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•V' ' ti' ' THE DARLINGTON NEWS. THUltSDAY, OCT. 4. 1888. HE*BY T. TIIOMPSOJ, eoitok Hfw«p*pfr lAwg. 1. Amy mi* mho Uk*» p*|>«r* recul.rly froa Ik* pMtofEee—wkelbcr direelMl to hi« naac or aaother or whether S* ha* ■abecrihed or not -If re*pon»iMe for the pa/aMl. & If • p«r*oo orl*r* hi. poper diocoo- tiBned be aa*t par *»» *rr*or*. or the poh- lUher will eoaiieo* »o •*«<! it eoiil poy- Bra t W mad* a«d collect tb • whole amouat whether Ibe p»p«r i* takeo froa the olSe •r aot. S. Th* eoort* ha*e decided that r*fu*- iaf le take th* n*w»paper» or periodical* froa th* Poetofic*, or remoring or !**ria(t thea eacalled for i* priaa facie eeidenee of iaUatioaal fraud The Democratic Standard Bearrrt FOR PRESIDENT, Grover Cleveland, OF NEW YORK. FOB VICE PRESIDENT, Allen ti. Thurman, OF OHIO. STATE TICKET, FOB OOVKBNOB, JOHN PETER RICHARDSON, ot Clarendon. FOB UBUTKNAST 00YKB50B, WILLIAM L MAULDIN, of Greenville. FOB SBCKKTABY OF 8TATB, J. QUITMAN MARSHALL, of Richland. FOB STATE TBEASURBB, ISAACS. BAMBERG, of Barnwell. FOB OOMPTBOLLEB OENEBAL, JOHN S. VERNER, of Oconee. FOB ATTOBlfBY OENEBAL, JOSEPH H. EARLE, of Sumter. FOB BUPEB1NTERDENT of RDUOA TIOR, JAMES H. RICE, of Abbeville. FOB ADJUTANT AND INSPECT OB GBNEBAL, M. L. BONHAM, JR., of Abbeville. FOB OONOBE88, GEO. W. DARGAN, of Darlington. FOB SCLIOITOB, J, M. JOHNSON, of Marion. COUN Y TICKET FOB THE LEGISLATURE, E. w. CANNON, J. E. NETTLES, J. O. CLEMENTS, J. O. BYRD. FOB SUKUIFP, W. P. COLE. FOB OLEBK OF OOUUT, J. N. GARNER. FOBOOUNTY TBBASUBBB, H. R. C. FOUNTAIN. FOB AUDITOR, W. H. LAWRANCE. FOB JUDGE OF PBOBATE, T. H. SPAIN. FOB SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, W. H. EVANS. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS H. LIDE LAW, J. E. WARD, W. M. HUGGINS. FOB CORONER, R. G. PARNELL. The News ot the Week. Chief Jaaliee Fuller will be eworn into otto*, at Washington, on Monday next. Gen. Phillip H. 8beridan*a memoirs will toon be ready for publication. Sanue! J. Randall waa .renominateI for Cengreae oa September 26th by the.Ddme orate of the Third PennayWaoia lli.triot Cel. O. L. Sobninpert; of NcwUerry. b ta been nominated by the Democrat* for So- lioitor of tho Seventh Circuit. The Preeidenl baa eigued the Chinese exoluslou bill by which the larth r emi grstien of Cbineee lo tbin country is for hidden. Mr. P. G. Petty, f Gufuey City 8 0, the well known dr ummer. wa» drowned near Baltimore, la-t weak. It is tii»ugbt the drowning was accidental. The Mann eg Guard* were inspected on September Zfttb. by Col. D G. AulJ, Samter There was a Itrge turn out an the company presented a eery creditable appearance. The Republioan State Rxecul re Com mittee met in retuMbis on Thursday, and eheeo Pioskleatial Elect ■••a. E. II. IWa*. of Darlington, was aelected a. Elector of the Sixth Distriet The fellawing diap^toh was receive 1 at the New York Cotton Kxebange from tbe Liverpool Cotton Association, on the 2 >ib teat: '‘Cotton aheeied bale* are go.M| de livery. Keoolntioe wilt be moved to make MMk xetnal tare.” A freight train an the Colamboa and felt eixty-three. feet ter Columbus, Gn, on o persona and wound* era. Sixteen oars and mashed. Th* Rspublieans of Orangeburg havs esmeaesd tb* pablieatiea of a aswspaper kaowa aa th* PUa Sptmkor. Th* paper is to be issued semi-monthly and is devoted le the i merest of religion, literature and polities. The Democratic Executir* Committee rf Kew betry Couaty have oflhially decided that tho late Senatorial election la that county we* conducted legally aad hence did aot sustain the ehnrg* of fmud mad# hr J. A. Si gh, tb* defeated eaadidat*. Coarreesmtn Cothran, of South Caro lina, has introduced a resolution ia tbt Houveof Representatives that ibis county become a member of th* International Geodetic Association, which has for it s object tb* measuremeat of tbs whole earth. The severity of tbe yellow fovor in Jacksonville seems to have abated for a while New cases are frequent but lb* number of deaths are decreasing. The total number of eases up to Tuesday are 828 and deaths up to same date 261. L. 8 Bigbam recently protected again* t tbs offieial decision iu tbe late Sanatoria! race in Marion County. Hi* appeal, how ever, was overruled by the County Exce l- live Committee not n single one of hi* ebarges being sustained. It ia said that the voters of Spartanburg have become disgusted with th* primary eystea of nominating candidates. la that county during tbe recent primary eandi. dates were slandered by gossips and charge* made that money and w risky were need to influence voter*. Twenty-one little girla, ranging from 9 to 14 years, who were breugbt to New York last week by Mormoa elder* from Europe on the t learner Wisconsin, on route lo Salt Lake City were ordered immediate ly by tbe Colleetor at New York to bo seal back toEurtp# on tb# r turn trip of tho Wieooa iu. The fall seaaion of the Greenville Female College at tbe Furman University were be gun on Wednesday of Iasi week with an opening attendance surpassing nil previous records. The University registered eighty three students from tho States of Sooth Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, twenty- three counties in South Carolina being rep resented, Tb* Female College bad one hundred and flfty.at tha'opening. Quite a lively and enthusiastic meeting of the Su taler Republicans, waa held at tbe Court House ou Saturday. There were about two thousand persons present, moot of whom were colored. Speeches were made by T. B. Johnson, E. M. Bray ton, Swails, E. H. Done and othor loading ligbtaof tho party. The Republioan party in Sumter County seems to be a very live 1 / corps* would not be • step towards tbe appointment to this position of (to oae tbe words of tbe Governor) ‘‘men of sack known intelligence, ligb character and unquestioned latriotUm as will give all tbe peo- >le of South Carolina tbe confident assurance ot having in the coming elections the fullest, freest and raireat expresaicu ot their will. n The State is to be congratulated on the stand her Chief Magistrate has taken in this matter. Tbe whole affair appears on the sorface but a scheme of tbe aschnte Radi cal leaders to gain recognition r rom tbe Governor and thus magni- y their importance in tbe eyes of their Northern brethren which they hoped to tarn to account in tbe event of Hurriaon'a election- The false statements of the pream ble to the resolutions were impor tant factors in the scheme. In nipping the plot iu the bud Gover nor Richardson showed himself equal to the emergency. through a truetle lag a number*?! o aa engine were EtJUAL TO THE EMERGENCY At tbe reoent meeting of the Republican State Executive Com mittee in Columbia a preamble and resolutions were endorsed, re questing the Governor to appoint at least one Republican oommia sicner of election in each county of the State for the approaching elec tion for electors and Congressmen These resolutions were presented to the Governor on Friday and on tbe following day his reply was made, in which bo refused lo grant tbe request. In parsniog this coarse Gover nor Richardson, U'ider the eircum stances, has acted wisely. For, iu the first place, the resolutions were oouobed in language ill befitting s communication addressed to the Chief Executive of the Stale and could well for this reason have re mained unanswered were it not that bitter partisans at home and abroad would use the Executive silence to misrepresent tbe integ rity aud honor of the present gov. eminent of South Caioliua. But more thau this, by granting tbe request made iu the resolutions an approval of tbe preamble would necessarily have been implied which could be exacted of no fair mind ed man. Tbe preamble was simply a mitatatement of facts; it reads: “and, whereas, the whole election machinery, commissioners of elec lion, managers, clerks, etc., (with the exception of Georgetown Coon ty) being entirely in tbe bands of the dominent party of Sonth Caro lina, has been produotive of the suppression of a free ,r oto au< honest count; aud whereas, by virtue of a vastly prepouderatiuj; number we think it would be but an act of simple justice aud in tbe interest of a fair full aud honest election that representation be granted to the Republican party. 1 These assertions are utterly desti tute of the truth. That the charge that the existing condition political affairs in South Carolina have “been prodactive of tbe sup pression ot a free vote and a fair count is talse it is unnecessary to state and Governor Ricbatdaon has done well in denying such an im potation in his refusal to grant tbe request. Nor is the Republican party “ot a vastly predominating number” u this Slate. It merely consists of a few would-be oflBoe boldeis; the uegro, the mainstay of the party, having withdrawn from its ranks, either from distrust of these office seekers or from a want of interest in politics since all ebanoes of tbe leturn of “tbe era of good stealing” have vanished. Lastly, aa the Governor rightly says, “a departure from the wisely established methods aud piiuciples upon which these appointment* are made would endanger the con tinuance of the perfectly free, fair and peaceful elections.’’ To appoint commissioners of elections repre senting a part?, the evil effects of whose rale of ignorance end vice have not yet been overcome by time end good KilE OUR FUBLtC ROADS We publish in this issue the es say of Mr. C. G. Wilson, of Society Hill, on ‘H^r Public Roads” which was read by him on the day of bis recent graduation, as ei*il engineer* at the Sonth Carolina College. In this article Mr. Wilson shows the many objections to the present mode of working tbe roads, and proposes s plan for remodeling the tntire sys tern. Mr. Wilson’s style is clear and concise and tbe practical manner with which be treats this important subject can not but attract the alien tion of those continually interested in tbe condition of our roads. As the evils growing out of the present laws in this regard are ex oeedingly obnoxious aud a source of annoyance to all£the question of “Our Public Roads,” will sobu be leading issue Tbe people will demaud legislation in the matter, and oar law-makers will have to give it their caieful consideration. We respectfully refer them to Mr. Wilson’s article. A Corpse that will Bear Watching Tbe Republican party in South Carolina is familiarly spoken ot as a corpse; but it has its periods of animation, and it is not nnlikt-ly that it will be able lo kick bard enough iu South Carolina, on eleo tion day, to cause commlerab e per turbation to slackNtwi.'ted Demo crats. What will happen, for instance, iu South Carolina, if the Republi cans shall poll anything like their fall registered vote, and the Demo crats remain as listless a* tbe> are at present f “ The eight box law,” you will say I Yes, but there are two distinct and separate polling places in every election precinct in South Carolina. Atone of these polling places the electors for Presi dent and Viue President ami the candidates for Congress are voietl for. There are only two boxes there, not eight. Suppose that the Republicans can sacceed iu carrying out the plan which has been mentioned in Tkc A'ew aud Courier. This plan is to vote tbe elec orial tick* t in both the boxes at the lulling place, so as to be sure to hare I he ticket in (he right box. This is repeating under tbe law, and is punishable upon conviction by fine aud imprisonment. But how is tbe repeater to be detected f There is too-much confidence in South Carolina at this time, and there will be a disastrous awaken ing oueof these days, unless the Democracy arouse themselves aud exert their full political strength ou election day. There can be but one result, where the party in power grows more indiflerent and more inriis|M«ted to effort year by year, and the parly out of power waits and watches for its opportunity. There would bo uo end of inter est aud excitement “abont politics” in South Carolina the day afler the Democracy should lose an impor taut election iu the State. It is far wiser and better, on the whole, to have tbe excitement first, aud so not lose an election at all. He joined battery “F,” Sd artil lery, at Morgantown, N. C., Octo ber 1, 1876, and waa engaged in several expeditious to euforoe the law agait at illicit distillers iu the ragged mountain of Western North Carolina. Duriog tbe labor riots on the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad in 1877 he was assigned to the com mand of Battery G. 2d artillery (May 9.1877;) serving at X artius- burg, Keyser aud Sir John’s Run, West Virginia, aud at Cumberland, Md, and acquitted himself with satisfaction to bis superiors. He was appointed acting Judge Advocate of the Department of Texas October 28, 1878, and aide- de-camp to Brig Gen E. O. C. Ord, U. 8. A m commanding the depart ment of Texas, Novemtar 1, 1879. Relieved from duty as acting Judge Advocate of the department ot Tex as, November 1, 1879. Relieved from duty as acting Judge Ad von cate of the department of Texas Febuary, 1881. Again detailed as acting Judge Advticate ot the de partment of Texas from June 16U> October 25,1881. In tbe performance of his duties as Judge Advocate, Lieut Howard made a roost enviable record, bat bis health, never robust, was se riously impaired by a too intense application to hia duties and be never regained the streuct’s thus lost. In May, 1882, he was oom- jelled. on account of sickness, to eave Ins post of doty, and never again rejoined bis regiment. Lieut Howard wss an accom plished offic r, of fine abilit ies and great promise—respected by hi* comrade* aud valaed by his com manders. It is safe to say that he had not sn enemy in ’.be novice,and that all who knew him will sincerely monru his early death and tbe antimely termination of bis career of honor and nselulneas. Lient Howard’s family hav tbe sincere sympathy of tbe regiment in their bereavement As a mark of respect for the memory ot Lient Howard the regi mental colors will be draped, and the officers of the regiment will wear the nsnsl badges of mourn ing for thirty days.” . his is a high tribute to a man of both performance and pro ise. It will be some consolation t > Lient Howiint’s parents and friends in their sad bereavement, and be evi donee besides of tbe fidelity with v hicb South Carolinians in these days of reunion serve their old country under the old flag. Lient. William T Howard. The death of Lieut W. T. How ard, U. S. A., the son of the Hon R. G. Howard, of Marion Comity, 8. 0., ba*> already been aunonucedj For some year* he bad been in tail ing health, but be lived loug enough in active service to win tbe reaped; and admiration of bis comrades, in addition to tbe affection which h« inspired among his old friends at home. Lient Col Langdon. com manding tbe headquarters of tbe 2d artillery at Huntsville. Ala, is sued a special order in which tbe career of the young officer is sketch ed, aud the sentiments of the com mand ate expressed. The order is dated September 14, and is as fol lows: “It becomes the sad duty of tbe liestenaut colonel commanding to annonnoe to tbe regiment the death of first Lieut William T. Howard, 2u artillery, which occurred at Florence, 8. C., on the 3»f instant. Lieut Howatd entered the Na tional Military Academy, from his native State, Sooth Carolina, in 1872, aad waa graduated with die- Unction in 1876. He waa appointed second lien ten ant 2d artillery Jane 15. 1876, and first lientenant 2d artillery her 16, 1884. Whitmore’* Slag Returned. (From Tho New York WorKl.) Boston, September 29.—When B F. Wbittemore, of Wobnro, Mass, was a resident of South Caro line, some years ago, be was pre sented with amsgnifioent enamell gold ring by bis Irieud, Hardy Solo mon. Tbe ring was appropriately inscribed, and wss dated “Colnm bia, S. 0., 1873.” It was also en graved with varions Masonic em blems. In 1886 Mr. Wbittemore, then a resident of Massachusetts, with his family visi ted Salt Lake City and bathed in the lake. When be emerged from tbe water tho ring was missing from bis finger. Last August bis friend Solomon wrote him from Wichita, Kansas, that Christopher Deibl, Grand Secreta ry of the F. aud A. M., ot Utah, bad inlcrmed Grand Master Ingles by, of South Carolina, of tbe dis covery of the lost ring ou the hot tom of Salt Lake by a little MorN moo girl named Sarah Ann Hughes, ISvearsold. While bathing she noticed something glittering on the lake bottom, and dividing alter it found the ring. His lost ring wss received tbe other day by Mr. Wbittemore as good as new. Goto- Washington Letter (From Our Rogular Correspondent.) Washington, Sept 28th, '88. Senator George made a ringing speech in tbe Senate against toe altsnril bill of Senator Hoar’s pro viding lor holding iuqnests under national authority. There would be about as muc-t sense or justice in proposing to bold justice of the peaoecouitsundor u^iioual auil on ty xs there is in this bill Tbe bill pensioning Mrs. Sheris d n has passed the Senate. The Democratic minority report, which will recommend the Mills hill, will be prepared by Senators Harris and Vance, who ho|»e to get some assistance fiom Senator Heck, who is stiil unwell at Fortress Mon roe. The two r port art! the hill will be laid belore the S nate text week, and if tbe Republicans intend to pass it, it is probable that Con gress will be in couitnttous aes>i.»n, wiih ibe escep'i-iu ot a short re cess a ( elec: ion, until the 4>hol next M.iroh. Justice Mnlthews of the Supreme Court, has been i:l, hut is now bel ter. Ex-Senator Camden, of West Vir* ginia, says that State will have a solid Dficocratic delegation iu tbd Fifty first Congress, and that the State is certain for Cleveland and Thurman. The joint resolution which pass- ed the Senate last week appropriaN ting 1100,000 for the relief of tbe yellow fever sufferers has been pass ed by tbe House. Senator Stewart has introduced another Chinese bill. It prohibits all laborers coming here, and re quires all those here to get them selves registered. Representative Sawyer has pre pared at a table showing that the Republican Senate has since 18S2 increased the appropriation bills sent to it from the House 9137,000, 000, which amount tbe House con ferences succeed in catting down to 960,000,000. This little table shows upon whose shoulders tbe charge of extravagance should rest. The President aud Mrs. Cleve land have been invited to attend the opening of the ex|>o*ition at Richmond, Virginia, on October 24. It is probable that they will go, though it has not yet been fully decided. Representative Matson, of India na, has introduced a bill to increase tbe pensions of those who have lost a limb. Ex Congressman Ben Le Fevre thinks that Ohio may lie classed as a doubtful S ate this year, all on account of tbe tariff. Senator Daniels, of Virginia, in a speech oo the tariff, said the issue between the people was not free trade against prou ciion, hut aim ply an effort for the release of an unheeded surplus in the Treasury; for tbe relief of the tax payers from excessive aud uuiieo-sssry taxation; for the removal of ineumbranoes to msuufsotuiiug by the lurnisbing of cheaper raw materials; for the removal of restrictions to commerce and navigation; for the rcsene of ngncnltnre, now in n decline: and in behalf of labor in many fields of enterprise, and against monnoply by overtaxation in many branches of trade. ;MMSl Sumter St rack By A Storm- (Special to Tb* New* end Cou- ier.) Sumtbb, 2.—A severe cyclone visited this town at about a quar ter past fout this afternoon. The wind blew “great guns” for abont ten minutes aud tain and hail fell in torrents. Trees and large limbs were blown down in every direc tion. The spire of the Episcopal Charch was blown down, but, strange to say, did not hurt tbe chutcb at all; not even a pane ot glass was broken. Tbe steeple was not on tbe charch itself, bat ou a separate tower. The wind blew from tbe north west. Tbe streets are strewn with the limbs of trees, and some gar dens ore badly damaged by fallen trees. Tbe east end of Calhonn street is completely blocked op by fallen trees and limbs. Before the storm broke a heavy black clond gathered at tbe north and there were many aud com in uous peals of Grander. Crops on the River Ruined. (Fmm lb* Chs«lcrflsU Advertiser. ) Tbe recent rains caused tbe Pee Dee river to overflow. On the 12th iust. it was 36 feet above low water mark, and the crops are alm'mt a tot-d loss. This is unfortunate in deed. Only two ytars ago the crop* were aluios’ entirely lost, and this freshet ooming so soon after that mast be very discouraging to the farmers on the river who de (tend on the river bottoms for their corn. We hear a great deal of com plaint abont tbe damage to the crops on tbe uplands from the re* cent rains, but l*eiieve that the damage Is eonsideratdy over esti mated. We are quire su-e, trom what we * ave seen, that tbe cot'ou cnqi is -erionsly damaged, but not as much as a lonrth, as some esti male it. Taking it altogether the farmers are »o Ire sympathized wifi:. It is hard to iiudorslaiid the dis pensations of the Providence of Gml, bat we are a firm believer in the doctrine that God docs eveiy- thing for the best. Fall From A Balloon Ottawa, Ontario, Sept- mix r 26 —A shocking affair occurred at the Exhibition grounds tb's aft- r- noon. A young hut-her named Tom Winsley was dashed topi cm by falling front a hadnou at a height over one thousand (ecf. A balloon acceiis'ou aud parachute drop were advertised as the draw ing card of the day. Among the volunteers to hold down tbe balloon was W uslcy, who, with others, grat-iM-d the stout rope running round Ihe base of the balloon. When the order to let go was given all released their bold with the exception of Wiusley, who, retaining bis hold, was swiftly borne upwards. The aeronaut was unable to help him. At the height of 1,000 feet be let gor.nd was dash ed to pieces on the ground. Another Carolinian Falls by Fever. (Spscial lo The World.) Cook, Aiken County, Got. 2 — k is reported that Mr. Wilson E. Prothro, a young man from this neighborhood died at Dunedir, Fla., last week ot yellow lever. He was railroad agent aud telegraph ope.a- tor at Duiudin. Tbe repoit has saddened ihe hearts of the entire community. Mr.. Prothro was a highly respected young gentleman, with a large circle of relatives anti friends. State New*. An earthquake shock is reported to harm been in Chester on Satnr- day night ami unaccountable rum- bling* resembling the sound of an earthquake have been beard for some time recently ne»r Due West, Abbeville County. Tbe South Carolina University commenced its session on Monday with a greatly increased attend aiiee. Tbe South Carolina Mill, tary Academy opened on Ihe same day with an enrollment of one bundled and forty-five cadets The Berkeley County Democrats met in eon vent ion at Ml. Pleasant ou Thursday last and it was trom the first a very unbarmonioos gather* ing. There were two factions each fearing the other’s supremacy, which condition of affairs threaten ed to break op the convention. Fort ana tely sober council prevailed, and la the aad a compromise was made ■otisfoctory to both wloga ot the party. edge a For coffo Soonr of tho Sooth »■■*»■* « We bed pretty herd during the war, to be mie; but no actual euff-n-ing waa ezparkuoed tn that part ci IfMarippi in whlca our family redded. Neoenity t* the mother of far you know, *o we ocatrived to find •dtutee for almoat every article we had been in tbe habtt ct baying at the flbope, grocery and dry good* atone. Perhaps you may be interteted in knowing about •ocne of theae cubed tutor, and the It nowl- may be of oae some time. 'oe, we tried many different aubetitntce; first, okra aeed, which, when thoroughly dry, we perched to a golden brown, then ground it, mixed H with the white of an egg, and boiled it jnat aa you do reel coffee; this, when served with sweet cream, we found to be delicious. For sweet potato coffee, the potatoes were peeled, cut in dice shaped piece*, dried in the eon, then parched to a dark brown, ground, and made tbe same as the okra coffee. Hominy coffee we made in this wise: the hominy was carefully browned, cleared, and made hist aa you do ordinary coffee. This really poeaeeaee medicinal qualities. It cored mother of dyspepsia, with which she bad been troubled for years. We also -tried chin- capin nuts for coffee. They were gath ered in the autumn, shelled, dried, and parched, then ground, cleared, and made In the usual way. Of course it was impossible to get C n and black tea during the war, and ■ad of these we used different kinds of herbs, such as sage, mint, and balm, also the leaves of tbe samofrus tree; and wo found all of these made healthful and pleasant beverages. For flour, sugar, salt aad soda we were also obliged to find substitutes, with which we managed very well For flour we substituted conuneal dust This we obtained by placing a convenient quan tity of conuneal in a cloth of moderate thickness, and then striking it against the sides of some large vessel The dust thus procured made the most delicious poundcake, waffles, muffins and batter cakes that I ever tasted. For sugar we used sorghum molasses and honey. The former was home made, and b very nice when property prepared; the latter waa found in vast quantities, in a wild state, in the forests surrounding our plantation, many hollow trees containing gallons of the rich C n syrup. This was gathered, oare- strained, and set away ia vemeb covered only with thin cloth, in order that it might candy, or turn to sugar; and this sugar we used in coffee, In tea. and in every way that common brown sugar b used. 4 For soda we substituted corn cob ashes. The cobs were burned in a large Dutch oven; the osltes were put in Jws, water was then put on, and it was allowed to stand until clear. The lye thus ob- j tainod. used with sour milk, in the pro- | portion of one measure of the lye to two of tho milk, made our cakes aad bread ? as light as a feather. There was no substitute for mh, of ’ course'; so wo overhauled tho smoko 1 bouse and cellar, securing all tho rock , salt that could be found In the pork bar- j rub and mackerel kits, and thb we I washed, dried and pounded aa Ana m bla When thb supply was ex- j we soaked the burels and kits. | evaporated the water and thus obtained •onto more. The dirt floor of the smoke ] house was abo dug up to the depth of a | foot or more, and thb dirt was thor oughly washed and the water placed la a large, studlow trough and showed to evaponti*. > I know you think wo were checkmated wh-ft it- canx- to finding subutituD-s for medicines: but we found them as readily as we dal other things U1.1t we could uot buy. Fortunately wo had very little ockness la nur vicinity, except of a mrJariaJ typo. Instead of quinine, tho , 41M standard remedy for such disorder*, ' we used willow bark tea, made very strong, and t.-iken in doeeu of half a pint three times a day. Thb tea seldom ever fr.ilod to arrest fever and ague. Wo abo u -ed a tea made from the hyivcs and fltnvrrs of field or dog fennel, which was excellent. For a liniment and counter irritant wo if-ed a mixture of red pepper ■ and hogV lard, stewed logetiter. Thb wuh very efiicadous for rheumatism. j Boothron Lady in Demorest’s Monthly. Th* New fork Girl** CapablUttat, The average New York girl b not the useless butterfly that she b considered by the country |>eople among whom site spends the summer. TJto hard working ‘ farmer pause* to glance after her with an humph! in hb eyes, if not on hb lips. Ho considers lav foolish to waste admi ration on the flowering weeds—posts, he calls them—that grow in hb meadow. Bl»e b too much given to enthusiasm over common things, be thinks, and b able only to display pretty clothes. But tho New York girl can drive better *hat> the fanner can, and she can ride, that is, she could ride if she could find a horse, for saddle horses in the farming country are as rare as blue roeea. She can row and swim, and aa for walking, she can out distance any farmer's daughter on a tramp. She ia not afraid of tan. In deed, ahe courts it, and would never think of disfiguring her pretty head by wearing those abomination* collari sun bonnets that country girb use. Then ah* can cook, for she has attended the coSk* ing school during the winter, and knows how to get up half a dozen ^ loart. She can draw and paint, too; and if the old farmer’s house Were heri rtS would decora to it with her own t-nds mo tint the present owner would never "oogniwjt Certainly the New York gW ta full of reaouroes.—New York irest* Abont AKtAeUI Ummory. A great deal of talk b at the present •aoment going on abont artificial mem ory, and oomepeiaonsaeem to think that a bad memory can be turned into a good one. No doubt constant practice will Improve the memory enormously, as it does with actor*, many of whom can commit a part to memory in an — Ishiugly brief apaoe of time. But it k hard to believe that anything useful can come out of tbe *yatemcf mnemonics which the ao called proftosora toaoh. A* a role, making .notes or b likely to weaken the memory, and tha more one Intrust* to that valuable too. nhy the more it k York Evening San. Drained by Ik* I «c UKra possible, ha ustod. We live in a busy age and bushM* men have little time for homilies, there are some warnings to which tW must listen. If they do not heed them the same fate Uea in etore for all Naim* cannot be thwarted. If there bam! on a bank and the deposits are drawn om too rapidly the bank mart suspend. 1* b tbe mine way with our vital fo«*. If we drain theta mote rapidly than nature can supply tbe lorn the body nnuu succumb aud the mind loses in cmukK riutn. What shall it profit a man if k- gain the whole world only to become . physical wreck! What happiness dot? hi* wealth confer on him then? wt.., pleasure can hb family derive from that wealth when the thought comes that the fatiier and husband secured it only at tbs expense of hb body and mind? The fault b not oo much with the men as it b with society. There are few men who do not like to take life easily. The* recognise that a certain amount of effort shall be exjiended in order to accomplish certain results. With ttotne the friction b lees than with others. These are the men to be envied. But society Mens tn and assert* its meretricious standards. It declare* in a dictatorial wav that if a man desire* the entree into the fashion, able circle he must have money and an attractive external show. If ho ins a wife, she must load herself with money equivalents, and must not walk any than she ride*. Bear in mind that only the ultra fashionable society b referred to. If he has some daughter*, they mot keep up tho standard of the model aot by paterfamilias and materfamilias. Thb demands a large income. A showy es tablishment b not maintained at a rea sonable cost. The next question b, how b the man to gain all thbt To mart men and most women social dluHn^i^, k a prise to be secured, no matter what the cort. Albeit like tbe Dead sea fruit It k empty and its rewards are deceptive, the prizes must bo gained. If the monk a business man in the old fashioned way, unlee* he has a mammoth establishment be cannot maintain thb expensive lux ury. To get mote money without drain ing hk business, he speculate* In stocks or in grain. Ho may Oe succcMful a«d have ftL the money he desires. He may bo unsuccessful and lose all. With the latter thb b the end. We can drop him into the pit of social oblivion. The lucky speculator onco in the whirl pool of speculation b like the unlucky tldp in the Norway maelstrom. Ho can not get out. He twoomes more and more fixed in speculative habits. He may never be unlucky. Bo may accumulate ib millions. Hb wife and daughbse nay wear-the most expensive diamastk. fhey may cover themmdvaB with the moot gorgeous apparol. But the end k tear—overwork, nervous exhatMtioa, physical bankrupty. But society b not altogether to blama If a man docs not want to enter the up- mt tendom society does not compel hia »comoin. Tbe man's ambition Impeb aim within the so called charmed cireb, which has not always so many charm as a has annoyances. Society, of th* ultra kind, b unshaken in aawrting that fooi- •ah standard that fine feathers moke fine oink. Old ASsop’s fable about tbe jack daw with the peacock's feather stuck into its tail b as true in its moral today as It was when ASsop wrote it- If fmh- ionablo society were lens punctilious ia its demands for outward excellencies and more punctilious in its demand* for cul ture, for refinement, for honor and purity, the lines would be drawn with 1 some sense, and there would he Ins moral, as wvll as mental end physical wrecks. Life Is worthlem without health. Health i.4 at nil times in the physical ra- reer of a man more vr.ir.aUc tlnn money. Ago will overtake us all. If we wish a decrepit ami painful old nge, to be a bur- 1 den to oursclvc* and to every ono about us, let us keep on this rapid wasting of tho vital energies. If ve wLk to be hearty l:i the twilight of Hfo and happy we iuu*t not in tho heyday of Kf<* ilraw too heavily upon nature's rerourcea Never forget thb: •*Th~i those who row tlte windhhollrrup tho whirlwind.*'—Dfr trail Fire I*reR3. * q-.irtwnkKtine** About Fnle. The morii-m civilized mnn h squenm- bh about jciin to n riognv which wool! have seemed ciTcminato or worse to lit* greatgrandfather, or to tltc contempo rary iKtricrbii. Ills sciicambliness b not egotistic; ho rfoo* not emit to bo any more afraid of being hurt than lib great grandfather was if i>o can see any good reason for it. The German soldier, wliib the mitrailleuse was (trill a weapon of un known and frightful ixtraibililies, cursed the Frenchman and charged up tho hill face to face with the “hell machines" as undauntedly as ever hb forefathers faced simple liullet or bow and arrows. The nameless railway engineevH, who stand to tiicir posts into tho heart of a neat accident rather than desert a train load of passengers, faro and defy possi bilities of pain such n* the great Julius or Noy never dreamed of. Is there a finer thing in Plutarch than waa seen when tho Englbh battalion, presenting arms to tlie helpless being* in the depart ing boats, went down in ] effect parade order ou the deck of the foundering troop ship? Modern life is rich in a su premacy over personal suffering which takes a higher character only as the finer organization of tho human being come* to know more exactly in advance th* nature of tho pain which b b to face.— The Century. Col. Wm. Elliott, ibeprsMat Incuuibcsl, was souioated by Ibe Democratic t’cnveu* tics held at Ml. Plcasunt, os Kuisday, ftr Oongressnidti from the Setcurii Dia- tr ct. Mrasre. Williams, Black ft Co., a tare* aso iaflucatial Arm of New Yo.k (ulkd oa Friday. The credit *f the hou«, i, ere , c . be *“ Th* failure i. s*,d 1* b* da* to tbe rice of tb* price la wheat It U sis*, reported that tb* Arm bassattUd oo ib* Produce Excbasg* *f New Ycrk aad their busioee* goes oa aa aatul. DecerttotM sad tied Cask tea It has long been the general feeling among army officer* that a contago of desertion* are caused cooking. Commissary Gen. has shared thb opinion, and in hia annual reports for some years he had recom mended an appropriation for the employ ment of a skilled cor]>s of cooka. He hrt always asserted that the complaint* of the men were not duo to tbe had qualitv of tho food, but to tho manner in which it was prepared and served. It has been customary to select ..it enlisted man to serve as company cook, and he h«i usually never worked In a kitchen before. Ub fellow soldiers an- tho sufferers Dram hb ignorance.—Good Housekeeping. Most of the flowora of Montana have no fragrance. Tb* Altoracy. Fester, of the Product Exchange of New Ycrk has oonmiued for- gcric* aa oust log to 91M.OOO. Foster io 5K 1 * c-** -4«bcTIci wwHbyacsmoraflaahe Mcigscjforhu Th* boiler of Mr Pclitaer’c gi* boa#* at Beaufort, exploded oa Frida? tact prob aMy os aoecast of west of water. fh» explosion carried tb* boiler oad port* « tb* rngise .hrongh the well* of tb* head and lb* pistes head was btswa the enti* length of the block. The cagiac aad #•- ■aa wore both insteatly billed. Two bff» Baaed Abtoa were rtaadiag sheet ririy feet froa tho oagiao seam aad eat*** inataatly kilted aad the othor died*** all or. A negro sained, Corowell, of Cbskr Count?, was beiag takea recently W «• nuthorltien of tho law to a place V keeping whoa th* part/ waa surprise by a body of nratd aon aad tho sloaed aad riddled with balbin Th«