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FRAJTK P. BXABD, Publiah?r. w VOLUME IV. fit J CAMDEN, NUMBER 31. Kfet gttffcaw ?te|ttu. PUBLISHED MTMMY WXDSK&DAY AT CAMDEN, KERSHAW CO., S. C., FRANK P. BEARD. t Tema or <ab?ertptioii? ' t- (tffOUUr 1M AVVAJTCM.) Tottakifta, . . . L? T? ctate ?< twmtj-Ctr*, . . . OT Advertising i ? Im, tUW for Um Ant taiwttoa, lUkMt (dw <slwk4 tkoM who UtwUm for i^rw. *tx or Mnawtki. MT AS Mb m <w at W7 tlm ? alter flrrt muwmoC aflfHwiiit, nnlm ottmrlH ?p?? A Desperate Character. Offloer Murtha, of the Butler street j police, Brooklyn, N. Y., mi called by I some el the tenants of the tenement at j 698 Henry street, Brooklyn, known as thf "House of Biases," who informed him that Antonio Lox, a blacksmith, was upstairs beating his wife. The offloer found Lox in a small upper room kneeling over his wife whom he had on the bed. He was choking her with one hand, and beating her with the other. Her tongue was protruding from her month, and she was faintly struggling to get her breath. Murtha pulled him away from hi* wife and endeavored to ? take him from the room. Lox caught up an old double barreled shotgun, and aimed it at the offloer. Murtha tried to wreat it from him, and in the struggle his cap fell off. Lox drew back and was about taking aim again, when Murtha dodged through the open door and ran into the street. Ho rnppcd for aid, and OiHoers Rogers, Darby anil another responded. Murtha quickly explained that they were wanted to help arrest * Lox, who, ho said, was going to defend liimBelf with his gun. They went again to Liox's room and found the door fastened. They broke open the doort and Murtha stepped in first. Lox stood in the middle of the * floor with his shotgun to his shoulder, ready to fire. Murtha jumped aside, it^ji Lox fired, the charge striking the tox^fcl of Officer Rogers, and glancing . into the fleshy part of his left arm. Then Lox aimed at Officer Murtha, and was ? about to Are, when Murtha raised his pistol and shot him. The ball entered his forehead over his right eye and he fell to the floor. |japffloer Murthoieivin^one of the other polioemen in charge, went straightway to the Butler street police station to re port' to Crtpt. Leavey. Ho handed over hia jpiatol, frum which ono charge only wort missing, and explained why he hud bhot Lox. Rogers was taken to the Long Island College Hospital. He corrobo rated the story of the shooting which Murtha gave. The shot had dented his shield and torn away a large piece of the blue ooat. Lox was nnoonscious when p?.*urg60n arrived. His wife }im to a stool in the oorner, ? pillow against the ^assistant had , and roreTwhen > was made to arrest him, he flved i at the officers. A Wealthy Lunatic's Freaks. Martin Higgins waa arrested in New Yo*k on a Suudny morning, and was ." brought before Juttioe Flammer, undor "'cironmatancoa indicative of religions ? mania. He had purchased the intcrout ?f J. 1. Rover, of Rorer A Powell, at . *o. 9*2 Chatham Btroet, and on the Bat urday night previous to his arrest called at that place and engaged in a religions ? discussion with ill-tempered earnestness, obtruding his views upon Messrs. Rorer, I Powell, and two or three other persons j t present. He said that he had a divine i 1 mission to preach and pray, and that, un- | * like the othor missionaries of the day, ho diil not require pay, but gavo of his otvu : abundance to his hearers. The gnB was j ' turned down in order to check tho flow ter; of his craay eloquence, no was then aeen to take some pieoes of paper from his pooketbook, resembling $5 bills, whioh he" threw into the fire to increarfh tho flame.- Ho was seized and kept under \ oontrol until' the polioe wero called. | Messrs.- Rorer St Powell appeared in oonrt and testified to the conduct of Hig- ( . gins during the night in endeavoring to V: make oonverta by offers of money, j When ho was taken from hi .4 oell he I * , burst forth into violent paroxysms of j pasaion, declaiming against his aocu em 1 and resisting the officers who had him in ohafge. Justice Flammer examined the pocketbook, which had heen taken from him, And it was found to oontain $3,100.76 j in greenbacks and specie, and a number of misoella&eons papers. It required 1 lour muscular officers to remove the lunatio to his oell, although his hands 4 were manacled. It is statod by his part- ; m ner Powell that he left four bank books tot safe-keeping at a olothing store in Chatham street, and that they ropre- , sent deposits amounting in the aggregate to $150,000. Re said that this was nearly all Diode in the Went, but that Higgins also made some money in the molasses trade iu Brooklyn. He had been liying j for some time at No. 100 Ryerson street, j Brooklyn, where he fell in love with a j handaomo young girl. He lent her friends $1,000. and they never offered t ? return it toMiim. He, however, freely 1 , eanoelod the debt. He had shown many ! eooemtricities of language and conduct, hia inaanity taking a religious form very > frequently. < On aaoertaining that Higgias had no relatione, Justice Flammer issued in. "? ' structions to the police to obtain fnll in ? formation as to hia money and property. When examined by the physician in the prison it waa found that he had been using large quantities of morphine habitually. He ia a man of good ap peart nee, in the prime of life, and of powerful phyaique. He waa temporarily committed to await the neeeseary inqui ries aa to hia oondition and pecuniary affairs. Great Britain haa now 1,092 news papers, of which 1,811 are in England, 66 in Walea, 104 in Scotland, 141 in Ire land, and twenty in the ialae. The maga ?in?*n now in ooarse of publication, in eluding the quarterly reviews, number $08, of which 975 are of a religious character. larriages of the BqmUh Feanantry. In all respects the Buasiau peasantry ?re, as a class, extremely practical and oatter-of-fact in their conceptions and labits, and are not at all prone to indulge n sublime, ethereal sentiments of any lincL They have little or nothing of rhat may be roughly termed the Her nann-and-Dorothea element in their imposition, and consequently they tnow very little about those sentimental, romantic ideas which we habitually as sociate with tbe preliminary steps to matrimony. This fact is so patent to all who have studied tho Russian peasantry, that even those who hav4 endeavored to idealize peasant life have rarely ventured to make their story turn on a sentimental love affair. In the primitive system of agriculture usunlly practicod in Russia, the natural labor unit?if it be allowed to use such a term ?comprises a man, a woman and a horse. As soon, therefore, as a boy becomes an able-bodied laborer he ought to be pro vided with the two accessories necessary for the completion of the labor-unit. To procure a horse, either by purchase or l>y rearing a foal, is tbe duty of the head ?f the house; to procure .a wifo for the youth is the duty of "the female Big One" (bolshukha.) And the chief con sideration in determining the choice is in both cases tho same. Prudent domestic administrators are not to be tempted by showy horses or beautiful brides; what they aeek is not beauty, but physical strength ai^l'etyatiity for work. ^hcn the youth reachert.tho age At eighteen he is inforriflld thaf he ought to marry at | once, and as Boon as ho givesriiie consent I negotiations are opened with tho parents 1 of some eligible young person. Iu the | larger villages the negotiations are Rome j times facilitated by certain old women I called tvakhi, who occupy themselves ; specially with*this kind of mediatiou ; j but very often the affair is arranged 1 directly by, or through.the agency of, some common friend of the two houses. | Care must of oourso be taken that there is no legal obstacle to the marriago, and these obstacles are not always easily avoided in a small village, the inhabi tants of which have Men long iu the habit of intermarrying. According to Busaian ecclesiastical law, not only is marriage between first cousins illegal, but affinity is considered as 'equivalent oonssnguinity?that is to say, a mother in-law and a sister-in-law' are regarded mother and a BigflSr?and even the created by stand . baptismal font as . ?4.1 1 L Ukey place, and the bridegroom tokos his trnde homo to the house of which he I member. She brings nothing with j her as a dowry except her trousseau, but j she brings a pair of good string arms, ; and thoreby enriches her adopted family. Of oourae, it happens occasionally?for | human nature is everywhere essentially ' the same?that a young peasant falls in , love Vith one of his former playmatea, ' and brings his little romance to a happy conclusion at the altar; but such cases are very rare, and, as a rule, it may be i said that the marriages of the Russian peasantry are arranged under the in- 1 fluenoe of ooonomic rather than seuti- j mental considerations.?I). Mackenzie 1 Wallace. A King Washing Paupers' Feet, i King Alfonso, who reoently made the tour of Spain, on liiB arrival at Seville, signified his desiro to oonform with the traditional custom on Holy Thursday fnr kings to wash the feet of twelve aged paupers, and then to attend on them at a sumptuous tablolaidoutat the expense of the crown. Referring to this fact, a j correspondent writes: 41 About 200 per- I sons alone had *been invited to witness j this soone in the Hall of the Ambassa- i dors. The old Moorish Alcazar is vory beautiful, and its patios and principal j courts have been restored in the style originally designed from the Arabio models. The doors, tho ceilings, the i pavements, aud tho light, airy architec- j tnre, carry you back to tho days of the | old oonquerors of Andalusia, though i modern innovations mar tho splendor of i overy part of tho struoturo. In the Hall of the Amlmssadors jk high tublo Imd i been raised for tho old men, and facing j it was a platform for Queen Isabella and j the infantas. They soon appeared, dross- i ed in palo blue silk, with long white lace j mantillas. The erowd pressed forward despite the efforts of the halberdiers and ; of the servants of the royal household. In that Moorish couft wero assembled the elite of Sevillan society, and at least half thoso present wero faces well known in Madrid. Hie ladies all wore the black or white mantilla, and uniforms were not! sesroe. When tho king appeared, sur rounded by tho officers of the house hold, and by the gold keys, the greatest trouble was to get a glimpse over the fair occupants of the front rank. I!y dint of perseverance we secured a cor- | nor, and witnessed tho king's part in the ceremony. After a short prayer by the archbishop, clad in tine vestments of gold and embroidered satin, his majesty i went through the ^operation of washing the feet of the poor, who were led to tho table by the chamberlains and equerries. They handed King Alfonso the dishes 1 laden with meat, broad, and fruit, which the young monarch set before his aged subjects with s good humored smile. Several times, indeed, his majesty laugh ed ontright when an awkward ohaml>er lain nearly npset a plate or dish, at the imminent risk of apoiling gilt cloak and ! brilliant uniform. During the whole \ time the band played selections from the "Ave Maria" of Gounod, and other ' sacred mnsie. When King Alfonso, sur rounded by hia grandees snd oflloers, and esoortsd by the halberdiers, crossed the oourtyard to repose before the pro cession hour cam eon, he appeared rather fatigued," SEAT OF WAR IN ASIA ?J|BWOR AND EUROPE. The Seat of War. We have arranged "with the New York Herald to publish maps of the* seat of war in Europe and Asia, and accordingly we give our readers a map that will indi cate the geographical position of the Russian and Turkish forces and the towns figuring prominently in their operations in Asia Minor. So far the Russian columns in Armenia have swept forward from the ooast of the Bla?fc~ Ben to the Persian frontier without meeting much opposition from the follower* of the prophet. The Russian army in Asia Minor ready for active dtity will aggre gate 100,000 men, without enumera ting a large reserve force to occupy positions that have been taken and keep the communications open. The town of Bajazid, near Mount Ararat, has been taken by the Russians without re sistance on the part of tli? Turks, who left a large supply of ammunition behind when they evacuated th? place. At Kara a battle haa been fought and the Turks were badly whipped. With Bajazid aa a depot of supplies, the Rus sians will advarfo* westward, and, mak ing an effort to separate Kara from army on the I)Snnbe will not take any forward Htep at pieeent until the army in Asia Minor has pushed further -westward. If they cnu capture Silistria on the Danube, tho Russians will have secured an im portant position, which will oompel the Turks to retire some distance. Unsnng' Ah sweet an the breath that goes Ffom the lips of tho white roso, Ah weird &h tho elfin lights That gliramor of frosty nights, An wild an the winds that tear The curled red leaf in tho air, Is tho song I havo never sung. In slumber, a hundred times I've said the enchanted rhymes, But ere I open my eyes This ghost of a poem flies ; Of tho interfluent strains Not fcton a not? remains ; I know by my pulses' beat It was something wild and swoot, And my heart is strangely stirrod By an uurementbered word ! I strive, but I strive in vain, To recall the lost refrain. On some miraculous day Perhaps it will como and stay ; In some unimagined spring I may find my voice, and sing The song I havo nover sung. MILLY'S MISTAKE. Slowly along tho quiet country road, Just as tho sun was sinking, canto Milly (Mare and Mr. AnneHley from tlioir evening ride. Tho tall whito chimneys of Milly's house wero just gloaming into sight above the distant trees, nnd Mr. Anuesloy, seeing thoin, had said : "Let us longthou out tliejfew miuutee that ro maiu to us, Milly?tho evening is so fine !" Tho sound of a horse's feot, rapidly ap proaching them from tho point thoy wore seek ing, caused both to look up in that direction. A gentleman, mounted upon a gray horse, ctmo galloping down tho road. Perceiving them, he slightly moderated his pace. "It is Captain Dudley," said Milly. " Yes," said Mr. Annosley, thoughtfully, " I see it is. He has been tip to the house, proba bly. " Captain Dudley was tho ion of a neighbor of Milly's father, a young, handsome, and some what foppish person, whom Milly did not at all admire, but who, nevertheless, admired her sin cerely, and who had been of Into a somewhat frequent visitor at the house. As tho partlos approached each other, Mr. Annosley, whom his neighbor's rivalry did not trouble, bowed quietly to the young man j a piece of courtesy which Captain Dudley re ceived with a silent and ceremonious inclination of the head, followed by a much lower one, marked by an air of deferential and admiring gallantry, to Miss (Mare, while he gradually drew his horse up almost to a dead stop. Milly, on her part, merely saluted him good natnredly and kept on beside Mr. Annosley; and both shortly forgot him in theli conversation with each other. The honr they had passed together seemed hardly half that time, as Mis* Clare'* com panion lifted her from her horse, at the door, on reaching her home. He retained in his the hand that he had taken, when they aecewded the broad flight of stone steps together. "Milly," he *aid, in a low voice, "this has not b??n the leaat delightfnl of tho many happy ride* wo have taken together. Will you promise me one as pleasant to-morrow ?" His voice had a tone, hi* eloquent, deep bine eye*, *eeking iter*, a glance of tenderness, that thrilled her heart with delicion* emotion. "If?yon car? for It, Mr. Annealey," she j said, while her heart !>eat fast and tnmultnonn ? ly, and her voioe, lower than hia own, slightly trembled. "I mnit i>e gone, Milly, now," he aaid, stand ing beaide her at the windew; " I nmat be |om now. Bni to-morrow "?ha held out hi* hand t ?" to-morrow I shall eoek you again t and w? I shall have out evening ride together." Millv laid her hand timidly in bin, with down cant ore?, and replied : "Yes, Mr. Annee ley." " Good evening, then." " Qood evening," she answorod, with & smile. She returned to the parlor, and sinking into a deep arm-chair, with the heavy folds of her habit still trailing about her,' lap sod into thought?happy thought?for a half smile was on her lips, and her cheek still flushed softly, and her brown eyes wore a pleasant light. But she roused herself presently, and break ing from her roverie, rose from her Beat, with a^ look of retn^mbf&nce crossing her face, and the smile gradually dying away, blended with a look half of curiosity, half of annoyanoe. "That letter John gave me Just now?I wonder what can be in it ?" she said to her self. And going to a small table beside the window at which she had lately stood, she took np fc letter lying there. It contained an offer of the heart and hand of the very elegant and excessively superfine Captain Dudley. Milly'a lip slightly on Med, with mingled ridicule and impatience. Twisting the note heedlessly in her lingers, she gathered up her hat and gloves that were left lying on the window seat, and, leaving the parlor, weal op stein to bar own apartment. With her eyaa still fixed on the note, long after the last word waa read, MUly in her okLrererie. Gradually, upon her lap?the paper, ?othetAoo#. ' rtepcelow?heard him going from room%K room, and finally calling: " Milly, my darling, where are you ?" Rising with a ligtit, half liappy, half regret ful sigh, she left her room and went down xtAirH to meet her father. The great clock hi the hall struck nitie, an t>ho panned through and reachod tho library, whore sho found him. '?80 late, father!" she said, surprised. " 1 did not think it. Whore have you l^een?all this time?" ^ " Where have you been, Milly?" retorted her father, laughingly, "that you 'did not think it' so late as nine o'clock ?" "I? Oh, I have been.in dreamland," she said, smiling. "Well, whero havo you been, father?" "Talking with a friend of yonrs, whom I met, by chance. Well?It is somebody you are pretty well acqnaintod with. What do you thiuk of his having proposed for you, Milly? Now you know who it is?don't you ? I met him Just now, when ho opened the subject to me." Now Milly know. Ho had encountered Cap tain Dudley, or rather, Captain Dudley had sought him. Hhe had prepared herself to tell her father of the gentleman's proposal, but ho knew of it already, it seemed. The captain ap peared to bo anxious to make sure work of it. " Well, I don't think of marrying at present, sir," answered Miss Clare. Mr. Clare regardod her with mingled as tonishment, severity and ooldnoss. " Aocording to vour manner of receiving his proposal," he said, "I should say that I have most completely misconstrued your actions, and it is your fault. Can it bo possible that you havo been coquetting with this young man? merely coquetting with him?all this time? And after raising his hopes, his expecta tions "? "Hir? allow mo"? interrupted Milly, with respect, yet with dignity, while sho felt her cheek growing warm, " I am nnutterly aware of having ever raised these hopes?those ex pectations-of which you speak. If he enter tains them they are quite groundless. Her fathor roso from his chair, slightly wav. ing his hand, as if to end the discussion. " I confess that I have not quite understood you of late, then." he said. And now his voice had in it loss of severity than acnte disappoint inept of sorrow?it was more subdued than be fore. "I havo not understood you." Theso tones brought the quick rushing tears to Milly's eyos. "Indeed, indeod, you have not," sho said earnestly, tremuloxjsly ; "but I did not think you eared for him so very much, father." No matter ; no matter, now, Milly." lie said. "Wo will not say any more about this affair to-night. To-morrow morning he will come over, and then you can see him and tell him what you think. At present it is nearly time to retire. We will have lights now." Milly repressed her tears with difficulty. Hhe trembled as she gave her father her good night kiss that evening. He saw how her drooping eyelashes glistened with those tears, how her cheek was flushed and hot, and despite what had passed, he eouhl not help embracing her with all liis accustomed affectionate tenderness. When she met her fathor at breakfast she found him affectionate and kindly as nana), but serious and disposed to silence. The last night's trouble evidently weighed heavily upon his mind. This caused her the deepest pain. Hhe longed to open the subject then and there, again, to assnre him a thousand times of the innocence of wrong intentions; but she re strained herself. The morning repast was conducted in qniet. Mr. Clare, almost front its beginning io iU. close, wan engaged in his own reflection*. Whdfl It waa concluded he repaired to the librafl alone. And Milly went up stallfjiu her owT room. Bnt tea jolnntes had aufepely paawR when word wadfcrought her ft)ui(MM^Nther re quested her toflome down ldlMQPPHnr. In stantly oheyWk this summons, she loft her apartment IH descended to thAfcall below, where sho met her father, who^hu at that moment leaving tho *>d' An^JJHvg on, he "Milly," he *ai< He awaits yon. the library. With pnlses slightly quickened, opened the door and entered, bel Annealey, as ah* dU! *0, standing at 1 window, looking out upon tho lawn. 1 toward h?r. WondMMf, *ho saw ?^*DC? WM MTknu, disturbed. But **?? M ' holding out his hands to her, and ?vSftty. in a voice of sadness "Milly t" rHtey*W*ley!" she uttered, earnestly, "dden fear, all undeflnod, overahadow ??T 'ao<5> u "h? met him. 41 Mr. An lie*'bu are prare, sorrowful! What"? <^?^Qravted' 1ueHti<?ing him only with her sorrowful!" he echoed, in aeocnta *? ll?-then, a marvel that I should arning as I do for the first time that laoo in your heart ? You could not t n how I lovo you, Milly, or you P?^5??^v>w how deep, how hitter my disap Tkiw* thiuk I understand you," she said, a brief silence, while he regarded ^.Strangely perplexed air. TZT1? u?d<,rsUnd me> Milly ?" he said, "*' tl a drci.ja, then, that your U*M? r ^th me a moment since, telling me 11, my hopes were groundless?that ? me indifferently?that you reject ?l have so long, so tenderly cneriah * Did he not say that you would not ro?'(iivr Annesley?" Bhe trembled and words with a faint tone of oome with me to my arm. rlna low tone, " was it? traa It Mr.^n^saley of whom you were speak ng last n1 "Was it Annesley? Yeshe answered, irith a glanoe of surprise and inquiry. "Then"?Milly slowly drew from her pocket ;he note she had received the ovouing before? "then I have made a mistake," she said, fal- j teringly. "Captain Dudley left this note for) no only a little whilo before you came. I j thought you alluded to him, instead of"? Her trouble and oonfusion increased. Un- 1 ihle to finish, she turned her hoad away. Mr. J L<lare, glancing quickly over the contents of the , nissive, had comprehended all, at onoo. With ! i smile, he rose from his chair. "Milly, Annesley!" he exclaimod, in a well t pleased voice, "it seems there has beeu a mis- j Lake." And so, iudeed, there had Aild Milly learn- I jd as a certainty now, what until a moment be- | fore she had not even suspected?that it was Mr. Annesley, who, on leaving her the previous evening, had met her father in tho village, and requesting a few moments' conversation with tiis old friend, had sought permission to offer liimself to his daughter? not Captain Dudley, ix nhe had though L "Bo it was Captain Dudley, you refused, Milly?not Mr. Annesley?" ho said, softly. "What will yon say to mo ?" I daro say you can guess what she said, read er ; we all know pretty well that the answer .van detrimental to the interests of Captain Dudloy, as he found when ho callod, that morn ing, on Miss Claro, and was, much to his aston ishment, refused. Jefferson's Homo. As tli? traveler approaches tho home of Thomas Jefferson at Mouticello, he passes through a wocxled country, near the summit of one of the Blue Ridge peaks, and within easy view is seen the old graveyard with its dilapidated briek wall. Nearly all the Jeffersons are bnriod there. A common stone shout five feet high marks the grave of the author of tho Declaration. " Born April 2, 1743. O. 8.; died July 4, 1820," is all that can bo seen. Time has worn away tho in scription: " Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Vir ginia, and founder of tho University of Virginia." A short distance away stands tho old home, surroundod by a grove of ancient trees. The aristocratio ooaoh that he rode in from New York to Phila delphia stands in the back porch, with its tires fallen off and a general appear - anoe of long dooay. The view from the doorway of tho house is grand. At the foot of thetoeak flows the Rivanna river; Oharlottay lie and the university lie l>o yond; to t ?e north stretches away the Blue Rid| b, and cultivated fields and country li imes are seen everywhere. Here Mr. i efforson lived in retirement from 1800 iut.il hi* death in 1826. The house itf,ni ?ah deoayod and sadly in need of repiiijK>nothing has been done to it since the imr begun. It was once owned and oared)for by Oapt. L?evy, of the United SMm navy, and by his will left to the government with an endowment Mnnd for (an agriculMflLaoluKtl. It was Haimed frilsomereall^Bhat the will was void. Thi case got iVthe oonakt and a writ of fpartition w?Sr?nted'to the heir^jflfM^bto paased intoj|Uclj*ndft of M^^Bg|?nd is still fflfimi deft. Mejfl of JnlTorsqM^a rot of oare; few unfit for man to, birtls w^J| their waf the i ever known season. Catting Ont a Boy's Tongue. The San Antonio Jlerald Bays : A few weeks ago a man presented bin boh, n J boy of about twelve years, to our sur geons for treatment. The case wns a i novel one, the child being afflictod with t enlargement of the tqngue. His father hailed from Williamson county, and stated that he came to Ban Antonio to consult our surgeons, as those of Austin, Galveston and New Orleans, .to whom lie j had applied, had demauded exorbitant ? fees. Dr. Korff informed the troubled ! father tlint he would endeavor to cure I his sou of the excresouoo, and, sympa- , thizjpg with him in his trouble and with j the child in hjp pain, the father being n 1 poor man, he offered to perform the | operation at a most reasonable charge. j The citizens of Williamson county eliari- ' tably raised the mwum to pay for the operation. It was executed under Dr. KerfTs care, others aiding him. About four inches of the tongue were taken off. Thfl extreme end, which has been pre served in alcohol w?.<dd weigh about a quarter of a pound, and about as mach ? - ? well, and Will no doubt bo greatly bene fited by the operation, which called into requisition the most perfect care and the ablest surgical knowledge. The aftlic- , tion was one in whioh there has prob- j ably been less room for surgical experi- j euce than in any other, and is the first ? case of that kind wo ever heard of in ] Texas. The Fisherman's Enemy. The Wilmington (Del.) Commercial reports that the fishermen have encount ered an enemy that, it is thought, will practically put an end to the prospects of a good shad season. It is a fish resem bling very much in size a herring, and called by many the "moss bunker" and by others the "mud shad." Differing from other fish they swim with their mouths open, in which is found a green bug, looking like a locust and serving the purpose of masticating the food for the "moss bunker." These fish swim with considerable force, and their danger to fishermen consists in the injury tliey do the nets. When they striko those they close their mouths on the thread and work themselves in and out the meshes until they become powerless by entanglement, and when the net is taken np and they are dislodged there have be^n krota made that it takes a day to unruvel. A representative of Every livening and Commercial talked with a fi ihermau wn this subject. Ho was put ting his not in order, and ho pointed out out the knots that had been tied by these meniioH, and a more difficult knot could hardly be made bv human hands. One of them ho stated it had taken him just ono hour to undo, and a not full of thorn was sufficient work to keep two men em ployed for a day. Tlio "moss bunker" has always been encountered in the [ waters of the Delaware, but never in such largo numbers as this year, and several j fishermen have caught as many as 3,000 in one dayand, being unfit to eat, hod to ' throw thorn away. They havo boon the I moans of driving off nearly all the fish- ' ermen. ? ?j The Homeless In New York. The gentlemen who this year started a 1 house of rofiige at tlio foot of Kast Tenth street., New Yolk, to afford tlio ' shelter heretofore given in the police stations, which were in many respects very undesirablo for the purpose, hav>> had a very large number of applicants of both sexes, who have been very thankful for tho accommodation offered, although of the roughost kind?a space to lie down on upon the l>are boards, some porridge, and opportunity to wash themselves. Tho discipline has been rigorous. A police offloor attends every evening when the admission takes place. No person in allowed to remain on the premised during the day, and anybody savoring of a "bnmmer" is at once re jected. The committee have been aur priaed at the extremely respectable charafity of many of the applicants. It has beet* found that this arises from the foot thafcfeo many who could have tided <rrer bad times for a year, or even two P, with their savings, have now ex led them, and have been oompelled k for outside aid. i An enterprising man who went to Tulare oonnty, Oal., three years ago, with ?fi,000 in gold, and invested thi amount in sheep, has reoently quit with ?1.60 la silrev in his poeket. i FARM, (xAiU)EN AND HOUSEHOLD. t Household Itrclpfi. Cheap Cake.?One cupful supar, half cupful buttor, half cupful milk, two egg*, one teaspoonful cream tartar, half teaspoonful Boda; give it a good beating anil bake in a quick oven. ' Mock Mince Pies.?Two teacupfuls rolled crackers, nine cupfuls water, two cupfuls sugar, ono cupful molasses, one pound raisins, one cupful vinegar, spices of all kinds ; salt and put on the stove to boiL. To Pretare Dried Beef.?For a ham of beef take one teacupful of salt, heat in an iron vessel over a very hot tire, anil stir while heating; put meat in a wooden bowl, sprinkle the hot salt on the meat, and rub it well with the iron spoon you use for stirring the salt; do this three mornings, every other day; lot it romain four or five days, dipping the brine wkich will accumulate oa-tbo meat oc casionally; then hang in a warm place to dry; this will be as good dried beef as can be made. Tomato Catsi'iv?For four or five quarts of catsup boil one peck of ripe tomatoes tifteeu minutes without remov ing the skins, and strain through a sieve; put into a little bag one teaspoonful of whole cloves, one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, alspice, and black pepper, and put these with a pint of good vinegar into the strained tomatoes, and boil the wliolo carefully from three to five hours; when sufficiently boiled and condensed stir in one tablespoonful of ground mustard and one teaspoonful of ground cayenne pepper, salt to taste, and keep in well corked bottles. This catsup will keep for years. Ht'tllllK Ill-nil. The earlier chickens are hatched in spring the more profit. they give. The i^fficulty in bringing oft' early chickens is iu the want of warm quarters for nesting. Those who make a specialty of poultry breeding are careful in this niat ty,.and such facilities are so easily had as to bo within the reach of all. In rela % tion to setting the hens the Poultry World says: Wo always choose the evening?after dark?as the best timo to sej hens. If thoy are young fowls you oj^nnot be as bu^I that they will be*steady Bitters upon their first attaflpt at this undertaking, however earnest they may seem at the outset. - . vkM. ?? ? - <no^ ** ? ?? they appear inclined to follow the moth erly instinct,then give them the eggs you desire them to hatch,and you will be more successful, generally, than if yon neg lect this kind of trial at the outset. In Young Fowl*. In a recent conversation with an expe rienced chicken grower, lie iuformed us that he had been very successful in con quering gapes iu young fowls by the ap-^ plication of air-slaked lime. As soon as a manifestation appears, he confines his chickens in a box, 0110 at a time, suffi ciently large to contain the bird, and places a coarse piece of cotton or linen doth over the top. Upon the top of this he places the pulverized lime, and taps the screen sufficiently to cause the lime to fall through. This lime dust the fowl inhales, causing it to sneeze, and in a short time the cause of the gapes is thrown out in tho form of a slimy mass or masses of worms, which had accumu lated in the windpipe and smaller air vessels. This remedy ho considers su perior to any he has ever tried, and he seldom fails to effect a perfect cure. He has abjured all thoso mechanical means by which it is attempted to dislodge the Entozoans with instruments mado of whalebone, hog's bristles, or fino wire, alleging that people are quite ns certain to push the gape worms further down the throat of the fowls as to draw them out.?Lnnronfrr Farmrr. CIcnliinK rail*. Pails, such ns lire filled with paint enn : ho cleaned very readily if omptioil as 1 WHin as opened. I'lit them directly in strong soap sudw, made very hot, and j kept so for an hour or more ; then lot tlio snds gradually cool off, until it will hoar hand work. With a soft cloth give the pail a liard rubbing; if there are patches I of paint that seem hardened, scrape off with a knife, return to the suds and rub as bofore, until the surface is bright and now. If allowed to dry, after being emptied, they will not clean as readily ! or look so bright and new when oloaned. j Tho usos such pails can be put to are many, as any housekeeper knows, espe- j cially do they oonuo handy in berry pick- I ing time, or when the wild nuts are be- | ing rattled down. Mow to Krli-cl <J mmI Flour. In selecting (lour first look to the j color. If it is white, with a yellowish ' straw color tint, buy it. If it is white j with a bluish cast, or with white spooks 1 in it, refuse it. Heoond, examine its adhesiveness?wet and knead a littlo of it between your finxers; if it works soft , and sticky, it is poor. Third, throw a littlelumpof dried flour againstasmooth surface; if it falls like powder, it is bad. Fourth, squeeze some of the flour tightly in your hand; if it retains the shape given by tho pressure, that, too, is a good sign. It is safe to buy fiour that will stand all these tests. These modes are given by all old flour dealers, and they pertain to a matter that concerns everj' body?the staff of life. Tho Htatc of Georgia has sold the labor of the convicts in its Htatc prison for 82ft,000 a year, which is at tho rate of about 811 a year for each e.mviet. The State appears to have been badly swin dled, ss the contractors are now suocess fully "sub-letting " ths convict* at HflO a y*sir apieo*. p i0 JOB PRINTING. The Qautti otto* la oaptbU of prom yttj ud owdy iikiuoi ?jj etylea of Job Frmuaf ?t U* Visiti**0 CmrHs, Mmmtmmmm CmrHs, H VmtHIs, J9mU TYrAcrfi, Ctrcnlmru, ?% *>>?, IwwNWwm, Handbill m. Preterm, D?Im> In ?bori, we bin the preeeee and mtUrtol for filling ?ny order wtUob may be flrec ue. We eoliolt ? trial. Russia and Turkey at War. The Russian armies aro pouring rapid ly into Roumania, over 80,000 having crossed the border. The Turku have also crossed into Roumania at severnl points, sending out fly corps to destroy the railways before the advancing Rus sians. Fiiteen thousand JJiissians have occupied the railway bridge over the Sereth at Rarboechi, through an over sight of the Turks in not occupying it. The Turks have sent three gunboats to destroy the bridge. The Roumania troops at Barboechi it-tired before the Russian advance in obedience to Prince Charles' orders to avoid a collision with the invaders. The Roumania pennants are fleeing on ?/ia**c from the district occupied by the hostile forces. The Turks are throwing up vast earthworks at Rustchuk. There are two linet* of defenses and an entrenched camp bc foro the town. Rouinania's armies are being rapidly mobilized for emergencies. 'J ho manifesto of the czar was re ceived with affected surprise by the Turkish cabinet. A circular to the pow - ers has been issued, declaring that, in view of Turkey's efforts to ameliorate ti e oonditiou of the Chnstinus in the pro vinces, the porte is unable to account for Russia's attack. The oircular coneludcs with an appeal to the treaty of Paris, demanding the mediation of the guaran teeing powers. The Jjondon press unanimously con demn the Russian manifesto. Roth French and Fuglisli papers comment <>n the lack of assurances Rgainst territorial aggrandizement ou the part of Russia an ominous. T1 ic Moscow municipality has vot^d $750,000 for war expenses, l>esides milk ing large appropriations for hospital sup plies. Tho imperial family have given from their private funds $80,000,000 for war purposes. Two St. Petersburg jour nals have been suspended within a montlf for stating that tho entire Rus sian army is being mobilized. Tho mobilization is, however, extending. Strong reserve forces are being drawn together near KielT, and torpedoes arc placed at exposed points 'on the Paltie shores. Martiul law lias been declared in Ressarabia, the littoral district of* Kherson, and thu provinces of '1 unreda and (Crimea. Safvet Pasha has addressed the folldxv ing dispatch to the Turkish ambassador at London : "The flrst engagement has been fought at Tehurukson, An/^ :Bn toum. After some fighting th?2>*A?ny was defeated aud put to rout - vrTJx. tho *"? of 8^0." iJBatoum ia o? the "Russia has deelarod war. Wo aro forcod to take up arms. We have al ways wished peace, listening to tho ad vice of the powers in this respect, but Russia wants to destroy our independ ence, and so if Russia attacks ns. God, who protects right n.id justice, will grant us victory. Our soldiers will defend with their blood the country gained by their ancestors, and, with tho help of God, maintain tho independence of tho Osmnnli. Tho nation' will protect the wives and children of tho soldiers. Should it be necessary, the sultau will go to tho army and raise tho standard of the Khalifat and tho Hultnnat. The sul tan is ready to sacrifice his life for the honor and independence of the country." Save the Old Paper. Never throw away old paper. If you have no wish to sell it, use it. in the house. Some housekoopors^t'efer it to cloth for cleaning many articles of furni ture. For instance, a volume written by a lady who prided herself on her experi ence and tact, says : " After a stove lins been blackened, it can bo kept looking very well for a long time by rubbing it with paper every morning. Rubbing with paper is a much nicer way of keep ing tlio outside of a tea kottle, coffee pot, and tea pot bright and clean than the old way of washing them in suds. Rubbing with paper is also the best wny of polishing knives, tinware and spoons; they shino liko now silver. For polish ing mirrors, windows, lamp chimneys, etc., paper is better than dry cloth. Preserves and pickles keep much better if brown paper instead of cloth is tied over the jar. Canned fruit in not so npl to mold if a piece of writing o. per, cut to lit tho can is laid directly on tho fruit. Paper is much better to put under a car pet than straw. It is warmer, thinner, and makes less noise when one walks over it." A Sare Plan. The loss of life resulting from firea in theaters has set tho inventivo mind of man at work to conceive a plan whereby such holocausts may be prevented. A Norristown genius' idea is to have all the seats in a theater fashioned after the style of fire-proof safes. When an alarm of fire is sounded, the audience, he says, retain their seats, and, ns soon ns they o, nerve the flames, they simply close the self-locking doors and lot the devouring element devour. After tho fire, say twelve hours, a man employed for the purpose, goes nround among the (Irbrln, unlocks tho firo-pioof seats and liberates the audience, who come forth without a single hair of their heads singed.?jXorrhtoirn Ifr.rahl. IHvaree* In the Olden Time. fn Roman times a man might divorce his wifo if she wero unfaithful, if she counterfeited his private keys, or drank wine without his knowledge. They would divorce their wives when they pleased. Notwithstanding this, five hundred and twenty-one yoars elapsed without one divorce. Afterwards a law was passod allowing either sex to make the application. T)ivorees then became frequent on the slightest pretexts. Seneca says that some women no longer reckoned the years by the consuls, but by the number of their husbands. St. Jerome spenks of a man who burie twenty wives, and of a womin who buried twenty two husbands. The Fni perov Augustus endeavored to ?e*tra.i? this license by penalties;