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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. NO. 11. FBA1TK P BEARD, Publiaher. 1 ? ? ? ?????? ? ? i i .. i ? i l VOL. X. CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1882. . C ^ toot MM*. ' ^rtUonijronou? t*w-*c?fcrtjr carofotia giving k"0 W UtW* pUln mud dU The Gazette Job Printing Offk Is bxttbb prepared than any other cflM (? 1 , -x to oioculo In the moil ?ttrKtlT?it]r)M ?*wyO?#crljrY^ ttoo of Job rrtntlai. such M !"* BUI Heads, letter and Koto H?Mb, Law Brtefa, ? Poster*, Dodder*, Circular*, Hand Bills, Widam*. Ylattlag *pd AddreaaOanU, PuslnoMOarte U>|? *? * Work done In Bronte, lUxL, Blue ana Blit^ \ Tbe public must remember that the beet Is always the cheapest. - i w*: jfe>. We do work at Charleston Prices, and pyttMr entire satisfaction to our patron*. t i >?5 Wo keep constantly on hand tbe largest itMk ?i Paper* and Cards lu town. ? *'"s )>& "Sweet ohild of the enow-drift, to tenderly simple, > s; )~\ f . Bo tearfully sonny, eo modestly gey, Whose frown in * moment gWee pleoe to e dimple, Whose smiles end whose teen meet in megical wey, Why bringest thou blossoms my gateway to gttlend, Why sprendeeta verdurous sheen at my ? Vkleefci'.; ? ,h Why makest the meadows a marvolooo alar land, My oomlng with undisguised rapture to greet?" "Oh, Juno-like summer, yet oouched on thy roses, Whose sweet-eoented crimson awaits thee ; to fold, I oome from the bloom that the apple dis close^ To fet^h thee from winter thy heirloom of gold. ' \ He m^de me the cradle in which I lay cot ered? >? Thy soft southern breath blew the oorer away; # ' Behind me, before me, lore etsr has horered, And I love's reciprocal law bqt obey." ?Mary D. Dodge, in lAppincott. ^UPP AND TIPP. Heavens, Tiff, why inOt Well, then, go to the i ^ThiS^ttw deuce Am I 4* account* .whew fold of heir : the hand. Ing fixedly u* can it make," said (fcy, X mean? Bomtv a. Perhaps you havo quit^Jtfny [>eorAe xvh about a do taKcing i?o ranch iMmtiar ? ynine," Thwaite mur lat aro wo tb do for i his Who wore they ? They were Mr. and Mrs. Thwaite, and had been so for a few weeks only. They became Huff and Tiff when they married. Although thoy were well-to-do citi zens of great New Lancaster, they had not been married grandly in clmrch, because they were so young; and if the truth must out, it had been a runaway match. Noono could understand why they had run away, as the opposition to their marriage had been moro of. a post poning character than anything else; but Mr. Thwaitohad suggested that the former Miss Foatherly had too littlo money for hia son's intended wife. There had been a stormy sceno, in which the two vessels, old and young gentleman, had come into collision, atnld claps of thunder. Is it necessary to say more? No; surely all porsons of twenty will see why young Thwaite married precipitately, and flew with his j charming wife into lodgings. " Huff, dear, I'm all ready," said ! wife, entering the room. 8he was dressod for walking, it being near dlnner-timo, and she wore her bending spring hat and her clinging buff gown. Her teeth glinted, her eyes 1 darkened, as sho looked down at her husband, who had boon reading a novel of Victor Huso, u jb, . i Thwaite glancod up, stretched, sf rang I to hisfpet and bustled About, getting hfiT/h<g^e&cane. Then ho clap/*** | his side scientifically: - "You havo yoiMr purse?" "Yes," says .he. "You have your parasol ?" "Yes," says she. \ Thoy wen^arid had their dinner. Thwaito had been silent all the way home from the hotel restaurant. When they got baok to their pretty parlor he sank into a chair and stared before him fixedly. "What's the matter?" asked Tiff, catching sight of Bomothing unaccus tomed about him. "Oh, nothing, Tiff. Don't trouble yonrself about Ft. Only ? " his lips re mained open, but no words followed. " Dearest, ;havo you fallen ill?" "No; partly, though. I have fallen into ill luck. I thought I had ?some | money in an inner compartment of my purse, and ? it is not there J" 5 "You've spent it?" "Certainly not 1 That is, I suppose X must hatfe.'*- . " And what have you in the outside oompartmenta of your purse?" asked Tiff, la/ily fanning herself and putling her two dainty feet oft the hafesook. ? The only answer Thwaite seemed lively to make was to begin feeling of all his pockets. u Hey?" said Tiff. 41 Why, none there now," answered ] Thwaite, shortly, as if of ootlrse he lyWi't . . : "Good gracious I'' said Tiff, taap w her bracolet, " how unusual, isn't "Why, yes, that'll what troubles me ; I nover was mit of cash in all wy life ! #' " Aren't t?re such mm .'?'I should think i haven't ap&|rt)otit in ".There are /?o do you cash your chi " When I havo the going to the man ? " I cash 'em i >if you heck'to ?# morning he had realized that he must find work. What did work mean to him? A fine walk, at least ; gloves, cane, re freshments, diplomacy ; a governor with the money, a dread of being sent to Europe. Tiff was as fresh as a rose the next day. 8h? popped her head out of the window and sniffed the air. . | "How perfectly sweet it Is this morn ing I* said she. " I mean to wear my gray linen." " Where are you going?" asked Huff. Sho turned. slowly and gazed at him. "Oh, yes, I do remember now. No breakfast 1" . " It is too, too cruel, my love," says ho, leaning against anything he could find, in despair. " But I shall go to a place or two of business I know of and get something profitable to do at once. Upon my word I will soon be back, fully equipped for a hearty lunch. As ypu say, nothing serious can befall two happy young beings like you and me." Off he wont into the sunshine, and Tiff eat down demuredly, curious to find out what would happen next. * Sho had to wait till evening for that "next thing," unless a series of strange phases of feeling could be counted as interesting. ? It was then that Huff Thwaite burst into the room, his face gleaming whitely In tho dim light. " Tiff T oh, Tiff I" She did not answer, but in a moment slowly raised herself from tho sofa, her hand to. her forehead. "My child, are you famished?" ex claimed her husband, with glistening eyes. ? ? " Only ? very ? dizzy,'.' whispered Tiff, faintly, winking rapidly, and panting in the greatest trouble. "Where am I? What have we been doing?" " Oh, my dear, I havo been up and down tho city all day, finally securing a capital connection with father's rival insurance company, but, by the beard of Moses! I havo had nothing ,but a glass of wine and a biscuit since last evening. As soon as I was fairly launched in business this afternoon, I realized that of coureo I could hot ex pect to rocelve any cash the first day, and I became almost wild with anxiety. Yet it was Imperative to smile. Do you not know that it is imperative in busi ness to smllo?" " 1 don't care if it Is," retorted Tiflf, With some show of life. "And you 'should caro moro that I am very, very 111. I havo read Hugo until I am as hungry as a giantess." " But, Tiff, I havo one profound hope In this terrible dilemma, in which it now seems as if wo should literally starvo unless my hopo proves well grounded. Havo not you any money ?" Mrs. Thwalto throw her head back .dflJntUy, .shrugged 4wmp .aHrmMora "tuockery, hei^ palo lips smUJnSkher JIM tMus vcwxAincAitf scornfully over her Xff&Dand's head. ? " Do not keep mo waiting for your answer," he cried, kneeling before her. V Why, certainly I have money," answerod sho. "How could I have pin money elso? Huff, you are beyond your depth, I think." " Bravo 1 we aro savod 1" oxclalmed Thwaite, springing up and waltzing a few steps with his cane. Then stop ping he asked: "Howcomo you not to montlon It at once last evening? Give mo your purso without delay, dearost Tiff, and let us start at once for our pretty little table at tho restaurant." Tiff walked over to tho encouraging figure In the middle of the room, her hands behind her sloping waist. " Huff Thwaite," she demanded, "do you mean to say you would use my pin-money to support us?" t ? " I say we're In a deueed fix, "and any money would be rather acceptable. Haven't you got pins enough? Or are you in a condition to starvo anothor twenty-four hours ?" " Huff Thwaite, I never could have beUcAwlij^ 1 " What I" "That you could, not tako eare of me." 8he began. to cry, and spent all the tears she longed to shed during the day, but would hot shed them because Huff was taking care of her. He Was wretchedly hungry. His pulse was awfully hlgfi, or low, he dt<| not know which; and as for his wif* sho might die before morning for want of an oyster patty. Upon the top of these dire facts lay the purse in her pocket or tipper draper. Ire ^as deeply angered. Something whirled round in hisiieart and sent the blood to his fore head, and tie bit his lips before he know that he was Inclined to. Ho sat down in a bowed position, his thumbs in his pockets. He heard tho light pattering of a taring shower in the gathering darkness, una he also heard his wife feeling about 1( the next rOoirt, turning a> key, and coming back - to- where he gutkea. She said " Herd" dramatically. He looked uti and sstf a pretty purse before hi* "nose. The next instant Tiff Thwalto was looking at hor husband in blank disunity' Huff had risen with a bitter and graceful elegance, and the Sutse had skimmed through a pane of tie wihdow with a tinkling crash. Tift turned to the sofa and threw herself down at .full length, gloriously wretched*^ Huff vanished. He wont out into, the drlr/ling rain to hunt, for the purse. He struck matches that sizzled, and was several jftnfa on tho point of being run ovor by vohlcles, and there is scared/ any doubt that his n isfortunes Were further augmented by the use of wogris after which the faithful historian dffcws an exdamatlon mark and sup Klles by a blank. All in a moment, owevor, he thought he had stepped on a mottsC, and Jthen he kticw that he . had oomo tf^on the plush wallet, in hall lis opened itlhastlly^oxpectlng to find perhaps a few gold pieces ; but his luck was far better than he had ex pootcd. What could Tiff have j been thinking of to forget al>out it or with hold ftj dear Mttlo goose! How could her charming ghost have profited by Iter pin-money, supposing they had both starved? .tin a couple ot hours more tirodfcohd hftd gono " ?!*"? hM"1 me flTedoUare." ' #ll Certainly, Tiff. But. on second remember how careful we must be for a month." i? " ^ you w?uld reflect that tho laundress must be paid." <.i T?Ph*. We 8Pend money in so lay wait."?7 ** Ht p] reaent' She. m Well, says the blooming wife, un concerned ono way or the other ?? I'M go and send her off." l0ft tho rooni an(l did not return for five minutes. Then, after sitting down again and reading a few pages o? Rmrno^r0i7n/nff' Bho Iookod up with a JSS? !oni? ^oke' which was in hiS I ?? u, the circumstances, " I had to give her the clothes," said sha (^d Did you? I thought you always ? 1 ^n\ .of cour?e. the laundried ones she had brought." " Weren't thoy just right ?" ? ? JO?*' yi?U Hro Siting obtuse. She twK them in payment." " Mercy I" "I can make my things last just about a month that way." ??n 1 m"nngo with only twenty-four shirts, and at least sevon thrown to tho dogs a week ?" T I ir T ?/-? ? d0e8 1 8eem a Pr?hlem," mused Tiff, laying down Mrs. Brownings poomB temporarily on her knfe. Couidn t you buy a flannel shirt and wear it ever so long ?" ' Couldn't you get a bathing-dress?" ? cftflm Hu"' wltl' withering^. al4sarfi?P0dr"r'"h0W ***** Suppose tho quarrel over, and for a anyeplslXint0m6 P<!aCe- Then ' Well, dears, how do you do ?" Tho mornlfwrnlr " 1?" ?,r1' with early i unusual excitement. war ? ** Tifr wore transfixed. Thoy were just starting out for breakfast. fln(t i??3 dotermined to And you in, Tu camo at t,lls hour," went on wmi i ? UIt Mistaken US a goSl h^r of itnd/,?U'/inco P"Pa w?uld dmnir el ? i? detective says you drank" Ste/nberger Cabinet yester "How dare you enter the samn thundored Iluff, striding up to his sister and taking her round k,8S- " W? ignoro Esthwaittinu^ room r ^claimed tlion bending sido^l ??wiS' bride's chot>k until cheek "You dear I" ^ - hu^ Hps met. braco?U l0V? ^ Tifr? over agTrrtr.-gtrWhrg^i all the show and importance," marked Esther, with tho most fascin ating, lazy nonchalance. ? He said ho never saw anything go off llko cotton into flamos as you did, brother; just as though any one was any more in love with your Bessie Feathoriy than he was. Ho don't remember forbidding the marriage at all." B " Please to tell my fathe^' said Huff. l??kln8 down at his wife, who held her chin in her hand, "that I remember his forbidding it (or as bad as forbidding it) very distinctly. And! please add that from this time forthmy father, yes, and all the rest of you, is? are?dead to mo ]" * ^ i W0,rds th080' Wiu?" sighed his sister* g anclng up with compressed lips. "Don't you think so, Bessfo ?" ii l lfffh?<)k her head and smiled. Mr. Thwaite is never in the wrong," Swn'^r ,Ht,e "wkwW at Ipi WE r?? ss IS any longer just now. Huff said he Would see hor home, and then reflected that he could not very well carry out ?n,i. ?8ther uPon this ex*; plained that she had come in tho oar jrugh ?^t.Bhonider'?of "lie callM, "if <rIwish my .nk>ther would oomo n6w, said Tiff, after tho door had bl6sed upon her husband's buoyant Sllster? who was also a school friend? and after a pause, or something equivalent to one. Huff had not descended to the carriage with Miss Thwaite, for fear of "Your mother is a woman, dear," *n*wered ThValte, as if that meaAt something unusual, ? and It will take a long time for hef to como round as my father has done." "But you areas unrelenting as you eanb^?' suggested Tiff. * Huff would like to have said that as a yoUng husband he could not be othe? might be too brilliant a revelation for Tiff, he remained silent. In the evening they were sitting, as was customary, in the cheerful blue, tinted room, lfuff feeling very oo*y and aloof from the world and annoying rela dv'. o?m nation In the rival insurance office as lf it wore a dream. ? JPhe door was opened hastily, and a flgtffe presented Itsolf which dashed their, united calm to atoms. w~* Esther, pale and trembling, her ashen face emphasized by a black veil around it, and over hor oolorod drees i a heavy black shawl. Thwaite hurried teller, and took hor unglovod hands In yo x\ry 8htor 1 whftt hM to . " Let me sit down or I shall faint," whisked Esther, dropping her head against his arm. Thwffto ftd her to an casy-chalr, and helped her down upon its soft cushions. Tift* was alert in the window, and then running "? '$ side, finding her, however, a faint, hor eyes looking rapidly the other, as tho two sympa |peoplo bent toward hor.' ,V,' sobbod Tiff,. ? has Jble happened?" ?" said the whito-faoed ifts, shutting her eyes, father I" oried Thwaite, and olutohing his sister's hands In a firmer grasp. "What news of Mm?" ? "Dead r The young couplo sank on either ade of Esther, crushed and horrified. Wftb out opening her eyes, Esther spoke in: " When I told him how you received his loving messages, brothor Will, tin one moment ? " Thwaite's distress was agonlziig. Esther stopped speaking, opened fcjer eyes, and leaned forward eagerly. } " Was it right to bo so harsh and qp yielding to your own fnther, "Will?" I Her urother had withdrawn to tae other Bido of the room, bis face burifd in his arms against the wall. " Oh, Esther, have wo no hope?" TflT sobbed. " Why, yes, thero is hope in this case," Miss Thwaite said, in a different tonK Will Thwaito turned, his face covered with tears. "You said it, brother, and you can undo it. Dead to you J" Esther had played a dangerous game, but she was a determined girl and felt equal to the emergency. Iler strong presence and sound good cheer buoyed up the two victims of her scheme, and enabled Thwaito to recover from tht shock ho had undergone. \ ? 8he drow a letter from her pocket which had been written by Will's eldei brothor In Chicago to his father upon hearing of the runaway match. lie praised Will up to the skies, and dei f lared that any girl ho choso must be a priceless jewel, whether sho possessed any or not, and- he bogged his father to do the handsome thing by them both. " And so," concluded Esther, " papa wants to give you a magnilicent recep tion." Sho had thrown aside her black drapery, and dusted the powder from her cheeks with a flourish of her scented handkerchief, and nov^ ran to tho parlor door and called " Johnl" in a business like way. In another instant a walk* ing hill of flowers eft, ,rged from the shadows of the entry, a ijl John, In dark green cloth and silver buttons, set two huge baskets of flowers upon the carpet. " Papa sent them to you, Bessie, with ! his love," says Esther. " And I shall soon be hero again, shall I. not?" " Oh, dol" answered Tifif, hiding her face on Huff's shoulder with a twining of arms. "Give our love to the goverogtfd roared Huff, flushed, grinning, jubl^^H Esther laughed merrily, caught? her black drapery anil ran downstaSj followed by John, with a, eontorti^B about his lips. ? Rose- Jul Lathrop, Harper's Weekly. b A 1 "Yob," ajfud a well-to-do buainesw gentleman of Atlanta* Ga,, to a Con* I stitrUion representative, "that buffalo' F" Then, you are not as sensible as 1 thought you wore," replied the reporter, as ho eyed the buffalo robe spread unon the floor. 1 " Sensible or not, I mean it. I have been offered $100 and $200 for it re peatedly, and once had an offer of $500. See," continued "the speaker, pointing to the fadedMeroglyphics on the inside of the rober**hat was painted by a I Sioux Indian artist seventy years ago, and for many -winters kept warm the body of one of the greatest chiefs that tribe ever produced. That robe was his treasure, and for it he fought and many of his best braves died." " That's a good speech and well de livered, but it sounds like a snake story," remarked the cedar shover, as the gentleman paused, out of breath. ' . "No, it is no snake story, and I will show you why I value that robe so much. My father was a Georgian, and when Georgia sent her soldiers to the Mexican War he shouldered his gun and- went along. From the time he left home till the treaty of peaco was signed he staid with his regiment, and when at last he oame home that robe was all ho brought With him. He put room. To his family ^hTtoiS* how he got it. One day during the war he was scouting with a detachment of his regiment and came upon a band of Indians. A fight was the result, and after a few volleys the In dians retreated, or rather those who tould <to so. Among the wounded was an old chief, and when the soldien came dp to Where he lay on the battle field there was $ome talk of killing him, for he was recognized as the most heartless, oruel and fearless Indian on the plains, but my father interfered and from his own canteen put water between the wounded chiefs parched lips. But his wounds were mortal and soon all knew that the cruel, heartless chief was dying. Just before death, he beckoned my father to his side and by signs gave him that robe. That is how It oame Into the family." "And that is why you wouldn't take $500 for it?" "No, not exactly. When the late war came on I enlisted, and when my old fat h or sont my tricks to the camp he sent that robe. I did not want to take it, because It was. 90 cumbersome, but when he Insisted I yletfod. Woll,. I went to Virginia, and while trotting around after Stonewall Jackson, lost the robe. I was greatly worried over my loss, ahd used every oxertMrt to focover the old robe, Everybody in my regiment knew of the irobe, its history audits loss, and every ono kept an eyo open for it. Well, about the time of Cross Keys aftd Port Repubiio fights, I learned ono dav that my robe was in Stonewall Jackson's tent; I went to X m or looked into tho tent, old Stonewall was lying upon the robo. Finally I mustered couragoto tell him of my loss. He heard my story with patience, and then said that the robe had been brought him about a week ? before by an Alabama soMIer. llo offered to sur render it. but I couldn't take it and told him to keep^Jt? at the same time 1 . giving him its history? And 1 would get it after the war if he did not J?*6 i ViuW e11' he kcI>t [t At the bat tle of Chanccllorsvillo he received his 2f?th-wpund, and when ho died he ??sd ditfthe ral>e, an&Utytlieve some of that red which lootol like paint is some of the hero's Wood. After his dSEth I claimed the robe, then doubly dear to me, and sent it home. Now, would you take $0,000 for it? lean prove ?r?7 word of my story true." FIRM, GARDE* AND HOUSEHOLD. (Irrulig Wm?m. An ordinary farm wagon, one which, while it may be used nearly every day ; for heavy hauling, is seldom driven |. faster than the walk of an average ? farm team, should bo greased well every Monday morning, as should bo the cart; and by making a set time to 1 do it it will rarely be forgotten. A farm wagon, a spring one, which goes to mill, to market, and to divers other E laces at an ordinary jog-trot, should e greased after it has run forty or fifty miles, according to the speed, while a light carriage, being driven faster, and having less surface or room for the grease, should be greased after it has run every thirty miles or so, always wiping tho spindle clean and bright be fore applying tho grease. For carriages use only sperm or castor oil, and only a few drops on each spindle; but for heavy business or farm wagons uso tho commons axle-grease, free from salt. OteAipoilng Raw Bob*, To decompose bono by means of quickliiqo and sulphate of potash, tho tones may bo placed in a pit and mixed with a quantity of quicklime, enough at least to envelop every piece of bono in a quantity of lime. The sulphate of potash is then dissolved in water, and the solution carefully thrown upon thelime, so that it is all absorbed, and none is wasted. The bono and lime may bo heaped above tho surface and covered with leaves and earth, and the solution may bo poured upon the bono and lime through holes in tho covering until tho wholo is moist. A considerable $heat will bo produced, which should T>e kept in by renewing the covering of earth as it is burst open by tho swelling of the lime. Tho effect is.to form sulphate of lime and acustic potash and to soften tho bono so that after a few weeks it can bo easily roducod to powdor. Tho whole may then bo shoveled together and mixed, making a valuable and con venient and rich compost. Fkra and Garden Note*. Old orchards can bo cessfuUy by Vs jtsoed at any prlco can be had for tho norse, sheep* or pfg well fed is more profitable than two kept on the same ?niount noccssar/xo koop ono well. Charred corn * Ono of the best things which can bo fed hens to mako them lay,mt as a regulai diet, but In limited quantities each day. ExpM-ienco shows ?.hat tho farmer" who r&Kes bia wheat, his corn, his mules fjiA pork at home succeeds bet ter than tho one who rai^a only one article. \ \ PjrobahHno fruit is more vertaln or more easllytorown than the alum, if the slight la>or of jarring the tr*es and destroying the curcullo is faithfully attended to???iL ' Thin out sprints from trees whfro new branches tyre not needed, espoclaby on the trunk or near the ground. Ttii^ injury to tre? from leaving such sprouts till fall Vt considerable. A good nrepamion to ftark sheep without injury tothe wool is said to oe thirty largo, sppoifuls of linseed oil, two puncee of lltmrgo and one ounce of lamp black, all Boiled together. Peed the stalkslof awoot com 1 milch oowa after t|*| ears have ld sprinkle wiv? owa farmer says 1E? '' .diseases. fWcoees, pulled. Out th meal and bran, _ they are worth tli< crop. ' . TO preserve u, oat until it looks the limb of ajfb natural position 6n . if the position lach. will effectually frlgti , Cut away promptly pearanoe any lim|p . pear and plum affect* The pear may not be slon will do no harm; kept off the plunt?with . if promptly attended to. Don't forget to lay out -l plot for tha- dlUldren an them to raised* few plan vegetables^ it matters not , ohudren can thereby be i garden-work. Lpt them ha of soil, good tools, and the ' market affords. The time so spent will be well invested.';' , The Garden Monthly sayi only reoentlvbeen dearly dem that a dead branch on a tree aostas great a strain on . ant for moisture as does a U This is one of tho most impo ooveries of modern botanical the practical horticulturist, _ knowledge he oan save in any able tree. Any dead branoh, weak one, should be at once ci Tho essontlals for getting al good crop of potatoes, according Country Gentleman, are a fr well tilled, deep planting, at of rank fermonting manures, of good wood ashes, potash, si ana plaster of paris -tho last up time of blossoming. Then, with oultuips and seasonable appllcati part* green to the head of the rado beetle, a profltablo return m reasonably looked for. The Live Stock Record saw* horses is often brought oiv?fr tc** hay passed tgfftugh coi^Wk out mixed with meal, mid#nE? or b then wet up. The hoi # this thus prepared so rapit# that it is proporhr masticated,#? oonsequen beoomes so clodded# stomach to sanse indiflrcstlo# followed by colin, more oanesiafcA'Wrectly ho is aikiir?flto drjnk heartily of wat/v, and tWcolder this is so tnuch more ? it/fablo to bring on Ooltc. /There is no more healthful method <f koepingthe Stables, shedsand penscte* than to give them a good ooat 0f linp '*! . . -v seed the money Tt has rat<^ :esal main' fon*' dis ceto wash. The wash is easily and quickly made as follows: Slake, bushel of fresh lime in a pork or other barrel, with water enough -to make a thick paste, after which fill up the barrel with hot water, and let it stand for a few hours. This wash may be applied in various ways. It may be spread upon the walls with a large whitewash brush, and no pains need bo taken to do a neat job. What ever wash falls upon the floor in the operation is not lost, but helps to sweeten thestable or stall. The quick est and most satisfactory method is to u^e a force pump, by which the lime wash can be thrown iuto every crack and corner. headed Rwlnti. Lemon Cream Cakes. ? One cup of buttor, one and ono-half cups of sugar, two and one-hnlf cups of flour, two tablespoonfuls of baking powder, ono lialf cup of milk, threo eggs. Bake in layers and spread with a cream mado of tho juice of two lemons, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one cup of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one egg. Stewed Carrots. ? Boil tho carrots until they are half done, then scrape and cut into thick sliccs ; put them into a stew pan with as much milk as will hardly cover tlum, a very little salt and pepper and a small quantity of chopped parsley ; simmer them until they aro perfectly tender, byt not broken. - When nearly done add a piece of buttor rolled in flour. Herve hot. Sour Kraut. ? Thoroughly scald out your barrels and tho cutter, tubs, etc., to bo used in making tho kraut. Strip off tho outer leaves of tho cabbages, halve them, romovo the heart and cut as lino as necessary. Put some clean leaves in tho bottom of tho barrel, | sprinklo over thom a handful of salt, ) fill in a half bushel of tho cut cabbage j and stamp gently with a pcstlo until tho juico appears in it; then add another handful of salt and moro cabbage, as before. Proceed until tho barrel is full; j then cover with cabbago leaves and press down with a board just fitting in- J sidOffitt^ top of tho barrel weighted fifteen pound stone. I * dace and removo to j ?f hard freezing kraut Is fit jarrol a lull. ? In ^ nako brine enoug. vould settlo down v.. jxj wv w* uv* j "mil ) ?.v.. ip again, and still a third ,ime, and then lit in a loose i/U v VJT.J ! ollower and put a stone on it to koop'> ho picklos under brine. A forty^-gal on barrel will hold from two thousand lv>o hundrod to four thousand pickles, iccording to tho size, and put up in his way. I have Ktopt them two or ;hroo years. I think that thoy make a nuch bettor and wholesome pickle if ho juice is drawn out of them with >alt than if mado up at once." ? Rural Weio Yorker. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. ' The best wagon-maker in Walton :ounty, Ga., Is totally blind. A Hnake wbose entire body had be iorno lignifled has been taken from the mnk of a Brazilian tree. In Coal Oteek, Fremont county, 3al., a solid lump of coal was mined bLat weighed 18,000 pounds. V^athan Briscoe, an Ontario farmer, lied In fifteen minutes from the ef fectii of a bee sting on the forehead, ? A drum manufactory in Massachu setts, establiwhed, ip 1853, has converted in ?*??*? 4viat time 80,000 sheep skins ^heads. 'daughter," common to all .languages, means 'tyness to the early ,,.r water . Color 1$ fonnd >q great that resembles ricn wW. A nutgall makee it finery the year of earth In winter, hi spring bar mo J lar saw Impractical tise li^ftlsyfebout the slzo of a five-cent plooe, being employed for cutting slits In gold pens. They aro abdut as thick as ordinary paper, and mako 400 revolu tions per minute, this high spee<l keep ing them rigid, notwithstanding their extreme thinness. * The northernmost place in the world Shore rye And oats maturo is at Kengis, the Swedish province of Norbotten, forty-nine tnlles north of tho polar circle, whereas the northernmost HjK>t Where corn Is grown is at Muoniovara, ninety eight, miles to north of tho circle. The rye yields, It is stated, ninety-eight per oent., and the oats about ninety. , r A dentist in Philadelphia has for iftome time successfully omployed a sim ple method of producing anesthesia be fjto removing troublescfrne teeth. He /cqulteS the patlont to practloe during weveral minutes short and rapid res pu ration. The first effect is to mako the liea<l feel a little full and confused, but Don the sensibility is benumbed and ?o teeth can be pulled with comnara voly little pain.? JV. Foot<?? ffMlth ronfhty. .1; . ,.v ' Six oysters Is tho average daihr' con sumption of every Inhabitant ofNsw? York city* This is tho estimate of Mr.' James W. Boyle, who has been , long in J* e oyster trade. He says that the daily Wsumptton of oysters in New York ?om September to May averages 20,000 ^ M tliero are about 800oys-> mSt- Ul,'iel thl* wakes a total or 1,000 oysters dohsumed in that efty ' F fay. If this average htfds gtxfkj '^ear round, the annual cotyffunp-* oysters amounts to thf en*-' tal of over two bifflana," K'> J * m TIMELT TOPICS. It appears from a report roceivod at the department of state from Consul Baker, at Buenos Ayres, South Amer ica, that some one in the United States i is about to begin the experiment of ostrich farming, which 31r. Baker thinks would be perfectly feasible and proll table. Mr. Rufnfl llatoh, the wel!-!:uown .Yew York capitalist. ha? recently re turned from a ! rip through the North west. lie took aeiirelul survey of that vast and wonderful region of country, and came to the conclusion that it is the richest agricultural region in the world, whose grain resources are beyond the power of computation ?a vast em pire of wealth, whose development has . scarcely been yet begun. Acting on the theory that tor every house there is a skeleton in the closet, a Paris swindler sent out a number of | duplicate notes to this effect: " I will I reveal all unless you send 100 francs to J. L., Post Hestante, Puris." It ! was evidently a good day for skeletons. At loast ten persons promptly sent the i sum demanded, and the swindler was i congratulating himself upon having secured temporary allluence and a i prospective fortune when the police swooped down upon him. ; A noteworthy tact <>t the census sta j tistics is the distribut ion of the sexes in ! city and country populations. In the I aggregate of the nation the males ex ceed the females by nearly a million ; yet in the lift y largest cities there are several hundred fewer males than fe males The larger cities attract women by the amount and variety of manu facturing work they furnish, and to this influence is added that of the roving dispositions of men, leading them to now places in scarch of the means of livelihood. The sales of public lands l>y the United States government, for cash, during the II seal year 1*80-81, amount- ; oil to 1,578,617 acres. Tlio sales for 1 the llscal year 1881-82 amounted to | 3,699,899 aeres of agricultural lauds | alone, to which should bo added sales ] of 87,064 acres under the mineral land " t and 166,055 acres under the desert ** ' ' and 7,194 acres of c.'al lands. itead entry last yea; covered 1 Jt,. ? ? ? ono it ten years fectly sane. count of being _ mons, and becaust son to. < _ church wanted and took his wii Scienco is to utilize the Washington monument, Tho signal oflico expects to have a permanent station at its summit, and the officers say that obser vation of the ai# and atmospheric movements taken an altitude of 550 feet will be of greai^yalho. Observa tions are taken, ovjetw^rse, greater altitudes tlmh tms^but tho J gradual slope of even tho> most pre- 1 cipitous mountains and tho pHsence of ! largo masses of rock near the observa tory create surface currents, even on 1 mountain heights, and interfere with tho study of tho phenomena of the higher level of tho atmevphere. A missionary in Japan mentions among tho trials of his life tho inipos- j sihility of securing privacy. Ho says: j "At tho different hotels along tho way I we wero only shut in by paper doors. ! Tired and almost frantic of being gazed ! at, wo am Still not alhrwed to remain 1 unseen. They tear tho paper and peep 1 through the holes; soon on ovtry aide wo see eyes, eyes, eyes. Wo shrink w., " tho corners of tho room; wo dp! screens of each other; wo tiiajRc-1 backs; wo cover our fa< sight and r c al 1 have Mferitativea of tho Mexican gov _ _?t in Washington aro informed work Upon the now Moxlcan raft ; way system, connecting the city Of Mfextco and the entire republic, will now ho pushed forward rapidly. Tho bontaqf th$ oomjmny we, guaranteed by the republic of^MjUXlco, amtjtfo n>ll* lion dollars worth of thdnthave recently been ncgotiate<l In England. The road Js now ready for the rails for a dis tance of two hundred miles north from the city of Moxico, and jd. this end the rails will soon bo laid as far as Monto rey. Jt is expected that the road will bo completed and trains running froin New Ydrk to the pity of Mexico * about tho end of tho year 1883. Estimates of tho wlia United States vary fri bushels to 570,000,0001 It is barely ten years, wheat of the 1 fill tho granariei twenty since otj| serious, and ago the sea) od grain in United Stat ago of f>,6( the ne>,</' 1 [quadrupled twoaty fold. I tho country the Acreage lrfjjow '"'ft ??"in Mexico hM mm By the Sea. Tossing up and tossing down, Billows blue and billows brown . n Rocking restlessly. Waste of waters weird and white, Massed in multitudinous might In the siuglo sou. Gray and gold and amethyst, In the wreaths and clouds of mist Mirroring tiio sky. Writhing waves and tireless tide, As they inward rippling rido, Singing lulluby. Btrifo above but poaoo below ? While Iho waves writhe to and fro, Pitching as in pain ? Soundilftw, stilluess, j>erfect peace, Whore the olfishing currents cease, Dreamy deaths detain. Sobbing, songful, silent sea ! Musing on its mystery, By tho shore wo sit. Like these waves our life will be, Till tho Lord for you and me, Rule and quiet it. ? W. 17 olio way, Jr HUMOROUS. It is touch and go with ft match. To wives ? Good grounds for a do mestic quarrel ?thick coffee. A number of stock speculators in New York are making a bear living. " I am laying down tho law," as tho fellow said' when he Moored a coun selor. People say that blackberries are good fur complexion; but who wants a black berry complexion ? If four farthings make aponny, h..? many near thing* willj,ria?e a dollar? ? Waterloo Ubspw'r.' It iii supposed that Adam set the earliest winter fashion, sinco tho only coat ho wore was a bare skin. ? The Judge Vox hunting at Newjxirt is liko chasing an Alderneycow round a barn yard and calling it a buffalo hunt. ? ? Hartford Times. Tis swoet to hear tho watch dog's honest bark," sang Lord Byron. 'Tis sweet, indeed. Just so long as he barks ho can't bite. ? Saism Sunbeam. Somo marry for love, snd somo f iff money, And ?omo? tho Lord knows why ; Some And the land of milk and honey Borne nothing but drlud apple pie. ?Chicago Ctetk. Some one once said: " Nothing is Im possible to him who wills." Wo would liko to seo that chap buihl a barrel ick ar? 1 llci muttered no lnvectlvo? but" Jiift L'rlppud hln eyelids tighter shut; ? And, ?!i tho world whiz/.cd past him then, 110 only knew his eraxy bono Whs stricken? and ho hopped aealn, ? Hunt on Trauoeript. Pminti has had a clever sketch, by Charles Knene, of a farmer sufforlnj from lurches <hf a i teamer as s tho waves. ""Why doosn't the keep in tho furrOw^" hodis isks. ' Salt mackerel is a* nen's clothing. It, tended for wet nackerel is always jvercoat for keeping ij/utte. Professor II if Uer rings in X)0,000, Hofc estimate ^ whether ho itatement I'ost. A Now rjrdinanco within, its rlijaining tfr kind of^i to. He g? iwisatfrf,' by "tlrainlnj ' j Statesman. . . . When Mrs^lnaphor read a para graph in her p'apor about the manufao- s ture of " artificial flies," sho declared that It was an outrage, and she hoped that the polico would arrest the parties engaged in tho workf because tho genu ino Hies almost worried thelifoout of ** her. ? Norrtbtown Herald. A salt mlno has just been discovered In Austria which 1s believed to bo mora than two thousand years old. It's a good thing it was a salt mino; or It wouldn't havo kept half so long. ^fctorrthere are some silver mines in America, for Aodtance, that haven't last stjhrio months after gave out. ? JIawkeptj => ThoT*J