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BOERS AND BRITISH HAVE SEVERE FIGHT BOERS CAPTURE 1,500 MULES Gen. White With 12,000 Men, Menaced by Gen. Joubert With 17,000. Loo doo, Oot. 30.-The posici?n st Ladysmith, without being alarming is soffieieotly dangerous to excite an: iety. Evidently the Boers are trying to repeat their Dandee tactics. Rough ly estimated they have 17,000 men as against 12,000 British Geo. Sir George Stewart White has the better artiiiery, bot his is of lesser range. The delay in the Boer attack is reported to be due to the non-arrival of Commandant General Joaberfs ed? arno. This bas given the British a much oeeded respite after their recent exertions. Everjtbiog, it is now considered, hinges upon Gen. White's resource and judgment. jNotbing is known regarding the progress of defeosive r^rks for the protection of Ladysmith. The censorship is more active than ever. According to the Daily Chron? icle's correspondent, "the new regula? tions limit the number of words for press messages to ooe-foorth the cum? ber allowable before." Farmers io the neighborhood of Ladysmith have left their farms and stock to the mercy of the Boers and .re congregated io the town. The two goos the Boers have mounted are pow* errol weapons. They are the ones used io shelling Dundee, and it is a matter of considerable surprise how they managed to transport such heavy pieces. Again, it is reported that President Kruger accompanied Gen Joubert to the front is a spteodidiy fitted travel? ing wagon. The Standard's correspondent at Ladysmith, telegraphing Saturday, sends a statement that the Boers have captured 1,500 mules, a loss that must seriously iLcocvenience British trans? port. The attempt of the Boers to cot the railway at Pteters was frustrated by British cavalry. The wife of Geo. Jao Kock has arrived at Ladysmite under a flag of troce to norse ber woooded hosbaod. All the OD wounded Boer prisoners have been sect to Durbao to prevent toy attempt at rescue. The explanation of the alleged Boer massacre at Dandee appears to be tha^t a portion of fcSe town guard, although fairly warned by Gen. Yule before bis retirement, continued to carry arms, ' and 30 of them were shot before the Boers discovered who they were. !?he body of Sir Wm. Symoos wa9 buried without a coffin, shrouded in the Union Jack. Among the papers found upon him was a telegram from Lady Symons congratulating him upon his success. Later acconnis of the first hattie and the evacuation of Dundee do not give those affairs a rosier hue. Owing to the shelling of Glecooe Camp the tele? graph operators were compe?e? to scamper with numerous unforwarded dispatches When the Boers entered Dandee they indulged io general loot iag of stores, bot apparently did not otherwise molest: the populase. Io the first battle the Boers captured the Maxim of the Eighteenth Hussars, but only after the entire crew of the I guo, with one exception, bad been dis | abied. The survivor effectually dam- \ aged the gun Only two officers of the ! staff of Gen. Symons came off without awoood. I Again it is asserted that the moment the Royal Dublin Fusiliers reached the summit of the Kopje, at Glencoe, the Boers fbowed a white flag and asked a truce to bary their dead. The British artiiiery was ordered to cease firing and the Boers took advantage of the opportunity to retreat en masse. Other? wise tb?y wouid have been acclimated by the British cannon. Tnc special correspondent of The Daily Mail at Ladysmith, telegraphing Saoday, describes the arrival of the war oa??ooa there Saturday. It was welcomed, he said, with wild dances by the K'-ffirs, w?o regard it a* a deity Gen. White c-^a Geo. Sir Archibald Hunter botb ascended Sunday and re? connoitered the enemy's position. Aocordiog to the latest reports from Cape Town, Gen Joubert bas joined hands wi'h the Free State force*, and there has been some ourpost fighting President Kruger bas arrived at Glen? coe There is no fresh news from the western frontier. The twines are b?'? working at Kimberley, where there ne providions enough to iast nine mouths Cecil Rbi de-: has moue iee and fatly equipped a town guarci of 400 mer: at a cost of ?15,000. The Duros.2 correspondent of The Daily Mail tays : "It is reported, on the authority or the Bri:i>b resident? iu Pondolaod, that the Pondos are if? con? stant coQjmuoioatton w:;b the Boers, whom they are anxious to holp The Household Guard.it is announc ed, have received orders to form a composite regiment for South Africa, including the first life Gu*ids, Lieut Sir Lockhart commanding, quartered at Windsor, and detainments of the Second Life Gc;?rd, colonel, the Earl of Dandonald, commanding, and the Royai horse guards, Lieut Col. Brocklenhuret commandiDg. The medical examination was begun yes? terday, and it is expected that the regiments will embark in about a week. Emperor William wired a farewell message to the Royal Dragoons, of which regiment be is nonary colonel, saying: "May you all return unscathed and weil." The Standard voices the general anxiety regarding Sir George White's position by remarking on the adaptability and able strategy of the Boers, for which they had hitherto not been given credit It goes on to say : ''Their strategy is ao weil planned that it is the product of some officer trained in the best European school of war." London, Oct. 31 -Tue war office has received a dispatch which says Gen V? bite has fought an engagement presumably with Gen. Joubert's force, which was pushed back after I several hour's fighting The British lost about 100 men and the Boer losses were much greater. The Boers were in larger numbers and had better artillery. Gen. White's dispatch, which was dated 4 30 p m, today read : "I employed all the troops here except the obligatory garrison before the works I sent a mountain battery, the Royal Irish Fusilers and the Gloucesters to take up a position on the bills to clear my left flank. The force moved at ll yesterdey evening and during some night firing the battery mules stampeded with some of the guns, which, however, I hope to recover. These battalions have not yet returned but are expected tb?8 evening I detailed two brigade divisions of field artillery and five battalions of infantry, aided by cavalry, under Gen French, to at* track a position upon which the enemy yesterday mounted guns. We found this position evacuated, but our force ?ras attacked with con? siderable vigor by what I believe were Gen. Joubert's troops They I had many guns and showed in great numbers. Our troops were all in ac tion an we pushed the enemy back several miles, but did not succeed in reaching his laager. Our losses - are I estimated at between 80 and 100, but those of the enemy must have been much greater, the fire of our guns appearing very affective "After being in action several hours I withdrew tee troops and they returned unmolested to their canton? ments. The enemy are in great numbers and their guns range further than our field guns "I now have some naval guns which have have temporarily silenced and, I hope, wili permanently domi? nate the enemy's guns with which be has been bombarding the town at a range of over 6,000 yards " WHITE GETS REINFORCE MENT Ladysmith, Oct. 30, 12 50 p. m. The naval brigade arrived this morning at half past 9 o'clock and has just commeoced firing guns with great precision. The Boer 40 pounders, which had again begun to 8heil the town, were temporarily dis? abled at the third and fifth shots Brisk firing is in progress on the right and left. London, Oct. 31 -It is believed that the naval brigade which arrived Monday at Ladysmith consisting of a hundred men from the British cruiser Powerful, with some of the Power ful's four-inch quick-firers, with a range of 10,000 yards, firing a 45 oound shell. The battery that was lost 13 proba? bly one consisting of 6i'x two and a half muzzle loaders and 36 mules. FORTY POUND SHELLS DROP? PING IN LADYSMITH Ladysmith, Oct 30, ll 50 a m - j Firing commenced at 5 20 this morn? ing, the Boers shelling Ladysmith with 40 pounders. After seven shots the British guns j succeeded in silencing the Boer fire ' A force of Boers is now advancing j on the British left flank NEWS FROM WEST BORDER i London, Oct. 30 -A war office j dispatch from Capetown dated Oct. j '26, says : "An armored train under Llewellyn got within 1,900 * .rds of j the Boer iaager, three raiien south of Crocodile Port. The Boers had driven in their horses on the ap proach of the train Three Maxim belts were dischatged into the Boers, ! who must have had considerable j loss. They returned 10 shots with J no effect Col Plumer's outpost has I had several skirmishes on the Croc i udile river '' From later advices it was learned ; that the Llewellyn train returned to j Machndi, IOU mi ?es mirth of Mafek I io^r. Leweiiyu reports all quift. London, Oct 30- Latest news i from the western border has appa rentiy reassured the British autbori ; . .... \ ti^s as to the ability ot Mafesmg and ! Kimberly to withstand assaults. ! A dispatch from Fort Tali, for warded during the evening of Oct i 24, announces that Blackburn's force, . in ?be skirmish M Rhodes' Drift, j killed 12 Boers A Kaffir spy re i ported that many mote HO TS were ? iying in the Drift, dying Blackburn i died of his wounds on returning to I Fort Tuli Scouts report there that j the Hours are concentrating strongly : on the Rhodesian border wi th Max i im8. Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa Bay, Oct. 30.-A dispatch received bere today from Pretoria, under date of Oct. 28, says Gen. Cronje, the Boer commander, announced there that the British garrison at Mafeking made a bayonet attack on Commandant Louws Laager, near Grandstand, but were repulsed, leaving six dead on the field, and it was believed that many of the attacking party were wounded. The dispatch add? that Saturday moraing Col. Baden-Powell asked for an armistice in order to bury the dead Gee. Cronje con? sented to this, the Boers assisting in placing the dead in the wagon re? turning to Mafeking. London, Oat. 31 -A dispatch from Capetown aonoaooes the arrival in Table Bay of the Dunottar Castle late last evening with Gen. Sir Redvers Buller and his staff, who are expected to land this morniog They will meet wirh a tremendous ovation in Capetowo. Ic is reported from Pretoria that 200 of the British wounded from Doodie arrived (here and have been furnished ! accommodation in the State school building. ' London, 0?t. 31.-A dispatoh from Lorenzo Marques says a strong force of Portuguese troops has arrived on the Traosvaal border from Mozambique territory, owing to fears regarding the hostilities between the British and Boers. THE NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. j New York. Oat. 28-Business on i the Cotton Exchange bas undergone a farther contraction this week, and the market bas been ratler dull The faot that the weather has conticued warm and favorable has increased the confidence of the believers in lower prices and their selling together with the closing out of those bulk whose patience had become exhausted, and backed up by the indifference of Europe to the ridicuousiy light receipts, was amply sufficient to take care of thc demand, and prices show little change from last Saturday. Differences be? tween tbe months have narrowed sharply as a result of healy buying by shorts in the rear positions, who fear that the loca1, stock might be much sought after and received on cont act, owing to the relative cheapness of this market. January closed today at 7.13 to 7.14, against 7.13 last Satur-1 d*y, wbiie the more distant mooths ibow a small decline. That the speculation is less active than it recently has been is regarded by many as a sign of warniog to those who aro long. The olaim is made that the bulls have played all their cards reduced crop estimates, very light receipts, good business and heavy buy? ing for the general public-and that the refusal of the market to advaooe farther indicates that these cards have been played for all they are worth. To me the situation seems to have resolved itself for the moment into one of patient waiting between the South? erner, with bis crop to market, aod the foreign spinner who must have this cotton to spin. The confidence sbowo on both sides is great. He will win ultimately who bas correctly gauged the size of the crop and io the mean? time i; is a question of who gets fright? ened first. There can be no doubt that if Eu? ropean consumers believed that the present movomeot of supplies was, even io a measure, an indication of what we are finally to get, they would long ago I have bought everything io sight. But ! they have not believed this, and do not j believe it yet I do not see how they can much longer ignore the meagreness cf receipts, and if the movement con? tinues on anything like its present scale I bslieve tbey wili abandon their idea of getting cotton cheaper and buy it at sucb prices as they cao. American mills have already bought largely. The open weather in the South is uodoubt edly hclpiog the bears every day it continues. Concerning bow much it is adding to the crop there is great diver? sity of opinion. The market sterns to me to be duplicating its action between ? cents and 6^.- cents, aed ? expect to see it carry the parallel still further and I fellow the present stagnation with a I very ?harp advance. James Riordan. Fire at Manning Manning Ost. 28 -Yesterday morn inp about 3 o'clock smoke was discov? ered oozing from the store of C. W. Kendal, commonly called the racket store, and tbe building was so full of smoke that the front glasses wore almost- ready to burst our. Thc- fire i was in the back of tho building, about J the mi?i?ery room, and no one ccuid ! g*>t to !? on account of the dense stack';, j As the tov.r; had no fire protection, the J building bud to burn, and it was with j grear work that many adjoining bui;G ? ing wt re not lest abo The oripin of j tho fire is nor known, an exploded ? ?amp bein*? assigned as ouc theory, j Tbcre war ?10 OOO insurance, and i; ? ts claimed toar there was abr>ut : ?14.0U0 in go;;ds. consisting, of ciotb ; lng, shoes, etc , iu fact, a stock of j ejenerai merchandise, esc? pt groceries, i all of which was completely destroyed. "Ia His Steps" Tho rucst furaous aod wide!; r*-ad bm.k of I toe i*st bfilf of the century. For sile by j H. G. Osteen & Co. Three styles binding, j 1 23c, 35c, COc. Cuba is Improving Slowly Bat Steadily. Gen. Lee Says Natives not yet Ripe for Establishing Their own Govern? ment. Washington, Oct. 29.-Gen Fitz hugh Lee, who is in the United States on a vacation from his post in Cuba, is in the city on his way ?outh He ie accompanied by his son, To morrow night Gen Lee expects to go to Richmond to witness the launch? ing of the Shubrick, he will return to Washington Wednesday. In an interview he says the people of Cuba are steadily improving under the existing protectorate of the United States and are slowly but surely rebuilding thor war wasted homes and repairing their crippled fortunes. Life and property are sure in Cuba, owing largely, he said, to the salutary restraint exercised by American military authority. He thinks the time not yet ripe, however for a purely Cuban government. "Cuba/' said Gen. Lee, "is improv? ing. The Cuhabs are tractable and self reliant Their impulses are generally in the right direction, but of course both in the theory and practice of self government they are wholly without experience. There ia among certain Cubans a deep seated prejudice against some men who, the ''Cubans think oppressed Cubans under Spanish ruie, and if given a free rein the Cubans would make a short work of them The United States government is pledged to grant independence to Cuba after the island has been pacified, and I believe that promise should be fulfill ed just as swiftly as we can in reason and justice. "The industrial situation is improv? ing, the money is gradually going into Cuba, bot nothing like as fast as it would if investors were sure that property would remain safe for years to come and protected by a government strong enough to enforce law and order.7' Geo Lee declined to discuss poli? tical affaire io Cuba and whether or not the Cubans desired independence or annexation. SCHLEYs'sOLITUDE. Washington, Oot. 30.-Secretary Long said today that he did not contemplate makiog any change in Admiral Seeley's ordere. So far they are nothing more than a direction to take command of the Sooth Atlantic station. The date ?iii be definitely fixed when it is koown exactly bow soon the Chicago will be ready for sea. Nothing has been decided by the department as to the dispatob of ona or more warships to Sooth Africa. Sec? retary Loog pointed out that that sec? tion of the world is within the geograph? ical bounds of the South Atlantic station. Therefore Admiral Sch'ey will be at perfeot "liberty to go there, or anywhere else on hie station after he takes command. No order from the department will be necessary in sach case. Respecting the mooted ioctease of the South Atlantic cquadron, the secretary said that he would not hesi? tate to increase the nutuber of ships on the station if there were necessity for it. So far the necessity bas not appeared, and, tberefore, it was not contemplated to have more tino the three vessels, the Chicago, Montgomery and Wilmington on the station. Beer Dispensers Hold On. Columbia,Oct 29 -At the meeting of the State board of Control Satur? day night Messrs Miles and Williams reported that they had seen the at? torney general, who ruled that the board had no right to close the beer dispensaries ; that it could only be done by the county boards, and then only for cause The attorney gener- j al promised to submit hie ruling in writing tomorrow Mr. Haselden moved to reconsider Mr. Williams' resolution relative to closing the beer dispensaries on Nov. 1 next. Mr Williams seconded the r?solu tion, and on being put it was carried unanimously Mr Williams then moved that in view of the attorney general's ruling on the beer question the resolution passed at the September meeting of the board be amended so that th/e b^er dispensaries be closed at the ex j piration of the terms of ellice of the J incumbents instead of Nov. 1. as j already ordered. This was second ? ed by Mr Haselden, and the motion ! prevailed 'Spaniards and Cubans," says the . New York Press, 'are living together I all over Cuba in perfect amity ! nowhere were flo than i ri Santiago, ; the re?i Cuban capital When we i contrast this condition with the mur ; der of 1,000 Unioniste in ihe South : during the first year after the w*r of the rebellion we see how slight are ; the obstacles to the reconstruction of ; tiie island if natural racial lines ate '?? followed '' Is it true, really, that a thousand ' Unionists" were kii'e<i i ri thc South in th^ year mentioned ? Ii p.o. the fact wholly escaped atten? tion in tins region, and none of them were ever missed, at any rate. Doubtless the Press is wrongly in [ formed as usual*- News and Cou I rier. YELLOW FEVER CON? DITION. Washington, Oot. 29.-Reports re oeived by Sorgeon G?nerai Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service are that eight new cases of yellow fever ap? peared at Miami, Fla., yesterday. The weather continues bad. At Key Weit there were two cases and one death Saturday. A ?troog breeze has been blowing nine days aod is regarded as a favorable indication. Jackson, Miss , Oct. 29-No new cases of yellow fever have appeared in Jackson during the past 24 hours. The temperature^ falling rapidly to? night, and a heavy frost is expected. By the latter part of the week it is believed all quarantines alaine* Jack? son wilt be raised. - 'mm -??? mm. Yates Replies to Ouzis. To the Editor of The News and Courier: Will you kindly allow me a brief space to reply to Mr. D. A. G. Ouzo's comments on me, and say that he is a great big, puffed up ass, and were it not for the notoriety he bas recently gained by his slanderous at? tacks upon oertain gentlemen in this State the public woald never have known of his existence. In my article I made no unkind or unfriendly allu? sions to bim I wished to avoid per? sonalities, in which the public are not interested. I asked certain questions as a citizen. I bad a right to ask. He could not aoswer them truthfully without compromising his friend or friends on the State board ; so it suited bis purpose better to evade the ques? tions and cali me a "pimp77 and a .'boot-lick." Wheo he calls me these names he lies, and he does so koowiog ly. If his statement concerning the other subjects of bis vile attacks are oot more accurate than bis statements concerning me they are very bare of truth. He says I iost orders for glass on account of the worthlessness of roy goods. Here be makes another false statement knowiogly He knows tbe orders were taken from me because of certain false and rascally repr?senta? tions made by J. B. DGuthit to the State board, and given to ooe of Dou thit's frieods, representing a small jobbing concern, which concern imme? diately ^placed the order given by the board to my people to manufacture. He says I obtained a "beer privilege" and farmed it out for seventy-five dollars per mooth. This, too, is false. He says I ! am short to the State several hundred I dollars. This is false, or at least this i is the first I have heard of it I was ! under a heavy bond, and my bondsmen are responsible Why was not my bond sued ? He SDeaks of bis modesty. Great God ! Has he any ? The public doubtless will be surprised to know that this "Major" D. A. G. Oozt8 of present and sadden notoriety is the same D A. G. Oczts that a little newspaper in Charleston in 1890 bad dressed up like an ape io uniform, with yellow trim? mings, dancing around the State. Modesty ? Yes, he knows as much about modesty as Bob Ingersoll did about Christianity. Ouzts is bitter and very sour-doubtless smarting under his_recent chastisement ; but let me advise bim to cheer up, study navi? gation and in the spring manipulate the guiding cords over a mule's back, lose sight of the past and forget ali about intrigues, rebates and fat jobs, and put away bis 13 inch guns. He has no ammunition for weapons of this calibre, and when the Legislature meets let's have a thorough investiga? tion. Let Blu6nthal & Bickert, of Atlanta, be asked to testify ss to ali they know of Ouzts and Doothit. Let Mr. J. O A. Moore, of Dar lingtou, be invited to give his experi? ence of J. B Doutbit's conduct, as a member of tbe board. Oo with your rat killing, Heselden, Dan Miles and Chris Robinson. Don't let a few political enemies side track jon-the people are "wid ye.'' J. St Jc?to Yates. Fort Motte, October 29 What Would Jesus Do ? ! Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, writing in the November Ladies' Home Jour? nal in further emphasis of the teach? ings of his famous book, "In His Steps," reiterates that "the teach? ings of Jesus wiil work in the market, the home, the school, the shop, the street, the life of mau everywhere, but they cannot work in a selfish heart, and they are not capabie of expression in a soul that bas put any one on the throne e xcept j Him who is Lord of all. Why are j men afraid to try Love iu business ? Why are thf'y cowardly in the face of giving the greatest thing in the ooo . world its most supreme test ? Come, let us take Jesus at His word if we seek the Kingdom of God first we ! shalt h;ive all the^ physical things we need What would Jesus do '( There is no question as to His conduct in our places There ie no casuistry in tho question wheti asked honestly every day. When the world is ! willing to ask it. and lives according j to the daily answers, ii will begin to ; enjoy its millennium Perhaps that Golden Age wiil be this crnv>g j century. Why not 'i It rests with ! the human tace to prove th?t of all tiie mighty forces that rule the real life of men on the earth, none ie so mighty, ^o practical, so permanent, so productive of happiness and power as the life of Jesus lived over again in the ?ives of those who be? lieve in Him as the life abundant for a weary world." LIEUT. VICTOR BL? HONORED BY MARM Presented With a Beautiful Loving Cup by His People. Special to the State Marion, Oct. 27.-Lieut Victor Blue, who arrived with his wife iast Wednesday on a brief visit to bis mother and other relatives, was the subject of an interesting "function" last evening, when, before a brilliant and appreciative assembly, thc cere? mony of presenting him with the beautiful loving cup, contributed by citizens of the community in which he was reared, was conducted in the spacious rooms of the Marion library. The principal apartment was draped with th national colors and tastefully decorated with flowers ; and the ar? tistic surroundings formed an at taractive setting for the animated picture of beauty and chivalry gathered to do honor to the gallant lieutenant and his lovely bride. The appearance of the lieutenant and hie party at a late hour of the evening was the signal for the prompt execu? tion of the programme that bad been arranged io anticipation of the event. Hon. W. J. Montgomery in appro? priate remarks introduced Hon J. E. Ellerbe, who had happily been chosen to make the speech of pre? sentation. ?8 He a Sa vage ? Durban, Natal, Oct 26.-Io reply to an inquiry made by bim, Gen. Sir George Stewart White, bas received the following telegram from Command? ant Gen. Joubert: "I must exprees my sympathy. Gen. Symons, unfortu? nately, was badly wounded and died. He was buried yesterday. I trust the great God will speedily bring to a doge this unfortunate state of affairs, brought abcut by unscrupulous speculators and capitalists, who went to the Transvaal to obtain wealth and, in order to fur? ther their interests, misled others and brought about this shameful state of warfare over all South Africa, in which so many valuable lives have been and are being sacrificed, as instance, Gen. Symons and others. "I express my sympathy to Lady Symons in the loss of her husband." SEABOARD IN CAMDEN. Camden, Oct. 26-The Seaboard Air Line began yesterday to lay their track in Camden. They started at the junction of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad and will immediately lay che track from there to the river, a distance of two or more miles, the purpose being to haul the iron for the bridge directly to the river. Great Men Who Never Laugh From the New York Frese. Great men have often fancied it a part of greatness to refrain from hilarity Philip IV, of Spain, is said to have laughed only once in bis life That was when his bride, Anne of Austria, wept at hearing that the queens of Spain had no feet. She took with German literalness an bid piece of Spanish courtesy. As she was journeying toward Spain some German nuns met her and desired to present some stockings of their own knitting. The worthy princess was about to accept the gift, when a Spanish grandee of her suite inter? fered with the remark that it would be a waste of etiquette, as the queens of Spain were not supposed to have any use for stockings, whereat the princess began to weep, understand? ing, poor woman, that on her arrival in Spain her feet would be cut off. Lord Chesterfield said : "Nobody has seen me laugh since I have come to my reason," and Congreve makes his Lord Froth, in tbe "Double Deal? er." say : "When I ?3Ugh I laugh aione " Young people and fools I laugh easily, says an old proverb, ' which has often proved true. Nevertheless, the singer, Robert, i gave lessons in laughing in Paris and London in 1805, and, so far, at least, as filling his own purse went, with success. He held that men and women could not laugh ' decently and sympathetically" without proper training and said that a person who could laugh only in one tone seemed to him like one who could say oui and non : but that a trained laugher should express many things ?ll? ? ? -t^M ? - The revenue tax on legacies ha laid a lipavy hand on Converse col? l?ge. 7'he amount left will amount j to over $100,000 Toe revenue law I says 10 per cent of it must be paid j to the internai revenue depart j ment This wili take over $10,000 ? out of ihe portion intended for the j college There seems to be uo way ; around it A vast difference exists in the flavor j of t ggs liens fed on ch ar sound grain, and kept on a clean grass run, give much finer product than fowis that have access to stable and manure hpaps of all kinds of filthy food. Hens feeding on fish and onions flavor their eggs accordingly, just as co ?vs eatins onions or cabbage or ' drinking offensive water impart abad j taste to the milk and butter. The richer the ford, the higher the color ; of eggs. Wheat aud corn give eggs i the best color.