The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 04, 1886, Image 1
ggcotgd lo Sflritullurii, goriituliurg, gomgsiit fieonomg, fjolite Jflfijrature, jjolitiea, and the (furrent gteujs of the gag.
VOL. XVII?New Series. UNION C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 4, 1880. NUMBER 22.
SENATOR BUTLER OR FREE TRADE.
A Gradual Reduction in tub 1'Amirr Favored
Ikrr Nor Adsolute Free Trade?Tuk Adoption
or tub Internal Revenue System Advocated.
United States Senate.
Washington, D. C-, May 20,188G.
Prof. 11. Means Davis, Chairman Executive
Committee Free Trade Association
of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.
My Dear Sir: Souie time ago I received
from you tho following letter :
[Senator Butler thon quotes tho letter
sent him by the Froc Trade Association
on tho 4th of March.]
?i? -<
??uuQiM?iug kiiv ui your association
or any athor number of respectable
citizens of South Carolina to know my opinions
on all questions affecting the public
interest, I cheerfully respond in this form,
not haviDg the tiocc for public addresses as
suggested by your letter.
You will permit mo to say, in passing,
I am much ploascd at the prospect of a
full discussion of this most vital subject,
about which so little is understood, and I
trust it will bo condnctcd in a spirit of
candor and toleration worthy of the
topic, and free from thoao unseemly personalities
and aspersions which of late
enter into controversy that arises. It doos
not strengthen the forco of any man's argument
or views to impugn the motives or
sincerity of tlioso who differ with him, but
often degrades the controverey and loads to
pernicious consequences.
The question of taxation is, and has
always been, one af tho most difficult and
complicated problems of civil government.
Taxation is a necessary evil, and how to
lay taxes, and wh<>ro, and when, upon what
objects and persons, so as to make the evil
as light and as little burdensome as possiblo.
? ?
and operate with justice aud fairness, has
always been most perplexing and troublesome
to tho minds of thoao whoso duty it
has been and is to deal with the subject.
When it comes to determino what shall
be the objects of direct taxation, you are
constantly confronted with compilations
and difficulties. In South Carolina we
have tho ad valorem system, which appears
to bo tho fairest and most simple,
that is, that a man shall pay accordiog to
the value of bis property ; and yet there
is always room for complaint of under
valuation or unequal valuation, whether
joxx should tax mortgages and at tho same
time tho thing mortgaged, chosen in action,
moneys in hand, &c.
Theso and others of a kindred character
are
all subjects that havo baffled tho best
intellects of the ablest statesmen and political
economists of this and ovory civilized
pountry. The internal or oxoise system of
Federal direct taxation has always been
tho moat odious of all forms. The army
of agents and inspectors, employed to provent
and detect fraud ou tho public revenues
are oppressive to tho poople and uurepublican
under tho mildest form of
administration. Tho powers of tho Fed
v ri. . ? * -
oral ana otaio governments in regaru to
taxation, except as to imposts, are concurrent.
Both may tax tho samo object at
the same time, and each must have its own
agents, Bepasato and distinct, to collect
taxos for the support of each. Under tho
(iArticles of Confederation" it was found
that tho Federal government could not
rely upon the Stales for the resources and
revenuos for its support, and hence, chiefly,
tho necessity for tho 'more perfect Uuion,"
formed under tho prcsont Constitution.
g0- that, when we tallt about supporting
tho gov??raaient by a system of direct taxation,
you per^i*6 8omc 'be obstacles in
the woy. As I h^e observed, all forms
of taxation aro onerous vexatious, and
the vital question is, whic.'1 * 'be least
so?
I have been led to submit these oVv?cr"
vations from a passage in your letter in
wbioh you say :
"Wo have, therefore, resolved to urge
Upon the people of South Carolina in publio
moetings the propriety of demanding
of Congress a speedy abolition of the artificial
bsiriors and governmental tollgntos
k?* aKiaK tlin trnffin af* tVta nnvl/l m <1!?Aa
v J "u'v" *"w ",u " u,TO'ted
from its natural channels, and man is
deprived by man of his God-given right
to reeeivo the fulleat returns to bis labor.?
If you mean by this the abandonment
of the system of laying taxes on merchandise
imported from foreign countries and
abolition of custom houses, I oannot join
you in the demand. The collection of duties
on imports has been in practico from
{ the foundation of the government, and is
V much the safest and most efficient modo of
\ seecuring revenue for the support of the
a n 1 I? !I.J
? 4 government. v^uugrem hub rarei) uthiiuu
lm itself of that power under the Cons'ituthn
which provides thai direct taxation "shall
I be apportioned among (he several States
jM fcrcordiog to their respective numbers"?
K
never except on occasions of great emergency,
as at the beginning of the late war?
The framcrs of the Constitution evidently
calculated that duties on imports
would bo the chiof reliance for revenue,
because by the second clause of the teoth
Section of Article I. it is provided that
"no Stato shall, without the consent of
Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports
or exports except," &c., &o., clearly
showing that this power was left exclusively
for the Federal government.
Direct taxatiou was resorted to by tho
Federal government at tho beginning of
the late war, and many of our best and
most respeotod citisens in the low Counties
can testify to the spoliation and confiscation
under it, which made them paupers.
Tho present internal revenue Bjstem of
direct taxation is a hcritago of tho war,
and if I had tho power I would wipe out
the lost Tostigo of it, as I would the war
tariff and imposts.
If, oq the other hand, you moan by this
expression the tariff laws should be so
oquitably and fairly readjusted as to raise
the necessary revenue for tho support of
the government, and at tho samo timo as
nearly as may bo operate upon all alike,
I will unite most cordially with you. How
that can be best and justly done is a very
grave problem. About tho sum of $300,000,000
must bo raised annually by taxation?partly
internal and partly external.
Of this sum 8181,500,000 in round numbers
was raised by dutios on imports, $112,500,000
by internal rovenue taxation, and
tho balance of tho 8323,500,000 (total
ordinary receipts) was derived from sales
of publio lands, patent fees, taxes en
natioual banks, seigniorage at the mint,
&o.
Now the presont consideration is how
can this 8181,500,000 derived from imports
bo so imposed as to bear lightest
upon consumers, or how can it be levied to
raise the necessary revenue and unfetter
trade and oommerco. Many of the industries
of this country have grown up under
the stimulating or speculative influence of
a high tariff, protective in many instanoes,
and yet raising large revenues, prohibitory
in others, and not bringing a dollar into
the treasury. As unjust as this is and has
been to the unprotected classes, it would
not be wise or proper to knock the props
from under such industries with oue blow
and bring them down in' a crash. It would
bo more unwise and wrong to continue
this oondition of things. What then is to
be done ?
My idea is that tariff taxation should be
gradually and surely reduoed until we have
reached the point when each article will
produce the largest amount of revenue,
and then leave off, transferring from timo
to time such articles to the free list as
should bo found from experience to be
most conveniently spared from the revenue
list. Take for instance the article of
sugar. I insist that the present tax of 11
eents a pound?tbe average?is the revenue
standard, because it raises about $50,
000,000 annually, paid into the treasury
on a total value of 973,500,000 worth imported?70.98
per cent, ad valorem.
It is claimed that this tax is protection
to the sugar planter. Grant it. So much
tho better for the sugar planter, and that
is what I call incidental protection. He
receives a very small percentage of protection,
while the Treasury is replenished
with the tax.
And so it is with rice, which pays into
tho Treasury 81,619,523.24 on a total
value of 82,134,188.74 imported, 75.88
per cent, ad valorem.
Now let me call attention to the duty on
cotton tics, as that is an article with which
all of our people ate familiar. The duty
on cotton ties prior to the last tariff revision
was 35 per cent, ad valorem, and
that is the duty to-day. It pays its share
of revenue iuto the Treasury at that rate.
V..'*t what the amount is I will not ston to
" ^ f
inquire, ^ 1 m,J My > ? very fair
duty.
The Tariff Cu?m,M'oa recommeuded
an increase of 50 per ??n&* on cotton ties,
which would hare made 85 per cent.
What would have been the effect *hia ?
Not a cotton tie would hare been imported,
and consequently not a dollar would hav?
boen collected on this article for the Troasury,
because tbe tariff would hare boen absolutely
prohibitory. But about $800,000
would have been paid by the farmera
into the pocketa of five or six hoop iron
manufactures in Pennsylvania, not a dollar
into tho Treasury. The 50 per oeat, was
not added because it was strioken out of
tbe bill, an 1 of oourae this did not happen,
but I advert to it to illustrate in a striking
manner how iniquitous a high proteotive
prohibitory tariff is.
Thero are mauy articles on the list just
as glaring as this throatened to be, und it
is to rsoiif/ suoh wrongs and equalities
*
that every fair-minded man ought to address
himself. Your association can accomplish
much in that direction by an enlighted
agitation and discussion of the
subject. It is a great fallacy to suppose
the oountry prospers or that labor is protected
by a high taritf.
Just the reverse is true, and in my opinion
tbe recent stagnation and depression
in business, and the restlessness, dissatisfaction
and unhappy condition of tho laboring
classes in this country are duo
largely to tho present high rato of tazntion.
The duty on imported merchandise entered
for consumption in the United States
is 48.660 per centago ad valorem on
dutiable articles, higher than in 1867,
when it was 46.667 per cent.; higher than
it has ever been from 1791 to 1885, except
in 1824, '25, '2G and '27, when it reached
50.21, 50.54, 49.26 and 53.76 per cent,
respectively,and 1829 and '30, when it went
np to 54.18 and 61.69 respectively, which
latter provoked the Nullification agitation
in South Carolina. The compromise measures
that grew out of this agitation reduced
tbo tariff gradually until it had gone down
to 25.81 in 1842. Wo are now paying
higher tariff taxes than what were known
as "war taxes', of 1865 (66.67 and 68 per
ocnt.J accumulating a large surplus in the
treasury every year, which must lead to
profligacy and extravagance. It encourages
the most disgraceful squandering of
money on so-called, pensions, public buildings,
rivers and harbors, so-called aid to
popular education, subsides to steamships,
railroads, &c., &c. ; all of which is wrong,
demoralizing and pernicious.
Is there patriotism enough in the country
to reduce the war taxation and relieve
the tax payers of these unnecessary burdens
? We shall sec. And I rely confi
dently on tho efforts of your association to
contributo largely to that end.
Very respectfully,
M. C. Butler.
Cultivating Corn.?He who says
that shallow cultivation or deep cultivation
is always the best for corn, that tho double
diamond or the toothed cultivator, should
always be used, simply shows that while
he may be able to give corn on his own
land the proper cultivation, ho is not fit to
instruct his neighbors. Cultivation should
vary with the soil, tho season and tho
stage of growth of tho plant. Further,
while I am thoroughly convinced that in
general the toothed or shovel oultivator
should be used rather than the double diamonds,
I am yet certain that in some seasens
the use of (ho latter is the better.
Bach person must exercise his own
judgment, and yet there are some general
prinoiples to aid in reaching a decision.
Thus, upon heavy, clayey soils the cnlti
ration should be deeper than upon light,
sandy ones. On the former deep cultivation
is necessary because without it soils
will not warm enough, and where cultivation
does not reaoh the grouad will be so
solid that roots will hardly penetrate.
Deep cultivation in such soils is also essential
to proper drainage, and stagnant water
in the. soil is always hurtful. But in light,
sandy soils deep cultivation, instead of being
benefioial, will be hurtful. For these
are liable to be too dry, and deep cultivation
will break them up until the sun and
air will take away too mnoh of their moisture.
Shallow cultivation is better, for it
will not release tho moisture drawn from
below by capillary attraction. For the
same roason shallow cultivation is best suited
to a dry season, and it should be frequent.
Per contra, deep cultivation is best
in a wot season. For it will tend to dry
the soil. But it must be understood that
deep cultivation is meant to be deeper on
a heavy soil than on a light ono, always.
And always a heavy soil should be plowed
deep, no matter what the season may be.
On heavy soils, especially if the spring is
oold and wet, the double diamonds should
be run close to the corn as soon us it is two
or three ioohes high. The plow should bo
Mi to run rather deep. This will leave tho
corn on a narrow ridge, and also throw tLe
middle ground into a high ridge. Both
will dry rapidly and warut up npidly ; the
roots of the corn will not be injured, and
it will assume a darker green and grow
thiriflier than if the shovel cultivator is
u*ed, whioh leaves the surface level, with
the C?W? wet earth all around tho oorn.
After a da* or two the earth should bo put
back, using a cultivator. Unless the
grouod is very oold or tho Mason very wot,
the diamonds should be used but once.
The latter cultivation should be level and
shallow also, unless thero is some good reason
for making it deeper, as given above.
Ridging the dirt high up against tho corn
at the last can nevei, in my opinion, bo
rcoomtrended. In the above I take no acoount
of the hoe, as its offioe in the oorn
field is well (understood.? Cor. Weekly
Pre?. .
[Published by Request.
A GRAIfD AND HEROIC POEM.
On the train that bore Mr. Davis and his
party from Montgomery to Atlanta, a letter was
handed to Mr. Davis, which he read long and
earnestly. Handing it to Mayor Ilillyer, he
said :
"This is front Paul Haync. It is a grand
and heroio poem."
Mayor Ilillyer then read as follows :
The sounds of tumult have ceased to ring,
And the battle's sun has set.
And here in peace of the new-born spring,
We would fain forgive and forget.
Forget the rage of the hostile years,
And the scars of a wrong tinsbriven ;
Forget the torture that thrilled to tears
The angel's calm in heaven.
Forgive and forget? Yes ; be it so,
From the hills to the broad sea waves ;
But mournful and low are the winds that blow,
By the slopes of a thousand graves.
We may scourge from the spirit all thought of
ill
In the midnight of grief held fast;
And yet, O brothers, be loyal still
To the sacred and stainless past!
She is glancing now from the vapor and eloud,
From the waning mansion of Mars,
And the pride of her beauty is wanly bowed,
And her eyes are misty stars !
And she speaks in a voico that is as sad as death,
" There is duty still to be done,
Tho' the trumpet of onset has spent his breath
And the battle been lost and won
And she points with a tremulous band below,
To the wasted and worn array
Of the heroes who strove in the morning glow,
Of the grandeur that crowned "tho Gray.'' ^
0, God, they cone not as once they came <
In the magical years of yore ; (
For the trenchant sword and the soul of flame, >
Shall quiver and flash no more ;?
Alas ! for the broken and battered hosts ; g
Frail wrecks from a gory sen, .
Tho' pale as a barfd from the realm of ghosts,
Salute them ! they fought with Lee.
And gloried when dauntless Stonewall marched ^
Like a giant o'er field and flood,
When the bow of his splendid victories arched '
The tempest whose rain is?blood. t
Salute them ! those wistful and sunken eyes
Flashed lightnings of sacred ite, 1
When the laughing blue of the Southland skies 1
Was blasted with cloud and fire :? t
Salute them ! their voices so feint to-day,
Were once the thunder of strife, 1
In the storm of the hottest and wildest fray, <
That ever has mocked at life 1 i
Not vanquished, but crushed by a mystic fate,
Blind nations against them hurled,
But the selfish might and the causeless hate,
Of the banded and ruthless world :
Enough; all Fates ore the servants of God,
And follows His guiding hand ;
We shall rise some day from the chastcner's rod,
Shall waken, and understand !
/
But hark* to the ^|Mt as she murmurs " Come,
There's a duty a*ill to be done,
Tho' mute is the dhim, and the bugle is dumb,
And the battle is lost and wou !"
No palace is here for tho heroes' needs,
With its shining portals apart ;?
Shall (be/ find the peace of their " Invalides,"
0, South ! in your grateful?heart!
A Refuge of welcome, with tiring halls, i
And Lore for its radiant dome,
Till the music of death'* roreille calls
The souls of the warriors?home !
KRirmo Farm Accounts.?The farm account ,
shows to the farmer at the end of the year, bis
profit which he riews with pleasure, or his loss
which produces an altogether different frame of
mind. While the first may be the most agreeable,
it is necessary that we know of the loses,
if loses there are. The successful farming of
the future will be book-farming; not only in
tjie sense in which that term has been generally
understood, but in addition the ledgor
and day book will be in constant use.?
I believ# that a farm aocount is necessary
for Euocessful farming. What is successful
farming ? I will give my definition.
It is so tilling the soil and raising stock that
with the proceeds of our labors we can pay all
bills contracted on the farm, and still have a
little left and our land in as gwd or better condition
than it was at the beginning of the year.
i prupuoo iv uitiuc iuv auiijcci iuio turec divisions,
and hope to prove the necessity of
keeping aecounta. remove some of the obetaelea
in the way, and show some of the waya in which
it can be done.
The average farmer says "we have what we
have and no figuring will make it more or leas;'*
true, but if we keep accounts with the different
divisions of our business, and gather them on a
balance sheet at the end of the year, we shall
aec where the losses have come in or the profits
been made. As the general who has his army
marshalled to attack the enemy is sometimes
obliged to entirely change his line of action, so
the farmer may sometimes be obliged to change
his method of farming, either by raising diflerent
crops, cultivating them differently, or raising
different kinds of stock, provided his account
for each year, for a number or years, shows
him it is for the beat. For this reason a farm
account for ten or fifteen years, divided into,
say, four divisions, vii.: dairy, sheep, swine
and poultry, would be one of the beat presents
that*, farmer rntlli) criva In lit* ann aim *r.? <> ?
starting for himself on a farm, for it might prevent
him from changing his stock every tim e
that the wind blew from an unfavorable quarter ,
for he oould see by it that in different years different
branches of hie business brought the
profits. An account with each farm crop enables
us to see whioh our land is best adapted
to. If we can make more raising grass than
wheat, or oats than corn, or see that we can buy
our butter and milk, poultry and eggs, and de,
vote our time more profitably to the raising of
| the email fruits for market, is it not for our
interest to do eo although it be against the advice
of cur neighbors, and the traditions of our
1 fat hers I " Does farming pay T" is the question
that we as praotical farmers want answered, be
the answer yea or nay.
Fabmino in Scotlabd.?Working on a farm
in Scotland is a different thing from farming
iere. There we hare got to learn from a
?oy up as we bare to handle all sorts of mashinery.
Some of the farms ara 600 acres in
sxtent and employ a man and double team for
ivery 60 acres, so that on some, ten mcu are
kept the year round. First-class men get from
thirty to forty pounds a year and free house,
fuel, &c.; second-class men get from ?26 to ?30
and eo on down to the tenth man, with the
unuersianuing that only the foreman is married,
the rest living in a room fixed ofT for them on
the farm. In another article I will give a deicription
of the help, their fowl, &c. When I
same to this country six years ago the oldrashioned
way tho majority of the farmers cultivated
their lands, the piling up of stones in
the fields and spreading them out again when
ploughing, the slow laborious way in planting
pototoea and other things, struck me as funny.
[>a some of the larger farms in Scotland as
nany as 100 acres are planted in eight to ten
lays. Potatoes follow oats, and after the land I
s thoroughly harrowed two teams begin on one
tide of the field and with double mouldboard
>loug! s make drills 24 inches wide ; then come
he manure teams, two to three abreast, each
hrowing the manure into a single furrow as
he horses walk along ; after this persons with
imall forks spread the manure more evenly in
he furrow. After the potatoes have been
denied, which is done by a machine planting
wo rows at a time, the potatoes being cut by
land first, two more teams split the drills right
n the middle so as to cover the manure and
leed, the drills being as straight as an arrow.
iYhen the potatoes are above ground they get
>ne or two cultivatings then are hilled up again,
hardly any hoeing being done,) with the mould
>oard plow. In the fall when harvesting we
ise a machine with two horses attached ; beginning
on one side of the field it takes one
Irill at a time and goes backward and forward
hrowing all tho potatoes on the surface.* There
ire a number of women stationed along the
Irills with small baskets which they fill and
impty into larger ones whioh are removed by
he teams as they get full. As many as six
tores a day can be done this way. Tho machine
constructed so that it has two big driving
vheels, one on either side of the drill; from
he centre beam there is fastened a big steel
soulter, which goes under the drill; a wheel
sith sixteen spokes revolves very rapidly right
>ver the coulter throwing the potatoes and dirt
igoinst a strong netting side of it, the dirt
passing through and the potatoes dropping in a
row ready to be picked up. C.
Cordaville, Mass., April 5th, 188(1.
A Western correspondent senda tha'
following:
I recently listened to a debate in one of
tha sohool lyoeams of this oity, upon the
nowel and momentous question of "woman
suffrage."
The debater upon the "anti-woman"
side, was doubtless engaged in his first effort
; and this fact, together with a slight
impediment of speech, and a most original
erica of arguments, combined to produce
one of the funniest and most unanswerable
speeches that I had cvsr beard. Hare it
is, almost in full:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the first thing
to find out is w-w-what man was m-uiade
for, and what w-w-woman waa mado for.
Glod created Adam first, and put him in
the garden of Eden. T-then He made
Ere, and p-put her there, too. If He
hadn't c-c-oreated Ere, there never would
have been all the s-s-ain there is now in
this w-w-world. If He hadn't mado Eve,
she never would have p-p-pioked the apple
and eaten it. N-n-no, she never would
have picked it and g-g-given it to Adam
to eat. Paul, in his Epistles says
w-w-women should k-k-keep still. And besides,
1-ladies and gentlemen, women
couldn't fill the offices. I d-d-defy soy
one to p-point out a woman in this city or
c-c-couoty that could be a sheriff. Would
a woman t-turn out in the dead of night to
traok and arrest a m-m-uiurderer '( I say
no ! Ten to one the would elope w-w?ioilh
himr
And amid thunders of applause and
laughter the gallant defonder of man's
rights triumphantly took his seat.?Harper
? Magazine for Mag.
. Montgomery,
Ala., May J20.?Francis
M. Taylor, Ihobate Judge of Winston
County, was impsaohed in the Supreme
Court of Alabama yesterday. It was
chargod that he wilfully nogleoted to send
in lists of the licenses issued and to pay
over to tho State the proceeds thereof. A
plea of guilty was entered by the defendant
through his counsel. The Court rendered
a judgment deposing him from of
fice.
? ?
Cattania, 3ioily, May 20.?Tho erup
tion of Mt. ifttna is increasing in proportions,
and thero is serious danger to the
town of Monte Ilosso from tho flow of
lara. Measures are being taken for the
resoue of the inhabitants. Vast columns
of flamos are issuing from the crater of
the roloano and present a most imposing
spectacle.
Tho trustees of the Slater fund for the
education of the colored pooplo met in New
York Wednesday. South Carolina will
get $2,700 of tho fund, North Carolina
$3,600, Georgia $5,100.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Suet Puddino.?Take a piut of cream
or new milk, three egga well beaten with a
little salt, grato in half a nutmeg. Mix
your cream, eggs and nutmeg, stir ns much
flour in as will make it very stiff, then
skin and shred half a pound of beef kid*
ney suot very fine and small, and stir it in
until all is very well mixed. Flour a
cloth or butter it vory well. Boil two
hours.
A Cinnamon Rice Pudding.?Take
half n pound of rice, two quarts of new milk,
half a pound of fresh butler, the same
of currants, the same of stoned raisins.
Butter your dish, throw half the rico over
the bottom of it, then throw over your
currants and raisins, then tho rest of your
rico. Melt y:>ur sugar in your milk, add a
little salt, pour it in your dish, tho butter
at tho top all over, grato some uutuicg
over it and bake four hours at least.
hreakeastno! 1
Best Corn Cake.
Creamed Pork! Baked Potatoes.
Cold White Bread.
Apple Sauce.
Coffee.
Best Corn Coke.?One egg, one-half cup
of sugar, ouo cup of Bwcct milk, one
cup of Iudiau uioal, ono cup of
flour, one teaspoonful of soda, two tenspoonfuls
of cream-tartar. Bake in a squaro
loaf or in a thin sheet in a dripping-pan, and
cut in squares, or in small tins.
Creamed Pork.?Fry some thin slices
of aalt pork ; when done pour all the fat
out of the fryiug pan, lcaviug the pork in it;
then pour a cupful of thin sweet cream over
it, and let it just come to a boil.
Apple Sauce.?Soak good dried apple a
fow hours then stow carefully uutil soft,
with a handtul of raisins, or n few slices of
lemon ; ka.jp it covered closely, and do not
stir. Turn carefully out into a dish, keeping
the slices unbroken, aud scrfe wheu
cool with powdered sugar, or sweeten whilo
cooking.
DUE AK.FAST NO, 2
I Plain Omelet.
Myra's Muffins. Dry Toast.
Lettuce.
Coffee.
A Plain Omelet.?Too eggs, four tablespoonfuls
of milk, one-quarter teaspoonful
salt, onc-balf tablcspoouful of butter. Beat
the yolks until creamy, add the milk and
salt, and last the whites beaten to a stiff
froth. Melt the butter in a small, smooth
frying pan, and pour in the mixturej it
should at once begin to bubble. Cook
thrco or four miuutcs, slippiug a knife under
it now and then to prevent burning.
When tho top begins to set, fold it ovor
and turn on to a small hot platter.
Myra's Muffins.?Ono egg, one-third of
a cup of sugar, ono teaspoonful of butler,
two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar, ouo teaspoonful
of soda, one cup of milk, ouo and
three-fourths cups of flour. Bake iu small
tius.
Lettuce.?This can now bo had from the
hot-bed. Keep it fresh and crisp iu cold
water. Break apart the leaves aud arrange
on a plate in the form of a rosette, tlio
stems all meeting at the centre, and filling
it in with the smaller leaves. Vinegar,
sugar, or a made dressing are used as preferred.
The devil must not be allowed to monopo
lize all the fun or to do all the laughing.
Piety docs uot consist without sobrioty nor
in sobrioty. It is as godly to laugh as to
cry?and godly to do ueither in an ungodly
way. The theatre, tho opera and the dauce,
now too often possessed by seven devils,
arc not to bo forever pre-omptod by the
lower world. The day is coming when A
the play-house will be tho gate of Heaven Jr
instead of the gato of hell, as it too often
is to-day. The dramatic and musical fac- f
ultics belong to God, in their best development,
as they were alleged to belong to
Ilim in the great feast at which the Galileans
were won to Jesus.?Lcioiston Jour
nal.
.
Fakmf.r Mukdrreii Bt His Soss.?Mountain
Grove, Mo., May 20.?Sunday morning Wayne
Anderson, a wealtliy farmer of this county, was
found murdered here. He attended the
Masonic Lodge Saturday night, leaving the
hall about 12:30 a. m., and started homo, two
miles and a half florth. He was found Sunday
morning lying on his back, shot in the throat
and breast. Yesterday, during the Coroner's
inquest, two sons of the deceased, Ed. and
ll.nr. ??<1 * 1 L'_: o
a?vui j f <4 mm wuipuivil unuiou DRIIdors,
coufcssed the crime.
lr at First You Don't Succkko.?Right of
ths applicants before the Supreme Court for admission
to practice, who wero granted further
time, to wit, untilthe 1st of June next, asked
to be examined yesterday afternoon, which application
was granted, nnd they were examined
hy a committee appointe I by the Court at once. .
They passed a very creditable examination,
and were complimented by the Chief Justice.
John L. Sullivan will visit Australia and other
English colonies professionally.