FOR FARM AXD G.VRDEX. tltB A. QRF.EX MANl'RB. Uyo is not considered of any great value Bi green manuro for ploughing tiudor. It is worth but little more than straw would lip, but it is better than nothing sometime. Tho prac tice of green manuring is not so well adapted fi.- poor soils as for those in better condition, as tho effect on the land is in proportion to the value of the crop turned nnder. Thus, it is better for tho preserva tion of fertility than for restoring it when the lnnd has been exhausted. It gives nothing to the soil but what is taken from it, except whatever may be taken from tho atmosphere. Col turn's Rural World. TOKATMENT OP AM ASPARAGUS BF.P. Asparagus should not bo permitted to seed, or, at least, the stalks should bo cut and burned before the seeds drop. These seeds will make new plants, and, as they miiy fall out of the rows, they will become weeds, crowd ing tho other plnuts, and, being al most impossible to eradicate, they will become a great nuisance and dnmngo to tho beds. Tho stalks are now use less and should bo cut and rcmovod from the bed and burned. Then the ground should be plowed, either by the horse plow, for a hirgo bed, or with tho hand plow, for a small one, and then well manured for the next crop. Half a peck of salt to tho square rod wid bo useful to this crop. New York Times. CHARCOAL FOR FOWLS. Wo have found charcoal a very ex cellent thing to furnish our poultry with. It may be given in a powdered state mixed with tho soft meal feed, and a little pulverized sulphur at tho same time may bo added to advantage. But tho very best way to supply this is to burn an car or two of corn (upon the cob,) charring it to blackness and throwiug it beforo them. They will devour every kernel, and so supply themselves with n grateful and healthy substance that sweetous tho crop, and serves as an admirablo tunic to the stomach. At this season of the year, the above rocommendntion will bo found a valu able hint to poultrymen. Hens about ready to lay will devonr this prepared charcoal eagerly, and tho increased freshness and redness of their combs afterward evinco the efllcacy of this nllowauco. For a month or six weeks in tho early brooding season nothing is better than this for laying hens, given thorn daily. Poultry World. WHAT AND HOW TO FEED. Tho daily feeding standard for miloh cows of 1,000 pounds weight should contain two and a half pounds of protein, four pounds of fats, 12) pounds of sugar and starch, and 24 pounds of dry matter. Following are rations properly mado of the required Quantities by the Wisconsin experi tuent station: Corn silage 40 ponnds, clover hay eight pounds, wheat bran six ponnds, torn meal three pounds. Fodder corn 20 pounds, hay six pounds, oats four pounds, shorts four pounds, oil meal two pounds. ' Corn silage SO pounds, corn stover fix pounds, oats six pounds, malt sprouts four pounds, corn meal two pounds. Hay 11 pounds, corn fodder 11 pounds, corn meal four pounds, cotton seed meal four pounds, gluten meal ne and a half pounds. ' Silage thirty pounds, hay ton pounds oorn meal three pounds, cottonseed, meal three pounds, gluten meal two pounds. The Bulletin says it cannot assert too emphatically . that heavy feeding pays, other oondilions being given. A cow producing a full flow of milk should receive over seventy per oeut. more food than is required for the maintenance of her body ; it is the ex- eoss over maintenance that brings profit to the dairyman. Keep oulyoowg that respond to good feed' ing. Feed liberally but not to waste. Select euoh feed stuffs as will supply a fair quantity of protein. Eaise more ensilage and clover ; use bran shorts and oil meal whenever needed and when obtainable at a reasonable price. Form, Field and Fireside. SOWINO CLOVER. The llhode Island experiment at a tion roport says that for many years tho idea has been prevalent among the farmers of Southern New England that it does not pay to jw clover. There ore, perhaps, two reasons for this one being the frequent failure of olover seed to "catch," and the other the foot that the presence of olover in any quantity in loose hay injures its prioe in market, and as m majority of farmers sell some hay, but small quan titioa of clover seed are nscd in seed ing. This condition of things is un fortunate for onr agriculture in the light of the discovery within recent year that the legnmnions plants are able to use the uitrogen of the atmos phere for their growth through the medium of bacteria infesting a nodu lsr growth upon their roots. All the clovers, peas, beans, lupines, vetchos, spnrry, scrradella and sainfoin belong to this class and are generally cultiva ted for their seeds, for fodder or for green mannring. None other of onr ordinary field and garden plants, grasses, cereals, root crops, vines, etc., have yet been shown to possess any such ability to assimi late atmospheric nitrogen, hence are dependent for their growth upon the supply of nitrogen within the soil and rain water, or supplied by tho farmer in manure or fertilizers. When pur chased nitrogen is the. most expensivo element, costing more than three times as much per pound as potash and more than twice as much as phosphoric acid, henco true economy should direct the prudent farmer to invent his money in phosphoric acid, potash and tho seeds of leguminous plants, in so fur as he can use such crops for market, for1 feeding or for green manuring. "The cheapest manure n farmer can use is clover seed," has become nu American proverb nnd one in which many suc cessful farmers iu the Middle and West ern states have firm faith. It is a tpies whether here at the east the common failure of clover to "catch" may uot bo due to the lack of some particular element in the soil, notably lime. It is well known that tho application of uuleached wood ashes will promote tho growth of clover, even cause a volunteer crop of it to spring up, "bring in clover," as tho saying is. Fotush has heretofore been connidercd the valuable element, of wood ashes, but potash in other forms (without lime) does not produce the same effect, and it is a question whether the appli cation of lime is not essential to a suc cessful "catch" of clover. Knowing whnt we tlo of the leguminous plonts to feed upon tho nitrogen of the at mosphere every farmer should employ as many of these "nitrogen traps" as possible. We believe tho cow-pea to be one that cau profitably be added to. tho list for our state. Xew England Farmer. FARM AND OAR DEN NOTES. IJigh roosts are a fruitful cause of sore feet. Chickens are as fond of ripe fruit as human beings. Pucks generally lay at night or early in tho morning. For health, feod plenty of oats ; for fat feed plenty of corn. A moderate sized, highly cultivated farm is the most profitable. The light Brahma is an excellent winter layer, if not overfed. Draughts are largely responsible for sore eyes and swelled necks. To make your fruit sell well, it must be carefully picked and packed. The old hens will be the first to lay now and the first to get broody. Cream should invariably be removed from the milk before it is sour. The strawberry will adapt itself to and bear some fruit on almost any soil. It is well to consider the mutton as first and the wool as only secondary. Sheep thrive better if kept in the open air as long as the weather will permit. Only use milk from healthy cows, and not until at least five days after calving. Milk which shows less than 3 per cent, of fat is not profitable for cheese making. Milk readily absorbs odors, hence it is important that all the surroundings be pure. The Southern plant, Ti-Ti, is a boon to honey producers, as the blossoms yield a large amonnt of pur6 honey, and remain in season for a long time. To secure a supply of sweet peas for the winter fill a window box full of light soil. Put iu the seed, plantiug them four inches deep. When they are three inches high provide them with wire netting to run upon and your labors will soon be rewarded by the pink and white blossoms, If the hives are put in too warm a spot the bees become uneasy, go to breeding, consume large quantities of houey, thus distending their bodies aud using up their vitality, causing them to die of old age during the early spring, while the young bees have not the usual stieugth and vital ity of bees hatched in September and October to withstand the rigors of winter, so spring dv.nuliug and death are ths result. TEARLS Or THOUGHT. Old age is a burden which hardly pays carriage. Most people prefer to love rather than to be loved. The flies that are on society are mostly butterflies. ' Don't trust a man who can't ask loan before witnesses. Wealth is a thing of beauty, but not necessarily a joy forever. Love comes in unbidden, and, tut with most unbidden guests, he is slow to go. Helf-conccite I people are always first to take a slight aud always last to forget it. Cupid would be put in a lunatic asylum if an unprejudiced jury could be found. Most men have a thought for others, but it is too often how to get the ad vantage of them. A man who does all h en.n has no cause to feel tho keen shafts of B hard and criticising world. No man has yet been able to dis cover tho means of giving friendly ad vice to a woman, uot even to his own wife. It is natural to destroy what wc cannot possess, to deny what we can not understand, and iusult what vt envy. The faculty for saying sharp, disa greeable things does not necessarily imply that a mau is wiser thau hh neighbors. Conscience is one of thoso sticks which every one takes up to beat his neighbor with, but which he never uses upon himself. Happiness has no history. Story tellers of all countries understand this so well that tho phrase "they lived happily ever after" ends si! adventure! of love. In tho heart of the woman whe loves there ia such a wealth of hope. It requires many a dagger thrust tc kill them i thev love and bleed to the very last. A Fresh Triumph Over Wistc. Much exultation is felt iu the vicin ity of tho coal-fields of Houth Staf fordshire over tho development of r. now industry. Mounds of "shale," a rofuso cloy from tho mines, coven hundreds or acres of ground, and after considerable experimenting, it has been found that this material can bo worked up into bricks as red and hard as those from tho clay ordinarily employed. Tho demand for tho new bricks, tho first distrust having becc overcome, is now rapidly increasing, As a result, tho unsightly hillocks of shale are boing prepared for tho kilns, and the land they havo covered will be soon reclaimed for useful purposes, This success has turned attention to the vast deposits of scoria from blast furnaces in tho same district. Th scoria has been used for roads, but ii unfit for this purpose on account ol its ready crumbling ; and some trial mado indicate that it may bo fused with somo other substance and moulded into brick that will be serviceable where beauty of color is not impor tant. Christian Standard. Girdling the Holy Land With Rails. There is now a great railway system in tho course of construction which will girdle the Holy Land from one end to the other. A French company has secured a concession for a line from Beyrouth to Damascus aud has already oommenced work on a narrow. gauge road. An English syndicate is now building a railway from Haifa to Damascus which will be about 140 miles long, starting from Haifa, find ing its way along the northern base or the range of Cartnel to the plain oi Esharion, through the valley east of Nazareth. Leaving Mount Tabor it will cross the River Jordan on a trostle and then to the point known Majcineh, whore the Little Jordan joins the great rivers. At this poiut the rord will border on the southern shore of Galilee aud almost without a curve along the famous wheat region, biblically known as the plains of Bag han, thence to the southern gate ol Damascus. St. Louis Republic. Goes to the Museum. The first coined of the Columbian souvenir half-dollars, for which the Remington Company paid 910,000 is to be preserved in the new Columbian Museum in Chicago, just endowed by Marshal Field with $1,000,000, The coin ha t been prosented to Mr. Higgiubotham by the company for the museum. Piouyune. The Olivebauk is one of the largest ships ever seen on the Paoilio coast, She is 828 feet long, 4 foot beam and 32 feet deep ; built of steel throughout FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. FRUIT WITH CBRCALS. A banana, raw, is not easily di gested, but if cooked but slightly can be eaten by a person who could not possibly digest a raw one. When there is a lull, as it were, in our smaller fruits, one can always get banauas, which may be fried, baked or served with hot cereal. Peol the banana, cut it into very thin slices with a silver knife, put these in bottom of bowl, and pour over the boiling oatmeal, fa rina or wheat granules; serve witt sugar and cream. BUTTERMILK CAKES). A quart of buttermilk, n teaspoon- ful of salt, flour to make a thin batter, one egg, ono teaspooiiful of soda or saleratus. Beat the egg, add to it the buttermilk ; ndd the salt and mix well. Dissolve the soda or saleratus iu twe tablespoons of boiling water, then stit it into tho buttermilk. Now add gradually tho flour, stirring all the while, uutil you have a batter that will pour smoothly from a spoon. Give a good beating, and bnko quickly on a hot griddle. New York World. SMOTHERED fHICKF.!. Cut open the back as for broiled chicken, and suit well, several hours before cooking. When ready to cook wipe off salt, place iu a pot, brcasi down. Add a spoon of lard, ami sea son with plenty of pepper and a little salt. Barely cover with water nnd let boil until perfectly tender. Then pul in a baking pan, breast up, rub lloui over all parts of the chicken, pour it nil the liquor from tho pot nud put in the oven. While browning baste frequently with tho gravy and a little butter. When brown nnd ihe liquor boiled low, mix ono teaspoon ful of flour in s half cup of milk and stir ia tho gravy. Detroit Free Press. FRIED TOMATOES. Mix on a platter four tablespoon fuls of flour, half a teaspoonful of fait and a Binall saltspoouof whito pepper; wash some large, firm tomatoes, wipe them dry on a clean towel aud slice them half an inch thick, laying tho slices in tho flour ns they are cut and turning them over to cover them with flour. Put a largo frying-pan over the ttro, with two heaping tablospoonfuls each of butter and lard, and as soon as the fat bubbles, put in slices of to matoes, to cover tho bottom of tho pan. Whou ono side is brown, turn tho slices carefully with a oako-turncr or a broad knife, in ordor to avoid breaking them, and brown tho other side. Uso enough fat to prevent burn ing, and when the tomntotos are done serve thorn on toast. New York Ledger. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. In beating whites of eggs for mer- inguo or frostiug do not add tho sugat until the egg is stiff. To cut fresh bread so that it mav be presentable when served beat the bread- kuife by laying first ono side and then the other across tho hot stove. Canned tomatoes are nico stowed and baked in alternato layers with boiled rice or macaroni, seasoning the layers with butter, pepper and salt. In making coffee remember that the broador the bottom and the smaller the top of the vessel in which you pre pare it the better the coffee will be. If tea be ground like coffee or crushed immediately before hot water is poured upon it, it will yield nearly double the amount of its exhilarating qualities. Almost anything mado with baking powder can be raised quite as well with sour milk or butter-milk and soda, allowing one even teaspoonful of soda to each pint of milk. Mix fine sawdust with glue to a still paste for filling nail holes or cracks, and the patch will hardly be discern ible, especially if the sawdust is of the same wood that is moudod. Always keep a jar of cracker dust on hand for breading oi else save all pieces of bread and once a mouth dry them in an open oven, then place them in a bag and pound until flue. Let potatoes boil uutil they are nearly done ; half an hour beforo tak ing your meat roast from tho oven, put the potatoes in the dripping pan with it, and baste them often with the meat gravy. Serve as soon as they ire a delicate brown. Lavender loosely strewn in bureau Irawers and presses, is an excellent preventive of moths. For faus, feath irs and other small belongings that aeed proteotita the aromatio flowers ire especially useful, since they lend fragrauoe as well as keep off the de stroyer, ' KEYSTONE STATE C0LL1NGS BHOULD VOTE ELSEWHERE. ea. scBAtrriK aciaisstcsiko scbool-hoi-sw oa ror.ttno flack. Harrisruro.-Dr. Bchssffer, superintend- snt of public Instruction, la against ths customof holding elf ctlonsln school houses. In an Interview he said that when chllren return on ths morning after the election, so that third day may not be lost thev sometimes Had ths floor covered with tobacco juice and all sorts of rubbish oi newly scrubbed aed In tbs process of dry ing. When evening comes on one child may bars croup, another sore throat, another a cough and at the close of every election some children are carried to tbs cemetery. Herod slaughtered ths Innoconts at Bethlehem with mnllcs prepense; these are slaughtered in tbs name of popular government. STATS DISI RSOTCEDll0n,40t. HABRisBrao. tiov. Pattlson issued apro clamatlon declaring the payment, cancella tion, extinguishment and dlacbarge of 1106,401 ot the principal or the public debt of ths commonwealth during the fiscal year ending November 30, 1S3, as follow Relief note, act Slay 4, 1811, redeemed fl; 4 per cent loan, act April 1. 1379. due August 1, 1894, purchased' 170,100; 5 percent loan, act March 20, 1877, reimbursable February 1, 1892, redeemed, 127,300; total (100,401. MILL GIBLI IPLt TlinoUOIt VACCIXATIOXS. Carlisle Nearly all tbs factory girts hers have been prostrated this week and compelled to give up work with swollen arms from vaccination and attendant lib ness. Four thousand persons were vaccina ted during s smallpox scare. Bo many of the mill girls were laid up that the shoe factories and a paper box factory are almost completely shut down. KOtrtX'IAL ELECTION, If arrisburo A writ was Issued by Oov. Patlison, fixing February 20, 1391, the date of the coming municipal elections, for ths election of a congressman at large to fill ths vacancy caused by the death of Oen. Wil liam LUIy. a respite roa mgmdbreb heist. Harrisbdro. Gov. Fattison granted a re spite of 30 dtyt to Henry Heist, the Adams county murderer sentenced to bs hanged December 14. Ji'poi Dorr has decided at Oreensburg that theatrical companies must pay to the treasurer ot the county a license of 150 be fore a performance can be given therein, unlets a state license of 11,000 Is first paid. This applies to all counties in tbe state ex cept Allegheny and Philadelphia. Tub newspapertof New Castle have refut ed to print the advertisements of railroads of a ft round trip rate to Pittsburg, being threatened with tbe lose of the advertise ments of local merchants. Trie latter say the cheap rate Is taking their trade to Pittsburg. Harry Strawrurn. aged 10, of New Cattle while hunting Saturday crawled into a hol low log to gat a rabbit he had wounded. The boy got wedged in eo tightly that be could not get out and when searchers rescued bim six hours later they found bim unconscious. While playing in their father'e yard st Youngwood, Westmorland county, J. W. Harold's young eon struck: a match, accl dently letting tire to hit sister's clothes, Bhe wat tatally burned, A little son of James Clifford of Green ville, died from the elTecle of injuries re ceived by falling forward on a stick, which entered his mouth and was .forced upward into bit head. Tut streets of Hollidaysburg, are being macadamized at the expense ot a public relief fund, subscribed by charitable citi tens to give work to the unemployed. Johs J. Murphy, who wat badly crippled while setting on a street car in trie, has been given a verdict for 13,000 dsmagea against the street car company. Charlxs Raymond.s Pennsylvania brake man, was instantly killed in tbe New Castle yards. Ha was walking along ths track, when he slipped and fell. Joseph Huffman, aged 11 years, was unin tentionally ebot and instantly killed at Sharon by his sister while the was playing with a loaded ritle. CoLLie Lovely, of Let robe, whils driving near Nineveh, was held up by three high ugn- waymen ana roDoea oi fjoo ana a gold watch. Mas. Isabella Lour, of Phillipeburg hat been awarded f 1.C0O by a jury for a broken wrist received in falling on a defective side walk. Thc Lehigh Company has decided te omit dividends. Tbe cost of the late strike is fixed officially at KOO.OOO. Fibs In tbs Cambria Mills, Johnstown, cremated 10 mulee and did 11,800 worth ot other damage. Bbavib Falls council has rednced the waegt of policemen there Irani 100 to H4 per month. Cbarlbs Riymond was Instantly killed in the railroad yards st New Castle. . Bidpord has 75 oases of grip and num ber of deaths have occurred. JOHN CEB8NA DEAD. Tbe Ex-Cong-reasman snd Prominent Polttiolan Passes Away. Ex-Congressman John Cessna died at Bedford, Pa., of diabetes in his 72nd year. Mr. Cetsns bat been in bad health for three months. In fact, hit Illness dates back to tbe closing hours of the last legislature, where, both on the floor and in the commit tearooms, he was 4irelett In his exertions, as itch or uis Lin. John Cases was bora on Jnne 20, 1821, In Colerain township, Bedford county. He received bit early education at the military academy in Bedford and Marshall college, at Merosrsburg, Pa, He graduated from there in 8 pteruber, 1S42, and became Lalln tutor of tbe tame institution the following year. Tbie position he held until 1844. He wat admitted to the bar ltf montbt later, in June, 1st, and became revenue commit inner in 1&48. He was a member of the House of Representatives during the seseiont of 1)00-61, 1860-03. He wat elected Speaker of tbe Houee in ISM, before be was 80 years old, and also In 1863. He was a member of the Fortv-rtrat and Forty-third Congresses, Among the national conventions wnlcb he attended were mote aeiu in , Lincinnaii. tutu. , l 1 Uilik- ISnnlnn.li 1U7A- Chicago, Wis and 1S80. Besides these he wat a member of many Pennsylvania it ate conventioni and wat Chairman of tbs Re publican 8Ute Committee in lattf and ItioU He was President of the Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall college si isucas ter since lti. He was tbe author of the oalabratad anti-unit rule, denned by Presi dent Buohanan at tbe rock that eplit the Democratic party. Mr, uaesns wat s mem ber of the Houte of Representatives of '93 and took proutnt part in the proceed lugs, i . , SOLDIERS' COLUMN WITHIN TBI BEBXL LINKS. How a. Yankee Skirmish-Line Were Left Out All Nteht. J ft regiment held a position on the extreme left of out linee at Missionary Millton September 20, In the battle of Chickamauga. But there wat a stretch of heavy timbered land about a mile or more between the olearlng at the mill snd tbe left of oar infantry-line, which was not occupied by any troops. When the battle was fair- t??v ly opened In the j2 morning I wat tent with a disnatch to m U 1 r 1 v - - . . ' . " t- i - 1 ; "issr i " i mcuook, com- f-JL , iffi ,' manding I mandinstoe leit OI rth,.. tne immiirT-iiiiv Their bolng no rond or trail through the woods, I traveled arter the sound of tiring and delivered the dispatch to the General. When I returned and reported to my commanding ofllcer, be ordered me to take 2.ri men and deploy as skirmishers through the woods oier which I had just carried the dispatch and occupy that position until relieved; which order was carried out, except that I was never relieved. We held onr ground all day and without any fighting except an occasional ehot at tome rebel cavalrymen advancing carefully through the bushes, wboalwaya disappear ed at soon at we fired on them. Hut ths Infantry to our right were heavily engaged, and we could tell by the yelling and cheer ing that several charges were made during the day, but when night came all became till. We had now been on duty all day, and the men began to look for a detail to relieve them. Hour after hour passed, but no relief came and no order to move. The men began to form conjectures. Iu riding along tbe line 1 could bear them tay that our whole line of battle must have fallen hack, and that we were simply left there to be gobbled up or get out the beat we could. I argued that relief would now aoon come; but I really doubted my own argument, because it was so unusual to leae a skirmish line on duty eo long at the time when it was Eosslble to relieve it; and, beside, we bad ad no chance to get anything to eat the whole day. Tbe men got more and more persisting as the time passed, and argued that we ought to II nd out how things really stood before it was too late to extricate our telvet. It wat now near 10, and t concluded, al though reluctantly, to gather up the skir mishers and move to tbe mills, where the 4th V. H. Car. bad been Handing during the day. The moon was shining brightly, and we moved without any trouble to the open clearing by the mills. Here I halted and listened. We could nottee anybody, but . we could plainly bear men talking and horses splashing In tbe water by tbe mill, and turning to tbe men I said: "There; yon see the regiment is watering horses in the creek." But tome of tbe men tuggested that It might not be our men. I then told them to remain quietly In tbe woods out of tight, and I would ride to the mill and ascertain what troops they were. Ho i started across the clearing. When I got within a few yards of tbe mills a little negro come running toward me, hat in hand and motioned me back. I hailed, sad the boy came up and said: "Fo' God's sake, massa, go back. Forret' cavalry right hear lode creek." I asked where our men bad gone to, bnt he did not know; they had left the mills long ago. I saw it all now. Our line of battle had fallen back, and we were now in the rebel lines. A plain rotd seemed open forutto Anderaonville or to an unequal fight. I rode back and informed my comrade! of the tituation. I concluded that the only way the reglrcent could have fallen back wat by road to Rossvllle,and to went in the direc tion of that road, keeping in tbe woods, to as not te be teen from the mills The road wat soon reached, and we moved elowly, lest we should be seen and suspected. After riding a very short distance I taw s bouse to tbe right In the woodt some dis tance from the road. Tbe door and windows being open, tbe bright light from within and the moon ehiningenabledue to see that the house was Ailed with men and several horses were tied to trees around tbe house. I halted iu the road and told tbe men that I would like to aee and know to a certainty whether those men were rebels or Yankees. Bo far we had only tbe little negro boy's word for it, and 1 did not like to rely on that alone.! asked If any one of them would ride with me to the house. Ed. Sweeney at once volunteered and we ttartcd for tbe house, leaving the others in the road.Wbea we got close enough to satisfy ourselves that they were rebel soldiers, they had also teen ut, and there wat no other way now than to put on a bold face because if we turned and ted they would have given the alarm and tbe consequence can be imagined. For rest's men were at tbe mills, only s few thousand yards from tbt bouse: all of them htd their horses yet saddled and s few ehots would have brought them down on us like a swarm of bees. i I therefore rode right to ths boats, fol lowed by Sweeney, and when at the door I dismounted, threw the bridle to him snd slipped in sad patting on s smile, tstd: '-Good evening." It was answered by every ' body in tbe bouse, ladies included. They looked with surprise at my Yankee uni form, but the qext words spoken by me: 'Where did the d d Yankees go to tbal were here today?" seemed to change theii opinion of me at to my character, and ev erybody volunteered their views on the sub ject, even the ladles, and it wat now plain that they took me and my comrade for their own men dressed at Yankt for 'he fiurpose of passing through the Union lines hat night. I did not stop long enough to give tbem a chance to aak any quel iunt.bv which they might have easily have fasten ed me, but at soon as they had given me euoh information of the movements of tbe Yankees as tbey could, I taid good night and wt parted perfectly good friends At toon at we joined our comradeton the rotd we moved on, but slowly; until well one of the sight of i bat house; then we took up a brisk gallop, and had a couple of men riding torat distance behind, so as to give notice if we were followed. That gait was kept up until midnight, when we were brought to a bait by half a dozen ehots In our front and tbe challenge of a soldier's pistol. I answered "Yanks,' and wat ordered to dismount and advance alone unarmed, which I did, and wat glad to see wben 1 got close to tbe picket that be was one of our men, and a Hergeaue of tbe 4th Mich. Cav. came forward aud extended his hand toward me. We vers once more tafe witbln our own lines, having escaped death or Auderson vills by a mere chance. as it teemed. There are undoubtedly some of the men still among the living who were with me that night and if any ot tbem ehould see this article I would like to hear from theiu, James Larson, iu "National Tribune.", Bice. Rice was known la China two '.housand elht hundred years before JiirUf It is not mentioned In the Uible, but It referred to In the Tal uud. It waa known In Syria four lundred years before Christ, was flrst -ntuduced Into Italy la U08, tad Bio tbs Carolina ia J7QQ. &5
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