Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ~ ? - = 1 ^ :-' sjjr '" = =^-~~.. I S^a^d to ^ruullnrj), horticulture Dom^lic (Economy, $)olit? JTitcraturc, folitiw, and the Current gtnes of tfck $ag. VOL. xvn.?New Seribb. rf; tt/ ":\J UNION C. H.f SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 1, 1886. ? * ? - ? ^ ^ NUMBfilfc 89. I I I ? ?. ! . I. ! III - _ ; - ? . UK1IUOII CES I witlitli? mem wfin ???? **L2--w ?_ ?. -- - I? *- ~ or TBI IwmJnt rTT LHSni MI ILLcni. (T OH or T>M. -v-t.'T baa sbi**"' Ko. 13. ' : 1 Coontrios that arc made up of hills and dalaa are more interesting and attractive than the prairie land, arhere mo wfheavals of nature relidre the monotony of the scene, or monntdnt without their oonoeetlag links of valleys?eo it U the ape *a<i.down in life 4hat giro interest to human history. That 'variety is the spioe of life,' wan demonstrated a thousand time* over daring the war of feeoesslon. Soldiers aye naturally?disooutented beings ; ami during tho war it wee aelloeable thai sunn in the midst of aompasative ease and plenty thoy always received the news that summoned them to another field with demonstrations of joy. Not that the projpeot would bo more pleasing or thair surroundings more favorable, bat on tho general principle that variety In diet gives tone to the appetite,' so ebange in scenes attracts the eye and variety in stssio pleases the ear. Tho writer remembers shut > during the active oampeiga hi Virginia and Maryland, in the summer nod fall of 1862, tt uva jl/vv s ?ruij was on tut march day and. 1 night, and subnisttPft ftr ttm meat psrt, on ] groan apples and corn, that it was the m?n who had been loudest in their aoctarnations of joy ; over the prospect of getting into an active field, who then pined moat for a place in eotae district where opposing armies were disposed U remain in tlatu quo, aad mea conld lie down at \ night get up in the morning at decent hours, t and eat their food at a walking rathor than a t galloping speed. After going beyond and pretty , much over the Confederacy, the Macbeth found { that quiet place on the coast of South Carolina. ( Dut eight months of inaction, in tho midst of | scenes that had become stale, made our men , anxious for any mo?e, even though It were , "swapping the witch for the devil. It wae new | spring time and we were already feeling the | heat of approaching summer and were anxious to get away from it; so it is easy enough to ] imagine that the order snratttohing us from . the lowlands on the eoast, in the hot seasen of . the year, to the balmy air of the 'land of the , skies' was news thrice gladly received. i. It was early in May, 1604, that we were or- , dered to-report to Cel. Palmer at AshevUln fa# j duty. Ashevillc was a new field to the ootnpany and in the midst of grand and beautifal j surroundings. Could we have had our own ] choioe in the selection of a new military Held, 1 , do not know that tbe^hvas another place lathe Confederacy to whioh we would have preferred going. Then, as an additional argument In favor of ffh6yilfe,';aijil ons, loo, tfckt g&fe It unus?al| inlevestJ whs the fasl ?h ? ?L* *? , v v x *-\r~T r* ""ir ???W *?* through the very heart of ihe country in whioh ; most of the member* of the Maoheth lived. Oar , rejoicing over this new field was not beoaaae we imagined it was one of comparative ease. In | 'anticipation of a fight the Macbeth had been , sent from Lee'a army in Virginia to Kiaston, N.C., then to Wilmington, Charleaton, Miaeieaippi, Mobile and book to Charleaton Of course wc imagined that the order summoning the oompany to Asbeville wae baaed en a ' like expectation. Ha On reaeMng Ihe Soath Carolina Depet In Charleston our guos were dismounted and placed on the cars. Lieut. Porter,.the writer ( end most of the men aooosapanied them le { Union. Capt. Jeter. Lieut. Munre^fctfd enough . men to care for the hones took the dirt read fbr Union. Members of the company living in Camden, Chester and Lauraoa were switched off on braaah roads loading to their respective counties, witli a verbal furlough to report at union ana npananourg in ton or fifteen day*, Perhaps the day the Macbeth left the ' City by the sea' for the 'land of-the ekiee' will be fib one longest remembered by the men as riohest in prospective pleasure. Those of as who left Charleston on the train spent so*oral days at home before Capt. Jeter and the dirt road traveler* arrived. Honrs of joy are as feet a* Up wind. We passed the time In feasting and taking in all the pleasure that ear pent-up natures, now unstrung, were capable of enjoying. As we now revert to those few dnyo, crowded with events of heppfness, and our Uvea then so'free from owes, pensive feelings involuntarily steal over us. Where, indeed, is the man who can eon torn plate that pintnoe, then no bauutlfttl in nil that made young life happy, and not ftfcl sad? The Macbeth was made np largely from Union County, and oar citizens, regarding the men > at homo, overlooked the fact that quite a number of the company were from Chester, Laurens and other counties, away from home and any military post wbsre rations oould be hart. Mr. Weely 8nntfe?n, than proprietor of j the Unionville Hotel, was thoughtful enough to get ap n family basket of provisions, and with( , hie good wife came to our camp the day before we left Union end mended the noMtnvn to one good square meal. Other things hi ay he forgotten, but that generous set on the pari of Mr. kl. ? ? ?? ^ ??? ? pw t wm itigir with thoae who partook of that Mmt, spmd by patriotic hands, amoag the pleasant rooolleeUons of tba war. Many of tha fathers and mothers, and soaaa of tbo brothers and sisters, who oontributed to SIEESIESffil eventful years ainoe May, MK4. fheyeut^s who bad jnai eatesod en thnsMfn sPyouhf manhood and womanhood are now, with Misery looks, traveling down tie Vfstero. hill of life. Tho. young Indies and msn^mho, now omlfc wt ntsoots with elaatio etopay p? hnoydbttu epIHfr and fall of animation, bdtthfc do ?|t?0iMP,u 1 than nnbor?;. f?a, rhese art t*d feflttrtions. Dot U is nana the loss trda, that time ohaagaa , E4HW* e*.? 10 VriM, v huvujii vu mu rrain, took charge of ibe bones and wont dn through to Spattanbtfrfc. At Pacole*Dopot we met some young lady friends from <3reenvltle bnd 9pa? tnnburg, going on a visit to some friends north f Pboolet river, In Union ooanty. The hour pent with them at Paeolet Depot Is a pleasing IntMeitt cdR&l up from the buried past of Iwenty-tWe years ago. Wo noted at Spartanburg nearly a weeh, wailing for Ohpt. Jeter and LiOOt. Mann and till Chester and Laurens boys. Thorn few days spent In Sprrtanbnrg wilt Over remain In our memory among the pleasant recollaotfons of the past. A utflftber of impromptu fOMiea were gotten np by tbo young 1adiesf and tbwy now mo*e baAJfe the imagination wreathed iti smiles, fill of nt%, add with all the loveliness and attraction of ywrflgVantanhbod that cbardoHfilm^ththh IWdnty-lvW jetA AgOf. Our gnns were taken out of tbe depot at Spartanburg and remounted. The battery was omotbing new in Spartanburg, being the first one, fully equipped for the war, that had ever been there. It gave us some notoriety. Our limber and caisson chests were loadod with ammunition, making it impracticable to drill With horses, but we tried to compensate tboso Who visited our camp by goiug through with' the details of loading and firing ; thus giving them some idea of liow the guns were managed in an actnal engagement. The good ladies of Spartanburg brought rations, already cooked, to the camp the evening before the company left, and after the mep had been drawn up in line the joung ladies went up and down it, filling the dirt/ haversacks with provisions that were far better than camp fare. The thought that this cruel war was tearing us away from the noble ladies of Union and Spartanburg, like the bitterness that linger in the throat after some pleasant drink, was the bitterness left in the breast by the wo*d farewell. We marched out of Spartanburg, along the Howard Gap road, towards Aslievllle with our thoughts all that day running Southward. Most of us were young men and were leaving our sweethearts behind. Some twelve miles north of Spartanburg, just beyond Ionian and near Mount Calvary church, in the bend of the road stands a little log cabin. It was occupied, twenty-two years ago, as we passed by on our way to Asherillc, by some women. They evidently did not understand the meaning of troops going towards the mountains. Perhaps they had the mountains associated with the hiding place of friends. One of them said to the men?'Yes, you have been whipped in Charleston, and are now running to the monntains ta hide or perhaps she was in sympathy with the Union and Uttered those worJs out of joy over what she oonceived our humiliation. Or, taking a more liberal view of it, sfitrmay hare be'efl n staunch rebel, and her worJs were those of contempt for what she imagined was an net of oowardice. We bivouaeed that night on the creek at the foot of Windmill Hill, northward. The next day we crossed Pacolet river at Dr. Columbus Mills' place, now Maeeaboy's, and camped at the base of Tryon Mountain. Tho following morning we passed by Draok Lank ford's place, high up on the side of the mountain. Old Brack, as he was called, did not know a letter ?f the alphabet; but bis eccentricities had given him a obaracter at home aod abroad. Fa* a man of his loiters he oould go to Charleston ?r Raleigh and put on as much style and dignity M most men. As an illustration of bis oddities, he asked Dr. Mills to write out n description if his land, for nn advertisement. The Doctor Snished it and began to read that the land was lying and situated in Polk County, North Carolina, and on the head waters of the Pacolct river, the fid man said, 'Stop, stop, Doctor! that is ?o description of my land. I want you to put it $s it is?hanging and swinging in Polk oounty.' His land ran up to the top of Tryon and is in {ho Thermal belt, that baa in the laat decade attracted the attention of fruit growon, from Maine to Florida. Brack Lnnkford s peach Orchard has not missed bearing fruit in six'y years. I remember eating somo excellent peaches from thia orchard one year ago this month. OM Brack hod several sons in the army who were true as steel to the c<nse of tno confederacy, up lo the surrender of our armies, and the old mm lent a helping hand in taking up and returning deserters to onr armies* an long aa the war lasted. He lias long since passed away. We eamped that night on top of Bine Kidge, juet north of Oreen Rivor. The next morning we passed through Henderson, a beautiful mountain town situated in the midst oI a beautiful oountry long since noted for health and as a summer retreat for the people further South. We birouaced that night some ten miles from Aslieville and near St. John's Church, in the wilderness?a beautiful Episcopal church Unlit years previous by some rich men from the coaat of South Carolina. That country was and is filled np with the residences of men from the Pslmctty Slate. The following day we reached our destination and repOHed teCol. J. B. Palmer, then commanding that fort. He was a Northern man, but had espoused the cause of the Confederacy, and we bad no truer man in our armies. At Sbiio he commanded a regiment in the Confederate araay and his brother one in the Federal army. In that bloody engagement he was severely wounded. We were ordered to go into oamp two mlin northeast of Aehevllle, near a Httle Methodist church, on Braver Dam Creek. It -was a lovely oainp, in a beautiful grove on the side at n hill. In front of theeamp, northward, mountain peaks bathed their froWning foreheads in the waves of the bine ethereal oeean that ^floated above us. I wontfer if the members of the Maeheth will ever farget that oamp and the kind people In Its vicinity. Near by was the toil* of the widow Killisn and her two interaction daurbters. and fhiii boms was sIwilv* a ? wr ? 7" 'W 'T ^ " "T-"^ ~ p)M?rw?leM?IW Um Maakotk. Ike/ kiwi s*? aak ferotfker tn tka OtuMtriH aortioo, n* lm?* not only kojr to 0,n|i ildl?ra,' but took ploMilto in exhibiting it, i?gp kad a ?p laadki ombacJU^ fruit, anil H M M fro# to our men as it tkoy kad kad a ?? personal intertst. In each. Cherries wore just fettisg ripe when we reaohed Aaheville, an d Dr. Becker told tho men that their systems needed acid and a free u?o of the cherries would bo good for their health. I do not know that it was the cherries or the splendid climate that built dp the men. They ate the fruit freely and they ncrer had better health. A little further fp the oreek lived an old Knglishman, Rev. Thoeias Stradlcy. He and his family treated ns very much like we were their own relations. Tlio same was truo of the ezeellent widow Beard and her noble daughters. I remember eating some excellent meals at tho home of Mrs. Killlan and father Stradley. The writer Visited the borne of these good people Ave years after the war aod found them the same kind, hospitable peopla that they were during the *ar. When tho Macbeth left Charleston the strawberry crop had been protty well put on the market. We found the crop in full blast as we passed through Union and Spartanburg, and the same was true when we arrived at Asbeville. We enjoyed strawberries that year front the saaboard to the top of the Blue Ridge. After the cultivated berries had been exhausted about Ashevillc the wild ones, that almost covered the hills and mountains in that country, began to ripen, and lasted for more than a month longer. What a country 'the land of the a>i<? is tor irun, ana tbe Macbeths rcmomber that it was a big part of tho living of the company during the lime we were in that military district. Vidi. Mother.?Wo were at a railroad junction one night waiting a few hours for a train, in tho waiting room, in tho only rocking ohair, trying to talk a brown-oyed boy to sleep, who talks a groat deal himself whon he wants to keep awake. Presently a froight train arrived, and a beautiful little old woman came in, escorted by a Gorman, and they talked iu German, he giving her, evidently, a lots of information about the routo she was going, and telling her about her tickets and baggage check, and occasionally patting her cn tho arm. At first our United States baby, who did not understand German, was tickled to hear them talk, and ho 'snickered' at the peculiar sound of the languago that was being spoken. Tho great big man put his hand to the old lady's cheek, and said something encouraging, and a great big tear came to bor cyo, and alio looked as happy as a | queen. | The litUo brow a oyon of tbe boy opened pretty big, and hifl fJCQ sobered down from its laugh, and ho said, 'Papa, it is tho mother.' We knew it was, but how should a four-year-old sleepy baby, that couldu't understand Germau, tell that tho lady was the big man's mother ? We asked him how he know, and he said, 'Oh, tho big man was so kind to bcr.' The big man bustled out; wo gave the little old inothor tho rocking chair, and presently the man came in with a baggago man, and to him he spoke English. He said, 'This is my mother, and sho does not speak Koglisti She is going to Iowa, and I have got to go back on the next train, but I want you to attond to her baggago and see her on tho right oar, the rear car, with a good seat near tho centre, and.toll the oonduotor sho is tny mother. And here's a dollar for you, and I will do as much for your mother some tinio.' The baggago man grasped the dollar with one hand, graspod the big man's band with tho other, and looked at the little German mother with an expression that shownd that ho had a mothor, too ; and we almost knew that the old lady was woll treated. Thou wo put the slcoping mindreader on a bench, and wcul out ou the platform und got acquainted with the big u- t.ii?i * v.?iuau , uuu uu iaiK.eu in norso trUUlDg, buying anil selling, and everything, that showed ho was a livo man, ready for any speculation, from buying a yearling colt to a crop of hops or barley, and that his wife was a very busy one; and at times hj was full of hard work, disappointment and rough roads; but with all this hurry nnd exeitemen,t ho was kind to his mother, and wo loved him just a little, and when after a few minutes' talk about business hosiid, 'You must excuse mo, X must go into tho depot and see if my 'mother wants anything,' we felt liko grasping his fat, red hand and kissing it. Oh, tho lovo of mother is tho same in any language, and it is good in all languages.? (Jr. IF. Peck. Imaginary Ills.?A Philadelphia phyfieiau says that a great deal of what passes for heart disease ia only mild dyspepsia, that nervousness commonly is bad loutper, and that two-thirds of tho so-called malaria is nothing but laainess. Imagination, ho says, is responsible for a multitude nf Jl- mil ku aiaoa ? w. ? >? ?? girw am mu lUOMUVH] IUU CUHU of a clergyman, who, after preaching a v sermon, would Uko a teaspoouful of swootened water, and doze off like a babe, under the Impression that it was a bona Jidc sedative. m 1 . If you can't trust a man for tho full amount,.let hi.n skip. This trying to gut in average on hoQiaty has always been a lilure.?Joth Billing?. A, : I FABM TOPICS FOB TEX XOXTH. t SEPTEMBER. * Demosthenes is reported to havo said ? that tho essence of oratory was action ! 0 aotion !! action !!! If tho great Greek orator had lived ia ? our day aud time, and followed the avocation of the South Cnrolion farmer, his tl oratorical motto would havo been vory apropos to all agricultural interest. If a ? cottontot doos not stand in noed of action, and agftiat deal of it, from tho 1st day of U Januaiy until the 31st day of Deoensber,. j* then apt dlperienco and observations have beenJWy much at fatrft. MjB MB "f in the early season means late preparation; ? precious tiuio idled now and then, later " on, will show up lato planting; and as 11 the shadows grow shorter, a little more folding of the hands and a little more 81 slumber means grass, bad and unwise oul- ^ tivalion, great reduction in tho avorago of 0 tho orop we should have made, and thus ^ has como much of our agricultural pov- 9 erty, as well as this horitago of "hard times." f The crop of 1886 is about made. Tho " older planters tell us that no bloom s< that comes after tho 10th of Sep- 9 tember will make white cotton ; but since 0 the days of guauo we have seen blooms of 81 tho 21st of this mouth mako white cotton. a By tho way, will tho Hon. Commissioner T and souie of your correspondents tell us ^ what is the largest number of fresh blooms ^ thoy have noticed on a stalk of cotton in ^ one day ? While this is not a matter of much importance, yet wo may loam from 31 this fact in how short a time tho cotton * plant, under a high state of cultivation, ? can and may make a crop. Wo noticed a . stalk on tho 19th of August that had j! twelvo whito blooms, on 20th it hod seven, 0 on the 21st eight?twenty-soven blooms in 8 three days. On average cotton this, by Itself, would bo a fine crop, but it was on ^ cotton that will make something over two * thousand pounds of seed cotton per acre. 9 Wo did not think of it at the time or wo a should have noticed tor blooms on cotton ? more on tho average of our gou?*?l crop. i- it. *rc? C? '"M TaTnwov?> Mofu of iho forage a '^^Karo already housed. Fodder and ^ '..JKro saved, and pea-vine hay is about * thc.unly long forage crop that will requiro attention. If you c*n spare the vinos, by all means leave them on tho ground ; pick ( over for the purpose of saving an ample supply of seed ; allow your stock to run over aud glean tho field, tramping tho vines and dead leaves into the soil. Never turn under pea vines without you intend sowing small grain , leave alone until yon ? are ready for your Spring preparation for cotton or corn. Experience and close observation h&vo taught us that it is worse than time thrown away to turn under pea vines for anything but a grain crop, but we much prefer to always follow tbis crop , by ootton or com. COTTON PICKING. ? o In the middle and lower section of the o State picking has pretty genorally com- ( menced. It will bo the 1st of Ootobcr be- ( foro tbis is the case in the upper section, ( as the crop is unusually late. Piok clean ^ and as rapidly as possible ; gin as fust as convenient; sell at your nearest market, and stop interest at once. Thero are several fallacies regarding this crop that arc fast dying out. One is that you must bulk your cotton until it may heat a little ?tho oil will pi<s iuto the lint?and you will gain much in weight. Tho fact is, about all you will gain will be a damaged lot of lint and seed. Anothor is that middlo men and speculators have combined against the farmer to get the cotton crop out of his hands and then put the price . .1 r, WK~? ?t.~ ----- ? " ? ' u|>, ii uuu 1a vnu uvurugo aoiuai result f Cotton hold for six months at heavy ex- , pense ; loss of weight at from ten to twentyfivo pounds per bale, and finally sold for the same or less price than could have been obtained iu the early Fall. Twenty years' experience has taught us to pick olean and handle with caro ; gin and pack n:ce and trimly ; keep out of tho weather; sell as soon as you can got to the soales, if you have any fair home market. CORN. Hofore tho next llcport appears we will 4 bo in tho midst of cribbing corn. As I soon as it is dry, by *11 means gather, and t don't leavo it a temptation to both man < and beasl. Wo prefer putting up in the | shook, and us very few baskets ore tamed I in sprinklo a handful of dry salt; it will 1 kcop out weevil, and you will hardly ever < find a shuck or cob in your trough. | 8WF.ET POTATOES. This is a crop that is vory justly growiog in favor and inoroaaing in production in many sections of the Stato. In the Piedmont aeetion, which is so often mere or loss subject to heavy frecies, the trouble has been as to keeping safely through the i I V inter. Ill llio middle an J lower scctftes , re ore told that thero is never any dun*.. ulty in this direction.. Without the sdH- o us losses wo have had in different {dans I s bat have been tried, wo will give a very jj rimitivo plan thai we use now, and irhtsh h aa never failed in oar hoaviest irees^f ** | The potatoes are dug immediately 'dfter S be first frost. A lot of pino poles' ate' t at to makfr a bed eight or ten feet sifjbll t 'at theso just on tho ground) ffteen I igs (or needles) are put upon &e ^Ics^ S > tho depth of two or three inches f on I bee? nth placed a layor-df dry cotd stplia < t *8S*?M J riSSbJfcJBMfth: " ufj say thirty or rorty bushels in a cone a bape ; then a layer of corn stalks, thrco i1 lohes; then a layer of green pino tags, b breo or four inches ; thou six inches of f tnd, if you are going to cover with a t oard shed, if not, twclvo inches of sand f r light clay. We have never failed to oep potatoes successfully by this eitnple, ? honn nlnn Knt lii?. ~r?U -ll ~ L r r*~M> U?? 4 iuhv/U rv iWU uil Ul UUTD. 1 Oue of the mo9t important matters that <\ oquires tho farmer's attention at this lime I (preparation for his Winter grain. In ? imo seel ions of the State the corn crop ? rill bo cut short very much by the failure 1 f tho bottom lands. This failure must be x upplcmented by some early barley, rye < nd oats. We consider barley the most aluable early green forage crop ; it nover 3 as the same injurious effects that follows ( tie use of some othor green forage plants, o 'o make barley yon have to sow only rich o ind. If you do otherwibC, it will be ? imply sending good seed after bad, for 9 our crop is sure to bo a failure. Wo are 0 oing to sow a five aero lot in a few days, n nd will give our plan for what it is worth, u 'he lot was in oats the past season, and t lade forty bushels per aero. It has i lready been broken deeply with a bull >ngue plough ; we will break again in a I jw days with same plough as deep as a a strong mule cau do it. Will manure t rith forty bushels of green cotton seed per t ere, cotton seed having been ground in 9 otton seed mill. Will sow one and a half c ushcls of clean barley per acrcj plough, t nd harrow with suiou'hiug harrow. I ti hould have .sta'cd that ahout a dojien c load of cuttlu have ln?nn t ?>v.? J'V/U UV/U uu IIIU J ol at night for the month or uioro, c Ryo will mako u Quo cai* Winter pasurago, if sown at once, on most any of s ?ur average fanning land. We have 6owo ' i good deal of our thin cotton land, < is we laid by the cotton, in rye, i vhich we will uso as a pasturage during < he Wintor and early Spring. What I leads out we will leave to full on the I ;round and be turned nndcr next Summer * gain, as we arc going to pursuo this plan or several years with this particular piece 1 f land (a poor red clay) as a reoupcra- t ing oxperiuient. Our plan is: always e ow a portion of your oat crop in Sep t ember; in fact from September to March \ ias been our rulo for years, and we have c icvor made a complete failure. Our judg- t nent is that the lied llust Proof is the c ats for our climate, from one and a half c . t i? t- ? - u mu uusuuia per acre, l'lougb tbor- 1 ughly; manure with something?stable i oanure and cotton socd?aud if you have ( teither of the above, a mixture of cotton 1 cod meal, acidulated rock and kainit. i Nothing responds more quickly to a littlo < nanurc than an oat crop, and you might ust as well give up that old idoa that oats I ;an be mado where nothing else will grow, i or the red oat will never do it, and none { >f the other varieties will give you a crop t me out of thrco. Don't be deceived 1 ibout seed. We have seen several lots < hat have been shippod into tho Stale as ed rust proof oats that arc badly mixed j ind of an inferior quality. On tho other i land we have seen some very fine Texas t ca oats mat arc genuine and very good. > rhcrc is a yellowish red oat on the market * ihut will deceive a careless observer, and 1 jao be easily passed for rod oats; bat we | iaw them tried last year, and they wero , rcry inferior. Look always for tho beard ] >n the grain ; this is a characteristic of ' .ho rod oats, and none are genuine with- 1 >ut it.?D. P. Duncan, in Monthly Report, Agricultural Department. Prohibition is beginning to prohibit in Allants, and tbo sorrowful wet men are jcootning convinced of that fact. Tho kbsurdity of the idea that tho enforcement )f a law endorsed by tho majority of the ^coplo is impracticable, is patent to all indiligent minds; and if the peoplo of Atar.ta want prohibition and will fill tho illy offices with friends to tho measure, prohibitioQ will most certainly prohibit. A cyclone struck a Now Jersey mosquito the other day, and sftor a furious Mruggle retreated to tbo woods to bido its iharae.? Tlic Whip. Persia is very rugged, lieuco tbo Persian tig. V SASOir AILS ESCIRS. Tomato Fios.?1'onr boiling wsler vcr the tofltatmt in order to remove the bine, then weigh and place them in a stone ir with ae muoh sugar as you have toma- * Dee, and let them stand two days ; then our off tho syrnp and boil and skint it intil no scum rises. Then pour ovcr^it^ be tomatoes and let them stand two days, ~ s before, then boil and skim again. After he third time they are fit to dry, if the Feather is good ; if not, let them stand in he syrnp until drying weather, then plaoo a large earthen plates or dishes and pot |tem io the son to try, whioh will take .fc?i.4;r.v - J*-"-'? ? wu? ? ifwk, itoi wuiqd pa ok mem UOWH **' u small wodeD boxes with fiae whito sugar ictweca each layer. These figs will keep or years. Tho small pear-shaped tomaoes are tho best kind to nso in making igs. Dried Pears.?Core and quarter them; f large, cut in smaller pieces. Scald them n a syrup made of 'aoffee' sugar, then dry [uickly in a hot-air closet, moderately mated oven or other rapidly evaporating pparatus. They make a good sweetmoat, >nu may be used in cako or puddings, veep air-tight in a glass fruit jar. This ecipc is vouched for by the Journal of Chemistry. Tomato Preserves.?Take the round 'ellow variety as soon as ripe, scald and >eel; then to ono pound of tomatoes add no pound of sugar and let them stand vcr night. Take the tomatoes out of the ugar, and boil tho syrup, removing the cuui. Put in the tomatoes and a few slices if Icuion, and boil gently fifteen or twenty ninutes; remove the frut again, and boil tntil the syrup thickens. On cooling put lie fruit into jurs ami pour the syrup over t. Scalloped Cahraoe.?Strip tho loore oaves from a cabbago, cat it in quarters ,luiost through the core, and steam until euder. When nearly dono, lift tho cab age loio an earthen baking dish of suitablo ize, cut it hne, pour on the top a pan of ailk, with salt to tasto. Sprinkle over tho op hue bread or cracker crumbs. Bako me hour; tho top should have a brown rust but the inside should be croamy. .'his has proved to be a very nico way of ooking cabbage. Apple Puffs.?Siftono teaspoonful of alt, ouc half of soda and one of crcam.art^r into a pint of flour j mix with sweet milk sufficient to u\akc a rather stiff batter; tdd two eggs, and four or b'\x. apples accorling to sizo, chopped hoc. Drop the puffs from a tablespoon into boiling lard. Let hem browD, and cat whilo hot with maple lyrup. Citron Preserves.?Cut tho rind in "nucy shapes, notching tho edges nicely, hen lay them in alum wator, not too trong, and let them remain all night; In he morning put in fresh alum water and toil a few minutes, then change them to dear water, hot, of course, and boil till endor. Now prepare tho syrup, using tuc and one-half pounds of sugar nod a sup of water for each pound of rind. IVhon the syrup is clear, put in tho rind md boil till Irnmnnronl If r><-> w. vu?? AS ?UU UUfUl Ui ;ingor ia lik jd, tic a piece in a thin muslin >ag and boil with the preserves, removing t when they are done. The3e are delirious. Pickled kuq8.?lioil the eggs perfectly lard, remove the shell, and pnt the eggs n jars, then pour over them scalding vinegar, well seasoned with whole pepper, spice, ind ginger. Seal tightly, and they will be It for use in n month. Delicious with sold meats. Historic Honks in Uuinb.?Mr. Sloan, who s still engaged in making observations for the United States geological survey, took a trip up ho Ashley ltiver yesterday, going as far as Lamb's, on the South Carolina Railway, and ihence up the east bank of the river on horse>&ck. Mr. Sloan reports that most of the old mansions and historic plaoos up the river have been Jestroyed by the earthquake. "Middleton Hall" is badly injured, while Dr. Baker's hiud,nM M.I K - I V- - n-1 -? ,vuav v.? Ji.iguou uuuao taUU IIIC MIUOII pmoc rvre hopeless wrecks. At the Cohen place ha found nn old well, whijh has been filled in for a number of years, la filling up the well the trunk of an old pump was buried in it so as to be completely hidden from view. The earth* quake, howerer, has forced the top of it up four feet three inches above the surfaoe of th e ground. Mr. Sloan also discovered, between Lamb's and Ten-mile Hill, a large hole in which several small pine trees have been engulfed. The hole is thirty-ono feet long at its longest point and twenty feet broad. When first discovered it is said to have been about fifteen feet in depth. It has since filled up with soft, oozy mud, and is now only about five feet deep.? Neip* and Courier. ?? ?e? i The difforenee between some uien and a dug is, that they will go into a saloon together nod the dog will come out perfectly sober. Stroug Ije will olcan tainted pork barrels. i. *>*4. -