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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-06
and all liberty that they do not bestow
as grace and Of divine right.
Nine Wives and III Children.

az want you to write something in this
Bible," said Lawson Lawrence, colored,
and regular subscriber of the Mail. He
was accompanied by an aged uncle, q"
who was gray when the gray hairs OF
our girls were golden in the sunlight of
youth, and it was for him that the Bible
writing was intended. "He is 103 years
DID," said Lawson, and at this the re-
porter was all ears, as usual. Inquiry of
Uncle Nero developed, according to his
statement, that he was born in Trenton
district, North Carolina, May 9, 1882, and
would consequently be 103 years OF age
on the 9th of May, 1885. He said he
came to Eufaula "during Jackson's war" J"
and when Eufaula was Irvinton. The
Indians were encamped about Mont
gomery, and he bought pony OF them
for S.. His present wife, "Henry
Kringle's sister," is fifty years old, he
having married her when she was a
"gal," as he expressed it. She is his
ninth wife, and in reply to the question
as to how many children he had, he said
he had been accused of having III, and
it was not for him to dispute it. Last
year he cultivated twenty acres of land,
and raised an abundance of peas, corn
and potatoes. This year he is cultivating
cotton. He lives within quarter of a
mile OF White Pond, this county, where
he has been for the past eleven years.
He labors during the week and breaches
on Sunday, being pastor of Mount Zion
Methodist Church for eight years.-Eu-
fdula, Ala., Mail.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-06

Ir is charged that the books of the
Navy Department have been badly kept.
If none of the money appropriated for
that department has been GLADLY kept, :"
the country would not now be ashamed
at the sorry spectacle which our alleged
"navy" presents.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-06
NOTICE.

COMPLAINTS IN REGARD TO THE As.
- sessed value OF any property, or applications
current year, must be made to the BOARD of
EquaIlzahon, at the County Court Honse in
SAT- @ Lake Ike City, between Wednesday, the list l
Ty Isc OF July ans Saturday, the 11th day of july
I9oI, 70 lDoIn DAYS lnclusiye,) between the hours
oil ~ q; m and p. m, or be forever barred
aceordlng to the provisions of the law R1
order OF the County Court Dy
Salt Lake City, June II, 1855. 0ie'A'
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-06

ENGLIsHMEN hatter themselves that
their blasted climate has greatly i'm
proved Mary Anderson's beauty.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
He was Not Missed.

"When / was a gallant young Lieu
tenant of Marines, stationed in Washing
ton," says a veteran officer, 81 was pretty
numerous in society. Wasn't ball, a
reception or a swell-blow out of any sort
according to my notion them could get
on or go off without me. In fact 1 had
become lin my own mind) an indispensa-
BILE unit in the social problem of the cap
ital One day got orders to go to sea.
That was terrible blow to Washington
society, but it was my duty to sacrifice
it, and sacrifice it did by going on
board my ship and sailing away True,
was at loss to guess how the town
could survive my absence, but consoled
society by promise to return as soon as
possible.
"Well, I was absent three years! You
can't estimate the gross measurement of
my grief for the people of Washington,
but 1t was my intention to assuage the
general woe by course of gracious and
benign patronage on my return. That,
of course, made me feel little less like
a criminal than when went away, and
1 looked forward to the day when I
should again set foot in Washington
with great eagerness. Scenes of roman
tic and dramatic interest crowded on
my imagination as thought of meeting
the old set one by one, and tears of exul-
tation actually filed my eyes at the mo-
ment caught sight of the Capitol.
''In due time we reached town. Be
fore l had walked a square l met dear
old friend who waved his hand at me
and exclaimed:
How do, Norveill Been out of
town. Haven't seen you in three weeks
z know off,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
Not So Green as He Seemed.

Col. Will Beasley, who has just re.
turned from the mountain district of Ar.
kansas, was determined not to be out.
done by the squatters. zone day." said
the Colonel, ~ stopped near a cabin and
asked of an unconcerned- looking man,
who sat on fenc
How far is it from here to Jones,s
ferryf
" How fur is what'
4" The road
"'What roadp
TO Jones's ferry
DO you want to go tharp
Yes, or l wouldn't ask how far il
Didn't know but you were out sur
veyin' the country
HE leaned over the fence, spit at
something, and seemingly, dismissed the
subject from his mind
=" Come, wake up, said I but he paid
no attention to me. Then l thought il
would be good idea to startle him.
" My friend said l, did you know
that Andrew Jackson was deadp
"He jumped off the fence and shouted
Nose fetch me my gun here, quick.
Here's blamed Teller 'lecshneering again
Old Andy
''seeing that I had made dangerous
mistake, put spurs to my horse and
galloped away, but, sir, that COMPOUNDED
fellow followed me five miles. Thought
it was the most capital piece of ignor-
ance had ever head of, and after got
out of danger, l almost laughed myself
into fit, but l have since learned that
the old man was an illicit distiller, and
believing that 1 was deputy marshal,
wanted an excuse for killing me. II
won't do to fool with those fellows. D
arkansas IrdUeler.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
An Ayah's Revenge.

The steamship Valetta, which arrived
at Plymouth, England, lately, was on
the voyage the scene of deplorable
murder and suicide. Among the pas
sengers were Mr.. and Mrs Abbott, with
two children and japanese ayah (nurse).
Mrs. Abbott had reason to rebuke the
ayah, who became much excited, and in
consequence of a remark she let fall,
the children and nurse were CLOSELY
watched. In the evening, however,
while Mr.. Abbott was sitting with them
in the saloon, he turned away for min
ute, when the woman seized the eldest
child, a beautiful fair-haired girl, six
years old, and thrust her through one of
the ports, then jumping out herself.
Both fell into the sea, and although the
steamer was stopped and boats got out,
nothing could be seen of the child, who
doubtless had been sucked down in the
vortex caused by the screw. The poor
child was general favorite on board.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
A Fortified Gambling House.

The San Francisco Call says:-On the
the east side of Dupont street, near Clay,
abuilding is being altered for the purpose
of establishing restaurant In it, and in
connection Herewith there is being fitted
up room which will be used by Chinese
gamblers. The room is twenty-five feet
wide by eighteen deep. The studding
has been covered inside and out with
grooved and tongued pitch pine. The
outside of each partition is covered with
sheet iron one-eighth of an inch thick, and
fastened by means of round-headed car
rage bolts, set about five inches apart.
The enterance from the street is
through a narrow door set in the western
partition, and hid from view by a broad
staircase that leads to the upper floor.
The easing of this doorway is covered
With steel strips a quarter of an inch
thick and several inches wide, which are
as well secured to the partition by iron
bolts as possible. On the floor, in place
of the ordinary threshold, there is thick
iron plate. From the interior the door
is fastened by means of swivel bar,
which fits into the sockets, and In addi-
ton thereto there is heavy iron-bound
plCCc VI IlLnDOIt OLA 4SCt lung, WHICH, IL
occasion requires, may be thrown against
the door as brace, from floor hold.
The door itself is of three-inch pine,
covered with quarter-inch steel plate,
strongly riveted.
In the rear partition there is door
that opens into a large kitchen con-
nected with the restaurant The kit
chen is a room the walls of which are of
brick. Two windows light the room,
but each of these have heavy iron gratings
set in them. This place is so strongly
fortified that, under the most favorable
circumstances, officers having wedges
axes, pinchbars, and iron mauls could
not effect an entrance into it under an
hours very hard work.
The purpose of the door into the kit
chen is that in case raid is made, the
players may carry the evidence of
which, if found, would lead to con-
viction, into the cook shop, and destroy
it by throwing it into the furnace.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
For the Breakfast Table.

Rock biscuit are great favorites with
most families, and are good enough to be
the favorite cake of any one. Take OF
bread dough as much as would fill a
quart bowl; and one cupful of sugar, and
two eggs; also one teaspoonful of CHINA
mon, and coffee-cupful of raisins cut
in two. Mix, adding -four enough to
make stiff. When light, roll out rather
thin, rough the top with fork, and cut
into cakes. Bake in a slow oven as soon
as the cakes begin to tighten.
Very nice cracker-like cakes are called
ginger biscuit Crumble one-half pound
of fresh butter into two pounds of flour
In which three ounces of ground ginger
have been mixed; add half pound of
powdered sugar, two eggs, and enough
milk to make it stiff paste. Knead and
roll several times; roll lastly very thin,
and cut into diamond-shaped cakes.
Bake in slow oven. They should be
crisp and of a rich brown when DONE
While hot, brush over with beaten white
of egg, and dust with powdered sugar,
shaking off all the sugar that does not
adhere firmly.
Bread cakes are very nice for break
fast or luncheon. They may be made in
two ways. The first, which has little
sweetening in it, is particularly appetiz,
ing; to three cupfuls of bread dough
ready for the second kneading add one
egg, two tablespoonful of sugar, and
one cupful of currants; knead until
mixed, form into three small round
loaves, bake as soon as light. Before
setting in the oven rub the top with a
little melted butter. The second, which
will be liked best by all who have tooth
for sweets, is made thus: to one quart of
bread dough add three eggs, one cupful
of sugar, one teaspoonful of cinnamon,
and three tablespoonful of melted but
ter; mix to soft dough, put in deep
pan, and let it rise. When light, wash
the top over with milk, and sprinkle
thiciSly with sugar; then set in the oven
bake slowly Keep paper over the top
of the pan part of the time while baking.
or the crust will burn too brown.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
GEN. GRANTS PREFACE.
What He ssSs In the Opening Of His New
Book.

"'Man proposes and God disposes.'
There are but few important events in
the affairs of men brought about by
their own choice.
although frequently urged by friends
to write my memoirs, 1 had determined
never to do so, nor to write anything for
publication. At the age of nearly sixty
two I received an injury from q fall,
which confined me closely to the house
while it did not apparently affect my
general health. This made study
pleasant pastime. Shortly after, the
rascality Of business partner developed
itself by the announcement of failure.
This was followed soon after by uni
versal depression of all securities, which
seemed to threaten the extinction of
good part of the income still retained,
and for which / am indebted to the
kindly acts of friends. At this juncture
the editor of the Century Magazine asked
me to write few articles for him.
consented for the money it brought me;
for at that moment 1 was living upon
borrowed money. The work found
congenial, aud determined to continue
it. The event is an important one for me,
for good or evil; hope for the former.
SIN preparing these volumes for the
public, I have entered upon the task
with the sincere desire to avoid doing
injustice to any one, whether on the
National or Confederate side, other
than the unavoidable injustice of not
making mention often where mention is
due. There must be many errors of
omission in this work, because the SUBJ
ject is too large to be treated of in two
volumes in such way as to do justice
to the officers and men engaged. There
were thousands of instances, during the
rebellion, of individual, company, regi-
mental and brigade deeds of heroism
which deserve special mention, and are
not here alluded to. The troops engaged
in them will have to look to the de-
tailed reports of their Individual COM
manders for the full history of those
deeds.
''The first volume, as we'll as a portion
of the second, was written before had
reason to suppose was in critical con-
dition of health. Later I was reduced
almost to the point of death, and it be-
came impossible for me to attend to any
thing for weeks. 1 have, however, re-
gained somewhat OF my strength, and
am able, often, to devote as many hours
a day as person should devote to such
work. 1 would have more hope of sat
isfying the expectation of the public if
l could have allowed myself moretime
I have used my best efforts, with the aid
of my eldest son, F. D. Grant, assisted
by his brothers, to verify from the
records every statement of fact given.
The comments are my own, and show
how l saw the matters treated of,
whether others saw them in the same
light or not.
''With these remarks present these
volumes to the public, asking no favor
but hoping they will meet the approval
of the reader. Q. s. GRANT.
''MT. McGREeoR, N. Y,
July 1, 1885,"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
His Only Treasure.

Among the hundreds of miserable and
suffering men found lying in the streets,
and carried away in prison ambulances,
may often be found one like the father
of little Jim, one who clings fondly to
the remembrance of happier and better
days, before he became homeless, way
faring man, with only the tear-dimmed
memory of a child left to make his life
less sorrowful.
One wild, stormy night, an ambulance
was hastily summoned for a man who
was found lying on the sidewalk.
''Drunk?" queried passer-by.
''Frozen, more likely" said police
man.
Exhaustion, caused by cold and
hunSeEl" decided the hospital surgeon.
The man was evidently a tramp. His
clothes were ragged and woefully thin
for such terrible weather, and his wasted
form showed that disease as well as want
had walked hand-in-hand with him for
many days.
He did not rally, and so the story of
his life was never told.
But in one pocket-the only pocket
that would hold anything-was a pho
tograph card, wrapped in piece of
newspaper; the edges were soiled and
frayed with much handling, and there
were stains on it as of tears that had
been hastily brushed off But through
all blemishes, the clear eyes of child
smiled out, child perhaps five years
old. On the back of the card was this
line scrawled in pencil:
''My little Jiml Died May 5, 1879. "
His little jim! And so the poor way:
farer had once been happy, loving
father; dimpled arms had clasped his
neck, and childhood's pure kisses had
hallowed his brow.
What dire disasters had brought him
to this present strait2 Where was his
home, the home that had sheltered little.
Jim9 And where was the child's
mother?
Vain questions, all! And so they
buried him, with the picture against the
heart that had cherished it as it's only
remaining treasure.
But somewhere in that far-away
country-that happy, happy country,
where there is neither cold, nor hunger,
nor homelessness-per the father
has found his little Jim, and in the man..
sions they are abiding; he and his loved
ones dwell in glad content. - Eoery
Other SATURDAY..
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
Cheap Money.

She pushed her way through the little
crowd of ex-capitalists that was congre-
gated about the ''ticker" and set her
shopping bag down upon the counter
with slam.
81 see by the papers that money is
cheap" she began.
'Never SO cheap as at present." re-
piled the broker, affably.
Glow are you selling tense" she con-
tinued.
"Tens, MADAME" said the broker, in
surprise.
eyes, ten-dollar bills. Where do you
keep them2 This doesn't look at all
like bankrupt sale. expected to find
them in little baskets ticketed: 'Any-
thing in this basket So and SO on.
Have you any remnants-quarters
halves, and all that-at great sacri-
fceG What is the cause of this fearful
reduction, anyhow2 Must you close out
your entire stock of money within the
next thirty days, regardless of cost, to
make room for fresh goods2 Or is your
stock damaged by fire2"
"We have some stocks that are dam
aged by water that we can let you have
at a very low figure" said the broker
''Yesa By the way, you didn't tell
me what you get for the ten-dollar
bills"
''Oh, wine and cigars and theatre
tickets" said the broker absent mind
eddy.
81 mean, how much do you sell them
for2"
''Ten dollars"
'Do you call that cheap9"
"Yes, do" growled the fnancier.
'Tve seen the time when l had to pay
fifteen dollars for the use of ten dollars
on my personal note at thirty days, and
1t was dirt cheap, too, considering the
security. What did you expect to pay7"
''Oh, not more than FIVE I'm looking
for bargains. Good morning. "-DetrOit
Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
HOW TO COOK FOR THE SICK.
Miss Parloa,s Lecture to the School for
Nurses.

Miss Parloa delivered her second of a
course of five lectures on the subject,
Glow to Cook for Patients" before the
school for trained nurses at the Charity
Hospital, on Blackwell's Island, and was
listened to by about fifty students.
''To make -four cruel properly" said
Miss Parloa in commencing, ''you use
one quart of milk, three tablespoonful
of flour, and teaspoonful of salt. Pour
all the milk except cupful into a
double boiler. Mix the flour with the
milk you reserved and stir it into the
boiling milk and let it cook 80 minutes,
putting in the salt 10 minutes before it
is done. The longer milk cooks the
more laxative it is. If you wish to make
the cruel especially nutritious cook a
half cupful of raisins cut in two in the
milk during the entire time. This drink
is very stimulating, and is often given in
place of wine to patients. In Indian
cruel the meal must always be well
cooked, an hour or two being usually re-
quired. But it is better to use the very
fine meal now in use rather than that
milled by the old process, and always.
when needed quickly, put it into boiling
water at once. To make the cruel
take one quart of boiling water two
tablespoonfuls of medium meal, one
tablespoonful of flour, one teaspoonful of
salt; mix the meal, etc., with half cup
of cod water and pour into boiler. Stir
while it is cooking and cook not less
than 80 minutes. Always keep the sauce
pan covered"
Miss Parloa advised the nurses not to
trust to guesswork at all - always
measure out carefully. There were some
born cooks who always came out right,
but they were scarce. She then took up
the subject of potatoes, saying that few
people knew how to boil potatoes or
bake them properly. Thirty minutes to
boil and As to bake was the true rule.
spare them if to boil" said she. ''Put
them in boiling water which shall just
cover them. When done pour off every
drop of water, put towel over the
kettle, for the cover on would spoil ALL"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
Birthday Thoughts.

The clock on my mantlepiece is strik-
ing the midnight hour. The fire in the
CRATE has burned low, and strange
shadows are fitting to and fro on the
walls of my study My dog has just
raised his head, and is looking in my
face as if wondering at the quietude of
the surroundings. 1t is the month OF
June, 1885, and my birth day. For an
hour or more 1 have been thinking OF
one whom revere in the highest sense.
It is my mother-motherl What a
meaning lies in that name. To repeat it
brings up thoughts to my mind which
to me are as sublime in extent as
thoughts of the goodness of the great
Creator. AS recall the dear, sweet
face of her whose life has been entirely
wrapt up in me, / wonder at the God
given capabilities of the soul of woman
In the hours of the night and of the day
/ know that I have ever been in her
mind L know that she has knelt at her
bedside every hight of my life before
firing and prayed that God would pro
tect and enable me to rise to point of
honor and success in the eyes of man
kind. / know that she has neglected
nothing to enable me to see the follies
which surround misspent life, and that
she has always taught me to believe in
all that pertains to strength of character
and devotion to the best interests of my
fellow-man. In fact, her counsel has
been wise and to my profit. Her hair
is silvered, and there are many wrinkles
in her face, and her eyes are not as
bright as they were wont to be, and her
walk is feeble indeed. Yet to me she is
as beautiful as the newly blown rose or
the stars in the armament. She is my
mother, for whom I thank God with all
the fervency of my nature. The wind
has awakened at my study window, and
it seems to refrain my thoughts in its
gentle murmurs. The fire on the hearth
has died to ashes, my dog is revealing in
dreams, and upon the moment 1 hear the
voice of my little one crying: "Gran-
ma, why don't papa tome and tiss me
dood night2" This is good world, and
feel the most blessed of men on this
my birthday.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-30
ESKIMO REINDEER HUNTING.
The Dog Docs all the Hard Wsrd and Has
None of the Fun.


None of the Fun.
Eskimo dogs are used in various ways
in hunting, says Lieut.. Schwatka, in St.
Nicholas. When the weather is so
foggy that hunter cannot sec very far,
and there is consequently little prospects Of
his killing anythingunlessh he almost STUN
bled upon it, one of them will take his bow
and arrows, or his gun if he be fortunate
enough to own one, and giving the best
trained hunting-dog in charge Of one Of
his sons, they start out Misunderstanding.
The boy puts aharness on the dog, ties
the trace around his own waist, or holds
it in his hands, and follows his father
out into the fog.
Of course the older Eskimo has some
idea of where the reindeer will be graz
ing or resting, and he soon finds out
which way the wind is blowing over the
place where he suspects the reindeer to
be. Then, with his boy and the dog, he
goes around In such way that the
game will not be disturbed, to some
place where the wind blowing over the
reindeer will come toward the hunters.
As soon as this place is reached, the dog
smells the reindeer, and commences
shifting the air as if anxious to go to-
ward them. The boy allows the dog to
advance slowly, still holding on to the
harness so that it should not run away.
AS soon as the dog scents the deer, 1t
goes directly toward them, and when it
is quite near, it grows excited and COM
mences to jump and to jerk the harness
trace by which the boy is holding it;
being well trained hunting-dog, how
ever, it never barks so as to brighten the
deer by the sound.
The hunter now knows from these ex-
cited actions of the dog that the rein
deer must be close at hand, although he
cannot see them for the fog. So he tells
his son to hold the dog and remain in
that spot while he takes his bow or gun
and crawls cautiously forward in the
proper direction. Before he has gone far,
probably not more than twenty or thirty
five yards away, the huge forms of two
or three reindeer loom up through the
fog. If he is good hunter he will at
least bring one down, and perhaps two
or three of them, and so have something
for supper. When there is snow on the
ground, the boy will take two or three
dogs along, and after reindeer is killed,
will use them to drag it into the snow
house. AS the little Eskimo loves ex-
citement, this is good sport, and in this
way he soon learns to hunt quite well.