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Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
SEASONABLE RECIPES.

Nat Cake.-1 cup butter, 2 of white
sugar, 4 of flour, 1 of sweet milk, 8 eggs
(the whites), 8 teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, 2 cups hickory nuts, picked
out of the shells, and cut up with a clean
knife. '.'' 81 n i@
Potato Puddimg.-8 potatoes, i pound
butter, / gill of milk, 4 eggs (well beat
en-, -four enough to make a stiff batter,
a little salt. Be sure to mash the pota-
toes through a colander to make
smooth; flour the inside of a pudding
bag, allowing 3 inches for the batter to.
swell; boil necessarily two hours ;
plunge the bag for a moment in cold
water before turning out the pudding.
Serve with butter and maple strip, or
sauce, as preferred. il = u,G
apple Duanpliags.-6 cups of flour, II
cups of butter and lard mixed, 2 tea
spoons bakiug-powder, enough milk or
water to mix. Roll an inch thick, and
cut in round cakes. Have ready nice,
ripe juicy apples q%uartered; place 5
pieces on a cake sugared and seasoned
to taste; add a small piece of butter;
cover with another cake; pinch and roll
the edges together till we'll closed and
round in shape; flour your pudding
bags Oiuse knitted ones) !; tie loo-e and
steam Ii hours. The above can be
made in one dumpling if preferred. 1t
takes longer to COOK, and is not so nice
~ served. Eat with cream or wine
sauce. 'f" ''-
Cottage or Surprise Puddimg.-1 cup
not quite full of sugar, 2 cups of flour,
4 eggs, 2 full teaspoons of baking-pow-
der, a little salt and fresh lemon.
Break the eggs in an earthen dish with
out beating; pour over these the sugar;
sift in the hour and baking-powder;
first stir and then beat all well for 10
minutes. Bake in we'll buttered oval
tins in pretty quick oven lit ought to
bake in 20 min1tes). Eat with cream
or any sauce preferred. This pudding
makes a nice plain cake for the chill
dren, and is very good divided in four
parts and baked for jelly-cake. Try it.
When made in jelly-cake tins, it can be
mixed and baked in Is minutes.
Home Manufacture of Table Strips
A correspondent of the Sunny South
offers the following suggestion in re-
gard to making sirup for the table from
sugar: To make a gallon of strip of
beautiful whiteness and crystalline
transparency, such as is known in our
markets as silver drips, or rock-candy
drips, there are required s pounds of re-
fined sugar, such as is known by its va
rious James and grades of A, or B, or
Extra c, and costing from 10 TO 124
cents per pound, according to locality
and distrnce from the sugarrefnery To
this quantity should be added 3 pints of
boiling water, and the whole subjected
to slow boiling for a period of Is to 20
minutes; after which, the solution, while
warm, should be strained through a
fabric of moderately close texture. This
will produce a gallon eff strip, at much
less cost than the price demanded in
market for the grades of sirup named.
For a light yellow or golden sirup the
same quantity of light brown sugarmay
be employed, and so on through the
lower grades of sugar and sirup; but
no grade of sugar can be found which
will produce SO worthless an article as
the Cuba molasses generally offered n
all markets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
Married ON the Rail.

OCALLALA, NEB., Sept. 2.-An Incl
dent occurred here this evening which
is worth recording, as it is without a
precedent, at least in these parts-a
marriage on a railroad train. I know
of an instance where a wagon train,
stopping lear a ranch ON the plains for
dinner and an hours rest, and the
rancl1man, a bachelor, expressing a de-
sire for a life-companion, found in the
50 outfit" a female whose heart beat as
his did, and also a clergyman to tie the
knot, all of which was done in a little
more than the time it takes to write it,
But our case is different in some re-
spectS, yet quite as remarkable in others.
The affair between the contracting
parties might have been premeditated,
we shall not presume how long.
On the arrival of train No. g, at 5:15
p. M, a brakeman came into the office
of the station agent, who is also County
Judge, and asked that individual if he
would 90 to the caboose and marry a
couple. This was as much of a sur
prise as any n would imagine, but was
asserted to, provided the applicants had
the necessary documents. No time was
to be lost, as the train must, go in few
minutes, so the Judge put on a. long
face--as he had not time to put any
thing; else on-and proceeded to the car
with a few others who had caught a
breeze of what was up, and, their move
ment attracting attention, a general
rush was made for the caboose, until it
was not like the omnibus, as there was
not room for more. The connie were
then requested to stand up, when the
ceremony adapted to such impromptu
occasions was performed, and congrat-
ulationspassed, and the train passed on.
Omaha Herald.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
How to Breathe Properly.

Most people breathe properly, often
more by accident or instinct than by
design; but, on the other hand, hun
dreis of thousands do not breathe
properly, while many thousands at this
present moment are suffering from
more or less severe affections of the
lungs or throat owing to a faulty mode
of respiration-in other worCs, because
they breathe through the mouth instead
of through the nostrils. The mouth
has it's own functions to perform in
connection with eating, drinking, and
speaking; and the nostrils have theirs
namely, smelling and breathing. In
summe time the error of respiring
through the mouth is not SO evident
as in the winter season, when it is un-
doubtedly fraught with danger to the
person who commits the mistake. IL
any one breathes through the natural
channels of the nostrils, the air, passing
over the mucous membrane lining the
various chambers of the nose, becomes
warmed to the temperature of the body
before reaching the lungs, but if he
takes the air between the lips and in
the mouth the cold air comes in contact
with the delicate lining membrane of
the throat and lungs, and. gives rise to
a local chill, frequently ending in in
tlammation. Many persons, without
knowing the reason why they are bene-
fitted, wear respiratOrs ver their mouth
in winter if they happen to go out of
doors. BY this they diminish the
amount of air which enters between the
lips, and virtually compel themselves
to breathe through the nostrils. But
they could attain just the same result
by keeping the lips closed, a habit
which is easily acquired, and conduces
to the proper and natural way Oh
breathing. We believe that if people
would only adopt this simple habit-in
other words, if they would take for
their rule in breathing, "Shut your
month"; there would be an intense
diminution in the two classes of dis
ease, namely, those OF the lungs and
throat, which count many thousands of
victims in this country in the course Of
a single year.-Rochester Union.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
The rffsdfrection Of the BILE.

The misdirection of the bile, o conse-
quence which ensues when the liver is in
active and the bowels torpid, produces a
number of bodily evils. The blood becomes
contaminated with the bilious fund, causing
the skin and the whites of the eyes to as
sumo a yellowish ,tinge;. dyspepsia and
nausea supervene, the tongue becomes furred
side and between the shoulder blades, the
urinei is high colored and scalding, and in
aggravated cases ~jaundice and inflammation
Of the liver ensue. All these consequences
may be prevented or obviated by using Hos
t~etters's Stomach Bitters, a vegetable altera'
tive tonic which stimulates the inactive hyel
t~oiexert itselfhl -secreting and directing the
bile, acts naturally upon the bowels and re-
moves every trace of indigestion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

W1LHoFT's ToNIcEA SAFE, SURE AND
SCIENTIFIC CURE!-The unprecedented sale
of this wo~rld-renowned medicine proves in
contestsbly that no remedy has superseded
the use of this reliable Tonic. No spleen
has been found so hard as not to yield to its
softening influence, and no liver so hyper
trophied as not to give up its long-retained
bilious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has
yet refused to fall into line. G. r. FINLAY
d Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
Mete0ric Iren i'm Our Church Staples.

On August 10, the earth passed
through the great belt of.meteor,: and
on about November -, it will again
plunge into the midst of these vagrant
bodies. People who are curious about
meteoric iron, or who desire to investi-
gate that substance will probably there
fore find the present a good time to look
for it. M. Tissandier has lately shown
that the metal is constantly found in the
cosmical dust, which often may be col
lected from rain, and which exists in the
atmospheric of elevated regions. Most
of the meteors which strike our atmos-
phere are at once dissipated by the heat
of intense friction, and iron, melting,
falls like shot, in the globu-
lar or nearly globular form in
which M. Tissandier has found
it, and which, he thinks, is one con-
yincing proof of it's celestial origin. NJ.
Young recently told the French Acade-
my of Sciences that the best places in
which to look for meteoric dust is an
old church steeple., Collect all the dust
which has become deposited in out-of-
the way corners, where the wind has
not been able to reach it, and examine
it under the microscope. Apart from
learning how many curious things are
floating about invisible in the atmos-
phere, the student may be able to get
together sufficient of the iron to examine
it by chemical means.-Scientifc Amert-
can. I'll .1 m
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

The Augusta mule that had been
ailing, for several months and was fin
ally killed about six weeks ago, by be-
ing struck with two bolts of lightning,
got up day before yesterday and am
bling painfully into the office of the
Augusta paper, demanded the name of
the editor who had stated that infamous
lie about his death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

Zig congregations in the city
churches are the rule again. The min
lsters have all returned from their va
cations and the fall styles of bonnets
are out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

Elastic limbs; gooddfgestion; sound sleep :Ibuoyant
spirits; a fine appetite; and a ripe old age are some
of the results of the use of DIR. TUFTS Pills. They
require no change of diet nor interfere with regular
business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

Ginger Cookies.-1 teacupful of butter
or lard, 2 cups of molasses, Z cup of
water, 1 tablespoonful of ginger and 1
of s~aleratus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

IF you buy "a stove this season be certain
that you get the, genuine 'sNew. Rotary,
base-burner, for soft coal, made by the CO.
operative Stove. Company of Cleveland, o.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21
A CLEAR HEAD

To BE iCURED of Ague quickly, safely and
permanently, use Shallenberger's Pills.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

The London Gazette thus announces
Disraeli's accession to the peerage:
"The Queen has been pleased to direct
letters patent to be passed under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, granting the
dignities of Viscount and an Earl of
the said United Kingdom. to the Right
Honorable Benjamin Disraeli, and the
heirs male of his body lawfully begot-
ten, by the names, styles and titles of
Viscount Hughenden, of Hughenden,
in the county of Buckingham, and Earl
of Beaconsfield, in the said county"
, 1876-09-23
inoident in the TakIng ofFarls.

IIrm,n ormru the clash OF arms,
The mumin- Stiffness brohr,
\nd followed t,.t the fresh alarms,
The CLOUDS of lpttlr.~moh".
the seine sill hurn u lUrtd light,
\, down it, ripple, run,
Where late had shown the fire. at night
The rosy rih- of ,nI.
shoot cyrry man. the captain cried,
THAT dnrrs our way oppose
Like waterman the crimson tide,
Like clouds the smoke nru,r,
rhcy forward rushed, the streets they cleared
But ere the work was done,
Before the troopo boy appeared,
aud bore the hoy a gnu.
Thou too shalt dic.' the captain said,
The boy stopped calmly there,
And sweet and low the music played
Amid the sllruccd air.
.' Hold" cried the hoy; moment wait,
For, ere meet my cnd,
| would return this watch, that late
borrowed ormy friend -
Return a watch: y The captain frowncd.
"Your meaning discern
such honest lads arc seldom found
And when would yo@ return"
AT once" the hero makes reply;
"As soon " cer can;
| nil return, und | will die
As nobly as man,
We'll go!" The lOrdly huglc blew,
And said the man, with joy,
Right clad am to lose him, too,
would not harm the boy
Some moments passed the deadly rain
Fell thickly through the AIR;
The smoke arose, and 10! again
Tho boy stood calmly there.
Themuskets ceased, thesmokcwrcath passed
O'er sunlit dome and spirc,-
Here, captain, have come al last,
And am ready. Fire w
As marble grew the captains cheek,
lie could uOt speak the wold.
The shout Of Vive Ii Repub'Y"e,
Adowr the ranks WIS heard.
The bugle blew n note ofjoy,
Advance the captain eried,-
They marched, and left the happy boy
The colounade beside.
We sing Villa's sweet romance,
OF Barms' death we rcld,
But few among the boys of France
Fer did II nObleT deed.
The palace burns, the columns fall,
The works OF art decay,
But deeds like these the good recall,
When empires pass away.
HEZEKIAH BUTTEHwoRTH,
, 1876-09-23

marked in stencil letters, " VI. " d.,
Jacksonville, Oregon" This, it seems,
hnd been used fora trunk 10y some miner,
from what remained ot its contents,
which were two wooden Shirts zone blue
nn. one red. and some old socks. an old
clay tobacco pipe the remains OF an old
buckskin money jacket. and an old elect
ionrrring document written in blank
verse, by Brcakspear, in which Judge
Pratt and others were pretty thoroughly
ventilated in reference to the location ot
the State capitol. Blu. the most interest
iny thing found was I'M .old letter, the
writing of which was so badly faded that
not one word could be made out. 1t is
hoped that if this letter can be restored
/ it may lead to solution of the mystery.
Wha. this discovery will lead 10 re-
mains vet to be determined. As we are
under pledge Of absolute secrecy as to
names and future plans of the discovrrrr,
we can say no more now. We shall dur
ing the coming week apply some well
known chemical means to restore the
faded letter, and hope that matters will
he 81 far developed that we can give at
least the text OF the letter in our next
issue.
, 1876-09-23
KALAMA, W. T, Sept, 81, 'IG, |
o'clock A. NJ.

0o'cIOck A. NJ.
Hon. Orange jacobs was nominated
last night for Delegate to Congress on
the first ballot receiving 81 out of -
votes.
VIM. A Inman was nominated for
Pros cutting Attorney in the Thlrd Dis
trict, and - Anders in the First Dis
trirt.
The following are the members OF the
new Central Committee, w. p. Jones,
c. B. Bagley, r. F. Sturteyant, T, T.
Miner, D. Bigley, VIM. Lawton, S. W.
Brown, II, w. Fairweatber, B Barlow.
PORT TOWNSEND, September 90
The smallpox has reached this place.
An Indian, one Of the crew OF the Da
kOta, was landed here yesterday, suffer
ing from that disease. The barkentine
Victor was towed back here from Port
Gamble, this morning, having one case
! " fdiOlOllt VII DVULu' hupthSl WI tuc
crew was taken down this forenoon
The vessels in quarantine at the head
Of the bay,
Intense excitement prevails on account
of the DakotG putting the Indian crew
ashore here, that had been exposed.
SIOUX CITY, September ia party
of foreign capitalists, with the officers of
the CoviBgton, Columbus and Black
Hills railroad, passed over the inst thirty
miles of the completed track to POnca,
Nebraska, to-day. The road is 81 gauge
and was projected, built and equipped
to the present terminus since the lst of
March this year, and is the first link Of
the projected road via the Black Hills
and National P.rk to Portland, Oregon.
Arrangements have been made to com.
plete 15O miles this year, and to reach
the Black Hills IN 1877.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 15-Yellow fever in
terments to-day, ~. Over one half of
the colOrel population are depending
upon the charity of the whites, and the
dtstitution is increasing
RED CLeUD AGENCY, September 15.-
Bishop Whipple and DIR. Daniels were
appointed by the Commissioner to 90 to
Spotted Tail tomorrow and submit a
proposition TO the Indians of that Agen-
cy. Spotted Tail and other chiefs are
here, and it is reported Spotted Tail
himself favors the proposition to go to
the Indian Territory. A talk will be
held here on Monday, the 18th, at which
il is expected something detiEite will be
arrived at, as the Indians of both agen-
cies will by that time have fully discuss.
ed matters.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 13.-California
is making good display Of fruit at the
exhibition, and Craps are selling at
thirty cents a pound.
Col. Hess and other California wine
dealers have protested against the
awards, basing their protest on the re,
mark of one of the judges, that there
was not n sample of good California
wine on exhibition.
Paid admissions to-day, $79 ,5ja.
At the democratic convention vt Syra.
Cuse' o,day, Lucius Robinson was nom
mated for governor John Kelly re.
signed as elector at large, and loratiO
Seymour was substituted
, 1876-09-23
TIhe bays OF 40.
DISCOVERY OF A "TRAIL LEADING TO
SUCCESS"


hifs'
A miner who was recently travelling
over an old Indian trail which crosses
the Siskiyous somewhere between the
Yreka road and Squaw Lake, had his at
tention attracted by a large fat rock
sitting up against "a tree some distance
from the trail. On going to the place
and removing the stone, he found about
sne foot squire OF the bark of the tree
had been removed at some time long in
the past, and the following inscription
cut in the wood
,.......,..,.... .....
1T. LOOK SHARP AND YOU WILL
FIND THE TRAIL LEADING To SUCCESS,
.'.',.'.. '...,.'. .'.'''.s.. .'.'s''
A prospect of the realization of his life
dreams flashed across the mind OF our
old mounta t.tr, and he imnmediately
began to look about tor more signs, and
in short time had discovered line Of
old blazes on the trees, running in the
direction Of deep canyon. With eager
eyes be kept trace of these marks, until
at length he found a welldefncd trail
leading down into the canyon. Follow
ing the trail until nearly night, it became
80 dim that he could not see it and
camped for the night. Early next morn
ing he set ont 10 examine the country
He had spent almost the entire day in
z-search OF some trace to the lost trail, and
set down ir despair near a high, over
hanging cliff. His keen eye, however
soon caught sight OF II peculiar blaze on
q tree near BY, and soon discovered a
trail leading around the base Of the cliff
10 an opening in the rock. He then en-.
tered sort OF cave. leading back some
twenty feet and Widening out to about
eighteen ten. He discovered that it had
ut some time Artn tcnnnted by miners, as
there were nuarbcr Of old rusty picks
aud other utensils strewn around the
the floor. In one corner in the back
part Of the cave was the remains Of Il
goods box, on one side of which was
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-27
Cash paid for Poultry.
SURdUIYE, JcASsToS h 20.
YardIey I'm Cleveland.

Yardley I'm Cleveland.
Robertson furnished the candles:
Hays rang the bell.
Yardley made a speech
To hear Democrats yell.
It was Burgess brought Yardley
to the court house hall
To hear him make a speech
And the Democrats ball.
"Thrce cheers for Yardley,"
Was the order of the day.
Oh! how they clapped their hands
AS they said "Hoo-ra!"
Yardley began to speak,
And the Democrats smiled
And didn't the fur fly
From the Democratic flel
Dav got religion
When Yardley was through;
They all clapped their hands
And Burgess too.
So it was Robertson bought The
candles,
And Hays lit 'em up;
He also rang the bell,
And Burgess brought him up.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-27
A Literary Rogue.

The public will remember al
once the fact that Chas. Ada
ma, of Massachusetts, was defeat
ed in his nomination rs Minister
to England on account of having
stolen a few words Of literature
from another man; and now
comes Bill Nelson, of the Loudon
Times, and steals a whole column
from Harper's Weekly, entitled
The South in the Canvass
Now is William a literary thief !
He called US a "liar" in his last is
sue. Now Tor arguments sake.
we will admit that we are "liar."
Now you see, William, we have
"lied" a little, and you have stole
a heap. Now; who's aheadR
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-27
To sunerIng Women.

ETorry exhausted, suffering, oreriaIod
Woman in the land, DESTROYS Of happily
changing her physical condition and sur.
rOundings, should at once send her address
and three cent stamp (fOr return POSTAGE
to Paul James, NJ. ID, GG Fulton street, New
YORK and receive Free. Mrs. Lazclle's
Pamphlet containing information Of most
vital inpC. lance TO every wife and mother.
From a PCS sal Of this pamphlet. great good
must Of necessity accurO to womankind, as
it imparts tho secret Of retrieving rouruis
BEAurT and health, without tho aid Of cos
metics or the services Of physicians. Do
not fail 10 send for ii, [sept "a lyl
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-27

There is something wrong with
the mails. Somebody is to blame.
Take, for instapce, the Methodist
Advocate published at Atlanta,
Ga, That paper should reach its
subscribers on the north side of
the river in this county, with but
one change, we suppose, in the
mail, and that change is at this
place. 1t would seem that that
paper ought 10 reach its destina-
ton with but fow If any failures
and yet we are told by one Of its
Subscribers that he don't receive
more than one third ofhis papers.
Now who is to blame in this case,
Hitchcock IL Walden at Atlanta,
the mail agent on the RAILROAD ON
the postmaster ut this place?
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-27
Emerson Etheridge.

This distinguished Tennesseean
was in our city last week. lie
spent two days and nights with
US, made a speech and run up to
Cleveland and made another. His
superior az an orator is not to be
found in the State. His speech
at this place and the one at Cleve-
land, for we had the pleasure of
hearing both, were unanswerable
arguments in favor of Hayes and
Wheeler for President and Vice
President of the United States.
We have neither read nor heard a
| speech during the present cam
paign that was SO full ofimportant
historical facts as the speech of
Mr.. Etheridge.
His speech tCleveland, though
no fuller of facts than the one at
this place, yet it was superior in
oratorical finish and possessed
more of magical power in captur
ing the affections Of the people.
His speech at this place was on
the down hill grade, it was hu1-
ried, facts and figures were famed
up against each other, but at
Cleveland he took his time and at
leisure spread out and held up to
view, the great facts of this cam
paign. His speech in this part Of
the State will tell OH the 9TH Of
November.
We had often heard Of Mr.. Eth
eridge but hadnever met him be-
fore. From several considera.
items we became interested in
him. He is a North Oarolinian.
He is related to the Brooks and
Taylors of Davie County, and
many of his kindred live about
Pennington, N. G.. near which
place we were raised. ~ !
Forty three years ago, when on
ly thirteen years old, he came
with his fathers family, through
that country. lie could tell us
when he crossed the Yadkin riv-
or, who lived there, what little
towns he passed through in that
country and many of the promi-
nent families living there. He
has an extraordinary memory.
never forgets anything. This
accounts for the vast fund of his
torical facts he has on hand and
which he can call up when occa-
sion requires. We would advise
every body to hear Mr.. Etheridge
when they can. 1t will pay.