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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-12
Cider Making.

ing, which adds to the richness of
the juice. There are several
ways of keeping cider sweet, one
is, to put it fresh from the press
into kettles; "copper" OF brass are
best as iron colors IT'D Boil and
and skim till all the small poinace
aud impurities are thrown off.
Have ready clean, tight barrels,
kegs or other vessels that can be
sealed alright, pour the cider In
to the vessels boiling hot, seal it
at once and place it where it is
intended to remain before it cools.
In this way cider has kept two
years as sweet and as fresh as
when running from the press. The
same barrel may be used for years
by scalding the inside with lit
tie soda or alkali in the water, or
a tea made by boiling sassafras
roots may be used to rinse the bar.
rel, which gives a pleasant odor
and flavor TO the cider.
BoTTLING SWEET CIDER.
Rack the cider twice before u
sing, then boil on a brisk fire and
while warm fill the bottle full 10
exclude the air, after which seal
it. The bottles are not burst By
fermentation and as long as exclu.
ded from the air TIE cider remains
sweet.
APPLE CHAMPAGNE.
Press the juice from the apples
without grinding them and filter
through twelve inches of pulver-
lied charcoal, clean sand and gray
ell, half and half. Underneath
this layer of straw over the
holes in the bottom of the filter
ing vessel. AS the juice comes
from the filter bottle Immediately,
cork, and put in the cellar, or
some other cool place where it
will soon be ready for use.
SULPHURING CIDER.
Having pressed the juice from
the apples which were gathered
without leaves or decayed fruit,
put it in clean barrels as soon as
1t runs from the press, avoiding
much exposure to the air, place
the bands in a position to draw
from and let them remain twenty
four hours Make a strong brim-
stone match by dipping piece Of
cloth two inches wide and one
inch long in melted sulphur, fas-
ten it to a piece Of wire three feet
long with asmall hook on the end
Set the sulphur on fire, put in an
empty barrel half way down rails
ing it gradually as the match burns
out. Then draw off the clean ci
der aud put it in with the smoke
Bung up tight and keep in o COG
place. Some put few gallon,
Of cider in the blrrel, sulphur il
the manner described, keep in the
smoke by bunging tight when the
cider is rolled and fhaken abonr
till absorbed, then the barrel i,
filled with the remaining cider
This keeps sweet without any
sharp or unpleasant taste.
VINEGAR.
Make the cider as early in the
season as practicable. When The
barrel is filed let it remain in The
sun p TT of the day. Leave The
bun2 out and insert a bottle inver
ted in the hole. Put in each half
a PINT of white beans and iii,
same quantity of good light yeast
Ii you choose add a pint or NOR,
molasses. This vinegar will b,
good in six weeks.
ANOTHER WAY.
Sand the barrel on end withou
) the head and Gil one third wit
{ soft water, two.thirds cider an,
e two quarts good yeast. Cove
J., with double cloth to keep on
' dirt and insects and it will be viz
egar in six weeks.
y To cure swelled feet and an
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-12

St John Lodge No 12l, Fayetteville, Fl
L Whitaker, W C I; Geo + Smith, Sec'y--
meets every Wednesday night iii Odd-Fel-
lows Hall.
Eastern Star Lodge No. 14l, Petersburg,
DR. w Smith, w IT; I Holland, See.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-12
PENSIONS.

All Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors wounded,
rupturet, or injured in the late war, however
slightly, can ATTAIN pension by addressing GIL
MORE x co.
Cases prosecuted by GILMORE & CO., be-
fore the Supreme Court of the United States the
Court of Claims, and the Southern Claims Com
mission.
Eachdepartmento of our business is conducted in
separate bureau, under charge of the same eN-
perienced parties employ cd by the old firm
Prompt attention to all business entrusted to
GILMORE e. CO. is thus secured. We desire
to " in suecess by deserving it. GILMORE 4 co
G29 Street w ashington, ID. e. feb. 10
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-12
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.


Fayetteville Lodge No. l9l, +. ". Carter
Dictator; w A Gill, ir, Reporter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-12
LAND CASES, LAND WARRANTS, and
SCRIP

Contested Land Cases prosecuted before the Us
General Land Office and Department OF the Inte-
rior Private Land Claims Mining and Pre-
Eznpti0n Claims, and EhOnK ess cad Cases at
tended to- Land Scrip in 40, So ami 16) acre pie
ces for sale This Scrip is ass guable, and can be
located in the name Of the purchaser upon amy
Government land subject to private entry at 81 %
per acre. Ii is of equal value with Bounty Land
Warrants Send STAMP 70 GILMORE X co. for
pamphlet of Instruction.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-12
lE PAY and BOUNTY.

Officers. Soldiers and sailors OF the late
war. or their heirs. in many cases entitled to
money from the Government OF which they have
no knowledg Write full history OF service, and
state amount of pay and bounty received. En-
close stamp to GILMDRE & CO, and Il full reply
after exam nation, will be given you free.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-09-12
VINEGAR.

Sand tue barrel on end without
the head and Gil one third with
soft water, two.thirds cider and
two quarts good yeast. Cover
with double cloth to keep out
dirt and insects and it will be vim
egar in six weeks.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-02-21

The state legislative solons are wres-
Jung with the tramp question. They pro
pose TO pass an act prohibiting persons,
not residents OF this state. begging from
place to place, on peril Of line, and i'm
prisonment Of four months il Jail.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-02-21
Royal Marriages

BrRLiN, Feb i. The marriages Of
Princess Charlotte to the Prince Of SAKE
MeIninger, and Princess Elizabeth to the
Grand Duke n oldenhur. we're celo-
DRAFTED tonight with great splcndor. The
programme q ceremonies ana festivities
was tullY carried OUT The citv was
brilliantly illuminated tonight
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-02-21

yTNHE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all
1 concerned that he has been duly appointed and
taken upon himself the trust of Administrator, with
the will annexed, of the estate of
PENELOPE NJ. RANLET, late Of Isles boro
in the County of Waldo deceased, by giving bond
the law directs he therefore requests all persons
who indebted to said deceased's estate to make
immediate payment, and those who have any de-
mands thereon, TO exhibit the same for settlement
TO him. SEWELL B. FLETCHER.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-02-21

Inc passage OF the silver bill is said to have had
nc effect Whatever upon the " all street markats
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
How Bow Legs are Caused.

Bow legs and knock knees are among
the commonest deformities of humanity,
and wise mothers assert that the
crookedness in either case arises from
the afflicted one having been put on his
or her feet too early in babyhood. But
a Manchester (Eng.) physician, DR..
Crempton, who has watched for the true
cause, thinks differently. He attributes
the first mentioned distortion to a habit
some youngsters delight in, of rubbing
the sole of one foot against that of the
other; some will 60 to sleep with the
soles pressed together. They appear to
enjoy the contact only when the feet are
naked; they don't attempt to make it
when they are socked or slippered. So
the remedy is obvious; keep the baby's
soles covered. Knock knees the doctor
ascribes to a different childish habit,
that of sleeping on the side, with one
knee tucked into the hollow behind the
other. He has found that where one
leg has been bowed inward more than
the other, the patient has always slept
on n side, and the uppermost member
has been the most deformed. Here the
preventive is to pad the inside of the
knees, SO as. to keep them apart. and let
the limbs grow freely their own way.
All of which is commended to mothers
who desire the physical uprightness of
their progeny.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
Brother Gardner on Heroism.
detroit Free Press.J

lDtLAOit . IIebr.l rr.. VT
"Gem'len," said Brother Gardner, as
the hush of death fell upon the meeting,
if you see a horse running away, wild a
lady in de cuttah, de lines flynn an
everybody yellin', what is your dooty?'
"Ter stop himl" called a dozen
voices.
"Yum-yer might fink so, gem'len. /
wanted to lectur' for five minutes on de
faxes O human notur', an de faze I'm
arter know is dat O. heroism. So ye'd
rush right out would We, an play de
part O heroes? Well, l wouldn't. In
de fust place, de boss might go home
widout breaking a strap. In de next
place it does a boss good to rum. In
anodder place, maybe de man left him
onhitched, an he orter run away.
Again, yer might ave de woman's life
to permit her to become a VERY, VERY
wicked woman in de fuchur. Heroism
am a big fling, but dar's a time for it an
a place for it, same as pitchin' a brick
bat at a policeman. De true hero is de
man who would calkelate how fast de
runaway boss was gwine; what his value
was; look at de aige of de female in de
cuttah; figure up de cost of bein' jerked
down an slept. on an all mashed up;
speckelate on whedder de boss wouldn't
u away next day; weigh de chances
of bein' caught in de iron work of de
cuttah an dragged TO- miles, When be
got all desc 'rangements settled in his
mind he would stop dat boss like a
fallin' tree impedes de gallop of a
rabbit. Be heroes, gem'len, but doan'
fly off de handle to one side. We will
now frow open de doah for business"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
Foreign.

All the powers have given assent to the
Congress at Baden-Baden, and it is repor ed
Russia has intimated that the I'm ted States,
as a great maritime power, should be in
vited to participate in the deliberations.
In case of war between England and Russia
it is reported Greece will form an sill ance
with the former. A report, by way of Der
lin, says the English Admiral has been in
structed to prevent the surrender of The
Turkish fleet to Russia. To Emperor Viii.
liam is ascribed the credit for bringing
about the temporary understanding between
England and Russia. During the Congress
the navy of the former and the army of the
latter will remain in their present positions.
Russians will withdraw from Roumelia on
Wednesday if the peace negotiations are
concluded. The agreement as to the Con-
gress has allayed all feaJs regarding a con-
fict between Austria and Russia, and the
prospects for an Anglo-Austrian alliance are
regarded as less favorable.
A Paris dispatch says it is understood
that Russia has issued a circular informing
the powers that she has renouhced the &C.
cupation of Constantinople at the request
of Emperor William.
The marriage of Princess Charlotte,
daughter of the Crown Prince and grand
daughter of Queen Victoria, to Bernard,
hereditary Prince of the Duchy of SAKE
Meiningen; and Princess Elizabeth,
daughter Of Prince Frederick Char es, to
Augustus, hereditary Prince of the Grand
Duchy of O denburg, were solemnized on
the evening of the 18th February. The
ceremony was performed at seven in the
chapel of the old palace. The King and
Queen of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales,
Duke of Connaught, Prince Of Orange,
heir to the throne of Netherlands, and
many German and princely personages wit
messed the marriages.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
NEWS SUMMARY.
Mssh,nGten.


The President has approved the joint
resolution declaring the reduction of the
tax on distilled spirits ~inexpedient.
Mr.. Montrey, the French Minister, denies
the report that the Paris Exposition will
probably be postponed on account of the
grave situation of affairs in Europe.
A bill introduced by Senator Eustis pro-
poses an appropriation of $4,000, available
Immediately, for reopening the mint and
assay Office at New Orleans.
This government has not received an in
vitation to send a representative to the CON
gress at Baden Baden to deliberate upon
the Eastern question. The propriety Of
accepting such an invitation when received
will be the subject of a Cabinet discussion
and will be treated with all the Importance
it deserves.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
Hon. Gideon Welles.
cincinnati Gazette

The telegraph brings the announce
ment of the sudden death at Hartford,
Connecticut, of Hon. Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy during Mr.. Lin
coins administration. Mr.. Welles had
been confined to the house for two weeks
with a carbuncle, but his case was not
considered serious until near the time of
his death, which occurred on the even
ing of February IL. MI. Welles was a
native of Hartford, and died in his
seventy-ffth year. His parentage was
Of the primitive Puritan stock, his
father being the first Treasurer of the
Hart ord Colony, and subsequently its
Governor. The estate in Glastonbury
where Mr.. Welles was born was pur-
chased of the Indians in 1910, and has
never been alienated from the family.
Mr.. Welles' education was acquired
at the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire,
Connecticut, and at Norwich University.
Subsequently he read law, and in JAN
uary, 1926, became editor and one of
the proprietors of the Hartford Times.
He continued to edit that paper until
the close of Jackson's administration,
and remained a contributor to it until
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
In 1927 he was elected to the Legisla-
ture, in which body he remained until
1885, when he was appointed Controller
of Public Accounts. For more than
thirty years he was identified with the
politics, legislative action. and nearly
all important measures of the State.
In 1885 Mr.. Welles was married to
Mary Jane Hale, of Lewiston, Pennsyl-
vania, daughter of Elias w. Hale, a dis
tinguished member of the Pennsylvania
bar. In 1886 he was made Postmaster
of Hartford by President Jackson, and
continued to hold the office until re-
moved by Harrison in 1841. Five years
later he was Unexpectedly rendered the
Office of chief of one of the naval
bureaus by Mr.. Polk, and remained in
the place three years. On the adjust
ment Of the financial question during
Folks administration, Mr.. Welles CON
cluded hat the mission of the old par.
ties was at an end. He was, therefore,
ready for tie Republican movement,
and from the day of its inception he
threw into it his whole power and in
huence. In 1856 he was a member OF
the Republican National Committee,
and continued one of its leading spirits
until after Mr.. Lincoln's election. When
the latter took the Presidential chair in
1861, he invited MI. Welles to a seat in
the Cabinet as Secretary of the Navy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
The South.

News comes from New Orleans that Re-
publicans there are quite confident that if
the Supreme Court declines to grant Ander-
son a new trial, Governor Nichols will
pardon him, and that the State Senate will
confirm the pardon. Under the Constitu-
ton of Louisiana, pardons for ~felonies re-
quire the confirmation of the Senate. 1t is
said that six Democratic Senators are nee
essary to sustain the Governor in such a
measure, and that eight have already indi-
Gated a willingness to approve of the par
don. 1t also appears that a secret pledge
was given by high officials of the Nichols
government that there should be no proceed
ings taken against the Returning Board.
A terrible fatal shooting ARRAY and four
handed duel occurred at Bryan, Middle
Texas, recently. Four men met in the
street armed with six.shooters and guns.
Their names were Hodges, Rush, Irwin and
another party whose name could not be
ascertained. The cause of the difficulty is
supposed to have been an old feud. All
four began shooting simultaneously, and
persons neal the scene fed. Spectators
say it looked like a small skirmish. Two
men were left on the field wounded, one
martally and one dead. Fifteen shots were
fred.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
The West.

The Deadwood Pioneer contains a letter
written by Pat. Rafferty,, a well-known pros.
pector from Bismarck, which gives the fol.
lowing news: Raferty's party left Dead.
wood July 6 for the Big Horn, reaching
Clark's Fork about the LIST of September
On September s he was attacked by a band
of Ne. Perces Indians. The Indians sue.
ceeded in killing all but Rafferty, and a
Swede named Christ. Nolan, who escaped to
the command at that time scouting in that
vicinity. A few days after this Rafferty, was
sent with four men to convey a wounded
man to the Crow Agency. The next morn.
ing after leaving the command the Indians
attacked and killed all but Rafferty,, who,
though wounded through the arm, sue
ceeded in making good his escape. The
names of the prospectors killed in the fight
of September 8 ore John s~henandrew, Otto
Roe, Carlo Bjarklunder, Anderson, Lew.
Anderson, and Thomas Reddefeld.
The Miners Union has notified Springer
& Lancaster, mill men, in Black Tail Gulch,
that unless they increased their wages from
$3.50 to $3.50 per day, the union rates,
the men would be driven from the mine.
Trouble is expected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28

missioners, who shall attend such conference
on behalf of the United States, and sh II
report the doings thereof to the President,
who shall transmit the sam to congress.
"Said Commissioners shall each receive
the sum of 81, 800 and their reasonable ex-
penses, to be approved by the Secretary of
State, and the amount necessary to pay such
compensation and expensesis hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
"SEc. A. That any holder of the coin
authorized by this act may deposit the same
with the Treasurer, or any Assistant Treas:
urer of the United States, in sums not less
than ten dollars. and receive therefor certi-
fcates of not less than ten dollars each,
corresponding with denominations of United
States notes. The coin deposited for, or
representing the certificates shall be re.
tanned in the Treasury for the payment Of
the same on demand; said certificates shall
be receivable for customs, taxes and all
public dues, and when SO received may be
reissued."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
The American Antelope.
Natienal Repository.


The average adult male antelope meas
ures about five feet from the extremity
of the nose to that of the tail, and about
three feet in height at the hips, which
are considerably higher than the shout
ders. Its eyes are large and intensely
black, yet of a gentle and gazellelike
expression. The ears are Of medium
size, erect, and pointed, which gives it
an air of great animation. Their horns
are strikingly characteristic, hollow and
yet deciduous, being shed late in the
autumn or early in the winter. They
are generally gregarious, especially dur
ing the fall and winter months, when
bucks, does, and kids are found together
in large herds. But early in the spring
the does are apt to drop out of the COM
pany in order to care for their young
alone, of which they uniformly have
twins. During the late spring and sum-
mer months the does with their young
gather in large herds, apparently for
mutual protection. At the same time
the old bucks straggle off by ones or
twos, and the younger animals gather in
small bands. During their period of
separation the old bucks wander ov.r
vast extents of country, and also fire.
quent the woodlands, where no other
antelopes go, and where they are known
at no other season of the year. But as
the summer advances the younger ami
mails and the does with their kids come
together, and, finally, about the end of
summer, all are united again in herds of
hundreds. They are v%ery.local in their
habits; Tor a particular band of ante
lopes usually remain permanently within
a range OF only a lew miles In extent.
As the antelopes usually feed'in the
open plains, and can be seen at a great
distance, they afford nm pastime to the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28
The Silver Bill.
The following is the full text of the bill,
as passed by the Senate:

The following is the full text of the bill,
as passed by the Senate:
"Be it enacted, by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That there
shall be coined, at the several minis of the
United States, silver dollars of the weight
of four hundred and twelve and a half
grains troy, of standard ST yer, as provided
in the act of January Is, 1887, ON which
shall be the devices and superscriptions
provided by said act, which coins, together
with all silver dollars heretofore coined by
the United States of like weight and fine
ness, shall be a legal tender at their nomi-
nal value for all debts and dues, public
and private, except where otherwise ex-
pressly stipulated in the contract. And
the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized
and directed to purchase, from time to
time, silver bullion at the market price
thereof, not less Than ST. {, 900 worth
per month nor more than $4,000, 900
worth per month, and cause the sans to be
coined monthly, as fast as so purchased,
into such dollars, and a sum sufficient to
carry out the foregoing provision of this
act is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise ap.
propriated. And any gain or seigniorage
arising from this coinage shall be accounted
IOr anu pdlQ lnIO Gle treasury, Us PROVIDED
under existing laws relative to the subsidiary
coinage. Provided, that the amount of
money at any one time invested in such
silver bullion, exclusive of such resulting
coin, shall not exceed five million dollars.
And, provided further, that nothing in this
act shall be construed to authorize the pay
ment in silver of certificates of deposit
issued under the provision of Section 254 of
the Revised Statutes.
"SEC. q. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with the provisions of this acts are
hereby repealed.
"SEc. 5. That Immediately after the
passage of this act, the President shall in
vite the Governments of the countries COM
posing the Latin Union, so-called, and of
such other European Nations as he may
deem advisable, to join the United States in
conference to adopt a common ratio be-
tween gold and silver for the purpose of
establishing, internationally, the use of a
bimetallic money, and securing a fxity of
relative value between these metals; such
conference to be held at such place in
Europe or in the United States, at such time
within six months as may be mutually agreed
upon by the Executives of the Governments
joining in the same.
whenever the Governments SO invited
or any three of them, shall have signifed
their willingness to unite in the same, the
President shall, by and with the advice and
consent OF the Senate, appoint three COM
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-28

south side of. Twenty-third Street, near
8 venth Avenue, New York City. The
building contained six stores, Nos. 216 to
226, inclusive. The T~wenty:third Street
Presbyterian Church, adjoining it on the
east, and the Scotch C~ovenanters' Presby-
terrain Church, on the west side, were totally
destroyed. The total loss is v%ariously
estimated from 100000 to 81, 100000.
A large brick warehouse belonging to the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, and
leasedto II. NJ. Conner & Co, was burned by
an i~ncendiary lately at Savannah, Georgia.
The building contained four thousand bales
of cotton, covered by 100000 insurance.
Only FIVE hundred bales, damaged, were
saved.
The beef packing house of Nelson Nor, issl
at the Union Stock yards, Chicago, the
largest in the country, was a few mornings
since, entirely destroyed by fire. Twelve
hundred carcasses of beef, 1900 hides, 1000
barrels of tallow, and two dogs valued al
500 each, were in the building. The es
| timated loss is $4,000 to s15O,000. The
only known insurance was $4,000 on tht
building and fixtures. The contents wer,
uninsured.