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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-08-27

CHILL SAUcE.-Eighteen ripe to.
matoes, six onions, six red peppers,
twelve tablespoons sugar, three of
salt, and five cups vinegar, chop fine
and cook one hour.
EsCALLoPED SALMoN.-Roll fine
one quart crackers, season with salt
and pepper and one can salmon, put
IN spider add milk (or milk and
water) till you can see it, and a piece
of butter. Cover and steam thor.
oughly.
EXTRA TOMATO CATsUP.-To ore
peck Of ripe tomatoes allow one quart
of good vinegar, one teacup of brown
sugar, one cup of salt, two tablespoons
each Of ground black pepper, cloves and
allspice, one tablespoon each of cayenne
pepper and celery seed, four large on
ions and eight or ten cloves of garlic
Boil the tomatoes together with the on
ions and garlic choppel fine till they
come to pieces; strain through sieve,
then add the above ingredients, except
the celery seed; let it boil till thick
enough, then add the celery seed, bot
tie and seal the whole. The garlic may
be omitted if desired.
Calls HEAD PIE.-Boil a calfs
head, after it has been thoroughly
cleaned, until it is very tender. Re-
move all the bones, and cut the meat,
tongue included, into small, neat pieces.
Line the edge of pie dish with good
short pastry; put in the pieces of meat
arranging them neatly; season with pep
per, salt and CRATE nutmeg. or pounded
mace whichever is preferred; pour over
half pint OF the liquor in which the
head was boiled, cover with a rather
thick crust, and bake in brisk oven
until sufficiently cooked and nicely
Drowned. While the pie is baking,
put the bones Of the head into sauce
pan with quart of the liquor, tea.
spoonful of powdered mace, an onion
chopped small, and half saltspoonful
of pepper. Let the liquid simmer until
reduced to half, then strain it, and add
two tlblespoont'uls OF mushroom catsup.
and glass Or port wine. Mix the
brains with tablespoonful ofpowdered
sage, grating Of nutmeg, and we'll.
beaten egg. Make the mixture up into
small cakes, and fry them in boiling fat
until nj cely colored. Put them on a
. sheet of blotting paper to free them
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-08-27
diesOepartment.
Paul's Persuas ! On.

Paul's Perguas IN.
A wounded soldier lying in ward OF
the hospital, with his life blood fast ED.
bing away, as he was about to pass
through the Valley of the Shadow OF
Death, was approached by the chaplain
who asked him if he belonged to church
He replied that he did, and was then
asked of what persuasion he was a
member. "Persuasion," said the dying
man. "why I belong to Paul's persuas-
ion.n The chaplain was man who
had in his heart more love of sect, than
love of God, and in astoni+hment at the
answer, said, land what persuasion
is that pray" The soldiers face SEEM
ed to light up with the radiance of the
glory land, as he replied. ''For | am
persuaded that he is able to keep that l
have committed unto him against that
day..
"Within ward of the whitewashed halls"
wounded soldier lay;
The death damp cold was on his brow.
His lite fast ebbing away.
The chaplain passed through the fallen ranks,
OF heros young and old;
And stopped to point the dying man
To the city of pure gold.
.,s.Are you a member of the church,"
He asked of the dying man;
Firm was the, answer and full of faith,
= Eyes! Yes, thank God, am"
s'Of what church," asked the chaplain:
For he was but soulless cod,
Who COT nted sect more than the christian faith.
Creed more than love of God.
ALTO the church of God! the King Of Kings"
The christian answered him!
ssThe Lord of hosts praise, obi praise his name
"He cleanseth from all sim"
And heavens light beamed DER his face.
AS he thought of the lonely tryst.
He oft had held on the battlefield.
When none was near but Christ.
"But what rersuasion:" the chaplain said,
And these grand words did fall
From the lips of the christian man
Whom death could not appall.
81 belong to Pauls persuasion:
The grandest persuasion. know;
Twas uttered by that holy man.
When he trod Earth, long ago."
Like one amazed, the chaplain asked,
"And what is that, pray"
And Jesus claimed his own,
AS the soldier passed away.
With these words upon his lips
call have committed unto him,
am persuaded he will keep
Against that day. when free from sin.
81 shall behold my God! my King!
And Join the grand triumphal throng,
That worship round his throne. and sing
The everlasting song.
cot Moses and the Lamb"
And no terrors for him, had Deaths dark
night;
For angels bore his spirit home
To the land of pure delight.
70 Paul's persuasion let us cling;
Let creed and sect both disappear;
While every christian hand in hand
Helps build Christ's Kingdom here.
=, JAMES HOFFMAN BATTEU.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-08-27
1.-THE MIKADO. y" b

In addition to our Premiums, list of
which will be sent on application. we wish
to call especial notice to our Cabinet Por-
traits of
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Artemns Ward on Editors.

Artemus Ward, speaking of editors,
says: "Bcforc YOU go for an editor,
young man, pause and take n big think!
Look around, and sec if there is not an
omnibus or some meat cart to drive,
some soil somewhere to be titled or a
clcrkship to be tillcd-anything that is
reputable or healthy, rather than going
for an editor, which is Il bad business at
best. We are not a horse, and con-
sequently have not been called upon t o
furnish the motive power for a thrcsh-
ing machine, but we fancy that the life
of an editor who is forced to write,
whether he feels like it or not, is much
like the stccd in question. If the yeas
and ncighs could be obtained, VIC be-
lieve that the intelligent horse would de-
eide that the thrcshing machine is pre-
ferablc to the sanctum editorial. The
editors work is never done. He is
drained necessarily, and no wonder that
he dries up p~rcmaturcly. Other people
can attend banqucts, weddings, ETC..
visit halls of dazzling light, and enjoy
themselves in a variety of ways, but the
editor cannot. He must t%cnaciously
stick to the quill. The press, like a
sick baby, must not be left to run by it.
self ever for a day, or somebody indig-
nantly orders the carrier-boy to STOP
bringing that paper. There is nothing
in it; I won't have it in the house,"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.
Sooner orlater a mans thoughts will
come into fruitage in deeds.
Too much overchargcs nature, and
turns more to disease than nourishmcnt,
Thou may'st as well expect to grow
stronger by always eating, Is wiser by
always reading.
TITS thought and digestion that makes
books serviccable, and gi-es health and
vigor to the mind.
Ten thousand of the greatest faults iE
II ncighbors are of less consequence to
as than one of the smallest in ourselves.
1nquisitivc people are the tunnels of
conversation; they do not take in any
thing for their w use, but merely to
pass it to another.
The advcrsarics of q good cause are
like men who strike at the Goals of a
large fire; they scatter the Goals and
propagate the fire.
Character is proof against the scoffings
of ridiculc, and the consciousness of
doing right takes the sting out of the
most cnvenomcd jest.
When we arc in the company of scnsi-
bic men we ought to be doubly cautious
of talking too much, lest we lose two
good things, their good opinion and our
own improvement, for what we have to
say VIC know, but what they have to say
we know not.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
A Clever Capture of Thieves.

James Andrews was charged with
stealing meat from his master, Mr.. Chap
man, a butcher on the Mile End road.
London. There is nothing extraordinary
in this, but the method of detection was
something new in the way of thief-catch-
ing. Mr.. Chapman hid himself in a box
and watched the accused, who was his
assistant. He found that he gave away
large quantities of meat to different par
ties, who presumably paid him certain
amounts afterwards for doing so. Mr..
Chapman arranged an electric light at
the top of his house, the wire of which
was connected with tho box. Two con-
stables were placed outside and when
ever onc Of the thieves came in and was
served Chapman switched on his electric
light rs the thief went out the door.
The constabIcs in this way captured thief
after thief until somebody gave their &C.
compllce, Andrews, a hint, and when he
tried to escape Chapman blazcd on. the
full force Of the light and he was gath
cred in.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
To Clean Glass and Sllverware.

Egg shells crushed int small bits and
shaken we'll in dccantcrs three parts filled
with cold water will not only clean them
thoroughly, but make the glass look like
new. By rubbing with q flannel dipped
in the best whiting the, brown discolora-
ton may be taken off cups in which Gus
tards have been baked. Again, all of us
are aware that emery powder will remove
ordinary stains from the white ivory
knife handles, and that the lustrc of
morocco leather is restored by vanishing
with white of egg. Nothing, it is said,
is better to clean silver with than alcohol
or ammonia, finishing with a little whit
ing on a soft cloth. When putting away
the silver tea or coffee pot which is not
in use every day lay a stick across the
top under cover. This will allow fresh
air to get in and prevent the mustincss of
the contents familiar to boarding house
sufferers. Dirt and Decoration.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Coughing.

A hair tickling the throat will keep up
a spell of coughing, if not resisted, as
long as the presence of a large accumula-
ton of the products of disease. Wo
heard Brown-Scquard say in a lecture:
coughing is n natural, reflex action,
wholly unintclligcnt. Not much is need
cd when it can do any good at all.
When it cannot do any good it should
be resisted" In nine cases out of ten it
can be resisted by divcrting the attention,
becoming absorbed in something. A
SIMPLE rchcdy, important to all invalids,
is, when the spasm is coming, to resist it
by o~bstinatcly inhaling a long breath and
'paying it out" slowly. Useless cough
i%rritatcs throat and lungs, and can itself
produce or p%crpetuate sore throat, etc.
In church it is often epidemic. An Eng
lish exchange says: DO not cough
the preacher down is the much-nccdcd
advice given in The S,cord and I;rocel.
If people have bad colds they had better
nurse themselves at home, or at least re-
strain their coughing, when attending
public. worship, rs much rs possible.
Even Mr.. Spurgcon, we arc told, some
times feels that he is nearly barked down
by the thousands who respond to his APP
pcals of love by pcals of coughing. The
late Lord Peterborough once remarked in
court, Some slight interruption one
might tolerate, but there seems to be an
industry. of coughing" Coughing is
unpleasant to all who hear it. To the
coughcr it is like medicine, OF which the
wise mans rule is to take as little as pos
sible.-NeW York Witness.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Had Become Monotonous.

A New Yorker lately met one of tho
"American colohy' in Canada, and in
course of conversation asked him the
cause of his seclusion. -,
"Why, I was a county treasurer in Il
%linois, and was $13 short in my &C
counts" was tho frank reply.
"You didn't have to skip for $13 did
you9"
eyes, sir"
81 should have thought you could
raise that among your friends"
eyes you may think so, but if you had
seen 'em put up 81, ECO To save me on the
other term you'd understand that the
thing had become, rather monoto aous."-
Wall Street Ne,os.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
CrcSfS for Americans.

Since n wcll-known hcraldic stationcr
and cngravcr of London has established
II branch in this city the demand for
coats-of-arms, notices, crcsts, family
pcdigrccs and genealogical arborculture
has become II fashionable craze among
many who have more money thar brains.
Those who have no family worth men
tioning have suddenly acquired Il strong
interest in their ancestry, and even those
whose forcfathcrs, centuries ago, were
proud to belong to the family that rccog-
nizcd ''thc lion of the tribe of Judah"
as its national emblem arc now seeking
for more modern Insignia with which to
decorate their silvcrwarc. In brief, mo
bodies are trying to be somebodies, and
large sums of money arc being spent to
crafty unculturcd vanity and ignorance.
Aided by this imported adjunct to
family distinction the ambitious New
Yorker may have his coat-of-arms .scm-
blazoncd" on vcllum for as many dollars
as it would cost him shillings in England.
If he desires a crest he can get it ut the
same proportionatc figure, but if he
wishes a genealogical trcc' the expense
IS increased by the time required in
searching out another family pedigree of
the same name. Should u motto be
wanted he can. choose his own and have
it done into genuine Latin for n small
AMOUNT. In any case the oncc-honorcd
family Bible, with its record of births,
deaths and marriages, is threatened with
extinction. -Neo York. Commercial.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Mud Fishes.

The South American and African mud
fishes live in streams where the water
dries up in the hot season, and were it
not for some such provision, they would
soon become extinct. When the water
gives signs of failing, they descend into
the mud. and cncasing themselves in
balls lined with some secretion, patient.
ly await the coming of the waters again.
For some months they exist in this fash.
ion, Theoretically scaled up, as it were.
and in some cases in Africa they have
been deprived of water for two seasons.
A party of travellers once cncampcd
ever such u dried-up pond in Africa, that
gave little evidence of ever having held
water. Soon after a terrific rain-storm
came on, filling the place SO that they
were obliged to move to Il higher loca-
ton. One of the men returning, how
ever, for some reason, in wading to the
side of the camp, found, to his amaze
ment, thai the water was alive with
fishes. Opinion was divided us to their
origin; part Of the men thought it was a
case of spontaneous generation, while the
majority felt positive that they had rain
ed down. The truth was, that the rain
had soaked into the imprisoned mud-fsh-
es, releasing them from their baked cells,
and surrounding them once more with
water.
The air-bladdcrs of these fishes arc di-
vidcd into compartments, and have all
the requisites of Il true lung, and they are
as truly amphibians as the frogs and
toads.
Other amphibians have different meth
DDS of withstanding the drought. Thus
The Hassar, when the water begins tc
dry up in the pools and streams, does
not encasc itself in a mud ball, but leaves
the heated and fast disappearing liquid,
starts overland in search of n better sup
ply.
On the coast of China. and in various
other localities, is found a fish that is so
lively on dry land that it is Us difficult tc
capture rs a frog or toad, lcaping along
the rocks from stone to stone, and where
it is particularly slippery, avoiding its
human pursucrs- Youths Companion. .
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Not Tonight, Georgel

-"Darling, I r'se to a question of
privilege, said George, as he left his
seat and approached Miranda's chair.
tonight, George" and she shrunk
back from him.
"Ah, Miranda, do not say those cruel
words. Give me but one kiss!"
"Reflect, George-oh, reflect, I would
W you from nm awful experience"
Darling, I not accept your noble
sacrifice. Why not to-night"
eff I yielded, it would drive you from
my side forever. No, George, no." and
the gold in her front teeth glistened, as
she whispered with intense dramatic ef.
feet, 81 ate onions tonight at the curfew
hour.n-Tid-bits.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
Teaching Deaf Mules to Speak.

Deaf mutcs may be taught to speak
and to understand articulatc speech by
merely watching the motion Of the vocal
organs. This method is by no means
novel: as it has long been practiccd in
some of the schools of Europe, and the
earliest attempts to teach the deaf and
dumb to speak appear to have been as
successful as those in modern times. 1t
is recorded in history that Il deaf man
was taught to pronounce words and SEN
fences by an English Bishop in the year
$50, and from that time isolated cases of
the same sort are mentioned till the latter
part OF the eighteenth century, when q
school for teaching of articulatc speech
to mutcs was started in Germany. The
method of this teaching is very simple.
1t consists merely in training the pupil,
byimitating the position and action of the
vocal organs of the teacher, to utter artic-
ulate sounds. This, it is found, is not a
very difficult task for the pupil, but it is
extremely tedious, requiring long and
underwriting practice, and the greatest
patience on the. part of the teacher. In
Germany this art of lip-tcaching has been
much more successful than it has ever
been in England or America, perhaps be-
cause the German language is m%ore.adapt-
ed than the English to acquired speech
on this plan. It seems to be generally
admitted, however, by all schools that
have tried this method of instruction,
that though it is often highly successful
in special cases by the help of much in
dividual teaching, it came be used to
any effect in large institutions where class
instruction is absolutely necessary. An
other system, however, has been intro
duced of late years into English and
American schools. 1t is called visible
speech, and was invented by A. Melville
Bell, a professor of vocal physiology in
England, about 184S. 1t consists of a
species of phonetic writing, based not
upon sounds but upon the action of the
vocal organs in producing them. The
characters of this universal alphabet re-
veal to the eye the position of these or
gans in the formation of any sound which
the human mouth can utter. In 1860
this alphabet was first applied in Eng.
land to the instruction of deaf mutes
and in 1872 it was introduced by Profess
sor Abraham Bell, the son of the invent.
or, into the Clark Institution at North
ampton, Massachusetts,, where it is now
the only system of articulation teaching
used. Professor Bell DON after opened a
school for instructing teachers in this sys-
tenn In Boston, which, we think, is still
carried on.--Inter- Ocean.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
The Ball that Wounded Hancock.

DR.. Lewis w. Read, of Norristown,
thus relates the circumstances of General
Hnncock's recovery from his wound re-
ccived at Gettysburg: 81 was medical
director of the Pennsylvania Reserves,
and just before the 1st of November,
1865, I came home on twcnty-four hours
leave of absence. I called to see the
General, who was in bed at his fathers
residence. l found him very much dis
heartencd. He had grown thin, and
looked pale and emaciatsd. He said he
felt as if he was going to die, and that
he had been probcd and tortured to such
an extent that death would be a relief.
I cndcavorcd to cheer him up, and as I
was about bidding him farewell he said:
Good by, Doctor; I may never see you
again.
81 had my hand on the door knob of
his chamber when he said: See here,
Doctor, svhy don't you try to get this
ball out. I have had all the reputation
i'll the country ut it; now let's have some
of the practical
"He was lying in the bed with his
wounded limb actually fexcd, and all
the probing had been lone with his leg
bent at right angles. The bull had hit
him just below the right groin, within
an inch of the fcmoral artery, while he
was sitting in the saddle with his legs
d~istended. I went down to my office
for a probe with a concealed blade, and
on my return DR.. Cooper and myself sue
ceedcd in Strengthening the limb and
placing it as near as possible in the posi-
ton it was when the ball struck HIM. I
inserted the probe and it dropped fully
eight inches into the channel and struck
the ball, which was imbcdded in the
sharp bone which you sit upon. In .
weeks time the General was out on
crutches, and in two weeks more he at
tended n Masonic gathering at Odd Eel
lows Hall. I forget the caliber of the
bullet, but it vas a big Mimic ball.
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13
As n Mother.

A sudden, piercing wall of pain,
A rush of pattering feet,
In blind impetuous haste to gain
The mothers solace sweet
A comforter, who stills the cry
With kiss and soothing song,
"You'll feel all better bye and bye,
Hush, dear, twill not ache long"
And soon the magic word and kiss
Distil their healing balm;
The sobbing, frightened outcries cease
The spell has wrought its charm.
The restless darling slips away,
His trouble quickly flown;
But while his voice rings out in play,
The mother sits alone.
Her busy needle falls u~nsought,
AS come, in shadowy train,
Dim messengers, with haunting thought
OF grief, and loss, and pain;
OF anxious hopes too long deferred,
Of gold, proved only dross,
Mysterious depths of anguish stirred
Life's unseen, crushing cross.
The mother bows in grief alone,
With heart no longer strong,
While throbs life's mourmful undertone:
"How long, o Lord, how long,"
When 10. the heavens new radiance shed
As falls this blcst decree:
"Behold, as thou hast comforted,
The Lord will comfort thee"
Georgia A. Peel, in Good Housekeeping.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-13

the world, I hastily retired, thanking my
stars that I had saved my head. In a
day or two the Senorita Lopez disap-
| peared. Her lovers did not have time to
mourn her loss, because Slocum's corps
crossed the Chattahoochee, and u forces
had to get out in a hurry. But I was
destined to see the scnorita again.
Many of us failed to follow Hoods
army south. We were whirlcd about in
such a vortex of confusion that we were
glad to escape with our lives. Among
other fotsam and jetsam I was thrown
beyond the Federal lines. Stranded in
Nashville, at that time a vast military
camp, l felt badly enough. I could not
go South, and 1 could not get a pass to
go North. One night 1 went to the
theatre. During one Of the scenes there
was a buzz, and people stood up to look
ut Il man in the dress circle just above
my head. Finally I rose, as somebody
said:
"He is the most successful guerilla and
spy on the Union side"
l stood up until my face was on a level
with the railing Of tho dress circle.
1t was a wonder that I didn't faint!
Looking calmly, mockingly, into my
eyes was the hundsomcst man I ever saw
He was dressed in n glittcring uniform,
and wore diamonds. That clear cut,
dark face, those burning eyes, the slight
-~o- .,l.s A., La 800. kL--o ,-.1l L..
no mistake.
Iscizcd my ovcrcoat and rushed out of
the door just in time to hear the alleged
Senorita Lopez say in a voice like a
bugle:
"Arrcst that man."
A wave of darkness came over me.
An officer caught me by the arm. 1 felt
that I was lost. If the s%enorita was not
only a man, but an enemy, I had no mer-
cy to hope for.
There was a sudden tunult, u wild cry
of fire, and then q crowd surgcd down
the stairway. When 1 picked myself up
the \ficcr who had arrested me lay on
the -idcwalk with a fractured skull. 1
limpcd quietly away, and took the out
going train for Louisville. I had no
passport and trusted to luck.
"Passes, gentlemen" shouted n sleepy
lieutenant, as he passed through the car.
I kept my head bowed down, with my
hat over my eyes.
"Scc here, show your pass" said the
officer.
A grutf man behind me spoke up and
said:
"You don't want to see it twice. He
showed it to you a minute ago"
BEG PARDON" said the soldier, slight
ly confused. He w,nt on, and I was
safe at last.
L have never seen the scnorita since,
and 1 have no desire cvcr to meet her, or
rather him, again. He would havc had
me shot as Il spy beyond IL doubt if it had
not been for my lucky escape at the
theatre. -Atlnnta (Ga.) Constitution.