Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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When it comes to buying, wo would much prefer to delegate the job, and run the risk of being cheated a little than to staud and wriggle und dicker over a few dollars, and yet it is best always to buy just as cheap as the ownor will part With anything. > If one has the opforfllnity, tie should by. all means see tho oow riiilkcd, tako a tumblerful of miHc and let it stand to hm? - ? much oreatn will rise^aod if thefe arv aev- * j^Bril of which ho M* ^5 ch6ico, he would ^ >c?l to apply thWtest to soverdl of the jpst. A good cow will giro ten to' t*euty _ . -quarts of uiilk a day, and one giving ten /' Quarts of milk, whon fresh, should make a large quantity of butter. Take no straagcr's i word for what his cow will do, uuloss he < assures you she will take down fences as < fast as you cau put theui up, or perform i BOino similar feat. If possible, sco her < milked ih'ico, morning and evening, and take some of tiiC miile aj'tur the milking, i examine its color, set it for cream in a i cylinder glass or iu a tumbler ; com pur o the 1 amount of creaui with the amount of milk : < look to the color of the creaui, which should j be yellow, and to that of the milk, which ; may bo bluo, but better if white. Get, if possible, a guarantee that the cow holds : out well, that she gives milk in good quati- < tity to within four to six weeks of calving. I ttouie cows which give a large amount of | l milk at first fall off in their yield very i rapidly a fow weeks after being got with t calf, and these animals, though few iu muu- , are always for sale. Wo know of no 1 .. . Certain way of detecting this bad quality < v/Jfjy inspection?although, according to the j ^^Ja^denon system-, thero are external indicationa which tnav bo rolied upoii; yet it \ ^ sbhiot^ the"s'hapo of'a^*h^chl. oral statement, it way be said that the larger, broader, and higher this "milk mirror" is, thi inoro milk a cow will givo in < proportion to-her size, and the longer she i will hold out. In buying a milk-cow, beauty is not necessarily considered, for her i usefulness is what shfc i& valued for; and, < accordiug to the old saw, "handsome is that j handsome does." Still, beauty of color < and form makes such an animal attractive, and adds at times many dollars to her price. Very frequently, the very best cows are i absolutely ill shapen, and they arj always thiu in flush when in full milk. In faot, < ono can pick out iu Julya.hu best cows of u < herd by th<f case with which their ribs may i bo counted. All that is unctuous iu a cow that gives i *' rich milk does not go to crcaui, but a c r- { tain portion makes her hide pliable and I soft and her bair glossy. The color of the i skin is usually an indication of richness of j the milk, for it has, especially upon white i spots, and whero-the skin is bare of hair? i as closo around the eyes and within the i ears?a rich golden yellow or brown eolor. i The exact age of a cow is difficult to j determine, but it is of liltlo moment com- j pared with tho numbb( of calves she has < had. This may-be accurately determined < by the rings on her horns. The first call' is usually dropped when the heifer is cither two or three years old, aud calves year by < year after that, causo, of courso, annual | rings. nxposuro during a very severe win- < ter, or a lit of pevcre sickness, continued < several weeks, will also form a ring. A < bow is in her prime at about five years old, j or after having her third calf. After she ' is eight yoars old, a marked falling off is , Usually noticeable ; yet the difference in | the vigor of different breeds is great. , Health is an important consideration. | which tho buyer tpust always bear in mind, i If tho oow eats heartily of common foddefr^, ( if sho gives a good quantity of milk ; if ITm, \ udder is not lumpy, or caked, or hot; if snip has no oough, and does* noUgo lauio, and is , warranted sound, it is fair to suppose she is to good, ordinary hesftb,* , " mi o - <? it ? ' - iuc cum ion or tan mimcr, ana the Oban- , cci (hat the oow will be well milked,- are g eotljr increased, if her teats are of good sizo, ao that they will fill the band when i grasped, and if she milks freely. Trioks , eanoot be detected eosiiy^ A self-uuMter, w if iu pasture, wears a yoke usually, tor^r^M vent Lor getting her head arouod tbjtafS side. Oae that holds up her milk or kidHP caooot bo told ezfihpt by her milker, honest man may often sell a breachy cow for a ruly one, if sho has always been kept oo rich pastures or in company with other oows, for when she is alone or in a poor pasture, she go over or through any fnroe. The Wilmington, N. C. Star snye: Wo published a few days since, Attorney Gencrul Duvens's remarkable letter of instructions to the U. S. Marshals, in which he advises thorn to coutinue to dischargo the dutius of their office just ns they have done heretofore, and withoutany reference to what Congress may have dono or left undone concerning their pay. Uuder the Attorney Goucral's advice they ought, to nppoiut their deputies for election purpose* just ns if nothing had occurred, and trust to subsequent legislation for their pay. If Congress, in its wisdom and in the cxerchc of itssConstitutional powers, refuses to make prof ision &fwi jhousand^orlgjfcuy. thousand deputies, wTiJr then, this aggressive law ofBcSt of-the Adminia tratiiw, let the Marshals pay no sort of attention to such action, but let them, go to work to bulldoze aud corrupt voters just as if nothing had occurred, nnd horcafler they 1 will get their pay. No doubt Deveus hopes, possibly believes, that by the freo use of an artny of deputies the Radicals can gaiu litiough members of Congress to give tlieui coutrol again, when they will vote any sum required to pay off their henchmen for their dirty work. There e.m hn lmf 151# 1<1. ?? WW wV I.??iu uuuv/b wuau r>ucii id the plau and audi the real meaning of the Attorney General's letter to the United States Marshals, however veiled may be his sxuet purposes or guarded his language. Does not the following passage iu his letter authorize our interpretation : "Your performance of your duties, so far is the law contemplates that they are to bi souipcusated by fees, sceuis to me to constitute a good ground of obligation agaiust the United States. Where the services of icpulios are required and expenditures are to bo mado I recognizo the difficulty you m<ij* have to cucouutcr. In all this matter, however, you will have to rely upon your ixpectation of future legislation by Congress that shall be just to you." If he docs not mcau what we have attributed to him wo caunot see any necessity or leqso in his letter. The Baltimore Gazelle regards the advioe of the letter as very iungerous. It says : < "This advising the Marshals to rely oA. fptqre legislation pf Congress tp make they Aay incur in payment ^Special deputies to control What Mr. Hayes calls the 'National elections,' is the i#d$t dangerous Btrctch of authority that has ever been made by any. Executive.? rito""Attorncy Gcucral attempts lo takg 1'nem Congress the control of the public pur-e lodged in their bauds by tho Constitution of the United States. After tho people, through their direct representatives, have refusod to-appropriato money for tho execution of a law which thoy deem impolitic, and after they have further expressly forbidden the offieors of the law to incur any debt or liability ou the faith of the lioverumunt, Mr. Deveos udviscs them to go ou aud run up a debt nod trust to the expectation of futuro legislation' to foot the bill. Tho Marshal who does this, however, takes upon himself a responsibility of which the advice of Mr. Deveos dees not relieve him. He cannot plead this letter as an dxcusc for disobeying the will of the people leclared through Congress. They and their bondsmen may fiud that they arc periounlly and pecuniarily responsible, as well ts officially so, aud Mr. Hayes and his Cabinet aud the Senatorial clique will be una t>le to shield them from the consequences of .hoir acts. It is, however, the best possible issue for the coming campaign. Thq right to hire men to vote the Republican ticket, juder the pretense of keepiug order at the polls, and doing this on a credit system, in ipite of the prohibition of Congress, is whut Mr. Haye's and the Stalwarts assert. This s precisely what this letter of Mr. Divens jluiuis, and this is u elaiui which tho American people are not quite ready to allow." Not a*MMn4%&|Liimuical to the interest >f the ex soFdic^^f the Union army has ieen proposed or voted for by the ''Coufedjra e brigndiors/V or has been passed by :his Dcuiocartic Congress, or by> tho Dom a: - IT -<? ? ? ' juiiuiu iiijuse ui ine last ana next preceding CoDgrcwi. On the other hand, the regular pensions have been passed to meet meritorious cases not covered by general laws, the foar ho^ps for volunteer Union soldiers have been geperoujily, ulux>9t munificently, provided for, and by- of BX-Coufederate Deiwocruls olwsypillions of arrearage* pf peosipns have$beo?ranted, to bfc'distribntea almost exclusively in tho North. Kx-Union soldiers uraqot slow to coqtpaife this prfoedra with that of Republican Congresses thatnsve turned a deaf ear to thsir cIsiqM^erotoforo. M f W V'T -n?? - n riinuuuiin) to-dny, aod tbo old lady la quite beside herself with joy. ua last evening, as she tanned hettplf with, a feather fan, that Rie hwwheeisbed, aa she aaySfj&pigh on to "the doar boy is a mem^^dear boy maeMw^^SQf1terious should happed y> him, she added."I should never forgive myself for Igttinfjbto go to the uQirarsaliat^wtjll ; he'd hewsr have no edification si ?IK"?Botton Transcript. ' " 4 # The second of Miss Poda* lectures ?n cookery, at was given yesterday. Misa are full df little bits of fiityr^jpiOD that might properly be called odlinayy proverbs:' Here are a few of thcm'V *> There is a greenness in onipna abd potatoes that renders thepi hard tjfdigaat. For health's sake put them in iferui vyAtei for uu hour before cooking. hy *' The only kind ot 'st'dVe-with which ynwt, can preserve.a* uniform heot'^i b'dWalovo; with it you cniKsimnicr a^pot fitf an hour, or boil it at the same rate ft^^tepty nnu-^ tesa of good floor is by the amount of water it ubsorbs. In cooking a fowl, to ascertain when it is done put a skewer iuto the breast, and if the breast is tender the fowl is done. A few dried or preserved cherries, with stones out, are the very best thing possible to garuish sweet dishes. Single cream is cream that hah stood on the milk twelve hours. It is best, for tea | and coffee. Double crcaui stands on its milk twenty-four hours, and cream for butter frequently stands forty-eight hours.? Cream that is to bo whipped should uot be butter cream, lest in whipping it change to butter. To beat the whites of eggs quickly put in a pinch of salt. The cooler the eggs the quicqer they will froth. SaltcoOisaxidalso freshens them. In boiling eggs hard put them in boiling water. It will nrevent l!ip vr.lt- ?~.i oring black. You must never attempt lo boil the dressing of a clear soup in the stock, for it will always discolor the soup. Iu nioking any sauce put the butter and flour in together, and your sauce will never be lumpy. Whenever you see your sauce boil from the sides of the pnu yeu may know your flour or corn starch is done. lloiled fowl with sauce, over which grate the yolk of eggs, is a magnificent dish for luncheon. Tepid .water is produced by combiuiug two-thirds cold and one-third boili^l water. tftakfc- mnecaroftt tendar, putJt in .cold, wutor and bring it to s boil. It'will thou bo much moro tender tbhn if put in hot water or stewed in milk. The yolk of eggs binds tho cfust much better than the whito. Apply it to the edges with a brush. Old potatoes may bo freshened np by plunging them into cold water before cookiug them. Never pnt a pudding that is to be steaxed into anything else than a dry mould. N ;vcr wash raisins that ,^re to be used in sweet dishes. It will matte tho pudding heavy. To clean them wipe in a dry towel. To brown sugar for sauce or for puddings, put the sugar in a perfectly dry saucepan. If the pan is 'the least bit wet, the sugar will burn and you will spoil your saucepan. uuuets and steaks may be fried-as w?ll as broiled, but they must bo put in hot butter or lard. * The grease is hot cuough when it throws off a bluish suioke. The water used in mixing bread must be tepid hot. Tf it is too hot the loaf will be full of great holes. To boil potutocs successfully. When the skin breaks pour off the water and let them finish cooking in their own steam. In making a crust of any kind do not melt the lard in the flour. Melting will injure the crust. In boiling dumplings of any kind put thorn in the water one at a time. If they are put in together they will mix with each other. >. Stkam vs. Wind.?A no-fence law is n thing so utterly ut variance with the old hubitsofour people tbat.i* itj. do wonder QAina AP nuw ^ * % vui? m uui j^uuu uiu itiryiurs ure uoi reaciy lo take it in all ut once ! It in like the first introduction of steam as a propelling power. The old sea captains and the old stage drivers in England thought it was "a blarsted iunowatiou on the people's rights but tho steamers were a-coining-coming, and kept on n-cooiing and agoing in spite of the old sea captain's pre-* dictions; and the world seemed to be moving so far ahead of his old notions, that he tpegau to calculate the profit of changing his old ship into a first class screw steamer, with both sails aud steam at hand to help him on. Nobody wants our good old farmers to pull dowu their fences any more than the old sea captains wero wanted to haul dowu their sails; but our uood old friends will acx,n begin to calculate the profits of the nofence law. It iMimply a matter of business calculation : l)oca it cost more to fence your own stock in or to fenco everybody's stock out ? I Nobody wants to hurry you up, but don't blow and fuss about it too long. Giveyo&r sons a chance to learn how to run the steamers tftat are playing all around your old sail ship, and saving money on every trip. Give the boys a chance my good old friends I The no fence law is a good thing, ?0(1 the sooner it guts under way the 4>et! ter.? Greenville Newt. wheal flour witk the milk gradaalyupoffrl'M^floor that.it maybe made free from jumps. Turn the* two mixtures together and mingle them Retell. When the whole is just, lukewarm? beat three egg^with three tablaspoonfuls of ! tougnr; sthpAheip idtn tbo pudding; add two spoonfuls of 4&U, two- of cinnamon, or a. grated nutmeg, two of malted butter, or ' soet. ohqppod fine. If thepuddipg is liked' bp-h rich; let it bake fiye~or six minues, ' ?lhen aa<l*w half pint of mill? the latter to be absorbed by the raisins. Buttermilk Pudding.?Two eggs, two cups of sugar, half a cup of butter, one teaspoonful of soda, three cups of buttermilk : stir the flour in lightly and pour into a greased tin. Hake one hour. It can be turned out. Soft Yrast.?Steep one handful of hops in two quarts of water, two hours. When boiling hot, add one pound of grated potatoe, two teacups of flour, ouo teaspoon of salt., one teaspoon of ginger, two teaspoons of white sugar. Let all be well scaldTO.? When cool, add one teacup of good yeast, or a yeast cakc. Lot it stand in a \va^ place (not too warm) twenty-four hours; then cover light in a jar and keep rt cool. Stir well every time buforo using. One tcacupful will make four good-sized loaves o( bread. Potato Starch.?Those who prefer making their own starch will find this equal thd best silver gloss starch that can be found in the market: Take a large grater and grate clean pared potatoes into a tub of water. When it becomes settled, drain the water off, putting fresh on again, pouring nnd changing about three tiuics, when the starch will be ready to dry. This is done by spreading it out on paper or muslin, and it will be dry iu a very short time. A Good " Crcasfr."?In baking buckwheat and other griddle cakes, a piece of fat bacon as a "greaser" is by many thought to be almost indispensable. Those who arc of this opinion will, on trial, soon learn that a turnip, divided iu two, answers the dame or a better purpose, as the odor?the most unplcasaut part of cakc bakiug? ootnes from the greaser in contact witli the hot irou, whereas with the turnip very little of this is perceptible. A Strong Cement.?A cement particularly adapted for attaching the brass work to ....-I? i ? --- i ? uv?iu ur.kiig, kiin|>?, eic., is uiaae oy Dotting three parts of resin with one of caustic soda and five of water. The composition is then mixed with half its weight of p'astcr of l'uris. It sets firmly xiu about threcqunrters of an hour. It is said to be of great adhesive power, not permeable by petroleum, a low eonductor )f heat, and but superficially attacked by hot water. Hair Brushes.?A few drops of hartshorn put in a little water will elean a hair brush better thun anything else, and docs the brush no harm. If very dirty, rub a little soap on the brush. After cleaning, rinse in clear water, aud hang the brush up by thj window to dry. Do not let the bristles lay on any hard substance while wet. It is better to tie a string round the handle and hang up. To Keep Beds from Having Bugs.?A hotel keeper says : My plan is, at this season, to have all my beds taken to pieces, to scrub all the joints aud ends with water and SOan and tllCU to IISO nnv lmrrt vtirntali #lw. j end's, slats, etc. I know of no other method as easy or as thorough. 1 have used this in Georgia and Florida. Shirred E<j<js.?Shirred eggs arc made by butteriug as many common earthen saucers as are required lor each person to have one; break into each ?wo or throe eggs, set the saucers into a stovpan and put this into a well heutod stove to bake, the whites only to be done, the yolks half done. Send these to be seasoned, und cat out of the saucers. Soup for an Invalid.?Cut in small pieces one pound of beef, mutton, or part of both; boil it gently in two quart? of water, take oft' the scum, and when reduced to a pint strain it. Seasou with a little salt, aud take a teacupt'ul at a liuie. Steam Pudding.?Two cups of flour, one cup of milk, ouc-hnlf cup of butter, onehalf cup of sugar, one-half cup of molasses, one cup raisins, one teaspoon soda.? Steam two hours and serve with a sauce. Rye. Crachert.?Use one tcaspoonful baking powder, and one-fourth pound of butter and lard to one quart of rye flour ; make into a stiff dough; knead well, roll thin, cut round, pick and bakt in a quick oven. Rice Batter Caket.?Mix one-fourths wheat flour to three-fourths of rice flour; add a little salt; raise aud buke as buckwheat ca&es. Cleaning Dishct.?Dinner disher and plates which have had greasy food upou thorn may bo rubbed off with a littlo indian meal before putting into water. They are tlius prevented from making the water unfit for continued use, while the meal, saved by itself, is good for the pig or the chickoos. r f * Thqt-facfoibx fad fait will make your, ' *" jruMf flat irons as eteah and smooth as glass; TTis a lump of watt ip a rag sod heap it for the purpose. ; Whoa th?^ron? ai|fchet,^h them first .with the - t*x rag,. then scour > with a paper or ck>th dipped with salt. A Strengthening JDrfttk.?Beat the yolk of a fresh egg with a. little sugrfr, *dd a * very Uttlo brantfv,. Beat the white into a strong froth,.and st if into lift* yolk, All it' . v Up with milk, and1 grate io*a little nutmeg, , . Spirit* of Turpentine S good to take grease , apotrf dut of woolen slothes, to take spots1. of paint front mahogany furniture, and tci cleanse white kid gloves. Cockroaches and. nil vermin have ?? aversion to spirits of turpentine. , " 1 , ' < . * * " *" *-? y Clear boiling water -will remove tea stains, and tunny fruit stains. Pour tho water through the staiD, and thus prevent it spreading over the fabric. Cocoanuf Drop*.?One enp of butter, two cups of flour, and two eggs. The cocoanut grated. Commence to g:ntc nutmegs at the stem.' 1 :J * * u..? iituiu iw! opening mat woultf otherwise be cucoantcred. I'nt Salt into the water when poaching eggs, and salt in the vinegar used tor coldslaw. Hartshorn will restore colors taken out by acid. It may be dropped upon any garment (especially black) without doing harui. Lamps will have a less disagreeable smell ?f yon dip your wick-yarn in strong hot' viucgar, and dry it. A Crystallised Woman.?Another very remarkable instance, we arc informed, Ins just come to light as to the preserving or petrifying effects of nitrate of soda. A well-known and influential City Arm, who have very extensive connections with South' American pluntors, miners, &c., have, re ccniiy received from I'eru a curiosity in' the shape of what may be termed a crystallised female body, which, as their correspondents advise them, was some short time since discovered by a set of miners at Pisa-^ gua, in that country, completely embedded in ouo of Ibe great nitrate of soda deposits peculiar to the district. The body is described as having tho appearance of a petrified mummy, and is stated to be in a singular state of preservation. This curiosity has already been seen by several of our bestf known naturalists and scientific analysts, and it is believed that tho woman, who apparently was of middle age, must have perished citi.cr through accident or design a5 a remote period of the past, probably, as some even go eo fnr as to say, two or three thousand years ago. That her death was violent there is little room to doubt, inasmuch as when discovered tho body was in a recumbent position, partly on the side, with .chest slightly crushed, as if through a severe fall, the legs drawn up, and the fingers and toes contracted. The hair is in most perfect state, aud maintains its contaQt'" with the skull iu a peculiarly astonishing' manner, and the mouth is open, displaying the teeth and tongue, which, are plainly visible. The extremities are remarkably small and perfect, even the nails being iu their respective places. The hair 011 tho head, wo should add, appears to he plaited in a very peculiar manner, and is of great length and thickness, though in some parts detached, owing to part of tho skull having been destroyed. Tho curiosity at present' is at the offices of the firm who have imported it from South America, but we understand that arrangements arc being made that it shall be publicly shown at the Westminister Aquarium at an early date.? Glawjow (Scotland) Mail. T. A wr poo v poo 1 .. . ? m ^?>nunaa.il.ao 1/fiUnEAHIAU IN 1KXAS. ?Mr. E. V. Suialley, in concluding a series ofleltcrs from Texas, writes: "It is but just to say that the reputation which still clings to Texas of being n State where lawlessness, violence and murder aro rampant is undeserved. Mcu do tiot carry revolvers and bowie-knives about the streets of the towns, uor is it at all unsafe to travel over the country unarmed. The desperado element, which resorts to all frontier regions, and was once peculiarly formidable and outrageous in Texas, has been thinned out by sudden death or imprisonment in tjio peniteutiary, or pushed before the advance of civilisation out ou the extreme verge of settlement. Some brigandage is still practiced on the Mexican frontier, in the way of looting cattle and plundering ranches, and an old-fashioned highway robbery is not unfreopient in that sparsely-settled region, but in tho agricultural sections of tho State and in all the principal towns good orner prevail?, and lite and property are well protected by the civil authorities and by public sentiment." The excuse of John McCarthy, of Orango, N. J., for beating his wife lately, wus a somewhat novel one. lie said he was the h ;ad of tho family and found it necessary to administer correction to his Wife occasionally to remind her of his exalted position. Of course John wanted the reporters to keep his arrest out of the papers. ?#? After man came woman, and she has' been after him ever since.