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V* , 'r " * ??V i A ' Iff ". *;>'~x === 11 f = . ** ~" ~ " *** " ~ " ~~ '* Squotqd to ^jqiqntturq, gortiqulturq, gomqstiq (Sqonoms, $olitjt Sitqraturq, jJjoUtiqs, and tfiq. Current Heicn of the Dng. VOL. XI?New Series. " UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 9, 1880. NUMBER 27 Tl? E. ? ?.U _1_ I I LL ^ KEEPING ONE COW. I -i-n " V TT~ . . - [The judges who patiently wont througt the task of reading over 70 essays of vari ous lengths, inform us that there were uianj % of those that in souio ono particular wen superior to all others, but that in awarding ' . the prises they were governed solely by the conditions of the offor. Wo hero givo the essay to which tho second priso wrs awarded It was signed "Doctor," and was found tc <bo by W. L. Battles, Gerard, Pa. The pri?o essays, together with several of the most desirable of tho others, will soon ap< ;pcar in a pamphlet or book forui.?Ens. Am. Agricultural.] lustcud of writiug on how a oow might V Ibe kept, I propose simply to tell iust how wre manage our oow, what we food hor, how wro proonra that food j in fact everything relating to her oare, so that any one oan go Uttd do likewise. * "Spot," we call her, "for she has a beautiful white spot in her forehead, is not a Jersey, for wo can not afford to buy one at the prices at whioh they arc hold with us; nor is sho a thorough-bred of any kind; yet sho is a good oow, of medium size, fills a twelvo quart pail each night and morning, when her milk is in full flow, that raises a thick coat of rioh cream, which, after being churned, furnishes all tho butter neoded for a family of six, and some to Bparo. Our place is small, only two acres, and a portion of this is covered by tho dwelling, barn, poultry-house, eto. The fruit garden occupies about one-fourth of an acre, nnd frim this portion nothing is grown to furnis t food tor "Spot." Adjoining the barn thero is Half an Acre in Grots, or mostly clover; 9- fioo munure is liberally spread over this each spring and fall, aud every spring a quart of clover seed is sown, so as fast as the old plants die oat, young onos take their place. A bushol of land plaster is sown on this when the grass begins to s',art in the spring. This plot produces a very heavy growth of grass and clover, enabling us to cut it three times each season; about the first of J uno, August, and October. A coat of fine manure is always spread over tho ground immediately after caoh mowing.? The grass is mostly oured, and makes fine hay for winter feeding. Occasionally a small portion of the crop is used green for soiliug. Besides the land occupied by buildings, fruit garden, aud clover plot, thero remains about ono aero, which we call the gardon. Here are grown all the vegetables for the family's use, besides some to sell.? About ono-fourtb of it is planted to Early Rose potatoes, and as soon as these are sufficiently ripe for use or market, they are , dug, and sweot corn, in drills, for foddar, is sown upon tho lund. .Another fourth of an aero id planted to sugar-beets ; the ground being very rich, tho yiold is always largo \ this season (1879), although very dry, I harvested 178 bushels. Our cow is very fond of the beets, and I think there is nothing better to keep up a flow of milk, and they give it no flavor, as do turnips. An additional fourth of an acre is planted to sweet, or evergreen corn ; as fast as the corn is pickod tor uso or market, tho green stalks aro cut up, run through tho cuttingbox, and ovcry particle of them consumed. As soon os thv corn is all harvested, - tho ground it occupied is thoroughly fitted and manured, and then sown to winter rye, to bo used for soiling tho next Bpring, aftor which the ground is again preparod for corn. The remaining fourth aero is devoted to early poas, beans, cabbages, and other garden vegetables; as soon as one crop is off, tho ground is prepared and something olse is almost always planted or sown ; consequently, on the most of this acre, two crops are produced oach season, except whore sugar-beets aro grown, or la'o cab^ bagos, which require the whole season to U/.'tL ?I I ?/ in it vu i u. tt ii.il iuu viuver ou ino nan aoro, and the forugo crops and roots on the acre, wo have not only had sufficient food for tho cow the entire season, but bavo also kept our family horse, with the exception of one load of oat straw purchased for three dollars, to mix in with the fodder corn j this is hard to cure sufficiently to keep bright and sweet through tho winter, but by mixing a layer of corn-foddor and a layer of straw, it all comes out nice and bright. Besides keoping both horse and eow, wo bavo marketed from this little farm, in borries, vegetables, buitor, eggs, poultry, and one fat bog weighing, dressed, over 800 lbs., $478 dollars worth of tho above produoe, keeping enough tfor our owu uso, and salting down one batrcl #?of pork. The barn is 25 by 30 feet, with the stable on the south side. Tho stall for "Spot" is ifive feet wide, and tho floor ou which she stands is five feet long, with a manger two foot wide in frpnt, one and a half foot high noxt to the oow, and three feet next to tho barn floor. Sho is fastened with a wido strap around h?r nook, attached to a chain eighteen inches long, which is fastened to ? staplo driven into a post at a corner of tho stall adjoiuing the manger ; this gives Iter room to turn her head so as to lick any nnrtinn Kap kn/)? TUa Aaa- So - ^ |^V.?.VM w? HU? UUUJ J IIO UWi la UltlUU Ul two-inch planlc, battened on tko undor sido with thin board*, rained from tho ground ton incho* in renr and ono foot in frontj all tho dropping* and urino fall into tbc four-foot alley behiud This alloy baa a clay floor beaten perfectly solid and level. Next to the stable door is a largo bin, 10 by 7 foet, for storing road-dust or muok ; at tho other end of the stable is another bin, 10 by 11 foet, for storing leaves fci bedding My groat object is not only tc uioko "Spot" comfortable, and have hei stable froo from all bad odors, bnt to save .nil tho mnnuro, both liquid and solid. ?p> Bat Abtorbent, u Dried Muck, pulverised, or road-dust from clayey roads As it is easier to procure the latter, I gen orally mako use of that, and always keef from two to threo inehes of it in the alley this effectually absorbs ell the liquid por (ions and all offensive odors. Twice end day this is thrown out through a winder closed by a sliding shutter in tljc roar oi I ?uo owtii, unucr a sued, where it remains until wanted for uao. In tho full I go to the woods and procure a sufficient quantity of leaves to last until spring ; a liberal uso of these not ouly makes a nice, soft, clean bod, but largely increases tho quantity of manure. The stable opens into a small yard, across ono corner of which runs a small brook. Each uioruiug tho cow is pcruiittod to go out and drink ; if tho weather is ploasant, sho is allowed to remain out an hour for cxerciso. Sho is let out the samo at night, after suusct in warm weather, so that sho will not be annoyed by flics. The burn is well battened, aud is warm in winter; it is well ventilated by two windows, but these in eummer, are darkcued by bliuds, with wido slats to keep out flies. Each morning, while "Spot" is< eating her breakfast, she is well curried with a curry comb or card, and if any filth is observed oMRt bag or teats (which is very seldom), it is carefully washed off, if in winter, with warm water. Always Treated Pleasantly, and Never Scolded, nor whipped; consequently she never kicks over tho pail, or holds up her milk. Sho is fed in winter with a peek of sugar-bocts cut up, both morning, noon, and night; also a bushel of cut feed, either corn-stalks or clover hay, wet with a pailful of hot water, with two quarts of "sugar meal" or bran, thoroughly mixed together, wun a uitio salt sprinkled over it. I generally uso what is known hero as "sugar meal" to mix with her feed ; it is corn meal from the factory after the sugar or glucoso has been extracted; it costs from 10c. to 12Jc. per bushel, and I prefer it to bran, aud "Spot likes it very much. We consider her a machino for converting tho food we give her into milk, and the more wo can get her to cat and digest, tho moro milk is obtained, and tho greater the profit. It is a good plan to change the food occasionally, substituting carrots for beets, clover hayfor corn fodder, for brutes, like mankind, nro fond of a variety. There aro root-cutters that can be procured for cutting up roots, but I have always used a common spado, and an empty flour barrel to hold the beets. It takes but a few minutes to cut up a mess of beets in that way. With one bin full of road-dust, and tho other full with leaves, a winter's supply of litter is secured, and it is surprising what a pile of mnnuro wo have in the spring. Auothcr valuublo source of mauuro is the pig-sty, with plenty of leaves for a warm bed, and sufficient road-dust to absorb all tho liquids, it is astonishing how clean our pigs arc, aud tho sty is free from all bad odors; the big potatoes and mammoth beets 6how the richness of the pig-pen fertilizer. I think our fifty hens pay for all ttieir tood with the droppings the poultryhouse furnishes. The roosts are over a slanting platform, which is kept covered with road-dust both summer and winter, tho droppings fall on this floor, and roll down into a large box twelve feet long, three feet wide, and three feet deep. Tho dust the chickens work down with tho droppings is sufficient to absorb all tho ammouia and preserve all the fertilizing qualities of this most valuable guano. A large box of roaddust is always kept in the water-closet, a liberal use of which furnishes a quantity of most valuable fertilizer, besides freeing tho closets from all noxious smells. Tho wash water and slops from tho kitchen arc utilized by being thrown on a pile of sods and other rubbish, which are forked over, and as soon as decayed, carted to the manure pile. From so many sources we are enabled to give our small farm a Most Liberal Supply of Manure each spring and fall, so that even with the double cropping most of it gets, it continues to improve, and yields more bountifully each succeeding season. For sugar beets, the ground is first manured hoavily, plowed deep, and thoroughly pulverized with tho cultivator, then marked out in rc-ws with a garden plow, two. feet apart. Manure from the poultry-house is scattered in each furrow, which should be lightly coverod with soil, so the seed will not come in contact with it; drop the soedj about six inches apart, covering lightly with the garden rake. When tho leaves oro about four ihchos long, thin out to ono plant in a plnco, aad fill any vacancies with the plants pulled out. Hoe them thoroughly, destroying all weeds, which can easily be dono by cultivating each time before hoeing, with a narrow cultivator. Keep tho ground mellow, and cultivate three or four times, after which they will tako care of themselves and soou cover the ground. With ground iu good oondition, ana a fair season, 600 to 800 bushels per acre enn bo easily produced. Let thorn grow until frost comes, when they should bo dug with a garden fork, the tops cut off, and stored for winter. Those to be used before tho first of Maroh, are stored in the cellar, the others arc buried in a long pit, digging out a shallow place, piling up tho roots about three feet high, and three feet wido, covering well with strnw and sufficient soil to keep thorn from freezing, putting iu a drain tile about overy four feet in the top of the pile, with ono cud to project a little through tho covering, for ventilation. If tho weather becomes very cold, Iny a turf over the t .tile, and rouiovo when pleasant. 1 grow earrots after tho satno plan, and store in liko manner. 1 prefer beets, as they are i so much larger, it is less tron >to ?? ; and take care of them, and the crop is gen orally larger, still I always grow somo carrots for a change. I plant sweet corn in drills, always put aoine fertiliser along the furrow, dropping the kernels about eight inohes apart, with the rows three feot wide. I commence planting soon after May first, and continuo at intcrvaU until about July 1st, so I oan havo a fresh supply for use and market, all the season. The sweet corn boing grown on tho plot sown to winter rjrc, for soiling, enables as to cut some portions of it twice before the ground is needed for oorn. Whon sowing corn for fodder, which.is done as soon as wo commoner digf ging thp early potatoes, 1 sow it in drills two (cut apart, aud drop the kernels about ono inch apart in the drills, manure from tho pig-sty is first dropped in the furrow, * and covered with soil at loast two inches " deep, or tho corn will not couio up. This I fertilizer is so strong, if properly used it a causes a most extraordinary growth of stalks, j While tho corn is small, cultivato it two or throe tiinos with a narrow cultivator, when ^ it will tako care of itself, and there will be t a surprising growt'i of stalks; I have thorn often six feet high. Just beforo time for frosts, cut it with a scythe, and sot up in 11 I small bunches bourd around tho top, and ' lonvo to euro until cold weather. When it c is to bo put in tho mow, spread alternately a layer of stalks, and a layer of straw, and c it will keep bright and swoct uutil wanted. t Rye for Spru.g Soiling is sown when r the sweet corn is pfekod, and stalks removed, I in drills about ten iuchos apart. Fine ma- ? ' uure is spread on tho ground after plowiug, { and thoroughly mixed with the surface soil, and one or two hocings being given to keep ? tho grouud mellow, and to destroy any weeds that may make their appearance.? 1 By May 1st, the early sown ryo will cover tho ground with a dense growth, at least n four feet high, furnishing a largo quantity q of most nutritious green food. On those portions of the plot whero the latest corn is to bo planted, two or throo cuttings are made; this makes excellent food for the cow, and tho quantity grown ou this fourth of an aero will surpriso any one who has uwur inuu it. mere is quite a plot cf early peas, aod as soon as the last picking (] occurs, while the vines arc green, they aro pulled and fed to "Spot," who relishes theui very much. Turnips, or corn, is at once 2 sown on the ground where the peas wore. 1 I generally manage to have tho cow come a in about the first of September; by that j, means, the six weeks she is allowed to go 8 dry, occurs during the very wannest por- b tion of the summer, during July and August, c when, with tho facilities the person posses- ( ses who keeps but one cow, it is difficult to u mako good butter; it is also the season ^ when butter most generally sells tho lowest. Tho calf is taught to drink after it is fl 0 wcok or ten days old, and fed on a porridge mado from skiai milk aud wheat middlings, 2 or shorts; by tho time it is six we;ks or two months old it will be woll fattened, and L can be solfl to tho butcher for veal, at a cj good price, for at that time of tho season t veal is scarco and in douiand. Tho cow being in full flow of milk all winter, when butter is most always high, will pay n good profit for her feed and care. A couple of weeks prsvious to tho time tho calf should bo born, I uiako a box stall on the baui " floor, ami permit tnc cow to ruff loofeo iu ir"?until the calf is taken away to learn to drink. c? During this time she should hnvc a good bed of leaves, and the stall cleaned oach night and morning. After the calf is born, ^ I feed the cow on warm slops a day or two, . permitting tho calf to suck uutil tho swell- * ing has gone from her bag, and it has assumed its natural condition, thcu, as before stated, tench it to drink, which can easily be done by inserting the finger in its mouth, 8j and putting its head in tho dish, cautiously 11 withdrawing the finger, a few times, and in c a short time you will have no difficulty, as it will help itself. 1 In conclusion, I can say I have tried to * state just how our cow is managed and kept, h I presume there can be improvements made o on our system. I shall be glad to take ad- fi vantage of the experience of others, at any and all times. No record is kept of the milk obtained nor the butter made. We know wo havo always plenty for tho family's use, ** and considerable to spare. Bread and milk furnish tho children half th-ur food a por- P tion of tho tirno; pure milk and plenty of d fresh fruits, in abundance, we consider to f< be one ot the principal reasons why our tl family is so healthy, aud wo havo so few ii doctor's bills to pay. a From our aero and a half, all tho food e has been grown for both cow and horso, h except the $3 expended for straw. The tl "sugar meal" given the cow has not cost p over $5 during tho past year; it is safe to 0 say that one half, and probably uioro, of tho ? olover, corn fodder, green rye, etc., has ^ been fed to tho horso, consequently the keeping of the cow can nil bo credited to be small arca^ of About Three-fourtha of an 2 Acre of land, in addition to an outlay of or not exceeding $7 for meal, bran, and straw, si This land, about one half of it, has also pro- ci duccd, in addition, full crops for tho um of & the family, or market, while tbe sour milk, p nriii buttftftfilTl: have Torgely assisted in g making 600 ibs. of pork. Tho call, at less p than two months of ngc, was sold for $8, j, which moro than paid for the extra feed n bought for tho cow. Tho family that has h never kept a cow cau hardly realizo the satisfuctiou and benefit derived from such a . source. Children, whoso appetites nro often capricious, will almost always relish a cup * of cool milk. Cream for our coffoo at break- 0 fast is much enjoyed by all, but realized 0 by few, and what can bo moro dolicious than n nice dish of strawberries smothered in rich t yellow cream. When we consider the small t expense, tho littlo trouble and care, contrasted with the great benefits derived, it . sccuih surprising that any family will deprive themselves of so great a boon as that or ' keeping a cow.?"Doctor, in American _?yricu,lturi*t." ' A Clrroyman in Pittsburgs lately mar- d ricd a lady with whom he rect*i?w?i *w. ...v : stnntial dowry of ten thousand dollars and ( a fair prospect for more. Soon afterward, whilo occupying the pulpit, ho gave out a , hymn, reau the first four stanzas and was ( reading the fifth? Forever let my grateful heart His boundless grace adorewhen he hesitated and oxolaimed : "Ahem ! The choir will omit the fifth verse," and sat down. Tho congregation, attracted by 1 his apparent confusion, read tho remaining 1 lines? 4 Which given ten thousand blessings now Aud bids me hope for more. DEFERRED HEWS ITEM8 Russia Proceeding Against Turkey.?Tin It. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Ntic, ays one or more Russian ships of war are noe >roceeding to Vladenostock via the Suez Canal md will, if possible, participate in making r oint demonstration against Turkey. Territory Ceded to Greece.?Berlin, June 19.?The Supplementary Conference will holt] wo more meetings. Professor Kiepert, the fa nous geographer who drew up the ConferenCi nap, estimates the extent of the territory ceded o Greece to be 39C geographical square miles ontaining 40,000 inhabitants. The Chinese Defeat Russians.?The second dition of the Time* prints a dispatch from Co >ul dated to-day, Which says : "Trustworthy eports have been received here that the ltus ian troops were defeated by the Chinese atTeii ^ass, and were pursuod aud again defeated a (itel Ilughan, losing much ammunition and upplies. The Chinese havo roachod Geulcha 'he forrgolng is fully credited by thoso interes cd. Oat Mills.?Wo learn that Mr. W. L. Durst ,n enterprising citizen of Kirkscy's, in oui ounty, contemplates the introduction of a mil! or hulling and grinding oats. This is a move n the right direction and we trust Mr. Dursl rill be successful in his undertaking. We beieve the day is not far distant when oat meal rill, to a great extent, tnke the place of core nd whnnt W# or? ? ' -- J ... V Iintivil ui ujrnpcjM ICS, OQvJ at meal has been fully demonstrated to be th? lyspeptic's diet.? Edgrfield Monitor. An Irish Convention.?Philadelphia, Jun< 8.?About fifty delegates from all parts of tk< Initod States, representing the Irish Revolution ry Convention, assembled this morning in th< all of Sheare's Club, on Eighth and Walnui Ircets. A temporary organization was obtainci y placing Judge Rrcnnan, of Iowa, in thi hair. Judgo Rrcnnan made a speech defining he object of the convention to be to devise mens Ires for the liberation of the Irish people.? !ommittces were appointed, and an adjourn tent had until 7 o'clock this evening. Incendiary and Riot.?Denver, Col , Juni 8.?A special from Buena ViBta says: "Satur ay night an incendiary attempted to burn the ake House, but was caught in the act and barged by a mob who fired several shots, failly wounding an unknown man and severely ounding Calvin Moon and J. A. Matthews. A crowd also attacked Judge Casey but lie leaped. Their intention was to murder him. short time ago a petition, signed by the citi>ns, caused the dismissal by Judgo Casey of ^ ^ | | ^ v> u V4 a viV iui w. All IJ n AO 111C tuse of the attack on him. More violence is kely to ensue." Lime and Charcoai..?We would advise out moors to use charcoal and limo, as these ar< > be obtained in any quantity and in most sit Uions at a very trifling cost. The liinc wil ipply carbon and oxygen to the plants during itir growth, and the charcoal will take up and ipply them with all the ammonia necessary to .... ' """"t ? } liarooal will also afford to plants sufficient mois ire during long droughts from its hydrnti) uality of saturating its pores, and from its grcal Oieutivc power. It nlso lightens the soil, per titling the sun and air to penetrate to tho rooti f the plants, and lotting all the rain percolatt through it that is not required for its owe ataration. Macon Skks a Mktkoii.?Macon, Qa., June 0.?About 12 o'clock last night a meteor, ai irgo as a barrel, starting from the zenith lunged down the northeastern sky and cxplo ed near here with a report that reverberate) or thirty seeonds, and shook the earth even a liis point. The meteor was about five secondi i falling, during which time the city was lit u] s though by a powerful electric light. Mucl zcitement prevailed in every quarter. The in abitants rushed into their houses and close) lieir doors, filling the air with screams am rayert. The time between the disRppearanci f the phenomenon and the report was threi linutes. This would make the distance fron laebn about forty miles. Sweetheart Shooting.?Elkhart, Ind., Juni 8?-Vestorday afternoon Geo. Elliott, a yonnf ion, borrowed a pistol from a friend on th< rest, went back into his mother's houso and ailed Miss Mamie Darcy, his affianced, into t [e then looked the door and began firing at her he fell after the second shot, and then h< laced the revolver to his own head and shoi imseir dead. Miss Darcy recovered conscious ess, but the physicians pronounce hor cast opcless. 81ie is a native of Dunkirk, N. Y. 'here hor parents reside. Elliott was insanely salous, and was also given to drink. He hac cen another young man walking with Miss Dar y ia the afternoon, and this was tho immediate ause of his act. IIow Rick is Cookrd in Japan.?A rcconi rnveller in Japan says: "They do know hov o oook rice here, though, and for the benefit o ;rocers and consumers in the United States nvsstigated the mattor. Only just enough coli rater is poured on to prevent the rice fror turning to the pot, which has a close fitting cov ir and is set on a moderate fire. The rice i leaned, rather than boiled, until it is nearl; lone; then the oover of the pot is taken off, tb stoma and moisture are allowed to ea a. ? m Mtknptrior to th? soggy tuu^s w* ... jet in the United States is s fine mealy pout is tone watersoaked article. I bare seen some lb In# approaching this in oar Southern States but vdo not think dreo there they do it as skill fuljfaui it is done here, and in the Norther Btatan bat very few persons understand how 1 cook rice properly. I am sure that, if oookc asltjshere the consumption of this wholeson asdu Uoicus cereal would largely increase ! America." 1 . - 1 * " Tiik Eutaw Flao.?Boston, Juno 2fl.??A foe 8 simile of tlic celebrated Eutaw flag was prcsctl' ted to President John If. Hall, of the Boston ' Light Infantry Veterans, last night, on behalf of > the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, 1 if. C. Appropriate addresses were made on the occasion. , A Boy Swallows!) iiy as Allioatoii.?The Pcnsacoln (Fla.) Advance tells the following:? Mr. John Owens, who lives two miles this side j of Florida Town, on the Eastern shore of Eastern shore of Escambia Bay, related to one ' of our citizens yesterday a most horrifying affair. His statement was?and he gave it as a positive I fact?that on the lGlh instant, whilo a party . numbering some three or four were enjoying a r sea bath, their attention was directed to a little . ton or twelve-year-bid boy whom they had left t on a reef in shoal water near the beach, the men t having ventured into deeper water. On looking I in the direction of the child they realized the aw, ful fact that the boy was being swallowed by an . alligator, fully half the victim's body still being visible and then suddenly disappearing in the frightful jaws of the monster, whose tremond' 0U8 mOUth Was Dlailllv SCCll l?V l?!)i"dl mm nrmnnl I They at once returned to shore, but not a trace of tho unfortunate lad could be discovered, save the blood which floated on the water. ^ Mr. Pigweed has hod a terrible time of ' it. IIo resolved to set a pistol in his safe, i before leaviug home for the summer, so that I when anybody opeued the door of the rc> ceptncle the pistol would be discharged.? However, it puzzled him a good deal to find a way to set the pistol with the door shut, 5 and if he set* it with the door open thcro s was no way to make the thing go off when " the door should be opened again. So he s finally set up the pistol iusido the safe and 1 cocked it, and thon putting his hand inside 1 closed the door all but a crack, just sufficient ? to admit his wrist. Then he fixed a loop from the door to the pistol trigger, so that - when the door was opened any wider the - pistol would be discharged. Thou ho at tempted to draw out his hand, but found that while he had left tho door sufficiently open to accommodate his wrist it wouldn't 5 let out his hand without beiDg opened wider, ' and that would discharge the pistol into his ! stomach. There was nothing to do but to tako off the loop nud put on a little longer ono, and when he attempted to do that he found that though he had been able to attach the loop he couldn't reach quite far enough to detach it again. Then tho aw fulness of his position came upon him. He was imprisoned and could only release himself at ; 'wViuf^ at last , help came, and the first man who arrived was about to yank tho door open before Pigweed could stop him, and it gave the victim's nerves a terrible shock. Fiually s they got smiths and tools and went to work t t :_ _?. ,l. i i- t* 1 n % - tu gui iu at me uacK or me saic ana remove 1 the pistol, and they had to work very caro5 fully so as not to explode the pistol by the I jar. It was an all-day job, but fiually after Pigweed had nearly died form exhaustion, and his hair had began to turn gray froui . fright, they got at tho pistol and found that 5 when he put it in there Pigweed had forL gotten to load it, so ho wight have yanked . hiSj hand out at any time. And though j Pigweed was terribly fatiguod, he aroused j himself sufficiently to give the grandest ext hibition of profuno discourse heard since the Grant men left Chicago. , The Cow with her First Calf.?It s is of en the ease when a heifer has h;r first calf that tho farmer thinks Bhe will not give more milk than will keep her calf in good I condition, and lets them run together to t teach her the mystery of being milked when she has her next calf. In this decision there are t.vo mistakes that go far to spoil ? the cow for future usefulness. " Cows are largely the creatures of habit, and with their first calf everything is new 1 and strange to them, and they readily sub1 mi', to be milked and think it is all right; but a ??xr *i a :*i- it. - i/?-1 ? - ?uucr t-uciii u? run wiui me can ine nrst seaB son and a vicious habit is established that 1 they will hardly forgot in a lifetime. If thoy cvor submit to be milked quietly, it is evidently under protest. But there is a great5 or objection than this: tho calf running 5 with tho cow draws the milk every hour or 9 two, so that the milk vessels are not at any ' time distended with milk,though tho quan1 tity secreted in a given time may bo largo. - jfat thit is the natural time to distend the milk-ducts and expand the udder to a good ' oapacity for holding milk. 1 When with hor next calf you require the * milk to be retained twelvo hours, the udder B becomes hard and painful, and the milk , loaks from the teats, or more likely nature r accomodates the quantity of milk secreted I to the capacity to retain it, and the cow bo* comes permanently a small milker. Much 0 of tho future character of a cow, therefore, depends on her treatment with her first calf. 1 In nono of^our domostio animals aro hab* its moro rnndllv fnrmorl ond t fixed than in the cow. I Everything that disturbs the quietness J of a cow impairs tho milk, both iu quantity a and quality. To obtniu tho best results, - therefore, thero should bo a regular timo s and place of milking, and as far as possiblo y the milking should be done by the same e porson. !. French Toast?Beat four eggs very i ana stir them in a pan of milk ; slice ' eggflnWvAicu-a u? 'Vv ????*? 0 and fry brown ; sprinkle a little powdered sugar and cinnamon on each piece, and servo ' hot. This is an oxcollcnt dish for breakfast l" or tea. n o Hard Boiled Egos.?In boiling eggs td hard put them in boiling water ten minis utes, and then put thorn iu cold wator.? In It will prevent the yolks trom coloring black. ? THAVno id Send Cotton.?Ma. D. R. Puuihoe.?I am in receipt of yours of the 18th, requesting me to mcot jour club on to-uiorrow, the 20th, "mid givo my views as a farmer," ns to the most practical measure to suppress the traffic io seed cotfon.? I regret, owing to a previous engagement, that I cannot join your club in counsel ou this "seed cotton" question. To know tbo practice of buying seed cotton (with a fraudulent intent) is so common in our county that it is thought necessary to bring the subject prominently beforo our political organizations, is a sad commentary on t!w morals of somo of our citizens; but sad as this may appear, if this thing continues to iujurc, corrupt and confuse our farming interests. Wfl llllftlllil ninfll llio , Mtvv* *iiv \| UtOI IUII UO UJUU) and not allow any man or set of uion to effcourago and foster a traffic in "seed cotton" or any other product of the soil because they can take shelter behind some technical construction of the statutes about Wtricfr the most learned in the law may differ. My judgmcut is that our people should conio to tho front and formally condemn this seed cotton traffic as an outrage against the general farming interest of the country, as an encouragement to crime and asa practice that has and will continue to breed strife, discontent and perhaps bloodshed.?If this is dono in a prudent but firm way,you will find few, if any men in tho county, who will totally disregard the wish of the whole people thus expressed. Should they coutinuc this trade, it will be dono in such a way that no doubt will be left in tho niind of any neighbor, friend or foe, as to" tho honesty of their transaction. As to that class (if any arc to bo found) who have no respect for the wishes of their neighborsand the community generally, ample provision should be made by the Legislature for all such. To pass a statute to prevent the buying and selling of seed cotton may appear at? first sight positively arbitrary and contrary to tho spirit of our form of government. On this subject, I am convinced an act can be framed with such restrictions and penalties (all withiu the constitution) as will prevent any and all dishonest transaction in seed cotton, except by those who* havo no respect for their reputation tor honesty, and when a man comes to this point we nil know the law is ample, when tho proof is furuished, and if we hrvc much in- j tcrcst in each individual ease, the proof cam / always bo had soon or Into. / llow best, iu the way of details, to ao- / cowplibh tho cud your Club has iu view, / might perhaps at this timc1 be imnroivjr to * * passing such a law, I have no doubt } and it ^ should be a special charge iu tho hands of our delegation during the next session of tho Legislature. I have the honor to he your obedient servant. H. A. SHAW. Trying to Resuscitate a Man Who Had Been Hanged.?Dr. George L. Porter, an army surgeon, who examined tho bodies of the conspirators at Washington in 18G5, has been trying to bring the body of an executed murderer to life in Bridgeport, Conn. Ho confesses his failure to the medical society after this fashion : ' The electrodes were now applied, one to the right and left super-clavicular space, and tho other over the region of the heart. This was the supreme moment, for could the central engine of organio life be oncemore set in motion, and the stream of blood freely pass into and out of the lungs, the nroblein cf onen morn lirinrr nftnr > ? o? ing tho penally of the law, would have bccw successfully solved in favor of Hoyt, and many of the questions of theoretical physiology and many of the surmises of 'that unknown country from whose bourne no traveler' has before returned, might bo answered. For science, his return to life would have accomplished many steps in her royal progress; for tho examiners, a proper repute, as connected with the great discovery. Slowly tho thoracic walls expand, the lungs dilate, with long breath drawing in tho atmospheric air, then as tho electrical curront is interrupted the thoraoic cavity is diminished and the air is expelled and tho act of respiration has been completely performed. Again tho battery is applied;, and again tho air enters and leaves tho lungs; the flanio of a candle is drawn toward tho lips and blown away ; tho muscles all, savo ono, obey tho mysterious power of electricity, but that one, tho noblest of them all, upon whoso action tho nourishment of all so largely depends, rested motionless in the pericardium, like Achilles in his tent, and no Pntroclian death or indignity to tho other corporato members wouldi nrousc it from its stupor. Thus far nnd no. farther was tho fiat of a power greater than oura. The flame of tho lamp of that life had gone out. What Othello spoke to thomidnight lamp in tho chamber of l>csdcmona wo realised." What Tiiey Think op Us?We neverreally beliovcd until yesterday that any intelligent pcoplo at tho North believed in Southern outrages cxeept for campaign purrss. A young gentleman of Providence, I., had wished to Attend Judge Strong's law school and had written to tho judge to inquire about terms, &o. Iu reply to Judge Strong's answer be writes : "I would bo happy to avail myself of the ' advantages which ycur school offers, and if the matter rested entirely with mo would ffitiMP'Kate been Vfffe to prevslfupon them to oonacnt to my going South, ? acoouct of the generally disturbed rUto of society ii,nu in AAmmnn with m&nv of tho ITIIIVH VS *%fj au ? _ Northern people believe oxists there."? Raleiyh Newt. Bbatino Baas.?To beat the whites of eggs quickly put in s pinch of salt. The cooler the eggs tho quicker they will froth. Rait cools np4 n'?o Iresbcn? them.