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VOL. X.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 8, 1879. NUMBER 32,
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DEFERRED MEWS ITEMS. 1 Scenei on tho Momphii Train. I ?
Is MOT THIS AS IIOMKAT ItUMSKI.I.KIl ? Fritndt
and Neighbor? : Having recently opened a commodious
establishment for the sale of all the
choicest liquors, iucluding "large beer," I embrnoo
this opportunity of informing you that I
have begun the business of making drunkards,
paupers, and beggars, for the sober, industrious,
and respectable to support.
i 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
wilt undertake, at short notice, for a small sura,
and with considerable expense oa 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 accidents,
and multiply the number of distressing diseases
among men. .-t .
I will supply a drink calculated te deprive
some of life, many of reason, most of property,
and all of penoe ; which will make fathers to act
like mad-men : wives ot be made worse than
widows {'children to beoome double orphans, to
grow up in ignorance, and prove a burden and
a curse to the nation. I will obstruct the progress
of religion, defile the purity of the church,
and cause temporal, spiritual, and eternal
death.
And if any are so impertinent as to ask why
T bring such accumulated misery u?on a comparatively
happy people, my honest reply is,
?>mv & h?t? i? iiuciiso, given unuor ine iiiwb 01 lug
commonwealth, and thus I have purchased .the
right to ruin the character, impair tho health,
shorten tho lives, and destroy both the souls
and bodies of men.
I know it is written, "Thou shall not kill
that woe is pronounced upon him that giveth
strong drink to his neighbor, and that no druukard
shall enter the kingdom of heaven ; and I
do not expect that I, a drunkard-maker, will
' share a better fate. But what can I do ? I must
have money, evea at the expense of my soul.?
. De you not think 1 offer, enough in return for
the money ? Many times it will be more than
tny customers can conveniently carry:
Particular Notice.? I most affectionately
m warn all my patrons to keep clear of the temperance
men?such as Sons of Temperance,
tiood Templars, members of the Temple of Honor,
and all other teetotalers, by whatever name
'they are known, as they will persuatlo you to
sign the pledge, save yonr money, and with it
support your families in comfort and respeotability,
thus cheating me out of what you would
spend at my establishment. I know what they
have done and what they will do. Look out
for them. My sign is th? blue and red light.
The War o* tiiic Jews.?A sub-committee,
i appointed at t ie meeting of the board of delegates
of the Union of American Hqh*ew Congregations,
nt Now York, on tWednf day, has
. <s sinoe then draaru up the following fofc%l "declaratlon"
against Mr. Corbia'mictionIBB tempting
to exolude the Hebrewsf from M^bhaltan
lleach ;
"We feci that public opinion emphatically
condemns the recent action of the Manhattan
Beach Company, through its president, in de,
daring the Hebrews of New York unworthy of
the enjoyment of equal privileges with others.
"We insist that caterers for the public amusement
or convenience should refrain from such
odlons discrimination against any class of residents,
whatever their nationality or religious
conviotioqs. New York City, the commercial
u?iiin) vi ino uniieu ouiics, is nscir nnronicu
by such a contemptible manifestation of bigotry
and prejudice, affecting a body of residents
among the foremost in all thnt implies repeotability
and honorable aspirations.
Wo recommend our ,00-roligionists, while
iliey naturally, in common witn other decent
citiiens, will withhold their countenance from
the company, whose president has wantonly as
sailed tlio Hebrew name, to abstain from public
demonstrations, which would simply elevate iuto
undue importance this vulgar and brutal attack.
It is beneath our dignity to take any further no'
dee ef so despicable an assailant; we may safely
leave our defenoe to the intelligent and advanced
public sentiment of our fellow-cifiiens,
. irrespective of creed or raee."
Mountain Tiuqbdie*. ?Our information regarding
two recent trngedics?one at Old Fort,
McDowell County, and the other at Asheville?
is fuller than when we referred to thorn yesterday.
As to the first, it appears that last Saturday
night, a party of four or five persona were
engaged in a game of poker, at a retired spot
near the village, when a dispute, which broke
up the game, arose between twiteof the Dnrties. i
Emanuel Rose and Win. Rogers, brothers-inlaw.
The party returned to the Tillage, these
two continuing their quarrol, until finally they
came to blows, whereupon Rose whipped out a
knife and fell upon Rogers, inflicting upon him
three cuts, any one of which might hare proved
fatal, but one of which literally disemboweled
lilm. Ills death was almost insianteoug, and,
lloae, though he attempted to escape, was arrested
and lodgtdin jail, .
As to the other ease : On Sundag morning
last, what was left of Tom Norvell,' a fighting
man about 'town, was found on the streets of
Ashevllle, apeeohless, ghastly, and more dead
than alive. His throat was out from ear, to ear a
pistol hall was lodged in him, and from fifteen to
twenty knife outs and stabs hacked him almost
out of human resemblance. And yet he wasn't
dead, as he wae tolerably used to that sort of
thing. Little hopes are, however, entertained
of his reoovery. Two yonng men of the same
tlk, named Townsend, were arrested on suspicion,
though it is not learned on what grsunds
they were suspeoted.? Charlotte Obutver, July
24.
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Chloral?Dr. B. W. Hiehardson, the Sag
lish chemist who first made known to the world
oertain (hots concerning chloral, says that there
ere now chloral-drinkers, just as there are dramdrinkers
and opium-eaters; that the disease,
. which he sells eh 1 oral Ism, has become rather
widespread among merchants, lawyers, doctors,
artiste, literary men, clergymen, and that If
chloral cannot be kept for use within its legiii*
mate sphere sea medicine, it would be better
~ for mankind not to kare It all. And yet the
profession generally condemn any frep ess ft
chloral.
, ?
A glass of whiskey sells for a dime and is
/drunk in a minute. It fires fie brain and
deranges and weakens the system. On the
same table lies a newspaper. It is covered
with half a million type. It brings iutolMgenoe
from the four quarters of the globe. The newspaper
costs less than half the glass of grog? hut
it Is nous the less true that there Is a large now*
ber of people who think whiekoy shea# sod
newspapers dear.?Kedwn Oonritr,
Luusville, July 21.?Probably no epidemic or
consequence of wur ever produced greater excitement
for the number of peoplo concerned,
or witnessed a more outrageous scene than that
nt 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 tho frightened humanity on
that train were woman and children, many of
whom had no protectors to guard and care for
them?women with young babes at the breasts,
others whose great age made it seem a mockery
to tiee from death ; yet they were there, and
were so unfortunate as to bo herded (for no other
word expresses the meaning so well) with a set
of male dogs in human guise, who drank vile
liquors, smoked mean cigars and puffed tho
smoke in the faces of delicate ladies; and, not
content with that, drew from the spaoious pockets
of their dusters those emblems of hell and
low life, playing cards, formed games for money,'
and, as a natural consequence, began cursing
and blaspheming in a manner that would shook
the most foully-rniscd vagabond. No word was
too vulgar to be checked upon the lips of those
foul-mouthed ruffians. I will add that even this
was bearable compared with the brutal coaduct
of some of these?things, for tliey could not appropriately
be called men?in occupying a
double share of room while poor, weak ladies,
for sueh they are, were forced to stand in those
j oiling cars as best they could, many of them
with little ones in (heir arms, until the train
roached Milun. Many of these ladies, weak and
exhausted, sank (o 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 soemed
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 alt that wealth cau command wero
glad to find a seat on the steps of the oar 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 take 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
and children. Oue 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, burled
the scoundrel out of the place he had usurped
and restored the little ones. Probably the railroad
officers in charge of the train did all they
could, but that is questionable. Not half llie
passengers secured checks for baggage. Many
who did did so by paying the baggageman heavily
Cor. fjOuitvUle Courier?JTourn*l. ^ |
An Auministqation Plan kou Carrying
South Carolina.?There is to bo a sweeping
change iu the Federal officers in South Carolina.
This change will soon be announced. Cerlaiu
n f! n * - * " '
ouuin < nrunna nepuoucans nave been in this _
city within the last few days, representing that *
South Carolina could be carried for the Itcpub- '
lienns in 1880 in case the right kind of Federal 1
officeholders are placed iu authority. Those 1
pow in place are men who are timid and luke- t
warm in their Republicanism, and have not the y
requisite backbone to stand up against the tissueballot
frauds and intimidating processes of the
chivalry. What is needed, these Republicans <
say, is n class of men brave enough to enforce the t
national election in the face of death, intiinida- j
tion and personal insult. It is claimed that the {
present Federal officeholders in that Slate are
either overawed by the Democrats who aro now .
in power, or else have formed affiliations with J
them that destroyed their party usefulness. i
Although this is a strictly civil service Ad- j
ministration, John Sherman has succeeded in ,
so representing matters to Hayes that thare is
high authority for the statement that a sweep- ^
ing change will be made throughout the count- J
ry. Where close contests are probable, the Fed- <
eral maralialships are to be made as strong as |
possible. Upon the rigid enforcement of the I .
National election law in 1880 depends the sueAA8R
ftf tl?A Itflnnhllnflnm A k Laol I- Ai- - I 1
view taken by the National committee.?Ar. Y. t
Sun. i
Chastink Cox to Hano.?New York, July 17.
?The Cox case was given to the jury at 5.15 P.
M. They returned to the court room at 6.25
with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree. The prisoner appeared to be entirely
unmoved, except that hie face blanched a little
when the verdict was announced. Judge Cowing
then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on
the 29th of August, and he was taken back to
the Tombs.
Shying Uorsks.?W. A. Cloveluud,
veterinary surgeon, in willing, to Wallace'?
Monthly about shying horses, says : "I saw
in the Monthly, a short time ago. inquiring
the reason why horses shy, or why a horse ^
was frightened by objeots at the side of the c
road, and if they cannot be broken of the ?
habit. I will givo uiy idea of this trouble c
and let tho reador reason as ho pleases.? 8
There never was a skying horse that was not 8
near-sighted. They do not see the object *
until getting right on to it, That boing the c
case, nothing will break tho horso ot the 1
habit, unless tho blinders are discarded and '
an open head-stall usod. Trout the horse 1
kindly. Never whip him, but try to ooax 1
him up to the object, that he may smell of 1
it. I broke one of the worst shyers I over Jj
flaw by leading, riding, and driving in n J
meadow where 1 had stones, stumps, boxes, 1
and bofhlo skins plaeed in different posh *
tions every day, and would lead him to thorn i
and allow him to eat a few oats off the object.
After this the horse did not shy, but t
Went toward the obieot instead of from it. i
Let aoytono cxttntne a woll-behaved horse'a, '
eye, and then a shyers's eye, and note the <
difference. Be kind and gentle to a shyer/ I
The best and safest plan with a shyer is to 1
pull his head away fVom the object, instead 1
of the common prsetioe of toward it. A ]
borso nearly always gives notice that he is
afraid, and if the driver heeds the warding. |
and quietly palls in the other dirocttoh, flu i
trouble and danger is avoided. Try it. i
A J. UliiliV/Aii WAiJT.
. 1 Suggestive Compilation of Statistics by
a Republican, from Which lie Conclude8
Not to Play With the Boomerang Which
Twice Hits Him That Shies It.
The following interesting communication
has been sent us, says the Now York World,
t>y a gentleman who says he picked it up
in Park row a few doors east of our office.
Wo aro without any cluo as to its authorship,
but we infer from the ifitcrnal ovilencc
that it uivst bo a memorandum ad;
Ircsscd by some journalist to the editor of
tome newspaper;
"MEMORANDUM.
"I have received your suggestion that
,hc public is crying for a tcu-coluum nrtiile
lull of astouishing-assertions on sooic
lubjcct or other, nud I agreo with you that
tn tho inexplicable absence of thcv sea-serpcut,
(doubtless detained by head wiuds,)
ind the uuaccountublc silence of tho gcntlo11
an of veracity who Luows that John
Wilkes Booth is living in Sauioa, the electoral
returns of 1876 offer a bright and
icwsy theme.
"1 yield to no ono in my keen appreciation
of tho excitement of chasing the boundug
maro to her secret nest, but to speak
iftcr the manner of the great lexicographer,
the pursuit of that nidific iting quadruped
s us frequently attended by dangers as
cwardcd by advantages. On how many
recent occasions has the Suark whose trail
wo have followed proved to bo of the Booturn
variety ! My own advice, thorcforc,
would be to deolare vigorously but vaguely
that successfully executed frauds nullified
the popular will in 1876 in the choico of
Presidential electors is not a mere matter
>f surmise.' This is strictly true, and
is our rouders will think that we are refering
to Democratic frauds it might bo us
veil to stop here and forbear 'to traen thoso
'rauda to tbo localities whcro they were
icrpctrutcd and fix the responsibility lor
horn.' I mind uio of a prudent hunter of
dden time who, after pursuing the trail of
i boar for threo days and thrco nights,
lesistcd in his pursuit because it was gcting
(be had dealt with Chittenden when
n town) 'toi^jiam fresh.' Might not tho
atnc thing us? f
"Tour suggestion that wo should rcpu'
liate the State census of 1875 conies with
cfrcshing and seasonable coolness when I
cmcnibcr that only a few days ago wo
nade uso of the figures coutaincd in it to
wove that tho Irish Catholics are all that
hey should not be. llut if we do this we
oust fall buck upon the Federal census of
1870. I havo struck a trail balance and
liscovcr that in the seventeen States which
rotcd for Tildcu in 1876 there were cast
1,130,169 votes, which is equal to 20 9 per
scut, of the population of 1870. This exraordinarily
large percentage I know is an
nfalliblo indication of fraud, but when 1
eflect that in the twenty-ono States which
toted?or were made to vote?for Haves
n 1870, there were cast 4,299,047, which
s equal to 23.4 per cent, of the population,
t seems to me that we had, perhaps, bettor
my nothing nbbut it. The percentage *in
Domocratic New York was 23.4, aud in
Republican New Hampshire 25.1 ; in Democratic
Indiana it was 25.6, and in Rcjpubican
Michigan 26.6 ; in Domocratic Ken- j
ucky it was 19.6, aud in Republican Ohio
54.7 ; aud so on, so that it might bo well
o hearken to the ancient proverb which
ays, 'Let sleeping percentages lie." If
hey are suddenly waked up tbey might
ell the truth.
"Your remarks as to Mr. Baruum's oxended
operation in Connecticut arc execsively
interesting. That bold, bud mau
tcgan bis nefarious work shortly before
.876, as is evideucod by the suddcu and
;igantio increase in the popular sate, viz.,
root 86,755 in 1873 to 122,156 iu 1876,
>r almost 41 per cent. As you very justly
emark, this iuoroase is uunaturally largo,
kt parh^s/a^M. bsUor^My nothing
ibout this. I find that in thoso three
oars the Democratic vote grew from 45,
159 to 61,934, or something over 37 per
ent., and the Republican from 39,245 to
>9,034, or something more than 50 per
ent. Let us thoreforo rest satisfied in the
weet consciousness that while that dcplorble
deceiver, ex-Senator Barnum, was puting
thrco bogus ballots into the box, Brothrs
Hawloy, Piatt and Sperry, inspired by
ho justioo of their cause, were slipping in
bur. Upon glancing over the county reurns
I find that in six of the eight counics
the Republican contributed most largely
o the fraudulent increase, and that three
>f those were Demoeratio strongholds.?
Widen may have planted and Barnum waerod,
but we got all the eider off of their
ipple trees. Selah 1 Thus are the ungodly
irought to grief I
"In like manner when I look olosely in If
he New York returns I am courinced lka|
fo ha (hotter let hjgonca be bygones.?
ako a census
1876. Bot rw
increase^ from 41$|ctTo 521.949, or 2fii
Cr coot., an I know, but as
the same period ||ie Republican rote
grow from 366,0743b 489,207, an increase
of 33}, would it be&niSe generous on our
per to enaf it up tonffei ? I think not.
And yet again as to New Jersey. Between
187-4 aud 18GG there was a suspicious
increase in tbc popular vote. From 97,283
the Democratic total was suddenly swelled
to 115,962, a totally depraved iucrenso of
19 per ceut. Unhappily iu the sumo period
the Republican vote jumped from 8-4,050
to 103,517, or 23 per ccDt. Supposo wo
let the dead past bury its dead, especially
as since 1860 wo have only carried New
Jersey once for Govenor aud once for President.
"In short, my illustrious friend and joy
ot my liver, the thing you ask of uie is both
difficult and useless. It wcro unprofitable
for us to inquire into it. 0 my soul ! O
uty lauib ! seek not after the boomerang
which twico baugs him that shies it.?
Baluk, the sou of Zippor, if my memory
holds a seat, iu this distracted globe, invited
Balaam to get him up a ten-column statistical
review of the electoral frauds of the
children of Israel, and when they came to
go into the details, Balak, finding thcui
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.)
Bewaiik op Cuupas.?Last year I
planted 1J 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 planted ou account
of a peculiar bug, a specimen of which I
herewith enclose. I have planted this
ground three times, and had corn up beautifully
each time, aud now there is not oue
blade to bo found within fifty yards of
where the chufas grew, the ground is full
of these bugs, and I have finally abandoned
the idea of corn aud planted it in ncas.? '
1
Tho bug thrusts his bill into the stalk of
the young corn aud Bucks the life out of it.
ScTerul of uiy neighbors say their experience
is the same as mine, tbcv having been
entirely unable to get corn to stand on the
sauic ground where chufas grew last year.
Que of uiy neighbors planted chufas again
in the sanio place, and roports that this
same bug has killed all the chufas. This
is the experience of every one so far as I
have heard who planted on stiff land, souio
who planted on light sandy land do not
complain. This bug is uot a new comer, j
but has been hero for yoars; but it is certainly
raised and encouraged in somo way
by the chufa9, to an extent uever knowu
before.
I write this to put uiy brother farmers
on their guard, aud would advise those who
huve not tried chufas to wait awhile and
see what people say one year from now, for
I fear that in this instance all is not gold
that glitters. If my experience next spring
is tho sauio as this L shall have no more
chufas about inc. I got a splendid stand
of com on all uiy land except this one piece,
aud have the best crop in 5 years so far.
Crops aro good geuerally, aud farmers
are begining to ''lay by" corn.
The 'bugs' sent arc female beetles of the
group llrenthidio. They live under bark,
and in trunks of old trees. Ijflpis' Treaties
on insects says liltlo has been prioted
about tlicui, though common iu Middle
and Southern States.?Farmer and Mechanic.
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Sudden and Surprising Change.?
Wo uro iuforuied that a gentleman residing
in Wakulla County, by the name of
Cox, nrisiug one morning last week wassurnriiorl
tn fuid tKnf.
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residence hud been changed frotn a region
where water could not bo seen and situated
on the border of a lake. Wheu he retired
tho evening boforo his houso was miles
away from any pond, lako or river, but
upon going out next morning, his surprise
cau be imagined wheu instead of his garden,
an immense sink fifty or sixty yards squaro,
filled with water, running up within eighteen
or twenty feet of his residence, met
his gase. 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 siuks, however,
are not uufreouent in that county. It has
only been a short time since that a sink
occurred near Layendcr s mill more remarkable
tharf 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
4Ll?l EI?-M T
wuutjr.? iunu/tuwc nuridiun, uline 14.
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JOKKH ON T11E COLLEGE GRADUATES.
?The following ate a portion of tho brilliant
answers given by young collegians in
recent oral examinations : "Will you name
the oheapest and most common metal?'?
"Coal.' "Do all mosouitocs bite ?' "No ;
only the females.' "How can you distinguish
tho females ?' "You oan tell thorn
when they bite.' 'What is excusable
homicide ?' When a man kills himself
in self defonso.' 'What is a perennial
herbf haS'tfro'ws continually but
dtts annually/ "WW you glvo us the
plural of fbrget-me-not V "Forget us not,
Mr/ "Mention six animals of the Frigid
Zone ?' "Throe polar bears and tbree
seals,'?Louuoillc Courier-Journal.
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Wheu freedom from her mountain height,
Unfurled her banner to the braces,
We'll bet ten conta alio didn't Woar
Her clothes pulled hack against her knees.
KITCHEN RECIPES.
Buttermilk Cheese.?It should be placed
iu a large tiu pan or thoroughly cleansed
brass kettle, over a slow fire, aud allowed to
rcuiuiu there until tho curd has separated
from the whey. If the fire ii too hot, so
that the buttermilk is scalded, the curd will
bo a disagreeable, stringy mass. Set a tiu
colnuder on the top of a pail, spread a
coarse liucu towel over it, and iuto that dip
the curd. Lot tho curd remain iu the colander
until the whey only drips from it,
then tic the corners of the towel together
and hang up for several hours, or uutil the
whey is well drained out. Theu turn it
iuto a pan, aud with tho hands work iu a
small quantity of salt, a piece of butter,
and also a little cream, if tho chccse is to
be eaten fresh, as most palates prefer. Hut
if to be kept uutil stroug and rancid to both
taste aud smell, the crcaui must be omitted.
Make into uicc, firm balls, the size of a
good apple, aud cut in cliccs for the table.
Dresilcn Patties.?Cut some slices of
stale bread au inch and a half iu thickness,
take a round cutter and mark it aud then
cut the round with a knfo; tako a smaller
cutler and mark the rouud piece iu thcceutre,
not cutting it through; put on a plato
a counlo of tiililnsrirw#?r.f..lo cnSIL.
r - - ? .M?.w|.vvuiuio uiit?, uu UllUtUCF
an egg beaten very light; dip the rounds it*
the milk quickly, roll thorn well iu the egg
and roll thcin in a little broad crumbs; throw
the round pieces into hot clarified fat about
two minutes, just long enough to brown
them well; when brown take them out and
placo on a piece of white paper for a moment,
slip a kuifo around the mark made by
the smaller cutter, scoop the ceutre out and
placo iu the cavity a little lobster, oyster,
or preserves ; put on the top cut from the
ceutre and spriukle over with a little sugar.
Canning Corn.?A large cauuing factory
in Maine gives the following process for
canning corn : The corn is sliced from the
cobs aod put in the caus; the cans are
sealed np, placed in baths, and boiled two
hours; they arc then taken out, and caclv
can is perforated with an awl to allow thestcam-coufiucd
air to blow off, and tho instant
the outward current ceases, they arc
resulted, 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 time by packing thcmr
when perfectly free from external moisture,
in dry sawdust and then burying tbcm in
tho grouud, under a shed, ile uses nail
casks for packiug, because they arc easily
and cheaply procured, but auy cask or box
would serve the same purpose. The sawdust
must be perfectly dried, cith r in the
suu or in an oven, and the place where tho
packages arc buried must be secured against
the possibility of any water settling around
them.
Baked Egg-Plant.?Cut an egg-plant in>
tWO and Cave it in Cold S:dt and wntnr /tw..
tablespoons to a quart) from one to twohours;
with a sharp knife seoro the rind
very deeply in squares; lay it iu a pan with'
the scored side up; season with pepper and
salt, pour sweet oil or or melted butter over
it, aud bake slowly till perfectly soft am>brown.
fVied Egg-Plant.?Cut in thin slices and
soak an hour in salt and water, as above ;
drain well and sprinkle with a little pepper
and salt, dredge with flour, and fry on-both'
sides in hot drippings or butter; or, dip the
piecos in a beateu egg, well seasoned with'
pepper and salt, then in finely grated bread,
and fry in deep lard ou the or as nbovc.Egg-Plant
h itter*.?Select a largo eggplant
and leave it unpared and with stem ;
hoil it in a porcelain kettle, in slightly salted
water, till so tender that it can barely
be taken out without breaking; remove thu
skin, put the pulp iu the colander aud press
tho water from it; mash it very fine, add<
salt and pepper to taste, ulso two ounces of
butter with three tablespoons flour; add n>
well bcateu egg and mix thoroughly.?
Have ready some hot butter aud lard in a
frying pan, drop in the egg-pluutby spoonfuls,
and fry on both sides. *
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
In eases of poisoniug, bathe the parts*
with sweet spirits niter.
For burns, bind on moistoned baking soda.
It will givo prompt and permanent relief.
Rub sprains, bruises or lameness with ?
paste made of salt and the white of an egg.
A poultice of boiled hyssop will set toright
a blood-shot eye, aud remove the unpleasant
color frotp a "black eye."
To prevent odors from cooking, put ?
few pieces of charcoal, tied in cloth, into
the pot where onions, cabbairo. or meat aror
boiling, and the boose will not bo filled with
the offensive 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 brino composed of p teacup of salt
dissolved in a gallon of water, can be kept 0 *
nearly alt the year without noticeable lost ?
of frashiicss of taste. *
Do not sit at an open window during a
thundor storm. Many pooplo bavo been
killed in this way. A negro woman was
killod at Portsmouth, Va , Inst week, by 1
thus eipoaiug herself. Keep out of currents.
It is hotter to bear a little temporary
inconvenience from heat than to tempt
the lightning. It will not do to "pl%y with
I it as with familiar things/ Don't.