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Russian Cheese.

An article of diet Of almost universal
consumption among the poorer classes in
Russia is the variety of homemade cheese
known as "Tworog," Of which more
than 1000, 900 pounds are sold annually
in st. Petersburg alone. Its mode OF
preparation is very simple. Sour skim
milk is placed over night in a warm oven,
and poured the next day over a sieve,
where it is allowed to remain till all the
whey has run off. The curd is then
packed tightly in a wooden vessel, and
covered with a lid made to fit exactly
within it. On this heavy weights are
placed, so as to keep up a constant pres
sure on the mass of curd; and the space
between the lid and the top of the yes
sci is filled with cold water, which IS
frequently renewed. Tworog cheese ls,
in fact, nothing more than hard pressed
curd. In the northwestern and southern
governments of the empire it is often
made from sleeps milk, and in Bessara-
bia O superior quality made from the
whole milk is prepared which possesses
far better keeping properties than the
ordinary sort, and which is exported IN
considerable quantities to Wallochla,
Moldavia, and even to Austria.-Awer'-
can DGirynlon.
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Making a Coat in a Day.

Some years ago a gentleman made O
bet of one thousand gulneas. that ne
would have q coat made in the course OF
a single day, from the first process OF
shearing the sheep, to its completion BY
the taller. The wager was decided OF
Newbury, on the 25th of June, 1911. by
Mr.. John Coxeter, Of Greenbam Mills.
near that town. At FIVE o'clock that
morning, Sir John Throckmorton, Bart,
presented two Southdown wether sheep
to Mr.. Coxeter. Accordingly the sheep
were shorn, the wool spun, the yarn
spoiled, warped, doomed, and wove; the
cloth buried, milled, rowed, dyed
dried, sheared, and pressed, and put IN
to the hands of the tailors by our
o'clock that afternoon; and at twenty
minutes past six the coat, entirely nm
islled, was presented by MI. Co1eter 70
Sir John Throckmorton,. who appeared
with it before an assemblage OF upward
of 5000 spectators, who rent the air
with their ~aeclamations.
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Fool Dogs Record,

A correspondent visiting the Sioux at
Standing Rock, Dakota, says: 81 visit
ed, in his tepee, Shunkawi-tko, or Fool
Dog, o Yanktonnais whose credentials as
q fast friend of the whites date back to
the Sully expeditions, on the first of
which he was q most useful scout and o
trusty adviser of the commanding officer.
Gen. Sully, under date of July ~, 1868,
writes of him that he was one OF the two
friendly Indians who went to the camp
of the Minnesota Sioux, ransomed a
white woman and her children, captives,
and brought them safely to Fort Pierre.
Col. Stanley, commanding the twenty
second infantry, in April, 1853, wrote
out Fool Dogs record, in which it is
written that he saved the life of q half
breed captive; that he went to the San
tee camp, ransomed a little girl captured
by them and brought her safely to q
military post; that when acting as guide
for Gen. Sully on the first expedition he
killed several hostiles and captured
others; that he was in several skirmishes
on the second expedition and on one
occasion killed two Indians, one of whom
proved to he his own brother, whom he
had killed, unknowing at whom his gun
was aimed; that on another occasion he
went into a tepee where three hostile
emissaries were %endeavoring to incite
the friendly Sioux against the whites,
arrested two Of the three, tied them,
took them to Fort Rice and there killed
them; that when Fort Rice was attacked
he rendered good service in its defense;
that he guided to Devils Lake the e1-
petition which established q post there
and that finally he became a faithful
mail carrier. Among his testimonials l
saw one to which the names of Generals
Sanborn and Terry were attached. 10
call an Indian of this country dog Is to
apply to him the most insulting term OF
contempt. To call him a fool is only a
little less than an enormity. How this
Indian came to be known as Fool Dog l
could not learn, but I was informed that
he was unpopular among his " people
and could muster only a small following,
although he was long ago recognized as
a chief. But he enjoys the favor OF all
whites who learn his story, and, besides
his annuity and other agency allowances,
under an order issued by Gen. Sully IN
1868, he receives double soldiers ratIons
(for himself and squaw) from the army
quartermaster department, and has the
privilege of residing at or near a military
post, But when I visited him his
rations for the month were about
expended, and the family were eating
boiled corn for their only dinner DISH
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04
Grizzly Bears In Colorado.

4 letter 10 the Chicago Tribune de-
scribing a mining camp on Needle Noun
tain, in the San Juan county of Colorado,
eleven thousand two hundred feet above
the sea, says! ..,.
This canon, which We flow inhabit,
has at present five other camps, and there
ere tidings of a multitude on the way
here. fhe cenon next to us is known
as Bear BOOST, and has as many grizzlies
in it as probably any spot on earth.
The noise of the blasting has driven
these kings of the forest out OF our own
little valley !; but a miles walk can at
any time procure an interview. None OF
a violent nature has yet taken place. as
both sides preserve an armed neutrality.
We never can encounter bruln among
the trees, where there is q chance for re-
Election among the boughs after firing ;
and we dare not take him on the bare
mountain-side, which he affects for both
den and promenade. We have seen q
dozen or SO of the members Of this in
teresting family, in appearance about
the size of an OK, walking along the bare
mountain-sides of this valley. They
seem at this season, on account OF their
young, to be very irritable !; and as a
grizzly can lid long enough, with a
dozen balls undef his huge ribs, to kill a
man, each interview has so far been ter
minated as quickly as the nature OF the
ground would permit.
On two occasions, when we were
above the bears on the mountain.side,
we tried by long range shots and rolling
down stones to intimidate them ; but Oh
both occasions, they commenced moving
toward us the instant We were perceived.
It was only yesterday that Phin crawled
up the side-wall Of our valley to have
O shot from the summit at Old Terrible
"a she gizzly with three cubs, whose
den is half a mile down the opposite
slope. Any sunny afternoon the mother
can be seen playing with her cubs, on
the rock where she was first discovered
by the professor the second day OF ar
rival, and whose time on the occasion was
the best on record here until yesterday:
Phin gained the summit and saw his
bear, and from our tent We witnessed
his fire delivered. We also witnessed his
ignominious flight, and his descent over
the surface of O hundred yard snow-bank
in preference to the usual slow method.
Old Terrible appeared soon after On the
summit, but did not follow down into
the valley, which they have abandoned
to us.
"This being the rainy season, we
have an average of three heavy thunder.
showers a day !; and a peculiar feature OF
this metal mountain is the eccentricity
of electricity. Immediately upon the
approach of the storms the miners are
obliged to drop their picks, as the blades
hum and sting like electrical batteries
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04
Heating Cities by Steam,

The American architect says: The e1-
periments that have been made at Lock
port, and, We believe, at Buffalo, have
proved, seemingly beyond p~eradventure,
the feasibility of heating q large number
of building by steam supplied from q
common source; though the possibility
of supplying in the same way steam for
manufacturing purposes seems not to be
so clearly established. A number of
citizens Of New York have lately pur-
chased the right to Introduce into that
city the Holly system of town heating,
and already more than 5 $1,000, 600 have
been subscribed for the purpose of
making preliminary experiments; these
proving satisfactory, it is supposed
that there will be small difficulty in
obtaining money to extend the system
SO az to embrace the whole city. The
scheme SO far as at present developed is
ultimately to divide the city into five
sections, in each Of which is to be q bat
terry of fifty boilers, which, it is thought,
will be able to meet all probable demands.
These batteries are to be placed in four
story brick buildings, presumably isolat-
ed, having an AGRA at the ground of some
200 square feet. Starting from these
centers a system Of mains and connect
ing pipes will be laid throughout the
city, and each consumer will be furnish
ed with a meter, 80 that he may be call
ed on to pay for only as much steam as
he uses. Means are provided for heat
ing the condensed water by live steam,
and causing it to circulate over the house
by a separate system of pipes. No state
ment is at present made of the first cost
of the plan. But some idea Of the run
ming expenses may be conceived from
the statement that the five batteries are
calculated to consume about $500 tons
of coal each day. In the economical in
PRODUCTION of the system the shape OF
the island may be Of use, as it is stated
that q battery Of the size mentioned is
capable Of sending steam to points two
miles distant without much loss of effec'.
tive power.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04
Variations In Birds Nests,

This year we have noticed three curl
GUS instances of n departure from the
usual habits of birds in building their
nests, which seems worth recording.
The song-thrush lines her nest with
clay, and it is usually considered by
ornithologists that, as she builds very
early in the spring and frequently in ex-
posed situations, the mud lining Fro
tects the eggs and the young brood from
the fierce March winds. Early in March
we found a thrush's nest in our garden,
containing four eggs; but the nest had
not a yestige of the usual mud lining.
Unfortunately, we found the nest de-
stroyed one morning before the bird
had time to hatch, 80 it was impossible
to note whether the inclement weather
had any effect on the eggs. We have at
this moment a blackbird sitting upon
six eggs. four Of which are her own and
the other two those of the song thrush.
When first the nest was found it con-
tanned two OF each kind, 9 thrush hay.
ing laid in the blackbirds nest. AL
though sparrows will sometimes appro-
pirate swallows nests to build in, and
though several birds will build a new
nest on an old foundation, it is, I think,
very unusual for one species-the
cuckoo, of course, e1cepted-to make
use of q nest built by another species.
The third curiosity of nest building is
the nest of a chafinch, placed in the
fork of an elder bush neal our house.
Usually the chafinch assimilates the
color of her nest to the situation IN
which she places it; if she builds in a
hedge she generally covers it with green
moss; but if she builds, as she often
does, on the bare branch of an old apple
tree, she uses the gray lichens, which
are usually near at hand, and covers her
nest with them 80 skilfully that though
quite open and exposed it becomes hid
den by it's resemblance to a knot or e1-
cresence of the tree itself. In this case,
however, though the bird has recognized
the necessity of covering her nest with
something, she has rendered it most
conspicuous by sticking little bits of
white decayed wood all over it. The
wood is so white that the nest looks
almost like o SNOWFALL in the branches.
Possibly this bird may be color blind,
or she may be just a little bit "wanting"
in her instructive faculties, as human
beings are occasionally in their reason
ing powers. Why not ?-Science Cos
2in.
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Gransir.
a grand old man,

grand old man.,
Built after the olden plan;
a muscular body, a massive head,
d man to value the longer be lives,
A man to remember when dead.
wish you might see him
BIT back at his ease
Awake or asleep, as you please),
While he whiffs and he whews
And I read him the news.
who's killed to-day"
BE asks in his ancient way;
And what have they stolen this time, my lad ?
The rascals they thrive like 'pusley' in peas
Bad works. boy, bad-very bad
Then for that ludicous perch Of the eye
While the pipe, gets a slide
DO the other r6f,
Where he pufs and poohs,
Keeping up with the news.
a character!
when he begins, II tell ye sir,
IT'S worth a whole book Of your modern talk;
Then the silence after his ''ssy"-
The solemn shuttle Of his walk
And tamping Of his cane.
You may put down
When you see that fIown,
And the dim gray lights unusually clever.
HES about to settle som subject forever.
He's 80 complete
From his head to his feet,
Inside and out so made to keep!
There's no one feature before the rest;
He makes you laugh and he makes you weep.
He stops the hole in your soul;
He softens the tough
And levels the rough,
As be snoozes and smokes
And breaches and jokes.
His children and wife
Have gone to the better life,
And not a companion is left;
But he says: "They've only the ~start-that's
ALL"
And you never would think him bereft.
He wears the calmest face on the farm,
And with o genuine stamp of Joy
/ Often declares he's ''young as a boy"
Still he smiles and he smokes
between sermon ana Jokes.
A grand old man,
Built after the olden plan;
A muscular body, a massive head.
A mar to value the longer he lives,
A mar to remember when dead.
Years yet may he timber his cricks.
This peerless old son of the past!
And may I be the last
While he whiffs and whews,
To listen or read him the news!
Sunday afternoon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04
Changes Made by the Berlin Treaty.

The territorial changes effected by the
treaty of Berlin are Of a most compre-
hensive nature. By the treaty of San
Stefano Turkey was called upon to sur
render 70, $50 square miles, with 1885,.
700 inhabitants. The treaty of Berlin
deals with $1,000 square miles and
4, 1892, 900 inhabitants, as follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04

It is believed by several eminent
engineers that the midnight howl OF a
dog can be utilized to drive c~orn-shellers
and other light machinery. Science
Yields a terrible power.--Detroa Free
PFess.
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Buff we exclude the Provinces Sin
definitely" to be occupied by Austria,
Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia, there
remain to Turkey only "a, 100 square
miles, with 4,779,0 900 inhabitants, of
whom 2,521, 500 are Mohammedans. In
Armenia Russia takes 10, 600 square
miles, with about $50, 900 inhabitants.
Cyprus, intrusted to the keeping OF
England, has an area OF 2,28S square
miles, and about 10000 inhabitants.-
London Athenoeuns.
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THE island fortress Of Ada Kaleh, re-
Gently occupied by Austria, is not re.
ferred to in the treaty at all, and will
probably remain in the HANDS OF the
power which now holds IL. Roumanla,
in exchange for the territory coded, is
called upon to surrender 1910 square
miles, with 40, O00 inhabitants, to Rus
sia. The political divisions Of the Bal
kan peninsula will henceforth be as fol-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04

Laura Hartley Of st. Louis died in.
commissions OH learning that her lover
was 8 counterfeitet. .
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New York city Las a club called the
"Full-bearded Company" consisting of
forty members with boards ranging in
length from two feet to four feet six
inches.
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Mrs. Maggie Fitzgerald, ayoung bride
of three days, fell Eve stories from the
roof of q New York tenement house and
was dashed to pieces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04

During a hailstorm at Pakraez, sla-
yonis, which lasted four hours, n
person was killed, twenty-three were
fatally and $50 slightly injured. Above
400 head of cattle we're killed. The
harvest was destroyed, the fruit trees
were broken, and even large oak and FIR
trees were ~uprooted. Among the hail
stones weighed by the authorities were
some of six kilogrammes apiece, say l3i
pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-04

A great invasion of kangaroos recently
occurred in various settled parts of Aus
tralia, especially Queensland, the ami
mails being, no doubt, driven from the
interior by the drought and its effect in
search of food. They came in thousands,
devouring everything in the shape Of
herbs or grain, 80 that the sheep and
cattle were often reduced to dry leaves
for fodder. The colonists promptly
met the attack, in some cases driving
the kangaroos into an enclosure and
shooting them. In the battle more than
1000 kangaroos were killed in four
days.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-14

MONUMENT AT POINT PLEAsANT.-We
are gratitied to learn that our worthy towns
man, Col. J. Lewis Peyton, descendant of
the Lewis family, has been appointed an ac-
visory member for Virginia of the Commit
tee appointed for West Virginia at Point
Pleasant, October 10th, 1874, to prepare a
plan and raise funds to erect monument
on the battle field to commemorate the brill
liant vi Glory achieved by the Virginians, I'M
der the command of Gen. Andrew Lewis,
over the Confederated Indian tribes October
10th, IVA. Occurring,as that bloody fight did,
but a short time before the great struggle
for American Independence, it bore an i'm
portant relation to that grand event by
which the Independence of the Thirteen
Colonies was established; fastened the ma
terial prosperity and development OF
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and all the
States now bordering on the Ohio River
and the battle itself was characterized by SO
much gallantry, and the victory won by the
sacrifice of so many noble lives, that 1t is
worthy of lasting monument and everlast-
ing remembrance.
Among the killed that day were Colonel
Charles Lewis, brother of the commanding
general, Col. Jno. Field and Col. Flem-
ing, Capt. Jno. Murra y, Capt McClenechan,
Capt. Samuel Wilson, Capt. James Ward,
Lieut.. Hugh Allen, and Ensigns Cartiff and
Bracken. All honor is due to the memories
of these noble men, and we wish every sue.
cess to the enterprise of monument on tn e
battle field,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-14

PROTECTING THE CROPS.-The bill for the
protection CT crops in Augusta county, pre-
sented in the house by Mr.. Van Lear, pro-
vides that the Board Of Supervisors of Au-
gusta county, be authorized to declare and
establish any stream of water, or any part
thereof within the limits and jurisdiction of
said county, lawful fence, as to any of the
stock named in the Sth section of Chapter
81. Code of 1873, said establishment repeala-
BILE at the discretion of the Board of Super
yisors.
The section of the Code to which this bill
refers is as follows: ''If any horse, cattle,
sheep or goat shall enter into any grounds
enclosed by lawful fence, the owner or
manager of any such animal shall be liable
for every such entry to a fine of not less than
one nor more than $40, to be recoverable on
warrant before justice of the peace. and
in addition, shall be liable to the owner of
such grounds for any damages; and after
having given at least five days notice to the
owner or manager Of such animal of the fact
of two previous trespasses, the owner or oc-
cupier of such grounds shall be entitled to
such animal if he be found again trespass-
ing on the said grounds
Our citizens, therefore, who live along the
line of the various water courses, and desire
to establish the same as a lawful fence, will
first have to make application to the Board
of Supervisors.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-14
Assingee's Sale
Real EStat e.

In pursuance of an order Of the U. s. District
Court for the Western District of Va, In the mat,
ter OF Jacob Miller, bankrupt, the undersigned
will, as Assignee, sell on
SATURDAY, MARCH 23d, 1878,
at public auction. in front OF the Court House OF
Page county, the following real estate. to VIII
Two tracts of land, one
CONTAINING So ACRES,
aud the other ACRES, situated in Page county
on the waters OF Dry Run. adjoining the lands ol
John Miller. and others. Said real estate Is 70 DC
sold free from liens.
TERMS-One-fourth OF the purchase money
will be required ON the day OF SALE and the resi-,
due in three equal payments, at six, twelve ano
elgnteen months. with interest from Gay q sa,e'
bonds with ample security required ana the le-
gal title to he retained until all the purchase
money ia paid. e. JONES ARMSTRONG,
mart Assignee OF Jacob Miller, b'k't
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-14

PERsoNAL.-Dr. j. NJ. Blanton, Master
of the State Grange, and fine speaker,
will deliver addresses at Waynesboro on the
lowing day at the same hour.
Col. Bolivar Christian is now delivering
series of lectures on Parliamentary law
before the law class at Washington & Lee
University. Judge Mclaughlin has just
completed course of lectures to the came
school.
Among the graduates of the Baltimore
College Of Dental Surgery, last week, was
VIM. p. Crickenberger Of this county.
Prof. A. A. Hopkins and wife, of the Ru-
raj Home, Rochester, N. Y, are visiting
Maj. N. H. Hotchkiss of this city.
Rev. Sam1 McCune of the Presbyterian
Church, Monterey, Highland Co., is in the
city, the guest of DR.. Wayt.
The Huntington Adrertiser says: We are
| informed that Mr.. N. W. Haines of this city
contemplates removing to Staunton soon.
We are sorry to loose Mr.. Fl. He is pleas
| ant gentleman and a good citizen.
Rev. A. w. Weddell, rector Of st. Johns
Church, Richmond, and formerly of Eman-
uel Church, Harrisonburg, has received the
degree of Doctor of Divinity from the VEN
| cradle College of William and Mary.
The Rockingham Register says that .'Mr.
J. E. Summerland, of Bridgewater, will
shortly remove to Deerfield in Augusta
county where he will 60 into chicken rails
ing and egg laying on an extended scale,
cultiooting poultry farm
Mr.. 7. C. Jones, of the firm of Call &
Jones, of Elizabeth Furnace, was in town
| Tuesday. He reports the repairs OF the fur
mace rapidly approaching completion, ani
| in a short time active operations will com
mence.
! Col. Mann Splitter, the level-headed Sena
tor from Page, passed through the city or
Wednesday, en- route for home. He had
| paired with Senator Tanner, OF Richmond,
on tine debt bill.
Mr.. II. Risk, Of this city, has resigned his
office as Special Commissioner Of the Cour1
of Claims, but is still the United States
Commissioner and fully qualified and EN-
powered to transact all business appertan-
ing to the Office.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-14

ELECTION OF OFFICERs.-Sunday last.
the "Cathollc Hibernean Beneficial Socie-
ty'' elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: John Burns, President; Mi
chael Dinneen, LIST Vice President; Thos.
Burke, End Vice-President; Daniel Grim.
mems, Recording Secretary; E. A. McMa.
hon, Assistant Recording Secretary John
Wallace, Financial Secretary; VIM. Kinney.
Treasurer; Timothy Honnihan John Sui.
Ivan, Jno. Fuller. Baptist Dennis, Tfus.
tees. The Society is in tine condition and
on firm financial basis.