Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fttKBBXAD SUPPLY AND THE BU8SIAN , J .tt I\ j/u6 scarcity of wheat developed by the * Ki.ropean war patiie is something remark> "Me.., tho report of the United States agricultural bureau is to bo credited the stock x of this country isno^jialf of that in the corresponding period in; the last calendar year. It is not agreeable v> reflect that among tho natural causes to %hich much of this must bo attributed are the grasshopper dovasta. ; tions in the wheat growing States of the I northwest. The problem of the possible caf pacity of tho grasshopper fur destructiveness r is a serious ono, especially at this season of :the year, and emphatically, in view of the 'demands which may be made upon us from abroad. At the same time the ^oulture of 'wheat has not made such progress hero as other grains, such as corn, oats, barley, buckwheat, rice, and rve. Perhaps, on the country is concerned, and after all that is tho main mattfct to be looked after. This subject is of practioal interest everywhere in the United States, and especially in the South. Almost everybody in that region buys bread. The Petersburg (Va.) Index expresses tho belief that a great deal of the flour consumed even in Petersburg, surrounded as it is with grist mills and water falls, is brought from the West and North. A correspondent of that journal suggests that the adjacent country, which was onoe famous for the grain it raised, should onoe more turn its attention to that cultivation. The Northwest, which will furnish Europe with breadstuffs, may bo made rich by the European war, and the North and East gain from the demaud for arms, clothing and supplies, but the ootton and tobacco of the South must suffer, and th? South will havo to pay war priocs for meat and breadstuff's unless she devotes her fertile?oil to the supply of her own wants in these respects. While the South may not be able to compete with the great grain areas of the West and Northwest, it ought to raise enough for its own consumption, and thufl avoid paying the increased rates which brcadstuffe of all kinds will command in the North till tho war is over. The Index revives the tradition that when Commissioner Blair, of Virginia, and his associates, went to England in 1690 in the interests of William aud Mary College .r aL.I Oi.i. t ii n _ 1 0 ui mat oiaio. Attorney ucnerai oeymour received them with tho ungracious counsel. . "D?n your souls, raise tobacco." It is a good deal better and more Christian advice now to the planters of the South?bless your souls, raise corn and meat and whatever else is necessary for the support of your ho.useholds. All wars, as we havjj already sliowu, bring want and ruin in their train, except to the speculaticg buzzards, who fatten upon the corruption and decay. What should be our first object is to supply food for our j>wn population. So far as the wheat culture c.to accomplish this object and leavo a su> plus to supply the foreign demand, it should bo raised, although it has deadly enemies in the Hessian fly, the wevil and other destructive insects. Maryland is well adapted to the permanent culture of wheat, and, instead of receding westward, it might be centralized upon tho Atlantic seaboard so as to enable^the country to command the wheat markets of the world. At the same time we do not accept the assei^ion that the universal demand of civilized men is for wheat bread, or, if it is so, his civilisation perverts his taste so as to make him look upon that which is merely pleasing to the eyo and a aDkso.- a8 more important than othor food of tho ApproprW^a m auiriiinna and - aaiwntial.it. "Njontativea lasijtpnoxt in importance for the pro-"' portion of the human family it supports to wheat. It is in sotno parts of India tho chief agricultural produce, end is the principal support of tho vast population of China. It is extensively cultivated in parts of Africa, in Southern Europe, in the tropical countries of NorthJandJSouth America, and,while rit has flourished especially in the Carolines, bos been found as far north as Virginia, and sometimes Maryland. Maize, or Indian corn, is of American origin, and was not introduced iu the old world until after the discovery of tho new. It is estimated that tnaizo is eaten by a greater number of human beings than any other grain excopt rice ; its aualysis shows ' # it to be admirably adapted to sustain life . < and to furnish material for the growth of both human beings and domestic animals. It furnishes a largo share of the breadstuff's , of opr farming populations, and although but little consumed in cities, it largely contributes to the support of city populations in the way of meats, poultry, buttor, &c. According to the federal census tho United States Droduced more than 760,944,549 bushels of Indian corn in 1870. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee are the chief corn producing States, though the Southern States are more m remarkable for the superior quality of their ^ corn. In those States it is a more general article of diet than olsewhere, and is so prepared as to make it as palatable as wheat. We, therefore, invoko our fellow-citisens of the South to diversify their agrioulture and place tho production of corn, wheat and rice among their leading industries.? The Philadelphia North American, one of the leading Republican papers of the North, sayfc : ^Unlesri some change shall occur in ^ the agriculture of tho country, the prospect W now seems to bo that the South, which, before the war, was dependent upon the North, for its necessary articles of food, will beoonie the main reliance of the Northern Atlantio States for vegetable products. It already com man da our provision markets to an amasing extent, and yields at the present timo a steadilv increasing surplus of grain.? Should that soction be able to obtain the entire command of two such immense crops as ootton and wheat, it would in less than tcu years regain all the losses of oinnncipaJjao and oivil war.?Baltimore Sun. A CRIME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. I This from the New York Tribune : "Lot us face the truth. Our Southern policy has not only been a curse to the whites, but it has been a curse to the freed people for whose benefit it was adopted.? 5 It has not uiade them good citizens. It hns not taught them how to use the ballot. It _ has introduced among thcui a dcmoraliza- b tion more dangerous to the country than the p violence of tho White Lcnguo, lor no Re- J publican government can stand which is not 0 founded upon the suffrage of the virtuous and intelligent." b One would thiuk from the tono of the p above extract that tho views embodied 0 therein were entirely original, just evolved 0 from tho experience and observation of a school of social philosophers. The fact is Cl they arc at least twelve years old, and have b boon given ever and oven^ again by overy _ Democratic piper and ^Wy > D etnocratic J p speaker in the country. The utter failure a A 1 * oi mo reconstruction policy was predicted a) at the outset, and the prediction has been repeated at each stage of the wretched game; g but not until the lost vestige of that policy Jt is disappearing amid the cxcoratious of a disgusted people, do we find the Republican Q organs willing to acknowledge what all the p world knows. ir But the Tribune, though somewhat in ad- fo, anco of tho rest of its tribe, is as yet un- L willing to confess that the acton which the al reconstruction policy is based was a blunder tl bo inexcusable and so disastrous that it tl amounts to a gigantic crime. The more the a fifteenth amcndmcut is contemplated in the L light of subsequent events, the more appar- a, ent does its insane folly become. A race jr upon which nature has stamped the indeli- C( ble mark of intellectual inferiority, and whose original barbarism had been supple- tl mentcd by two conturies of hereditary.slja.. h very, is lifted at<0006 td the'fwlKweeiraremT citizenship. No preliminary preparation, a; no probation, no education?nothing that tl might tend to strip the tremendous cxperi- Dl ment of any of its dangers. The nation was m literally rushed headlong into a peril whose n extent we areouly now beginning to realize, w without any opportunity for that thought- p, ful study and calm reflection which should have preceded a sohemc of such vast consequence. For this unnecessary, this fatal haste, and all tho evil esulting therefrom, the Republican party Is solely responsible, p! Perhaps a small portion of tho rank and r< file may escape on the plea of iguornuce, tl but no such excuse can avail the leaders.? sj Not a single prominent Republican, who p advocated the immediate cnfaruchisemcnt of tl the blacks that did not know precisely what at he was about and why he was about cl it. He knew what the negroes were in C temperament and character; he knew they were hopelessly ignorant of the first princi- g< pics of politics; that they had not the small- p est comprehension of tho duties pertaining li to citizenship ; that they were simply grown li up children, who would be controlled and c< led by desiguing men, to their own detri- p ment and the irrcparablo injury of the coun- tl try. Neither William Lloyd Garrison nor b Wendell Phillips, the foremost apostles of p the fifteenth amendment, could bo hired to w live in a community where the negroes are ]< in a majority and ruled the whites. Yet w these fanatics and their associates had no b scruples in fastening upon the Southern w people a yoke they would not wear -them- si selves; and now, when that yoko is dropping a off, they insist it shall be again riveted by p bayonets. t< Philanthropic considerations had nothing v Bio with thaenPranchisemciftof the blacks, tl ynrr t , -ir. , i i,;, cxpiOMiy a and"exelusrvelyMutcnuco^tj yayitww vtufr" -ri publican supremacy by Republicanising the tl South for all coming time. The Republi- g con leaders did not care whether the ne- c grocs made good or bad citizens, so long as a they always voted the straight Republican ticket, llence the idea, constantly urged, t that no negro can possibly cast r Democrat- a io ballot except under some kind of com- t pulsion. The truth is that the negro votes c with those whom he thinks will do the most t for him, and consequently is always anxious c to get on tho winning side. As to the is- <3 sues involved in the electioq^he is perfectly i indifferent, and now that Ifepublican recou- 1 struction has collapsed and carpet-bag power ( sunk out of sierht. nine-tenths of the colored 1 oters of tho South will henceforth net with 1 tho Democracy. But though the fifteenth i amendment promises to be a valuable rein- t forccment of Democratic strength, yot it is i impossible to disguise the fact that tho < wholesalo manufacture of African citizens was a calamity, the effects of which will be felt as Jong as tho ropublie stands. The 1 burden cannot bo thrown off, cannot be ma- ] tcrially lightened. Heavy as it is, cmbar- < rassing as it is, perilous as it is, it must be ] borne to the end. We havo "mndo our bed < and must lie in it," and our slumbers are < not likely to bo either peaceful or healthy. The confessions of tho Republican organs 1 are good enough in their way, but they will 1 not take from the shoulders of the party an 1 ounce of responsibility. There could havo been no reconstruction, no carpet-baggery, i none of tho innumerable curses that nave fastened and fed upon the South th^So, twelve yenrs past, had it not been for nogro suffrage?and negro suffrage is a Republican child that will live to vex the American people long aftor tho Republican party has ceased to exist.?St. JjOuis Itepubltcan. ?? r ?The Richmond /S(ate ?%ys correctly that Mrs. Jackson should be sacred from the im! pudent intrusion of these "interviewers." When they invade the presence of ladies and the sanctity of privato life, it is about time to put down tho brakes. One of our exchanges tells of n man who at his death bequeathed to his widow ten thousand dollars as a wedding gift in the evont of het second marriage. What refinement of cruolty to throw temptation in a widow's way like that. I J-W HE DUTY OF FARMERS IN VIEW OF THE IMPENDING EUROPEAN WAR. State ok Georgia, f) Department op Agriculture, / > Atl^ta, April 17, 1877. ) ro the Farmers of Georgia : / Iu view of the threatened war in me East -which seems now to bo unavoidable?it ecoincs us as prudent men to avert/as far as ossiblc, its disastrous effects upon our inustries by a wise forecast iu our f|nn econmy ... The indications now arc that (here will o a protracted war, involving tlijb leading owrrsof Europe, the necessary consequence f which will be a rapid advance io the price f all food supplies. Even the ' rumor of war" has already auscd an appreciable advance in meats and rcndstufls, and a decline in our great staple -cotton,. . ,y njuuaily - iMPgf \ rovisions to the various European porta arc/, Ircady reported, and mftst continue so long ? the war lasts. The foreign demand for cotton may bo reatly reduced, and its price fall below even s present low figures. In view of those facts, the farmers of [corgia arc urged to increase their areas in rovision crops. It is not yet too late to lorcaso the area in corn, even if it has to 0 done by red icing tho area in cotton.? ict farmers plant enough corn to insure an nplo supply for the ensuing year. Let lem plant crops for their hogs, and force lem forward to secure, as nearly as possible, supply of bacon for home consumption.? ct them plant liberally in German millet id field pens to supplement their corn crop 1 feeding stock, in order that more of their >rn may be used for bread. If tho war should bo averted?of which lore is at present little probability?we will aye lost nothing by tho above policy ; if ot, we will have provided against the posbility of loss or suffering, iu either event, lose who adopt the above-advice will have othing to regret, whilo thoso who do uot iay be compelled to purchase provisions at linously high prices, aud pay for them ith cotton at prices even below the cost of roduction. Very respectfully, < Thomas P. Janes, Commissioner of Agriculturo. ? i kan uTs.?As wo aro m tno midst ot Innting timo for peanuts, and as we have sceired inquiries from several parties as to ic method and policy of making them a >ccialty for reason given, wo venture to ublish another article upon the subject of ic cultivation cf the peanut, particularly i it differi in some respects from tho arties alrca^|wB1islM& A friend iu Ilorry ouuty, <5i thtfjfltttc, writes us as follow*: The peanut is a profitable crop in this sction, and is worth from 81 25 to 82 50 er bushel, according to quality and handng. Sandy loam suits them best, and shell me aud surface from the hammock arc exallcot fertilizers. The land should be pr*.arod by thorough breaking, and laid off :n lirty-inch checks. Two peanuts should e planted in each check. Shell boforc lauting and select the seed. Cultivate 'ith sweeps entirely, and as much upon a ivel as possible, running the furrows both rays, and using narrower sweeps as tho unches branch out. Chop through twice rith a hoe. Keep (he land as levol "s posible. Any time after the middle of April ud beforo tho 1st of June is the time for Innting When the leaves becomo spotid, in the fall, the crop is ready to be harestcd, and, if the nuts arc dug before frost, he tops furnish tho finest kiud of forage for ii kinds of stock. and nulla A flnmitiiy, ) 7TT7 ntter yftnTYaVt Aug uikT gathered all | hat can be seen, there will be left in the rouud enough to fatten at least one hog to very acre. From forty to fifty bushels per cru is a fair crop in thi? vicinity. We think from what we have published hat peanuts, where the soil suits, must be , remunerative crop. Wo like that idea of he refuse fattening the hogs. If our farncrs only knew it, how easy it would be for ncm to grow incir own incut, x'lve acres if red oats to the mule and one aero of pinIcrs to the hog for 150 pouwls of bacon leeded, with potatoes, chufijf peas, and a ittlc corn, will mako any farm in South Carolina self-sustaining, ancLgivc the farmer lis cottou crop as a iibt incomo. Hut these ittle things are too troublesome. They dcnand too much of our time, which wo oan't ipnro from the cotton crop. Hcuco most of is plant cotton to excess, and grow poorer ivcry year.?Aiken w New* and Courier. The Man Who Stops IIis Paper.? Philip Gilbert Hamcrton, in his admirable papers on "Intellectual Life," thus talks to .he man who stopped his papor : "Newspapers are to the civilized world what the daily house talk is to the members of the family?thoy keep our daily interest in eash ather, they save us from the evils of isolation. To live as a member of the great white race that has filled Europe and America, and colonised or conquered whatever territory it ha* been pleased to oocupy ; to share from day to day its thoughts, its cares, jts inspirations, it is necessary that 'every 'man should read his Daner. Whv are the French peasants so bewildered and at aea ? It is because they ncrer read a newspaper. And why are the inhabitants of the United States, though scattered overs territory fourteen times the area of France, so much more alive and modern, so much more interested jo new discoveries of all kinds, and eapabl#-etf leleotiog and utilising the best of thorn? It is because the newspapers penetrate everywhere, and even the lonely dweller on the prairie or in the forest is not intellectual!) isolated fVom the great currents of pub!i< life which flow through the telegraph auc press." ? The Norristown Herald has solved th< conundrum: "Why .?as Washington lik< a newspaper man?" Answer?"Because b< couldn't tell a lie " -'tl ? Jl ] ? 1. li ..i . 1 ' a touching story. Au old fallow, who gavo his name as Charles II. Slosson, was called up in a Virginia City court on the charge ol' drunkenness. He wub a remarkably seedy looking specimen, nrrayed in a dirty check shirt aud a pair of loose, baggy trousers, which were prevented from falling off by a leather strap knotted about his waist. He was shivering and trembling from the effect of a debauch, nnd hardly had the strength to stand upright. When the judge asked him if he had anything to say, he rose up in a sort of disjointed way and demanded a jury trial, which was granted, and when his turn came he advanced and began : "Gentlemen of the jury, I stand here toiibinStr 7>f my own personal dc basement than an exuuiple of human depravity, which like a beacon light, should warn you from the ragged rocks of intemperance. A man in niy condition is like n rude sign post I onco saw in Tennessee, which pointed up a road over which the green grass was begiuning to wave. On the sign was the ioscriptiou, 'Smallpox,' and the index finger of a hand pointing westward. If any of you in travelling along a highway saw such a sign as that you would pause upon the brink of deadly danger and turn backward. [Sensation.]? In me you behold such a sign, and if by looking upou me any one of you can be turned back from destruction, I shall think that God in His infinite mercy tpis allowed uic to fill a sphere of usefulness which shall enable uie to bear with fortitude the imputation constantly hurled upon uic by my own conscience, that I have lived in vain. "Gcntlemcu of the jury, as you peruse the pages of the old poets you will soe how they have deified the wine cup. They have wroathed it with the flowers of fancy, surrouuded it with the halo of song, and peopled its bloody depths with the creatures of their own bright imaginations, uutil one might almost believe it to be the wcllspring of human happiness, when bitter experience tells us in very diflcrenc language that it is the fountain head of misery, the abode of the uemon uiai destroys our lives. l ncrc is something which couics ip in the fuuics of the cup that fools call inspiration, but it is a CUmiug reptile, wWioh, onWKo^ up fYoa? the dregs of the grape, enters the wiudow of the braiu and steals away, like a thief in the night, with our reason fast in its embrace. There is a hand in tho wine cup which at any moment may put its felon grip upon your throats and strangle you as a strong man might a babe. Gentlemen of the jury, I have not long to stay. Two mighty uiiucrs are delving ou this lode? time and death. They are daily at their posts, working together side by side as ono eternal shaft, clearing away the rubbish of waste rock and pushing along the icdgc.? Before long I shall be gathered into the vast laboratory of death, a piece of useless porphyry, to be cast into the waste dumps of hell." Here he nulled from bis Docket a -v-J >Vjtihverc!iief duu ocgau to sob. The Old miifers and tho jury moved by his forcible simile, broke forth into a simultaneous sob, in whiuh tho court, spectators and prosecuting attorney joined. The jury were ..V>lirl<rr>/t lii Hint n virdict rtf trnilfv hut vu,,uovu e>?' j? rccoinuioudcd him to the mercy of the court, lie was accordingly fined $5, which the jury paid on the spot. Cutting Out a Hoy's Tongue.?A few weeks ago a man presented his son, a boy of about twelve years, to our turgcous for treatment. Tho case was a novel one, the child being afflicted with enlargement of the tongue. His father hailed from Williamson county, and stated that he came to Sau Antouio to consult our surgeons, as those of Austin, Oulvcston, and New Orleans, to whom he had applied, had demanded exorbitant fees. Dr. Hcrff informed the troubled father that he would endeavor to cure his son of tho excrescence, and sympathizing with him in his trouble, and the child in his pain, the father being a poor man, he offered to perform the operation at a mpst reasons able charge. The citizens of Williamson county charitably raised the means to pa\ for the operation. It was executed Wed nesQuy, under Dr. HerfTs care, others aid ing him. About four inches of tongue wcr< taken off. The extreme eud, whioh has been preserved in alcohol, would weigl about a quarter of a pound, and about ai much more was out off in small bits. It i thick, much wider than tho child's moutl from which it waa taken, is verv roach, am resembles very much the tongue of a younj tialf The patient is now doing well, am will no doubt bo greatly benefited by th operation, which called into requisition th mdst perfect care and the nblest surgies knowledge.* The affliction was one in whicl there hMlirobably been less room for sui gicat cxp^ionco than in uny other, and i * the first else of the kind wo over heard c i in Texas.^-Son Antonio ( Texai) Expre* t The President's mail is something sui j prising. jjsually the letters for the hxeoi [ tive mansion aro carried from the post offic by a messenger on horse-back, by an orderl who waits it tho President's dvor to do h 3 errands, but, since the 4th of March, it hi t been necessary to send it dowu in a wagoi 8 specially dttailcd from the Post office Th pnrtmcnt f<f that purpose. V - " ' J _ 1 Ml ' . _I X . M _ . - > ' ^ THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM. II. V. lledflcld has this iu a recent issue of tho Cincinnati Commercial: It has been remarked that very few who get into I journalism start out with such intention.? They drift iu accidentally, and arc promoted ( as they develop capacity. Money, wealthy i parents and influence are of no sort of scr- ( vice in getting a young man a place on a newspaper. There is no business that is so , entirely independent of all these considcra- ( lions as this. A wealthy father can easily , get his son a location to read law or mcdi- < cine, or push hini forward in almost nny j walk of life he may select, but he is utterly powerless to do anything for him iu a jour- ^ nalistic way. To b%?ore ho jmj buy* newspaper and set up bis hopeful iu that ^ manner ; but unless there is something in the youth called journalistic knack, a natural knowledge of what to write and how to writo it, ho will be a failure in that line, nud all the money and influence of wealthy and perhaps powerful relatives will count for nothing. Some fond parents educate their sons with especial view to make journalists of them ; but it is rare that we hear of these young men after a few years. Meantime some scrub, boru atnoug the hills, having uothiag but a common school cducatiou, and the knowledge scraped up in a country printing office, will advance to a front rank in the ' profession. He has the journalistic knack, * and forces recognition because he has it.? 1 Ho gets a place, not because he has wealthy 1 parents to influence the proprietors of lead- ' ing newspapers, but because he knows what ' to write and how to write it, and the editors 1 take it because it is what they want. Ilis 1 articles go in because they supply a demand, 1 while, perhaps, the elaborate essays from the ^ per of a man oducated on two continents, with an especial view to journalism, arc cast ] into the waste basket. I Young men just out of college, and with ] journalistic) ambition, and who have had 1 their essays passed upon by admiring rela- ' tivos, and pronounced the production of ' genius, think if they can get a letter of in- ' troduction to the managers of some Icadiug ' uewspaper, they will forthwith find rccogni- ' tiou in his columns. I don't know. llOSt.- 1 many applications by mail nud in person I 1 have had from young men asking me for a letter of "recommendation" to the editor of the Commercial. I never complied, because I know that these agencies nra not worth five cents a peek towards getting into the paper. 1 tell the applicants to send along whatever essays and so forth they have on huud, and that a letter of iutrodution a mile loug would not be of tho least service in influencing the editor to print what didu't fill the bill. Recommendations from those known to the editor, or tho "influence" of wealthy relatives of young men ambitious to shiue in journalism, aro of no earthly benefit in this matter, unless, indeed, the latter might furuish money to have the mniilAii nflfnrtu rmhliahnrt nw nilvprtignmpnts,., Rut fame, at thirty dollars a column, is expensive. The mojority of successful journalists drift into it from other walks of lifo and perhaps the most of them up to the time they are eighteen or twenty years old, had .1 ? A il ^ do inougnt id mat uirettioa. First Workino ok Corn.?If the land has been packed by rain since the corn was . planted, run close and break deep?if the land is close and open, the ploughing is not important. In that event use plows that will go over rapidlyjund save labor?a shovel, or sweep, or cultivator will answer. Avoid . throwing much dirt to tho young corn, only , enough to cover up any young grass that may be present, but be suro it is well covered ; much hoeing will not pay in a corn 1 crop, ihe plow alono ought very nearly to ' make it?of course thinning and some chopI ping is generally unavoidable. Thin to a - stand as soon as danger of frost and worm 1 is over. Nothing is more prejudicial to a ' plant than having another plant with the same wants growing beside it?tho struggle j ; for existence then becomes intensified. If * the middles aro not very hard or foul, and 1 time presses, they need not be ploughed out ? at this working. In any event push on k raoidlv to give cotton its first working just i as aoon as it will bear it. The farmer who ft keeps well ahead, cot only stands the best d chance to make the best crops, but will do ? it with Yery much less aotual labor than the i! laggard. Let it never be forgotten that the b time to kill grass is before it can be seen. Besides, every ono knows that early and 8 frequent workings make cotton grow off rapidly?and an early growth of stalk is ono of the surest antecedents of a largo crop of r- bolls. se "I say, Paddy, that is the worst looking y horso you drivo I ever saw. Why don't 18 you fatten him up?" "Fat him up is it? } Faix, and the poor baste can hardly carry s. the mate that's on him now," replied Paddy. < I SELECTED BECIFES. Sponge Cake.?Four eggs, bcstcn for half an hour, one cupful of sugar, one cupful flour. Lady Cake.?One cupful butter, two cupfuls sugar, four cupfuls flour, one cupful tnilk, three eggs, one-half tea-spoonful soda, [favor to taste. Flannel Cakes.?To one pint of flour ldd one-half pint of corn meal, four eggs, sne tahlcspoonful yeast, with milk enough to make a stiff batter; set to rise over night. Finn with warm uiilk and water before baking next morning. Jumbles.?Take four eggs, three cupfuls sugar, a very little nutmeg, one teaspoonful baking soda, one cupful butter; of it* its tliii Aaiii* nutil bvii iu vuv iiuui uiivii iv n III lUlly tilt III rounds with a hole in the center. Will keep good two or three weeks. Crazy Biscuit.?Three pints rf milk, five teaspoonfuls of yeast, one teaspoon ful of salt; boil the milk, and then cool, stir iu flour, making it a little thicker than pancake batter; add the salt, and when lukewarm put in tho yeast. In the morning, add one egg, half a cupful sugar, one teaspoonful saleratus, mix and letstaud to rise; when light, make into biscuits; let it rise igain, aud bake in a medium oven. To Preserve Eoos.?When the eggs ire takcu from the nest, if they arc brushed sntircly over wiih a solution of gum arabic and laid in a cool plnco tUny will keep perfect two years, and chickens have been hatched from eggs so treated at the end of that time. If farmers assoon as they gatlisr the eggs would cover each one with fresh melted mutton suet?just enough to cover the pores of the shell?they would confer a boon upon thousands. Pressed Corn Beef.?Choose a plate piece, fat aud lean; put in a p)t little larger than itself, and cover with cold water; pepper well; let it boil moderately till the boucs will come out; turn it several times while soiling; when cooked place iu good shape in a towel, and fold up firmly; let it be i ?i A ;?t i .uiuK aim snort in snapo; piace a piatcover, md three or four irons or bricks to press it, lot it stand till perfectly cold, or four or 5VC lLOIUS^JSlt utk, u..J gal- ' nish with sprigs of parscly. ? llour in Fowls.?Regarding this offensive, troublesome, and often fatal disease among fowls, a farmer gave it as his opinion, before the American iarmcis' club, that seven out of ten cases were owing to the neglect of the poultry keeper, who permits his birds to be exposed to wet grounds, cold draughts and bad veutilatiou iu the henhouses. To prevent this troublesome visitor, give the hens u wide, clear range and plenty of fresh water; keep them cool and airy in summer, and warm and dry in the winter. This speaker thought that the best food for newly-hatched chickens is shelled oats boiled a few minutes and mixed with meal; ? *1. i.... i u . -i. j egg, or, better still, crumbs of bread.? Boiled potatoes given warm and corn meal are also good. When they need animal food the mother hen will provide this with Ine.Wa nr.,1 Klra \ uavvvu uuu wuv iinV/> i I. nj/UUli 1141 U1 OUIJMIUI stirred with the food now and then will rid fowIs of vermin and tone up their systems; this was particularly advised for young chickens and turkeys. Dr. J. V. C. Smith thought it all nonsense to try to advance the I wer order of animals; lie did not approve of so much codding and cooking for thcui. Give fowls a wide range and they will take care of themselves. Wild turkeys rarely lose their young, and yet once domesticated in tha barnyard the farmer finds much trouble in raising thoiq. .... Snvkkt Potatoes.?And now is the time for the potato patch, as we call it. Plough your intended potato patch two or three times before setting out draws. Having it in rows. Plough and reverso, getting the soil in fine tilth. When the time iB near for setting out, tnko a single shovel plough, open your beds to the depth of throe inches, put a little pure stable manure in the trench and await the rain. If the rain docs not come, set out with water?half a pint to oach hill?tho oarlh being pressed firmly around the potato root, and a little dry dirt sprinkled around tho top ground. Next is the setting out?some say one foot, some say two feet apart?I say four inches. Tho best cultivation is to plough to your potato all the tirno, pulling tho earth up around the little plants with tho hoc tho first working. Nevor bar off, therely saving tho small roots wbioh make potatoes, and saving one-half the ploughing. In 1870, I made 150 bushels sweet potatoes on one half aero of land by this uiodo ?giving one hooing, or pulling up with tho hoc, and ploughing to the potato.?11. L Tanner. \ Western Editor in acknowledging tho gift of a peck of onions from a subsenher, says: "I tissual) kindness as this that always brings tears to our eye* " * .