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->XV 5' ?rlo'i;d io ^sriaillun;, Jiortinilhire, $lomts?it Olronoms, gSoliJfe JuVaturc, Solifics, and the Current $ea-<> of (he Sail $*' ' - - ' ? " ' ' " ' ' * "; XVIII.?Nsw Skbibs. ' UNION C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 18,1887. NUMBER 11. '. ? - ,iW?' ? Hawaii'u Mnnnriii Fi*?r? wnimlnln I w..?? -? v * ? ** " - * February 17.?There is weeping and wailing to-day among the mild-eyed Kanakas in this far off kingdom of the Sunset Sea, All that it aortal of the well beloted Prineess Like Like, the youngest sistor of his Miyesty King Kala. kaua, will be deposited on the 28th inst, aide by eido with those of the othor personages who hare gone before to their last reeting place in the royal mausoleum. The Priuoess was a woman of more (ban ordinary intelligence, and had improred herself much reading and study, Her manners < were easy and graceful. She waa the wife of A. B. Clcgborn, at one time a member of the I King'e Cabinet, and by him had one child, 4 "little girl now nine years of age. this little mist, prorided the liree, will in all probability take an Important stand in the affairs of the kingdom, she being in the line of succession to the throne. But notwithstanding the intelligence of Like Like?the constant intercoorse she had had with the foreign population for years and yearS ?there was yet a strain of natural superstition tn tin- .1.1.1. .1 1-1 ?a ?1 ? ... vvai|iv?v<?U V> niHUU ?VU1U UUL nil herself, and to this, if reports be true, we may now attribute ber untimely taking off. For centuries back, or as far as run the Haw* iian annals, thero has been a belief among the people that the eruptions of Mauna Loa end Kilauea were (he rnoaus taken by the goddees Pele to show ber displeasure at mortal events. It was also held-~and the receatly resurrected order ef Kahunas and soothsayer* encouraged tho belief?that the only means ip appease the goddess' wrath was by the sacrifice ef some of the royal family. Time and again, when these awful volcanoes have deluged the surrounding country with their fiery flow and shaken the coral islands to their centre, has the hainan sacrifice taken plaoe, whether vritb the desired effect or not the chroniclers say not. The volcano of Mauna Loa recently broke out into a violent eruption. This eruption, the first in twenty-fire years, canscd the superstitious natives to bolieve that Pelo had put her War paint on nnd was showing her anger at the things that bo. The natives from their V..I. tl.- 1..-J J -* - uu? nuH.ucu uio 111 nil ugill IUUI SIIUQO upon the mountain top and knew that the god dene was reaching out her firy arms for a victim of the royal blood. The Kahunas, who hare lately gained onco more the faTor of the King, declared that Pele must bo appeasod to arrest the fearful doom which they said must oomo. They had not far to search for one who would make the fearful sacrifice, and while the rambling of the volcano made awful thunder the Princess Like Like announced to her pooplt that she, the sister of the King?the nearest of the throne?would lay down her life to stop the fearful flow. She openly proolaimed that he gloried to make a martyr of herself for her country and her people, and though iu the prime of life aud with the prospect of a crown before her, she made her final preparations and lay down to await the end. It is said that in this final proceeding the Kahunas played no unimportant part, and that while acting as her guardiaus and advisers they were, in fact, practicing their dark arts upon her and hurrying her onward to the end. Por days and days she lay among these people, and during all that time not a particle Of food wis allowed to pass her lips. Death was cot speedily coming to one so full of life and vitality ob she bad been, but starvation did its wnrk at Inst, and while the Kahunas sat about, and their incantations went on, the apirit of the Princess left her body and the sacrifice was at an ond. For twenty days her remains are to lie in state, and on the 28th the iron portals of the mausoleum close in upon them forever. That this good woman was oruelly sacrificed to the superstition of the Kahunas is an open secret at the islands, but the strangest part to tell is this, that upon the day of her death Mauna Loa the Awful ceased to belch its lava forth, and for days after was in comparative quiet, and (hen the hoary old soothsayers went about among the people with many a nod and mystio sign, as who should say, 'Didn't we foretell all this ?' and to-day their power is greater in the land than since the days when Captain Cook laid his bones upon their sandy bsach. m A Spartan's Soliloquy.?When it comes to fun in rolid chunks, it can be obtained by moving front gates and carrying them some distance from the places they belong : Saturday night eome of the boye, fearing neither police nor shot gun, carried away quit* a number on Main street. This is comparatively harmless fnu. It is better to be movinir ffataa than goring along the streets drunk and kiokiog up a fuss on general principles. There is mors hope for a gate mover than for the young man that lies, or steals, or gambles all night and Bleeps all day. Then to do this work on Saturday night is calculated to make the ownors of eaid gates a little meditative aad humble on 8unday. They oan consider how uncertain and ovanevoent oven the front gate is. In this whole businei* the young ladles are the only ones that doserve sympathy. They have nothing in theVorlifto hang onto when the front gate is taken away. * e A Baby Wkioiiiyu Only Sixths Ouxcca ? Utles. dark oauntv. ift* mitaa a/ir>il> I?? Ington, Ind., numbers *tnong its inhabitants probably tha amallaat baby in the world. It waa born on Friday to the wife of Raymond Ferguson, a farmer, and it weighs just sixteen ounces. It is well formed and in very good health. The arms of the little stranger are jnat three inches long, while its legs measure four inohes. Dr. Williams, the attending phyeieiaa, says it will sondes if nothing unforeseen happens. The mother and father of the midget esoh weigh orer one hundred and fifty pounds and are in the beet of health. ???a run I UK IUUSU IMBIV. illK. EOITOR ! Toor loading editorial in the Obtertur-ot this weok should be read by every resident of your oily and ita-a Vvice hocded. Young manhood is too proci'ons to^bo wasted or neglected. It is worth tho effort torcdeom and culture itand if proper effort bo tnade the result will bo eminently satisfactory. v# Qood as ad .will bring forth good fruit. But wo musttnot be continually digging up the seed to see if it has sprouted, llers is where wo fail in suoh efforts as you propose?we do not wait long enough for our harvest. We are impatient of results in almost everything, and in our philanthropic efforts especially. Wo reverse God's plan. He has tnade that which is muoh worth and is to be of lasting value, a thing of slow growth. We demand pay at evening for our pious efforts of the morniog. I trust you will press this matter and work on with faith in (he teed.. ^Something ought to be flnne?something must be dons-?for our young men. Ouly those who have felt the force of the tomptalious to which young men are exposed know how to sympnthiie? with them, And how strong must be (he counteracting influences. To ylagA. up. and, a? .Thomas Carlylo, says,. ;Spit mouthful* of. articulate wjad^t theni,' howpvpr pious su?h .'articulate wind' may be, if Ul 4?<*t suffice. Advice is cheap, au<l it is bountiful. Many an oil man will see a young man going astray and shake his head prophetically, and meeting the erring young man give hint 'good udvjo,' but may be he extends no invitation to the poor fellow to oomc to his house t?ud spend au eveuiug where he could find pleasant companionship and entertainment. Old meu tell youug men they ought to go to church, but how often do they ask them to couie and occupy a scat iu the pew I with their (the old won's) families? Young men are told they should read good books, how many fathers provide suitablo reading for their own children ? {low few, alas ! ever think of giving or lending a hook to a young friend 1 Men who drink will ask their friends to drink with them, aud do not mind spending as much M ft ornrwl linolf urnnlil in 1*??? ? ? - www- ?iv?tv? vvai, vw u??0 th JJUUU llUiO with their friends. Shall it be said that those who belicvo in better things have less faith ia these better things than drinking inca hare in the power of whiskey to confer happiness ? Mr. Editor, ice are cr.cl> other's keeper. Bishop Pierce was ohco asked by a penurious church member if he (the Bishop) thought the heathen would be saved without the Gospel. 'I am not so much troubled about that, brotlior,' replied Bishop P., 'but I am concerned about our salvation if wo do not send them the Gospel.' So maoy people aro ready to pronouuee Judgment upon the young men and condemn them to perdition if they do not do better, when they themselves aro guilty before God of withholding the influences which might have saved them. Tou deprecate giving too much of a religious tone to the reading room?or whatever other place may be adopted for the benefit of the young men. I understand what you mean, and agree with your meaning, though not with your words exactly. It should 'all 6b' religious, but, as Burns has it. 'Still the preaching can't disdain, i..) .oil >l.- i-i r.-..?- > auu nun uic liglU lOUIIiri'i This is the great difficulty. Sam Jones says some people think they havo to go to Heaven on their under lip. It is this kind of religiousness which has. made the man of religion distasteful to so many. A cheerful, happy, joyous rollgion is attractive] and beautifies all it touches. I did not mean to write so much when I took up my pen, and must now rein in my running ??Falcon. Ood bless yon and those who labor with you in this effort for the betterment of the young men of Newberry.?A Coke Smith, in Newberry Observer. Loved and DikuToostiier.?Monson, March 9.?This village lias been to-day the scene of a sad and unusual occurance?the funeral of a husband and wife. They were foreign missionaries of the American Board, who came from India for a vacation a few months since. They were in the prime of life and both died suddenly. llev. William T. Ilowland was born in Ceylon in 1849, and was the eldest son of Rev. W. W. ilowland, who is still a missionary there. lie came to this country when a lad, fitted for College at Monson Academy, graduated at Amherst in 1870 and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1873. lie married Mary L. Carpenter of this town that same year, and they sailed together for India, being assigned to Maduria Mission. She had gradua ted at this Academy an 1 at Ilo'yoko Soininary in 1870, being the same ago as her husband. For nearly fourteen years they labored together bnllding churches and gathering in converts, and rcturnod here lost Summer for n season of rest, bringing with them their three ehildron. At the opening of'Winter they moved to Auburndale, and thorc Mrs. Ilowland caught a cold while caring for a ?idk child in a poorly heated room, and died of pneumouia on d.s .1 *- ? 1 Kwiuruaj e veiling, nor nusoauu roiurning from Montreal Thursday, wan stricken with a fever, which he is supposed to have brought with him, on the following day, and lived but f6rly-two hours longer than his wife. Two ot the children are now very sick with | the fever. Congress adjourned ?r'lTay last at twelve, noon.- The session has been a useful one. Much of the t' ine has been waste 1 by the politicians ofboth houses working for advantage to party. Thoee who lay the wires are muoh more interested in the eleotioos of 1888, than la "monkeying with the tariff." The aggregate appropriation bills amount to about twohundred and fifty millions. 8ns Mat>? Tiia Most or it.?-Wife?'(lot a dollar ?' Husband?'Whero's that last dollar 1 gave you?' 'Oone.' 'I thought I told you to.pake it go ee far as you could.' 'I did.' Doesn't look liks it.' 'Well, I did, I sent It to the Fiji Island heathen.' HUM AUK A HI, K PUKSEHTIMRNT: ? MiU Minui? Atkinson, sister of young Arthur A. Atkinson, who dlcl near Jackson lost Saturday night, has boon au inmate and student at Mary Sharp i College, Winchester, Tcnn., for two terms peat, and only arrived homo last niglit upon receiving a telegram of the serious illaess of her I brother. Sho relates a most singular circumstance connected with the death of her broth- ' cr, as follows : I Sho was very much devoted to her brother Arthur, aud had his picture with her, which ] she showed to Iter associates in college, and * often spoke of the good qualities of her brother. ] One of the young ladies scomcl smitten wilk ] the picture, aud asked to seo it often. On last I Friday this yonng lady was in ootupany wil| 1 Miss Minnie, and nskod to see the pictaro. It ( was given her to look at, and after gaaing at it 1 intently a few ininutos she said : Isn't your brother dead V * Of courso the suggestion startled Miss Min- ] nie, but sho replied No, ho is not dead.' < The young lady, still gazing at tlio picturo, \ 8a5J : ... 1 'Minnio, your brother is dead.' < Miss Minnie immediately went to the Preei- ( dent and told him what had occurred, and i I . . UDo?vu "1LU >? ,el "cr g? 11 Jine at otico. The President said it was a mere idle fancy of the young lady, and she ought not to let it trouble lier mind, but to return to her room and think no moro of it. She returned to her room, but could not shake ofT the impression made by the predictions of the youug lady, for she had a presentiment that it was true, and that she would receive a telegram confirming it. On Sunday morning she wcut to the President and told him that ho ought to have let hor go home yesterday, for she would receive a telegram to-day announcing ber brother's serious illness. The President hooted at the idea, and again sent her back to her room. Soon after leaving the Presidont ou Sunday she received the telegram and at once made preparations for the iourney home. Taking the South-bound train the President and physician of the college accompanied her a portion of tho way, vr'.ton Miss Minnie was intercepted by a telegram from Winchester, Tenn., stating that the young lady who had foretold tho death of Mr. Arthur Atkinson, in Jackson, was dead ! The Presidont and physiciau returned to Winchester, and Miss Minnie came on to Jacksou to find her adored brother a corpse. Taking the ciroumstances all togcthor they form a mysterious and remarkable combination of foots.?Jack ton, Oa., Ntwt. I -A Postal Ci.kkk's DAsatcctrt Rilb.-?When j the East-bound passenger train on the Norfolk j nn<l Western Railroad reached ^Central a few ,, nights ago, two of the United States postal i clerks?B. W. Barney and George H. South&ll . ?left the car to get something to eat, leaving a j third man in the oar. Presently, however, t the solitary clerk,' likswiso afllicted with hunger, t also left the ear, locking the deor after him, so <] that when the Postal Clerk Southall returned c he found the door fastened. Reaching up he fc unlocked the door, as ho thought, and just e then tho train moved off with a jerk. Mr. c Southall grasped the appliances used to catch a the mail of small postoffices where the train j makes no stop, and drew himself up inte the j, car door, but when he attempted to enter the i car ho found tho door secured. The train by c this time was dashing along at lightning speed, { and Southall, finding that nothing remained t for him to do but to hold on to the mail-catcher f until tho train reached New River, the noxt , station, or otherwise jump off and run the risk ( of losing his liffe, accepted tho former situation , as preferable and tightened his grip on tho i iron rod. Tho night was as cold as a winter t blizzard could make it and the wind cut like a t knife. The mental stress and fear of being . hurled with tremendous violenoe to the- earth < were bad enough, but in addition, to have to ( grasp and hold on to a cold iron rod, with fingers cut and hands benumbed, is am experience that no man need want to test. Southall was almost crazed bofore tho train reached New River.?Lynchburg Xeirs. Cotton Sbbd Oia Products.?Since Italy undertook to preserve the reputation of its olive oil by checking tho importation of cotton seed juice from this country, the uses of ootton seod oil have not been clearly defined. But the quantity of this oil manufactured has increased, and not long ago nearly all of the cotton oil factories were combined in an organization having about $40,000,009 capital. What becomes of the product? Ex-President Vail, of the Produce Exchange, declared on Wednesday, at a meeting of persons engaged in tho cheese trade, that in the West largo quantities of it are used in making cheese, nud that this cheese is exported as a I genuine product of the dairy. It was shown i that the exports of American cheese had fallen from $11,000,000 in 1881 to $0,600,- i 000 in 188C, and this decline was said to havo been caused hy adulteration. Further inquiry < would doubtless disclose the fact that ootton i seed oil is largely used in the manufacture of i lard. A complete statement of the uses of n i product for whose manufscture a capital of $40,000,000 is required would probably surprise a groat mauy persons.?New York Timet. The total suui called lor by the various bills passed by tbe congress is 9250,000,000. It tho river and harbor and deficiency bills had passed tho sum would have I reached $264,000,000. ANOTHER IVIND OP UugT.?Mother? Johnnie, brush tho dust off your boots. Johnnie?Is tbst tbe kind of dast papa was talkiog to governess about? Mother?What did be say ? Johooie?He said. 'Doat thou love me, Agoea?' Mother?No, it was not, Johnnie ; but Agnes will dust out of here to-morrow morning.? Motion Olobe. A "Bonanza in Corns Skkd.?Messrs Fred Olloer and H. C. Butcher will leave Columbia for Houston, Texas, to locate the cite for one of the fleet of the oil mills to bo established by the Booth em Cotton Oil Company. Journeying la this direction they will scloct sites for the. other mills which it is proposed to put up this year. Mr. John Oliver in conversation wllh a^ representative of the Newt and Courier to-night said.*. -' The mills to tio built by the Southern Company will eaoh ha^o a onpacity of 150 tons of dotton seed daily', or 26,000 tons jz year, the product of 60,000 bal<M. The s'ze of these projected mills may be judged by the fact thai '.be present Columbia mill, now controlled by the Qil.Trnst roonq^fy,~'Bes a daily oapaolty of icventy-five ions, and yot is able to consume as nuch seed as any mill cast of the Mississippi. The eight mills to be built this year will cost 5126,000 each, making the outlay of the Company a million dollars in 1887. As has alrealy been stated, the special machinery required for additional mills cannot je turned out this year. Mr. Oliver gave some interesting information as to tho method of crganizing the new company. Tho capital itock was fixed at 5,000,000. Each of the inlf dozen individuals and firms organizing the jorapony subscribed for a certain quantity of itock, upon the agreement that a proportion of from one-half to two-thirds thcroof wts to be appropriately placc l by'them. "The amount of money actually contributed >y the organizers will bo about $2,000,000. That sum represcats tho presoat minimum zmount of cash capital. Tho organizors will iflfer one-half or two-thirds of the ?5,000,000 of itook subscribed for to tho planter* and business ncn of tho South, so as to enable them to cou.rol the organization, if they wish to do so. So stock will be issued until it is paid for. If .he South does not take this portion of the itock it will be sold to Nortliorn parties who iro now applying for it, and who will enter the lompany iu good faith. "It is so to be a legitimate business enterprise, relying for its suocess upon its superior >conomy in the manufactures and the good will of the Southern planters. Mr. Oliver lays that each mill should have $100,000 workng capital, which would bring the investnent in each up to $2*25,000. Residents of saoh city where a mill is located will have tho >ption of taking a part of tho stdtk in it, even v majority, This will give local interest and :onfideuce. Mr. Armour having affirmed and lenied in order to affect the stock market and nako tho money, which ho is believed to have a?d?y*a?~iettle*ulown now and wants to come nto the company, but ho is not wonted any yore, sbowoU his cu)urs toe *opn. An!io-? pating as a result of the competition higher >rices for cotton seed and lower prices for oil, dr. Oliver is nevertheless sure that from 20 o 25 per cent, annual profit will be made by lie Southern Company. IIo has it figured town closely. Tho public have little idei what inormous profits the Oil Trust is making in the tusiness. It is too big a bonanza for experimccd men like the Olivers to be crowded out >f. The ATews and Courier representative howeil Mr. iv f.-.m il.? tf ? n 3. I.artigue, of Blackvil'c, urging the advantage of that town as a site for one of tlio mills, ile stated that he was receiving great numbers if such letters, but that the location of the nills must be decided first by the transportnion advantages offered, and second by the acilities given for competition ou superior terms vith the Oil Trust railroad centres, where the )il Trust Mills were antiquated and inefficient, vould be selected first. Charleston was a good mint. He knew of no better cite for a mill ban Columbia, but the fact that tho Oil Trust nill here was one of the newest and best equipped in the country, would make this city one if tho last places te be attacked by the South?rn Company."?n. <j.q.. to New* and Cnuri*r Accomplishments or an Akmi.kss Man.? ['here recently died at Potsdam, St Laurence :o., N. V., Richard Donovan, who was in some espects one of the most remarkable men in JJo'tbern New York. Twenty years ago, when i boy, Donovan worked in a flour mill. One lay he was caught in a belt and received injuries that necessitated taking off both arms at die shoulders. This misfortune did not dis:ourage him, and, after recovering his health, le set about earning his livelihood as best he :outd without the use of hnnds or arms. Part >f the time he had lived alone, and from the necessity of holpiog himself he became wonderfully adept in performing all kinds 'of work, ising his feet and mouth principally. He iwned a horse, of which he took the entire ;are, harnessed it, fastened and unfastened the buckles with his teeth, and drovo with the reins t ied around his shoulders. lleing in need of a wagon, he bought wheels ind axles, and built a box buggy and painted it He went to the barn one winter day and built a cow stable, rawing the timber with bis feet, and, with the hammer in one foot and holding the nail with the other, he nailed the boards on almost as well as some men with the use of their hands. lie dug a well twelve feet deep on a farm in this town, and stoned it himself. He could mow away hay by holding the fork undor his chin and letting it rest against his shoulder. He would piok up potatoes in a field as fast as a man could dig them. He would dress himself. bis moal? riu KU Utters and in fact do almost anything that any man with two arms can do.?Uotlon Trameript. Cure por the Pip.--Undoubtedly about these days somo of your ehickens will havo this conmoD chicken complaint. Cure it, simply by mixing a table-spoonful of sulphur with about three pounds of tneal for a feed every other day, perhaps for a fortnight. Tue Siege op tiie Surplus.?To Gro or Clevoland, C uumaudcr-in-chief, &o : I hare itu-i* >nor to ropOrt that on the Gth day of lajt December tho United States treasury was suddenly iu vested by a largo aod powerful forco of the enemy formed in two divisions. A peremptory dcuiaud was mado upon mo to surrender in the name of the Americau Congress. Although iu a measure defenceless, I returned an emphatic declination. The enosny proceeded to strengthen his lines, which extended in a semi-cirolo, his principal battories being established on Capitol Hill. Aotivc bos tilitie> were dolnyod for a month,- -though< thcro was some sullen firing directed agaiust tho redoubt protecting the citadel, known as the Surplus, the euotny evidently desiring to try the range of his guus. On January '28 n tcrribh bombardment was opened from tho battery occupied by tho ltivcr aud Ilarbor brigade again3t my flimsy earthworks. This was kept up for several weeks with little or no cessation. Under cover of this firo a desperate assault was made by the Dependent Pensioners, which was repulsed by a fire from the 100 ton rifle Veto gun, iho only piece of ordinance in working condition among my defensive rcsonrces. The Coast Defence, under Cen. Cameron, inflicted serious damage with a harassing fire, which was ably supported by Admiral Halo's heavy nrmorod ships and Cameron's teu steel cruisers. An assault by the Mexican Veterans was very successful, a portion of the Surplus being carried away before the enemy could be repulsed. Although, as you are aware, I made several appeals for aid after the woundiug of Qcn. Manning which left me in command, none was forth-coming, and tho enemy continuing to close his lines atid to bring his heavy batteries into closer proximity I prepared to surrender. Suddenly, however, at noon to-day, the enemy unexpectedly raised ' tho siege and within an hour after his batteries ceased to play was iu full retreat. I am at a loss to understand this movement, but fear that it is a foiut. though sickness and desertion have combiucd of late to cripple tho enemy's.movements very much. The result of the sieire is that Fort Surplus has been very seriously danlaged, on^j portion being earn, i vtv entirely. My one guu, known asthe V , ;s still iu good order, though it narrowly escaped spiking by the enemy on the 24th ult. I am still prepared to continue tbo dcfuice, but would suggest tho propriety of an immediate reinforcement. I cannot close this repor without specially uieutiouiug the heroic cnduranco of tilt? clerks and and other noncombatants connected with this depurtmont. They bore the siege with great fortitude.?N^cio York World. ? - Why a Farmer is Poor.?'I am poor because I buy more tlian L sell. In the first place I buy a part of my meat from the Northwest; my fish comes from Portland, for thu taking of which the Main, lander receives a bounty from the government. My onioa sets and all my garden seeds I buy from Michigan. I sold the wool from eighteen sheep at 37i ccuts per pound to an agent of a manufacturing company at Reading, Pn.; four mouths thereafter I bought a hat from this saine company, paying at the rate of 80 per pound for tho wool. Tho hide of a buck I sold at 5 coots a pound. It weut to Elmira, N. Y., was tanned and scut back, aud I bought it at 35 cents a pound and it weighed more than it did when I sold it. My axe handles come from Connecticut, my matches from Delaware, my pcu, ink and paper from New York. Am I the only fool in Georgia V Wool II at. A Pennsylvania City in Danger.?Tlio citizens of the second Ward, Pittsburg, Penn., arc mystified over tho strange condition of the ground in their locality, which from some unkuown cause has been as hot as a baker's oven nearly ten days. Many people have been compelled to leave their homes, the best coin muni cated to the buildings fiotn the grouud being unbearable, The celalrs are so warm that even a rolling-mill hand cannot enter them. Several holes have been dug in the ground for the purpose of finding the oauso of the remarkable heat, but as jet none lias been found. It is believed that a terrible Are has broken out in the huge cinder banks beneath the streets, and that it has eaten its way through the mass of debris on whieh the ward is located. Extensive oxcavations are ft> be made in various parts of the ward in the hope that the fire may be found and extinguished. Two children of Lou Thomason, colored, aged five and seven years, were burnt to death on Tuesday evening in lwtirvicw Township, The mother locked up the two children in the honso and wont visiting, The children it is supposed while playing near the chimney set the house on fire and were unablo to cscapo. The The charred remains wero found in one corner. No one was near the house when tho fire originated.?Greenville New*. ? It is only when tbs minister has lied the knot that a matrimonial engagement miy he considered a match-safe.?Lowell Courier. A Model Dauket.?'It am my painful dooty to iuform dis club dat Bruddcr Arbustus Jcnkius baa passed from airtb away,' said Brothor Garduer whon tho triangle had ceasod to toll. 'IIo was an honorary member ob dis club, libin' in do Stato ob North Caroliny, and be was only 15 ccuts behind on his dues, It kin not bo said of Arbustus dat ho was neither a statesman, poet, philanthropist or scholar. He was simply au everyday man, who did not shrink eondwise when ho got wet. 'Aa a citizen of do Unitod States he did not go.braggiu' aroun' about cur beln'" do , - . . . - r ^ I " greatest oothuu on. airth, but ha had & hickory clab laid away for any country which might knock do chip off our shoulder. As an elector he went Jo do polls obory time dar' was a chanco to yoto, and sometimes when dcir wasn't, and if ho split his ticket it was bekaso he was deeply interested in de matter of honest govdtnincnt. iAs a laborer ho was worthy of his biro When ho wasn't workin' ho was tbinkin' fur do benefit of his boss. If the boss didd'l know dis it was his own fault. 'As a nabur ho nebbcr borrowed coffeo an sugar widout makiu a mark on dc tin cup, so he could return good measure. 'As n member of de communinty in which he dwelt bo upheld dc law iu daytiaio an' stole watcrmelyons under kivcr of darkness, thereby setting a good examplo for de young. 'As a church member ho prayed soft an' low, and he was a line behind all do rest in do singiu.' In do case he happen to be cotched wid a ham belonging to somebody else, no reflocshuns could bo cast on do church. 'As a husband ho bossed do cabin, an' as a father he brung his chill'en up to fear do law an' rospect old aige. . 'We shall hang out do usual emblem of tuouruin' on do outer doab, an' wo shall feel a bit sorry dut a fair to medium man has passed away. Dat will be all. We shan't nass no resolutions to snni} to hia wifn who kuowcd him bolter dan anybody elao, nor will wo claim dat our heartfelt sympathies go on* for do chiU'en, who am probably no better dan anybody else. It am nutf for us dat wo kin oay Arbustus was up to tha aivurage, and1 dat death could havo tooked a wusser mau au' not half tried.'?Detroit Free. 1 ress. m . THE HOUSEKEEPER. Mush on Hasty Pudding.?Stir into a half pint of oold water, enough sifted Indian meal to make a thick batter. Having on the fire a pet containing throo or four quarts of water, when it boils, pour in the batter, stirring it f ist; let it boil a few minutes, then add sifted meal by the handful, till it is quite thick. Keep it boiling slowly, and stir it frequently ; tho uioro it is stirred, and the longer it is boiled, tho better tho mush. To be wholesome, it must be boiled at least two hours. This is a good receipt. f\ V* r " /x vjustahi) >v itiiout J'jC.gs.?uno quart of ucw milk, four table-spoonfuls of flour, and two of sugar. Season with nutmeg or ciunatuon add salt to your liking. The milk should l>u placed over a quick firo, and when at a boiling point, the flour should be added, being previously stirred up in cold milk. As soon as thoroughly scalded, add the sugar, spices, and salM This is an oxccllont dish, aud deservedly prized by every one who has tried it. Baked Hams.?Most persons boil hams. i nev arc rnucii better baked, if baked right. Soak for an hour in clean water, and wipe dry, and then sproad it all over with thin hatter, and lay it in a doop dish with sticks under to keep it out of tho gravy. When fully done, tako off tho skin and hatter crusted upon tho flesh Bide and set it away to cool. You will liud it very delicious, but too rich for dispcptics. To Mark Bread Cheese-cake:?Slice a luuf as thin as possible, pour on it a pint of boiling cream, let it stand two hours ; (hen take eight eggs, half a pound of butter ; and a nutmeg grated, beat them well together, put in half a pound of currants well washed, nud dried before the tire, and-' bako them io raised crust, or patty pans, Tried Mush.?Mush to be fried, should be boiled an hour louger, have half a pint of wheat flour stirred into it about half an hour before it is done. Take it out of the pot, put it in an earthen dish, aud let it staud until perfectly cold, then cut it in slices half an inch thiok, and fry them brown. To Make Sponub Cake.?Mix dry and rub together one tea-spoonful of Cream Tartar, with a tea-cupful of flour, a teaeuplul of sugar and three eggs, (without boating.) Dissolve a half tea-spoonful of salmratus in a small quantity of milk ; mix the whole together, aud bako immediately