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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

OYSTER TOAsT.-'rhis Is II nice lIttle
dish for luncheon or for a lato supper.
Scald n quart Of oyestcrs in their own
liquor; take them out and pound them
In mortar, when they form a paste :;
add little rich cream and somo pep-
per. Got ready some thin, neat pieces
of toast, moistened slightly with boil
Ing water and spread with fresh but
ter. Spread the oyster paste thiokly
upon the toast, put linly-cut round
of lemon upon each piece, and arrange
them on platter garnished with pirs-
ley. Srrve very hot.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

THE time Is coming around again
whom man cannot open his window
to shout at a passing friend without
removing or upsetting a half dozen
flower pots. ...
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

LITTLE johnny-"Mamma, can
give Carlo this lump Of sugar?" "No
my child. 1t spolls tho teeth; eat i
YOURSELF"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

CALLING on a girl now days is
rather perilous amusement. 1t isn't
every man who knows what TO say
whom confronted with hideously ugly
curtain and asked: "Wny, don'c you
remem5erP | WAS working on that at
Swampscott that afternoon when You
came downt TO tea, and you suggested
that alteration in the design yourself" :"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

"What arc your politics ?" the chap
lain OF the Iowa Penitentlary asked an
intelligent looking convict. 81 have
II como out for anybody yct," re-
piled the convict, gazing placidly
through the bars.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

It's easier to tie a knot in a BULBS
norm than to make your wife bolieve
that every other night IL 4 lodge night.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

cit is moro blessed to give than to
receive," as the schoo boy remarked
when the teacher was nogging him.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

WHY should n colonel haye very
large tlstP Because he Is always sup
posed to have his regiment well in
hand.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

LLEN'S Brain Food cures Nervous Debility
~ and Weaknes~ Of Gcuorative Organs, 6I--aii
drmgglSIn. Send for q Circular to All0ns Pbarnhcy.
ala First Ave-, N. Y.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

BOY has to be coaxed and threat
ened for an hour to get him to take a
dose of medicine, but. though tobacco
tastes twice rs bad the first time YOU
try 1t, he doesn't hang back a Bit about
taking his first chew.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

Every Child w H"ys en- sar o, our h"nFs' Fl.
IN 8Ol d We nre going give way Feb, 10, 1881.
The frst omr will receive S5i. Price % couts. Ad.
drrSs y. o. Box 6,6 BUst n. Mass. ; -
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

THE man who carries an extra hand
kerchief should DO very careful how
lie loans II to lady to put over her
hat In a hover. Tho other day a
Father young, good humored, married
gentleman saw u young lady getting
caught In Il storm Of RAIN, and shu
asked him IN that cOntldlng manner
which girls have toward gentlemen
VINO are half old enough to be their
fathers, whether he could not lend her
his extra handkerchief to tic over her
twenty dollar bounet. lIe whipped
out tho handkerchief in al instant, ,anu
held the umbrella over her dcar little
mead while she tied the handkerchie.
over her bonnet and under tho chin.
Just about that time anothor lady came
along anu said aid:-lusbaud,lc lot me have
your extra handkerchief to tic over
my hat or it Will DO ruined, and it will
cost you twice AS mach us tho other
woman's hat will"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

"Is there an opening hero for an intel
'ectuai wrltcr?" asked socdy, red
nosed individual to an editor. Eyes,
my friend,' replied tho man of quills !;
"a conslderate carpenter, foresccing
your visit, left an opening for you !;
turn the knob to the rightr'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

"A courLE of reporters spent the
night In cell with man who was
doomed to be- hanged In Connecticut
recently, and IN the morning the pris-
oner was perfectly willing to die.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

COUNTRY BUTTER.-The art Of maxi
Ing good butter Is !iot as common as IL
ought to be, even though lhe article is
one OF the most ancient OF food pro-
ducts, and was mentioned by HerOdo-
tns z. 3lO years ago, and frequently re-
1eried TO by other early writer's. Bad
putter ls lar more frt tquently met with
than good, and Of all The old fables
which lind acceptance in regard to the
superior delights OF u rural lie, none
nave less foundation in fact than that
which asserts that the butter whicn
adorns The average farmers table is OF
better qualities than Is obtainabls IN
cities. AS gOoG butter as Is found In
hotels anu upon 1irst-class family tables
IN city like Boston. can seldom be
found In country farmhouses. The
farmers wives and daughters do nol
know how to make The Gest butter,and
nave not the requisite appliances ii
they possessed INC knowlcdse. The
butter which is common in The farm
house ol even rural New England, ana
whlch Is often referred 10 by the
housewife with pride, Is ranked low
IN the list OF grades Of butter in the
Boston MAJ ke,, and 1t would be we'll
II the TACT were thoroughly compre-
hended. 1t may be fortunate f.r tho
phlales ol great many people In the
country thai they have no iuea OF wnaL
Hoou butter is, and are actually inca
paDle OF telling good from bad, DuL IL Is
not so fortunate Tor their pUckel-books.
~ ID nearly as easy to make good but
Ter as 10 make poor, and 1t has been
suggested that 1t would bo an import
ulL anu benevolent work If com pclellt
POI lsohs would 20 through the country
explaining what good butter Is ana
how 70 make it.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

n - 77 YEAR and expenses TO ag'ta
- Outht Free. Address p
VlCKERY. ArpuRta. Matne
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

a TJuohood or wifo tor 2Oc. Send ago.
"a 60 nusoaAu n,tlone'ity, mud zoe, fur c: n!
Tor 6oc per dog Aldrcs, Cupid's Arab. Soc. Of
M8s., Box 1913, Madison, Kansas.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

TO REMOVE RUST FROM IRoN.-rhe
easiest method to remove rust from
Iron Is rubbing It with a rag dipped in
oil of tartar. Tho rust will disappear
Immediately.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

Those answOrlng An advertisement vii
confer . favor upon the Advertiser and q q
tubisher By sta cling that they 50 " tho adv. Z
HssniSnt In this Journal tnAmink tho pnpe,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

WATERPROoFINe CLOTH. -- Cloth
coated with llnseed oil to which lit.
tie wax and litharge have been added,
will be waterproof.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

How TO COOK OKRA.-After cutting
OIL the hard stalk ends of the young
pods-old stringy pods are worthless
put thcm into boiling water, and boil
Tor about half an hour, until, In fact,
tho seeds arc rod; strain off the water
add little butter, black pepper and
salt, and little lemon juice.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18
HUMOROUS.

Miss BLANCHE MURRAY is n very pro
per } oung lady. Last week she caught
her little brother smoking.
''YOu terrible thing" she hissed, 81
am going to tell father on YOU" +, M
"This is only corn silk" murmured
the boy, pen!tontly. {
~ don'C cure what 1t Is. I am going
to tell on yen, and see that you don't
get into that beastiy, horrid. degrading g
habit. wouldn'r have anything to do
with smokers"
It's evening. Miss Murray Is sitting
on the front stoOp with Algernon. 1t
Is moonlight, and the redolent spirits
OF 'e honeysuckles anu syrlnyas are
waiting bliss TO their already Intoxicated
souls. y
"Would little birdie object to my
smoking cigaretteP"
mot at ALL" replied Miss Murray.
* ike cigarettes. They are 50 frag
rant anu rom .tio. l think they are
just too dellclous for anything"
t'Then l'll light one." "
He lights u vi sarette. and they talk
about the weather for two h ours and u
half.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

FISH FR1TTFHs.-Take tho remains
OF any fish which has beon served the
preceding day, remove all of tho bones
and mince flme; add equal quantities
OF bread crumbs and mashed potatoes !;
stir In two beaten eggs; season with
pepper and salt; add enough cream to
mako tho mass OF tho proper consistency
to mould into littlc balls, and fry them
in boiling lard.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

FoR toothachc, take equal parts of
camphor. sulphuric ether, ammonia,
landannm, tincture of cayenne, and
ono eighth part Of oil Of cloyes. Mix
we'll together. Saturato with tho
liquid small piece OF cotton, and ap-
ply to the cavity Of tho dccayed tooth,
and the pain will cease Immediately,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

A GOOD paint for wirc-work Is made
by boiling linseed oil with as much
litharge rs will make 1t OF tho consist
oncy to be laid on with brush; add
lampblack at tho rate Of ono part to
every ten, by weight, OF tho lltharge
boil three hours over 4 go ltle fire. the
first coat should be thicker than tho
following coats.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18
Railways Regulating Pills.

ksrfSot Pur8atives, Soothing Aperfents,
Act without Pain. Always Reliable
... and Natural In their Operation.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

or paIts Where the pain or dinloulty exists W. ii
snOrd ease ami comfort. -
Thirty 70 sixty drops In q half tumbier OF
MaEr VIII IN fow minutes cure Oramps
spraAns Sour Stomach, heartburn, Sick LEAD.
Gcme, %n,, Darrnsa. Dysentery, Colo, Wind in lhe
Bowels and nA Internal pains. y ''- N o
travellers should always carry bottle OF I'd.
Way.s Ta} Hesdy Relief with them. few drops in
change OF water. It iB better than Frannh
Saat SSrantdy or bitters a. atlmulant- Pf1ce Fifty
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-18

IL )Rer, 4 started lof Tile street, writes
the student to Crimson. "ue seized" "
AN old New jersey farmer road an
item In paper, not long since, to the
effect THAT So ;retary Sher0an. was
breaking ground for Il handsome house
In Washington. "'rhtre, Sarah," he
said to Ills wife, "that's the man We
want for President. You see he amt
and yum II he Rots 'l"cted next year
IN 70 on to Washington an help him
with his garden sass, or nay name ain't
~ ,kicl Post"
CALLING on a girl now a days is
rather IL pcrilous amusement. 1t isn't
every man who knows what Co say
whom confronted with u hidenusly ugiy
curtain and asked: "Wny, don'c you
remember? | WAS working on that at
SwampscOtt that afternoon when YOU
came down TO tea, and you suggested
that alteration in the design yourseli." !"
DANBURY's grateful policeman was
at breakfast, wrestling with piece Of
remarkably tough veal. his wife said
to him, "You always say there some.
thing to be thankful for in everything
guess yOI'd be puzzled to find any
thing to he thankful for in that veal"
"Not at ALL" he eheerfully responded
stopping to breathe: "I was just think
ing how grttelui we should be that we
met 1t when 1t was young.'
MERCHANT to his clerk. who has Just
recovered from a syree--"Why did you
get drunk, yesterday?"
f,,lI
Sir. | told You tor What do you
mean2''
"You said never put of till to-mor-
row, what l GOULD do to-day, and-and
didn't"
THE Declaration of independence
was written by one of the greatest mon
the world eyer produced; it will be re-
garded with love and reverence AS
long rs emo American heart continues
TO beat; but offer a youthful American
his choice between reading it and DOR
using an account Of "Wur Whoop
Dave; The Howllng Fear Of the W:st,''
and nine times out OF ten he'll choose
til o latter.
You can deceive your guleless little
wife, young man, but her fathers wife
Lear" Did she surprise you crawl
ing in the back windo;y at two q. m
and declare that it was whisky and not
coal oil that yo lr breath was favore d
with? Better bI oak up housekeoeplng
~
"yyhat ore vonr no,,t,cs %, tho ,,,on
lain of rho inS,o porni,nn,inr r my on"p'
n + co,nn ont for S,UhnJw "' uo, ,, nav
piled tho convict onzi,o' ~ nIioc,itv
through tho bars, f'@ p'"''''S
o,na Doa s nus " oe coaxeh ana threat
Jno" 49, 80, % n.i iiour 70 pet MN 10 take
uUro tnstos y, t, ,ieuicnie' @ o.t. tnouso TOBACCO
,as.Gs twlce as Dad the hrst time you
'"N''s h'S ''s' o"o"'
.I. -,-,
l,,,maI I"vlJ r,.. "m ol'n'ns nero lor an intel
nv fr,.nd ), r.ni,eh tho ,,n ,;,t, ;,tss,
"a consIderate carnnnt"r conai;.'o, ~ In.;.s
your visit, left an omanin, co fnr rScoamH
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1880-02-24
Wan bebaIte es I'M &opfe.

Bon sinem isben pom 0urnsrs ,Safess
5siImitteln-bas vSufs" Rie,su. unb 2es
Der: 9siImittsI, bic safe Biasn, bas
ySafe":G isrsnfdrtenbe 5siImittsI unb bas
Sole Sittsrs, wtrh ~btbaupist, baB q
oas bette ieiner Dit III unO bic abF4t III,
IS aud 70 f~ort,ubaIteu. Dsun irsenb sia
msbi3inii9sr @rperts eenieIbsn Elm Snsres
bienI biuSufisen fam, bas bic QuaIitdt
zines bsrisIben Su uerbsfsrn in, Sianbe III,
10 piro man ibm einen bObsn Btcis fir bic
SsrbeGeulna be,ableu.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1880-02-24
XI.
&ao1 9abenant.4

9ats Dassnant bate f& In ben lss!sn
swblf Sabrtn nt6t sisl prdnpsrt. gle
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
The Grindstone Of Life.

Turning grindstones to grind scythes
is one of those heroic but unobtrusive
occupations for which one gets no credit.
1t is a hopeless kind of task, and, how
ever faithfully the crank is turned, is
one that brings little reputation. There
is q great deal of poetry about haying-
/ mean for those not engaged In it. One
likes to hear the whetting of the scythe
the noisy bobolink, who sits upon the
fence and superintends the cutting of
the dew-laden grass. There is a sort of
music In the ''swish" and a rhythm in
the swing of the scythes in concert. = +
But if the scythes cut we'll and swing
merrily it is due to the boy who turned
the grindstone. For my part I used to
like the grindstone that ''wabbled" a
good deal on its axis, for when I turned
it fast it put the grinder on a lively look
out for cutting his hands, and entirely
satisfied his desire that I should s'turn
faster" I used to wish sometimes that
I could turn fast enough to make the
stone fly into a dozen pieces. = +
This Is one of the disagreeable tasks of
the boy farmer, and hard as it is I do not
know why it is supposed to belong es-
pecially to childhood. But it is, and one
of the certain marks that second child
hood has come to a man on a farm is
that he Is asked to turn the grindstone
as if he were a boy again. When the old
man is good for nothing else, when he
can neither NOV nor pitch and scarcely
rake after" he can turn a grindstone,
and In this way he renews his youth
Being O BOu.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
Polishing Furniture.

To clean furniture, especially the sur
face of a finely-polished piano, we will
give u lady friends a receipt better
than any In the books. Take a wash
bowl half full of tepid water and a little
fine toilet soap and a tablespoonful Of
sweet oil. Dip a piece of old flannel in
this, and apply it to the wood, rubbing
vigorously for a while ; then exchange
this for a piece of old, soft, fine cotton,
not linen, as that leaves its ibers of
lint, and rub with this a while, finishing
with a fresh piece of the same rag until
the liquid application is thoroughly re-
moved. All these successive applica-
tions to be made to one particular spot
of the wood no larger than can be
worked with a shingh stroke of the arm,
and that to be finished before a fresh
place is to be treated. When the whole
piano has been done over in this way Gt
should take two hours, at least, to do it
welD it will look as good as new, and
far better than if refinished by an or
binary workman. This Is the best ap-
plication for that purple cloud that
comes over a polished wood surface in
damp weather. OF course a judicious
person will be very sparing of the liquid,
although she has a wash-bowl half full
Of it, and will not use enough to drip on
the carpet, or to penetrate to the In
terror of the piano.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
A Model Girl.

Do you want to read this word-picture
of a modest girl? I wish more of her
class existed, for the sake of society at
large. She is not what is called hand
some, though possessed of a quiet at
Effectiveness all her OWL. Her wardrobe
is chosen for quality according to her
financial circumstances the colors are
selected with care, suitable to each other
and favorable to her complexion (you
may call this taste, SO is is, modest
taste y ; the style must, of course, be as
heal the popular fashion as she dare APP
proach, but never quite up to the height;
when out calling or shopping she dresses
with neatness and care ; if walking, she
neither nov too fast nor slow, but
glides along with a natural and graceful
step which is very becoming, ,recogniz-
ing her friends by a polite bow or well
come grasp of the hand but there are
no demonstrative embraces or gushing
words. She is strictly truthful. When
any question is being discussed, and her
opinion is asked, she gives it h~esitating-
~, not doubtfully, and, If not accepted,
never allows herself to utter q contra
diction, but calmly and quietly with
draws from the discussion, although her
opinion is not lost or defeated by SO do
ing ; on the contrary, it almost always
carries weight and effect. Her acts and
words are u~nobtrusive, but her influence
is great in the home which it Is her hap
piness to adorn.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
A Letter in Blood.

A bank-note bearing a message writ
ten with blood was paid into n mer-
chants Office at Liverpool, England,
some years ago. The cashier, while hold
it up to the light to test its genuineness,
noticed some faint marks upon il, which
proved to be words scrawled in blood
between the printed lines and upon the
blank margin of the note. Extraordin-
airy pains were taken to decipher these
almost obliterated characters, and the
following sentence was made out: eff
this note should fall into the hands of
John Dean, of Long Hill, near Carlisle,
he will learn hereby his brother is Ian
gushing a prisoner in Algiers." Mr..
Dean was promptly communicated with,
and he applied to the British Govern
ment for assistance to obtainh his brothers
release from captivity. The prisoner,
who had traced the above sentence upon
the note with a splinter of wood dipped
IN his own blood, had been q slave to
the Dey or Mohammedan ruler of Algiers
for eleven years, when his strange mis-
sive first attracted attention in a Liver
pool counting-house. His family and
friends had long believed him dead. He
wa released and brought home to En-
gland, where, however, he did not long
survive, his constitution having been ir-
reparably injured by exposure, priva-
tons, and forced labor in tie Dey's gall
leys,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
Don't Tell Your Age.

A woman isn't. obliged tostelE her age
in Prussia, according to a recent de-
of the Appeal Court at Metz. "a
lady there, when courted by a man, ac-
cepted him, allowing him to think she
was six years younger than she really
was. When the wedding came off, she
would have to produce the official certif-
cate of her birth, so she altered it to
make it agree with her previous asser-
ton to her lover. In some process of
red tape the forgery was detected by a
clerk, and the bride wa arrested for
classifying apublic document, tried, con-
victed, and sentenced to three months
imprisonment. She appealed and the
Superior Court reversed the sem
tence, the Judge declaring that de-
PENDANT did not intend to commit an ille-
gal act, but was probably actuated
merely by female vanity. A woman's
age has thus been officially declared to
be her own property.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
Mexican Border Troubles.

Intelligence comes from Nuevo Laredo,
Texas, to the effect that seventeen prisoners es-
capped from Jail and plunged into the Rio
Grande River to swim to the Mexican shore.
In an instant the guards, citizens and all who
happened to be in the vicinity started in pur-
suit, everybody who could run seeming to be
already armed with carbine or revolver. At the
bank of the river the pursuers halted and fired
upon the swimming fugitives. Meantime a
party Of police and citizens on the Mexican side
commenced firing at the crowd on the American
side, with the evident intention of aiding the
fugitives. The Texans, however, maintained
their fusilade until all the prisoners had disap-
peared or were recaptured. firing altogether
about two hundred shots. Twenty or more
shots were returned from the Mexican bank.
OF seventeen prisoners, eight were killed or
drowned, six recaptured, and the remainder are
missing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
Josh ~Billingsgate.

Be merciful to all dunn animals
no man can git to heaven on a sore
backed horse.
The CRATE ite IL fust for bred, then
butter on the bred, and then sugar on
thebutter.
The CRATE secret oy popularity IL to
make every one satisfied with himself
fust, and afterwards satisfied with yu.
The CRATE mistake that most people
make IL, they think more ov their cum
ming than they do ov their honesty.
The unhappiness of this life seems
principally. to konsist in getting every
thing we kan, and wanting everything
we hain't got.
Ihav finally cum to the konklushun
that the best epitaff any man kan hav,
for all praktikal purposes, IL a good
bank ackount.
Paupers suffer less than mixers do ;
the man who don't kno where he izgoing
to git hiz next dinner suffers less than
the one who is anxious to know how
much it IL going to kost him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
Novel Use of Wood Sharings.

From wood shavings and paper Herr
Heilemann makes plates, dishes, etc., as
follows: Selected plane shavings are
bound into bundles and stepped in a
bath of weak gelatine solution about
twenty-four hours, then dried and cut
into suitable lengths. Plates are cut of
strong paper or thin ~pasteboard of the
size Of the objects to Reproduced. These
are moistened with a liquid consisting of
weak gelatine solution with sodium wa
terglass, and pressed in heated metallic
molds. After drying, the pressed paper
objects are coated on both sides with an
adhesive material made of five parts Rus
sian gelatine and n part thick trrpen-
tine, the shavings are applied to them,
and the whole is subject to pressure.
Wood shavings alone would, because of
their unequal thickness, present uneve
surfaces. The objects are now cut, if
necessary, dried and vanished.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-09
A Valuable Glue,

Householders and others will be glad
to hear of a very permanent glue-a
chrome glue, which is made by an ad-
mixture with common glue of one part of
acid chromate of lime in solution to five
parts of g latino. The glue made in this
manner, after exposure, is insoluble in
water, and can be used for mending
glass objects likely to be exposed to hot
water. 1t can also be made available
for waterproofng articles such as sails or
awnings, hut for flexible fabrics it is not
suitable. Afewimmersions will be found
sufficient to render the article impervi-
Gus to wet. 1t is necessary that tract
ured. objects should be exposed to the
light after being mended, and then warm
water will haye no effect on them, the
chromate of lime being better than tho
o generally used bichromate of pot
ash