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TIE WEEKLY BI10I TIMES. gqvolqd lo l^iqitlfun;, ^ortiqullurq, gomqsfiq Oiqoiiomu, JJolitc ^ilqrnturq, golifiqs, and lliq Current Unrs ojf fte Daj. VOL. X.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 8, 1879. NUMBER 32. DEFERRED NEWS ITEMS. Is sot this as Honks t Uumski.i.ku ??Friends nnd Neighbors : Having recently opened a commodious establishment for the sale of all the choicest liquors, including "large beer," 1 embrace this opportunity of informing you that I have begun the business of making drunkards, paupers, and beggars, for the sober, industrious, find respectable to support, 1 shall deal in such spirits as will excite men to riot, robbery, and bloodshed, and by so doing diminish the comforts, increase the expenses, and endanger the welfare of the community. I will undertake, at short notice, for a small sum, and with considerable expense on my part, to prepare inmates for the almshouse, the prison, and the gallows. I will furnish an article warranted to increase the amount of fatal nccidcnts, and multiply the number of distressing diseases among men. I will annnlv a rlrinlr rnlriilatod fa ilonrivr M... ? - f I Borne of life, many of reason, most of properly, and all of peace ; which will make fathers to act like inad-nien : wives ot be made worse than widows ;:childrcn to become doublo orphans, to grow up iu ignorance, nud prove a burden and a curse to the nation. I wilt obstruct the progress of religion, defile the purity of the church, nud cause temporal, spiritual, and eternal death. And if any arc so impertinent as to ask why I bring such accumulated misery upon a comparatively hnppj* people, my honest reply is, that I have a license, given under the laws of the commonwealth, and thus 1 have purchased the right to ruin the character, impair the health, shorten the lives, aud destroy both the souls nnd bodies of men. I know it is written. "Thou slialt not kill (bat woe in pronounced upofi him that giveth strong drink to hid neighbor, and that no drunkard shall enter the kingdom of heaven ; and I do not expect that I, a drunkurd-makcr, will shnro a better fate. Hut what can 1 do ? 1 must have money, even at the expense of my soul.? Do you not think 1 oiler enough iu return for the money ? Many times it will be more than my customers can conveniently carry. Particular Notice.? I most affectionately warn all my patrons Co keep clear of the tempcranco men?such as Sons of Temperance, Hood Templars, members of the Temple of Honor, and all other teetotalers, by whatever name they are known, as they will persuade you to sign the pledge, save your money, and with it support your families in comfort and respectability, thus cheating me out of what you would spend nt my establishment. I know what they have doue uud what they will do. Look out for them. My sign is the blue and red light. ? The War on tiik Jews.?A sub-committee, appointed at t ic meeting of the board of delegates of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, at New York, on aVcdnfcday, has since then drawn up the folloufng fgKBal "declaration" against Mr. Corbin'section Wftltcmpt ing to exclude the Hebrews from M^ihutian llcach ; "We feel that public opinion cuiphaticnlly condemns the recent action of the Manhattan llcacli Company, through its president, in declaring the Hebrews of New York unworthy of the enjoyment of equal privileges with others. "We insist that caterers for tlie public amusement or convenience should refrain from such odious discrimination against any class of residents, whatever their nationality or religious convictions. New York City, the commercial centre of the United States, is itself affronted j by such a contemptible manifestation of bigotry and prejudice, affecting a body of residents among the foremost in all that implies repcctability and honorable aspirations. "We recommend our co-religionists, while ihey naturally, in common with other decent citizens, will withhold their countenance from the company, whoso president has wantonly as sailed the Hebrew name, to abstain from public demonstrations, which would simply elevate into undue importance this vulgar and brutal attack. It is beneath our dignity to take any further notice of so despicable an assailant ; we may safely leave our defence to tho intelligent ami advanced public sentiment of our fellow-citizens, irrespective of creed or race." ? .- ? Mountain Tuaoeiuks. ?Our information regarding two recent tragedies?one at Old Fort, .MeHowell County, and the other at Asheviile? is fuller than when we referred to them yestcr- ; day. As (o tlie first, it appears tlint last Saturday night, ft parly of four or five persons wore engaged in a game of poker, at a retired spot near the village, when a dispute, which broke up the game, arose between t\v<vof the parties, Emanuel Kosc nud Win. llogers, brothers-inlaw. The party returned to the village, these two continuing their quarrel, until finally they came to blows, whereupon Uoso whipped out a knife and fell upon Rogers, indicting upon hitn three cuts, any one of which might have proved fatal, but otic of which literally disemboweled him. His death was almost instantcous, and, Hose, though he attempted to cscnpo, was arrested and lodged ill jail, , As to the other case : On Sunday moaning last, what was left of Tom Norvcll, a fighting man about'town, was found on the streets of Ashoville, speechless, ghastly, and more dead than alive. His throat was cut from car, to ear a pistol bail was lodged in him, and from fifteen to twenty knife cuts and stabs hacked him almost out of human resemblance. Ami yet he wasn't dead, as he was tolerably used to that sort of thing. Little hopes are, however, entertained of his recovery. Two young men of the same ilk, named Townsend, wero arrested on suspicion, though it is not learned on what grounds they were suspected.?Charlotte Obsesvcr, July *24. ? CilI.okar??l>r. It. W. Richardson, the Eng ttiali pUmiui tvlin firal mntln known In llip world -certain facts concerning chloral, says that there arc now chloral-drinkers, just as there are dramdrinkers and opiuiu-eaters; that the disease, which he calls chloralism, has become rather widespread among merchants, lawyers, doctors, nrtists, literary men, clergymen, and that if chloral cannot he kept for use within its legitimate sphero as a medicine, it would be better for mankind not to have it all. And yet the profession generally condemn any frco use of chloral. ? < ? A glass of whiskey sells for a dime and is drunk in a minute. It fires the brain and deranges and weakens the system. On tbc same table lies a newspaper. It is covered with half a million type. It brings intelligence from the four tpiarters of the globe. The newspaper costs less than half the glass of grog; but it is n-mc the less true that llicro is a largo number of people who tbink whiskey che-ta and newspapers dear. Courier. Scones on the Memphis Train. Lot'svii.le, July 21.?Probably nocpitlcmic or consequence of war ever produced greater excitement for the number of people concerned, or witnessed a more outrageous scene lhau that at the depot at Memphis Sunday morning, when the train left there at 8 o'clock that morning, and which only reached here yesterday between 12 M. and 1 P. M. The majority of the frightened humanity on - ? ....... ......I ..vit i.vuii.ii uim cmiureu, many 01 whom had no protectors to guard nud care for them?women with young babes at the breasts, ot Iters whose great age made it seem a mockery to lice from death ; yet they were there, and were so unfortunate us to be herded (for no other word expresses the me&uing so well) with a set of male dogs in human guise, who drank vile liquors, smoked mean cigars and putrcd the sinokc in the faces of delicate ladies; and, not content with that, drew from the spacious pockots of their dusters those emblems of hell and low life, playing cards, formed games for money, and, as a natural consequence, began cursing nud blaspheming in a manner that would shock the most foully-raised vagabond. No word was too vulgar to be checked upon the lips of those foul-mouthed ruttians. I will add that even this | was bearable compared with the brutal conduct of some of these?things, for they could not appropriately be called men?in neminvino n - IV "? ? double share of room while poor, week ladies, for suoh they are, were forced to stand in those jolting cars as best they could, many of them with little ones in their nrnis, until tho train reached Milan. Many of these ladies, weak and exhausted, sank to the floor amid all the filth and dirt that it is possible to imagine. Added to this, there was no water and no one in authority seemed to make any attempt to provide it. Very few had anything to eat, nor could they get it for any price until they reached this city, having then been more than twenty-eight hours in this suspense and misery. Ladies who at home have carriages and all that wealth can command wcro glad to find a scat on the steps of the car platform, and many were for hours forced to remain in such fearful danger. A Southern man should blush to know that, even to save his own life, he should be guilty of such inhumanity to a woman. I lake great pride in saying that there were a few men on that train composed of the true elements of gentility, who did all in thier power to alleviate the sufferings of the women aud children. One young man in particular, whose name I regret I did not learn, observed a brute dispossess some little children of a seat they had from the first occupied. He stepped forward, and, by a well-directed blow, hurled the scoundrel out of the place he lind usurped and restored the little ones, Probably the railroad otliccrs in charge of the train did all they could, but that is questionable. Not half the passengers secured checks for baggage. Many wno Ui<l dill ho by paying the baggageman heavily,? Cor. fjuuisvillt Courier-Journal. { An Ai?mimrthation Pi.an rou Cahiiying Suutii Cakolisa.?There is to be a sweeping change in (lie Federal ofliccrH in South Carolina. This change will soon be announced. Certain South Carolina Republicans have been in this city within the last few days, representing that South Carolina could be carried for the Republicans in 1880 in case the right kind of Federal officeholders arc placed iu authority. Those now iu place are men who are timid and lukewarm iu tlicit* Republicanism, and have not the requisite backbone to stand up against the tissueballot frauds and intimidating processes of the chivalry. What is needed, these Republicans say, is a class of men brave enough to enforce tlie national election in the face of death, intimidation and personal insult. It is claimed that the present Federal officeholders in that Stato are either overawed by the Democrats who arc now in power, or else have formed affiliations with them that destroyed their party usefulness. Although this is a strictly civil service Administration, John Sherman has succeeded in so representing matters to Hayes that there is high authority for the statement that a sweeping change will be made throughout the country. Where close contests are probable, the Federal marshalsliips arc to be made as strong as possible. Upon the rigid enforcement of the V!?.. ?-... mu'i -i - oii'kiiuu iim iu joou uujiomis mo.success of the Republicans. At least this is the view taken by the National committee.?Ar. Y. Sun. ? Ciiastink Cox to Hano.?New Vork, July 17. ?The Cox case was given to the jury at 5.1"> 1*. M. They returned to the court room at (i.'25 with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The prisoner appeared to be entirely unmoved, except that his face blanched a little when the verdict was announced. Judge Cowing then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on the 2'Jth of August, and he was taken back to the Tombs. 1 Shying Kgrsks.?W. A. Cleveland, veterinary surgeon, in writing to Wallace's Monthly about shying horses, says : "I saw in the Monthly, a short tiuie ago. inquiring the reason why horses shy, or why a horse was frighte ted hy objects at the side of the road, and if they cannot bo broken of the habit. I will give my idea of this trouble and let the reader reason as he pleases.? There never was a shying horse that was not near-sighted. They do not see the object until getting right on to it, That being the case, nothing will break the horse of the l.i.!a i a 1- 11!-1 1? j 1 i naoii, uuicss iiic unmicrs are uiscaracu anu an open head .stall used. Treat tho horse kindly. Never whip him, but try to coax him up to the object, that he may smell of it. 1 broke one of the worst shyers I ever saw by leading, riding, and driving in a meadow where I had stones, stumps, boxes, and buffalo skins placed in different positions every day, and would lead him to them and allow him to cat a few oats off the object. After this the horse did not shy, but went toward the object instead of from it. Let any one examine a well-behaved horse's eye, and then a shyers's eye, and note the1 difference. Ho kind and gentle to a shyer.' The best and safest plan with a shyer is to pull his head away from the object, instead of the common practice of toward it. A horse nearly always gives notice that he is afraid, and if the driver heeds the warning, atiu quietly pulls in the other direction, all i trouble aud danger is avoided. Try it. A POLITICAL WAIF. -I Suggestive Compilation of Statistics bp a Republican, from Which lie Concludes Not to Plop With the Boomerang Which Twice Hits Him That Shits It. The following interesting comnr nication has been sent us, says the New Y. ; World, by a gentleman who says he picked it up on Park row a few doors cast of our office. We arc without any clue as to its author*1 ship, but we infer froui the ihterual cvi-! deuce that it must be n memorandum ad* dressed by some journalist to the editor of some newspaper : "MEMORANDUM. "I have received vour suirsrestinn thnf. 00 the public is crying tor a ten-column article lull of astouishing-assertions on some subject or other, tiud I agree with you that iu tho inexplicable absence of the sea-serpcut, (doubtless detained by head wiudsj and the unaccountable sileucc of the gentleman of veracity who knows that Johu Wilkes Booth is liviug in Samoa, the electoral returns of 1870 offer a bright and newsy theme. "1 yield to no one in my keen appreciation of the excitement of chasing the bouudiug maro to her secret nest, but to speak after the uiauuer of the great lexicographer, the pursuit of that nidific >ting quadruped is as frequently attended by dangers ns rewarded by advantages. On how many recent occasions has the Suark whose trail we have followed proved to be of the Buojuui variety ! iMy own advice, therefore, would be to declare vigorously but vaguely 'that successfully executed frauds nullified the popular will in 1876 in the choico of Presidential electors is not a mere matter of suruiiso.' This is strictly true, and as our readers will think that we are referring to Democratic frauds it might bo as well to stop here and forbear 'to trace these P r-Ulile t A flirt ?*rl* mma ? . MMVIU ?vr ?.Iiu IV/VUIIIIUO HUUIU HIUJ W CI U perpetrated and fix the responsibility lor thcur.' I mind me of n prudent hunter of olden time who, afler pursuing the trail of a bear for threo days and three nights, desisted in his pursuit because it was getting (be had dealt with Chittenden when in town) 'Ioq ,dam fresh.' Might not tho same thiug v. us? ' Your suggestion that we should repudiate the State ceusus of 1875 comes with refreshing and seasonable coolness when I remember that only a few days ago we made use of the figures contained in it to prove that tho Irish Catholics arc all that they should not bo. Hut if we do this we must fall back upon the Federal census of 1S70. 1 have struck a trail balance and discover that iu the seventeen States which voted for Tildeu iu 1876 there were cast 1.130,109 votes, which is equal to 20 9 per cent, of tho population of 1870. This extraordinarily large percentage I know is an infallible indication of fraud, but when 1 reflect that iu the twenty-one States which voted--or were made to vote?for Hayes in 18/li, more were cast 4,299,047, which is equal to 23.-1 per cent, of the population, it seems to nic that we had, perhaps, better say nothing ah ?ut it. The percentage *in Democratic New York was 23 4, and in Republican New Hampshire 25.1 ; in Democratic Indiana it was 25.0, and in Republican Michigan 20 6) in Democratic Kentucky it was 19.0, and in Republican Ohio 21.7 ; and so on, so that it might be well to hearken to the ancient proverb which ^ays, 'Let sleeping percentages lie.' If they are suddenly waked up they might j tell the truth. "Your remarks as to Mr. Rarnuiu's extended operation in Couucctieut are excessively interesting. That bold, bad man begau his nefarious work shortly before 1870, as is evidenced by the sudden nud gigantic increase in the popular vote, viz., from 80.755 in 1873 to 122,150 in 1870, or almost 41 per cent. As you very justly remark, this increase is unnaturally large. R.ut perhaps f?vo . Iter .say nothing about this. I find that iu those three years the Democratic vote grew from 45, 059 to 01,934, or something over 37 per cent., and the Republican from 39,245 to 59,034, or something more than 50 per cent. Let us therefore rest satisfied in the sweet consciousness that while that deplornblo deceiver, ex-Senator Rarnum, was putting three bogus ballots into the box, Rrothers llawley, I'latt and Spcrry, inspired by the justice of their cause, were slipping in four. Upon glancing over the county returns I find that in six of the eight counties the Republican contributed most largely to the fraudulent increase, and that three of those wore Democratic strongholds.? Tildcn may have planted and Bnrnunt watered, but we got nil the cider off of their apple trees. Sclah ! Thus are the ungodly brought to grief! "In like manner when I look closely into the New York returns I am convinced that we had better let bygones be bygones.? That w retched croaLuro Tildflfo, having bdLn electa! Governor ii^Elgd. tiot himself lto take a census so? a a uToweep tho board in 187G. Between 1874 tod 1876 his vole increased from 416,391 to 521.949, or 25.1 per cent., au immoral rat % 1 know, but as in the same period the Republican vote grew from 366,074 to 489,207, an increase i of 33$, would it be quite generous on our [ par to cast it up to him ? I think not. And yet agaiu as to Now Jersey. Hotwecn 187-4 aud 1SGG there was a suspicious iucreasc in the popular vote. From 97,283 the Democratic total was suddenly swelled to 115,9G2, a totally depraved iucreaso of 19 per cent. Unhappily in the same period the Republican vote jumped IVoui 8-4,050 to 103,517, or 23 per cent. Suppose wo let the dead past bury its dead, especially as siuco 18G0 we have only carried New Jersey once for Govenor nud once for l'res: .1? * lUL'llb. uIn short, my illustrious friend and joy of uiy liver, the thing you ask of mc is both difficult and useless. It were unprofitable for us to inquire into it. 0 uiy soul! O my luuib ! seek not after the boomerang which twice bangs bitu that shies it.? Baluk, the sou of Zippor, if my memory holds a seat, in this distracted globe, invited Balaam to get liiui up a ten-column statistical review of the electoral frauds of the) children of Israel, and when they cauic to go into the details, Balak, finding them wholly unsatisfactory, said uuto Balaam, 'I took thee to curse uiiuo enemies, and behold thou hast blessed them altogether/ "The meek iu Spirit," (Signature illegible.) Bewauk ok Chufas.?Last year I planted 1A acres iu Chufas and was well pleased with the result, but this spring I have not been able to get any stand of corn , where the chufas was plauted ou account' of a peculiar bug, a specimen of which I herewith enclose. 1 have planted this ground three times, and had corn up beautifully each time, and now there is not oue blade to be found within fifty yards of where the chufas grew, the ground is full of these bugs, and I have finally abandoued the idea of eoru and plauted it iu peas.? The bug thrusts his bill into the stalk of the young corn and sucks the life out of it. Several of uiy neighbors say their experience is the same as mine, tbcv having becu entirely unable to get corn to stand on the same grouud where chufas grew last year. Oue of uiy neighbors planted chufas again in tho sauic place, aud reports that this same bug has killed all the chufus. This is the experience of every oue so far as I have heard who planted ou stiff land, some who planted on light sandy laud do not complain. This bug is uot a new comer, but has bceu here for years; but it is certainly ruiscd and encouraged in hjuio way by the chufas, to an extent uever known before. I write this to put my brother farmers on their guard, aud would advise those who I ... * 4^: i .4 ? ? * nave iiul uii-u ciiuius 10 wan awnuo ana see what people say one year froui now, for I fear that in this instance all is not gold that glitters, i f my experience next spring is the same as this 1 shall have no more chufas about me. I got a splendid stand of corn on all my land except this one piece, nud have the best crop in 5 years so far. Crops are good geuerally, and farmers arc begining to '"lay by" corn. The 'bugs' seut arc female beetles of the group 13renthid:o. They live under bark, and in trunks of old trees, ll^yis' Treaties on insects says littlo has been printed about them, though common in Middle aud Southern States.?Farmer and Mechanic. . . Sudden and Surprising Change.? We arc informed that a gentleman residing in Wakulla County, by the name of Cox, arising one morning last week was surprised to find that during the night his residence had been changed from a region where water could not be seen and situated oil the border of a lake. When he retired the evening before his bouse was miles away from any pond, lake or river, but upon going out next, morning, liis surprise can be imagined when instead of his garden, an immense sink titty or sixty yards square, tilled with water, running up within eighteen or twenty feet of his residence, met his gujso. During the night this transformation occurred, leaving not even a vestigse of the tallest pines and other trees which were standing in their full majesty only twelve hours before. These sinks, however, are not uufrequcnt in that county. It has only been a short time since that a sink occurred near Layender s mill more remarkable that! the one alluded to above, in that it occurred upon tho very top of a hill? one of the highest points of land in the county.? Tafltthaasec J1 toru/ian, June 17. JoKKS ON TUB COLLEOK GRADUATES. ?The following aie a portion of tho brilliant answers given by young collegians iu recent oral examinations : "Will you name the cheapest and most common metal?'? "Coal.' "Do all mosquitoes bite?' "No; only tho females.' "flow can you distinguish the females?' "You can tell them when they bite.' 'What is excusable homicide ?' When a man kills himself in self defense.' 'What is a pcrcunial herb?' Ono that grows continually but dies annually.' "Will you give us tho plural ol torgot-uie-not V "Forget us not, sir.' "Mention six animals of the Frigid Zone ?' "Three polar bears and three seals,'?JjuuUvillt: Courier-Journal. ? - Wlieu freedom from her mountain height, Unfurled her banner to the lireeee, We'll bet leu cents she didn't wear Her c'othes pullod hack against her knees. KITCHEN RECIPES. Ji utter milk Cheese.?It should bo placed iu a large tiu pan or thoroughly cleansed brass kettle, over a slow (ire, and allowed to remain there until the curd has separated from the wliey. If the tire is too hot, so that the buttermilk is scalded, the curd will bo a disagreeable, stringy mass. Set a tiu colauder on tbe top of a pail, spread a coarse liucu towel over it, aud into that dip the curd. Lot the curd remain iu the colander until the whey only dripa from it, then tic the corners of the towel together and hang up for several hours, or until the whey is well drained out. Then turn it info a pan, and with tho hands work iu ;t small quantity of salt, a piece of butter, and also a little cream, if the cheese is to bo eaten fresh, as most palates prefer, liut if to be kept until stroug and rancid to both taste aud suiell, the cream must be omitted. Make into nice, firm balls, the size of a good apple, and cut in clicca for the table. Dresden Patties.?Out some slices of stale bread uu inch and a half iu thickness, take a round cuttor nml a 1 *1 cat the round with a kufo; tako a smaller cutter and mark the round piece iu the centre, not cutting it through ; put on a plate a couple of tablespoonfuls milk, ou another an egg beuteu very light; dip tho rounds in the milk quickly, roll thorn well iu the egg and roll them in a little bread crumbs; throw the round pieces into hot clarified fat about two minutes, just long enough to brown them well; when browu take thcui out and place on a picco of white paper for a mouicut, slip a kuife around the mark made by the smaller cutter, scoop tho ccutrc out and place iu the cavity a little lobster, oyster, or preserves ; put on the top cut from the ceutre and sprinkle over with a little sugar, j Canning Corn.?A large canning factory i in Maine gives the following process for canning corn : The corn is sliced from rim cobs and put in the caus; the cans are sealed op, placed iu baths, aud boiled two hours; they are then tulccn out, and each cau is perforated with au awl to allow the stcam-coutiucd air to blow off, aud tho instant the outward curreut ceases, they arc restated, and thcu subjected to a boiling of four hours. This is the whole of it. | Preserving Grapes.?A California grapegrower, it is said, keeps his grapes any desirable length of tiuic by packing theui,. when perfectly free from external moisture, iu dry sawdust and then burying them iu tho ground, under a shed, lie uses nail casks for packing, because they are easily and cheaply procured, but any cask or box would serve the sauio purpose. The sawdust must be perfectly dried, cith r iu the sun or iu an oven, and the place where the packages arc buried must be secured against the possibility of any water settling arouud them. Baked Egg-Plant.?Cut an egg-plant in' two aud cave it in cold salt and water (two tablespoons to a quart) from one to twohours; with a sharp knife scoro the rin<r very deeply in squares; lay it iu a pan with the scoied side up; season with pepper and unt? IAH. ~:i i t U...V, puui Dntui UII ui ur IIIUIICU UUIUT over it, aud bake slowly till perfectly soft and browu. Fried Eyg-Plant.?Cut in tbin slices anil soak an hour in salt and water, as above ; drain well and sprinkle with a little pepper aud salt, dredge with flour, and fry on-both' sides in hot drippings or butter; or, dip the pieces iu a beaten egg, well seasoned with' pepper and salt, then in finely grated bread, and fry iu deep lard on the or as above. Egg-Plant Fritters.?Select a largo eggplant and leave it unpared and with stem ; boil it in a porcelain kettle, in slightly sal* ted water, till so tender that it can barely be taken out without breaking ; remove the skin, put the pulp iu the colander and press the water from it; mash it very fine, add? salt and pepper to taste, also two ounces ol' butter with three tablcspoous flour; add a well beaten egg and uiix thoroughly.? Have ready some hot butter and lard iu a frying pan, drop in the egg-plant by spoonfuls, and fry on both sides. * HOUSEHOLD HINTS. In eases of poisoniug, bathe the partswith sweet spirits niter. For burns, bind on moistened baking soda. It will give prompt and permnucut relief. Hub sprains, bruises or lameness with w paste made of salt aud the white of an egg. A poultice of boiled hyssop will set toright a blood shot eye, and remove the unpleasant color frorp a "black eye." To prevent odors from cook in tr. Dut ? few pieces of charcoal, tied in cloth, into the pot where onions, cabbage, or meat arc boiling, and the house will not be filled with the offcusivo odor. The Western Rural says that tomatoes picked when just ripe, and with a portion of the stems retained, and at once covered with a brine composed of a teacup of sail dissolved in a gallon of water, can be kept y * nearly all the year without noticcublo loss ? of freshness of taste. Do not sit at an open window duriug a thunder storm. Many people havo boon killed in this way. A negro woman was killed at Portsmouth, Vn, last week, by thus exposing herself. Keep out of currents. It is better to bear a little temporary incouveuienco from heat than to tempt the lightning. It will trot do to "pl*J with it as with familiar things.' Don't.