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============= ? V NUMBER 20.
VOl,. XIII.?New Series. ~=~' - ^j '?
A Strange Dream.
NO. 8.
It was elated in a previous number that according
to Mnrsite science, the human family >e
divided into five races, namely, men, women,
children, preachers and candidates. These races,
I t bought, were likewise sub divided into various
classes. The first race. I thought, was divided
into big men. little men, won d be big men, big
little men and little-big men. The women rilce,
was divided into fair, lovely, more lovely, most
lovely and "just too lovely for anything." The
children race was divided into two or three
classes, mostly boys and girls; but about the
preachers, I thought Hint judging from thoir
general appearances, I was at a loss to conjecture
why they should bo regarded as a separate race.
I was informed, as 1 thought, that their distinguishing
characteristics were wearing black and
a peculiar aversion to chickens. Tltey were di
vided into several classes. First, there wero the
who professed to see gftpd in everything^vKo
claimed that all "the changes that
ha j/ taken place during ilia last aasarai swara
(nought, were a living, practical contradiction of
/(heir theory, inasmuch as they practically did
eiot accept the situaiion in everything and were
laboring, professedly, to make things hetter.
Second wero the PturimUt*. the very opposite of
the first class, who saw lit'lo good outsido of
themselves and the little clique or party they
^ ^represented. They regarded all natural science
as from the Evil one, and if any one ventured a
criticism which they thought could apply either
to I hear or their party, they were soon heard
from. Then I tliiinc/ht that ihnr* wn? n Hiir.l
class, culled plagiarists, who played tjie part of
the jackdaw in the fable? who stuck peacock
feMhers among his own and attempted to pass
-himself off for a peacock. 1 thought that "l'ul pit
Cjrolopssdias" or books of serntotiio selections,
were great favorites with tliia class, and that they
would rattle off suoli picked up and stilted har angues
with as much assurance and verbosity,
an it' they had done some tall, deep, broad think
ing; and it was surprising how they could fool
'the people of Mars. A fourth class of their
tpreachers. I thought, a ere called juniors, and
ihat tliey oould out jump any other living crea*urt>.
To uiake it olear, cautious, timid people,
iasgpng.!.,,'.'! ? .mm
"nfpontoon bridge, which. I believe
they oalled syllogism, which consisted of just
three spans, or sections, and wliioli. if properly
Construcieo, perfectly safe. a? t?r as it would
Tench. There were inteiic?,<u.>l chasms wt.;.t.
could not bespunned by the bridge, and ta itious
1imid people would not venture any further than
this bridge went. These jumpers, held these
bridges in contempt. They had but to decide
upon reaching a point, or conclusion, and they
Would reach it at n buund. Some of them, how
ever, would use i lie bridge, or somei hing resein
'hiitig it?often uf very faulty construction?and
' Would go as far as ihe bridge would carry I hem
and jump the balance of the way. I thought
that these intellectual gymnasts were numerous.
Anoiher class of this race were the clerical
weathercocks. This class seemed to art as
Sf ihey ik-Kiglit that ihe .special object of their
'creniion was to humor the croicheis, cranks and
whim-what,.a oi the more wealthy mid so called
111uiiunimi uiuuinvra <11 i iivir chat g" They I
sailed witli <Jie wind nnd rowed.with tlie tide.
4 -thought ill ill ilicre was n ceriiiin Kev. Mr.
.tfinodfht niigne. a fnir representhiive of lliitt
class. who, na loug ma everything favored hi*
purposes, vvna all smiles nnd sunshine, Inn ihnt
lie would try to crush any one who opposed hint.
It wns said thai this good brother had been at
.few places i his life, long ni a time, without
.getting into a serous difficulty with some one.
and-it was eveu hinted that he was rather ecu.nomieal
in the ?se of truth, when thut article
Mid not exactly so it his purpose, lie had a
dirst Cousin, ns I <h >uglat. the lie v. Mr. Facingbothw
y?, a ? ?< excellent chninciei, "greatly
beloved" nnd prodigiously useful." Another
class cf this race were called cacklers. They
were add ton d to cackling at the slightest pro vocattnto.
The llev. Mr. Spooney was gracious
Jy presented with a mess of turnip gteeus and a
pint of skimmed milk, hy a good old sister ; an
other gave hiiu a pair of socks and the proceeds
of a little domesticodarade, which netted thirty- I
seven and a halt cents. His cup of jov was full,
And half a column of cackling appeared in the
next number ot <he Evangelical Vindicator, the
organ of his party, aii ins movements and ecclesiastical
exploits, of which there were many,
were promptly heralded, tie so-^ed In Oo
double triggered. *?.? attgtnesl touch being
Buniui.ai in send him off. Another, it seemed,
had gotten hold of the paps of some missionary
board. His exploits did not come so vory thick
and rapid ; hut. ah ! ahtu I he kept the public
daily posted, alt! ahm ! as t,u the ''increase of
congregation" and the general improvement in
the appearance of his fields of labor, ah I ahm !
1 thought the Marsites were greatly afraid that
three dear brethren would die from the effect* of
exoessive modesty. Jt?- *? mats of preachers
twere the Independents, who were governed hv
-itho crotchets, cranks, and whim-whgnta of no
jierson or party; who trimmed their sails to suit
no popular hreeie; but making truth their guld.ing
star ami moral integrity I heir compass, they
sought to meet the responsibilities of the sphere
in which they moved, with a view to their no ooutitability
to God alone. They were not pop
ular, ns I thought, and yel I thought that nil
-the other classes claimed to belong ouly to this
Inner class.
The race of oandidates, I thought, was the least
Icn wn of any of the live races?not that they
were few or obscure, but that they possessed
peculiarities thought to be incomprehensible. I
thought that the scientists of Mars had come to
theeeuelusioa (hat this rnce was remotely rela
ted to that peculiar kiod oflisnrd, which changes
its color with surrounding ohjevts. I thought
that they were the iriendliest, pleasantest, most
slhtintereated people tbrft ever lived; that they
had been known to ride for days, even weeks,
looking after the general welfare of the people
ef a large province. It was said that one went
(en miles out of kis way to shake hands with a
man. A few of ike .arsites had almost oome
to the conolusioa thai there was a coven Apign
in all this, and that there were private*V>flah
. ends to be served t but no oue dared express
this opinion publicly. I thought I heard a darW
key pioking a baajo aae night, in his oabin on
the outskirts of a little village, and that among 1
others, he sang a ditty which ran somehow
thus: 1
"O, while folks listen, will you now ? (
pis darky guine ter i ng ;
I've hit upon a subject now, I
I think will be the thing. I
1 nehber likes In mixed up I ,
Wid other folks' affairs,
, . But my opinion am just now, (
'bout folks dat put on airs. I
De office hunter fuel of all,
rOn public days will etan',
An' ebery' man dat eon.es along .
He'll grab ini by de ban*;
But when he git a good, fat job ; .
For dat am all he cares.
He tlnke he be some punktna den, ,
A 1* A ?
anu uud i ae putonalri I I I
I thought thiw fellow wii overheard, taken hy | f
a mob to a reetaurant and given all the o/atera ; ?
ha oould eat. r.nd that the Coroner'a jurj was, '
' truck bj lightning." (
About ibis time a little incident
I will relate :
Some writer, over th notn de .
Imd written a series of article of
I)-If huiiioious diameter, in whi
dent thai be whs shooting >w tin
lies and vices of the Marshes,
were published in n paper cade
Mutantur. 1 thought that but
paper shots ha<t been tired ,
squealed. The squeal wa'
a howl and the howl trntis'e
jeremiad, which appeared it
ly bewailing the depravity
perpetrate such an offeno
done. The jeremiad rt
who claimed to be '.he vot
belonging to a certain sect
ken of. 1 thought 1 enquirr
all thi9. nnd was informed th
pie" was cither hit himself, oof
his sect was hit. "I know .
articles," I thought the man s;
interrogating: "He is no hrok
pBipOSt US SUIWVWIUWr WIWHI I.
man, cruelly aiming his shots
wound itself; tbc man, shot at,'*
as innocent of any knowledge of ti
of 'Who's' articles, as the man in
striking illustration," he continu
wonderful Ability of some people to,
elusions." ?'This." said he, "reiniu
years ago a long series of article
which have since been collected and
u wu? lumi mi'i urn liiltuij rtgiini
the classics of our language. Thus
upon their first sppenrnnce, crested no
ciiemenl. and curiosity was on tip toe n
could ho the author. They did immen*
tion right nnd left, and provoked a host
pid scribblers 11 reply. The author o.
articles, in-referring to the abusive critic
received, said :
.."Another marvellous source of plcasn
is the abuse our work has received from
wooden gentlemen, whose censures
more than ever we did anything in
The moment we declared open war a
and stupidity, we expected to receive and
to pr< voke a confederacy of all the
the toil, the whole fW'<, grese. cr >' ,nKs- "'10
and all, have a fellow feeling c * ih? occasion,
and begin to cackle and hiss tike so many devils
bewitched. We have heard in our walks such
criticisms, as almost iu*" tice>l a belief that folly
had here, as m %t>? ixv', h?r niomcnts of inspired
idiotism. K?ery silly royster has. as if by an
instinctive sense i f danger, joined in the cry
and condemned us without mercy. Ail is thus
ns it should be. It would have mortified us
had we been disappointed in this particular, as
we should then have been apprehensive that our
shafts had fallen to the ground without hitting
n single blockhead. But our efforts have been
crowned with wonderful success. All the noddies
are pointing their enipt y guns at us, and wo
are threatened with a confederacy of light militia,
armed with the heavy artillery of dullness
and stupidity. IV'c hove no fear of the censures
of the wise, the good, or the fair. We reverence
the wise, love the good and adore the fair; we
dcrlaie ourselves champions in their cause ? in
the cause of morality?and we throw our gauntlet
to all the world beside-"
But, said I. after the man had repeated the
foregoing passage, what about that sect the
Voice rf the people" soya is everywhere spoken
against ? who people heaven, earth and hell.
lie re lied that the early christians were called
the sect everywhere spoken against, because
they were getierallv persecuted by the heathen.
The expression has been abused, till it is new
almost cant, by certain "righteous overmuch''
people, who claim to be regular successors of
the early christians, nnd who find great consolation
in quoting this passage, whenever any one
Dm. said I. I want to know something of tho
sect which now claims this distinction, >i inenii
her of which claims to be the voice of the peo|
i'le?
I thought that the man replied that he did 1
[ not consider any sect perfect, that all sects had <
their defects, thai the one 1 was enquiring ahout,
all things considered, would probably compare 1
favorably with most others, it lias suffered, i
said lie, hadly at the hands of its representatives;
some of whom are half educated, self conceited,
fanatical, bigoted men?of rather weak characters?
who would not upon any nccount lose an
opportunity to abuse any who differed from
them?one of whom, said he, can drr much to s
counteract the infloonce of hnlf a dozen good
sensible men. We must not judge of the sect,
said he, hy such representatives as these, though
they may sometimes claim to he the voice of the
people. They claim a monopoly of truth and,
of coarse, should shew corresponding results ; 1
hut. as a general thing, they do not. They are
divided into clubs, or societies, which they call
[. Mount Zions." Now, said he, it is a notorious
fact thai some of these ".Mount Zions" hold in j
fellowship a man now and then who would not ,
be fellowshlpped by a respectable secular society?some
of whom have even been expelled fretn I
secular societies for their rascality. Furthermore.
said he, some of these Mount Zions" hold
in fellowship men, who rarely give a dollar for
benevolent purposes, who are alleged to have (
sptytt hundreds of dollars for whiskey, while
seeking some secular office. Kven. said he, 1
some of their deaoons? great Snndat school {
men?who attend Sunday School Conventions
and make speeches before the same, are alleged '
to have done the like. Vet these very men are |
spoken of as "christian gentlemen." Moreover,
said he. some of these "Mount Zions," now and
then employ a man to work for them hv the
your, promising to pay him a certain amount I '
for his services. Occasionally at the eml ftlie ' t
year they pay him a sma'l fraction of what they
promised?sometimes pay nothing?eniplojr
another man and call it "square." They don't I
all do this way. said he, hut those that don't, (
generally fellowship those that do."
No wonder. I thought I said, that this sect is t
everywhere evil spoken of, and no wonder that |
a good many of them are in hell. If a secular
business Arm on earth should trsat its ohliga- 1
lions in this way. it would soon become a bye- t
word. The late Dr. A. W. Thompson, of Union,
where I came from, said I, used to say that such n
oonduot as this was no better than downright i
stealing. And you say that this "seet, every
where evil apoken of," olaims to have more troth '
than any other and to 'each more truth than g
any other, and yet its organised clubs or societies?"Mount
Zion's." I believe you call them
? have no more regard for an obligation than St
this I No nuttier how much truth they may
hold in theory, they are neither honeet nor
Irntli.ul in fact, said [. it
"There era a good many well-meaning, well- Q
lisposed people belonging to this sect," tny inTorment
went on to say. a
flow, in the name of season and common c,
tenre, I said, do these well-meaning people allow
hemselves to become'mi xod up with such dis- w
sonesty as you have been tolling me about T il
"Well, said he, in the flrst plaee, these things
save heoome so ooinmon in some quarters, that
hey have ceased to Attract much attention? -
VinmnTer, aald ho, thorn is probably no oubj??t y,
n which onr pM|>li morn nood Instruction than )a
hat of rpbgion and morality. Few of them
far Innrn anything rnally daflolto on tbnao
uhjaota. The "walohman" on "th? walla" of
b? 'Mount Ziona," 8?U*I? w?l WT^turb ol
wiK> remarked to us that when the stock lav*
wus passed he-regarded himself ns a ruined
man, and felt tha*. he would be -forced* to
sell out and leave the country; that he further
regarded it as a rick of the Democracy
to oppress and crowd out the poor man and
the negro race, but that at this time so
much had his views changed that he would
not for a thousand dollars see it repealed ?
After its passage he immediately went to
work and fenced in his pasture lands with
the rails around his farm, and now he says
in the evening he simply has to go to his
enclosure, to look at his hogs, &c., milk tho
cows, and come home, without the trouble
of running all over the country to gut up
his stock. Ic addition thereto he-says that
he has n >t lost a cow, bug or sheep since he
fenced theui in?a very unusual occut re nee
?? he teriyod it?and, furthermore. 4 iny
stock never looked so well as t ey do now,
and I expect to get a Goer breed next Winter."
This ought to uiak ; him vote the
Democratic ticket next fall, and we so ?ugnested,
but his reply was, I will sec " ?
Camden dou rr,a I
Sow Plenty op Peas.?The high price
[>fcow peas this season lias hid 4 very decii
Jed tendency to turn the attention, of
our farmers in that directum, and W?
L'er areas than usual nr?? ln-inir ?i>wn Th..?
- - n * ""J
?re i? late cr ip, and, witii favorable seasons,
will mature if pi mted at any time before
the Gr?t of July. They are not only profit*
able us an article of merchandise, but they
enrich instead of exhaust the ground ?
Three crops, by proper management, could
very easily be produced in one season on the
same ground. Winter oats can be gown,
which will be ripe by the first week in Juneand
sometimes earlier, when corn can be
planted which will be well advanced by the
first of July, and then peas oan be sown
broadcast, or planted in the uiiddloof the
rows, and covere i with llio lust plowing ?
Wo are not much of a faruior, but we throw
jut theso hints for tho consideration of
:hosc interested, and they can examine tho
luggostious nnd accept or reject them
iccording to their own conclusions in the
natter
Fiuhtjnq tiie Army Wohmin Ohio ?
\ dispatch from Warren County. Ohio, says
hat the army worm is playing havoc with
he barley in that section. Soino ot -xkc
uruicrs attempted to g t the advantage
>f the worms by harvesting t^jeir
>arley, though green, but in this they are
>eing defeated and have quit cutting, for
he sheaf would no sooner be bound that)
ho worms would gather on it and us soon
s the shook was put up they would cover
t and est the grain. Mary are now trying
mother experiment, with some apparent
uccess. A deep furrow is ploughed in adanceofthe
worms, and as fnst <* the
rorms come up to this furrow thoy full in
t, und a horse is attached ton log nod this
i dragged back and forth in the furrow,
rushing the eueuiy. One or two farmers
re doimr this ?nrk ?!. ?? ?../! rr,L
- ?j ?> ? uijiMii me
urn is suffering with the hurley, and the
'oruiR huve also commenced on the wheal
1 some places.
That's a Fa?t.?Wbsn V nraa (?T4 4o l??y
tat s??r*stlon luelf won't xfrlve hint to ?rork,
i>u wttt usually And blmrunning fur offios cua.*
.hor reform ticket. ?
-? ?^-erppe.ira toe n
ABsrAi.N. ?Abeiaio j
J
Jf\their
X
4fi the cotton
yrito use, as "a
/fices wool finer
f sheep, and the
^clothine of it," the
^clly to (lie seed nud its
cotton seed went on
^ Tvarious uses is an inter
o tirely too l??n?^ for pre^Kail
on this p irticulur occasion.
^Hfcfted the intention ot later
JHflMaw proper to investigate it
^^^Kfood for domestic animals.
JKgML, madewith ^reat care, cia- i
^^^^^BblishTor ootton seed meal 1
41 HBowh :
This was Jecilsilly a good exhibit, as will be
seen by companion wiili thai of corn, which,
worked up iu obedience to the same rules,
gives :
Flesh-forming principles 15.175
Heat-producing principles 78.88(1
Fat producting princplcs 5.015
This started a 4'booui," as they say, in
favor of working cotton seed, and led to th e
< stablishuicntofcotton seed "oil mills" in various
sections of the South. And the "bnoinhas
continued to increase in volume up to
the present day. Three yoartfago we had
sifiem mills in successful operation ; the new
year (1882) finds us with sixty-seven mills
in lull blast, working all the seed tlicy can
act and finding a ready sale for their produces.
T nree years ago the p.'icc paid for
seed was about $6 per ton ; last tail ab iUt
$12 per ton was the stauding pi ice off rod.
Thji mills utiW take thirty five gallons of oil
I'roni'Hkerj^Toii of bood they work/and find
iuiinetliat' sale for it at 40 cents per gallon;
thus thW get $14 cash out of each ion of
seed and/have enough left in the cake or
meal to more than cover the expense of
manufacture. r
It is estimated that our sixty seven oil
mills workud up for last yeai (1881) 180.000
tons of cotton seed, making $2,500,000
worth of oil. (at amount >hut was^tfiniioriy
thrown away, so to speak,) and paying our
planters nearly $1,000,000 more for their
seed than it- would have brought thrco
jearn ago This shows an advance so great
as to appear almost fabulous, and yet it is
not checking in the least ?-the writer cau
at this moment call to uiii.d quite a large
iiiitnh >r of new oil mills th it are being planned
or built, to be in Time for the cotton
cn?p of 1882. Afcd even with such extra- i
ordinary activity in ilm 1
j -j ? -?w v. vv? iiiu lire uic<l,
there are no grounds whatever for fear of
speedily on^doim.' the matter, for rtully but i
a smtn per cent of the reed produced has
bcenfworked. as yet. while the demands for
thouticles manufactured from it are very,
eery far a ovc the supply.
A this point a quedtjnn may lake shape
in tie minds of the udijjkioruied on the sub- \
joet.somewhat as follows : "To what uses (
are t)ese immense products of cotton seed ,
hoingapplied ?" Thbcure spolied to uianf i
uses. The oil meal, ro Ultia'x from griodiutf- j
the o'ke, is now hrge^jbm ployed in almost 1
nil pitta of the wbrid igfhejre suoh thiols j
are invogue, as a conCefct>a?ed fertiliser for .
lands. It is thought to be the most per- |
feet cincentratea fertiliser known, while, at
the suae time, it is the least expensive. It h
also firures as a leading ingredient in vnri* t
nus mmpounded fertilizers now pronii- {
nentlj upon the market. The oil cake is ox- t
tensiwly consumed, both in tliis country r
and n Europe, us a teed forrtock, it having r
been proven, by aituul test. that4'ew things t
d>?serve m rank higher for thjat. -puipose.-*- j
Th i oil hvndventlRCttuHly applied to a very u
peat variettjnf us?a?to almost every use ,
ttlm coulditeawade of a non-hardening und 8
non dryioe nil, possessing no objectionable c
properties, medicinally, and being eouipara c
rivelyylnexpensivc. It has largely taken u
the etaceof lard of For all purposes where
hirtynil is used, - riving not only superior
in every psrticnlal, but cheaper. Tanners /
hsve pronounced it an oil entirely suitable e
for leather, and erjn the wool carder and ^
spinner has borne testimony to its decided
superiority n*er alf other oils in his culling. c
A fine lubrif.it ingbil for delicate machinery '<
is made of it. gldng entiro sntisfact.idn ; in p
a word, ita/nutudl cleanliness, freedom from ^
unpleasant od>>g, and great perfection as ^
to keeping quajties. all c>imbined, bavo w
rendered it a peeided favorite in every
case, so far an Kited . where there is nny de- '
mand for nn oiluf its .general character.
Hut the uioxt rttnautic portion of the story p
has yet to be t<n. All along the greatest
dcmnn(}?gf oMMton scej oil has come '4
-wet a
projjpf^.y doing With it over ther* ? We
*uld not answer the question at finttfc but
Inally. on the principle that "murder 1H11 in
we pot in p<ma?MioQ of the necrol . or
hoj wtro refining nod shipping it bhtk tb us 6r
i our use as "olive oil." and we were j
?? it probably with feelings of gratitude
our Europe in neighbors for having
*1 us with ta better quality of nil than
1. at these jining low price of from 83
gallon?a product which had gone
'ly a few months before, leaving as
rent for each guilt n exported the
I sum of from thirty to lorty
. scrap of information, which
-pon us so unexpectedly, was the
! new industry to spring iuto ex
your country, fb.* the case nppcarA
hat if cotton seed oil could be
it Europe and thus converted into
Vole "salad oil," tlie sauic might be
....Vlirsfitftfot^cV and another.
jfC\\ now. at the opening of 1882, there &rejt\ne
mills is successful operation, refining
from fifty to one hundred barrels of oil per
day. (Jne <if the largest jjiills is at Montgomery,
in uiy own State- it refines 100 bar- 1
rels or about 5.000 gallons daily. The '
crude oil is .'orth say 40 cents per gallon? i
the tefinitig process brings it up in value to (
from 65 cents to SI per gallon, with ve.y lit
tic loss in the operation. Busing a calculation
upon these figures,one secures some idoa !
of the immense auiou.:t that is added to the |
value of this cotton seed pr iduct by rcfin- ?
ing?the Montgomery mill alone may be )
safely put down us adding over 81,000 per
day ! Why, it sounds more like tin extruv
agant romance than a stern renlitw K,.? : I
..j . yjy** IV
is entirely real, nevertheless
But tlie true el.max in our romance iu \
real life has not yet been reached. A new ,
use for cotton seed oil has been discovered,
an account of which forms the most remarkable
.part of the story. As already stated. {
tho discovery was made that we were con- t
unimportant cotton need oil. and cauic back '
as the populur sod much prized olive oil "of
the East." It was us good as the real olive
oil in every particular, at least. This led to
an inquiry .into the uses made of the real
olive oil in the countries where produced,
developing tho fact that it was the culinary
oil (thereat and lard) of the people over
there ; and straightway a suspicion seized
upon a few scientific uiinds iu this country
that possibly our cotton 6ced oil might be
made tho same for us. Why not, since it
was so like olive oil that we could not tell on
front the other ? But how were we to know ?
By test, of course; but who was brave cuough
to tnako that test ? At last the brave man
turned up. aud "wonderful to tell," he had
"found it." Refined c >tton seed oil was
everything that cuubl be desired as a substi <
tuto for lard, or other auiutul fats, in culi j
nary operations. For frying steaks, fo.-frying
fish for shortening hie id, cake aud crusts,
for utakiog gravies, and so on, it was even J
superior to lard, iuiparding no unpleasant 1
flavor or odor whatever; in a word bringing
no unsatisfactory results, dietary or other- a
wise; but, on (he other hand, making a
lighter and bettor bread, cakes and crusts
than could be made with lard, and proving
decidedly more digestible, to say nothing of c
being considerably cheaper. A pound of a
cotton seed oil, costingliot more than 12 n
cents unuor the uinst unfavorable circuuistances,
will go fully as far, iu i culinary .
way, us a pound and a half of lard?when 16
a pan of steak has been fried with it the *
oil which >s uot absorbed by the steak umy c
be poured back into the can, and used sj
apain at another time, being just as clear
and pure as before it was put over the fire. ^
There is something ubout it which prevent^
a union with animal impurities. As a vJF 1?
sequence of all this, it is coining rapidly fbto it
extensive uso, nud the-sooner it gets fi^lly B(
in the better for the people,. uuduubtdflly.
And the strange story of "Cotton seed, a
the Greatest Wouder of ihe I)ay," cannot ^
be permitted to stop even here. The A
chemist hup lately discovered a means of p
onverting cottou seed oil into an excellent c.
substitute lor butter?an article fir stipo
rior to the best oleomargarine ever-made and a
shenper. It fills all the offices of butter, 8t
Joth for culinary and table use, and is coning
rapidly into genoral favor as it seems to
give entire satiation wherever tested. And jn
tere we pause to uwatv he next step. ro
Conc'udiug, I would state that in the fooa- L
joinp there is tiot'iing based upon either. A
mcertuin repurtsor mere theory. All tho
acts as set forth have been gathered with ht
creat care from the most reliable sources? ^
nany of them from actual tests rod expeicnce
; as, for instunoe, those relating to
he use of cottonseed oil hs a substitute for an
?rd and butter, the writer haviusr been is
ising it in bis own family for a consider- th
ble length of time with the most uubouuded 0[]
asisfuction. His preference lor it in all
as-s where lard is expected to figoro has ""
a used its permanent adoption with hiui to "u
n entire exclusion of tho other. ou
A Fatal Feud.?Galveston, June.? f?
v. dispaoh from Llano, Texas, says, at an 10
arly hour on Wednesday morning an old or<
sud b< twoen the McNatt and Coggins party pc
uluiinated in an engagement with Winches- In
jr rifles. Henry Hutly, of the Coggins
arty, was killed aud John and Juck Cog- 1, 0
ins were wounded, John fatally On tho P 1
IcNait side Jock Herriuge and Ben Carter |uc
ere wounded. Mr. Hur veil, u noo partio- 19 1
ant, was wounded by a stray ball. ph
Struck by Lightning?Killed at tiif. ^
'lough.?Atlanta. June 22?I.??i ni.rbt
' ap
ghtping struck the cpuinc >?"" *> 'he ^
. :.'yo> ?rrfTTTnrnr *C Washington, destroying
to house and a locomotive.
Th?- Rev. Jamca Clements, while ploughg
yesterday near Brook's Station, became ^
tangled in the harness and the horse
ngged him nrvuud until he wn dtotL f
TH3 OSES OF PAPER.
| P.?per cur wheels are composed entirely
of paper rings p. essed together under a
weight of six tuns, and then fastened by
tncaos of bolts and steel fh*e put on thcuT,
when they n?a ready for use. Laid loosely
the rings stack as high nnthc shoulders if
an ordinary man. Under treatment they
sink to the thickness required. If the tirs
wears or falls off the wheel, or the train rung
from the traek, there would be no danger
of theii breaking, as they are very flexible
and would spring. A paper ball cuu be
rendered so solid that nothing but a diamond
the mill is a square block of compressed pa*
per fastened on n turning lathe, and so
hard thaf, if a fine steel chisel is held
gainst it when it is moving, instead of cut
ling the paper it will break the chisel into
^hundred pieces. The strength is astonishing.
You can tuke a .?5 note of the bunk
>f England, twist it into n kind of rope,
suspend 339 pounds upon one end of it,
wid it will not injure it in the slightest degree.
Bath tubs and posts arc formed by
:ompressing the paper made out of lincu
jbres and annealed?that is, painted over
with a composition whieh becomes a part
hereof, and is Grc proof. The tubs last
indefinitely, never link, and put in the fire
will uot burn up. You can beat on them
with a hammer and r.ot injure them.?
Plates compressed and annealed arc very
lurable ; yoa can uot only wash them, but
Irop them up id the floor and stand upon
hem. The fork can be used for any prac-^
wood, converted into picture frames and
colored like wuluut, cherry and the like.
Bedsteads arc fashioned the sarno as car
wheels, only of strips instead of rings.?
The*' are very beautiful aud lastiog.-Cooking
or heating stoves are also annealed,
aud it is impossible to burn them out. Tbey
arc less costly than iron. A house cud bo
literally constructed of and furnished with
every convenience in paper. The printing
press, type and nil the fixtures of the office
could be concocted of this material, and
more cheaply than of the ordinary kind. A
complete steam engine can be thus manu?
factured nnddoall required duty. Clothes
ind shoes will come in the future. Twetitylinc
hours are needed to transfer linen fibre
n to a car wheel.
Solid card like paper was tnade as early
is the fifth century, but it instated on tho
uthority of the Arabian historians, and
argcly conceded, that linen paper did not
:omc into use until 1270, or, at most, but
short time before. The cotton card or
aper known previously was of thick, coarso
oolly texture, brittle and inferior. There
i still some demand for hand made paper^
nd in a corner of the L. L. Urown Paper
onipany at Adams are simple and inexpenve
appointments for the produotioa of pa?
cr as it'was substantially made one, two and
ire# huT (fret yetf& ago. T4?e cull comes
irgely for uses in makiq^aroliiteotural diftr
>gs?for drawing paper, in short?in con?
i-qucnce of the fact that it wilt not stretch,
point indispensable in accurate drawings. .
it ... -
ue paper can be erased nod rewritten uponl
brisk demand has sprung up for those
apers for wedding and society invitation
irds, billet doux, personal correspondence,
Iso for busioe9 houses whero recherche
ationery is desirable.
S U.v.ST it OK E .?Says Dr Footet Health
ronth/y : Look out for sunstrokes, and
member that prevmtion is always better
an euro. Here arc soaio timely hints by
.New York Board of Health which will
ilp to uiake life endurable during the heated
rut:
"Sunstroke is caused by excessivo beat,
d especially if the weather is muggy. It
more likely to. occur on the second,
ird, or fourth day of a heated term than
i the first Tho time when poople are
oat prone to be sunstruck is between 11
id 4 o'clock. Wear thin clothing, slcen in
rcfully ventilated rooms, avoid lose of sleep
d overfatigue Pat a moist handkerchief
the hat ; lift the hat from time to time in
der to obtain ventilation. Do not eheck
rspiration, but drink what water you need
order to keep up perspiration. If you feel
ignc, dizziness, headache, or exhaustion,
p work at once. Sit down in u cool, shady
>ce. Ap^ly wet cloths, and bntlto the
re and nock in cold water. If any one
overcome with heat, send at onee for a
yaioian. While waiting for the doctor,
re the patient cold water or cold lea.?
ur cold water on the neck and wrists, ncd
pi* pounded ice wrapped up in a towel to
t heard. When a nemm <? ?-t/?
r nuu (I Utf
h a feeble pulae, giro some ammonia to
ell, and administer a teaspoon !'u I of arntie
spirits of ammonia io two table spoon
i of water sweetened with sugnr."
tabmrib* lor the Times 1