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J ggcofed lo ^firiculturi;, Horticulture;, gomi;stir <?ronomj), polite 3.'ilcrafurc, politics, and the Current Oleics of the gag. VOL. XVII.?New Series. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 13,1880. NUMBER 32. M KECOLLECTIOHS " or ttlk McKissick Rangers. uy a n knrkr . The 10th of December, 18G1, is a day long to he remembered ia Union, t'avaliers enme into town from all points of the compass. The " McKissick Rakurii*" met to tako tho line of march for the camp of instruction. The humble wardrobe of the soldier is strapped to his saddle ; his gun swiugs to his side; his blanket, with tho initials of his namo ingeniously wrought with needles and thread, bears the impress of loving hands. Thus equipped, they fall into line and auswer to roll call. . ,<f?l Friends gather around to bid them " good oyc, ami grasp, perlinps Tor the last lime on earth, the hands that were to strike for a cause they thought was just. The Tenerable Col. Jauics Jcfferies, that life-long friend of our noble Captain, was prcsont. They grasp hands and each reads in the other s eye the solemnity of the occasion. Not a word was spoken. Soon the column moves off amid shouts and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs. It moves toward Goshen Hill, where tho good people turn out and give them a fine dinner. Thus refreshed, they bid adieu to kind friends, and the line of march is resumed. Reaching camp Hampton on the 12th of December, 18H1, army equipments, tents, cooking vessels, &c., are furnished by the Quartermaster's department, and the Company go iuto camp on tho side of the 3. C. It. It. A little after dark, the delegation of six men from York joiucd them. As soon as they were introduced by Captain McKissick, as " the brave hoys from York who have cast their lot with us," huzza after huzza rent tho air only to be taken up throughout the long line of infantry until it seemed that ten thousand voices were joined in the grand anthem. Our memoirs would be incomplete did we fail to mention the interest taken by the people to sec thnt every man was properly mounted and equipped. When it was understood that Capt. McKissick was to commaud the company, horses and outfits were contributed by those who had no riders to contribute. Fashionable ladies willingly and patriotically gave their pleasure horses. Guns, saddles, clothing and blankets were contributed in the eame manner and spirit. Thus equipped, each soldier felt that his country expected him to give a good account of his stewardship. It would be a great pleasure in this connection to givo a list of the names with their contributions. We hope yet to be able to do so. The descendants of such parentage have something to be proud of. The morning of the Hth of Deconbor, 1861, found the McKissick Hangers (Co. D., Ilolcomho Legion Cavalry,) in camp of instruction, at camp Hampton, a ?cn - , ... ... I the South Carolina 11. H. The company was composed of men from Union, York, Spartanburg and Newberry (districts.) Hero thoy met for the first 111110 *n(l formed an acquaintance tbal in-110^ 111,0 R brotherhood. As the years rol,on nUl' 8ceiu'9 'hat followed their first meetirv> nre remembered, the clock of time turns kaci and brings us into the vigor of youth and ranliood. One of the greatest civil wars known to modern history had been inaugurated. The roar of an enemy's cannon bad been beard from the . ? ll.n l?;? O... ....I. 1 UIUIIIUV/ iv law vuv i\iv uiaiiuv. vui j'vun hail been blockaded. The call for troops to repel an invading foe bail been heard. War was no longer a phantom, but a reality. Southern chivalry must be vindicated. The sons of South Carolina could lie dormant no longer, bnt must stand shoulder to shoulder in the contest. Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, homes and firesides must be defended. These were the circumstances under which this little band of cavaliers were called together. The farmer quit his plow, the mechanic his workshop, the lawyer his ollice, the merchant his counting-room, the physician bis practice, the minister his sacred desk, the student bids his teacher and classmates " good-bye," and all take part in tli2 great drama now to be enacted. <>n lite 1 Till of December, 18G1, the company was formally mustered into the service of the Confederate States for one year, by Col. John S. l'rcston. Horses were appraised, arms and equipments furnished, and everything put in order for active service, lly una niinous consent of officers and men the company was attached to the llolcoiube Legion, (hen forming on the coast. (" llolcombe Legion ' was so uainod in honor of Mrs. Lor. Dickens, who afterwards presented the command with a beautiful flag.) Nothing but the regular routine of camp life occurred until the liOlli of December, lM'.l. by daylight that morning the company was formed and marched to Columbia to board the train, with the horses, for Charleston, S. C. A detail of men, with tho cooks, wero left to attend to the baggage and get it ready for shipping. Shortly siftcr sunrise the train bearing its equine freight dashed up nn<l stopped. Our tents and baggage was soon put aboard and all was ready. 8oon I lie iron horse announced his readiness to go, and amid the waving of hats and huzzas for Jetr Davis and (ho Southern Confederacy, the train moved off. With giajit strides it sprang forward and left camp Hampton and the many pleasant acquaintances wo had formed, in the hazy distance. As it thundered on over trestles and embankments, through cuts and around curves, our military family began to feci that tho opening chapter of its history was being written out. As we lOOKC'i out upon mo oroan new* ot cotton, and saw the hands gathering the tlcecv staple, our hearth went hack to the scenes of childhood, with ft yearning that human nature couhl nc longer resist. Scenes familiar recall the joys t\t home ns we see little hoys utul girls standing by the track waving their hats ami haudker chiefs, ftn<l hear that infantile rebel yell ' ; synonym (>f Southern loyally. With siieh rec.'lh'riion- as these crowding upon etir imnury, we arc n )t astonished thai every Southern soldier should prove himself a Spartan, every General a Lconidas, and every battlefiel 1 a Thermopylae. As the sun sank low in the west we could could sec in the distance the spirts towering over the city that one year before had given birth to the ordinance of Secession. We could read in the grandeur the tale of Fort Sumter. Soon our feel were on the platform of the S. C. depot, and our horses taken off the train, jaded by the long tiresome ride. They wcro watered and fed, and arrangements were made for the night. Wo occupied ' rooms'* in the S. C. depot that night, and about 12 o'clock were awakened^y the band of Elford's Regiment, from Greenville, (that wo left at camp Hampton that morning.) playing " Dixie.'' Next mornjug after .'roll callV we were breakfasted by the commissary department. Reef. Crocker* rice and coffee being (lie lending, If not the only, articles of diet. However, wo were .refreshed, and in a short lime were promenading the streets. About 11 o'clock the order to "saddle up"' was given, the line was formed and roll called. Cnpt. McKissick tlicu rode to the head of the column and gave the command, and the column moved off. We crossed the long bridge over tho Ashley River and were soon passing the 17th S. C. Regiment, who were bivouacked near the Savannah depot. Shortly we were out of sight of the city and its historic surroundings. The long moss hanging in graceful folds from tho water-oaks next greeted our sight ; picket posts were passed, with their couriers ready to bear messages at any moment. In two hours we were halted at "Camp Cain," whero wc joined part of the infantry composing our command. We wero comfortably quartered in bouses, where we rotuaincd fiom the 21st of December to tho evening of the 2tith. Regular company drills were kept up, with camp guards, together with different exploits in horsemanship ; thus wo spent our Christmas. Rev. J. D. McCollough, Chaplain of Ilolcombc Legion, held divine service on Sunday, 22d December. (In tbo evening of the 20th, we were ordered to prepare two days' rations, and be ready to move by sundown. Tho appointed tirno found every man in his place, and the column moved westward. Passing picket posts and crossing rivers wc found our command at Rantowl's Station, where wc met tho other companies composing tho llolcombo Legion Cavalry. Thai cordial welcome that a soldier cau appreciate was extended to us. Ilero we bivouacked for the night, and the next morning our company took its place in the .''squadron," and with it murchcd to Adams' Hun, where wc arrived that evening, December 127th, 1861. That night we lay on the ground without tonts. Camp guard was kept up. Next day, the k'8th, we cleared away the shrubbery and arranged our tents, horse stalls &c. Tired and worn out, after a hard day's work, 1 lay down t'roll cail." At once I went"toVapt?.U'e tv isstcit and asked pardon for the seeming neglect, and was excused, with the admonition to try in the future to be "prompt." This convinced me that our captain was not of the "red tape" stripe, and only plain duty was all th at he would reunite. 1 was never deceived by him. The next morning was the Holy Sabbath. The first thought that flashed across my mind was that to-day wo wore to be remembered in the prayers of loved ones. Prayers would this day ascond to a Throne of Grace for us and the cause we had espoused. These meditations were soon interrupted by the booming of cannons and the bursting of shells in the direction of White Point. A work to which we were unaccustomed was now before us. The Confederate authorities had concluded that the Federals, with Kdisto Island as a base, would land their forces at White Point, under cover of their gunboats, cut the Charleston and Savannah it. It., and thus advance on Charleston. As a precautionary measure about f>,000 troops were so arranged that they could be concentrated in a few hours. While the cannonading was going on the the bugle rounded to "saddle up. Our line was Boon formed and every man answered to hiK name. Soon the column of Infantry came in sight. Hie llolcomhc Legion was in front, with its colors waving triumphantly over the heads of the men who had pledged their lives to protect it. The order of the other ct mmatids 1 don't now recollect. Our squadron was drawn up in lino parallel with the road. Col. Stevens rode up at the head of the lnfautry column. As the othccrs saluted each other the men gave vent to their feelings in hu/.r.ss that passed down the line until it died away in the distance. This was the formal introduction of the Infantry and Cavalry of tlio llolcomhu Legion. The Cavalry then marched ofT in columns of fours, theu by twos. After proceeding somo distance, the column halted, ami a detachment was sent forward to scout the county and locate the enemy. After somo time it returned with the news that tho gunboats had runup and shellcdtkc picket posts, hut had landed no forces. Our line was then counter-iuarched, and halting, bivouacked on tbc side of the road opposite the Jenkins farm and mansion, which was afterwards known as camp Walsh. IU'fore our baggage wagons came up the sun had gone down and we were without food foi man or beast. Foraging now became a necessity, and a crowd made arrangements to go out or that business. Obtaining the countersign they started. Jimmy Heron, one of the foragers, wore a coon skin cap. Procuring munc potu taloes on iv neighboring firm, they culled foi chickens ami proposed to pay f>r them, hut the darkeys would not agree t?? sell tliem for eithei love or money. In such a case tho forage lau justified the taking, any way. 80, with some 1 potato#- and n few ol 1 hens the band returned 1 to camp only to find that they had been re ; ported C'apt. dValtli, commanding Fqnadron, lind ordered the reporter to return next morn i ing and identify the men and lie would havt them punished. The rolls were cvlled nml all ; the iiicii 'present or accounted for. Next, morn t iug Jim Atchison, who w.13 always ready |b > Ail emergency, when the reporter returned t< identify the men of the foraging pnrty, as ro i quested by Capt. Walsh. Jim asked him what lie i wanted, and when be told his business, Jim told hiui he was a fool; that man only wanted U hare him, the reporter, hung, and a* a friend i would advise him to go hack ; but. said Jiui. "i you wish to risk it I will pass you in. Tin darky thought prudence the better part ol valor and went back, thus taking the wind out of Capt. Walsh's court-martial sails. Ust's. Tin Work of the Mississippi Farmers' College.?No institution or organi/.ation in the South lias done more good in the progress and development which have marked this section, or has more advanced its agricultural industries, than the agricultural and Meohauical College of Mississippi, located nt Starkvillc. Its good work has not been confined to Mississippi, but has influenced and benefitted the entire South as well. Its graduates have scattored among the neighboring States ; its ideas have extended throughout the South, ridding it of old prejudices and opening to it new ideas that will make it in time one of the richest and most prosperous portions of tho Union. The greatest benefits the College has wrought nro thoroughly appreciated in Mississippi, and arc only limited by its financial condition. The applications for admission aro moro numerous than the room offered the applicauts. Tho College will hou-3 only 225 atudeuts, yet already it is assured of over three hundred applications lbr the oouiiug rcssion. The great and important lessons t.iuuht by this institution have been of immense benefit to the South, have destroyed old errors and prejudices, improved its agricultural methods, and made its advantages better known throughout the world. It has shown the true spirit of progress now inspiring this section ; it has convinced all that the old contempt for labor once prevalent here has disappeared ; that the Southern youth recognize the necessity of labor and truly honor and value it. At this College, where the manual labor of tilling tho soil is performed by the studonts, are the sous of no ne of the most eminent men of Mississippi, men, high so cirlly and politically ; and if they wevo taught no other lesson than this?the value artli,A,o>luTuii,ejrv::i'liWuib the support of this institution. j>ut ino college tcacucs lar more man mis. It hat introduced and popularized now industries that are already benefiting the South, and will soon mike it rich and prosperous. It has shown the profit of dairy iug and stock-ruising bore, the possibility of raisiug grasses, and how its worn and exhausted soil can be renovated aud uiade productive. In the matter of dairying it has accomplished wonders indeed, and in this respect has been placed among the leading institutions in the land. Attention has been called to the fact that the only chair of dairy husbandry iu the country is that in operation at this college. Its influence is folt throughout Mississippi and neighboring States. It was but a year since a croa mery was established at the college, and followiug it. within the past lew mouths, two new creameries have been established iu Starkvillc, ono in Jlolton. one in Me ridian, one in Macon, all under charge ol vouinr men from tho college. while a num bcr of others arc projected indifferent portions of the Stale. In Alabama, at Jacksonville and Ilium Springs, aud in Texas, the graduates of the college are in demand for the establishment of dairies aud creameries. This is ono of the lessons taught by this college. It has taught besides that, the im proved variety of stock will succeed a* woli hore as in any portion of the West; that cultivated grasses, clover, r? d top, orchard and blue grass, do equally well, growing luxuriantly upon the college farm. In reference to dairy farming, the single fact that the Starksville College has beaten the 1 record in butter making is sufficient evi | donee of bow successfully grasses and stock can be raised and the dairying imiustry carried on Kvon more important to man) , portions of the South ia the fact, shown al VShirLvillii flint tfis* <?!,! w.trn 1*n??lc r?.n 1.. ^WI.IIIIV, V....V ...V, x,... ,wv... .......x, v.... .rv resuscitated aixl reclaimed ly | r- j>t lic it ' meiit. It has, in addition, den: nstratei the value of cotton seed as a hoof tinker. It lias, in flue, raised a spirit of iiKjuir) r that is solving all doubtful cconomica problems, pushing forward new industrie: r and evolving wealth. Such institution ' which has accomplished si much, desorvci well of the people of Mississippi and tin suggestion that they should eo operate will it and endeavor to aid in the goo 1 work i is doing for tlu State and the South wil undoubtedly recommend itself t> thorn ' X'10 Orleans /'inns /' nim -rut. r Now is the time to adviotU'v ) A Lahuauou Iloimoit.?St. Johns, N. ' 1*\, July oO.?llcrgenatis Tor, one of the ! Esquimaux who arrived here on the Nancy lkirrett from Okhak, Labrador. says that ( tho population of that settlement wns nearf ly oue hundred and thirty, yet when ho ; loft with his wife not a soul remained. Early in March food guveout. Every drop of oil and i it of sealskin was utilized, and at rare intervals a boar was killed, but finally tho supplies wore quite exhausted. On Juuc the third they had cateu nothing lor six days, and, goaded by huui gcr, tboy fca*ted upon the corpsos of scvor<N]y biles n?>d a few Indians that had been >'tlld by the cold. When one of their own party died the body was frozen for use. From this food terriblo dysentery set in among the survivors, and on July 1 there were but sixlceu persons left alivo, the bodies of over twenty-Gvc having been eaten. Tiio sixteen survivors started down the coast iu a sledge, drawn by four dogs, the only living croatu-cs left them, their ponies having been sacriGccd to appoas; hanger lonu; before. When about twenty-four miles from Capo Mugford a heavy snow storvi^jpt in. While the party were en* denvoring to fiud their way they wore attached by white bears to the number of twenty-five or thirty, which killed all of the party but two, the survivors being among the number at Cape Mugford. Ter reports that more than one-half of tin; atiro population have died of hungor. Thousands of bears have crossed over from I'enuylaud, ransacked the stores of Okhak, dug open the graves and devoured the dead, l _ ?i - _1 l !.- i:_s mi t i r cue his daughter nml carry Iter back homo. ? 1 SpitrtdH, Aw/u-it I. 6 W"(M)i)i:\ Snt.aiunu,?A minister once said : 'l lmpo. dear children, that you will never h t your lips speak profane words. IJut n nv I want l.? (ell you nbout a kind of v.\. :ni:i: which ! heard a good woman speak about, n >t I.>114 > go. She called it si-r.t, //? /. It's a kind of swearing tli it many pe..ple beside children aro givwn j i when they are hungry. Instead of i riving vent t > their feeling in oaths, they islam the doors, kick the chairs, stamp on ' ' the il > ?r, throw furniture ahout, and make *:li (h Uiueu they possibly can. 'Isn t this ;n t tin: .-line a* swearing she asked. | its ju-t i lie same kind of feeling exactly, only t!i .-y do not like t ? siy those awful I w-rd ; hut tliey force the furniture to I inn I. tin- xi-ii e, an 1 so 1 call it wooden t i . ; .-voMiiiij.'.' I loijicylear children, tuat you ! wi 1 i. >t do any of this kind of swearing, j i i111? r It is l.. tti'i- to let alone wooden j i, .iii. mi i all ntIn r kinds of swearing j - l/o.7. / > Ti'i'usiti i/ uiiu uu.iciy'ju mo iivjug. Juicy nave aovas'atod au immense district, of which tho inhabitants, abandoning tho Bmaller sottl^: aientp, have flooked to the larger?the fishin:; ports?whero they have been "followod by hordes of bears aud devoured in groat numbers. Tho neighborhood of Ilopodale, the centre of a considerable seal fishing tiaflic, has also suffered from lack of food and the ferocity of bears and wolves. )Vithin tho past two months over oufi hundred and fifty, persons have perished from cold I "r hunger, or by falling a prey to the wild heat-1^. Men driven urad by hunger have fought with the bears over the remains of -.heir (Lad companion?, the bears boiug vcnasiV '-ml p.curing a doublo Ax Ki.oi'E.mknt .Sroi'tmcd uv a Kist Fioiit.?/(ion 11 ill Church was thrown into great confusion last .Sunday. (leorgo Alloy, the youngest son of Henry Alloy, lately deceased, a quiet, well-behaved citi2ou, an ollioer in tlie Sunday school and one of the prominent members of tho enure!), was mioniiou wutio at cuurcu mac I'orry Morclaud, of (ilcndalc, about thirtylive years of age, was eloping with hid* daughter, about fifteen years old. M r. Alley started out in hot pursuit, and soon headed oil the runaways, and stopping the buggy, he to k hold of the horse a bridle until bo could pu'suado bis daughter to i\turu home. Morclaud was in no framo of u hid to hear arguments, and he jumped from bis buggy, whip in hand, and having some nolori-'ly in the lighting business, thought lie could nuke a good Sunday school man liko Mr. Alley tako to the wools. That trick of running from an enemy All y had never learned, and being too old to take up new tricks, ho waited until the attack Was made in earnest, when lie ) ii kod up a convenient rock and proceeded to persuade the mighty Moreland that he was lo'ding with the wrong man. The roek accomplished, by a half dozen digs in Moreland s bead, much mure than , a whole Sermon, with a long exhortation accompanied by an invitation to the mouri tiers' bench would have done, livery one who has daughtert will sympathize with I Mr. Alley, lie did exactly right to res Fast Walkino.?Tho attention of breeders will bear being called frequently to the neglect of teaching colts and young t horses to walk. Tho walkiug gait should ( bo the first gait developed and perfected by f the trainer, and after a rapid, clean, strong f walk is acquired the speed-gaits Bhould he t attended to, though very carefully, until i they arc brought to a good degree of pro- t ficiency. Horses uiay be made to attain I almost iucrediblo speed at this way of going if due carc is observed; We have known \ numerous road bred horses that would c walk from four and a half to five miles an ( hour without urgiug, and many, iu fact. <, most well-bred road horses, could bo taught t to cover greater distauces than this in the A same time if it wero not for the pernicious t custom (as wc think) of putting the colts | to tho trot r.s soon as they are in tho harness and before they are really bridlcwise. Kvcry farmer's boy kuows that ho can do j a bettor job of work?plowing, harrowing j or working corn?with a fast walking team t which uiakes tho dirt fly thau with a slow t ouo, Tho saving ou a farm when the' c norses wais tnrco miles au hour, or even g when they walk two miles and a half, is 20 ^ per ccut., or in other words, the fast team can rest a whole day ia the week and yet do as tnuch work as the slow team?do it easier and do it better. In times as at present, when the work is pressing or the ' weather uncertain, the fast team is a treasure. While every effort has boeu made to . I increase the speed ot the trotter, the drafthorse men have been working for pouuds with little regard either for muscle or walking-speed. It is a very great mistake to suppose that the draft horse cau not be trained to walk rapidly. Wo have boon 1 brooding to a Pcrcheron for four years ' that often walks nine utiles iu one hour and fifty minutes, over a hilly road, aud his colts are all rapid walkers. Life is loo short to spend it in poking along after a ] team thnt cannot get their heads up. The ' lazy uiau to whom exertion is a burden ] actually works harder' than the brisk, i rapid worker.? lLi'/nccs Monthly. Guaveyaud <juorr.s.?Mr. John C. Humphries of Durhamvillo. Aiken County. ' S. U., writes to Mo Ai-vn 0^.? ? i an account of an outrage p-. rjft rated on the night of July 2lib, at the cemetery of m 11 nrmnii Uaptist Church iu Lexington u >unty. Ine cluircii is iu .ukcu County, near llansey's llridgo on tho North LJisto ltiver, but the cemetery is ou the opposite side of tho river. A young man named Tilluian 11. Williams, of exceptionally good character and well connected,died seven months ago and was decently buried. On tho 2<1 ih of July the grave bore the evidences ui Having ticcu deserted, and relatives of tho dead uian had the grave opened, the body removed and. an autopsy held, when it was ascertained that tho chest of tha corpse had been cut opeu froui just above the navel to the clavicle or collar bono, tho knife ranging centrally through the sternum, making an incision more than twelve inches long, Tho heart had bocu removed and the hands deprived of their thumbs. The affair has caused much excitement in the neighborhood. 'i'lI.i/KKINO.'?They were coming down from Saginaw on the boat, and as a swell rocked the steamer, the young lady screamed out, and crawled around until she seized the young man's arms . Tiller yer heal right liore, Susan l.o exclaimed putting his heart with one hand, and .clipping the other around her waist. 'When a follow loves a girl as I h>vc you, he could take her on his back and swim eighteen miles in a bee-line and then go home and hoe corn till sundown. Filler ycr head light here, my Lvo. and if she raiui, and hails, and thunders blue blazes, don l you squeal one sijueal. 'Are W-- saf'o she tremblingly inquired. Sale as a cow tied to a brick wall eighteen feet thick, my love! Just loau right over here, shut your pearly eyes, and feci as contented as if ye sat on the top rail of the pasture' fouco, waitin' for a tin peddler to arruvo in sight !' She 'pillered,' and everybody remarked that In; looked like a liero. - - - ? ? i.vvr. 11 mi l.iii! ton <Milkus.?St. Paul. Minn , AiijiiM 1. ?A Unite. Montana, special to the I'low'r ? ? gives ilie particulars of the drowning "f Mi-- Jane Me Arthur, formerly of that city, hi an heroic effort to savo tlie lires of others. For a year past she hi t been conducting a cattle r.mclie on the upper Sun Itiver Willi licr o.'l mother. Mio was encamped on ilio hank of Ii c river when Ju 1 <o Armstrong with his wife, daughter aged I > son aged I'J, anU a sifter, attcinpte 1 i > for i ilie river with n four-horao tenn. Tli?? horsed heusuie unruly, ran into deep water Mid -|?i1*"1 the family into the rapid cm rem. N?ne e >uld swiin. Miss McAvthur. .-ouug ilio accident, plunge I in and successfully saved the s<>n, mother and daughter. <ioing'eiek fir tite sister sue was seized in a death ; ip hy t'uc drowning worn in and hath were i. Th : h 1 were recovered. Miss McArlhur was highly c-tociued. i cake becipeb. Minister's Sponge Cake.?Three ;gge, one aud ouc-balf cup of cold water, mo-half teaspoonful of soda, and one teaipoouful of cream tartar, aud ono cup of lour, ouc-quartor teaspoonful of salt, ono caspoouful of extract of lemon. Heat the (ggs five minutes, and tho sugar and boat wo minutes more ; thou add the other iujrediouts. White Cake.?Two eggs using tho rbites only, a scant balf cup of butter, one sup of powdered sugar, one and one-half sups of flour, one-half cup of sweet milk, sue toaspoouful of soda. Flavor with extract of lemon. This is a delicate cake and nay be varied by addiug oue-half cup of citou cut One and oraauiontcd with a nice Yostiug. Feather Cake.?Ouo cup of sugar, >uc egg, two-thirds cup of swuct milk, a leaping toaspoonful of butter, two cups of lour iu which aro thoroughly sifted ouo eaepoonful of cream-tartar, and one-half easpoouful of soda. Flavor with lemon >r vauilla. and bake iu ono loaf or in layers; ind it will be found an excellent cake, csiccially if eaten while fresh. Roll Jelly Cake.?Four eggs, otic sup of hour, one teaspoonful of croaui-tarar one-half tcaspoouful of soda, ouo cup of lowdered sugar. Spread lliiu on long tius. \8 soon a* baked turn from the tins ou to i damp cloth, sproad with jelly and roll jp immediately. Lemon Cake.?Two and one half cups >f powdered sugar, thrce-fiuartors of a cup )f butter, one cup of f Wcot uiilk, three full cups of sifted flour, four eggs, the juice and grated rind of one lemon, 011c level tea* spoonful of soda, liake in two loaves and frost with a white icing flavored with Icuiou. Democrats and Repurlioans Fussing.? Raleigh, N. C., July 20.?The widespread disintegration that exists in political affairs iu this State is exemplified in the roceut coalition of a portion of the llepublicaus of Craven County and the Democratic nartv of that Countv. A I J J ticket for County ofllcca consisting of lte?orbS? WSifJP1WW\inW corded tho Domocrutn. The Democrats s iy that the olijoct is to secure good County ? l-* 4U- **na 1 object is to divido and distract tho Republicans, and to save two members of tho Legislature that may bo sorely needed. A number oi Democrats and their party organs are loudly protesting against this combination of whites and negroes as tending to further dumoraliz it ion of the Democrats in this campaign. Tim Ska Skiu'Ext Oltdonk.?.St. Paul, Minn., July 30.?A special from Cinnabar. M. T., says: Last Monday a stage driver and two tourists, while near Yellowstouo Lake, claim to have seen an enormous reptile, which, while running through the grass, carried its head ten or fifteen feet above grouud. They think it must have been at least thirty feet long. A party was organized to pursue the repMitt vnctniil'i v A niinilwir /?! Iiuiriif^ among them Col. Wear, .superintendent of the park, ami his assistant, Captain Barronetto, while near the cave of an extinct, geyser in the vicinity of the lake hoard a hissing sound coining from the cavo and saw the held of a reptile thrust out some fifteen foot, and immediately withdrawn. Parties are watching for another sight of the monster. (ioitnoN nut GoVEiiNort ?Atkutfi Ga , .July 28.?The State I>einocratic ('onvention met to-day, .Judge Bigham of Troup Couuty was elected permanent President. The majority rule was adopted. Gen. .John 15. Gordon received 1522 votes out of 15"52 for tho nomination for Governor. It was moved to make the nomination unanimous, which was lost by oue vote. The old Stato House officers were nominated for their respective positions. After a resolution of fealty to the Pemocratie party and of endorsement of President Cleveland, tho Convention adjourned nfur dir. 'Mainin i,' said Johnnie, still smarting from a shingle application, 4,is the roof of . i . ... anyiviiif^ en i??|? ?? I' . * *i u miau it is, ?* 11o >ii<l shortly. Ami don't sliiu^l?;.i always on the roof '' H'ortainly. tlioy do.' Tlion Johnnie was silo*11 lor quite a while. Finally ho said, in a quavering voice,'Mamma, ain't my roof upside down?' Tomatoes trained to stake jjives the sweetest fruit, and remain in bcarin* the longest ; hut eultivatore*. who grow for size I and quantity only, believe tln-y have tho best results when growing thoui on tho level ground. A .Sun Jay school boy shocked his teacher, who asked what ho had learned during tho w,?ck, by tho answer that he icuruol not to 11 n1111> his juirtuer's ace.