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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-04-26

lW0cups iDllan Medls hhiI cup 81 hour,
two cups Of sour milk. one icaspoonful mel
fed butter, one teaspoonful u soda, one
egg, and little salt.
Bee STINGs.
Any absorbent will give relief. But
perhaps nothing is more esectual than lie. n
faw meat. The sting of y bee or Wa. p
may be almost instantly relieved By il. IL
Is said TO cure the bite Of rationale.
and to relieve erysipelas.
Sort GINeERBREAD.
One and one half cups Of sour milk. two
cups Of molasses. three pints Of -four. two
large teaspoonfus OF soda, one cup VI sAOr-
fepiDg clarified meat dripping will do as
well as butter or lard), little salt aud
teaspOonful Of ginger.
DUTcm PAScAKEs.
One egg. one large spoonful sugar, one
cup Of mix. two tablespcanfuls nelied
butter. one ieaspcouful crcam-tartar. bals
teaspoOuful soda. little salt add -four
enough 10 make thick. Bske bali hour;
slice and eat warm with butter.
ToMATo SouP.
six tomatoes pared aud sliced pour over
them quart Of boiling water; add half
teaspooniul Of soda. When il stops foam.
ing, put in pint Of sweet milk, aud season
exactly as Tor oysters. Serve a soon Is
i. begins to boil Too much boiling or
being allowed to s.ani long after cooking
spoiIs il. II fresh tomatoes are out u
season. canned ones will Do ~ we'll.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-04-26

A Brooklyn girl is filled with JOY because
she has achieved her Centennial nfier Of
marriage. Ninety-nine victims had been,
led to the block. but she will marry liz
Centennial chap.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06
A Home for yagrant Cats--An Eccen.
tric Lady Phiianthropist.

The current OF eccentric bcneyOience
would seem TO have been almost wholly
diverted from the consideration OF the mis-.
fortunes of the feline race. In England
there are institutions where canarits and
parrots, terriers and bull dogs, who,
through sickness or adversely, become OBJ
jects of compassion find shelter, food and
medical treatment. Cabmen have their
coffee houses, each donkey Is cared for by
it's costermonger, but the cat who by
nightly misconduct falls from a roof, or
wanders off into labyrinth Of empty or
unfinished houses, finds no succoring
hand stretched forth, and, dying in soil.
tude, ia inferred in the ash heap, which
has aptly been called the potter's field OF
the animal kingdom. Here the state Of
affairs is much the same. Horses and
dogs find a firm friend in Mr.. Henry
Bergh and the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty TO Animals, some ladies have
furnished hot coffee 20 the stTeet-car
drivers. but the cats are still left exposed
10 The murderous missiles Of enraged
housekeepers and the fortunes OF barbar'
GUS boys. Ii was, therefore, with feelings
OF surprise and doubt that Times repre-
sentativ. learned OF the existence in this
city of lady who for some years has de-
voted nearly all her time TO alleyiaiiDg the
condition Of cats. In search OF her he
traversed nearly all tine city, and found
that among the greater portion OF our
population the existence OF such a person
was regarded as pleasant fable, designed
by some astutc cat in order to soften the
slfferings Of some of his fellow creatures
Finally, however, in a drug store at
Seventh avenue and Thirty sixth street he
was informed that the lady resided near
by and bought her cat medicine In the
store. Mr.. Burge stated that the lady
chiefly purchased catnip, buckthorn
syrup, spermaccti ointment, simple cerate,
Poor Richards salye and simple lotions
for the purpose Of relieving her afflicted
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06
How She Manages Ii.

els my hat dcner inquired a cold
looking lady at a Chicago millinery estab.
lishment one pleasant day this week.
"Yes, ma'am," politely responded the
s shop, 70 III will be here in a mo
An assistant soon brought up the bon.
net, and while the customer was duly in.
speeding it, the store proprietress ventured
10 inquire:
+" How do you like il, ma'amY"
" It's simply horridl" was the reply.
But 1t il Just as you ordered it,"
pleaded the maker of head wear.
4" Yes, something rs l ordered" was
the short and sncering answer.
:" I'm real sorry, but
"Well, never mind" broke In the
buyer, with set lips; what's the ex-
pcnse 7"
About 81, / guess" said the shop.
woman, timidly.
The money was paid over and the bon
net ordered up TO her house, when the
purchaser pranced out upon the street and
Immediately exclaimed 10 an accompany.
ing lady friend:
"Isn't IL perfectly loyelyy"
Ycs," replied the friend: it's raw
ishing, but how could you talk so 10 that
woman ~
Talk SOY exclaimed she Of the new
bonnet; "why, II | had let her know
how much / liked the hat, that woman
would have certainly charged me fifteen
dollars, but now, you see, I've got 1t for
sevenl''
The other woman said that she had
never thought Of that, but wonld profit by
her friends ripe experience, and never
like an article again until after she had
bought it.--CAicdgo Journal!
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Thomas Mcguire, Of Boston, the
we'll known New England reporter of the
New York Herald, gets $4,000 by the
will Of New York man, whose daughter
he once saved from drowning at Long
Branch
"A letter dated Montreal, March ID, to
the New York Graphic says: :. Rumor
says that Mrs. Mckenzie, who eloped to
New York with MIR. Bridges, has gone
to Chicago, and intends to remain there
with a view of acting divorce from her
husband; and that the husband, for the
sake of his children, declines to sue for a
divorce on his own account"
Baseball players wifi be startled to
hear that Mr.. Harry Wright, the Captain
of the champion Boston Nine, is dying of
consumption In Savannah, Ca For sew
eral weeks he had been in failing health,
and short time ago he started for Flori-
da, and succeeded in reaching Savannah,
when he was oyertaken by his present ILL
ness. In the organization of the cele-
brated Red Stocking Baseball Club of
Cincinnati Mr.. Wright first gained high
reputation as a baseball manager and or
ganizer, which he has since sustained,
and in his business he has always been
known as . courteous and honest ball
player.
On a recent voyage on the California
coast, the wife of we'll known citizen of
Los Angeles, CAL, was dreadfully sea
sick, and entreated the Captain to put her
ashore anywhere, for she knew she was
going to die. This being impossible, her
husband rolled up some pellets of moist
bread and shook them up in pill
where they were soon coated with the
powder in which the pills had been
packed. Then he went to his wife and
told her that the pills had been prescribed
by the ships doctor as, an infallible cure
for sea-sickness, and such was the miracu-
lous effect of the bread pills, and the lady's
Imagination, that she declared herself
quite well again and passed the rest of the
voyage on deck.
The gentleman who became Mark
Twain's father in law was very much i'm
mersed in business when Mark was pay
ing attention to the daughter, but finally
thought it worth while to ask the humor-
list some plain questions. of which New
York paper says So Recalled Mark aside
one day and said "Mr. Twain, you seem
to be paying attention to my daughter.
Now, we all like you pretty well, you
know, and we are of course oil acquainted
with your reputation as literary man.
Still, in other respects you are a stranger
to us, and some references as TO your char
acter and standing are desirable" That's
very reasonable" said Mark. THAT'S
very natural ana paternal. It's just what
l should do wene in your position. /
guess / can give you some names that
will satisfy you. Now, there's MIR. Good
man, of the Territorial Enterprise. And
there's Mr. Frederick McCrellish, of the
Alta California;. You write to them.
guess they'll give me a good character. l
guess they win lie for me, I've done the
same for them whenever a requisition has
been made upon me-" But Mark married
the girl Notwithstanding.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06
A Mouse Swallowed by Boy.

A curious and very singular accident
happened to a son of james o. Helan, who
resides on Saratoga street. II seems that
Willie, the youngest child, bright boy
Of twelve or fifteen years Of age, laid down
in corner Of the kitchen last night and,
being tired out from play, was soon fast
asleep. The father was reading at a Ia
bic placed In the center Of the room, the
rest Of the family were all in bed, and
consequently the house was perfectly
still. Suddenly a startling cry came from
the child, which aroused THE father, who
made rush for the boy and asked him
what was the matter. The boy clasped
his father In his arms, and with startling
eyes exclaimed: " Father, i have swal-
lowed mouse, and feel him biting. me
insidcr' In an instant the father had the
house aroused, and messenger was sent
for doctor, who soon arrived and admin
istered an cmctic, which had the desired
effect, and the boy, after some terrible
retching, threw up the meuse, and strange
10 relate, the creature was alive and act.
I've, and made his escape 10 a hole In the
floor. II appears that while the child
slept lie had his mouth open, ana the
mouse, which was very small one, got
frightened by a muscular action OF the
child, jumped into his mouth and down
his throat; but how he remained alive In
the boys stomach Is mystery --Co/ioes
NJ. ~ Eagte.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06
oIp SCISSORS soLILoQUY.

fHE W.
rest in the ssnctum tonight
80 line Il deserted and still
re r's rieht lie exchanges and manuscripts
sh ,ss are the ink and the quill
Tony i aaili. for my masters old-fashioned and
ABd rsIl ssat did Franklin. the editor saiI:,
BE M Z euill AID he'll initiate Ben.
IA fellow-iogether for years
slpse inc o raaraged the farmers Gazette.
he.in,hough am old. m MS iayorite shears
jand si. I'm crowd the compositors yet.
Ard CT ass les are rather too heavy, think,
BIT III oftentirnes envy the gull
4na i. H. leans with Its nib in the ink
~ l1II' IN slashing away with Will.
ras newt remember 1t well,
Dt wnsh score OF long years have gone by
1noapsr;esf share of the editing fell
fss ~ Ky mill. and think with sigh
Ga ~ when I'd scissor an extract or two
cue ! neighboriDg editor's leader,
Fv WI. in my sleeye at the quill as 1t few
nhshaif OF the general reader
.,e,ns paid off for my merriment then,
~ - master is wrinkled and gray,
ns.sISom laws hold on his primitive pen
g,l.ent when he wishes to say:
nss ~ needing some money to run this ma
chine,
a auhscribers Will plbhsc W TSIbli.
n THAT last ioad Oh WON lna' oonee piousnt
" as was green,
..nArvo,rs and deaf and is getting quite blind
Hs 1rssrch he hates 10 acknowledge the latter.
Ism sorry TO say it's puzzle to find
A1 MA or tall to the most or his matter.
- ne ssomnositors plague him whenever they see
fe ~ result Of luckless endeayor,
III I've darling old rascal just lays 1t to me,
pa. Ss make no remonstrance whatever.
snopIder the blame-very little care
i.s nc Jolly compositor's jest,
rl TT think Oh head with the silvery hair
III ", :, will soon very soon be at rest.
Is lsbored full long for the true and the good
DC Ma IA the manifold tr ubles thatirk us
,ns lanlv emolument raiment and food
NJ snd-a pass, now and then, TO the circus.
rsrho, from the past comes q memory bright
ns n5s lass with the freshness Of clover
,r NJ nsed me to clip from her tresses one night
va" a memorial lock for her lover.
rsst aear little lock is still glossy and brown,
M M. the lass is much older and fatter,
. ~ he youth-he's an editor here In the town
AT I'm employed on the staff Of the latter
-, Wing at rest In the sanctum tonight
The Mace is deserted and still
,sa stars are abroad and the moon is in sight
IT Tbroupb the trees on the brow of the hill
Glands hurry along in undignifed haste
And the wind PUSHES by with wall
Hello! there's whopping big rat in the paste
How I'd like to shut down on his tall
-. Poynssnas MiI,' In Scribner's Monthly.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06

THEY daily with paradoxes on the Pa
ciic slope Though grumbling about
their surplus Of silver, they are still In
a pickle over paying six bits apiece for
cucumhers In San Francisco.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06

EVERY man." said Mark Lemon, one
evening at his club, "has his peculiari-
ties, though think / am as free from
them ne most men at any rate, / don't
know what they are" Nobody contra
dicted the editor of Punch, but after q
while Albert Smith asked. Which hand
do YOU shave with. uncle ?" with my
right hand" replied Lemon. All, re-
turned the other, that's your peculiar
ity; most people shave with razor"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06

THE minister who divides his disconrses
into too many heads will find 1t difficult
10 procure attentive ears for them all
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06

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10 Yools I'M OAHU GA .63WpII
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06

Van yslkenberg. q s. Lee lpVpty,Its ~
~ Io,Ina ~ ftatf1 IN 10 4If4Ii3o
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06

JYyqu,d epYs u1aou S.T6nvM IL II
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Never speak to deceive, moi listen to
betray.
Marriage, with peace, is the worlds
paradise.
Years are carried off on the wings off
moments.
Gid a big knave, and the little honest
men will worship him.
Division among families is an unpleas.
ant sort OF arithmetic.
To tell our secrets is folly; to divulge
those Of others is t~reachery.
The pleasure of doing good is the pleas
ure that never wears out.
Signs are small, mercantile things, but
interpretation are illimitable.
The prettiest trimming for a woman's
bonnet is a good humored face.
The better man knows himself, the
more indulgent he is to the follies of
others.
Fortunel There is no fortune; all is
trial or punishment, or recompense, or
foresight.
Perfect love has a breath of poetry
which can exalt the relations of the least
instructed human beings.
A desire to say things which no one
ever said, makes some people say things
which nobody ought to say.
The first proof Of a mans incApaciiy
for anything is endeavoring to fix the
sigma of failure upon others.
Energy and power result from a cease
less looking forward in the hope of max
ing tomorrow better than ia. day.
To sheer and denounce is a very easy
way Of assuming a great deal of wisdom
concealing a good deal Of Ignorance.
The latter part of a wise mans life il
taken up in curing the %iollies, ~prejudice'
and false opinions he had contracted IL
the former.
There are three supreme agonies IL
life: The agony Of jealousy, the agony o
fearing you have mistaken your talent
and the agony Of ennui.
No man, for a considerable period, car
wear one face to himself and another t.
the multitude, without finally getting b.
wildered as to which may be true.
Watch over yourself, Be your OWL &C
cnser, then your judge; ask yoursel
grace sometimes, and if there is need
impose upon yourself some pain.
The past is disclosed, the future con
cealed in doubt. And yet human natur'
is needless o fthe past, and fearful of h
future-regarding not the science an
experience that past ages have unveiled
1t is yelJ rare to find g.ound whic
produces nothing; if it is not covere
with flowers, with fruit trees and grain,
produces briars and pines. 1t is th
Is same with man; il he is not %virtuous,
,. becomes vicious.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
A Strange Coincidence.
City Times.l

hunsdA Jay Almessl
One of the most remarkable in
stances of the strangeness of events
came to light a few days ago upon
the arrest of Theodore Dickerson,
the horse thief. The crime for
which he was arrested was for
stealing a mule from DR.. W. II.
Grimes, about seven years ago. He
was arrested with one Tom White,
a rather notorious character, who
lived in anu 40 md Atc-ison at
that time. There was the usual
delay in the arrest and the trial,
and the case was fought as determ-
inedly as possible. DickerSon was
a man of family, and White was a
single man, both having been what
is known in the profession as
''pals" for several years. Finally,
seeing that conviction was inevita-
BILE, and there was no hope of ac-
quittal of either, White said to
Dickerson {:
"You are a married man and
have a family | am q single man,
and have no one to care for. We
will put all the money we can scrape
together, and furnish bail for you.
and you jump the country. l will
stand the brunt of it, for it is 9
dead certainty we are done for
This was sufficient, Together they
procured about 5000, aud with il
Dickerso found bondsmen, and, az
he was advised by White, he jumped
the country. Afew weeks after tina.
White was sentenced to the peniten
tiary for seven years, No more wa.
heard definitely of Dickerson unit
last Friday, when he was, for TIN
second time, arrested for stealth!
DR.. Grimes mule, and once more in
carcerated in our county jail. Oh
the evening of the same day tina
Theodore Dickerson was arreSte,
Tom White arrived in Atchisol
from the penitentiary, his time hay
ingexpired that morning,
1t is a strange story, but it j
strictly true. Dickerson is now i
jail, and White has gone to othe
parts.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
He sough, solitude and Rest.

Scranton Times
A man who had long been bonn
barded 10y hard times entered Il
yard on Lafayette avenue the other
day and stretched out in the shade
of a tree. The gardener came out
and asked him what business he
had there, and the stranger re-
piled:
81 seek solitude and rest. l
want to be far from the maddening
crowd"
"YouIl have to git" said the
gardener,
81 shall stay here till l have
solved the great problem of life"
was the quiet answer.
A policeman was brought around
there to see if he would, and he
seized the old yag's coat collar and
inquired:
Will you walk into my parlor?'
81 am looking for solitudep =
shouted the stranger, kicking with
all his might.
1t took three officers to get him
out, tie him and load the bodyon q
wagon, but he got just where the
solitude was thick enough to be cuI
with an old iack-knife."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
EnraRements OF Actors An EnxIand


A search throughout the English ews-
papers reveals the whereabouts Of those
actors aud actresses who are known in
America, but who have been absent of
late. Kate Santley, who brought over
an opera bouffe troupe, is appearing in
0fenbach's pieces in the large English
cities. Frank Frayne, whose shooting
off an apple of his wife's head is famil'
lar here, has made a great hit in Liver
pool. Maggie Moore and j. C. William
son are playing Struck OH at the Lon
don Adelphi. Adelaide Nielsen is play
ing at the Haymarket, but will soon start
for New York. Mrs. Rousby is idle.
Csrlotta lie Clercqis making a farewell
tour previous to her return to America
Edith Challisas disengaged. Dion Bou.
cicault is on his way to this country, TO
appear in Philadelphia in September,
Boston in October, and later at Wal.
lacks. i'll TOOle is playing in Biz
mingham. The Vokes family APP
pear 10 Irish cities in September, 10
Scotland in October, and in Eng
land in November. Lydia Tbomp
son is travelling under Alexander Hen
derson's management. Henderson is
soon to manage the Charing Cross Thea.
ter. Robert and Bella Bateman, formerly
of Booths company, have just returned
from California to London, their old
home. George H. McDermott is appear
ing at three London music halls every
evening. His wife, Iilly Cook, is in
Birmingham. Ella Wesner, the leading
a" character singer of our variety thea
ters, also performs nightly at three Lon.
don establishments. j. H. Milburn is
there, too. May Williams a1vertises in
the London Era as lately of the prin-
cipal theaters of America and says
that she is Frustrated by paralysis. She
adds; Her prostration and expensive
sickness having exhausted her means
compels her to make an appeal to he.
professional brothers and sisters for aid
Miss Williams is an entire stranger il
England, and by this sad affection ha
been deprived of the power OF following
her profession in that country, or OF re
turning to her home in America" W
do not recall her in connection wit
American theaters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
Mehemet All Pasha.

Mehemet Ali Pasha, the COM
mander of the Turkish armies ope-
rating against Seryia, is a French
man. His history has a flavor
about it of medieval romance. His
father, Detrois, was a harpist in the
orchestra of the Berlin Theater
Royal, who sent him to the Levant
forty years ago as a cabin boy with
a Prussian sea captain. He was
treated so badly that he ran away
on reaching ConStantinople, and
was lucky enough to be taken into
the service of a great Turkish per-
sonage, no other than Ali Pasha.
He became a Mahometan, was edu-
Gated and put into the army. His
old father, who is still living in
Berlin, and very poor, not long ago
learned what had become of his son
and contriyed to get a letter to him.
The reply very shortly afterward
was the appearance at the door of
old Detrois' humble home Of d
splendid equipage, from which de.
scended the Turkish Ambassador
in Germany, Aristarchi Bey IA
brother of the Turkish Minister in
Washington, who came to bring
| him an afTectionate letter and such
substantial tokens of flial affection
as will make his last days days Of
pleasantness and of peace.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-10
Tba mouuted infantry Problem.

The London News correspondent
in Servia says: GAS We talk in the
sunshine there is a patter of horses
hoofs on the timber flooring Of the
bridge, and to these approaches a
column of cayel Y of a sort. The
mounts are not horses, but diminu-
tive rat-hke ponies, with long tails
and names and longer necks. They
move with a brisk pace, half walk,
half amble, and seem good for any
distance, Notwithstanding the loads
they carry, as they jog along in
double file. The load of a Servian
war-pony-I suppose hat is a cor
rect explahation-consists, in the
first instance, of a large blanket,
then of a huge demi-pique Turkish
saddle covered with a sheep-skin,
then with miscellaneous wallets
and blankets, and various belong
ings fastened on and above the
saddle, and on top of everything,
stuck up high above the pony'l
back, a full-grown Servian peasant
carrying across his thighs a musket
with a fixed bayonet, a sword and
an odd poinard or two. This queer
column of cavalry forms the escort
to a line of provincial wagons that
follow slowly in long procession
each wagon drawn by its patient
te al of oxen. is that your cav
alry?' l ask, with a fine sense Of
humor, of a staff officer. No, said
he, it was but the volunteer escort
of the provision train; the pony
riders are but peasant militia I'M.
trained, and without, as you see, &
SC ap Of uIifo M about them.
But ragged ard droll as they look,
he continued, they are pro tantC
a solution of the problem o.
mounted infantry which your army
men of Western Eu. ope are discuss
ing. These ponies can gallop likC
the wind under these fellows owe
ground which, on an Englisl
horse, you would rightly regard a.
impossible. They have only got t.
slip their packs, gallop to the front
dismou It, let anon the rocks, al,
commence firing and if they hat
decent weapons of precision Their
would be no finer skismishers il
the world. If pressed, and quicl
retreat be necessary, the ponies vii
come to them with a whistle, an,
no regular ca7alry that ever forme,
squadron could get near them
Yes, | suppose the bayonets are al
incumbrance; but nothing woul,
please these fellows better than
chance at the Turks in a pell-mel
irregular skirmish with the whit
arms AS | hear this / think of tn
200, 900 Cossacks from whom RuS
STA is said to be taking the lance
and to whom she is said to be givin
. the breech- loading rifle, and train
ing to act on advance duty 6
,, mounted infantry, or perhaps rattle
J. rs mounted cavalry"