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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

Take a square cambria the size you
wish your sofa cushion to be, then haste
your pieces Of silk, satin or velvet on
the cambria, just as they are, that is, in
any shape or size they may be, fitting
Shen so hat no part Of the cambria will
show; turn in. the edges and stitch
them down with silk of var Gus colors.
Different fancy stitching may be used
making as great q variety as possible.
A sofa pillow can be made Of Java
canvas in this neighborly way. The
owner makes a wreath on a square Of
Canvas and then passes it around
among her friends and each one works
whatevsr she chooses, using colors as
suits the fancy. Another method is to
divide the canvas into small squares by
q simple pattern of cross stitch, and fill
center square with some design, and
have friends fill up the other squares.
When all the r~ectangltS are wrought,
line with some firm material, and make
the under part Of bright colored fabric.
Fill with curled hair, and finish the
edge With cord ornamenting the corners
with tasssls.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
Embroidery

Embroiderers should have an eye for
color, and know something of drawing,
and at the same time they should have
a love Of flowers, and cultivate the habit
of observing them carefully. They will
then instinctively avoid those which are
beyond the range of their ait, and con-
tent themselves with such forms and
colors as can be pleasingly rendered in
silk and wool. 1t is good practice to
take up one character at a time, and
make a regular study of it in this way.
Is is q pretty device to have on the
c-iiaiThacAs Anu 6caciobii III the ufhWinS-
room, which require to be changed now
and then for the sake of variety, only
such flowers as are in bloom at the time.
During the greater part of the year this
is quite practicable. In the whole
range Of embroidery there is nothing
more charming than a set of dessert
mats, worked CT e-Fsam-e5f0T5d SAITH
with outline silks, and edged with
delicate lace, each having a garland of
the prevailing fower-violets in April,
pansies in May, corniowers in June,
forget-me-nots in July, single dahiias
in August, grapes and vine leaves in
September, and in the winter Virginia
creeper leaves. American Queen.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

plows as early as the weather
Will Esertn4 and harfows 4 week
fortnight later, and as
late IS possible without injuring the
'siioOusE goes over 1t with a bush harrow,
to make the soil fine. He cuts from
about the 10th of May to the Goth of
June, though some cut until the 4th of
July The time depends somewhat on
bow # sells, but too late cutting will in
lure the roots. In an old bed, the rows
spread and make more work hand weed
ing He weeds only once until after
ceasing to cut, and then goes over it
with q shares harrow. He does not like
% have Seeding plants come up between
the rows; they are as bad as weeds.
Seed-bearing exhausts the ground, just
as cucumbers allowed to go to seed ex-
harlst the ground more than if cut for
pickles. He used three or four barrels
OF fish-salt on his asparagus bed, but
could not say whether it did any good.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

A correspondent at Salem Mass,
writes in favor Of free school books.
He says it has been proved by exper-
fence that pupils, understanding that
the books are loaned to them, and that
it is an offense to soil or injure them
take better care of them, and they last
a year or two longer than their own
books. He contends that giving chill
dren free books no more makes them
feel that they are objects of charity than
does the giving Of teachers and school
houses at public expense. But, provid-
ing free books only for children whose
parents claim they are toopoor to buy
books, does place on such children the
brand Of pauperism.
The phrase that nine tailors make a
man is said to have originated in the
following incident In 1742 an orphan
boy applied at a fashionable tailor's
shop In London, In which Isue journey
men were employed. His interesting
appearance opened the hearts Of the
benevolent tailors, who Immediately
contributed nine shillings for the relief
Of the little stranger. With this capital
he purchased fruit, which he retailed at
a profit. Time passed on, and wealth
and honor smiled upon the young trades
man, so that when he set up his ear
riage, instead of troubling the college
Of heraldy for q crest. he painted the
following motto on the panel Of bis
carrirge door "Nine tailors made me
q MAJ
IN England and i Germany young
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
simple Tests For Pure water.

DIR. Baker, of the Michigan state
board Of health, suggests the following
simple tests for drinking water: Color
Fill a bottle made of ~colorless glass
look through the water at some black
object; the water should appear perfect
ly ~colorless. A muddy or turbid APP
pearance indicates the presence of solu-
bic organic matter, or of solid matter in
suspension. Odor-Empty out some Of
the water, cork up the bottle and place
it for q few hours in q warm place shake
it, remove the cork, and if the odor is
In the least repulsiye, the water should
be rejected. BY heating the water to
boiling an odor is evolved that other
wise does not appear. Taste-Water
fresh from a well is usually tasteless,
even though it may contain a large
amount of putrescible organic matter.
Water for domestic use should be per-
fectly tasteless and remain so, even af-
ter it has been warmed. Heisch's test
for sewage contamination-Fm a clean
pint bottle three-fourths full of water,
dissolve q ~teaspoonful Of loaf or granu-
lated sugar, cork the bottle and place it
in a warm place for two days. If the
water becomes cloudy or muddy it is
unfit for domestic use. If it remains
perfectly clear, it is probably safe to
use.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

Offering prizes for original scientific
work has Of late years gained consider
able popularity, especially IN France.
The most valuable one now offered con
sists Of $4,000 francs for a discovery
which shall enable electricity to be APP
piled economically, either as o source Of
heat, light, chemical action, mechanical
power, or is q means of transmitting in
telligence. The competition is open to
all nationalities and the prize will be
awarded in December, 1887, thus Civ
ing inventors ample time to work on
the problem.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

men prepare themselves BY long course
Of study for the duties and honors oil
public life and with reasonable assur-
ance of success, III they show them
selves possessed Of sufficient ability,
learning and character. There seams
to be no place for the student and the
conscientious man in politics here. En-
ergy, cunning, agreeable manners, an
obliging disposition, quickness and q
natural love of demagoguism-these
are the qualities and characteristics
that avail most in the present state OF
affairs.
When the American ship Aurora,
which was bursed few days ago at
Calcutta, took fire, there were 80, 900
cases of kerosene on board. II was
feared that the wind and tide would
drive the burning oil TO the crowded
part of the river. But, fortunately, the
Wind shifted, and the flaming liquid
was driven upon the beech. the scene
was wonderful beyond description. The
river seemed to be on fire. The cases
exploded with a sound like yolleys Of
musketry. Dense black smoke en-
shrouded the town. The escape Of the
shipping and the town from q disastrous
confagaration was narrow. This event
has revived the scheme of establishing
a subsidiary port at Port Canning, on
the river Mutlah, for kerosene ships.
In nineteen private galleries in New
York are pictures worth So, O00, 600.
VorAIarHsIlsc f.-, A. x.~oi ,~r&I~ - III a
collection. He has 17e paintings, form
ing the finest collection of modern Eu-
ropean paintings in this country. His
costliest works are Information" $780,,
0001, the Ordinance $50, 000), all by.
MISSIONER; Gerome's Sword Dance"
($15, 000) and Louis XIV and the
Grand Condo" CO, 000) Alma adema's
Sculpture Gallery" ($15 ,000), Picture
GALLERY" $50 ,66GGGG11 and @DDown 80 the hho
River" ($12, 000); Jean Francois Millet's
Water Carrier" ($10, O00) and Sewer
lence" ($18, O00); Fortuny's Arab Pam
tasia at Tangiers" ($10,000), Vibert's
Committee on Moral Books" s $4,000,
and Millais bride Of Lammermoorn
($25, 00e).
The great ifty-ton hammer in
Krupp's works at Essen gained its name.
"Unser Fritz" and the inscription it
bears, Fritz, let fiyf' in the following
manner: when, in 1877, the Emperor
William visited Essen, this steam
hammer attracted his attention. Krupp
presented him to the machinist, Fritz,
who, he said, handled the hammer with
such nicely and precisionas not to injure
or touch an object placed in the centre
of the block. The emperor at once put
his diamond-studded watch on the spot
indicated and beckoned to the machinist
to set the hammer in motion. Fritz
hesitated, out of consideration for the
to set the hammer in motion, Fritz
hesitated, out of consideration for the
nracions object Int Krnnn anroed him
on by saying Fritz, let fyl' Down
came the hammer and the watch .
NAMED untouched. The emperor gave
it to the Smachinist as a souyinir and
Krupp added 1 900 marks to the present.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


A rood dish for hraakfasl is l
chopping pieces of cold boiled or fried
nam just as fine as it is possible to chop
them; mix them with cold mashed po-
tatoes, an egg or two, a little butter in
a frying pan, and brown the balls.
Serve hot.
CREAM CAKE.-Two fresh eggs, one
large teacup Of brown sugar, one small
one of sour cream, a small ~teaspoonful
of soda, with -four sifted in until it is
quite stiff. This makes an excellent
everyday cake, and may be quickly
made.
BAKING PowDER. One ounce OF
t~artaric acid, eight ounces of cream-of-
tartar, five ounces of -four. Mix
thoroughly in the following manner
Pulverize the acid and mix with cream
of-tartar; pulverize the soda and mix
with the -four then add all together and
mix well by sitting through a flour
sieve several times. / can youch for
it's quality if you get good cream-of-
tartar. have used it for years.,
@. X. TERRY.
CANNING SoyAsH.-Has any lady of
the Domestic Circle canned squash and
been successful? / cannot succeed,
and if any ,one has done it will she please
tell me her method.
AS To KEEPING PICKLES 81 have al
ways had success in this way: After
the c~ucumbers have been in brine 26
hours wipe them thoroughly and pack
them in glass cans. Heat vinegar to
the boiling point with a few cloves to
keep it. Wrap towels, wrung from hot
water, under and around the cans, fill
them up with the hot vinegar, and
screw on the covers. The pickles will
be crisp, green, and thoroughly picked.
/ have kept them in this way two years.
HULLED CoRN.-Into an iron kettle
with three gallons of water put six
quarts of hard wood ashes, boil about
five minutes, remove from the fire and
poar in a pint of cold water to settle
it. Strain off the I've, put into an iron
kettle and put into it six quarts of shelled
corn. Boil over a brisk fire half an
hour. skimming and stirring frequently,
strain off the lye and rinse the corn
thoroughly in several clear waters.
Then put the corn in a large pan, COW
er it with water and rub thoroughly
till the black chits come off; rinse till
the water is clear then put into q clean
kettle with water enough to cover it
and parboil three or four times, pour
ing off the water each time. Then boil
till quite soft, taking care that it does
not burn. Add two tablespoonfuls salt
during the last boiling.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

Abigail Adams, the Presidents wife,
was undoubtedly the most conspicuous
American Of her day, whether
by position or by character. When
writing to her husband she often signed
herself, "Portia" in accordance with a
a stately, and perhaps rather high-fown
habit Of the period; and she certainly
showed qualities which would have done
honor to either the Roman or Shakes
perian heroine of that name. In her
letters we see her thoroughly revealed.
While the battle of Bunker Hill was in
progress, she wrote that il was dreadful
but glorious; !" and in the depression of
the battle of Long Island she said, s'If
all America is to be ruined and undone
by a pack of towards and knaves, / wish
to know it, and added, Don't you
know me better than to think me a
coward? r. When, first ataong American
women, she represented her nation
at the court of st. James, she met
with equal pride the contemptnous de-
meador of Queen Charlotte, and when
her husband was chosen President, she
wrote to him "My feelings are not those
of pride or ostentation upon the occasion;
they are solemnized by q sense of the
obligations, the important truths and
numerous duties, connected with 1t.
When finally after four years, he failed
of reelection, she wrote to her sou
'sThe consequence to us is personally
that we retire from public life. For my
self and family i have few regrets.
: Ii I did not rise with dignity, 1 q
at least fall with ease This was abb
gail Adams. In person she was distin-
guished and noble rather than beauti-
full, yet it is satisfactory to know that
when she was first presented at the Bri-
tish court she wore a white lutestring,
trimmed with white Grape, festooEod
with lilac ribbon and mock point lace
over a hoop OF enormous extent, with q
narrow train three yards. long. topped
up by a ribbon. She wore treble lace
ruffies, a dress cap with long lace iap-
pets and two white plumes, these last
doubtless soaring straight into the air
above her head in the extraordinary
style, familiar to MS in Gillray's carica-
lures of that period.
1t was in those days no very agreeable
task to be the wife of the president.
Mrs. Adams has left o. record q graphic
skesch of the White House, where she
presided for three months. The change
In the seat of government had been de-
cided upon for twelve years, yet the
building was still d vast unfinished barr
rack, with few rooms plastered, no main
stairway, not a bell within, nota fence
without; it was distressingly cold I'M
winter, while the Chief Magistrate OF
the United could nOJ obtain Tor love Or
money q man to cut wood for him in:
the forests which then surrounded
Washington. From Washington to
Baltimore extended an almostunbroken
growth of timber, varied only by some
small and ~windowless huts. There
could as yet be in Washington NO such
varied companionship as had given at
traction to the seat Of government at
New York and then at PHILADELPHIA;
yet at Georgetown there was d society
which called itself eminently polite,
and Mrss Adams records that siIe rer
turned fifteen calls in a single day.-T.
w. Higginson, In Harper's Magazine
- 49, |3&M
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
How MRS. rrollope Wrote . Novel.

Woman's Journal.
Mrs. Trollope, the mother Of Antho-
ny Trollope, the novelist, never at
tempted TO write a book Until after she
was fifty. After she had failed in her
romantic project TO rebuild the fallen
fortunes of her household in America,
she wrote q book on Americans. The
success of that brought her G400 twice,
which lifted her household from dire
distress. She continued writing until
1856, when she was s~eventy-six years
old, and had at that time produced ia
volumes. During this time her hus-
band died lingeringly, and her three
daughters and one son died Of consump-
ton.
While three Of her household were
dying, the wife and mother, who nursed
them, had to keep her pen going to
keep a shelter over their heads and to
pay the increasing expense Of sickness.
Says Anthony: Il have written many
novels, but j doubt whether / could
write one when my whole heart was
Iv the bed sida Of a DYING eon. Dnr-
ing the time when her pen was most
active her visible occupation was that
of nursing. = Her power Of divid-
ing herself two parts, and keeping her
intellect by itself. I never saw eq1laled.
r do not think that the writing Of d nov
Ell is the most Difficult task which q man
may be called upon to do, but il is q
task that may be supposed to demand
d spirit fairly at case. The work Of
doing il with q troubled spirit killed
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

MH I.
Wishin d nest of roses
Half hidden from tiesight,
Until q smile discl0ses
Its loneliness Alright,
Behold the work Of Cnnid ~
Who wrought it IN a freak.
The witching little dimpIe-
The dimple on her check
The Sirens lays and glances
TO lure the sailor nigh;
The perilous romances
OF tabled Lorelie,
And all the spells OF Circe
Are reft OF charm and weak,
Beside the dainty dimple-
The dimple on her cheeki
!. We're these the golden ages
OF knights and troubadours,
Whe brighten oldea pages
With Journeys and amours,
What lances would be broken
What silver lutes would speak,
In honor Of the dimple-
The dimple on her cheekl
Samuel Minturn Peck. In the Manhattan.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

This deep, primeval wood--how still!
Lo, silence here makes all his own;
veilad ehanaa with hands upon their lips.
Stand round about his darkened throne.
The patient pleading of the trees
How deep ii shames the souls despairl
In duplication moveless, mute,
They keep their attitude of prayer.
John Vance Cheney, in the Century.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
Gems Of Thought.

He who profogues the honesty Of to-
day till tomorrow, will probably pro-
rogue his tomorrow to eternity.-JLa-
water.
To be proud of learning is the great
est ignorance.-[Bishop Taylor.
Pride is never more offensive than
when it ~condescends to the civil; where
as, ysnity, whenever il forgets itself,
naturally assumes good humor .@[Cum-
berland.
Mere bashfuLsess without merit is
awkward; and merit without modesty
insolent. But modest merit has q
double claim TO aeceptance, and general
ly meets with as many patrons as be-
holders.-lHughes.
Precepts or maxims are of great
weight and a few useful ones at hand
do more toward a happy life than whole
volumes that we know not where to
find. -ISeneca.
Learn what people glory in, and you
may learn much of both the theory and
practice Of their moralsLMartineau.
1t should seem that Incidence itself
would incline q person to be honest, as
it requires infinitely greater pains and
contrixance to be a knaye.-Shenstone.
Hypocrisy. Of course, delights in the
most sublime speculations; for never
intending to go beyond speculation, it
costs nothing to have il magnificent.-'
Burke.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

what Shall We Name II? I is the
title Of . new dictionary giving the
meaning and history Of two thousand
anne for children.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

Virgins, the weather prophet
predicted high winds during March
and retired to d cave.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

Wendell Philips, though q lawyer, is
said to have never tried but one case in
court.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

liz about to form a new lawn, be it
large or small, it will pay you to make
a good job Of it. Whether prepared by
pillow or spade, the land should be sub
soiled and care be taken to keep the
good, or surface soil, ut the top, and the
subsoiI j n tie bottom, 65 before. A
good dressing of well-rotted manure b
highly beneficial. 1t should be turned
under. but kept within a few inches Of
the surface, so as to be of immediate as
sistance to the young grass. When pre-
pairing the ground, it is we'll to remove
what rocks and stumps may be within a
foot OF the surface. This ssaibbseiiliag
viii not only be Of lasting benefit to the
grass, but also to whatever trees
or shrubs are to be grown upon the
space. It will likewise essen the severity
of Summers drought. To make a really
good Job, the ground should be prepared
in Fall end left unfinished till Spring,
by which time reins, frost and snow
willhave settled it othat all ~unevenouss
is readily discovered and then easily
mended. But if we have to prepare our
grounGsn Spring to be laid down to
at once, wherever stumps or stones
have been removed the soil should be
firmly packed from the bottom up then
the whole surface of the lot should be
properly leveled, trod or rolled.
Whether we SOW or sod our lawns, it
should be done as early in Spring as the
ground is in mellow, working order, so
as to give the grass q good
chance to get established before
the dry, warm Summer sets In.
Whether level, rolling, or sloping the
surface of the lawn should be smooth
and even, without any FUCKERS, bumps
or hollows, and so disposed thatin Sum
mel or Winter, water will not lodge In
pools IN any part Of it. Good drainage
is very important, not only for the vel
fare Of the grass, but also for that Of the
trees, shrubs, roses and other plants.
If possible, banks such as those around
the house, also q 10 20-inch wide strip
along the edge Of the walks or roadways,
should be sodded rather than sown, but
broad, open spaces, as tho body OF the
lawn, may as well be seeded down as sod
ded. An old COW pasture yields excel
lent sod.-Rural New Yorker.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-10-17


The Object Of this Till s to procure decree
for the sale ofccrtan Lands situated near New.
port ia Charles county heretofore owned by
one Francis II Edelen, late Of said county,
deceased
The bill alleges: That the said Francis II
Edelen wns in his life time, in the year 1866,
seized and possessed Of certain real estate -
ing Hn situated in Charles countv; that be
VS. indebted unto his wife Strah II Il. f le-
I'm IN the sum Jf two thousand doll rs that
being so indebted, he conveyed his said lands
to Richard II Edelen in trust for the joint
use and CentGt Of hi the sud Francis II /.
Ede'en and the said Sarah u r. Edelcn, his
wifi during hi. life after his death for the sole
use and benefit Of bis said wife, with poScr
in tha said Trustee at tnf time after the
death Of the said Francis II Edelen, and up
OH the request Of his said wife, to sell the said
real estate, aud to apply the proceeds first to-
W rds the pa, ment Of the expenses incident to
said sale, and then towAr l. the payment Of
lie said two thousand liars, with interest
from the date Of the death OF the said Francis
II. Edeien, and the residue Il any to be equal
" distributed among his neirsi that the said
Francis II Elcleu died in the year 1859,
leaving widow, Sarah II. X. Eiclen, and
the following persons bis heirs
at law; Elizabeth Edelen, Francis
t. Bonrman, NJ Roberta Elelen who after
wards intermtrried with Washington 4 Po-
scy Laura Edecn, Ann F Etelen who after
/ wards intermarried with james A. Wills,
Marit X. Edelen, b. Leonard Edelen,
all Of whom arc defendants; that Eiz beth
Edeen one Of his said heirs died sometime in
the wear 1874, leaving as her heirs at law, the
following grand eli lren: Francis Eelee,
i Mary Edplpn " no afterwards lntprmarrled wit