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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-09-10
Thu Famine in China.

Russian merchants recently returned
from the interior of China to St. Peters
burg have furnished terrible details re-
specting the famine which has for some
time past prevailed throughout certain
provinces of the Celestial Empire. They
depose to having seen people die in the
streets of many towns and villages from
sheer starvation, and state not only that
cannibalism is practised upon the bodies
of the dead, but that famished men at
tack the living. and prey upon them
with ferocity. One of them alleges that
he was present at the examination Of a
mendicant who had been arrested for
some petty theft and in whose profess
sional wallet the mangled remains of an
infant were discovered. This man con-
fessed to the magistrate that for some
time previous to his seizure he had
lived exclusively upon the fresh flesh of
human beings, as lie could not surmount
his antipathy to that of dead bodies. An
other appalling case which came under
the notice of a Russian merchant was
that of a young man who had persuaded
his father to assist him in numbering and
subsequently eating u girl to whom he
was berrothed. Men have been exc
cuted for killing and eating their own
children, and sons have slain their
fathers in order to appease the, pangss OF
hunger. In some of the northern dis
tricts whole villages stand empty, their
inhabitants having one and all per'shed
for want of food.
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Initials on Fruit.

Did ever you see name printed on 4
growing apple, pear or peach? No!
Well, if you wish to have that pleasure,
this is the way to obtain it: While the
fruit yet hangs green upon the tree, make
up YOUR mind which is the very biggest
and most promising specimen of all.
Next, cut out fiom thin tough paper the
initials of the name of your little brother
or sister or chief crony, with round
specks for the dots after the letters, and
the letters themselves plain and thick.
Then paste these letters and dots On that
side Of the apple which is most turned
to the sun. taking care not to loosen the
fruits hold upon its stem.
AS soon rs the apple is ripe. take OIL
the paper cuttings, which. having shut
out the reddening rays of the sun, have
kept the fruit green just beneath them,
so that the name or initials now show
plainly. After that. bring the owner of
the initials to play near the tree, and say
presently: "Why, what are those queer
marks on that apple up there?"
You will find this quite pleasant way
to surprise the very little ones, and, of
course, you ran print 4 short pet name
IA easily rs initials. ~. Nicholas.
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Sunny Days.

Oh, sing Of sunny days, dear heart,
With hope and courage golden,
When all the treasures OF our lives
Were in the future holden.
Sweet days long gone.
Lies shades draw on,
Hold fast my hand, we near the strand
Where our true hearts must sever,
but looking backward DER the land
That we have trod together,
Wen sing song OF the happy days
Whose sunshine streamed across our ways,
Yes, sing, old friend, of the sunny days;
Sing low, sweetheart, while cool the haze
Creeps upward from the misty river;
Sing softly OF the gladsome days,
Sing softly, love, forever.
''., sing OF sunny days, dear heart,
Bright in the land before Us,
Where, without cloud OF doubt between,
.Go.rs smile warns ever DER US.
Sweet time to he,
We welcome thee
While hand in hand we near the strand
Where our blent lives must sever.
Dur eyes are to the living land,
Our parting, not forever,
Our hearts sing glad of glorious days
Where love shall beam on all our ways;
Sing, friend, with me, of the sunny days;
Sing clear, sweetheart, while soft the haze
Watts DER US from the narrow river
Which parts US from the resttul days
~ ;H?'s undimmed forever.
-, Ha Fur6er, in Home Journal.
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She Knew the Feet.

A ran who was journeying down the
Mississippi with his wife thought he
would enjoy the luxury of shaving and
shampooing. While thie was going on
he concluded to surprise his wife, and at
his request. hair, eyebrows and whiskers
were changed from a fiery red to raven
blackness. lie FASTENED to the state
room, but was met at the'door by his
spouse, outre ged by the intrusion of q
stranger rs she supposed, and admit
tance refused. He called himself her
husband; she said he was an imposter.
He attempted to explain; it was useless.
A crowd gathered round and the laugh
became general. At last in his perplex-
ity the hoaxer exclaimed: Mary, look
ut my feet" One glance at the pedal
appcndages assured her. Yes John"
she said, L know them feet. They can
come in. hut keep that head out OF
sight"
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A Marvellous Escape.

One of the most remarkable escapes
from instant death ever recorded occur
red at Kalamo, last week, at Levi Sweets.
while engaged in threshing. AS one of
the men was driving into the yard with
:, loaded tank of water for the steamer
his little girl. ten years old, climbed
upon the hind end of the wagon unob-
served by the driver and three other men,
who were likewise riding on the tank.
She had got seated just in front of the
hind wheel when a younger sister came
up, and she proceeded to pull her on the
wagon while still in motion. Losing her
balance, she seized the rolling wheel to
save herself, and the wheel rolled over
her, striking her left arm just at the arm
lit, passing diagonally across her body,
and going off at the right shoulder.
Strange to say, when the accident became
known. she was picked up still alive and
insisted that she could walk to the house
alone. DIR. Smell was sent for immedi-
:tely and made an examination in twenty
minutes after. lie found that the heavy
weight had crushed her right lung.
which was filled with blood; the other
lung being somewhat injured, it was diff
ilcull JOI W DlSstlliC. 'cIlS SuNSSSoSN
in throwing off the blood. when she
brcathed easier and commenced appar-
emily to get better. We called at the
house last Saturday, when we found her
holstered in the bed, eating rice pudding.
To questions asked she declared the
wagon running over her didn't hurt her
the least bit, nor had she suffered any
pain from the first. The bruised mark
of the wagon tire not only showed plain
across her breast, but showed the same
mark directly opposite on her back. prov
ing conclusively that the space between
the wheel and ground was not more than
an inch. Strange to say, not bone was
broken, but being remarkably healthy
child her ribs were rs flexible as spring
steel. The doctor says the only danger
lies in an abscess forming about the lungs,
in which case it may prove fatal. Other;
wise he can see no reason why the child
will not be around in a few days. The
weight of the wagon. including the :our
men, was 4,2OO pounds. Had such a
weight passed over the strongest man II
would have crushed him to death.-Fer'
n,o,atville (Aich.) Hasok.
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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET.

don and Miller were the same. Seldom had
returned from the continent, and took a
fancy to stroll through the country toward
home. On his way he came to Layman's
and there saw Fanny. That was the at
traction that held him.
By some means his father. who was a
desperate and unprincipled man, learned
Of his marriage, and plan was devised to
remove her. In the first instance, it is sup
posed that the gypsies were to abduct her
and invcigle her into some situation which
would warrant divorce. Subsequently,
however, her death was resolved on,whether
with the sanction Of the Scldons or moi is
uncertain. The old woman who claimed
the girls body was doubtless one OF the
gang of gypsieS The alleged sickness OF
the elder Seldom must have oeen a lrumped
up story, to which it was not difficult to get
retainers to swear, especially when all the
authorities were anxious Ia cover up the
cuilt of the real culprits
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New Curi0SitieS al the Smithsonian
Institute.

4 number of Interesting specimens
have. according to the Washington Re
publican. been recently added to the
chronological division of the Smithsonian
Institute. among the most important OF
which are the following: A carved
figure of mans head. made from iron
pyrites. 1t was found in Southwestern
Mexico. and is supposed to have been
an amulet belonging to a great caziQue
during the reign of the Aztecs. The
work is highly polished, and presents a
beautiful green and gold appearance.
The eyes, nose and teeth are brought out
in bold relief, the former being com
posed of opals, which gleam like sparks
of fire. The features are of the most
pronounced Aztec type. In a large cave,
about two miles from Silver City, COL.
there were found some specimens OF
ancient remains, which are supposed to
have been made by the Pueblo people.
They consist of arrows which still have
remnants Of their sinew shattings, rain
gods and fetiches in carved and painted
wood, tribal totems, and bundles OF
straw, bows and arrows. All these
articles are in a remarkable state of
nrese. vation, and it is thought that the
cave in which they were found was
formerly used as a burial place. Proba-
bly, the most important relic that has
been added to the museum in long
time is an obsidiap vase, made from
little, or volcanic glass. The workman
ship on this vase is perfect, not flaw
having been discovered in the work. 1t
represents monkey in sitting posture,
with his head bent slightly forward. In
the back and shoulders are aperturcs in
which articles for ornament were placed.
The carving is exquisite, and shows
what perfect lapidaries the semi-civilized
people who made it were. rs the material
Of which it is composed is considered
the hardest to work in, owing to its
brittleness. This relic was also found
in the Aztec country of Southwestern
Mexico.
On the first floor, in the main hall,
stands another curiosity which deserves
particular attention. 1t is large case,
nine feet by four and half wide, con-
tanning numerous species of snakes, all
Of which are alive. Through the top,
which is covered with glass, the move
ments OF the reptiles Gun be plainly seen,
The cage is filled with stumps of trees
grass, ferns and sand, and an artii iicial
lake keeps the ground continually moist.
There the reptiles have full sway, and,
although somewhat repulsive, their cage
is always surrounded with curiosity
lovers. Some of the varieties are
coachwhips, indigo or gophers, chicken,
black and garter snakes. A king snake
is also among the collection. and has to
I've carefully watched, rs he is fond Of
hugging his companions, and very fire.
quently kills them. after which they
make meal for his highness. This
snake is the mortal foe Of the rattle
snake. which always comes out second
hest in their fights.
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Shakespe re was married at eighteen

Shakespe re was married at eighteen
Dante. franklin and Bulwcr ut twenty
four; Keplcr, Mozart and Walter Scott
ut twenty-siN; Washington, Napoleon I.
and Byron ut twenty-seven; Rossini. the
first time at thirty and the second time
ut tiitv-four: Schiller and Weber at
thirty-one. AriStorllanrs ut thirty-six,
Wellington at thirtysrvrn, Talma at
thirty-ninr. Luther nj forty-two. Adai-
s.,n N forty four Young ri forty seven,
Sw:'' -. E,r,v-minr. Button =. liity-threc
auti Gn'';Il" 1T :i!!y-sevrn.
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The paper had been folded along the
fourth line and then torn off at the corner.
1t was conveyed to Layman and kept by
him as likely to be of value. There was
small doubt that Fanny was in the vehicle
which Layman overlook on his way home,
and that the screams which he heard were
her cr;~s for help. Could it be that Miller
was atthe bottom of the abduction? Lay
man remembered that Miller had frequently
written in an album belonging to Fanny,
snd in comparing that writing with the
writing on the SCRAP Of paper they were
found to be identica, Layman made his
way to York to con lit lawyer as to the
hest means OF discov' ling his sister. When
he reached that ci , almost the first thing
he saw in newspaper was the discovery Of
the body of murdered woman in the river
Aire, just above Leeds, near place known
as The Forge. The won4en's linen was
marked "F. L." Feeling sure that this
must be his sister--for the description an
swered to her in every observation-disclosures
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When a man puts on airs and swells
around, making people believe that he
owns two-thirds of every bank in the
City, people look up to him and admire
him. Just let the same man in a shabby
coat try to borrow q few dollars, and
You'll find out how much the same peo-
ple admire-the dollars-NsW York En-
DresS
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the way, you can easily entice fanny
ITse what need.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-06
Hygiene OF Cooking 4.

Our health and strength depends upon
the food we eat The value of the food
depends upon Its nutritious qualities and
the way it is prepared. A good flavor in
any foo3 promotes its digestion and its
power of nutrition. 50 we have few
words to say on cooking meat. Aibumen
is the leading constituent of amin Il food,
as starch is of vegetable. They differ,
however, in their chemical composition
aud in their way of digestion, and in the
changes they undergo il the stomach.
Ali,umen is compound, insoluble in
water, but the gastric juice dissolves it in
the stomach. Otherwise it would be use
less as food Every kind of nutriment
must be soluble and reduced to a fluid
before il can enter the blood and nourIsh
the body.
We are nov ready to consider the vari
GUS modes of cooking. StewiHg, boiling
roasting, broiling, baking and frying are
each worth q distinct consideration.
Stewing is conducted by slowly cooking
in a close vessel. The better the meat
the better the stew, but the toughest and
.coarsest meat may be so stewed IS 10 be-
come tender and digesble. This way OF
preparing meat requires more time than
any other, and so may be partially pre-
pared on the day previous TO its being
served. Pieces and trimmings OF meat
can be chesply bought and in this way
be made into good, dnestible and nutri-
tious food Even bones may be broken
into small pieces and sinmered until the
gelatine has exuded. Gelatine i not a
very nutritious element, but may thicken
the mass and add somewhat to its nutri-
ton. Bones contain over 40 per cent. OF
gelatine. Lean meat is the best fer stew
ing. Cover the meat With soft wafer and
little butter and let II simmer for four
or five hours. Stews may be thiekened
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-06
The Village StOrk.
BAYARD TAYLoR's LAST POEM.

BAYARD TAYLOR's LAST POEM.
The old lIyrcanian Forest sent
His weather on the plain;
Wahlwinkels orchards wrthed and bent
In wnirls of wind and rain
Within her nest, upon the roof,
For generations tempest-proof,
Wahlwinkels stork with her young ones lay,
When the hand of the hurricane tore away
The house and the home that held them.
The storm passed by; the happy trees
Stood up and kissed the sun;
And from the birds new melodies
Came fiuting one by one.
The stork, upon the paths below,
Went sadly pacing to and fro,
With dropping plumes and head depressed,
For the thought of the spoiled ancestral nest
And the old inherited honor.
behold her now!" the throstle sang
From out the linden tree;
"Who knows from what line she spraug,
Beyond the unknown sea-"
''If she could sing, perchance her tale
Might move u.s." chirruped the nightingale.
"Sing? She can only rattle and creakp'
Whistled the bullfnch, with silver beak,
Within the wires of his prison,
And all birds there, or loud or low,
Were one in scott and scOrn;
But still the stork paced to and fro,
As utterly forlorn;
Then suddenly in turn of eye,
He saw a poet passing by,
And the thought in his brain was an arrow Of
fire,
That pierced her with passion and pride and
ire
And gave her voice to answer
She raised her head and shook her wings,
And faced the piping crowd.
"Best service are said, never sings
True honor is not loud.
MY kindred carol not, nor boast.
Yet we are loved and welcomed most,
And our ancient race is dearest and first,
And the hand that hurts us is held accused
In every home of Wahlwinkel!
Beneath sky forever fair,
And with a summer sod,
The lard | come from smiles-apd there
MY brother was a god
NV nest upon a temple stands
And sees the shine of desert lands;
And the palm and the tamarisk cool my wings.
When the blazing beam of the MONDAY stings,
And drink from the holy river
There am sacred, even as here;
Yet dare | not be lost,
When meads are bright, hearts fun of cheer
At blithesome PentecCst.
Then from mine obelisk depart,
Guided ny something in nv heart,
And sweep in line over Libyan sands
To the blossoming olives of Grecian lands,
And rest on the Cretan Ida.
"Parnassus sees me as | sail;
cross the Adrian brine;
The distant SUBMITS fade and fall,
DIlmatian, Appenine;
The Alpine SHOWS beneath me CLEAN.
| see the yellow Danube streami
But hasten on until see my spent wings fall
Where | bring a blessing to each and all,
And babes to the wives of Wahlwinkelw
She dropped her head and spake no more;
The birds on either hand,
Sang louder, luster than before
They could not understand.
Thus unused the stork, with snap of beak
Better be silent than to speak,
Highest beings can never be taught;
They have their voices, my thought
And they were never in Egyptn'
American Legation, Berlin November IL,
1878
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-06

by vegetables, or by oat meal, roast pota-
toes or barley, and favored with herbs to
suit the TASTE This mode of cooking is
usually done in stewpans with close fit
ting cover. A good stone jar with well
fitting lid is better. 1t retains the heat
for a long time and can be easily kept
clean. The grey jar has no red glazing
on the inside, that may peel off in con
tact with salt. The stewing should go
on slowly and the lid seldom removed.
The sticking of the meat, etc, may be
prevented by shaking the jar now and
then.
Closely allied to stewing is boiling
The vessel in which the meat is to be
boiled should be completely cleansed,
have closely fitting-lid and have water
enough to completely cover the meat.
The fire should be just enough for a
moderate boiling. The scum should be
removed as it comes to the surface. Add
ing pint or more of water will promote
this rising. Pure rain-water is usually
the best for all cooking purposes.
Whether the meat should be put into
cold water or into hot depends upon the
object in view. Place a piece of meat
into water at a temperature of go degrees
Fahrenheit, and gradually raise it to the
boiling point, its soluble and nutritious
properties will gradually exude and en-
rich the water The albumcn is partially
dissolved and comes out of the meat,
tie flores become hard, dry and stringy.
The thinner the meat, the more easily the
juices will ooze out and so deprive the
meat of its savory and palatable juices.
In this way the water becomes enriched
and forms a broth. The value of the
meat is chiefly in the broth. The meat
has lost its former value. These facts
show that soaking fresh meat in cold
water before cooking IS not wise. 1t
should only be wiped with q moist cloth.
Place piece Of meat in 60iIing water
for five minutes and then reduce the tenn
perature to 100 degrees Fahr., or 40 de-
greas below boiling. The boiling water
toagulates the albumen on the surface of
che meat and so retains 1t with the flavor
within the meat, more or less. In this
way we have principles involved that al
ways may be applied TO all sorts of meat.
Some of the imces will escape even if W
plunge the meat into boiling water and
coagulate the albumen.
Broiling, by burying the meat in hot
ashes, was practiced in early times.
Even now it is favorite way of cooking.
Roasting is the royal way of cooking meat.
1t needs clear, bright fire and frequent
bashng. Next to stewing or broiling, it
is the cheapest way of cooking. The
stoves of these modern days have susper
seeded the open fires of former times, and
so roasting is nearly unknown in private
families. Tue gradual disuse of open
fires ana open CRATES has substituted bak
ing for roasting. Baked meat never has
the sweet and delicate flavor of roasted
and so is not so digestible and nutritious.
Frying requires special care in tenn
otherwise the food may be
spoiied
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-06
The sTramns.

.
woman and man; she paid and wan,
And with sad ewes, hollow from fasting,
His, CLASSY and marred by the drunkard's re-
ward,
That still about him are casting 80,
With that death-eager look OF that 'ei'ioie
That has borne him and torn him down from
AZ they stand in their shame by the bright
kitchen flame, .;o,
What story | read OF man . 'h@'no09 '''i'
IA g g tya,nan,s angelic devotion
az the wonderful love of two ill-mated lives,
Wbicb sin. in its storm-trampled emeers,
does her memory stretch from that poor,
bloated wretch
Far back into days that were goiaeh,
When his love, first Dreatheu, soeuleu LUCE
ure bequeathed,
For which She was ever beholdens
surrounds him still, with the Illusion OF yore
Through which women behold the men they
adore>
hand
The hand Of sot and scofFer-
And CLEAN of old grace lights the sad'
shrunken face
As she turns to the food that we Offer;
And gives him the larger share-"olhSNis
thrust -.
To his iips ere her hunger has broken crust
Then. their rags closer BOUND their emu
flames around,
They pass on the way OF tEs vagrant;
FOR wretches so mean IN good homes 10 DC
seen
Would be a trausgression most fragrant;
Bat the woman half turns, with wave OF the
hand
And a sad, thankful look that il simple and
grand.
And look through the panes, as the brief
day Wanes
And the shadows OF night are blending,
And watch DER the snow, on the highway be-
low,
The two figures slowly vending
A woman, whose love can all wretc hedness
span,
And the coarse, shattered wreck OF what once
was n man. " Y. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-06
HnuseI,ain Hints

TO Retain the Color Of a Ldma or Calico
Dress.-One tablespoonful of alum, one
tablespoonful of SAL, dissolved in one
gallon OF soft water; soak the dress, wash
as usual, and rinse in the salt and alum.
To Cleanse Gih Frames Take suficl--
ent flour of sulpher to give golden tinge
TO one and one-half pints of water; boil
in this water four or five onions, strain,
and when cold wash with soft brush any
part that requires restorning; when dry
it will come out as good as new.
Carpet M0thS.-A good way to kill
them is to take a coarse crash towel and
wiring it out OF clean water; spread it
smoothly on the carpet, then iron it dry
with good hot iron, repeating the oper-
alton on all suspected places and those
least used. 1t does not injure the pile or
color of the carpet in the least; it is not
necessary to press hard, heat and steam
being the agents, and they do the work
effecrually on worms and eggs.
Chestnut Stu6iHg fer Goose. CAS- PEE
pared in Southern Germany Gut The
shells from two pounds of chestnuts,
scald them until the brown skin slips
easily off; remove these also; stem and
wash onehalf pound OF raisihs; put nuts
and raisins with one tablespoonful of
fresh butter and one teacupful of boiling
water, pinch of salt, to gently stew I'M
til the chestnuts are almost soft; fill in
the goose. We make an imitation OF the
above by substituting sweet potatoes,
pared and cut Into pieces the size of
nut, otherwise the ingredients and pre-
paration being the same. II is cheaDer
and much less trouble To make. For
these filings it is important that the
goose be not too old or fat; should be
slowly roasted and very often bssted dur
ing the process Wiesbddea.