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THE WEEKLY SUB DII0K TUES. ' ' ' 1 ' ' 1 ' ' I *11 II - - gjlo'gi to iirtadlvt iortituUurn, gom^slit (Stoiiomg, ?oliit Mature, fjotitiis, nd the Current $eius of the gag. .XVIII.?New Series. UNION C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA. APRIL 8. 1887. NUMBER 11 The Proper Training or Aqrioumtftisrs.?We have often been asked tt * qneation?Why should tbo agricultsrisis, 1 know moro than otberr people F They 1 oe"taioly should, for in onr oountry they hsia more to do than other el asses ; a greater multiplicity of pursuits are here crowded >1 into the planters sailing then ia any otk<r 1 occupation. ,^TheJr bate to Inako moro tu s 1 f the powera or laws of natare than otl i it'. They are forced to das the ?elemen s as tools. Tku art practical obsmisti, whether swarew It or net, for they m*k e ' was of tbs sarioui sutistgnoca whioh /a r?' lore gircs them, which thsy ootabme, es| > ' 4 "^^4^ ? j" 1" Wl 1 e _ l1 3 atuo, luuunjr iuu uuauge 10 simpios ann oompounds. The plantation ia at one and the same time, a laboratory and a workshop ; and in proportion as thojr operate in ' anoh a way aa to afford tho several element 1 of whioh the substances are composed, and 1 upon which they are operating, to disunite ' or oombine as will be the measure of their 1 success. They depend npea the vegetable 1 world for subsistence?their labor is among ( and upon the-placte of the earth, and they should know the proper name and nature pf ' every tree, herb and plant. They have to 1 contend with insects and animals?they ( should know the habits and nature of these y more intimatoly than any other olaae of ' people?they have to till the earth, and 1 put its soil into a proper condition to pro- * duce agoodorop. They hare to change c its natural state to adapt it to the various purposes and orops~?then, why should tbey not know more and better respecting the ingredients of their soils, and the various mineral and fossil substances whioh they . may wish to appropriate to their uses f u They have to 'disoern the faoe of the sky,' * watch the changes of the atmosphere, and ^ regulate their movements in aooordaoee with those ehangc?, temperature, aud all Q the olimatio fluctuations. Why, then, j, hoald they not know as much, or more, of the composition of the air, or atmosphere, 0 and the acience of meteorology, than any b other people 7 They mnet use all the ra- ^ rioua tools and implements of labor?they j must take advantago of the principles ef ^ SMchanics, sad the application of mathsBMtsbs to praStlOafliiW- Xs ?h?n sa; good ' reason why they should not know as mueh p or even more than others, respecting meohanical soienco or natural philosophy 7 In ^ this conntry they hare to oontribute largely to the support and formation of the Got- tl eminent, and upon them depends the aoleo- t( tion of the rulers and law-makers. Why, ? then, should they not understand the fundamental principlaf of national law, politi- 4 oal science and political economy 7 They S hare to administer to the sickness of aai- a mals under their oharge. heal wounds and h restore health. Why, then, should they not perfectly understand oomparatire aoa- fj tomy, at least?and, also, physiology, as well a as the symptoms and treatment of diseases 7 & Indeed, so wide is the field of the agricul- o turist; so extonsira his labors, so numernn* the objects with which he is connected, so ^ various the operations he has to perform, that we verily believe he should be the best ' educated aod best informed man upon the * earth. Can a man conquer, or make him- ? self perfectly familiar with every science ? and anything 1 By no means ; yet, never- * thcless, ho should have bis mind so well ? storod with tho general priooiples of all the ^ soiooofs, that he can be guided by them ^ when it becomes necessary to learn moro minutely, and to know when he employs a man devoted particularly to any one branch, 0 whether he is competent to the task, aod ? will discharge his duty to him with fidelity ^ and precision. Drowning of 250 Men.?St. John's U N. F., March 31.?A report has reached here of the total loss of the sealing sloamer Eagle, with a crew of 250 men, on the . shoals' near Funk Island, off Bonavista Buy. The report is confirmed by the discovery j of wreckage on Bonavista Bay. Then is nothing to show that any one was saved. The debris, consisting of deck ladders, ? forecastle, deok aod cookiog gear, with the " steamer's name, were found on the ioe and J the inhabitants are on the outlook for the bodies of tho drowned. The condition of 0 the wreckage Ieactf to the belief that the vomaI waa Iaoi ?kwa.>nt. ika k.il ? ? tvDwvi nw IVO* kUiUU^II IUO UUlier GXpiOQ- | iog. Most of tho lost seamen lircd in and abont St. John's, and the excitement and j grief here are intense. Women and children are weeping at home or clamoring at ^ the telegraph and newspaper offices for farther information. fc Orkatlt Excitcd.?Not a few of (be eltlsens ' of Union bare recently become greatly exoitet) 1 over the astounding facts, tbat several of their t friends who had been pronounced by their physicians aa incurable and beyond all hope? 1 suffering with that dreaded monster Consump- 1 lion?bare been completely cured by Dr. King's < New Diseorery for Consumption, the only remedy that docs poeitieely cure all throat and I lung Jiseases. Coughs, Co'Js, Asthma and Bron- . chilis. Trial boUle free at J. W. Poeey's Drug Stere, large bottles 91. , A Blasphemous Imposter.?Jacksonville, Fla., Maroli 27.?'Brew him ! he's de sabior, of eber dere was one.' PaH him off da Stan,' and hundreds of oriea, groans, cheers hoots roared from dusky throats to-night, oreatiug pandemonium that brought Sheriff Henry Holland and several deputies to the iotersoation of Cedar Rad Adams streets. Daily and shortly after dark, Jacksonville is oafled upon to witness a most peculiar sight. The colored populaoe of the ouy ana suburbs, evon Tor milgs iutg ths opuuiry, seem to be possessed with feelings f ficeniy over,a mu who has keen restoring eight to tho blind, making tho lame walk and caring by the laying on of hands. A.t least, peoplo enthused think so. So far has this man, who travels under tho gandiloquent name of'Yellowstone Kit' worked apon thoso peoplo that he lectures them on Lheir moral duties, voting, social conditions, rights, religious beliefs, and has created nore turore among thorn than Sam Jones tver created among tho Southern whites. He harangues violently, wiih a poculiar low of words ; dresses gorgeously and gives iway barrols of bread, crackers, meat, and Iresses to colored women nod colored serraots in hotols and families. Tho latter eave tneir work undouo to such an extent, fhile thoj hover about the Bpeaking atand hat complaints oomo in numerously to the lity authorities on the matter. To-night, over 4,000 whites and blacks, nany respectable citizens among the former rere gathered about his stand, when some no threw a stone, aimed at 'Kit,' bat rhioh, striking aa eleotrio light, demolihed the globe. In an instant a wild up- i oar followed, people crowded about the ( tand, thinking an assault was intended on , lim they style 'Sooond Messiah.' , Riot was imminent when the sheriff came | ver, but by his loud outcry the'Messiah' ^ lUthed tho orowd and had the blaoka comletly under control. Ho leoturcs In iavor ^ f gamblers on ooming elections, and is the ( ilk of the day. He is a man of slender nild dark, swarthy features, curling inky hair of rayon blaokooss, pieroiog lack eyes, and dresses Tory particularly, | urlv biasing with gqauiua diamonds he oast of his features and wild talk are . srtly responsible for tho belief amoog { le colored peoplo that he is ''Messiah," as ^ ell as his alleged oures. In Key West excitement ran so high lsf fantiAni .-J ' ?? "" - ' tuwkiuua nciu luiuiovi auu uU UllUIlipi > assassinate Kit was made, iu wbioh he ( ' < 'as soverely injured. Ia Tallahasseo, Fla., Bainbridge and 1 dbany, Ga., and other aoetions of the J tats the name peculiar exoitement existed mong the oolored peoplo, all claiming that ^ o is the 'Messiah.' It is said that he carried away $23,000 ^ rom Key West, as the recompense for his ^ rduoua work of faith. If the oxcitemont antinues here be will leave this oity with insiderable more than that. ^ 1 Refused to be a Hypocrite.?Clove- a ind, Maroh 27.?The Rev. Rollo Ogden \ itely resigned the pastorate of the Case I venuo Presbyterian Chureh beoause he i ould not longer subscribe to that denomi- < ation's dogmas. He preached his fare- \ roll sermon to-day. He said that he could ( ot remain in that pulpit without being a i ypocrite. but added; 'There are abso- I itely no doctrinal tests to whioh a Pres- i yterian layman can be asked to submit.' I He docs not desire to ace the creed ( hanged at present. 'Many things mast i ome before that can take pljioc,' bo said. Joe of them is a lessoning of the amaiing tats of word jugglery on the part of those rho have to interpret the ereod. Another I the giving it some other use thau that f a thing to batt candidates for the niiuitry with and (o bunt down heretics with.' He referred caustically to the theological ^maturity of students fresh from divinity thools, and said it could not be expected bat a man can, 'in the throe hurried years f a theological course, put his little labels n all parts of the universs so that they rill always stick.' He spiritedly declined fmpatby from friends in the Episcopal nud Initarian Churches, 'and even the cburoh f the rathole revelation, the .Spiritualists.' Vhlle he abstained from stating his belief ad disbelief, passages in his discourse howed that be believes in a personal God nd devil, leaving it to be inferred that be issents from foreordination and assents to rust mor era proDation. I Tu?y Bopu Sat Down.?At the Al- J may Convention of 1877 Ira Shafcr waa he orator of the then Irving Hall delegaion. Shafer and Mr. Kollj were both ' rjing to get recognition from the Chair- ' nan, now Gov. IIill. A voioe in tbo galerj ahonted : 'Sit down, yon bigheaded oafer.' Kelly looked at Shafer and Shafer ooked at Kelly, as if both were wondering i rhioh ono tho remark was directed at. Then both sat down amid great laughter How a Modern Newspaper is Made. ?When tho committee from the Knights of Labor were investigating the affairs of the Leader thoy stack on the compositor bills, wbioh staggered them, especially lbs amount of "bogus."- As one of them expressed it, "if anyone - knows what that means." Bogus matter is tbat set up by the compositors wbilo they are waiting for oopy whieh is to make up the peper. It would surprise one not familiar with the business to know tha amount of auatt matter set up by the New York ptpors and oarer used. Take the Sun for iostaoee? and we cito that paper for the reason that it is without doubt the best and most compiete nowspapcr.in the known world. We supposo it is no exaggeration to say that enough matter is sot in the Sun offioo erery day to fill ono or tho Inrgost magasinee. Matter enough is set up to fill serosal Sunt, and it would make no difference if tho paper were set np half a dosen times; if something moro interesting oame in ereiythiog else would hare to giro way to the latest and best. It is expensire, but they make newspapers nowadays without regard tn expense. More than onee bare we met Eddy Mott, the Pike County historian of the Sun, the tears fairly welling up into his groat blue eyes, as he said: "I just oame fYom the offioe, and they hare killed fiftysereu gallics of matter?and it was good matter, too." Of course it was good matter, but it was killed because the editor iiaa roaaa sometning better, tod even tbe better would havo been killed had some- i thing aiore fresh and interesting oamo in i before tho paper went to press. Fifiy-sevon galleys of matter would of itself make t number of newspapers, but if it had been three or ten times fifty-seven they would i havo gone the same, just if something i better or moro interesting to tfce great i reading publio hae come in before the paper i wont to press. It seems a slaughter to pay I t man from $10 to $15 to prepare a column j >f matter, the compositors and proof read- I rs nearly as much more to get it roady for 1 >rinting, and then run a bluo pencil through I he proof and put the gist of the column I laifcliw"! u?? luu a nnft ^ terns of troublo and time and expense bee- i issary to mako a paper like the Sun and < be column after column that is thus sent < o Coventry in the Sun office every week < vould make an array that would startle an j ordinary business man, if he had to pay i 'or it. Still, as we remarked, it is the I vay they make a newspaper nowadays.-? Nyack City and Country. j Robbing An Express Gab.?Rome, , f, Y., March 31.?A special from Frank- i ort, N. Y., says: Express Messenger : [icoke, who was robbed between Clark's dills and Frankfort last night, reached hers , ibout midnight and was able to have lis round drossed. lie waa shot in the upper )art of tbo right arm, the ball passing , iround his shoulder, causing an ugly round. On his way homo to Sharon . Springs ho statod to a reporter that soon ifter his train left Clark's Mills a man mtered his car through the side doer, i which he shored baok, saying as he enter- , id: "Throw up your hands." Leake did , lot realizo for a moment what was up, abd 'ailed to comply with the demand. The otruder thereupon lereled his revolver at ;he messenger sod shot him. Leake foil io the floor of the car, and his assailant taid: "Now, d?n you, when I tell you . :o hold up yohr hands again you'll do it, . won't you?" The assassin then bound the bands and feet of Leake, put a gag in his south and tied one of his logs to the safe. The desperado then took a bunch of keys !rom the pocket of tho messenger and unnnlffld tlia aaft? oKiaIi ??? # ? vj nHlvu uu aiuuu VI III noney package?. The amount secured is . jclievcd to bo between 9700 and 1800. rhe robber left the car at the Delaware, Lackawanna odJ Western railroad crossiog. 1 Before leaving the car the robber said to Leake: "D?n you, if you aay anything about ( his I'll como back and kill you, Tho i iicsscnger replied : , "You wouldn't rob a man and then kill | aim too, would you?" j "Yes I would," said the robber, as he eft. Leake tried to freo himself, but did not mccccd. At Utiea his car was opened and ao was freed from his uncomfortable poei- ( ion. At this place it was decided that be ( liad better stop over sod have his wound attended to. The messenger says that his assailant was a large, stroog man, wearing , ? ~ I i mask that hung down OTer bia chest. His bair was oat eery short at the baek and his hands wero callous, hard and dirty. In ad ranee of the sickly season render yoortelf impregnable; a malarial atmosphere or sudden change of temperature is fraught with danger ; use Dr. J. 11. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Kleod Purifier, $ 1.00 per botUe. I / A. Thbiiainq Tbip.?St. Paul, Miroh 29.?F. 1). Thayer, a Pullman ear conduo- i tor op tho Northern Pacific road, gtTM this I graph ipayuot of tha perilous trip of a ,( party dMltive, made serosa the rirer at ] BismsrckWl Thursday night, duriug the < ioe gorgeSjre: His orders were impera- i tire to cAi the river, and be managed to i hire firp-dn to take him and sis paasen- i gen aorosKnta yawl The flood was at i its heightXke IMynrf Slror was full of 11 floating ii =1 and use eased almost imnoeai-11 ble for a At todfaro in the angry torrent. | A steameAroisBisaiark had made a trip early in tAdaf, lauding op ?nw a dia-' i Unoo offofc- miles from Maadan. Sir. I Thayer nV We left tie laodiog about fire e'elock. ] It looked askboagh we would make the i trip to Bbtnarlc before dark, as the ] current wae^UDoing so swiftly that it was t only necosa'j to steer the boat aad keep l her nose down rtroain. Suddenly, and ( without waging, a squall struok us, the boat almost tipset, so riolent was the shock, I and wesbifljpd a sea that completely filled t the bottooa tp l^c boat aQd gave us a i duoking. lie wind sceaied to hare start- t ed the ioe, ajid we were continually being t caught in wfiies that would turn the boat around and shake it nnmanngeabis even t with four MAng mon at tho oars. Onoe c a.L - s-" - ?c wiiiunuvu an ice noo wun sued lores that itseeaef as if wo should go to the bottom, "We g^faally worked tho boat into the tree.;tepqjMKjWe a few feet above water, secured af jityft, and then discussed the situatiodv m this timo it was qnite dark. We had Itjfhoice of remaining where we were all aintor venturing out into the main ohsaKXP^itaking chances of reaching oar d^Mbtion. We naturally ohoae the fo^jflBiurfe. The wind had increased l^B^aae, and soon after dark 1 ii then bertinCain, hail, and finally snow. Ot^olwMflNra wet through, and finally froze iUSk|a(tf the party had got hie feet tu agmfthiftged his stockings, but tiis dK^pVad fee was so benum bed tha^^wiedipgefceet them on again. He aatohel, out the ileevee.^ We stood up in the boat, stsmpid, swung our anna to kocp our blood in lirculation, and resorted to every form of irerciae that oar cramped position would permit. One of the party finally gave up, tnd declared he did not care if he did freeze to death, and sank down in the boat. I aroused him br a smart slap in the face, that angered him, and he got up and ' wanted to fight The same thing occurred " leveral timet daring that awful night, and [ am aatiafied that we ehould all hare per- | iahed but for each measures. The roaring )f the rirer and the cracking of the ice were simply ..awful. At times wo could lot make ourselves heard, and to add to 1 )ur discomfoitare we ooald bear quite near 1 is the acreams of two mountaia lions, * probably in some tree-top imprisoned by * the flood. At last tho long weary bonra ^ irore away, and a faint gloam of light appeared in the Eastern sky, and as it grew * lighter the tide gradually wont down and f the muddy waves diminished in siac. There * iras less ioo in the river, too, and with beuumbed hands we unfastened our moorings ind drifted with the flood down the river, y ind finally managed to get ashore. c j Scratched His Name Out.?The New 8 5fork Timet prints a special dijpatoh from 0 Portland, Me., stating that there is muoh J somment throughout Maine over the al- 8 leged aotion of Oov. Bod well in vetoiog the 0 medical registration bill after he bad signed ^ it. The story goes that after he bad 11 igned the bill he was told by Mr. Blaine 0 that the bill must he vetoed, as it would ^ be a bad party measure, inasmuch as it * deprived many persons of their right to e practice their profession. Tbo Governor ? protested that the hill was alreadv ?l?n?rt t ? J -O ? * bat wu told that it was not too late to re- 1 rode bis action. He thoreupoo, according ? to tho story, scratched his aigoatare off the ^ bill and sent if baok to the Senate with a J reto message. Many lawyers say that the bill beoame a law when signed, and is a ) law in epite or the subsequent veto. t T - C Tue W or mis op the President.? I No one but a frequent visitor to the White r Houso has any idea of the nnmber of ex- a Congressmen who are eonlinnally pestering a the President for plaees. They come every t day, and one would think their 'oheek' t would soften after two or three refusals, a but not so. They come again. Each time d they want a new place. When told that o some one is seleoted for the place they ask 1 for, off they go to another department and s find some vacant place, and next day they c turn ep at the White House and ask for d that?ask point-blank for the plaoe and in- t ist upon haviog it. . 11 consumption kasilt cured.?Phil-i idelphio, March 18.?At tho mooting of the hospital committee of the Board of Gluardians of tho poor to-day, Dr. T. N. MoLaughlio, physician ohiof of tho Pbilalelphia hospital, presented a report of the luccess of the treatment adopted aboat a month ago for patients in tho institution lafiering from consumption. IIo said that io far the success of tho treatment was almost marrelous, and in tho coses which liad agreed to submit to the methods adopted, no other has been usod. Dr. McLaughlin first obtained his idea iwlm ~ - *- ??._ ?-? vui papvi rviu uniurQ IOC VOIICgO OI Science at a recent meeting in Paris by >no of the professors in tho University of Lyons. It was recommended so highly ind had showo such surprising results in Prance that Dr. MoLaugblin; decided to last it in the hospital. He explained tho ;reatment to the patients, when thirty of ihem agreed to submit to tho operation. To these patients, who were considered to >e Buffering from tho last stages of coninmption, two rectal injections of carbono acid, prepared by the process gircu by he Frenoh physician, were given each lay, all other medieino being abandoned. The patients at once began to show ligns of improvement. The night sweats teased as if by magic, tho. almost constant tains from which they suffored vanished, he excretions of tho body were regular and >ecame natural, and the appetite returned. The sick grew brighter and stronger each lay, and sinoo the beginning of tho treatnent one of the number has gained twelve tounds in weight, while othora havo gained rom threo to fire pounds in tho samo ime. How far the improvement will continue inder the treatment cannot yet be judged, >Ut the rosults hove bnenl an aittafnntnrv I bat Dr. McLaughlin has abandoned all tther remedies in the treatment of patients rho can bo inducod to submit to the operaion, and be is so agreoably surprised nt be result that ho feels almost ready to say hat a euro for consumption, which has ilways been considered fatal whon onco lovelopod, has bocn found. _A fj&at oa.b"Aitt'fiogiy_Bi4:--There was i look of surprise on the faces of tho ctniloyes in tho county clerk's office tho other iveuing when two young ladies walked toldly up to the counter and announced hat thoy wanted to take out license to praciee medicine in this city. 'You will have o have a diploma from some medical coleg#,' said Gus O'Brien, who supposed the ouog ladies were innocent creatures who ranted a certificate for the fun of the thing. We know that, air,' oame in ohorus, and wo diplomas from the Medical College of ndiana wcro dropped before tho elerk. )ne bore the name of Miss Mary A. Spin:er, who received the anatomical prise at he commencement last week, and the other hat of Miss Laura E. Boyd, who graduted with honor. The licenses were isued, nnd as the young ladies went out Mr. )'Brien remarked : 'Thev don't Innk ike ttey bad ercr cut pecplo to pieces, do hey ?' The young ladies aro going into ertnerahip and will open an office some ilace in the central part of the city.? rndinapolU Journal. Tuey Married Ricn Girls.?Many ears ago, in this city, (relates an old hronicler,) too youDg dry goods counterampers formed a society to marry rich ;irls. They swore to protect and aid each ther, sod all succeoded. This society of oung clerks boarded generally at twentyhilling boarding houses, curled each ther's hair on Saturday night, wout to lunday school uf teachers, and became acmbers of the church that bad the riohest acmbers and the prettiest daughters, i'hoy went steadily and systematically to rork in the accomplishment of their object, onferring with and assisting each other in very case that required assistance. Their liety game was the one that won in every ostance. Some of (he old names which iguro in high sooicty in New York are tho lirect descendants of theso ten worthy oung gentlemen.?Ury (Jomit Chronicle. Ovcu the Yadkin With a Loose Viieel.?A recent North-bound passenger raiu on the Richmond & Daovillo road, rossed the Yadkin river bridge with a ooie car wheel running along on the guard ail. Thi wheel waa under (he postal oar, iod no ono on the (rain, not even (ho mail gents in (he oar, knew that anything was rrong. A short distance boyond the nidge there is a cattle guard in tho track, nd when this was reached, the wheel Iropped into it and twisted tho 'rucks out f place, wbeu the train wa9 stopped, rhe bridge is a high, and a eery loug one iod the escape of tho train from a bad acident waa remarkable. Had the wheel lisarrangod the tracks whilo tho train was roseiog the bridge, tho result might base teen serious. DOMESTIC BECIPES Eastkr Bcns.?Three caps milk, with suflioieat salt and one cup of yeast made into a sponge the night before. Next morning add one cup sugar, three-fourth cup melted butter, or good clean shortening, and one nutmeg, with atBclent flour to make a nice soft dough. Let rise, and when right flour the moulding-board, turn out thr dough, roll with rolling pin about one inch thick and cut any shape, liars ready the yolks of two eggs, with spoonful sugar and a little milk. When biscuits are almost done. with ft light cloth bftthft the top of each biscuit with the mixture, thou put baok into the oven and finish.?Mn. Peck. Yorkshibk Pudding.?One cup flour, pinoh of salt, into wtfltfh add gradually and mix perfect]/ smooth two cups of Xiltk, and lastljr two eggs, yolks and whites thoroughly beaten separately. Beat all together until Tory light, pour into a dripping pan which has been woll greased with beef fat, and allow about three quarters of an hour for baking. Lay your beef on a wire broiler or sticks which rest across the dripping pan, so that the drippings from it will soak into and flavor the pudding. Cut in squares and serve very hot with the meat. Instead of using sticks or wire broiler to rest tho meat upon, 1 had my tinner to make for me a little three-legged meat rest of heavy wire to stand in my dripping pan. I grease the lags and put it into the batter. Let us know how you like it.?if- F. K. To Preserve Wabtermelon Rinds.?Pare off the outside greeu and inside red of the rind, leaving only the clear white. Cut in small pieces and put down in ajar overnight with a light sprinkling of aalt on each layer of rind. The next morning drain thoroughly, and steam over clean water till each piece becomes transparently clear. Make a thick syrup of white sugar sufficient to cover the watermeloo, and can in glass gars. Some add a bit of lemon or giuger root, but I prefer the clear watermelon. If you like the spiced preserves, add a little vinegar and a bag of spices (aloves and cinnamon) to your syrup. Candied fruit should always be kept in the dark to preserve its rioh color and flavor. Tomatoes will often spoil in glass jars, becoming thin and watery simply fro the action]of the light, and preserve < thus lose much of their richness and flavor. Try keeping all fruit in a covered chest or trunk down cellar, if you have no enclosed cupboard there, and I think' yon will find it pays.?Frank Page, Lemon Oatmeal Gruel.?The United Slates Dispcusatory recommends the following method of preparing oatmeal graol for fever patients: Ruh one heaping tables poo nfnl of fly oatmeal try firth la tTllttl* seSd 'ViUt-' quantity is^reduced to two pints, then strain, and let it cool and settle. When it Is quite cold, pour I ho clear gruel from the sediment, add the juice of a lemon, and sugar to sweeten lightly. If desirable to nerve it warm, reheat before ad iing the lemon juice. pudding with dbikd fruits and 11 it bad ? Take stale bread, pour over hot water and soak awhile. Chop as for dressing, though not so fine, place a layer of bread in a buttered tin, then a layer of fruit previously stewed, having the last layer bread. Bake half an hour aud serve with sugar and cream or any padding sauce. Apricots can be used if desired. Sweet Pickles.?Ten pounds of fruit, four pounds sugar, one qaarl vinegar, four ounces oinnamon, one ounce cloves. Boil fruit tendtr and drain, scald vinegar and spices together throe mornings and pour on hot.?llrt. C. IF. Krhr;/. Dumplings.?Make the dough as for biscuits, with sour milk and soda, then add one teaspoon bakiug powder, and roll out as thin as pis crust, spread with butter, fold and roll again, cut into inch squares, aud drop in the ironing pot.?aue Ityrnt. Fob Astiima.?Hoping to benefit some one efflicteil us I liB7e always been with asthma, I send the following simple remedy to loosen the phlegm : Take one tablespoon sunflower seeds, pound same as coffee, steep, strain and sweeten. This will make two-thirds of a teacup, drink freely until it loosens, then as often as one likes. It is perfectly harmless (splendid for colds and whooping cough.) Should be taken a little warm. Is a preventive, not a cure for esthma.?L. M. Everton. Snow, Hail, Thunder and Lightning ?Lynchburg, Va., March 31.?Reports from Tazewell County say that a terrific thunder, hail and unow storm visited that section yesterday. Hail stones an inoh in circumference fell and the lightning was terrific. Many telegraph poles on tho line of the Norfolk and Western Railroad wcro split to pieces, and several instruments in the telegraph and tolephono offices along tho routo wore destroyed. Winchbotch. Vs., March 31.? A hoavy snow storm has prevailed here all day. Snow has fallen to tho depth of several inches, thus closing an unprecedented March for our valley. Not a bud _ r _ 1 _ _ _ a _ t - tv nor a sigu 01 a ioai is 10 uo seen, x'prniers are very backward with their work. Richmond Va., March 31.?Snow few here all day, but did not attain much depth, owing to the warmth of tho earth. Wonderful Curb*.?W. I). Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail Druggists of Rome, Qe., say: Wo have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery, Kleotrio bitters and bucklen's Arnica Salve for two years. Have never handled remedies that soil as well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have been some wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this oity. Several cases of pronounced Consumption have been entirely cured by use of a few bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Kleotrio Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold by J. W, Posey.