were handsomely entertained. Dr. Sligh was like MacGregor on his native heath. He was very brief, reminding his audience that his opponents were all gentlemen, or most of them. Hie reception was hearty. During Mr. Thomas' speech he remarked that his brother railroad commissioners had sent Evans on the campaign to run him down and nag him. Mr. Evans walked up to ?>ir. Thomas and put this brand on his remarks: "That is a premeditated, infamous falsehood, and you know it.Col. Floyd referred to Gen. Watts as a man of narrow mould physically. Col. Schumpert's popularity and strength at home were evident. He promised that he would make a better fi-overnor than South Carolina has had during the last tea years. Ho called upon the people to kick the liquor question out of politics. It was a reflection upon the State that it was the sole question upon which the people wish tq be enlightened. Mr. Archer poured hot shot into the State's policy in the matter of higher education. The common horse sense of his father in giving him an education enabled pirn to plead the cause of those whom tho State was .neglecting. >Jr. Featherstone talked prohibition pure and simple. The dispensary law could lead to prohibition only by some bocus-pocus arrangement which he , ?/* nn.Ui-ttoii.1 VrnViihitinn did I B9t.purp9ee reforming by legislative enacfment, but its purnose wa9 fake temptation out of the w5y, and not to assist men to get dm ok aad then punish them for their crime. Col. Watson made a vigorous sj>eecbj denying there was any Teat prohibition movement. He thought this was a premature movement that would set back the oauBe of temperance for a feneration. Eminent ministers declared there was no prohibition taught in the Bible. "Temperance, temperance, temperance,--" s^id he, "is taught there from beginning to end, but prohibition never." Mr. Whitman's effort was a rib-tickler, He was here to butter the people's bread, and would stay in politic! until he buttered it. Prohibition was adYannerl hi* n faxc iniiiritniona nrpanhors ant! afatf rusty pofiticians, anil Featherstone, ''the super-excellently moral advocate." ftov. EJlerbe declared that wJi?a..be was defeated for r$- election he retired to his plantation ex-?4 expecting tojemain there,but became a candidate for governor because he received so many requests from all over the State. His only promise was to be the governor of the whole people and to give them an economical administration. He asked re-election on his record because he had kept his promisee. Col. George Tillman declared that he was prepared, if elected governor, to | 5U^J_re?l LLiCmS>UlCn iUl liiu iiul'a \J y ouiou v j of the State. He was not running for governor, as Watscn said, because he wanted the olfice. God deliver him ; from those who wanted office only for i their own good. Kllerbe was a good , man. but was too weak to be governor. , Solicitor Bellinger said there were no , issues to discuss, and that he simply | appeared so the Ncwberrians could take a look at the next 'attorney-general, j The other speakers were Messrs. Coop- I er, Tompkins, Bradham, Derham, Kp-1 ton, Mayrield, Bice, McMahan, Brown, Gray, Garris and Blytbe. LACREXS MEETING. Mr. Featherstoue was given a welcome in this, his home. Beyond doubt1 the applauding majority of the crowd j was largely and loudly with him. Laur- j ens is also the home of Gen. Watts, j and his reception was cordial in the extreme. Col. Floyd's eloquence also 1 J -1. 1^,1 i I .or. U'nHo' i tJ VU&CU LUCCi O, 1CU KJJ V'CU. ? I uuo friends. Mr. Garris declared that the slogan of the people ought to bo: "I want a man !" no matter whether he was born on the Keowee or the Peedee. Mr. Sligh, humorously referring to his age, advised the audience that if they wanted to do anything for him, "Now is your time." Commissioner Thomas remarked that the railroad could not erect a better depot at Laurens because its earnings were pitiful and would not admit of tho expense. Gen. Gray provoked a laugh by asking what would become of South Carolina if Thomas j should die. He showed by Thomas' | map that the rate reduction niado by the board which Thomas had voted against on the ground that the roads could not live under it, had really benefitted them. Col. Watson appeared as the champion of popular education. A good public school should be placed in reacti 01 ' every citizen. Mr. Archer shot some arrows at prohibition. He did not believe in laying the drunkard to the whiskey seller and the voter, and laying all the blame on Providence. Mr. Whitman recited Cassabiuuca,ar plying L tho idea to himself, saying that he i ^ would stay on the burning deck until j the dames shone around the dead. He would mash the life out of anybody who misrepresented him. Gov. Ellerbe was liberally applauded before and after his remarks. If it 4>ould be proved that he had made any <j4;rtv political deal or that any of his ions had hurt the State, he would withdraw from the race. He invitet ^ criticism, but not misrer>resen talion. lie d;d not claim to be _ nt* oil t lint vac hJltaa aud ii'ib to make honest mis- | takes. J.' elected he would uo as he hud I done, gh e the best servjee he eoujcl CoL Ti 'dmun vigorously discussed ! the fertiliz.-r Clemsoa college had no more ne% d for it to make itself a fit institution } hau a wagon had for a fifth wheel, .fbo extruvagnut and cor- J rupt manner in. which it was expended : cried to heaven tor correction. The j supremacy of tiy li'iuor question was j disgraceful to the i.;tate of South Caro- ! . lina which is the puly Stale in tire j union that was making a fool of hei T self. He contended lor a reasonable liquor license tax; with common sense safeguard, the tax not being heavy enouph to promote smuggling or stimulate adulterating. Ho was loudly applauded. Col. bchumpert likewiso met with applause. Ho declared it was humiliating that the people waulol to hear the candidates for the chief magistracy of the State speak solely on the liquor question. The other speakers were Candidates Cooper, Tompkins, Hradham, ?.' t.,.. It.<> )><, McSweeuoy. LE MEETix<i. (.'apt. 1 trad ham referred to peace, progress uud prosperity throughout the State, addiug that Greenville county excelled all othors. Mr. Cooper spurned the intimation by Secretary of State Tompkins that the dispensary machinery would be used in his behalf, and vigorously declared he would stand from under if the record I of the State boerd of control | was as bad as it was when Tompkins was a member thereof. | Secretary Tompkins roferred to Cupt 1 Bradham as a professional third-termer. Coopera's reference to him was 1 ; contemptible and intended to place the 1 people under a wrong impression. He ! did vote for certain dispensary officers, but he was uo more respohsible for their acts than Cooper was for the Legislature's action because he tried to increuse , j the per d:em of members from S4 to ! I Col. Floyd pleaded his case in thrilling ' j words. The offico of adjutaut-general ! needed a man of more age, experience \ and coolness. Watts twitted him for being born in Virginia. South Caro- i i liua and Virginia were twin sisters, i and had made possible this great re- i I public, (Jen. Watts put on the gloves : I for Col. Floyd. After referring to i ; him as his "distinguished trimmer j friend,'' lie declared lie was sjingiug i mud because ho was beaten, j Mr. Brown made an earnest plea for tlio common schools. Mr. McMahan declared that his heart burned with true patriotism iu thg matter of schools. tol._ Bice declared bo wanted to "undertake again the work of common school education because his life was consecrated to it. Superintendent of Education Mayfiehl agreed that the common schools should be bettered. With the means at hand, everything possible for their promotion I Las been done. Mr. Featherstone was aggressive. It was an insult to say that there was no sentiment that would Uphold prohibition. Watson declared there was no prohibition jp tfce Bible. "If you can find," said lie, ''dispensary in the Bible, or any advocacy of the sale of liquor I will give up. ' Mr, ArcLfif pppealejl to the poop'le not to beTamed jtfav by the enthusiasm p_f a supposed condition of society. Prohibition brought on an invasion of rights by the church that was a manifestation of the same bi gotry that in Massachusetts burned innocent persons for witches. Governor Ellerbe declared hfl ^.ftd tried to bo the Governor of the whole people. Ho could not ehaol laws, but had done what he could to enforce them. Uncle George Tillman caught the crowd, and tbey wanted his time extended. He declared that the shadow of the odious and infamous metropolitan police still hung over the State. Every house was liable to be searched by constables. Col Schumpert asked re-eloction on his merits. Tho other speakers were Messrs. Bellinger, Mower. McSweeny, Durham, Epton, Berry, Garris, Stausell and Sligh. The candidates were handsomely and agreeably entertained by the citizens of Greenville. picken's meeting. Mr. Archer talked with a full head of steam, uttering a passionate; threnody against the "outrageous and infamous extravagance perpetrated on the submissive taxpayers" in re-education. He could see no free country, no erpial rights to all, while South Car ?i 1 ?i,~ i Uiiiiu j'cis'&iuu iki uuutiuii^ mu nv/U, while the common people were allowed to grow up as hewers of wood and drawers of water. Col. Tillman made a hit and a tiaa speech. He inveighed against the law thut allows the Governor to make township appointments, which ho would give to his personal friends, his political tools, or the bell wethers of the district to promote his election. The State never would be free until the people asserted their rights iu this respect. In scathiDg language he denounced the canvas system in vogue. Why didn't South Carolina do as other States do and allow the candidates to arrange the meetings to suit themselves, instead of putting feathers on their feet and chains around their waists so that they could not expose how the people had been fed on broken promises. Mr. Schumpert protested against an effort in this State to bring the church and State together. The preachers were not only advocat ing prohibition, but they were' runuiug a candidate, asking their parishioners to vote for him. Col. Watson thought fanatics were doiug great harm to temperance. Featherstone |was a novice, and a recruit should not be made a general. He claimed to be tho apo9tleof temperance m South Carolina, and a veteran was not to bo supplanted by a private. Mr. Featherstoue talked vigorously. He wauted Bchumpert to know that he uskcd no consideration. It was five or six to one, but they could fire away as he could take care of himself. Mr. IJellinger declared that lie, too, was opposed by tho candidate of a faction within the Democratic party. He himself had only the Democratic party iu general to depend upon, and was not as fortunate as his competitor. Mr. McMahan said: You ho.tr it, "equal %.F#k4?>4/voll nriVl'Afflft fntmriA M and again, "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Wiih those Pa3-iygs put on your life, cau you he indifferent to theeducaHou of your children? There is no equality without intelligence. Mr. Brown advocated more and better Bchools and school lioUsos. He hoped to live to see the day when there will be a school in every nooi and corner in Kia Simula mid flvprv hnv nn<l t^irl brought into the schools, fire-minute speeches were male by Candidates Derham, Epton, Watts, Wythe, Floyd, Gray, Thomas, Evans, Berry, Stansell, Garris, Sli^h, Tompkins, Bradham, Cooper, Rice, Maytield and Brown. '"Uncle, which brood of chickens is the best?" "Well, sah, do white one is do easiest found, an' do dahk ones is de easiest hid utter yo' gits "eni." IudiaI napolis Journal. SAFE BLOW JMfi; Cotton Dealers of Charleston Making Preparations for the COMING OF KING COTTON. A Home Market for Their Wheat-Charleston Business Men Preparing to Open Trade With Cuba and Porto Rico. In the United States Circuit Court which recently iuet in Greenville the Williston safe breakers were tried and convicted. Joe! Jones, the eldest man, was given live years in the-oenitoutiury at Kaleigb, N. C., and the same sentence was imposed upon llenry Johu6on. Charles Joues, who is a mere boy, was sentenced to two years in the same prison. The following cases wero also disposed of: J. H. Susong, agaiust the township of tiullivao, in Laurens county, verdict for the plmutill ;n the sum r\( 4.1 J??i SO T'!aiitnr?' 1 .oan aild SaV ings bank against Stewart township, veidiet for the pJuiutiii' in the sum of ?4,345.33. Coming of the King. The opening of a new cotton season is now in sight und all ulong the water front at Charleston, are noted signs of the approach of the King. Docks are being dredged out, wharves repaired and cotton ollices straightened np for the handling of a big business. It was thought last spring that if a war was declared the exporting business would suffer greatly, but now thut the war seems about to end, before the cotton season begins, nothing of the kind can be anticipated. In fact the cotton men are looking for a larger business than before in many vears. The crop prospects seem good and prices are evidently going to be better than last year. ^ "IT Knotty Questions are Involved. Who is the intendant and who are the wardens of Moutrieville? This is the question that is engaging tno attention of the sovereigns of Sullivan's Island. The ins are still in and the outs are still out, notwithstanding the election of Beveral days ago. The commissioners of eleotion have issued certificates of election to a number of the residents of the island, but they have not yet taken charge of their offices, and all indications now point to a hard fight before they c^g. Reaching Ojii for Trade. From entirely reliable eotflrces the information is gained that as soon as peace is declared there will be a commission sent from Charleston to look into tho matter of trade with the new islands possessed and under the protection of the United States. The uames of the gentlemen who are engineering this movement cannot be given out for some time, as they prefer completing all the necessary arrangements before they have their connection with the plan announced. A Home Market tor ineir wneat. The wheat crop of Spartanburg county, abundant as it is, would be entirely consumed before the first day of January if no flour was imported from other States. A very conservative estimate places the amount of wheat and corn required to give bread to the classes not owning or working on farms is a quarter of a million bushels per aunum. Thus it may bo seen that Spartanburg farmers can get a home market for their wheat if they should raise four tunes as much as -they now do. ? One Cut, the Other Shot. Two serious affrays occurred in Charleston recently. Henry (jaillard was severely cut about tho face and mouth by some person unknown, and Richard Smith was shot near the Five Mile House. The latter was in a very precarious condition when found. Both ailairs are wrapped in mystery. Imorovements in Camden. The old wooden stora on Broad street at Camden, owned by Mrs. Win. Watkins, has been torn "down and will be replaced by two brick stores. This store was the first one erected on the block on which it stood after the city was burnt by Sherman. Labor Day Celebration. Arrangements are being made at Columbia for a grand celebration on Labor Day the first Monday in September. The Annual Complaint. The police department at Charleston is in receipt of numbers of complaints from all parts of the city anent the huckster nuisance. A Welcome Visitor. There was one thoroughly welcomed visitor at Camp Lee, Columbia, recently, and that was Muj. Knapp, the paymaster, who came to pay the mon, Most of the money he used was crisp, pretty new bills, and a3 they were handed out to the boys in blue many a one was made glad. It required ?9,000 to pay oil" the officers and men. Sur>i\ors at Williamston. The sixteenth annual meeting of Gist's Survivors association, Co. I).,, Hampton Legion, was recently celebrated at Williamston. Though there was not a very largo attendance of the battle scarred veterans, the occasion was fraught with much pleasure. Remunerative chimney Sweeping. A now tenant, designing to fire his chimney and save the expense of a o IhiiiiIIk <if lmrniiiff UVloitu ??. VWU...V. 0 straw at the end of a pule. A moment' later he was startled by a golden tinkling, and glancing down, saw that the old-fashioned hearth was literally I covered with gold pieces. Further examination revealed the charred fragments of a leathern bag suspended by a hook in the chimney, while the windfall itself totalled up to nearly SI.500.?Tit-Bits. EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Celebrated by the Richland Volunteers at Hyatt Park. The eighty-fifth anniversary of that time honored command, the Richland Volunteer Rifie company, given at Hyatt park was one of the pieasoutest jn its history. All preparations had been made, the atmosphere was cool S t 1 1 ? _ 11 - snu oracmg, tno people were an on pleasure bent, and there was an abundance of good things to satisfy the appetite of the most fastidious. In fact, everything conspired to make the occasion one of enjoyment. The Volunteers went out early iu the morning and throughout the day were busy lookiug after tho comfort of their guests. Every member was dilligent in his attention to all on the ground, and if anybody felt dissatisfied it was due to no fault of the Volunteers. "Uncle" William Rose, the hero of three wars, was present, und the happy thought of being with the Volunteers seemed to add zest and new life to him. He expressed himself as being perfectly charmed with the day's program. After dinner had been sorvod the speaking began and interesting addresses were made. ?? A Lar^e Planter. One of Marlboro's most prominent merchants and planters, Mr. A. J. Mutheson, has this rear under cultivation on his own lauus one hundred and fifty one-horse farms, aggregating 4,171 ncres. Of this amount there are 2.40N acres beiug cultivated by tenants and renters, and of tho 1 a iter, 1,830 acres is in cotton, 900 in corn, 143 in oats, leavii^ 1,703 acres, whira is cultivated with hired labor. Of this he has 007 acrss in cotton. 370 in corn, 330 in oats. All of his difierept plantations are connected by telephones, and he has splendid overtlowiug artesian wells on all of his places. The Best in Ten years. The crops in Lancaster county have uui xv* igu jcm o rnuu ww?.?w? for a.good vield. Jhett is one fwm, chiefly upland, comprising one hundred acres of corn and twenty acrel of coTfon, wUBfti a mile of the court house, which, it is thought by judgeB, will yield 4,000 bushols of oorn and twenty I bales of cotton. While this may probably be considered the ohoicest farm, taken as a whole in Lancaster county, it is one among the many fine crops throughout the county. Rkhland County Board of Control At a recent meeting of the Richland county board of control, the former action by the board to refer to the State board the charges brought by exClerk Moffett were roscjjided. The uiutici noo HttcpiiCU no luwiuiouuu. The net profits for the month just cloaea as Feported by the dispensaries were aa follows: Bailey, $153.15; Cartlege, $09.68; Prioe, 8162.21; Troy, $14.5.96. _ _ Columbia's Finances. The city treasurer's report, of Columbia, for July showed taies collected, 86,482.77; water rents paid, 81,847.81; from licenses, $333; from market, $97.80; from police department, $170.50; from dog tax, $22; from delinquent taxes, $122.91; streets, $90.10; water works, 40 cents; accounts paid, $694,770; interest paid, 9,894.45; balance on hand July 31, $1,531.49. Charter Granted. A charter has beon issued to the Imperial Building and Loan Association, of Charleston. The capital stock of the oomnanv is to be $150,000. The officers of the company are: President, K. G. Rhett; secretary and treasurer, T. T, Hyde; solicitor, Win. H. Thomas; directors, R. G. Rhett, R. M. Masters, J. A. Bell, J. Orrin Lea and Joseph M. Thomas. TALMETTO NOTES. Remarkably line crops are reported from Marlboro county. The printing plant of the Columbia Register was sold recently. The Seaboard Air Line will be built through Barnwell at>an early date. Mr. Hubbard Fripp, of Hampton, recently killed a fine buck, which weighed oyer gOO pounds. The annual meeting of South Carolina Firemen's Association met in Orangeburg. The Street Committee of Charleston recently received a cargo of flagstones to bo used in improving the sidewalks. South Carolina's first bale of cotton was recently shipped from Barnwell to Charleston, by Col. Mike Brown. The Columbia Mills company has generously given a plentiful supply of cloth to make pillows for the soldiers at Camp Lee Mr. Powell in Durance Vile. Chief l> ?lly, of Charleston, arrested Mr. Powoli at that place recently on a requisitiru from North Carolina on a charge Oi fraud. It is claimed he sold rights to u tombstone and brick-making process without haviug the right to so do. A fire at Bismarck, S. D., recently nearly w ;>ed out the business portion of the cry, including banks, newspapaper ofilces and business blocks, entailing a loss of several hundred thousand dollars. His Eye Put Out. While l8om Reynolds, colored, of Columbia, was hammering a piece of iron a -ale from the iron struck his spectao (j.-, breaking one of the glasses, a piciv of which destroyed one eye, completely putting it out. Increasing the Garrison. The garrison on Suliivan's Island :a to be i icreased very shortly by the arrival <; Unttery A, 1st artillery, United State:- Army, one hundred and fifty men s rung. The battery is one of the Guest in the First, and has beeh station ad at Key West for some time. AI OIU lULKMiiU* i'ixi?iu uju< u disr.ossed at the sudden loss of her only son. the dissenting minister assir. d her. consolingly: "lie is now wi a Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." "'j ..nt's the worst on ir." she sobbed, .1 he was always so shy among ? : i.0crs."?Moonshine [ SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN. Temperature Favorable for Crop Development. The rainfall forlho week was heaviest over the extremo northwestern counties with from one to over live inches in Oconee, Pickens and Greenville; heavv showers also occurred from Orangeburg county southward and eastward to the coast; over this region the rainfall was not so evenly distributed, but of almost daily occurrence; over the central belt of counties aud the Pee Die section the showers were of limited extent and irregular distribution, although few places, if any, but that had some rain during tho week. '1 he average rainfall for the State, for the week, was 1.49 inches and the normal for the same period le approximately 1.40 inches. The following heavy measurements were reported: Loopers, 5.7.1; liiverview, 7.50; tSandy Flat, 2.88; Walhalla, 2.07; Liberty, 2.25; Salters, 3.75; Piuopolis, 3.10; Oakland, 3.00: JetFries Crgek, 2.50: St. Georges, (Uarper) 0.25; Gilliponville, 2.97 inches. Fourteen places reported from one to two inches and twenty-live places less than an inch. A heavy rain in tho vicinity of Kamsuy submerged a great deal of lowland coru and cotton. Over the northwestern and southeastern counties, sunshine was deficient with from 35 to o.j per cent, of the possible, but over the remainder of the State about normal duration of sunshine prevailed. A severe wind and rain Btorni passed over Oconee, Pickens and portions of Greenville counties on August 4th, felling forest trees, blowing down corn, tangling cotton and destroying fruit. The temperature conditions were favorable for crop development during the week, aud over the central belt of counties, from the Georgia to the North Carolina borders, sunshine and rainfall were also favorable fuctors, but elsewhere there were many and extensive areas where the rainfall was excessive and sunshine deficient, conditions that had a deteriorating on iiif crgpa, particularly "Sotion. Keports from York, Spartanburg, Union, Abbeville, Anderson, Kichland and from Marlboro and Marion counties, and less extended areas in many other counties indicate that the corn and cotton crops are very promising, as are all the minor food and forage crops, but these conditions are not uniform over the State, and are not the prevailing ones for corn, while cotton, cane, pelts, sweet potatoes, tobacco and rice are making satisfactory growth and development. Crops are practically all layed by, but generally in a verv grassy condition, however, with DumerouB reports 01 ciettu, wen cuiuvated fields. . The condition of corn seems to lack uniformity, with manv fields where a large yield is assured, but during the week much lowland corn was damaged by heavy rains. Ears as a rule are well filled and matured. Young corn is "firing" on light soils, while much stubble corn was injured by excessive rains. Fodder pulling has progressed rapidly, and is under way over the eastern and central counties; some fodder lost by frequent rains in Berkeley and Barnwell counties. In York and Saluda counties the corn crop is reported extra fine. In localities where little or no rain fell, and where normal amount of sunshine prevailed, cotton made seasonal in fvn itorro and Ituu r>n + lUiJ'iU VCUiUUb 4U II uiiBpO auu u?o |/uk on a large July crop, but there is complaint of rust and shed diner increasing rapidly, particularly from J)orchester, Beaufort, Orangeburg, Lexington, Barnwell, Colleton, Sumter, Williamsburg and Chesterfield counties; such reports are not confined to these counties, but with a few exceptions, iuclude portions of every county in the State. In Abbeville a great deal of cotton has been practically abandoned cn account of grass. Cotton is turning yellow, or red, on certain light Boils, where growth has stopped, and is ecalding or firing in I'ickens. It was injured by rain in Newberry. Bolls are opening slowly, and are needing dry weather and sunshine. Sea Island cot- I ton is in splendid condition and clean ! of grass and weeds; is blooming extremely, with some little fruitage, but sunshine greatly needed. Tobacco cutting and curing is Hearing completion in Florence and Wil keep him quiet, both of whom he bit on the bare Highland legs whenever they touched him to keep him still." Uncles grown up and ministers grown wise have learned to omit the admonitory touch with Emperor William! Births of llicn and Poor. The birth rate among the very poor ot Paris is throe times greater than among the very rich, according to statistics compiled by Bertillou. As the social ' scale declines, there is a corresponding I hamshurg counties anu is wen advanced elsewhere, with a continuation of favorable reports from all tobacco districts. W.th the excepiton of too wot for rice on bottom lands in Pamberg county, this crop continues to look promising. It is heading in tho earliest or coast districts, and with favorable weather, harvesting will soon begin. Grass for hay has attained a heavy growth. Cutting continues in Charleston county, but has not generally begun in Williamsburg. Sugar cane and sorghum are reported very fine. Sugar making will begin this week. The condition of cane is above the average over the entire State. I Sweet potn ^es iook very promising, as do field peas and peanuts. Some peavine hay has been made. Pastures continue to afford excellent grazing. t ? i.i a. ; _ j 1 i irisn potatoes, turnips autt Deans ueing planted, and winter cabbages and strawberries set out in tuo coast truck regious under very favorable conditions. In some of the western counties there is a glut of watermelons, where also peaches continue plentiful, but there is a scarcity of apples and pears. That the child is father to the man Is confirmed by a reference to the present restless Emperor of Germany In the diary of a prominent guest at the wedding of the Prince of Wales. "The little Prince William of Prussia," wrote the Bishop or Oxford, "was placed between his two small English uncles to HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES Hroili'd Herrlnjy. Scale and cut off the heads; cle'i and dry them with clean cloth. Seasou with salt and pepper, dredge with flour and broil over a bed of good * coals. Serve with onion sauce. Three medium sized boiled onions, chopped fine. Boil cup milk, add taspoonful each of butter and flour, uraiueu, season. When smooth and hot pour over the ouious. Pickled Kuicb. When eggs are plentiful housekeepers should seize the opportunity to pickle them, boil the eggs until hard, then lay them in cold water. Remove the shells, and put five eggs in each quart fruit jar. Scald as much vinegar as will be needed; add a few slices of freshly boiled red beets, some celery seed, peppercorns, mustard sef?l and a pinch of mace. Fill the jars containing the eggs with the boiling viuegar and seal at once. Pickled eggs are a palatable addition to broiled or baked fish, and also are very good eaten with lettuce salad and mayonnaise dressing. l'rult CuDtard. T.ikfi .1 can of lionnlios or nnv kind of fruit and drain oft* all the syrup and put the fruit in the pudding dish; take a quart of milk and put it over tlui fire, when it comes to a boil stir m this mixture: The yolks of two eggs, a half cup milk, one tablespoonful of cornstarch, a pinch of salt and tvro tablespoonfuls of sugar, all thoroughly mixed, and let boil two minutes, stirring all the time; then add carefully the syrup; take off the fire immediately and pour over the fruit; Sow take the two whites of the eggs iwnd beat to a stiff froth, adding three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and two drops of essence of rose; spread over all, and brown in a quick oven. Serve cold. -* . . Gingerbread Like Mother Used to Make. An old-fashioned molasses gingerbread. The following are the proportions: One-half cupful of molasses, oji e-ha If t?aspoonfu^ ^>f ginger, one saltspoonful of salt, one-half fea? spoonful of soda, one tablespoonfuj of clarified beef dripping ?or you may use butter, though the dripping is the better?one fourth of a cupful of hoi ^ water,boiling, nud one cupful of flour. The ginger, soda and salt are added to the molasses; the softened dripping is then put in, and the mixture beaten well; next the boiling water is added, then the flour; beat again thoroughly, pour into a well-greased ehallow pan, and bake in a hot oven. It will take about twenty minutes to bake the loaf.?Woman's Home Companion. Celery Sandwiches With Mayonnaise. For celery sandwiches with mayonnaise boil slowly for fifteen minutes four eggs; remove the shells and chop the whites very fine, or put them through a vegetable press, mixing with them a little shredded celery. Cut the crust from the end of the loaf of bread, butter the loaf, cut off a slice a quarter of an inch thick, put over it a goodly layer of the white of egg and celery, then a layer of mayonnaise, then a layer of the yolk of egg put through a sieve, and over all another slice oi Dieau pressing me whole together gently. With a sharp knife cut off the crusts, leaving the sandwich perfectly square. Cover a meat-plate with lettuce leaves,arrange the sandwiches on them, cover with dampened lettuce leaves, and stand aside for twenty minutes. Sandwiches made in this way may he kept fresh from early morning until evening, consequently are particularly nice for picnics. ?Ladios' Home Journal. Household Hints. A basket kept on a swinging shelf is the proper receptacle for eggs. Keep potatoes and all root vegetables in box or bin in a dry cellar. Cranberries may be kept for months 1 j ? ? in croc&s Ul' Jill a mm t*u\cicu uau wr ter. Cold vegetables and the like must be covered if not kept in a wired cupboard. Milk should be as far as possible separated froi# other Jood and kept clear and cool. ? Freshly made tea and coffee stains may be removed by at once stretching the part over a bowl, and slowly pouring boiling water through it. In preserving berries or any other fruit liable to fall to pieces, if a small lump of alum is added to the fruit while cooking, it will make it firm. Tfinv nntnto with a batlibrick will remove stains from steel knives and forks, and stains can also be taken out of tinware and brass in the same way. Two tablespoonfuls of washing soda dissolved in a gallon of boiling water makes an excellent disinfectant for the kitchen sink. Pour in while boiling hot. An effectual way of getting rid of cockroaches is to place slices of cucumber over the floor they frequent at night. They devour this greedily, and it destroys them. In making jelly it must be borne in mind that the less stirring there is the better. If stirred too much the imiv iu rienr while the tendencv of sugar to granulate is increased by stirring. A Sanitary Drinking; Fountain. In Rochester, X. Y., it is proposed to introduce a drinking fountain whose water supply will be delivered as a short, vertical jet or fountain. Tho person using it places the mouth over the jet and drinks without touching anything but the water itself. This avoids contanimation from other users of the fountain.