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# ^t ? - '? * I ~ ' ^ VOL. XXXII. CAMDEN. S. C., THITBSDAV, APRIL 3, 1873. IVO. 31 TEE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ! AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER PUBLISHED BY . .TOII1V KERSHAW.; SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in n<lvanee . $2 oO Six muni lis 1 J"?0 Tlirce months 7."? jejy* Transient A<lvertisoDieuts must be ]?aitl n advance. ???? ????^ Correspondence of the Journal. New York. March 20, 187:5. Since the adjournment of Congress, the j attention of the Ration, has been drawn to j New York rather than to Washington,?to the commercial, rather than to the political capital. Your correspondent being here for the past week, has found quite a different kind of excitement prevailing from that which the Grant administration keeps up in Washington. Yet there is nothing in cither place to eonvinoo the careful observer that mankiud hare become perfectly disinterested and that the old habit of self-seeking has vanished from the world. The strenuous efforts made to save the murderer Foster, from the gallows, is the universal topic of town talk. The general sentiment will hcartily approve tlid course of Governor Dix in refusing to commute his sentence, but ai waj b \V till Ull CXpiCittlUll Ut D_juipai.iij IVI the mau himself. The fact is that N. York feels itself in imminent peril of being overcome by the violent and reckless classes. Two attempts at murdor in the street cars within the last three days, have awakened the fears of the people, and haye quieted almost the lost vestige of opposition to the hangiugof tiie convicted murderer now on hand. What is to become of our republic, if its principal city cannot make its own streets decently safe for travellers? Next to the inexhaustible topic of iuurdcr, the questions of finance and great corporations are exercising the New York mind* There is a real and rapid growth of intelligence upon these subjects iu the people if the metropolis. They complain bitterly of the national administration for not pressing into its service tho best talents of the nation; for promoting weak and uuknowu men, perhaps mere country grocers, or lawyers, like Boutwell or Richardson, to the highest places of trust in the nation. True, men like Gladstone; are scarce iu any nation; but why did Grant and bis party deliberately go to work to mukt nn enemy of,*^orat least drivo from the public service, ouo who showed such shrewdness and superior capacity for statesman-like finance as liavid A. Wells ? The policy of the Treasury is the more blamed for this, iti that it throws the people more and mora holplesslv under the power of the great rail way corporations, which are steadily grasping control of the nation ; nothing can resist this movement but a uniou of true boldness, genius and power iu the government, where now, all is timidity and weakness. The Credit Mobilier scandal is but the beginning of what would bo disckific.cLif a iau-iui|uiry "Trcte held as to the means by whltlx these corporations are struggling to gain illegitimate power. Something of it has come out in the New York newspapers this week, and before a legislative committee at Albany, but only enough to show that the pretended reform in the Eric railway last year wast really but a victory of one " ring" of selfish speculators over auothcr. How then, ought such trusts be administered ? There is but one remedy for the evil now prevailing, and that is absolute pub/icily. A striking illustration of this principlo is found in the conduct of the best Life Insurance Companies, us compared with other financial corporations, lu New York, aud in other States, these companies are required by law to do everything in the most open, public, undisguised manner. The result is, everybody can examine their affairs from year to year, and judge for himself of their management. For instance, the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, when recently assailed by some black-uiai'ing writers, one them having reached the inside of a jail for his abuse, as answer simply publishes. iu minute detail, all of the facts of its condition and business, under the official authority of the State officers, who have access to all its books aud records; showing it to be the most economically managed, as well as the strongest and largest Insurance " -t u 'pi ??? i ompany in me wunu. mc anMiiaiuc ?..v silenced, and the company stands higher than ever. Hut it* a railway company is assailed in a similar way, it has no defence, most of them, indeed, seemed not to* desire any. The reason is, that they are managod in secret./ Make them as open and transitrent in nil their transactions as the great Insurance Compauy mentioned, and fraud and breach of trust become impossible. The true plan is to forbid all secrecy in management; to open the meetings of tho boards of directors to all the stockholders, and to forbid ruterence of business to secret committees "with power." The trifling inconvenience which might result, would be nothing compared with the good. Hut for this ' purjsise, the Tutted States government must 1 take the loud, wirh the companies which ; Congress has been led te incorporate Let it ho tried with them, and the result will | be so satisfactory that public opinion would 1 soon force uH the Slates to follow the example. which would simply be the protection of the people in their business transactions with corporations which at present, with notable exceptions, they li.iTe not The pooplo arc slow to act, but the result of their reflections on the crowing and grasping power of corporations generally, is. that a stop must bg put to it, and better the struggle Iks commenced now while there is a chance of success than later, when all power is in the hands of the monsters who ?ccm des ' 1 ? - * - ml 11 .. lit 1 tiiiuu m> uc our rum. i him miDjeci win war the earnest consideration of every lover of country ami who desires its welfare. A New Hampshire clergyman, who was asked his price by a young man whom lie bad just married, replied that the law gave J him ?2,00. The youth promptly handed out fifty cents, remarking: " Well, that will make itf> $2.50 for you," and beforo the as tonishorl ronn cofild explain matters lie wan off with bis bride on bis honeymoon. [official.] The Laws of South-Oarolina. Aets ami Joint Resolutions passed by the C'cneral Assanib/y at the Session of 1872 -73. An Act to aineud an act entitled "An Act to grant, renew and amend the Charters of certain Towns and Villages therein mentioned.'' he it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assem1-1.. ..-.1 k.- <ka untlinrit.v of the Slime t Ul_> , UUU UJ bU? uu??v. ..J Section 1. That section 2 of an act entitled "an act to grant, renew and amend the charters of certain towns and villages theroiu mentioned," approved March 9,1871, be, aud the same is hereby, amended by striking outon the fifth line, tho words "fourth Monday in March, 1871," and insert the words "on the fourth Monday in April, 1873." Aprored January 21), A. D. 1873. An Act to amend section 3., .chapter 111., of the General Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of the same: Section 1. That section three of chapter one hundred and eleven of thegcncral statutes which requires that tho board of jury commissioners shall prepare a jury list in each county, in the month of January of each year, be so amended as to make it lawful for the said board to prepare the jury list for the counties of Lexington, Spartanburg aud ' ' ~ i n iL Edgefield,during the year io<o, oeiore iuw 10th of March of Said year. Approved February 16, A. D. 1S73. / " An Act to revise and amend an act entitled "an act to reduce all acts and parts of acts to determine and perpetuate'the homestead iuto one act and to amend the same." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of . Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the snrnc: Section 1. The fauiilj^homcstcad of the head of each family residing in this State, such homestead consisting of dwelling house, outbuildings and lands appurtonent, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars, and yearly product thereof, shall be exempt from attachment, levy or sale, on any mesne or final process issued from any eourt upon nil J Judgment obtained upon any right of action, whether arising previous or subsequent to the ratification of the constitution of the State of South Carolina; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff, or other officer, before executing any process against the real estate of any head of a family resident in this State, to cause a homestead, as above stated, to be set of to said person in the mannc'r following, to wit: He shall cause tlired appraisers to be appointed, one to be named . by the creditor, ono by the debtor, and one by himself, who shall be discreet and disinterested men, and in nowise related to either party, resident iu the county, and who shall be sworn by a trial justice, or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths, to impartially appraise and set off. by metes and bounds, a homestead, not to exceed in value one thousand dollars; and said appraisers shall make return of their action in the premises, under their hands and seals, to the sheriff or other officer, within ten days after the assignment and set-off is made for record in court, giving the metes and bounds, as well as the value of the homestead so set off. for which purpose ll^ shall be authorized to call in the aid of^surveyor, if they, or a majority of theui, deem it necessary. And if no complaint shall be made by either party, within thirty days after the return of the appraisers has been filed,; the proceedings in the cane shall be final: J'roeided, That, upon good cause shown, within thirtydays after tiling the return of said appraisers, the court out of which the process issued may order a reappraiscment and reassignment of the homestead by other appraisers appointed by the court: And provided, further, That should tho creditor or debtor neglect or refuse, after ten day's notice from the officer -in whose hands the process is lodged, to nominate an appraiser, then tho said officer shall appoint the sumo. SECTION That wheu thirty days shall have elapsed after the filling the return of said appraisers, setting oil' a homestead to any debtor, according to the provisions of section 1 of this act, and no good cause has been shown, or exceptions filed, against such return, such debtor may have such return recorded in the office of the register of mesne conveyance of tlie county iu which the same is 1 cnted; and, upon such return being so recorded in thirty-three days after the proceedings have become final, the title to the homestead so set off and assigned shall be forever discharged from nil debts of said debtor then existing or thereafter contracted. Section That whenever in the assignment of a homestead, as provided in section 1 of this act, the appraisers shall find that the premises, including the dwelling house :ind out houses, exceed the value of one thousand dollars, and (hat the satne cannot he divided without injury to the remainder, they shall make and sign, under oath.au up priisul thereof, and deliver the same to the sheriff, who shaildeliver a eoi?y thereof to tlie head of the family claiming tho homestead. or to some member of the family of suitable age to understand the nature (hereof. with a notice attached that, unless the person so claiming the homestead shall pay to said shoritt the surplus of tlie appraised value over and above one thousand debars within sixty days thereafter, such premises ,viII he sold ; and, on failure to pay such surplus in the time limited, the sheriff shall advertise and sell the said premises, and out of the proceeds of such sale shall pay into the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court one thousand dollars, which 1 shall be applied, under the order of the circuit judge, upon the application of the head of the family, in the purchase of a homestead i of that value. The residue in the hands of*' the sheriff, if any. after paying all expenses incident to the appraisement and sale of the 1 property, shall be applied by him to any exe- ' eutions in his hands, according to law : Pro- ( vt'dcil, That no sale shall be made unless a greater sum than one thousand dollars shall 1 be bid therefor : Provided, further, That if, < after notice, the party claiming |lhc home- 1 stead pays, or causes to be paid, the surplus over one thousand dollars, he shall, upon re- I cording the return and receipt of the sheriff for such surplus, endorsed"on said return, as provided in section 2 of tlus act, hold the 1 property so appraised and set off freed and '< discharged from all debts and demands then 1 existing against such party; but, as to such i surplus, not from debts thereafter contracted, like proceedings to the foregoing being in < such case allowable for the recovery of all af- i ter contracted debts. < Section 4. If the husband be dead, the ' widow and children; ifthe father and mother < be dead, (he children living on the home-1 stead, whether an)* or all such children be ' minors or not, shall be entitled to Imvc the ] homestead so exempted in like mail- ' ner as it* the husband orparents were i living; and the ^homestead so exempt- 1 cd shall be subject to partition among ' all the children of the head of the family in 1 like manner as if 110 debts existed: ProoiifeJ, < That 110 partition or sale in that cose shall < be made until^tho youngest child becomes of < age. unless, ufou proof satisfactory to the f court hearing the case, such sale is deemed ' best for the interest of such minor or minors. - Section 5. >'0 waiver of the right of < homestead. however|solenily executed, shall 1 be binding upon the head of the family, or, in case of his or her death, his or her heirs, so as to defeat the homestead herein provided for. Section 0. The personal property of the ] head of any family, residing mj this State, consisting of the yearly products of his oilier homestead, and of the property subject to cxemptiou under the constitution, shall J be exempt from attachment, levy or sale: , Provided, That, * in case the right of such J exemption be disputed by the creditors, the officer in whose bauds the process is lodged ' ? j ? shall cause the same 10 uc usuenuiueu ?uu appraistd, aud all c*ouipt?&|if^cty j&js-, ' certained and appraised, by appraisers ap- j pointed and sworn for that purpose, as pro- j vided for in section 1 of this act. shall vest absolutely in the party, freed from all debts ( of the debtor then existing, or thereafter contracted, whether such debtor retain or j sell tho property :k Provided, further, That a debtor being the head of a family, as hereinbefore started, and not being the owner of j any homestead, shall be entitled to a like (iruuiption of personal property, as herein allowed to the owner of a home stead, to be ascertained in the same manner. Section 7. Tiiat the exemptions contained in tho preceding sections of this act shall ( not extend to an attachuicut, levy or sale on any mesne or final process issued to soeure ( or enforce the payment of taxes or obliga- 1 tions contracted for the purchase of said j homestead, or obligations contracted for the erection of improvements thereon: Provided ( The court or authority issuing said process y shall certify thereon that the same is issued 1 for some one or more, and no other, of said ' purposes: Provided, further, The yearly product of said homestead sha.l be subject '. to attachuicut, levy and sale to secure and j enforce the payment of obligations contracted in the production of the same, but the court issuing the process therefor shall certify thereon that the same is issued foi 1 said Durnose. and no other. Section 8. Whenever the head of any j fauiily, widow or children shall be entitled to an estate or right of homestead us herein- j before provided, and no process lias been lodged with any officer against such home- j stead, the party or parlies entitled to such ( homestead may apply any time, by petition to the judge of the Probate Cout, to have the same appraised and set off. The judgo of probate ahull, thereupon, after giving public notice by advertising the iuten- ' tiou of such party or parties to have his or their homesteads sot off for thirty days in a paper published in the county where the land lies, and in case no paper is published in the county, then by posting the notice 011 the door of his office, and in three other public places, for a like length of time, appoint three disinterested persons, resident in the county, who, having been duly sworn, shall proceed to appraise and set off, by mctcs and bounds, such homestead, and . uiake return to him. if 110 complaint shall be made by any creditor, or other person in- | torcPto?i, against sanl appraisal aim scu-.iig off of the homestead, within thirty days after the return of the appraiser, the same shall j he confirmed by tho judge and ordered accordingly: /'roviiftif, That no appraisement shall bo made or return filed until tlie notice has expired. Persona! property, to ' the extent and of the kind hereinbefore ( slated, may be exempted and set off in like ( manner. ( Section !*. That one-third of the yearly prodm ts of ev? ry person, not being the bead < of a family, of every avocation, without re- , gard to valuation, character i?r condition of j products or earnings, shall be exempted from , 1 -1.1. t i <iti 11) !'<*/? attachment, tew aim sine, i-mp . > .... the payment of taxex. . Sk< i i?in lit. That no sheriff, constable or other oflirer, whose duty it is to enforce cxc- i cut ions, shall proceed in any other manner than is prescribed in this act; and should any officer sell any real estate, or sell or remove ; any pcronal propcity. in violation of the pro visions of this act, an J of section of j article second of the constitution of the State \ of South Carolina, lie shall be guilty of a wis demeanor, and, 011 Conviction thereof, shall, for the first offense, be fined in a sum not ; less than five hundred dollars, (S500,) nor ' more than 0110 thousand dollars, (1,1)00.) and, upon couvictiou, for the second offense, his office shall be deemed vacant; and, in either casa, ho shall be liable, in damages, to the parties injured, for all injuries, by reason of his wrongful levy or sale. Section" 11. Appraisers appointed to set; off the homestead uudor this act shall receive j as compensation for such service two dollars | each per da)', and five cents a utile fur every mile of necessary travel. The sheriff shall receive five dollars for all services incidental to setting off the homestcud, but exclusive of all necessary disbursements. The trial justice or other officer who iiualifies the appraisers shall rcceivo fur such service seventy-five cents, and five cents a mile fur every mile of necessary travel. The foregoing fees shall be paid by the officer executing the process, out of the property qf the doctor, or, in case of j the homestead set off to the widow or minor j children, out of the estate of the deceased, by I the executor or administrator thereof: Provoiod. That the officer, before setting off the ! homestead and exemption, in any case, shall j be entitled to demand and receive from the plaintiff in execution, in advance, a sum of money sufficient to cover the necessary fees and costs herein allowed. Whenever a liomestead is set oft", as provided in section 8 of this ict, the probate judge shall receive as compensation five dollars for all services, incluJing the record of the proceedings, but excluding the advertising, which shall not exceed five dollars, and which fees and costs j ihall be paid in advance by the party claiming the homestead and exemption. Section 12. All acts and parts of acts in- j consistent with ov supplied by this act be, j md the same are hereby, repealed. ApprovccHJPebruary 22, A. D. 1873. T Army Oncers as Ku-Klux Hunters. # from (lie Angustn (0?.t) Chronicle & Sentinel. | Senator Bayard, of Delaware, has intro-1 luced a resolution of inquiry as to whether my officer of the army stationed in South Carolina lias received payment from the j s'tato legislature for services performed in ihc line of h duty, or has been admitted to practice nt tl& Bar of the State for his own emolument mile receiving pay as an army ifflccr. T^ijtri^ulotion is aimed at Major Mi'ii My*lna iftai inunl^im pmL ias been conspicuous for his zoal as a hunter~cJf Ku-Klux. When the Administration aud the tlieti Attorney-General, Ackeruian, dccrmiued upon the invasion of "South Caroli-, ja under color of the Ku-Klux law, they seecied Major Merrill as a proper uiun to man-; >gc the military features of the programme A better man for their purposes could scarcenave been chosen. As a general rule, the ifiicers of the regular army?especially those ; stationed in the Southern States since the ! ivar?arc gentlemen of whose bearing and rcatment the people have but little reason to lomplain. They have obeyed the orders of heir superiors in Washington, as they were compelled to do, but their execution of oomuands has seldom been attended with disjourtesy. harshness or unnecessary rigor, in the discharge of their duties they rcfrain;d frtmi anything calculated to offend or round tho people of the country. Officers >f this class would not have answered the purposes of the Administration. They desired a man who wouldjook upon the whites if South Carolina as enemies deserving punshment?not alor.e the punishment of arlitrary arrest and illegal imprisonment, but dso the punishment of annoyance, insult and he petty tyranny. Such an instrument they bought would he found in Major Merrill, tor did the result disappoint their cxpcctaioiis The work entrusted to him was with >iin a labor of love. At the head of a band ' if rough riders ?fully as ferocious and un-1 ceding as the dragoons of C'laverhouse?he ! ode over the State like a veritable Sergeant : Uothwell, carrying devastation and destruciou wherever his column wont. A reign of j c{ror was inaugurated?wholo counties vere harried and the people driven to the J astnos.-c.s of the forests and the swamps for , irutcction. Major Merrill increased the! darui by making his expeditions under cov r of darkness. Citizens were dragged from heir beds at midnight by armed men, and heir wives and children terrified by doiuililiary visits. Nothing like this Ku-Klux campaign was ever known in this country? nit even in times of war?and nothing like t, we hope for the honor of the Uoveruncnt. will over ho known again The names if Merrill and marauders will ever be held ii just execration l>v the people not or .-xiuui 'arolina alone, hut l?v all fair minded, honirnblo nun, North and South. Uesidcs his i at red and malice, his love of persecution md his fondness for playing the tyrant. Major Merrill seems to have been influenced ?V still another incentive. The (\>lumbiu r/i'ini.t states that when the Legislature net he came forward as a lobbyist to urge payinent for the services" which ho had rendered. lie was eij.ialiv successful in his new vocation, and a bill passed appropria1 11,, 11'i i-4 :iS ruiiiitcn il?*^ illwiuitiiM ( _ lion for himself and otlw :r.?. While hunting I Ku KIiix he was an officer of the Cnitcd States army and regularly received his ]>ay. j yet he is to he ?ivcn in addition an enor- , no my h- iiiis from an impoverished State whose people he harassed and ruined.? While he was an i llitcr of the army lie also mujfhf. and was granted admission to the bar, thus bringimr reproach upon two honorable professions. The /'Jimii.r tells that his cxcitions did not stop with the arrest in 1 i m prison men t < Taeoused citizens, lie ussi ltd the Attorn v (leior.d in the Court room and his labors never ceased until bis victims were convicted by a packed jury and condemned by the American Jeffries. It is to be hoped that Senator Bayard's resolution will be acted upon as soon as the next Congress assembles, and that even justice will he dealt out to the hunter of KuKlux. The Ham That Butted.?The Banbury News, gets off the following good thing: ' A retired clergyman sends us an account of a little affair that happened in his place. It appears] that there was a young woman, a fine-spirited girl, engaged at'a wash-tub opposite an open door. Just behind her was a young man. as is generally the case, and in the yard was an old buck that wlis allowed the freedom of the premises, which is not always the case, we arc glad to say. Well, this buck came up to the door, and looked in, and the young man going close behind the young woman, pointed his finger straight at the buck, and the old fellow recognizing at once the pressing character ol this mute invitation, put down his head and dashed forward, and the miserable fellow stepped to one side and fled, and the young woman all unconscious of the arrangement, received the awful shock without warning, and passed over the tub, and the air for an instant appeared to be full of slippers and wet clothes, and soap, anS hot water, and suds. And the next minute that goat came flying out of that door at a dreadful speed, bald the whole length of his spine, and with a wild look in his eye. And for an hour afterwarJs he stood bac# of the bnrn scratching his chin, and trying to recall all the circumstances in the unfortunate affair." A Mirage.?The St. Louis Globe of Wednesday says: '-Night before last there was much excitement on the levee. Some gentlemen standing near the river looked up stream anu saw wnat tney tnouglit was a great icc gorge coming down, slowly but surely, toward the city. They gave the alarm, and many interested parties came down to the levee to witness the grand spectacle;? The more they looked up stream, the more they saw'the wonderful sight. It loooked like ice?broken cakes of ice. It seemed t*> be moving, and there appeared to be a great commotion in the current, as if the river was on a rise. But the spectators, after sazing an hour or so, began to get tired, and thought the gorge was a long time coming. All at once, and .while their straining eye balls wore about to burst, the fog lifted from the river, and the light of the stars revealed the ifAter, unobstructed and moving toward#. , the gulf. The sight-seeing citizens had beheld a mirage. What such a phenomenon is, the reader can learn by referring to a copy of Webster's dictionary. A mirage is a beautiful thing to look at, but "von can't most u 1 tirotfd url?atl?AM * ?-?--.a ?..si.! -4...mc ?vu ii ucuivi it it 111 uiikjuiiv :iii viiiiiij; or not. . Will Modkratk Drinking Pay ??Suppose n uian takes three ilriuks a day, and there is ^scarcely a moderate drinker who docs notjexcccd this, at 10 cents per drink, w"hc have 30 cents per day, or $2.10 per week, or 100 20 per year. In ten years this would amount to $1,092. At simple interest this sum aPcight per cent, would amount 'to $294. This added to the principal would make $1480 as the cost of moderate drinking ten years; at compound interest the sucwould he much larger. What does the mo- > derate drinker receive for this expenditures i Nothing, absolutely nothing. An Adroit Rkproff.?A presiding elder of the I'nitcd Brethren Church was preaching in Minnesota, and was much an- > noved bv persons talkinir and lauuhimr.? Ho paused. looked at the disturbers, and said : '*1 am always afraid to reprove those < who misbehave in church. In the early i part of my ministry 1 made a great mistake. As T was preaching, a young man who sat before me was constantly laughing, and almost continually making uncounth griuian- 1 cos. I paused and administered a severe re- ! bake. After the close of the service, one ' of the members came to me and said: "Ilrotlier, you have made a great mistake; that young man whom you reproved is an idiot." , Since then I have always been afraid to re- j prone those who misbehave in church, lest I should repeat the mistake and reprove another idiot." During the rest of the service, at least, there was good order* Ei'ici'itkan Salad for Lknt.?This is J a most excellent dish for breakfast or lunch, j or even for an early supper. It is composed , of ten or twelve potatoes, two white onions. | half a pint of claret, one pint of Mnderia, two or three truffles, two lemons, parsley, oil. vinegar, and other seasonings. ] As the recipe for this delicate dish is not t found in cook-books, we will give it here. , 'I'lu- M:idcri:i is not ill :i salad dish or nth - ' i cr vessel, with tin* truffles, cut in thin . slices, seasoned with salt and pepper, n hay leaf, three stalks of parsley, one of thyme, two cloves, and a clove of garlic, bruised.? 1 It is h it thus for about lour hours. After ( that length of lime tlio slices of trufllcs are j taken oft'and put on a plate, and the rest is; turned into a bowl through a colander, so as ' 1 to have the wine only in tho b nvl. The potatoes arc steamed, pealed, and ' sliced, nod put in a salad dish with the on- i . ions, sliced also, and the claret. The whole f is stirred gently with the salad spoon and ] fork until t ho wine is absorbed by the pot a I j toes. Then the Maderia is added, little by j ^ little.*stirring the while, and also until it is ' absorbed. Xow tha tnifties, with three tablospnonfuls of vinegar, five of oil, a tablespoonful of ehoppod parsley, the juice of the j lcumns, salt and popper to suit the taste, urc 1 added. The wlndc is well mixed together. 11 and salad is made.? / '!> n < Wot. ' ADVERTISING RATES. r i i Space. 1 M. J .13 M. C M. 1 V. j_4 1 square j i <X> C OOj 8 Ooj 12 OojlO 000 2 Hquuros ! <5 (X> y UU 12 UUi J* w zo w 8 squares 9 (XV 18 DO 18 00 24 0? 86 0# 4 uqunrcs 1 12 00; 16 00 20 00 80 (X* 48 00 \ column , i I"? (X) l'J 00- 24 00 84 00 60 00 \ column ! 20 00 30 00 40 00 55 00; 80 04 I columu I 30 00. 50 00. 60 00 90 00,150 00 All Transient Advcrtisenre?tB wittbe cliargi'l Oxe Doli.au per Square for the first and Seventy-fit! Cbxts per 8quarc for each subsequext insertion Single insertion, $1 50 per square. i. . OUR OHIP-BASKETWhen does a man sneeze three times? When he can't help it. A backward spring" is produced] by prescnting a red-hot poker at a man's nose. Tho reporters interviewed in Louisiana a prisoner until he begged pitoously to be hanged. * England holds ' inch-of-eandlc" auctions. The bidding must be through before the inch of candle has burned out. There is a'woman at Duluth who weighs 300 potwds.]At a little distnnccjit is difficult to tell which is the larger of the two, the town or the woman. . A Western paper informs the public that board for the summer can be obtained ''at a large and shady brick gentleman's residence " Ben. Butler says he never gave but one note in his life, and an Eastern paper is mean enough to say that ho never paid that. When they do manage to get the people of Thompsonviile, Conn., into church, tho fcUAlUIl UUllJiL'U UU lUUR. tliu uwr IU nccjl them there until tho service i* over. So says the local paper. A young fellow got oft*a smart thing last week. It was a mustard plaster that he sat uown on just before retiring for the night. A Minnesota paper vaunts the rapid increase of its circulation, having "taken in seventy-five cents, cash, and a bushel of potatoes on subscription this week." The mother of the Grachii being asked where her jewels were, pointed to her sobs. A young man being asked the same question^ pointed to the nearest pawn-broker's shop. A negro was put upon the stand as a witness, and the judge inquired if he understood the nature of an oath. "For certain, boss," said the citizen ; "if I swear to a lie, I must stick to him!" Rev. Dr David Winters, of Dayton, Ohio, has solemnized 3,825 marriages. The last couple uiade happy was a wealthy farmer, aged seventy, and a maiden of fifty years. The New York Sun says that "the people should not forget that the Republican party has a large majority iu both houses of Congress " That is a fact which the rascalities of that majority will never let tho people forget. A mrn Kansas aceideatly fell into a vat of boiling water tad. was killed. His bereavnil r>liilHran oriintjii) ?t fniiiH otnti* t/\ lii? m?n. ory, with the brief but touching inscription, "Par-boiled." An Eastern scholor, after several hours' mental tortune, produced tho followiug prizo essay : "An ox docs not taste as good as an oyster, but he can run faster." They have a Judge in Kansas who fined a lawyer for saying sir transit. The official thought it was swearing, and remarked, indignantly, that nobody should 4 sick" hiui in that court. "The calculation of angles described by the impingement of spherical surfaces" is the way a Chicago clergyman got around the word "billiards" on a recent Sabbath. A Missouri woman said she gave a railroad conductor a $10 bill; he said it was a two; she insisted ; he persisted; she took out a revolvcr and snapped it, and ho gave her the eight dollars ballauce,. not wishing to have * any dispute with a lady. A friend, writing of the death of an estiiuabable ladv, said : ' She has now gone to her eternal rest." Hit dismay can only be faintly imagined when, upon a "proof" of his obituary notice being sent to him, he read, "She has gone to her eternal roost." A Connecticut young woman pro-pounds i conundrum, to wit: "What docs tlio man mean when, on the day of his wedding, he ... ays to his bride, 'With ail my earthly goods L thee endow,' knowing that at his death she will only gctouc third?" ' You ought to lay up something for a rainy day," said an anxious father to his profligate son. "And so 1 have," replied the vouth. "What?" "An umbrella " "Ma," said a little Watertown urchin, peeping from beneath the bed clothes, "1 mi so cold; I wan't some more cover on the L?cd. "Lie still, my near,' said the mother, until your sister comes from church; she lias got tho comforter for a bustle." Messenger boys in the Pennsylvania Pcgisaturc are sent out after "ink.' and when hey return with it the said fluid isslily passed around among the members, who wipe ;heir mouth and groan : "A ! that was ;ood." A bright little hoy hearing his father sav ? * V, .hat a man ought to "stick to his business." mipted a bottb of mucilage in the old gcnleman's otKcc chair. The old man says he ias not been stuck so badly since 1857, and ewarded his offspring by taking him on a. dialing trip to the back cellar. "What have you been doing all day?" said i father to his boy, who had been set to diucking corn in the bain, and had only tusked a basketful. "1 am catching rats! How many have you caught?" "When 1 :ct the one I am now after and two more, it ill make three " Mark Twain, in speaking of cannibalism, *rowa serious for once, and solemnly delares that for his ow n part, lie "would rathorgo hungry for two days than eat an oid personal friend."