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TIE WEEKLY UHIOH TIMES. ^ U^otijd to g^ritulturq, goriieuliar<t, goni|^jS^Bfifflfeaj|otitf Sitqraturr, ftoliticr., and the Current gftioss of thf gag. WADE HAMPTON'S LEGION. Farewell scene?a battle flag from a wedding gown The c'ty of Columbia, S. C., during the war, witnessed an episode that has uot yet found its way among the records of that eventful period. It wastlic occasion of the resignation by Gen. Wade Hampton of the command of his famous "Hampton Legion,'* uud his farewell to the old soldiers whom he had organized and equipped, prior to his promotion to tho cavalry service with which his name iu after years was so significantly identified, 'ft e city never looked If tWi* Imvi >11 i Ft 11 f linn nn fYlti# liriirltf. v.nrmir W " v" %,M*% W,,n"W I ? tnoruiug. Nature bad celebrated her glorious rcsuricctioti. Air, earth and sky seemed in harmony with the occasion. The gardens were iu full bloom ; the soft south winds earnc laden with the perfume of myriads of flowers, aud the winged choristers of the woods were holding high carnival. There wrs ono objective point that day to which everybody, young and old, white and black, hurried, as if auiuiaced by a common thought, to a great grove on the outskirts of the capital, lty thousands the people flocked thither froui the adjacent towns and villages, and long before noon * a dense multitude had assembled arouud *V \ the platform on which were to take place the official exercises of the day. wade Hampton's appkahance. Tito "Lcniou" had meanwhile formed iu line iu camp aud, preceded by their baud, were marching through the streets of the city to the place where they were soon to part with their old couiuiauder. As they appeared upon the scene aud their baltlotla<? came in view the enthusiasm of the immense throng was somethiug to be long remembered. Cheer after eheer greeted the war-worn veterans and did not cease until with steady tramp they had filed into position around the platform, on which were seated a group of distinguished men, whose names have since become illustrious in the annals of the confederacy. A moment later the tall, commanding figure of an officer, whoso face told of exposure to the elements, was discovered ascending the steps to join the compatriots with whom ho had associated in council and on the field. He was clad in a suit of faded gray and car* ricd in his hand a weather beaten, war-worn felt hat. A look of sadness rested on the handsome features, and there stood before the multitude the idol of South Carolina. To that audience no introduction was necessary, for it recognized in an instant the chevalier, sans peur, et sans reprochc, aroutul whom has since clustered so many memories of the late desperate strife ? Wade Hampton. IIA M I'TON \S PA It K.W Pl.t.. Some minutes elapsed before he was permitted to speak, and when he did so it was with a voice tremulous with emotion. Turning to the throng he made a brief address in recognition of the warm welcoino of which he had been the rccipiont, and then turning to his old command he uttered the touching and eloquent seutcuces in which he bade farewell to the men who had followed his fortunes since the beginning of the war. His language may not have beer, recorded, but those who were present will not focgct the closing remark : "Soldiers ! I thiuk you will all bear witness -that I never ordered the Legion to go where I did not lead you, and 1 believe you will be true to your past ii* whatever duties you may be called upon to perforin in the future. Farewell for the present ; but we shall meet again on many afield* May the God of battles bless you and 1_ 1 uiess our cause :' Among the soldiers present wis one who had received a heavy sabre cut and stil ( wore his arm in a sling. Some one asked how he was wounded. "Defending that life, which is worth ten of mine," was the answer. "In one of the hand-to ll tin! fights a federal soldier had his sword raised and was in the act of cutting down Hampton when I threw my arm up and caught the blow. Hut I never have regretted it, for ^ there he stands the embodiment of our W people." lie was a young Georgian, and is to-day a successful merchant in the city of Savannah. A PALMETTO TOKEN. Seated next to General Hampton on the piaiiorm was tno liev. Pr i'almcr, now oi New Orleans. After making an address in bis own peculiarly effective style, ho drew from his pocket a small parcel which he slowly opened with the accdmpatiyiug remark : "As I was about stepping on this platform a fair daughter of Carolina handed inc this (holding up a beautiful palmetto tree attached to a blue ribbon) and requested me to pin it as near General Hampton's heart as possible ; and now it he will step to the front (as is his custom) I will obey thu young lady's couiunud to the best of my ability." Hampton advanced blush ingly to the edge of the platform to receive the token, and after it was pin.-jed ou the lappel of his coat ho :nrncd to tho reverend gentleman and laying his hand over tho souvenir said : '-Tell her 1 will defend it with my life." After the ceremonies tho soldiers were invited io a barbecue where the tables were presided over by the principal ladios of the city. Battles, except with knife and fork, were for the nonce forgotten, and the uieu who tnuufully stood by their flag woro quickly engaged in paying tribute to the pretty girls, who were only too happy thus to show their appreciation of the gallaut fellows who represented the '. omen of the land. Poor boys ! Sflorcfi nfflinm ovoliuni buttons that day for little keepsakes who never eturncd to redeem the tokens or claim the bauds that gave them. Conspicuous among the throng was Colonel Mar* tiu W. (Jary who subsequently became commander of the Legiou aud was made a brigadier and urajor general. lie was one of the most fearless aud dashing officers of the Oonfeedrate army, and up to the day of his death was known as "the nnpardon* able rebel." During the four years of the war lie had passed through some forty cngagcmcuts without receiving a wound, aud died iu the prime of life only a fe w years ago, at his home in Edgefield. THE HAMPTON BATTLE FLAG. The flag of the llaniplou Legion was made from a portion of the wedding dress of Mrs. Hampton and was presented by her in pcrsou to the couimaud. The lew threads of it which remain show how faithfully it was borne in the thickest of the fray. More than twenty men have gone to their soldiers rest while bearing it aloft amid tho din uud horror of battle. At the beginning of the war General Hampton was a wealthy man. He supplied his soldiers with their arms and quartered them on his own grouuds. The Legioa comprised some of the best uicn of tho State, and there were scores of young planters and professional men who, volunteering as mere privates, with little hope of promotion, represented millions of dollars. The esprit du coqs was something remarkable. INCIDENTS RELATING TO TI1E LEGION. An incident that occurred within the observation of tho writer illustrates her meaning. It is that of Dr. Ilyder D. Hedon, now of Mississippi, who served in the ranks during tho cutiro war, from tliQ tocsin that called him to Hull Hun to the tap of the last drum at Appomattox. On being reuionstiated with by friends who depicted the hardships of camp life, in his capacity as a private his reply was : ' Any man will accept the position of an Kilt Dt'Drt/ m*m tvill urtfr fiirli* oc o nri. ..... .. .. ,... vale. I'll take my chuuccs and cudeavor to do my duty." lie fought gallautly and came out of the war unscathed. A humorous incident is related of another private in the Legion who left a .sumptions houic. Tho regiment was encamped near the Potomac, and the young warrior having been taught that "cleanliness was akin to godliuess" j decided not ouly to take a bath himself, j but to wash his clothing. He did so and hung the latter ou the neighboring limbs to dry while ho went to sleep. On awakening he found that every vestige of his attire had been stolen, probablv by some luckless individual whose morals had not been improved by the war and whose wants were worse. This was a predicament for a soldier of the Legiou who might expect marching orders at any moment. lie arose to the situation, however, and stating the case to his friends they called the company together to consider the question of "repairs.7 They voted bini uu outfit in very short order, but for uniqueness it has doubtless seldom been equaled. A coat was contributed by one, a pair of trousers by another, a sock and a shoo by a third, etc. Not an article was cf the proper dimensions, but it served as a temporary covering, for which lie was grateful, and when the entire "get up" was complete, the boys christened him "The child of the l!egimeut." A QIJIBT QUAKKit. While the Legion were encamped on the banks of the Opcquau, in Virginia, an old Quaker rode into camp, lie was mounted on the back of a sorry looking mule and was himself, with his "thces," and "thous," a typical specimen of an anti-belligerent I nun i ne nacK woods. I lie boys jeered him from one end ol'the camp to the other, but he paid little attention to them until he reached the headquarters of Colonel Hampton, where being met and cordially greeted by a number of officers, he quietly raised the colored glasses that concealed his eyes, removed a wig and revealed the familiar features of on* of the most daring scouts in the Army of Virginia. He had just returned irom Washington, run the lino of pieketsou the Maryland side, brought a lot of Northern newspapers, together with a mass of private information that subsequently proved of great moment to the Couunander in Chief, and in his quiet disgui o bad presented himself lor further orders. It is needless to say that he had a welcome that night from ??i^ comrades in arms such as brave men always accord to each other. DEFERED NEWS ITEMS. Mr. T. K Cunningham, of Lancaster -oouoVjv made this year four hundred and sixty baafcctf of wheat on twelve ncres of land, an avyegge of thirty-eight aud one-third bushels to the aero. One acre of the twelve yielded ouly five bushoU, which leaves four hundredfifty-fivo bushels as the yield of the other eleven acres, an avcragOi of forty-one and four-elevenths bushels to the' acre. Tkrridi,r Disaster on tiik Clyde.?London* July 3?3 P. M.?Intelligence lias just reached this city of an unusual and terrible calamity, during the launch of a steamship at Glasgow to-day. The vessel to which the disaster happened was the steamer Duphnc. While sna was being launched she fell over on her side, j precipitating a number of people into thewat$r. According to dispatches thus far received etas ^hundred persons were drowucd. Traoic Result ox a Family Quarrel.?Dan vine, June t\>.?a lew ways ago a quarrel uooui some trivial matter arose between the Grant and Manning families, residents of Pittssylvania co., as a result, George F. Grant, at tho instigation it is said, of bis mother, crept upon Manning while he was at work in a field, shot him five times and afterwards bent him with his fist and stamped upon him saying, "Now, d?n you, die.*' Manning died the followiug day. Grant escaped. Murder and Lynching in Mississippi.?Memphis, July 3.?The Avalanche's Skipwith Miss , special says : On Sunday morning Mrs. Christina Ambacher, a worthy white woman, was found dead near her door with" her skull fractured and two other wounds on the bnck of her head. Martin Jones, a negro who had threatened the life of her husband, was arrested and a search of his dwelling revealed a b'oody shirt. He then confessed. Whilo being taken to jail a mob composed principally of negroes, took Jones and hanged him. One Hanged and the Other Burned.?New Orleans, June 28.?A Times Democrat special from Greenville, Texas, gives an account of the lynching of two negroes who committed a rape upon a young lady near Jefferson. It states that one of thorn was hanged and tho other burned to death yesterday. Galveston, Texas, June 30.?*A Xews' Jefferson dispatch announces the death of Mrs. Rogers the victim of the recent outrageous assault for wtitcti two negroes were lynched. The wora?u was iu n delicate condition at time of (ho assault and a premature birth was occasioned. .? 15ew are or the Poker Players.?Paymaster Wasson's explanation to the court martial shows simply that ho was a very poor but sanguiue Poker player, lie nearly always lost, but ho hoped "his luck would turn," but it did not and having once started down hill, "everything seemed to bo greased for the occasion." The deficit iu his accounts, at first about $2,000, grew to $5,000, and no doubt would have kept increasing had lie succocdcd in concealing it for a time louger. Maj. Wasson's experience is not Tt new one, and It only goes to cohUrm -aiv irai rassion, already quite general, that a poker player is not a safe person to handle other people's money. A Fatal Kaii.uoai> Accident.? Charleston, S. C. June 28.- -The fast express tridn from Summcrvillc this morning when three miles from this city was turned from the main track into a siding by a misplaced switch, and came into collision with two loaded cars, which were standing on the side track. The engineer, J. S. Smith, was iustantly killed nnd a colored fireman, Paul Washington, received injuries froui which lie died later in the day. The engine was demolished and the engineer's body cut completely in two. There were about one hundred and fifty passengers on the train, none of whom were hurt, 'l'liev owe their lives to the heroism of the engineer, who, instead of jumping from the engine after the train left the main track, occupied himself during the run of 75 yards to the scene of the collision in reversing the engine and putting on the oir brakes. The accident was caused by the carelessness of the section master who was repairing the switch at the time. The coroner's jury lays all blame on the section master. II (i Stewart. He was arrested and committed to jail in default of $2,1)00 bail. . 0 "Caupkntku IIees."?Mr. Editor :?1 discovered a pair of insects that looked like bees in my yard. They have taken up their quarters in a hole bored by them into a white pine frame, two inches by two iuchcs. They commenced boring from the surface and made a hole of an inch in diameter by about 1.1 inches deep. Is it not something unusual for bees to drill holes in that manner in wood? J. L. P. ii is 1101 unusual ior a particular species of bees, sometimes called "carpenter bees," to bore into posts and the woodwork of bouses, espe' cially where it lias became soft in the first stage of decay. On the country, that is the habit cf the bees of this species in constructing their nests, which are very interesting objects for observation. They belong to the genus popularly called "solitary bees," because they do not hive or live in colonies like honey bees." In this genus therearc "mason beer," or "mining bees," as well as "carpenter bees." Any good oook on "ilees" cr full cyclopaedia article 011 the subject will give you further information.?Public Le<U ycr. . ?. Aid, Aiiou'J' A Sit iitr.?Wo have a "war relic," iu the shape of "general order, No. 20, headquarters depart ment of the Trans Mississippi, Shroveport, La, July 2d, 1SG3, published by command of Lt. General K< Kirby Smith.' The order announces tho proceedings and findings of a general courtmartial Quo of tho offenders was W. G. Dotson, who stole a shirt, tlio property ol William j) Murry, both men being members of Co II, 17th Texas consolidated regiment. The sentence imposed was: '-The said private Poison toiidc a mule, to be seated on the mule face backward, feet tied under the belly of the mule, to be led in front of the whole brigade drawn up in line of battle; 011 his hat is to be fastened aboard I and on i . written, in largo letters, the word "Thiol." The dru Miners and Luglors arc to follow him, making all a iris of discord I with their instrument.)." JHAT BAD BOY. Bkpahet/jcs"^~;t Fenian scare? dynamite /^ntrtridycs?the old man loses his teeth VgqSL guess your pa's losses in the si Ivor tntae has made hiui crazy, haven't they,' >ajfd the grocery man to the bad boy, us he iHUpe in the store with his eye winkers wi^ed off. and powder murks on his lacc, and begun to pluy on the harmonica, and 1?9t^down o? a stie1* of stove wood and bab anted himself. I jr'P,Jf guess uot. lie has hedged. He got friTth the deacon of another church, and SOW Bomo of his stock to him, and pa says if I -tc2i Lnnrt mo 'yi M,J wv..v?vui.? UIVUIU OUUV ?IU " ? ? Unload the whtrto of It, if the" cfiiireTics hold out. IIo grcs to a new church ever)' night to a prayer meeting or anything and makes uia go with him, to give him tone, aud after meeting she talks with tho sisters about how to piece a silk bed quilt, while pa gets i\i his w~-k selling silver stock. 1 don't kuow but\ ? will order some more stock from the ory, if he sells all he has got,' and the boy^ <jut on playing 'There is a Und that is fa r than Day." But what was h dipping up street for the other uight will ?s hat off, grabbing at his coat tails as th 'h they w.?ro entire? I thought I ucver sat hussy man run any faster. And what was\ celebration down on your street about th? iuie ? I thought the world won court tig^co ft u end,'' aud the grocery man kept away from tho boy, for fear he would explode. Oh, that was only a Fenian scare. Nothing serious. You see pa is a sort of halt Englishman. He claims to be an American citizen, when ho wants office, but when they lk about a draft he claims to be a subject^ Great Britaiu. and he says they can't J touch him. 1'u is a darn smart man, and dou t ydU Forgot it. i here don t many ol them got ahead of pa, uiuch. Well, pa has said a good deal about the wicked Fenians, and that they ought (o be pulled, aud when I read the story in the papers about the oxplosiou iu the British Purlimcnt pa was hot. He said the dam nirieh was ruining the whole world, lie didn't dare say it at tho table or our hired girl would have -knocked him silly with a spoonful of mashed potatoes,' causo she is a nirish girl, and - IbjiTany JCugLLdnnafi in -this iowu Pa says there ought to have becu somebody there to have takeu that bomb up ant tniowd it in the sewor before it exploded lie said if he ever should see a bomb lu would grab it right up and throw it awaj where it wouldn't hurt anybody. Pa ha: uie read tho papers to him nights, cause his eyes have got splinters iu 'em, aud aftei I had road all there was in tho paper I made up a lot more and preteuded to read i(: about how it was rumored that the Feuiau: hero iu Milwaukee were going to place dyn auiitc bombs at every house where an Englishman lived, and at a given signal blow them all up. Pa looked pale around tlx gills, hut he said lie wasn't scared. Pa aut ma were going to call on a she deacon tha night, that has lots of money in the bauk to see if she didn't waut to iuvest in a dca< sure paying silver mine, and 1110 and u>; chum concluded to give them a send off.? We got my big black ingy rubber foot-ball and painted 'Dinymight' in big white letters on it, and tied a pieco of tarred rope ti it for a fuse, and got a big fire-cracker, oni of these old fourth ofJuiy horsj scalers and a banket full of I roken glass. Wc pu the football in front of the step, and lit tin tarred rope, and got under the step will the fire-crackcr and basket, where they g down into the basement. Pu nnl inu caim out the front door, and down the steps, am pa saw the football aud the burning fuse and he said,''Ereat End, 1 fanner, we an blowed up,'and he started to run, and 111 Hfnnmxl t/i lnnlf if -T ncf nn cPn-fn/J f. rr? ? -?-- -- ... ? p.. run I touched off the lire-cracker, and ni) chum arranged it to pour out llio brokei glass ou the brick pavement just as tin firo-cracker went off". Well, everything wcut just as w expected, except ma. Sin had examined the loot hall, and conclude! i it was uot dangerous, and was just givin; it a kick as the lire-cracker went off, am the glass hell, and the tire-cracker was si near her that it scared her. and when p: looked around uia was Hying across tin sidewalk, and pa hejird the noise and in thought the house was blown to atoms. <) you'd died to see him go around the c irnei You could play croltuy on his coat-tail and hits face was as pale as ma's whci sho goe? to a party. But ma didn' scftiti much. As quick ao sho stoppe* against the hitching post she knew i i was us boys, and she oame down there, am i maybe sho didn't maul uic. 1 cried am tried to gain her sympathy by telling he i the firc-cracker went off before it was dut aud burned my eyebrows off, but she didn' [ let up until 1 promised t<> go and find pa.? 1 I tell you my ma ought to bo engaged to th i British government to hunt out the dyna j mite fiends. >She would corral them i ' two minutes. It pa had as much sand a uia has got, it would ba warm weather for 1 mo. Well, uie and my chum went nnd headed pa off. or I guess he would bo run uing yet. Wo g >t hiui up by the lake shore, and he wanted to know if the house fell down. He said he would leave it to mo if 1 ho ever said anything against tho Fenians, 1 and I told him he had always claimed that the Fenians were tho uicest men in the ' world, aud it seemed to relievo him very much VVhen he got home and found tho ' house there he was so tickled, aud when ma called him an old bald-headed coward, and I said it was only a joke of tho boys with a ' font ball, ho laugbeil li^ht out. aud said he know it all the timo, and run to ace if ma would bo scared. And then ho wanted to hug uio, but it Wasn't my night to hug and i I went down to tho theatre. Pa don't 1 amount to much when there is trouble.? The time that ma had them cramps, you remember, when you got your cucumbers first last season, pa came near fainting away. ' aud uia said ever sinco they had been married when anything ailed her, pa has had paiuf just the satuo as she has. only he grunted more, and thought he was going to die. (tosh, if I was a man I wouldn't be sick every time one of tho neighbors had the back ache, would you 'Well, you can't tell. When you have been married tweuty or thirty years you will know a good deal more than you do now Yon think von know it all now. and you are pretty intelligent for a boy that has linon lip.iiiiflit nn onrolosslv but there are *' j 1 things that you will learn after awhile that will astonish you. But what ails your pa's tooth ? The hired girl was over here to get 1 some corn meal for gruel, and she said your pa was gumming it sine.} he had lost his teeth.' '(), about the teeth. That was too bad. ' Von see my chum has got a dog that is old i and his teeth have all c.ouic out iu front, 1 and this morning 1 borrowed pa's teeth before he got up tosee if we couldn't fix them in the dog's mouth so he could eat better. I Pa says it is an cvidonjo of a kind heart for a boy to be good to dumb animals, but ! its a darn mean dog that will go back on a friend. We tied the teeth in the dog's 1 mouth with a string that went around his upper jaw, and another around his~ under J jaw, and you'd dido to see how funny 1 ho looked when he laughed. He looked just like pa when lie tried to smile so as to get me to come up to him when ho wants to lick me. The dog pawed his mouth a spell to get the teeth out, and then we gave him a bone with soma meat on, and he began to gnaw the bone, and the teeth came off the plate, and he thought it was a piece of the bone, and he swallowed tho teeth. My chum noticed it firsthand he said we had got to get iu our work pretty quick to save the plate, and I think wc were iu luck to save them. I held the dog, and my chum, who was better acquainted with 1 hiui, untied the string* and got the gold t plates out, but there wcro ouly two teeth > left and the dog was happy, llo waggled 1 his tail for more teeth but wo hadn't any y more. I um going to give him ma's teeth - somo day. My chum says when a dog , gets an appetite for anything you have got - to keep giving it to him or ho goes back on o you. Hut I think my chum played mean 3 on me. We sold the gold plate to a jewelry , mail and my chum kept the m; ucy. 1 think, t as long as I furnished the goods, lie ought 3 to have given mo something besides the ? experience, don't you? After this I don't 3 have no more partners, vou bet.' Ail this u time the boy was marking on a piece of I paper, auil soon after he went out the gro. i eery man noticed a crowd outside, and goc ing out ho found a sign hanging up which a read, 'Wormy Figs for Parties. A Vkoktaiuan's Bill ok Fakk.?An English vegetarian has made a report to the Jtrtiixh Mrd8 icaI Journal of the result of his year's experib eucc without meat. At first he found the vegcr tables insipid, and had to use sauces to get them ^ down. As soon as he became accustomed to the j diet all condiments were put aside except a little sail. The desire for tobacco and alcohol left "J him spontaneously. Then all his digestive func* j lions became regular, and he found himself c | wholly file from headaches and bilious atlncks. x I After three months a troublesome rheumatism u I left him, and at (ho end of a year he had gained e eight pounds in weight, lie believes he can >1 o more mental labor than before and that all his ' senses arc more acute. For breakfast he has brown bread, apples aud cofTee ; dinner consist, ') of two vegetables, brown bread anil pie or pudII ding; for tea he rejoices in bread and jam, with t milk ami water, ami for supper, bread, jam, cold j pudding, and, asa luxury, boiled onions. Eggs, { milk, butler and checso aro used on'y in very small quantities. The dietist is a doctor, and his statement is drawing out many similar ones ^ from medical men. .Medical professor to raw student: "Where ' is the glottis?" "1 don't know, sir. I think 1 you put it on the shelf in tho dressing-room ~ with the rest of your surgical instruments." e ? ? Dr. Uuthric's four reasons for being a tota 1 abstainer [arc unanswerable: 1, My head it " 1 clearer. ", My health is better. ?!, My hear '3 is lighter. I, My nurse is heavier. DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. 1*. V Ovkrs.?Tho farmer1? L'nion has this recipe : One egg, one cup svfcet milfc, one etfp flour, one scant teaspoonful of salt, Put just a little in buttered tart tins and bake in a quick oven. 1 liko tliein with a sauce of sweetened cream or m lk. with nutmeg. Potato Pis.? Knte" sends the following to tho Miucapolis Tribune: peel and grnte ono large white potato into a dish, add tho juico and rind of ono lemon, the beaten while of one egg, one teacupful white sugar, ono ctrp cold water ; pour this into a nice undcrcrust and bake. When donoliavc ready tho.bcaten whites of three eggs, half cup of powered sugnr, flavor with lomon, spread on the pie nnd return to the oven to harden. It is delicious. Pavilion IIotrl Corn Urkah.?This is tho way Christian Mugcl makes his famous corn bread : First, half pound butter ; second, half pound sugar ; third, one dozen eggs ; fourth two quarts of milk ; fifth, two pounds while Indian tncul ; sixth one pound wheat flour, and I wo mill a half ounces ltoyal llaking powder^ Mix the above ingredients one after the other as they arc numbered, and bo euro and ntix the baking powder in with the Hour before putting it in the mixture, llako in sinull moulds or in a sqnaro pan,in a hot oven. Sai.i.y Lunn.?"D. N. II." of Sparta, Ala., sends the New York World this recipe for Snlly Lunn : Take a quart of flour, four egg?, a cupful of milk, a c pful of butter and lard mixed, a touspoonful and a half of bnking powder, and a tcuspoonful of salt. Beat yolks and whites of eggs separately and very light ; melt the shortening, sift the baking powdor into the flour and add the whites last. Bake with steady heat three-quarters of an hour ; tost with a straw to aseurtatn wuuu .. ? ... Gkauam Biscuits.?Tnko very thick warm Graham porridge, cover the kneading-board with Graham flour, and knead the porridgo into it uutil the dough is still enough to roll out nicely. Hull about an iucli thick, cut in nny shape preferred, and bake about half an hour in a quick oven. Look at them when they have been in twenty minutes. ? -. Farm Scenrsok To-day?"What's (ho news, doctor ?" enquired the reporter of ouc of our physicians as ho nlighlcd in front of his office y istcrday (roin a trip to the country. "Nutbine much," he replied. "Just bceu out to Sugar Crook to trim up a hand and sot a log for a darkey who was running a mowing machine yesterday. Never saw the like of it," he continued. Sinco all tho farmers have begun to run this modern machinery, bringing on the reapers for the old time cradles and tho mowers for tho rusty old scytlujbludos, bull of our practico is given to sawiug off hands and legs.? When cottou ginning time opens, we will have to carry a saw and case of knives with us all the time. If I had buried all the hands and feet 1 have cut off in the past two years in u lot somewhere about town. I would have had a first rato little cemetery by this timo. Yes, its lively on the farms theso days, and I must go and sharpen up my saws to get ready for auothcr call; hut here's how it is," he said, as ho pulled out a a piece of paper; "old man Branson wrote it but its good:" Oh, sweet is the fiohl where the meadow lark tlits And sings, as it soars and dives ; Where the grangei sits, and yells as he gits His fingers amongst the knives. No longer we hear on the hilside sere The scythestone's clinkety clink ; 15ut the reaping machine cuts his leg off, I ween, Before ever the man can think. With foreboding and loirs his good wife hears The man of the house say good-bye; To return, in sooth, with a horsc-rake tooth Sticking four inches out of his eye. Pka Vines, Curing Qrken.?We desiro boiho information in regard to peas and poa vines. Is tliero any process by which thegrccn vines with peas on them can be cured in the green state so ns to get full benofit of them in feeding to stock ??Q. O. B., Srlmit Ala. Answer.?There arc several ways of curing pea vines, but a'l embrace one essential point ; they must not bo exposed to the sun after they are wilted : if they are, the leaves will drop off and be lost. A very successful, but troublesomo plan, is to build a pen a foot high, of rails or poles; make an open floor across the top with the same, then build up pen ngain two feet high and fill with pea vines; then put another floor and build up and fill again with vines, and so on, as high ns desirable, and put a temporary roof over the whole. This nrrnngcmcut admits air freely and the vines cure well. They should be cut after the dew is otr and hauled up and i put in pen at once. Another plan, where well limbed old field pines arc convcnicut. is to trim oil the small leaf bearing branches from the main limb mid cut off the ends of the latter in such manner ns to have the skeleton tree thai is left, cone-shaped. B.iild an open foundation around base of tree, one that will keop viues off the ground also give free ventilation. This done slack up the green vines around the skele* ton tree, comb down and briuz it into ordinary Btiick shape. The limbs kocp (he vines from settling down close and give freo ventilation through the mass. Still another method is, to. rake the vines into a swath and than roll them, over and over, getting more into the roll, until U is say two feet in diameter. These rolls nr? then leaned up under shelter to cure. Tea vines i can be cured also by putting in small bigh shocks?cut after tho dew is off and shook at i once. Make diameter of shock very small, and height as great as possible.?Soul/urn Cultivator* 1 Mow much trouble ho avoids who docs not * lcok to see what his n.ighbor says, or docs or i thinks, hut only to what he does himself, that it may he just and pure.- -.'/. Ari(oninu?y