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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
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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
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Edgefield,during the year io<o, oeiore iuw
10th of March of Said year.
Approved February 16, A. D. 1S73.
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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 '
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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.
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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.
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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."