The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 01, 1886, Image 1
VOL. XLIII. AYINXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1886. NO. 5.
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JACK, THE lil'SiliiAWEi!.
B A TBBILLUC bTORV Or THE .VISW
TR.\L!A.\ lil sli.
The Strange Experience of an Kn.:l;->!s
maii Who Went Ist;si:in^ in :i Cotmlry
Wliero Mo .Man Con id ('ail 5:;* Lilt: Sale.
(Ffoci the Atlanta Coai-titut:oe.)
Eeading in your journal an article
headed "A Bushranger Interviewed/'
says a writer in Chambers', recalls to my
memory a strange incident which occurred
some years ago to my own brother,
when on his way from Sydney to the
gold fields, and for the accuracy of
whicii I can vouch.
A' the- time of Lis arrival in Australia
tl'.e country -was in a state of panic; a
reign '>f terror existed, caused by the
daring outrages committed on parties on
the journey to and from the diggjjigsr'
Bobbery with yiaieScc," "escorts shot
-?desviiy-nhu large consignments of gold
earned off, were of daily occurrence.
The bush was infested by a gang of desperate
bushrangers, whose leader, under
the cognomen of "Jack," sc-emcd to bear
a charmed life. For years he had evaded
all the efforts made to capture him,
though the military had scoured the
P- bush. >7o sooner v,as an outrage perpetrated
than all trace of the perpetrators
was lost, as if the ground had swallowed
them. He had a perfect knowledge of
the most secret movements of the parties
he attacked. He seemed ubiquitous,
outrages occurring in such rapid succession
and so far apart. Such an air of
mvstery huns: about him that a super
stitious feeling mingled with, the mortal!
terror he inspired. He was presented
by some persons -who had seen him as a
tine, powerful-looking man, with, nothing
forbidding in his appearance.
Even the mad thirst for gold could not
induce the bravest person to undertake
the journey alone. The gold-seekers
traveled in large cavalcades, well armed,
and determined to light for their lives
and property; one of these parties my
brother joined. He was a handsome
young fellow, all fun and love of adventure,
and he soon became a general
favorite. The "track"?for there were
no roads at that time?ran for the greater
distance through the brush, some
parts ot which were so dense as scarcely
to admit daylight. Every man was well
armed. My brother had brought with
him a *irst class revolver, purchased in i
London. This he kept with other vain- j
ables carefully hidden on his person, his ;
other belongings being stowed away in j
one of the wagons. When they |
bivouacked for the night, care was taken j
that it was an open space, where a good j
lookout could be kepi, to maiio sure
against a sudden surprise. The wagons |
were placed in the middle, sentries
posted, and scouts placed so that the
flight of a bird or the fall of a leaf could
not pass unnoticed. All were on the
qui vive. For some days ail went well,
nothing unusual or alarm ng occurring, j
They were then well into the bush, and i
consequently, if more vigiluut,
believing that even a mouse could not
irtrude itself among them.
One morning it was found that during j
the night they had been, spite of all their :
vigilance, mysteriously and unaccounta- j
bly joined by a stranger, who stood in j
their midst as if one of themselves. Xo ;
one could imagine how or whence lie came,
and utter astonishment prevailed. He was
a line, portly man. Trom thirty-five to
forty years of age, with an open, prepossessing
countenance and good address?one
who, under other circumstances,
would have been an acquisition
to the party. Not in the least taken
aback or abashed by the scaut welcome
he received or the undisguised surprise
his presence created, he came forward
boldly and told a most plausible story to
the effect that he was a stranger making
a. his way to the gold fields; that, notwith?
standing the stories he had heard in
Sydney oi "Jack" and his comrades, he
had ventured so far alone, but as he got!
farther into the bush he lost heart and |
determined to join the first party he met. i
It looked strange that he had" no luggage
of any kind, not even provisions or
anything to indicate that he was bound
for a long journey. He made no attempt
to account for his mysterious appearance,
entered into the arrangements of
the cavalcade, and made himself quite at
home. Every man among them, with
the exception of my brother, believed
that no one but "Jack" himself could
have taken them by surprise, the general
belief being that it could only be from
norsonsil experience the terrible bush
ranger derived the perfect knowledge lie j
displayed when making his raids.
'The party agreed that the* wisest course !
would be to await the progress of events, ;
watch his every movement, and let him !
see that they were prepared to soil their !
lives dearly, if driven to do so.
The stranger seemed to have an un-:
limited supply of money, and to be gen-!
erous about it, paying his way freely, j
He took at once to my brother, and tne
liking was mutual: in diggers' parlance,
they became mates, chummed, walked
and smoktd together. My brother found
biro a well-informed, agreeable compan-;
ion, a vast improvement on their rough
associates; and he seemed thoroughly to
enjoy the society of the jovial young
Irish gentleman. A sincere friendship
sprung iip between them, notwithstanding
the disparity in years.
The other members of. the party became
very anxious, fearing the" man
would take advantage of my brother's
unsuspicious, trusting nature to obtain
information that would be useful to him
when forming his plans for the attack
which was hourly expected?in fact
looked upon as imminent. Nor were
their fears allaved when, after a little, he
would leave the beaten track and walk
into tlie bush, remaining away for hours,
and returning at the most unexpected
times and places, showing a thorough
knowledge of the bush and all its intricate.
cies and short cuts quite inconsistent
* with the story he had told on joining.
One thing struck my brother as
strange, but without exciting any suspicion
on his part. When walking together
he would suddenly stand, become
quite excited, and say: "Oh, it was here
such an outrage occurred." ''It was on
the spot on which we are standing that
the escort was shot down and a large
consignment of gold carried oil'. They
did fight like demons." He seemed to
take the greatest pleasure in giving
minute details of tho different outrages
as they had occurred, and always spoke
as if he had been an eye-witness. Bui
c/-w fhnrnnorb irr>s mv hvotlier's belief ill
Ms new friend that even this did not
shake his faith.
When within a few days of the journey's
end, the stranger suddenly and
quite unexpectedly declared his Intention
of parting eorapany. He offered no
explanation as to his reason for doing so,
though all through he had seemed anxious
to impress it on them that he intended
to go the entire way to the diggings
with them. No questions were
asked.
After a general and hearty leave-1
taking, which. however, did not inspire
much conJidence, as they were still within
rant;e of a possible attack. He asked my
brother to take a last walk with him, and
led the way i:;to the bush further than
he Lad ever brought him before, and a
Ion:; dhhmce from the beaten track.
The -h .t v.urds the stranger said were:
don't you carry a revolver?"
The answer was: "Yes, and a iirstciass
one. Not such as are got out here,
i brought it from home."
' Show it to me," said the stranger, "I
love a real good weapon;" and without
the slightest hesitation my brother handed
him the revolver, which he examined
carcfuiiy. and saw that the chambers,
were loaded. He remarked that it was
the "preiik-.'-i weapon"' he had handled
for a long time.
He waited a few steps in advance,
and, turning round suddenly, he presented
the revolver at my brother's head,
calling out in a commanding tone:
' rftaud!" his countenance so changtd as
scarcely to be recognized.
??TKst my brother feit^&St-IiQ stood
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but did not lose his presence of mind.
For a moment there was a, profound
silence, iirst broken by the stranger saying:
"Is there anything on earth to prevent
my blowing out your brains with
your own weapon, placed in my hands
of your own free will? The wild bush
round us, I know its every twist and
turn. The man is not living who could
track my footsteps through its depths,
where I alone am lord and master.
Speak, man! What is there to prevent
me?"
With, a throbbing heart and a quickened
pulse my brother answered: "Nothing
but your sense of honor."
The man's face brightened, and his
voice resumed its friendly tone, and
handing back the revolver, he said: "We
stand now on an equal footing. You
hold my life in your hands, as I held
vours a moment ago. Yes, boy, and
your own fortune too, but I trust you,
as you trusted me. I would not hurt a
hair of your head, and I have spared
others for your sake. How, you will
never know; but they owe you a deep
debt of gratitude. You are a noblehearted
fellow; and through the rest of
my stormy life I will look back with
pleasure 011 the time we have passed together.
But mate, you are the greatest
fool I ever met. 1 brought you here
to-day to give you a lesson which I hope
you will bear in mind. You are going
amongst a rough, lawless crew; never, as
long as you live, trust any man as you 1
have trusted me to-day. Where you are 1
bound for, your revolver will be your
only true friend; never let it out of your
own keeping to friend or foe. You are '
far too trusting. There was not a man
but yourself among those from whom I
have just parted who did not believe ;
from the moment I joined them that I
was Jack, the bushranger. Well, mate,
X am not going to tell you who or what 1
I am, or liow or wiiy 1 came among you; I
but of this rest assured, tliat you have '<
no truer friend. You will never know ;
what I have done for your sake. Now, '
mate, good-bye forever. We will never !
meet again in this world, and it is best <
for you it should be so." Then leading ;
mm back to the track by which he could .
rejoin his party, he wrung my brother's i
haul, turned and walked quickly into J
the bush, leaving no doubt upon my ]
brother's mind that the friend he had so 1
loved and trusted was indeed the dreaded :
bushranger. 1
They never did meet again. My 1
brother came home to die; and unless 1
my memory deceives me, Jartk was shot
dead in a .skirmish with the military.
. x? I om >
1
Boys a Presage of War.
The good old ladies are now beginning :
to tell us that war is an inevitable fact of j
the near future. How do you know?
Simply because all, or mostly all, of the ,
babies bom this year are boys. This is
an unfailing presage of war, as every ,
sensible thinking man ought to know.
It is, of course, a very good thing that
we are advised of this fact in ample time
to trim our sails. Everything will go <
up ?that is, even thing eatable and saleable,
and we must begin to store away (
and garner up at once. The shoddy <
Ciou.mg muiiuxuuturers, luiu me myeuuLous
persons who make coffee out of peas 1
and hard-tack out of pine blocks can 2
now go to work at getting ready supplies <
for the array. Perhaps there may be a 2
general exodus to Canada when this male 1
surplus in the baby line becomes known, 1
but wo have lost so many prominent
citizens to the unfortunate Dominion
that we arc grief hardened. I hope that
the boy-baby sign doesn't mean a civil
war; we have had enough of that. But
when the girl babies outnumber the
boys it will be plainly understood that
another sort of war is surely foretold?
the domestic war. This life is one unending
strife.?Cleveland Sun.
A ."Vrtt Phase of Southern Progress.
The industrial growth of the South,
that has for several years attracted so
much attention, has lately been marked
by a decided movement towards the
Tt-irlAv nf
One cf tlie most noticeable features of
this change is the establishment of steel 1
works in that section. At Chattanooga a
2-3-ton steel plant was lately put into
operation, and has been running very
successfully since. In the same city 3
Bessemer steel rail works, to produce
one hundred and fifty tons a day, are ;
under construction. A large steel plant
has just been finished in "Wheeling; and :
now Richmond is to have steel works
with a daily capacity of two hundred
tons, while Knoxville will probrbly soon
follow in the. same line, as the Knoxville 1
Iron Company expect shortly to establish
a steel plant. These facts mean that
the South is no longer to be engaged in
producing the raw material only, for :
others to turn into highly finished man- :
ufuctured goods. The era of a wide
diversification of industrial interests is
now opening in the Souths, and the outlook
for a solid and substantial develop- '
munt os the South's manufactures grows
more promising every day.?Baltimore
ilanufacturess' Record.
Perfectly Satisfied.
A witlow in a town in the interior of
this State made lier appearance at the
oilicc o: the gas company the other clay
aud asked ii' it were time that electric
lights were to supersede gas in all the
public lamps. When ans wered in the
affirmative she continued: "I own gas
stock, and I want to know if this move
won't reduce dividends?" "3Iost assuredly
not, madam," replied the Secretary.
"But there will be much less gas consumed."
"Exactly; but what has the
quantity of gas consumed to do with the
gas Dill?" She went away without answering
the query, but perfectly satislied.?Wall
Street *Xews.
"You area regular dude," rudely observed
a young man to an expensively
dressed stranger in tlie theatre lobby, the
other night. "Wrong, my friend," replied
the stranger, politely; :,I make dudes.
I'm a tailor."
A TALK ABOUT CHILDItEYS TliETJJ.
By Dr. Thomas J. Calvert, of .Sj>nrtan!?:ir^,
South Carolina, a Graduate in Dentistry ai:?!
Medicine.
It is a fad fact tliat in spite of the
numbe rless dentists and doctors, toothache
is very largely on the increase.
Thousands of teeth are extracted annually,
which by a timely care might haw
been preserved. Xot one man in ten has
perfect teeth;, i.ot one woman in twenty
but sutlers from the many bad effects
arising from this evil. Unfortunately the
strong white teeth ox our grandfather.)
cannot be handed down to us as a goodly
heritage. The strength and durability
of each individual's teeth dep< nd in a
lai ge measure on the faithful, persistent
efforts of the m thers towards '.hat end.
Feeling assured tiiat no appeals made in
behalf of the liitle ones will be made in
vain, I wish now in as simple a manner
as possible to call the attention of interested
mothers to a few facts concerning
their children's teeth. A small amount
of knowledge and a vast amount of per"sGTCfSECe-eii
the mother's part will save
the litile ones much suffering.
In the first place. I will f-peak of the
tirn-j of formation. As early as f.t, seventh
week of fcetal life, tlie formation of
the temporary teeth begins. The growth
is carried on through various stages, until
at birth the twenty decidous or baby
teeth are all in an advanced condition,
and the germs of twenty-five of the permanent
set are in a state of development.
It is therefore very necessary that all expectant
mothers live on such diet as will
furnish a sufficient quantity of tooth and
bone forming material. As lime is one
principal element of tooth structure, it
is highly important that it be furnished
in abundance. Nature, always ready to
supply her children's needs, is very generous
in her supply of this element, it
appearing in milk, eggs, vegetables and
fruits, and more especially in the various
grains. In the lint white flour, in sugar
and butter, which form the diet of so
many delicate women, not one particlc
of lnne appears. Graham flour, oat
meal, cracked wheat and honey, abound
in tooth food. A mother should therefore
diet herself according to practical
common sense rule, and not according
to a capricious appetite, remembering
always that the health and comfort of
another helpless human being is dependent
solely on her faithfulness in performing
nature's simple requirements.
A diet of milk, eggs, fish, oysters, meat,
with Graham flour prepared in the many
delicious ways, should satisfy any motlier,
while such food wili double her own
strength, and prove of incalculable benefit
to the unborn child. Lime water is
very beneficial at such periods; as it
iY>liAVP<s fhi* infliwsfcion and heart
burn from which so many suffer, at the
same time refurnishing tiie much needed
lime-salts directly to the system. It can :
be easily and cheaply made by putting a ;
teacup full of un backed lime in a half
gallon of water, . tir thoroughly, and
allow it to settle. When this second ;
water has become clear, pour it on into
bottles, and it is ready for use. A table spoonful
in a glass of milk or water
cannot be detected by the taste, and it is :
rery beneficial to prospective mothers, i
Mothers should protect themselves from ;
ill skin diseases, such a-j wnallpox, scar- ,
let fever and measles. During this ;
poriod they invariably render the teeth ;
L>f the chaid grooved or pitted, thus
making them, more liable to decay. For ,
the same reason children should be protected
from such diseases until after the
eruption of their teeth.
When about five months old the child
begins to cut its teeth, as the phrase
^oes. There is no absolute rule as to
the time. Usually the lower teeth pre- .
3ede the upper of the same class, and '
generally come in pairs. The order and '
time of eruption may be seen from the ;
following table:
Two central incisors, No. 1, between 3 :
md 8 months. ,
Two lateral incisors, No. 2, between 7
md 10 months.
Two canines, No. 3, between 12 and '
16 months.
First molars, No. 4, between 14 and ;
<2U months.
Second molars, No. 5, between 20 and
56 months.
The child is in possesion of all of its
temporary or baby teeth, twenty in
number, by the time it is three years
Did. I wish just here to impress upon
mothers the importance of preserving
these baby teeth until the permanent :
teeth appear. A child should never be 1
illowed to suffer with toothache. Such ;
suffering, in almost every instance, may ;
be directly traced to the ignorance or 1
neglect of the mother. In the first place, :
strict cleanliness should be observed. ;
A.s soon as the little teeth appear they
should be washed daily, by wrapping a
soft rag around the finger, and rubbing
thera very gently up and down. As soon
is practicable, use a soft camel's hair ;
tooth brush. Immediately on the ap- ;
pearance of any decay or spots, a dentist
should be consulted and the child's teeth
should be placed in his care. Should
lie be competent and faithful, not one of
the baby teeth would be lost until they
Eall out, whole and sound, according to '
nature's method, to make roonl for the
Larger permanent teeth. It is not a
ilentist's whim nor mere theory that
n-iflnv pviU nrr> flip, dirftfit result of "ore- I
maturely extracting a child's teeth.
Without them a child cannot properly :
masticate its food, and thus indigestion, '
with its train of discomfiting evils, is the
result. If the nerve is killed, the absorption
of the root is arrested, and in- .
dammation and gumboils cause the continual
annoyance to the child. Often :
this dead tooth becomes an obstacle in
the way of a new tooth, causing it to
come out where it can best find rc viu,
thus spoiling the beauty of the child's
teeth and face for life. As before stated
the permanent teeth are already formed
and are quietly waiting in different ;
stages of development, at the root of the
baby teeth, nature's time for their appearance.
Thus it is that the permanent
teeth are very dependent on the
care of the first teeth. After a child is
two and a half years old he should be
taken to the dentist twice a year, so that :
any incipient decay may be checked by
having the teeth filled with some of the
many soft materials now so widely used.
If the dentist is careful and competent,
and the mother firm and watchful, little
trouble need be feared from toothache,
Ar?ltr /I nvinrr i ll/l lvnf. 1T")
after years.
A Chinese I'rodanion.
It is a curious fact, unkr ~ n to the
vast majority of people, that first silk
hat was'maue.about fifty years ago; that
like so many other articles which are
common and of every day use, it was of
Chinese origin. The story runs that a
French sea captain on "the coast of
China, desiring to have his shabby beaver
hat replaced by a new one. took it
ashore, and as they had not the material,
they made him a silk one instead.
This, it appears, happened in 1832, and
he carried the hat to Paris the same
year. Here it was immediately copied,
and in a few years became a regular
style.
RAI?i.\G DEAD DEMOCRATS.
What is S-aid of Ihe Living and of the Dead of
the i'ariv.
(From'the "Water-bury American.)
What remarkably good, patriotic men,
arc a number of distinguished Democrats
now that they are dca.l, and can
never again be candidates for the suffrages
of tlie American people. There
was Seymour?in life a copperhead who
truckled to mobs; and in death one of
the kindest-hearted of gentlemen, with
a character above reproach, -whose fame
is heritage New York should ever cherish.
There was Hancock?in life "a
good man weighing 200 pounds," the
tool of designing politicians; in death a
brave, gallant soldier, without fear and
without reproach, honored and respected
by all who knew him. And there above
ail was Tilden?in life "old usufruct,"
the "sage of Cypher alley,"'whose name
was a synonym for low, disreputable
cunning in orthodox Republican political
circles, "who stole the livery of the
JPOTirt Of JJciVGH'tC serve the devil mf"
in death a patriot who, in whatever he
did, acted only and purely from an intense
love of country, never a selfseeker,
and whose final deed in leaving
the bulk of his great fortune for the
benefit of the people was but the crowning
act of a career of disinterested patriotism.
We can see the historian of
the future, as he compares what was
said of -the great leader, living, by his
political opponents, with what they said
of him dead, moralizing for the benefit
of generations yet unborn on the shortsighted
habit of lying, so soon to be conr\nnf
liic /"vwn
We can even sec the future historian
sitting down to review the first year and
a half of Grovcr Cleveland's administration.
Beside him will be a great mass of
clippings from Republican papers, containing
editorials on him while he was
yet in power. Tbey will discant on the
size of his neck and any little personal
habit that may be turned into ridicule.
Ti.ey will speak of his hypocritical desire
to appear to carry out his pledges to
the civil service reformers, while in reality
he was prostituting the public service
to earn- out the designs of a Cicsar's
ambition for a second term. They will
show the imbecility which has characterized
his State papers, and the blunders
lie has been guilty of in trying to pass
himself off as a party leader, etc., etc.
Then the historian will turn to these
same papers?we hope many years in the
undiscovered future?for editorial comments
on Cleveland's death. He will
iind this same period of his administration
characterized as one in which an
earnest effort was made to serve the public
faithfully. All through it will be
noted the conduct of affairs was treated
with unostentatious business common
sense. Honest money was upheld and
national credit strengthened; our rights .
abroad were maintained without bluster;
of lv?r 1\<r- ermrir;
Liiv; :>jyvJL.iOi-u.ojj, avj/v cvu *'J
efforts and the tone of the public sen-ice
raised; appointments to office were on
the wliole exceptionally good.
All that lias thus fax been hinted at was ,
well said the other day by the poet laureate
of the Republican party?John
Grreenleaf Whittier. Coming forth from
liis retirement to lay a tribute on the ,
grave of Samuel J. Tilden, who was of
all the Democratic leaders of our day the
most bitterly and unjustly maligned by
the Republican press, Air. Whittier :
closes with these words:
"Then let us vow above his bier
To set our feet on party lies,
And wound no more a living ear
With words that death denies."
Will not those words of one who has :
cievcr faltered in devotion to any great 1
cause or in support of the Republican
party with which he has been identified
from his birth, strike a responsive chord :
in many hearts'? There is little gained :
by indiscriminate abuse of the living. '
Ihe public discounts it and makes up its 1
own mind about its truth or falsity. It '
accomplishes no good party end except ;
to keep alive feelings of intense partisan- <
ship in breasts where in any case they j
would never die out.
Why not, then, be fair in criticising
the living? When must our criticism be
followed by eulogy at the bier?
^^1 * ?
Frojit in Mulsinimier. j
It seems to be quite settled that 18S6
shall be marked all throughout by ex- ,
septional outbursts of cold temperature. ,
It began with, a remarkable and pro- ,
longed fall of the thermometer which
affected every part of the British Islands. ;
It has continued month after month be- :
low the mean for the season, and already ,
there have appeared premonitory symptoms
of the coming -winter in the form
of a severe frost in the north of ScotLand.
This frost is not only rare, it is
absolutely without a parallel in the
month of July. There does not appear
to be a single instance of the thermometer
being noted below the freezing point
in any part of Scotland in July previous
to this year. In the carefully kept registers
of temperature at Culloden, which
extend over the greater part of this century,
the lowest point touched by the ,
thermometer in July was 39 degrees, on .
the 15th of July, 1875. But, in 1SSG, at
the sea level at Wick, on the 20th of :
July the thermometer touched 30 de
grees, and inland throughout the county ;
of Caithness even lower readings are reported.
This fall of the thermometer in
the North of Scotland is evidently con- '
nected with a general and most remarka- :
ble cold wave, which includes within its ;
sweep every part of the British Islands. In
London tie thermometer only touched
the average maximum temperature ,
for July on three days between July 10 '
and 30, the three days being the 19th,
21st and 22d, and on the 28th the maxi- ,
miiin recorded was only oi degrees, tne ;
lowest maximum for any day in July in
tlie course of several years.?Pall iMall ,
Gazette.
Hancock's Meeting With Mi*.s I'eyson.
Miss Emily Peyton is a remarkable woman.
Her loyalty to persons and attachment
to places are notable. I recall
her struggle to keep Peytonia, the home
of her father, from passing into other
hands. She even appealed to the turfmen
of the co an try, getting a liberal :
home start, and although her friends
really felt that she should cease from
its care and the responsibilities, they
were very reluctant to stop short of its
redemption. It was my fortune once to
introduce her to General Hancock at
"Washington city, I simply said: "This
is a daughter oi Bailc-v Peyton, Gener
?- -V ,, y
al!" Taking her cordially by tiie liana,
he said: "Years and years ago I met a
beautiful Miss Peyton, of Tennessee/'
and as he began to describe her appearance,
with a degree of embarrassment
she interrupted him, saying; ''General,
I presume you refer to Miss Peyton, of
Virginia," but he quickly replied: ''No.
It was the daughter of my old friend,
the Hon. Bailey Peyton, of Tennessee!''
She was the only daughter, so the distinguished
officer ana man who was the
South's choice for the Presidency remembered
Miss Peyton after she had
forgotten him.?Nashville American,
MAK5\G OLEOMARGr\ni?.E.
How the Stuff i? Concocted and What Some or
the Prollt.s Are.
(From the Philadelphia Tim??.)
A Times reporter yesterday penetrated
tlie mysteries of a margery factory and
what he learned of the process is told
here. The principal incredient used in
the manufacture of the oil is beef's fat.
of the best quality, the manufacturers
say. The fat is bought by the load,
wheeled into the wash-house in a hand
car, dumped into tanks of ice-water,
where it is allowed to soak. It is then
fired into a trough, through which it is
shot into a liasner, which grinds it into
a marrow or^ulp, which is forced into a
kettle containing a steam jacket and
dordiln hnttnm. tiirnn.<rh which hot, water
is continually run. After the pulp lias
been melted and boiled in tiie kettle for
a number of hours it is run oil into
another large kettle, in which it is again
bousd, after which it is run off into a
numbsr-oi sir ill kettles^where^ig *ssbr
"jected to another boiling aha mixed with
the chemicals used in the production of
the-oiL After it has been thoroughly
mixed and boiled in the small kettles it
is run off into a large square tub, where
it is allowed to cool. It is then run
through a cleaning machine, during
which process the sterine is pressed out
of the oil. The sterine comes out in
thin cakes and closely resembles tallow.
It is sold by the oleomargarine manufacturers
to lard manufacturers, who useit
to brace up their lard in warm weather.
After the sterine has been extracted j
the oil is in proper shape for salting. It
is then placed in a heating room, in
which the temperature is from 90 to 1U0
degrees, where it is allowed to stand for
five days. <
TO HAKE IT LOOK LIKE GBASS BUTTEK.
Chemicals are used to heighten the bright
golden color of the oil, annatto ;
being the principal chemical used for 1
that purpose. After the Oil has been (
subjected to the heating process it is '
ready for the churn. The churn is ran !
by steam and is a large tank with a
spfgot at one end, through which the (
oleomargarine runs after it has been sufficiently
churned. One hundred and '
sixty quarts of milk are used in each 1
churn, which, when mixed with the oil, ]
will produce 1,500 pounds of butterine. 1
After the oil and milk have been '
sufficiently churned it is run through the f
spigot into a large square tub, where it 1
lies in a liquid state until it is congealed '
r*/>Tr/"?/! i aa ff no
KSJ >TltU X\*\+. JLU AO
then shoveled out of the tub on to a *
long table, against the wall, where it is {
liberally salted and allowed to lie until J
the salt is absorbed. It is then made up 1
into pounds and stamped, wrapped in *
covers and boxed up for sale. The ?
factor}- is kept quite clean, considering c
the character of the work performed, '
and the process of manufacturing the 1
liner grades of butterine is not particu- 1
larly offensive, as comparatively good ?
material is used. But the manufacture
of tallow from the commoner fat is at- ;
tended by a disagreeable odor, which is \
sickening. 1
A HAXUFACTCKEIi's CLAIM. ]
The proprietor of the establishment 1
says that <j?oruargarine is a great deal ?
better and healthier than common butter
and that he uses ic on his table alto- c
gether. Before it is thoroughly salted 1
it has an oily, greasy teste, and the sight ;
of it piled upon the tables, absorbing *
whatever particles of dust may be Uoat- *
ing around, is not inspiring and im- presses
one strongly in favor of the com- *
mon butter. According to the new law, c
oleomargarine manufacturers will in the i ^
future be compelled to pay a tax of two 1
cents on each pound manufactured. s
stamp their goods oleomargarine or but- c
terine and discontinue the use oi: annatlo 1
for coloring purposes. They think it *
rather hard that the law should treat 1
them so harshly, merely to please the c
dairymen. They claim that the farmers *
use annatto to color their best butter 1
and that they frequently purchase the }
oleo oil to mix with their commoner 1
grades. 1
Cremation* at Pere La Chaise. 1
Next month the Parisians will be able c
to bum their dead in lour crematory i
furnaces, which have just been finished *
it Pere La Chaise. These furnaces were t
begun last November, and have been j
hurried on to completion, so that by the t
end of August at latest those who in t
dying express the wish to be cremated t
can be there reduced to ashes. There
will be first, second and third class ere- c
mations. Poor and rich will be on a
footing of absolute equality. The price i
charged to those who can afford for the "
burning of a corpse will be 15f.?or, say, h
12s. The furnaces were constructed on 1
plans by MM. Barrett and Formice. A a
large portico is in front of a dome, be- r
neath which are placed the crematory fur- a
naces. They have the appearance of very s
elegant ovens. Three hundred and fifty r
thousand francs was the price they cost. \
Ihey are, according to the Corini system,
Ln use in Kome and Milan. It was found s
that the heat of the Siemens furnace was 1
too intense. Instead of reducing the J
corpse to ashes it subjected it to '
i kind of vitrification. The cost, too, I
would be 200f., instead lof., to ere- i
mate with a Siemens furnace. The j
unclaimed bodies at the hospitals which a
are not used for anatomical purposes t
will be taken to tlie crematory at Pere a
La Chaise. Sculptors, goldsmiths and \
bronze castcrs are already busy design- i
ing urns... of which an assortment in i
marble, bronze, gold, silver, zinc or load j
will be kept at an office of the cremato- l
ry. The relatives of the cremated dead c
cln buy liiese vessels, and causc them to i
be removed to family vaults, or to a c
building which the city of Paris is to
erect. There could be no greater boon to ]
a large city with overcrowded cemeteries
than the farnaces of Pere La Chaise. I ?
cannot conceive anything more disre- j
spectful to the dead than the way their t
remains are treated here, even when a t
first-class burial can be provided, if there 1
is not a family vault in which to place r
them. Buying a grave is no simple mat- y
ter. The delays are endless, and the ap- j
plication for one must go through many
bureaus before official consent is given.
Then there are other formalities to be "c
mnn tlim-nrm "\rpjmwhile the corij.sc is
in a charnel house, called a provisional (
vault, at a cost of If. a day. The re- {
moval tlience to tlie grave, "which raust
be in masonry at the sides, is a cause of j
danger to the public health.?Paris I>is- j
patch to the Londun Daily News. j
A Sinrulisr Coincidence.
Said a gentleman to me yesterday: "I <
was "walking on Tenth street, near the 1
capitol building, this afternoon when I 1
met a bright-faced colored man. His <
eyes were remarkably clear, and some- 1
thing in their sloe-biack depths made me :
I ll 111 ft WJLUlb il SUli^lLiUl tit UiUU w Wi ? j
darkey would be. Tliea i wondered ii' ;
sucli a phenomenon could exist, and, :
strange to say, while I thinking about it,
I passed another negro, one of whose ]
eyes, through some trouble or other, had 1
become a genuine blue. It certainly was :
a most sinSular coiudenee, take it aU <
around,"?St. Paul Pioneer Press. :
VIEWS OF SOUTHERN MEN.
> OF OPJ\tO\ REGARDIXG
"i Hi: AD.MLMsTRATiOX.
JIovv (he 5Jn*.f Been Dnjied by >he ReI>u!)!:ca:i
:s.?!i!!eio!:M?Discussing lite Evests of
the Day ct a Famous Resort.
(Letter to the New York Star.)
White Sulphur Springs, W. Ya.,
August 27.?In ante-bellum clays tlie negro
in the South bore the same relation
to financial questions of the planter as
do to-day the bonds and stocks of the
Northern man. In those days the planter
hypothecated his slaves ^vith the
oanser cr couon lacior, us me ca.sc
might be, for ready money advanced. It
is tine tliat the crop returns usually paid
tlic_loan, and &g_ collateral was rarely
sold. When peace was declared, that
system was forever dead; but the uneducated
blacks were slow to realize the
fact, and the memories of those old days
lingered fresh and painful for many
years. The carpet-baggers who overran
the South with all the destructiveness of
seven-year locusts, wore quick to note
the negroes' fears, and equally quick to
impose upon them. Mahone and his ilk
did not hesitate to have the colored
preachers threaten the members of their
respective churches with excommunication
if they dared vote the Democratic
ticket. During the last Presidential campaign
the negroes were told, and actually
believed, that the election of a Democratic
President meant their immediate
return to bondage, the separation of
families, confiscation of their property
.md deprivation and destruction of all
that a man, be he black or white, holds .
:lear. I>y this rank imposition on their .
jredulity the Ik-publicans were enabled :
to poll nearly the full negro vote. .
President Cleveland, by his manly .
iourse, has done much to kill sectional- J
jsm, engender kin :ly feelings between <
Snntlic-rTi Democrats and theneerroes ,
ui'.l weaken the power of the Republican j
party. The Southern negro is a close
mcl shrewd observer. To quote the lan- juage
of Sir. Valentine, the Virginia j
sculptor, t;hc is constantly watching the j
,vhite man as though to leam his :
ihoughts." j
To-night the Star correspondent had1 (
m interesting conversation with Walker ^
Lewis, the head waiter at the Springs. ^
tfe came to the Springs in June, 1839, r
vith Governor Floyd. He was a slave <
hen, owned by Judge Nicolls, of Vir- I
jinia. Since that time he has spent j
ivery summer here, and his winters have ]
ieen passed in "Washington and Balti- ]
nore. Lewis is a shrewd, keen observer ,
md an unusually intelligent negro. In j
peaking of President Cleveland, he said: ]
"Mr. Cleveland is greatly admired by ,
he Southern negroes, and by his ^
nethodshas dene much to turn them ?
rom the Republicans. His appoint- j
nent of Matthews in place of Fred 2
Douglass and his. refusal to withdraw the <
lomination, although he has not been ;
:oniirmed, has especially pleased us. I
Chen, too, lie lias acted liberally, and ?
jiven men offices when they had no s
ight to expect them, and has not disturb- \
;d capable men hi office singly because ?
ihey were Republicans. The appoint- J
nent of Postmaster Pearson, of New ?
fork, is a)i instance. It is undoubtedly ^
rue that at the time of his election many
)f the colored people believed they-?
vould be returned to slavery, but they :
low recognize thai the statement was x
limply a liepu oilcan no, ana it nas ais- j
justed tlicm. Mr. Cleveland is almost ^
iniversally liked, and liis couise since i
aking his seat has been such as to win j
nany colored voters to him. My race <.
loos not say very ranch, but we have ^
requent secret meetings and discuss the <
jolitical question, and 1 know he is pop- ^
ilar with the colored people. With the j
ncrease of education we are becoming ^
norc independent, and the time is not e
ar distant when we will vote as we think f
>est, independent of party. We are z
vaking up to the fact that the Demo- ^
:rats are not mortal enemies, but that it
s as much to their interests as ours that ^
ve should receive education and vote in- j.
elligently. In Richmond the Democrats Q
)ay as much attention to our schools as ^
o the white schools, and equal advanages
arc being afforded our children to c
>btain education." c
"How is General Lee regarded by the z
:o!ored people?" j.
' fie is very popular, and if he should c
eceive the Democratic nomination for f
'ice-President in 1S*8 he would greatly
trengthen the ticket. In fact, Cleve- ?
and and Lee would sweep the South, ^
ind I have no doubt that alt. .Lee wou:ci j t
an well in the North and West. He is c
, thorough gentleman and finished r
cholar, and a man of immense personal
uagnctism. I know the colored people r
voukl be glad to have him nominated." r
In sijeaking of the feeling of the 3Iis- z
issippi negro toward President Cleve- x
and, State Senator J. B. I3oothe, of ^
Tackson, said to the Star correspondent: ^
'it is undoubtedly true that in my State ?
President Cleveland will receive many
icgro votes if renominated without any
>ersuasion thereto. He is very popular
.nd the administiation is most heartily
indorsed. Of course there are some few
vho believe in the doctrine that to the c
ictor belong the spoils, but they are 2
aostly disappointed ollice-seekers. The *
nteliigent .Democrats approve of his ?
)oliey as to Federal olHces, and his re- 1
usal to turn competent Republican 1
illicials out merely because they are Ee- *
mbiicans has been the mef ns of winning 1
>ver many colored votes." s
"Hov.-is the tariff question viewed in c
l.Iississippi?" 1
iiTi. < .. ... -ic rariidlr ^
"J-ilC AxCU UUUU itViAiig J-J ??J trowing,
and many of our wealthiest 1
uerchants favor the abolition of the 1
ariii' fur reve.uie only, and the substitu- (ion
of direct taxation. The view taken c
s be:-: expressed in zhe language of a *
jentleiuan with whom I was conversing J
. short time ago. He said he had c
nought a siiii drei-i for his wife at $1 a ?
-ard, and the duty ou it was over $2 per .
-ard. A direct income tax would meet c
mr views."
"Have you heard any expression of
>pinion as to the second place on the
icket in 1883?"
' The South would undoubtedly like to
lave either Secretary Lamr.r or General 1
Lee nominated. The latter gentleman is <
probably the more popular, and would 1
jam* more weight with the negroes, k
\Vhiie we should like representation on 1
;he ticket, hov.wer. tlie South has a c
3 - ?
jreater iiitvivst in obliterating every >
oeling of sectionalism, and to that end s
.vould prolyl 'y uut urge representation 6
:>n the ticket as strongly as it otherwise (
.vould. The one sjeat desire of the
South. collectively aiid individually, is to 3
nave Northern niv.-n recognize that we 1
tre American citizen?, anil have as great
in interest in the preservation of the
I"nion as tiiey have. For many years we
have been niost unjustly represented as 3
barbarians, ready to stab the Northern
man in the back. For the feeling thereby
engendered in tlie North we have not <
and do not blame Northern people, for j
f wc recognized that they formulated their
J ideas from the maliciously false statements
made with a purpose by Northern
Republican papers. "\Ve have remained
quiet, believing that with the increase of
commercial relations and the mingling of
Northern and Southern men this would
be corrected. This has, in a large measure,
come to pass, and the presentation
of Southern questions in a fair, unbiased
manner by the Star will materially aid
us. Heretofore we have not had a "New
York paper that we could place faith in
and look to for just treatment. All that
we ask is that when we are right we be
defended, and when wrong rebuked.
The World, while, read in the South, is
not generally liked, becausc of its sensafinrml
and nnplpnn stvlfi imrl tllft fiharac
ter of its editor. The Herald is regarded
as a weather vane, ready to point in any
direction. The Star is liked for its cleanliness
and bright, fearless discussion of
vital public questions."
?THE \>T{Q\AL GHIDIRO.V.
Points of Interest Regarding the American
Flag.
(From the Virginia (Nev.) Er-tc-rpriSeJ
In response to a communication of inquiry
we give the following, compiled
from the most authoritative and reliable
sources. In the beginning of the Revolution
a variety of flags were displayed
in the revoted colonies. After the battle
of Lexington the Connecticut troops
displayed on their standards the arms of
the colony with the motto: Qui transtulit
sustinet; and later, by act of the Provincial
Congress, the regiments were distinguished
by the various colors of their
flags. It is uncertain what flag, if any,
was used by the Americans at the battle
of Bunker Hill. The first armed vessels
commissioned by "Washington sailed under
the flag adopted by the Provincial
Congress of Massachusetts as the one to
be borne on the flag of the cruisers of
that colony?"a white flag with a green
pine tree." The first Republican flag
unfurled in the Southern States?blue,
with a white crescent in' the upper corner
next to the staff?was designed by
Col. William Moultrie, of Charleston,
3. C.. at the reanest of the committee of
safety, and was hoisted on the fortifications
of that city in September, 1775.
The official origin of the "grand
Union" flag is involved in obscurity. At
:he time of its adoption at Cambridge
:he colonies still acknowledged the legal
rights of thv, mother country, and therefore
retained the blended crosses of St.
aeorge and St. Andrew, changing only
;lie field of the old ensign for the thir;een
stripes emblematic of their union,
rhe color of the stripes may have been
suggested by the red flag of the army,
ind the -white flag of the navy, previousy
in use. Congress resolved, on June
L4, 1777, "that the flag of the thirteen
United States be thirteen stars, white in
i blue field, representing a new constelation."
This is the first recorded legisative
action for the adoption of a nation
d flag. The thirteen stars were arrang;d
in a circle, although no form was piejciibed
officially. The flag thus adopted |
remained unchanged till 179*, when, on
notion of Senator Bradley, of New
fork, it was resolved that from and after
Vlay 1, 1795, "the flag of the United
States be fifteen stripes, alternate red
ind white, that the union be fifteen
stars, white in a blue field." This was
he liag used in the war of 1812-14 The
ict made no provisions for future alteraions,
and none were made until 1818,
ilthough several new States had meanvhile
been admitted into the Union. ,
In 1816, on the admission of Indiana, (
i committee was appointed "to inquire
nto the expediency of altering the flag."
^ bill was reported oil January 2, 1S18,
nit -was not acted on, which embodied
he suggestions of Captain Samuel C.
3eid, a distinguished naval officer, who
ecommended the reduction of the
itripes to the original thirteen, and the ,
idoption of stars equal to the number of
states, formed into one large star, and a ,
lew star to be added on the Fourth of (
Tuly next succeeding the admission of
:ach new State. On April 4,1S18, a bill
mbodying these suggestions, with the
;xception of that designating the manler
of arranging the stars, was approved
>y the President, and on the 13th of the
ame month the flag thus established
fas hoisted over the hall of Eepresenta- j
ives at Washington, although its legal <
sxistence did not begin until the followng
Fourth of July.
In 1S59, when Congress passed a vote ;
>f thanks to Captain iieid, the designer !
>f the flag, it was suggested that the 1
node of arrangement of the stars should !
)e prescribed by law, but the mattei- was 1
>verlooked. The stars in the unions of j
lags used in the war department of the <
jovernment are generally arranged in ]
>ne large star; in the navy flags they are 1
nvariably set in parallel lines. The blue j
liiion 01 siars, wnen usea separately, is j
ailed tlie union jack. The United States 1
evenue flag, adopted in 1799, consists <
>f 16 perpendicular stripes, alternately
ed and Wiiite, tlie union -white, with the
lational arms in dark blue. The union
Lsed separately constitutes the revenue
urion. The American yacht flag is like i
he national flag with the exception of :
he union, which is a white foul anchor '
n a circle of 13 stars, in a blue field.
The Largest Railroad in Europe.
There is only one European railway 1
:ompany with a mileage anywhere near ;
s great as the longest of ours, namely, ;
he Paris, Lvoms and Mediterranean,
vith 4,783 miles; but it has larger earn- j
ngs than any American system worked
inder a single management. The largest 1
:arnings per mile in France are the '
sorthem (two thousand one hundred 1
ixty miles). These great systems, like
iurs, include some lines with an imnancalr
"h^ov-rr onrl nt.li ore until
UV^lAiJVlJ 1 J UUV* " * W.4-*.
rith very light business, usually em- ,
>racing all tlie lines in a given district, :
aany of which the companies were re- i
[tired to build, as one of the conditions ;
>f their charters. The French-Algerian I
oads make a very poor showing indeed. ;
Che French State railroads, including :
>ne thousand four hundred and twenty
tiles of exceptionally unproductive !
Lties, earned three thousand two hun- ;
bred and eighty-one dollars per rtile last !
ear.?American Railroad Journal.
In a Dank.
A gentleman greatly interested in colecting
statistics of crimes and criminals,
>nce visited a penitentiary for the pur)ose
of questioning the convicts with regard
to their occupations before entering
lpon a career of crime. This was rather
lifficult to effect, owing to the rigid enorcement
of the rule forbidding conversion
with the prisoners. He did, how -
:ver, manage to put a question or two to
me low browed convict.
"What was tout occupation "before
rou came here? -whispered the statistics
nan.
"I was il l bank," was the reply.
"Did von take a clerkship?" ~
"No, I took a jimmy."?Texas Siftngs.
Si Robinson, a negro desperado, murlered
Richard Wlialey in Port Royal with
axe, Tuesday, without any provocation.
A QUEER FREAK OF .NATURE.
A Xegro With Two Hearts and Two Sets of
Ribs.
A negro, apparently fifty years of age
and weighing about two hundred pounds,
walked into the Boston Globe office. He
said that Ixis name was King George, and
explained liis business by making the
following remarkable statement: "I'se
got two hearts, two sets of ribs, and ran
my heart and pulse to suit myself." He
claimed that he was 316 years old and
played in Worcester about the time of
the landing of the Pilgrims. King
George really is 43 years old. He has
an immense muscular development, and
possesses physical peculiarities that are
proving a puzzle to some of the most
celebrated of Boston's physicians. He
accompanied the writer to the residence
of Dr. J. J. Smith, of the Massachusetts
General Hospital. As soon as the negro
had stripped, his body assumed strange
proportions. Below his natural ribs
there appeared another set of ribs, extending
to the pelvis,' as immovable as
i^33g^ove. He then asked the doctor
to over his heart, and J
said: "Xow f il "ir~i"in j_i^_
This was done, and a dear but more
rapid pulsation was found there than on
the left side. His abdomen underwent
strange contortions, and the heart on the
left side apparently disappeared from its
regular place, and moved down to a
point just above his left groin, where the
pulsations could be pi airily felt. TVhen
the heart had gone back to its natural
position again, the negro placed his
hands on his breast, stopped the beating
of this heart entirely, and apparently suspended
animation for nearly a minute,
Dr. Smith said:
"This is the most remarkable case I
ever saw. I am convinced that he has
the power to suspend animation. He did
it twice and I could not detect the slightest
movement of the heart or pulse.
"When he professed to move his heart I
placed the stethoscope against his groin
and perceived the presence of an organ
that resembled the heart fully. It was
the only pulsation to be found on that
side of the body. It would seem as if
me man nad 110 diaphragm. Jbrom what
point is developed his second set of ribs
I cannot determine."
Toltacco in France.
Some interesting particulars are published
by M. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu in the
Economist Francais with regard to the
manufacture and consumption of tobacco
in France. He quotes official figures,
which show that while the quantity of
tobacco grown in France itself was about
19,200 tons in 1850, it has been gradually
increasing until it is now nearly double
that quantity, while the . revenue which
the State derives from it has increased
from ?3,550,000 to nearly ?13,000,000.
in other words, while the quantity of
tobacco grown has only doubled, the
profits of the State, or, in other words,
of tbe manufacturers, have nearly quadrupled.
The great increase in profit is
explained by M. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu
upon the ground that the expense of
manufacturing an additional quantity of
tobacco is not any tiling like that of the
first establishment of plant-1 mT
Ilie cultivation and
bacco lias been a governi^H
since 1674, and, with tneexcepuo-^oR^^^^^^^*
brief interval during the Revolution, has
remained so ever since. In this connection,
M. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu gives the
following figures, shoeing the quantity
of tobacco consumed in the different
countries of Europe, and the rate per
100 inhabitants is, according to him, as
follows: Spain, 110 pounds; Italy, 128
pounds; Great Britain, 138 pounds;
Russia, 182 pounds; Hungary, 207
pounds; Denmark, 224 pounds; Norway,
229 pounds; Austria, 273 pounds; Germany,
33G pounds; Holland, 448 pounds;
and Belgium, 560 pounds. In other
words, while in Spain little more than
one pound per head is consumed, nearly
iouble that quantity is consumed in
France, three times as'much in Germany,
tour times as much in Holland, and five
times as much in Belgium.
Punishment* in Old Times.
The following brief record is reprinted
from the Hartford, Conn., Courant, unler
date of September 7, 1761:
Habifoed, September 7.
Last week David Campbell and Alexander
Pettigrew were indicted before the
Superior Court, sitting in this town, for
breaking open and robbing the house of
Mr. Abie! Abbot, of Windsor, of two
watches, to which indictment they both
plead guilty, and were sentenced each
of them to receive ti een stripes, to
[iave their right ears _at off, and to be
branded with a capital letter B on their
foreheads; which punishment was inflicted
on them last Friday. Pettigrew
bled so much from the amputation of his
sar that his life was in danger.
Thread from Milk Weed,
American inquisitiveness and ingenuity
united havo produced thread made
from the blossom of the common milk
l?OC /?r?"n oyi/3
tenacity of imported flax or linen thread,
md is produced at a much less cost.
The fibre is long, easily carded, and may
be readily adapted to spinning upon an
ordinary flax spinner. It has the
smoothness and lustre of silk, rendsring
it valuable for sewing machine use. The
sveed is common throughout this country,
but grows profusely at the South.
1'iie material costs nothing for cultivation,
and the gathering is as cheaply
lone as that of cotton.?Dry Goods
Chronicle.
Railroad Accident.
About 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon a
construction train on the Asheville and
Spartanburg railroad got away near tlie
Lop of the mountain grade between Saluda
md Try on. With vacuum brakes on the
train rushed down the mountain at a frightful
rate of speed. Whirling around the
sharp eurves, the convicts on the flat cars
were scattered in every direction. A white
overseer and five negro convicts were
instantly killed. One of the guards and
thirteen convicts were seriously injured.
The train stopped at the foot of the grade,
having run five miles, neither engine or
cars leaving the track.
Mefon Iliad Preserves.
Do you know you can preserve watermelon
rind without cooking? Try it. Cut
the: red or ripe pulp with a sharp knife and
pare oil the outer circle or skin. Cut the
pieces to the size and shape you wish and
pack in sugar, using good glass or earthen
jar* with covers. Put in a layer of rind
uad cover with a layer o? sugar, and so on
until the jar is fail, covering" th-,- top layer
with a still thicker coating of sugar. The
water in the rind will melt the sugar and
form a thick syrup, which must cover all
the rind. In a few weeks it will be ready
for use, and is thought by some to be delicious.
The red pulp, when not too ripe,
may oe oeautinmy curved ana preserved In
the same way, its red or cream color adding
largely to its popularity at the table.
Charley White, colored, of Greenville,
was killed on Wednesday by falling from a
trestle near Seneca while working cn the
Air Line road.