University of South Carolina Libraries
THE UNION TIMES. UNION, s. c. e? THE SUFFRAGE PLAN As Reported Bitterly Attacked tuil j Its Alleged EflVrt of IXsfrauchlsIng | Whites Pointed Out. War Between the Senators. j Senator Trby, in nu interview which nvos published in the Columbia llegister, vigorously at tucks the report of the Suffrage Committee, of which Senator Tilliuuu is imirit.au. t tic Consiit itioi)?ii<* *: > \tio?.. N. -.ai'-r 1 r 1 *y i?uvk: "i !< k j. .1 i .it : j?. it a? i. J '.'-* cftl mc.mtronity outs of the in out dan gerous schemes e ver concocted in the brain ol man, ami when the Convention reconvenes I shall tight it and vote against it. if t linv not another member upon the floor at w.y hack. Why, the mere 1 study that report the stronger my < pposition and the greater.' the danger J see in it. let us analyze the Suffrage Commit t? proposed articb ?: In the first p!a> ?. here is a sweeping i lauso positively disfranchising every white man in South Carolina who m uot aldo b-th to read tin 1 write; vr does not own r?ml pay tnx? s upon $.100 worth r property in ' r.r Staff. This language ih too plain to he misunderstood. It is a total lisfniuchiseinoiit of the poor and illiterate whit, mat), as well ie? the negro tailoring under tLe sane fii'litieal disability *. "lint there iv a tail to this snJlrag'ltiti, in n. or viso that h ?M-: good until .Jniriary 1. !s'?m, which permits the registration ollieer. ii ho s jit and proper t.i <lo ?n. to grant a par-Ion to Mich \otirs as he may see lit ami proper, subject 1> his aruiu'tv for the h'-iuoUH eiitno of being poor ami illiterate nml thus place tlieni upon a political eipinlity with the cducuted negro ami who has accumulated property. Iiat even this proviso ia coupled with a provision so iguomiuous and degrading that a proud-spirited Anglo Saxon voter would sooner lose his right of Kuflrage than to accept such political charity. Here is what Seuut< r Tillman's report says: "'A separate record of all illiterate persons thus registered sworn to by the registration officers, shall be lileil. one copy with tho Clerk of the Court, oue copy with the. Secretary of State, etc.' "Jn other words, for n poor uneducated man to vote, after this law passes, a palpable and a bare face fraud must ho committed, and then the name of tho luun-li.-iuru ,.f 4 1.;- .......4 i... -"'J " I ? tiled as a public record, both at his court honso tuul at the St itc Capitol jn Columbia. It will bo a public ami pcrpetuul document of reproach upon thousands of honest family names in South Carolina, and tho descendants fof'generatious to cotnc of these par Honed voters will have the fact thrown ' in their teeth that their ancestors being poor and illiterate w ere: permitted to vote in direct conflict with tho spirit of their Stat*: Constitution, through a pardon and special act of sufi'rugo. "Why, no brave and proud spirited white man in the old 1'a 1 met to State would accept nuilruge under any such conditions:, ami would poo nor lose Lin right to vote and he shoved oil' in tho name boat with the Sea Island negro. Ho would then indeed be a political exile iu tho State of his birth, but the hones! name that, he will bequeath to his children would not bo tiled among tho arebieves of South Carolina us are the names of pardoned convicts. "1 am responsible for the culling of ??ur Constitutional Convention. I pledged tho white voters of South Carolina that not one of them should lose hi.s ballot on account oT ignorance or provertv, and 1 shall sacrmlly keep this solemn covenant; and if it ibroken by Senator Tillman and the convention it will he with my denunciation of the infamous plot ringing in thn cara ot~ the delegates. What brave and s. ir respecting uhitenmn de-ires his names handed down to future gt jicrntions as heingso povertystricken and ignorant that a separate clause !m>] to I* engrafted into the Constitution of his St at c to enable Iiiui to vote. 'I liftv unsheathed my sword and thrown away the wnbbard. 1 am in the battle to the end. No poor and liui'dneal'd white man will lose his vote ii 1 huve the power t<? prevent it f fch.'dl denounce this outrage upon the th>c>r >! the emivi nti <n, and I sfiali dei:"t:t:ee it upon the stand betorc the poopl'V We i.ii) preserve white preria.y in Smith Carolina without either disfrmiehi-eineut >r humihut a single white voter.'* Asn:.\v,i:i{ "^ now v. Are! A!! <> ri lio,ir<l I lie ltl-1 .ife<| \ ? --? ! \re l.o-t. \ ? p i r * ' I." i ... . n - . .:i l i- - v.i??i . J I - I I ...r-' I!. I . if. \; I AVfn f n- ! ||-.. In ' Kiu> ' i' i.t I -i, : : .r I. I fit'lii" r Ti>r :.! ?.i n, Wv ! Knii.*. Inlirt < 1.. i I. ' ! - i r. fitn t'v.i J * 'i. l.flklli'W II. 'I ti'' Afri- :? -i!? ] i >.< - i. r - wra. 'I ir??f?t wti- ii ! .* |i .r *i i .> Willi T -'ii ll.ii II - .i:l ?.?-! M ii la llltfht. Wlivti tWffil y mil"* ill I.i_'!it l olli ! .. it- \ i -ll.i: . ;.i ,v it r ii tii<* t:i .-i\;. imrlliw- -r .ii'iii.' u. i *:i? t-'HM: .'! _*. i.i V r (.-?>* t. Wt i' i i i, fi*oin til'1 Si . rii ll." Alrifii tvr,n r :!. lii . I. fifi I - ilil -ii v Ii-. | i :r? 1 r n; vi'"V. I i,' s i...i i : :>" i h iviMiiii' - t;..rtli i : I.i ii l-i.in l. >ii t cfimi' ii tntal li'H'i 'I f, > v, r I I . ftomo iii'liiTi!..-ii (lit r lii'iliK in lii'* rlKKifiK t !?. I.-::: In . J !. \ f ri I If" .if ! I " W | ?> I ., < fi l! ' J.-i il.'I. I.i. ('I'lHinl Cnttdii Statistics. 'I.;.,I s.i; -i wi!; ,"iii.fH?(i I .airy. AiiivrMi.fi .Mi.OHi tr.nlv iiikifit"-. in I'l'lini; Jgrv.:iril' 1 fr..|ii -Iii; -.il- r.T.tlOO: Ivtii.il v\|inrt h.in?? ; .|?| imi .ri- _ Xim-rii-an r.i.onil; Int .. Mil), American y:!2,(H)0total aHoat iU.tXlD. Auii rn aii kT.(MH): Hji'.-ciiiutor* took il'JjOOO, i.xiorlcrj! took J,*00. EARTH- FOUND. Beck 'Alio will for starry love, Mysteries of tlio milky win, O'or tho secret spectrum ik?o, <lutb"red from tho distant rv-. Ncodlws 1 Of thosky; tlivo ino what tho i?ra?>??v - . ' tVSiis-periuR<lo\vi> tlx- ur: I Moareh who lists thoi.nf.Ji ' ' Far below tho lau^hiti^ v i\> W.stfjJ what tho njjfs ?:? ; s":ifely bid in ocean imv . Na i?!it Wh.?t thy bom. T? ! 1 : ' \ iii.t tlio Ini'. !o? hyrr c 1'.Mi ; at to 1)11. v v li-m . Tt:rn vii< 1 iio V-xty - r !; >t\i oi .1 vanish's! !\gc, > wh it fired the herd's s.> ' ;r\ed his arm or dulle ! o What I prixM Never lirs. Olvo nr.o but tlio faithfii; * of my entnrnde'K loving h'-nr* ?^.'DniiclMintariil'cvk.iii ltosv i. -a. A LITTLE SURPRISI. tj IAI > boon inarm i jtlst IL twclv. ii.ufit : mul. as ! liuvcil, V\ I liail -..I i mo very flf 'leans? little wo'4 man in trie world yonrj i-ti- .ri.-bided . hail inconsequence J? been tin- :!ij>i?iitt * (T , **' r.*1 of n.y i ".isteuec, , nail 1 rc sol veil to umbo miv ] r.i <r a little ]irrs*cnt in romcmbrnii <>1 t tic event which bail in title us one >r life. ! .is 1 Know now tiUU'M more ?? liglitlUl ? gift becomes when it i- v.:u r.pcetcd, 1 said nothing to my wife i.iv intentions, wishing to take lu r quite l>y surprise. Tbo accompany in. nurr.ij tivo will. I think, show bow coinplcte! ]y I suoeeedod in that en.leave:. My business lay in the city. w wither it was my custom to travel every morning from tbo quicl of .. little suburban residence, ret urn nr.: bo me m time for a cozy dinner in the early evening. It was my invariable prtic1 tice to carry with mo a small Gladstone. bag, and on tbo day in question, ' after jilaciug into this, uloug with a j few other things, t!:o article. I ha.1 ! purchased for the purno.- named, and which consisted of a gob' bangle, a pendant for the ueck with ruby star attached, and a small diamond brooch. I took tram at f'unnon street in the very lightest of spirits on mv e.rney ' home. Seating myself in the corner -^f tuc first-class carriage in which I rode, with my hag in hand, 1 wi* for a time | the only occupant of the compart mcnt, bnt as the train w s 011 the point of starting I -was joined by a person of very gentlemanly xt. faultlessly dressed, who stopped .ut.j i the carriage with an air of ? e.ue concern. Like myself, ho carried a bag ?n circumstance not at all -drilling in ' il?eif, but noticeable on this occasion | by the solicitude which :t seemed to i cause its owner, who, seating himself I opposite to mo, first : the thing under tho i=Dat, then by i.- side, and finally elected to carry it as 1 was doing mine. It was not long before we wcr- m conversation. Tho season oi the year j was lato hammer, and tho subject ; naturally suggesting it" !. *vas- that of holiday-making. My companion Lai evidently traveled u e: .t deal, j for he discoursed fluently oi jourueyi iags ,11 the font;'::- :it, imuii rising u 1'ventures ;n the Alps, trips up the i ltbine, and e\eur-,ious mt - Italy. tie J told ofth" be:mti,.u ( ! the Kivitru, the i fleiights of Ilrtilen, nn l Ibe ? lories of liarliri, and waxed ? nilm indie over : the eharius of Coutiue. t i women, tiio : f or girls of France, an t tne dark j beauties of It ily. 'I'.nt alter all, tlu-iv a it v. wor.ion i i 5vO llic Kuylih. ovarii: it i uiv com* I panion, iimic q tit tly , \ :i:?tv !:. ; I t'hiRil tin Coiit.lirn4 *! . r :n tl: ' matt- r i? rs mil ") . .u-p.:. I upon it t!i??n m:ti>o i..? i >: it all ot In s i; nil it . Tlif n;n- quitr In ;i : i .!:? * with lity ta-ti s, :>>i my litiii* n:!'r ut i w.t.'. ! a* !>! ):. I t.. ' .1. i"'.iij -b "i/l, 11 ?! 1 I'tlly l?or i-iiin ii.', I warm* t i my eoia .i <t: :i! i? **? oil 1:i" s-nvjii/ tin-, mi 1 ?-i u ?t !tm.; l?efor?- ' i i: 1 tUlOlWH I !iit.i II t I>1 I tit al about jinv.u iraw it:;.' a j ^lo'.vifiu' I'Tt'.Tf <>f li.y i* n>:;. . i , ||(M iMf i.'lli' yvnr.i- wim, ];!; i.n aii'M'l, lit 1 i'ii',1 nv, r 11? ; hficii* t Hi) intvrrsf. ,! thill I \\? !:t II v'.C" t further in tin. liyhtn- . y heart | and told hnu imt ??r11y tii.it ti.if. was the nnmv< r try .. ni\ wedding tiny, ! but that I H.m iut- ndim' to surprise my w.:'? u.v r t hi>:no with u : little nn xpcctoil } i ?nt# Jn ox* i cii in c lor '.in- !r .i ,:n i v eoinpuuI iuii :.!-(? i.< : L" )'i'i !. ni in!. | "You hardly t!::::I.." ho xniil, npoftlc* invf in a 111 ? vn . n i; leaned over I towur I nu?, "thn* this hi r 1ii?*Ti 1 hold :n my I. ti i iin? jewelry worth < !(>. in t:<\ woulil you? Ah, toil loolv s.n pro d ! And yet it weight! but very little. Try it!" 1 placed my otrn ba;, on the seat I e beside me in order to take the one be j h ; offered inc. v "Jewels are not necessarily heavy , " ! nrticleB,'* I said, balancing the bag j critically, which seemed no heavier 1 than my own. "i>nt," I added, emi!- : 'i I mg, while a l!utter passed through t I my frame at holding it in my hands so much wealth, "it is none too wis,- ;< to trust a struugcr vvitii so precious an ; j article as this, is it?" n "Oh, 1 1 .,o no fear of you," ho \ !i replied, wit., 'harming candor. "i ! t : think I know a rogue when I see one. ! r !n my hn?- of business I have occasion 1 | to mix with all sorts of people, ami H ! nearly u lifctimo of experience lias j c given me n sufficient insight into the j character? of iuuu to bo able almost i . ? to juuge tueui at a glance.' Wondering who my companion ^ ! conM Ik, but convinced ju my own ' mind ttint h?- wan humo ono of inipor- n lance, and Mattered somewhat by his 1 ulMvuec. I handed him back the M , bag. which lie placed on tho beat bo- ' -iiie lame, and immediately started ani other run of entertaining eonversa' tion. Considerably to my regret. 1 this was interrupted ay the truin null- I" lug up at a station. ' Vii, hero is my destination, said ' the strung! r. rising at once .n 1 ' ikiug M I - ? i up hi-bag. "?lood afternoon ' 1 hope 1 ; 1 I yon will allow mo to wish yon Many ? ' happy r turns of tho day1" In another moment lie wre gone, ^ and I bit j.iito sony to Jos the -ompaniou-hip cf so interesting a ft!!. traveler. Friendship*: are often f, rmed .it tirst -lght, r.nd hud 11?i*- mail re| . . :< ' uiained in mv company mueh lunger, ' 1 f?lt convinced it would have ropnlt"d n ; a i m my contracting; a new one. flow U light f".l it would have bteii, I n .bought, to ask him to make one o: ^ 1 our little dinner-party that evening. ^ 1 What n eharnt would his interesting . , ! " ' 11 I .'onversation prove to my wife. whose ! ^ Knowledge of the world, like iuv owe. | I ^ j .vie- unfortunately not based on n very ^ ! extensive personal experience. With mi indistinct intention of noting upon c .Lis bnlf-formed iden, 1 rose from luy ! ,, 'iut and peered through the oarriagt s looi, but th- mnr> had gout ml of 1 igiit, and T sut down ngu.n with ir I j 'eclirtr akin to disappoinitiH :>.t. In r en ni re minutes, however, I v.is at , Aiy owl stopping-place, v. it'.i rav a hough*. > and stops both homeward i ? .lined. The brightness of the even- j . rig mi 1 the lightness of my heart mauo ,uv step 'tucker and u to clastic th..u ; j * isuii'. I "My d< wr, ' ! said, gavly, to rny wife, v.!.* n J reaelsc 1 home, "you mow what to-dnv is:' i ? "Oar w. d ling-i.iiv," was b-: quick i 1 n . ospog-f. "Yes," i said, returning r kis<; (. 'an 1 I've got a little surprise for you | ^ .n the ska. ; cf a small present to mark : V i .tie ilay. 1 knew n would bo web mo news. ' Y > i dear oreaiure, L >*.* kind ol j ror.!' exclaimed in> wilt, simply Is I'dnpping l.er hands 1:1 delighted oxl 'ilemeut. "5 am so inquisit ;v< ai*ca iv. T? !1 iae, what is it "?tiv fe! yourself, ? -a:!. handing .? r tLt; bag and my butch of keys at j !u -uint time. "Unlock the bug; an 1 i a wi.ut >t contains. : It w.is a happy iiionc.'i* J stood a t die >rt t w a tell sprossjon of 1 t . r !;< 1 .i-- - he puked out the key anil J j . . ... .. . ? i r< >-: i i; into me l ieu, ..'j i n ever i < W\ ; : >. i oT :nv uc.iou iuy own. I 1 '!, '! I wo.ilil Ji.iv.; j;oqc mile* I seeli :iti < de.:t ; n'l i ii.thougb I t I I) \v tim". . t t!?<" iinvcii.i' > of these 1 i 1 iiii.o't* hud uiii.it1 n hi" hole ill iuv > ! hum too large hankie ereiitut, j it that i v,;:s ::!<) t In.i: tilled :li ! r..,;:n i;.c 1 he < *;o -hm. : W .it nr. v hi -.vfor0" I t*l; !.,: :;l! . r iv wi: *. is;c-."i t on- ti:?i turning !. < ' .?-r K-v.-rnl ! uttc.ii:>'. ' > tin I . <<-y iiit?t. .u.- ... ; "v>iv. ,t i in-1 ' i sai.l, au.i too), i.i.nch mi I bag from her. Ilosr tiresome * 1 supposed I wan j 1 nervous, vt excited. ot l>oth. But whatever the reason. I was no in ore successful than she. ] wriggled and twisted uiiti! I g it myself into a stale nf perspiration, but nil t ? no purpose. The hi y wouldn't perform its oilier. It ?:> either too big o; to little, .ilbeit it had olwayi hitherto fitted 'ftsilv eno.i-'i. I examine 1 the bag. Yes, that -i en.i i h:j right although it l rtinnly .'nd !<>- :. a trit'.e . re shabby than 1 had iliia:;i:o 1 it to he. "There inn at bo some dust in the Key i z. iniut uiit r luiiio intempts to turn it. My wife irnmcdi- | : atoly produced a j.iu, and we picked i i>?>tLi lock mid key, but with no better ' rcMtU < Tu;s wftf annoying, to say tlio least ; t ?f it. Air< ady my Ijttlo surprlso was i j robbed of li:t: f t elieel, an 1 t ho Oliver > t ool. on lay v.TtW face was getting ( i j tinged with disappointment. Bat the ! i j thing should not be wholly spoiled by I 1 sach ? tridicg occurrcnco. Tuc pree- r 1 nt ttt.k n the >>ag, aid my wife must uve it nt once. It would lo*e fcnlf its ftlne 1 v waiting. The only oouree j>cii under the circumstances was to ur.-t li;o . ; open, ami this I at no* j'loci-i led to do. Grasping it rt'ii\ i o ,ih Imuds, I gavo two or liri > >:r,? v. r'uchc8, aud with a jerk t came ii - .u.o r. 1 saw in a moment l >. ! not mine. iMy railway com :;ri 1 i \ dontly taken my hngj in a.s>l?...n !? : !;ik i wu, and I, of cour.-e, ml ! his. It was au unfortunate rror. nuvl; \. ncd miuht take days to ectifv. Or conr6t?, 1 -lad to teil my wife all t><mt my companion of tho railway arringe, in order that sbo might unfiBiiiii 1 how the mistake occurred, ml us 1 recounted to her what I could t the moment remember of the conemit)on which bad eo fascinated mo nd won my attachment to tho enterainiug - .ranker, my wife's face lit up ,itb nted interest, and 1 more ?i:i eve. regretted not carrying out ay hulf-feriucd intention of asking iisn home Av I pui 1 recol.eotcd about the wri- I i and. red what the owner's [ elin;;- id l>e on discovering his i ..e nwkv.Y.rd part of the alVair that. iti'.liD'i'tlt I had told the outlet, at i. o I deal of my private ft.i.r.s, ! ha i :i i! disclosed io him ithcr nam- or address. ::or ha l < imported his to me. therefore the .lea oi direct eoimminlcatiou could .?t he e.'r.ert lined. What would be .t I hardly knew. My *v ib > w out mi y interest in the " vi is - ;s naturally great, and as my ur: jsity un- a!? eonsideraldy r^use 1. * . So I lit it'. we would mpty t' ;;; . r to have a loci: th-un. We login t?; do .so at onci. t the top wn? a guantity of paper, rhiclt we eu-ofnlJy removed and un uucn, icar. ?t\s; a vur.iaoic uiamoau houbl roll nit unheeded. Notliiug { this K-.nil. liUWfVii;, occurred, and re -wont ou eagerly searching until, lght at the bottom of the bag, we anie upon the valuables. They con* isted of a small hand chisel, a eoil of tout rope several skeleton keys and box of silent matches. J will not. attempt to describe my eelings. il was juite unnecessary to til n e that 1 had been nicely robbed, n.". ibn* my entertaining fellowraveler was a beastly fraud, and his ib.tiOO worth >f jewelry a detestable ;yt ii. i urn afraid 1 looked as small s f flit My wife could not resist a smile at .iy dejected nppeiirauee. "This is indeed a surprise," alio aid. trying to put a cheerful aspect 'i ihc affair. "lint uc-vor mind, learest," she added, kindly, "try t > urge*, all about , and 1 will promise lot to be disappointed. I need no reser.t save yourself. I kissed lie: for her goodness of curt, hut foil ibut I could uovor for ivo myself for bcincj taken m to a-. Jy. ? Lioudou Tit-Hit?. cish Thai Tall Upward. A book entitled ,'The Fauna of the [deep Sou" treats oi this phenomenon. Chi' author points out in i; very vivid unimer uu extraordinary dam,.: t > vliic'.i th<- deep Hoa ti-ii are iia'oit. A* be preat depths at which th-y livrth jjc.s.sure is enormous?nbc. f. two un 1 i half tons uu the s<pi ire inch ut lepth of 1" o fnthoim It s > n.. mppens that :n "he ox ii >::u; hnsim; a p;\?r.M.v'.ivo tin a.': ish rises t !.? lii.^'ii n >ve ia-? i . -p.iei't > f life, v. [a n did ,'(Ust in tk w.m:u;uc, bin Id or i an ' un I Ir.ve:: ' >% hie in 'it i-iii. P.. rapidly to tlio aurfa If lot to > f.u alien :i : : <? - - .? , <i *i - " " .a; tie s'.v i :.i .1.. _I ?t:;ire mi more n? 1 i. lufortuuuie ei eat i r? r vi-ct. itii i . internal rupture results iluriuj. tii :p\vunl '.nil, ami thus i! Iimj?j i:- 11.?j li-. j? sen tisLi lire ill, time.-, fo i 1 Y;1 iml flouting <?n tin- mirfa a >: the e;m. hnviue tuin'oleil up :'n?:r. ibys- Many hjieenncus o! il..-ep .<. tifli which liiive liccu I roti.liS - irfneo ?vith tLu ^nipples h iv? in :: if n?l. lives h.ivirn;. oil n>-< i 'tie:: pu^su^i upv/Hr.! !r > !! i'lr-olV ici i , lot | > home. Ur ?'?!;: v.; L-u- e. "jo1 What He IVir<.nL A nfnr.\ is toll] of a certain com iimcc iihotm >' i! i v/inol; I lit* ^ ?r ?#<* ? lii'jh ruiuriu nc l with noise ami t r .>!tally uproarious. \? 1.;,: >no of th< diHuitanfy. hi&it]" ui' < (?;. rol over his emoiioup. exclaim*'I to un <i]'|)(?UMih . ' Sir, you arc, I thiol., lie llial I (;v< r 11:t I 1 lio ir.sforturn to sot eves unon ! "< Tiler, .r I? r ' Miiil tu? chiiiriiifii! prnvolv. 'Yon firm to forget that I am in the worn. '?HonschoM Words, FARM ANOHOliScHOLD A SUGGESTION A1IOCT OATS. If one-fourth of the oats grown in tLit; Uuitcd States were mowed jusr as the gram in in full milk, and before the straw became vitreous, it would bo better for the farmer as well as tko cattle. Horses prefer it to uuv kind of buy or grain, aud# eat the whole substance; but if wo cut it after the) straw in ripo it in totally lost. (Iowk i ien wnu one tneai h any 01 ttns loauer ; thrive admirably. The farmer would J I have a substitute in part for hay when ; the crop is short.? Now York Iude- 1 pendent. JioosTiNii sitK:> ron turrets. | The turkey usually seeks a high ! roosting place as a matter of proteoi tion from enemies, but the jumping | from the tree limbs often cause lame; ncsK. They are also exposed in winj ter, which onuses roup. A cheap shed, | open on one side, with a high roost, will protect them from winds, auil at the same time give them all the advantages of beim, iu the open air. Such n shed will cost but little, but care 1 must be tnkcu that no holes >r cracks ill 1 u * -gx . . , p''-; TURKEYS ROOsTIXO fillF.IX are iu the walls, as siun'l currents of air are more injurious than exposures outside. The walls may be lined with tough paper of some ki1 wliiolt may I bo tacked ou. liy this arrangement more turkeys can be rai-ed, und they will be lees liable to disease. Tliey can be easily taught to go under the ! shed by placing wire mesh along tlio lrout and confining them therein for a few <lays. The house should face ! the south.?Farm and Fireside. nrRosnNE FO.1: ;.i< n. TTeri is the way our contributor, IT. j lb fleer, uses kerosene to kill lice or to keep theui from little chicks: First, 1 before setting u hen, we eh nu out the . v <*. box and sprinkle tl" otto .1 and sides of it inside with kcrusoac .?il. 1 Then we put in fresh straw and the i eggs, and so sot the hen. JJui we put ' no kerosene on the straw about the ! eggs, and none on the hen. i When the chickens are first hatched i we take the coop a:: 1 sprinkle if with 1 kerosene invfc as wo did the nest box. Then we put some dry dust iatho bottom of it. We take the lieu and rub her shanks with, a soft rag saturated with the kerosene oil. We also rub her feathers nude: the ncck-haeklo, about the roofs of the tail, and just a ! little bit lightly uudetneaih the w.ugh, I ' \\ ith the r;:;, lied witli the odor of the oil, bat not heavily saturated or drip- i ping. Wt put iu> kerosene and no | lard o: <>:. of any Liud directly .?a the J little chickens. In fact, we have never <r< ase 1 01 oiled the head* of a dor.cu 1 yona^ chickens in all the days of o :i ! ':fc; 1 he sprinkling ol the interior cl ' the coop with the kerosene ouce ? j Meek tii n after Mjli keep the brooil ! iree of ii?'t I an barae precaution ; I \v;li pietist chickens after th' y i .i i ait w< rtao 1 f-' j 'lip, as they roust :n [ 1 j lunre in no pie-sitou tihout iiorosuii'i '.Mint '.in lio.it nmedy for live and n.itee and .a nil our experience w.tb 1 it we linw rievi r lost any chickens from tlic its- of it, when applied as ; above KViggestod. ? Texas IniriQ anil ; Thine! . . v : ?: V, a. tlj.- ; vie. j! i 1 a: .: i li of i. ! :i.i miis- . r b i i. .. writes -Jo..- s. Mh :.>% Through . r\i. i n., i '.|uti -inic mil practical tests, with 'ho aid of a Uabooek milk | to-:, i i.i.i led to believe that fully 1 oniotinrd of I ho co'.vh in a;i average Conmr.in.ly will not pay for tic ir care ' and feed in an average year, and that i . :i: this vea: of short crops, such as i.v ; f. ct.e ally thro i Inutf the State oft ?>!:io. t is fjuite probable that twoth:riH' ; tin cow.- now on the farms cl the St. ti will not pay their way. It i- :i{ riant, therefore, that tin poor row- ii< culled out as us possible, u: i tho s usiest way this can If o do lie i- 1m jmt t hem io a strict You rn.ght chum each cow's null; M-p- j nratcly nuil thns find iicr value; but j jt is much easier to weigh the mill; v>f ' each cow, tftko samplea ol the samo ] and have it teste-1 on a Uabcock inn- j chine. Where a number of cows are kept, it would pay the farmer t ? pur- ' chase a machine of his own, but- where ! ho do< s not rare to do this let him \ j take samples to soiuo one who has a 1 ' machine and have their value a.-oer- j i ! hulled, | 1 Unless a cow tot is four per cent, or * more she must give a very large flow of milk, or she is unprofitable; yet 1 Lave not tested any herd excepting my own which has not resulted m. finding one or more below 3.2, and in several inst tuces as low as 2. Let us get rid of the poor cows before fecdiug them another winter on high-priced feed. Do not ash the good cows to pay lor their own feed, tho feed of the poor ones, and then put a little profit iu your pockets besides. Letter to secure more profit from fewer cows on less feed by sending the poor ones to the butcher's block. But remember one thing, ?. ?...i ji..n ._i i iiuni.vri, fiuu V4ai?W M Ut'U VUU HUM? found out your poor cows do not attempt to sell them to your neighbor* as good butter cows. In buying a eow, test both the quantity anil quality of her milk beforo making the purchase.?Farm ami Fireside. UF.firES. Stirred Eggs- -lleat four eggs with enough sugar to taste. Mix well w:th onepiutof milk. Foil, stirriu g slowly r.l! the time, until thick. Serve c?oI in glass dish with strawberry preserves. 1 '< tt.iec?A good diTHsing ismudc by rubbing the yolk of u hard boiled egg with a tablespoon ful of powdered sugar. Add a tablcspoonful of t?no oil, half n cup of white vinegar, two tubieapoon'uls of ereatn and a little salt. Cut the lettuce across the leavi m in lino strips, pour tho dressing <>rei it. ami last tho white of the egg chopped tin-. Rhubarb .felly ? boil rhubarb in water until well done. Pass through u sieve ami sweeten to taste put on tire. Dissolve one heaping tuldespoouial of potato Hour or com starch 4?. i,.,ir .. ...... ,.r ....i t o the boiling juice ami stir till the jelly looks clear. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. Servo col 1 with whipped cream. Salmon Pudding?Line u dish with cold sliced potatoes. Pick in small pieces the snltuon left from breakfast and put in a layer with sumo dry bread crumbs and a few small bib ?f butter. Repeat with a layer of potatoes and a layer of *-.-.lmi>n lib a ! a in. the ton layer he.ng potato o. M.x one ogg with one cup of sweet Mi's, pour?>ver the pudding and bake. Mate gravy of one tablcspoonful of butb r and one tablespooufu! of llour thinned jvitii boiling water, flavor with sugarand viuegai, making it taste ol' both A New Diet for Cats and Dorjs. One of the strangest and most profitable t rades of London is the wholesale and retail business of h orcein eat for cat and dog food. In barrows, pony traps and lmnd carts the lmwkers of horseflesh cry their wares throughout the city and find a ready and constant tale for them. Tliero is hardly a householder that fnila to buy of tho "eat "s meat. man." Actually 20,000 horses, played out, maimed and aged, are killed and cut rip in the English metropolis every year for this purpose. All day long and all night long tlio slaying of these beasts goes on, and tho threo or font ertuMishi.Hints tlint eater to the tin 1c conlinunlly have their hands f.ill. Much iior^u moans, on an average, .7.'. poll!?*]> ?>r meat, an I us 2!>,<)!) i: ir?<s u ye:.: iiieun -*?? > horses a wei a, it .1 lo\\> thai the ?ts na 1 dojfK o." i. , whoso nia-te.'M and mistresses pntroLj/.e the "hor.-e I'd i 1" man inana.-i tr. <!)-i of ovi'i tea tans u day. I hi liri\v!.e:> sell tliiam ut i:i iml t'-j e 1:1:5weight", u poind cut! ing nt> int / --.j of 11 portions en,:. 1 being j rt?j> rly sii e,,* 1 'd. An intei esl.n Suet ;t; re'nt. t.? the show ".s is that li>iif 11 '..ill <>f f iieiu are use,? each day, or I1*!?1 tons of d- . i n 1 > 1 a yeir. 'd'n '. >n:< a day of den I horso are eu! ;p into Ibi.t meals. The in a 1:: t .1 :e oi tiie t.ali can he seen from the laat that .t hoops constantly employed thirty wholesale salesmen. The Bicycle in the West. T have jii-i returned from Chicago, ntiil 1 11c*vi r ma- so innuy hioyclof 111 my li!< The st recta and boulevard? r.re tnirly alive with them from morui:.g .: 1 f i 1 night, and especially in the (a: ly evening. Ydii soo nil kinds of costume.", but the majority of the men wi ;r the regulation bieyclo suit, and tin* ?or.ie:i? bloomers. Yon hoc bloomers on tbo right of 30;!, on the left of you, and all around you. Tlio , young, old ? and especially the old? j and middle aged women who care to rule a bicycle seoru to take naturally! to the bloomer costume. 1 liftYOi noticed since I arrived in Kansas City! that there are many female cyclists) hero, but they have neither the stylo nor the attractiveness of the Chicago) riders, Kansas City .should get a rnovoj on her or she will lose sight of the' baud wagon ulloggthor.?Kansas City Tonrnal. '