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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-07-07
AN INDIAN BOYS LOGIC

A teacher in of the Indian schools
relates the following incident of an In
dian boys quick thought: He had asked
the meaning of the word "miss." To
miss, | told him. is the same as to fail.
"You shoot at a bird or a mark, and do
not hit it, you miss it. You go to a tail
or's for a coat, and your coat fits badly,
it is a miss-ft. You hope to enter the
middle class next year, but you cannot
pass the examination, and SO you miss
the promotion"
His face wore a puzzled air, and he
shook his head.
"Then," said l, "there is another mean
ing of miss. We call a married woman
madam, but an unmarried woman miss
His face frightened. He smiled and
nodded.
"Ah, | see," he said. "She has missed
her man.
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THE FORAGE PLANT.

DERSONS DESIRING THE BEST FORAGE
l PLANT in use, to my knowledge, can Sc
cure seed of me by mail, in bags, at 40 cents
PEARL, or Egyptian Millet. I have grown it
30 years. 1t is unrivalled for cows, and totally
different from German Millet and milo maize
for green forage purposes on account of the
numerous ten-day cuttings afforded. A small
plat will keep a COW.
l believe this a typical silo plant.
Address all communications and orders to
JOSEPH A. WORTH.
LIT. Fayetteville, N. G.
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goetry.
A YOUTHFUL HERO-A TRUE
INCIDENT.

The Moloch of the battlefield had claimed
his host of slain,
The wounded and the dying lay stretched
upon the plain;
Only the surgeons lanterns a distant
~glimmering made,
Showing them those who needed help,
and those beyond their aid.
"Doctor,"-The voice was low and weak,
but yet the doctor heard.
He turned, and saw a half-grown lad
whose lips had framed the word.
"Oh, Doctor, 1 am wounded here; in that
last charge l fell,
1t matters not, the field is won, and will
soon be we'll.
My hurt is but a trifing one, and yet l
felt so''weak
That when / tried-to cheer l found that
l could hardly speak"
The doctor stopped and saw the wound,
then looked upon the youth.
at is not very deep, my lad, but-would
you know the TRUTH"
A sudden paleness of the face, a quick
contracting brow,
And then he answered bravely, 81 think
| know it now.
How long have l to live?" he asked-his
first emotion fed.
off l should stay beside you now, a
week." the doctor said.
"What needs it?" so the lad exclaimed,
his hero soul awake,
"Your hand is wanted everywhere, and
should | vainly take
Its services when all around our suffering
soldiers lie?'
The doctor gravely touched his cap, and
left him there to die.
X X X X X
In a far distant peaceful home a mother
heard the tale,
And though it dimmed her loving eyes
and caused her face to pale,
She proudly said: "He nobly fell; the
gift l freely give;
He went to serve his native land, and
died that she might live
-Edmund Lyon.
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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER JUNNz 1886:

ing principles. Hard waters are to
be preferred to soft waters in the
teapot, as the hard waters dissolve
less of the tannin out Of the leaves.
The bearing Of these laboratory re-
suits on the art of making a good
cup of tea is obvious.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-07-07

A standing antidote for poison by
poison-oak, ivy, etc, is to take a hand
full of quicklime, dissolve in water, let
it stand half an hour, then paint the
parts with it. Three or four appli-
cations, it is said, will cure the most
aggravated cases.-N. Y. HeraM.s
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SPONGE CAKE.

Two eggs, one and one-half cups Of
flour, two-thirds sweet milk, one
half of butter, one Of white sugar,
oDd teaspoonful Of cream of tartar,
One-half of s%aleratus, one of lemon.
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WITH EGGS.

When you have mashed potatoes
left from dinner, beat one we'll and
mix with about a quart of potatoes,
make out in small cakes and fry
them a nice brown. Nice for tea or
breakfast.
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Two-thirds cupful of butter, two
cupfuls sugar, even eggs, n pint
flour, one and one-half teaspoonful
baking powder; flavor to taste.
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9onsehold.
POUND CAKE.

POUND CAKE.
Two-thirds cupful of butter, two
cupfuls sugar, seven eggs, one pint
-four, one and one-half teaspoonful
baking powder; flavor to taste.
SPONGE CAKE.
Two eggs, one and one-half cups of
flour, two-thirds sweet milk, one
half of butter, one of white sugar,
oDd teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
one-half of saleratus, one of lemon.
POTATOES WITH EGGS.
When you have mashed potatoes
left from dinner, beat one we'll and
mix with about a quart of potatoes,
make out in small cakes and fry
them a nice brown. Nice for tea or
breakfast.
A DAINTY DISH.
This is for breakfast or lunch, and
is made of slices of fresh, crisp toast,
buttered very slightly. On each
slice put salmon and cucumber, or
cold meat and chutney; sprinkle
with pepper and wrap each slice in
a lettuce leaf hat has been stepped
in vinegar.
SNOW PUDDING.
Half a box of gelatine soaked in a
half a pint of cold water for half an
hour; then add one pint boiling
water, two cups white sugar, and
the juice of one lemon, and let it
cool. Take the whites of three eggs
beaten to a stiff froth, and beat all
together for one hour and put in a
mould to harden. Serve with boiled
custard.
COTTAGE PUDDING.
One cupful sugar, two eggs, two
cupfuls cream, n pint flour, one
and one-half teaspoonfuls baking
powder. Beat the eggs and sugar
together; add cream, flour, with the
powder sifted in, and pinch salt,mix
into smooth batter as for cup cake;
put into long, narrow or oval but
tered mould, bake in hot oven over
thirty minutes.
MAKING TEA.
After tea hasbeen stepped in boil
ing water for three minutes over
fve-sixths of the valuable constit-
uents are extracted. At the end of
ten minutes the leaves are almost
entirely exhausted. Prolonged in
fusion gives no additional strength
to the liquid, but it does cause the
loss, by volatilization, of the flavor
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-27
he Palace Dry Goods Stroe.
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We want live, energetic and capable agents in every county in the United States and Canada to Il patent article of great merit on Its merits. An article having a large sale, paying over loo which the agent Is protected in the exclusive sale by deed given for each and every coun y he may secure from us With II thase advantages to our agents and the tact that 1t is an article that caL be sold to every hcusr-owner it might not be necess ary to make an 'extraordinar offer" to secure good agents al ence. but we have con. cdded to make 1t to chow, not only our confidence in the merits of our invention but in its esleabi- lity by any agent thst will handle 1t wi h energy Our sg nts now at work are making from $i50 to $500 north clear, and this fact makes 1t safe for us to make our offer to all who are out of em. ploymcnt. Any agent that will give our business thirty days trial and iail to cear at least $l0o in this time, above all expenses. can return all paid for hem Any sgent or general agent who would lik" ten or more counties and work them through sub agents for ninety days aud fail to clear st Ieast $150 above all e. peBfes ean return al unsold and get their honey back No other employer or agent ever dared to make such offers, nor woult If ve did not know that we have agents making more than double the au. ouIt we guaranteed. and bu two sales & day would give profit of over $l25 month, and that one of our agents took eighteen cIders in one day Our large descriptive circulars explain our offer fully, al q ihcse we wish fc send 10 every one cut of employment who will seLd us three 0ne-C ent stamps to secure postage. Send at once and secure the agency in time for the boom, and go t. work or the terms named in our extraordinary offer. We would like to have the address of all the agents, sewii machiue solicitors and car ~euters In the county, and ask any reader oi this paper who req this offer, to send st once Address at once, or you will lose the best chance ever offered to hose cut of employment to make money; RENNER MANUFING co
 116 Smithfeld St., Pittsbnrc, Pa,
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-27
MERCANTILE, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Toughnut St, bet. Fourth and Fifth Tombstone, Arizona. Charles G. Johnston, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public
 J. E. Palmer,
 Accountant.

MT. Johnson will practice in all the courts O the territory, in both civil and criminal cases
 MT. Palmer will devote his atien ion as expert in bookkeeping; also to bookkeeping, searching and all other business connected herewith
 For the convenience of business men and others having past due Snd other claims for adj stnent and coll ction, this office offers unparalleled ad vantages hr. Palmer will keep, for the benefit or holders of real estate, special book for the entry of houses a:d lands for sale or to rent Deeds, mortgages and leases will be carefully drawn and rents collected, and ae both branches Of this office need youI patronage, 1t is certainly ltaken in conjunction with their long experience in the above business specialties) a sufficient guarantee or prompt'ess and economy. Mir. Palmer will also tran sact as agent in Tom bstone business Of any nature for p, rs0ns living abroad, patch. l1l.1m
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-27
Notice.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIR

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIR ." lIudicial district, Territory of Arizon County of COchise; Gustav Anderson vs G Rutledge ct al. All pert ons claiming or holding liens on the property hereafter described, are notified to be and appear in the above entitled court on Monday, the 2nd day of November, 1885. the same being the first day of the next succeed. ing term of said court, and to exhibit them and there the proofs Of their respective demands and liens. The matter of the hearing and determjn. tug said claims and liens vii! be heard on same day or at such other time as the same may be adjourned to. This notice is given in an action brought by Gustav Anderson, plaintiff, against Geo. Rutledge and James S. Fruit, defendants, to recover the snr. of e669 wi:h costs and atcor. ney's fees, and have snch cemand decsred lien on the Alps mine, which is in the complaint d"acribed as follows.
 Beginning at the init al monument on center of claim at 4N4 pest marked l. NJ. Alps NJ. c. NO. l, from n hich U. s. mineral monument No 1 bears 42' 1S K 1873 distant; thence 73' g K. 297 feet to post No. 2, thence 4S' 32 W S67 feet to post No. 8: iherce N 57' az W GO feet to post No. I; thence 4S' h7' k l46S feet to post Mo- 5; thence 57' 4S 589 feet to post Eo 6; thence 5 4S' S9 W 697 feet to place of beginning. Said miL is in the Tombstone Mining District, and Is bounded on the N by the Grand Central mine. w. H. SEAMANS.
 Clerk District Court.
 By Q. w. Cum, Deputy Clerk. GOODRICH 0 SMITH Attys. for Plsintif.
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-27
Notice of Forfeiture.

ITO J. K. FARES, J. ,. NEELY, G. O.. I Moore, A Lane. II. Fordtrsn w A, Beck. ham, R. 0. Faires, $ B. Moore. J. Ii Chambere. z. T. Hogan, s B. Garrett, K. Hsight, R. Cooke. A. L. Steele and P. Carson. You are hereby not fled that we have expended one hundred doi. lars in labor and improvements on the Hercules lode and mining claim, situated in the Des Cabezas, now known ss the Tevis mining dis trc', Cou " ofCochisp and Territory of Arizona. location notice recorded in book 8, page lIO. of transcribed records of Cochise county, A, III. in order to hold the claim for the year sDdi1g December, 1885, nnder the provisions of section Therefore, if within ninety days from publicst,on ofthis notice, you fail or refuse to cont, ibute' each of yen, your proportion of said expenditure and cost or this publication as co-ownere your iDtere- -ts in said mine or claim will become the property of the undersigned, uncer section 2.SA.
 JACOB BINZ,
 JACOB HORNRERGER, Tombstone, January let, iess.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-27
PROTECTING MlLuOEAIREs.
How our Richest Men are Defended

How our Richest Men are Defended
The private service for the protection
Of Il Nandcrbilts. Ast0rs. and Gould
was organ zed three years ago, and ls
ostenslolv separate for each family,
thou IN the men who defend the Van
derbilts and Astors are provided by the
same establishment, and practically
work together.
Patrol duty Is done. saws New York
correspondent Of the Iudianapolls Jour
nal, night and day, and twenty detect
ives are exclusively employed for the
purpose.
There arc four Astor residences and
five belonging to the Nauderbilts, all
IN or close TO Fifth Avenue. between
ThTty-tLIrd and Fiftv-seCond streets
The spies are on watch eight hours
each per day and the beats are so ar
ranged that the nine houses cannot be
approached unseen by one or more Of
the guardsncn-
William II. Vanderbilt was the orig
iu6tlr of tins system, and he was
inclined to q by the large number Of
cranky letters which be received He
prCsesscd 10 have no fear of rational
evil doors. but was appTcLenslvo that
maniacs might attack hlm OF some
member of hIs family.
Em.LLtt MS IFaaI. |.L.H Ia.ll-F LLL-hN lffrE-tA
laden with all sorts Of appeals,
demands and threats directed to ms
sons.
Jav Gould's solf-nrotection Is more
secret and characteristics BE does not
entrust II TO q detective agency. bat
hires his own h0ly-ruard. For years
he has been always accompanied hv
stalwart young fellow. But that ls
safeguard against Wall street enemies
Cranks Who might cut up capers In
OF around his home lre under the view
OF spies. HIuse quarters are III a room
Of the Wind -u- Hotel across the wav.
Tina. Is additional o. patrol duty done
by q separate set of men.
These EMPLOYEES Of the millionaire
families. whose names are poor peoples
synonyms for wealth, are kept informed
as to every new demonstration boy q
crank. and they are alert to deserT and
drive off the monomauiacs who attempt
any exploits.
During the Western strikes Jav
Gould made the trips between his
home and Office IN q cah, INSTEAD Of
Elevated car. as formerly. and II We
observed that q ring at his bell brought
a saunteriug watchIaan 10 the foot of
the steps about as quickly as 1t did
the servant TO the top.
One Of the defeuses IN Goull's case
Is against those who would write an
tagouistic sentiments with chalk on
his sidewalk and steps. Men and boys
are frequently caught at 1t and com
PEELED to desist
A specimen Of that class Of revolu-
. tionists seems 10 be poet. and a Wild
f one. Judging by the description of him.
. His chalk was bright red, and he rap
idly wrote:
d" The rich NAV shlrk,
The poor must work ~
before he was collared. and then, rs
though determined that az least the
terminal rhvmes Of his verse should be
emblazoued, he added A. what would
have been the end Of the third line
'slabcr." and right underneath
Z" neiEhbor"
The rest remains unknown
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-27

The late Nrs- George Bancroft, who
died AZ the age OF erEhty-twO. was the
daugHser Of John Davis, first Judge of
the United States Cour. for the District
OF Massachusetts, appointed by Pres
ideut Washington Her first husband
was Mr. Bliss, the law partner OF Daniel
Webster.
Mrs. j. R ShofTener, of Greensboro,
y. c.. having recently given birth 10 twin
boys. making eleven boys iu al, IL h.
family. the North State has put her on
it's free list and offers the same premium
to every daughter Of Guilford County
who presents her husband with male
twins
1t Is said that Mrs g. l. Iorillard in
tends TO follow the example OF Duche
of Montrose In England and keep rae
ing stable She has permitted the
trainer to make engagements for her
horses under the name OF 90 The Locusts
Stables"
Blanca Donatio, who short time ago
enchanted the Berlin public with her beau
titul voice and fine horaturas. after me't-
ing her last engagement at Florence has
entered a convent at Turin
In 1850, it is asserted by court prophets
the entire House OF LOr1s will he bOssed by
American heiresses provided Il lives as
long.
4 paper has been started in Henderson,
North Carolina with q woman at It's bead,
and to which the contributors are southern
women only
Mrs. Jennie Lind Goldschmidt con
fesses that she has kept her vocal organs
in tune for twenty-five years by yelling at
her children
Miss Edith Ingalls,. niece Of the elo
Quent Kansas Senator, Is a teacher IN the
public schools of Louisville.
/ Jennie June says that Glow necks are a.
/ full dress for ladies as swallow-tails are 10
gents
/ Three weekly newspapers in Georgia an
edited BY women
The colleges of the country contain eigh
teen thousand female students
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-27
AHISTORIC OLDHOUSE.

Built q Century Before the Revolution.
At the foot Of Webster avenue, Ra-
yenswood, Long Island City, stands an
ancient Dutch manor house, the prop
ertv Of DR.. WOodLulL Of Brooklyn.
The house was built in 1853. five
years after the retirement of Peter Stuy-
vesant. the last Dutch Governor of the
Province Of New York. During the
Revolutionary war this house was one
Of the outposts of the British army Of
occupancy under Sir Henry Clinton,
and was occupied as headquarters 10y
Lord RawdOn, afterwards the Marquis
Of Hastings.
In the ward are the remains Of an old
hlock-louse, built for protection from
the Indians. and antedatIng the old
house by years.
In this house Washington irving
wrote his KnickerbockeT's History Of
New York. Later Fenimore Cooper
visited the place, and while there wrote
The Water Witch. The scene Of the
celebrated chase Of the Water Witch by
the British gunboat was laid IN the East
River
The old house Is Enthusiastically
Dutch. with low ceilings. and nothing
OF the imposing aspect which is notice
able among mansions that were built m
the Colonial period Comfort. not style
appears to have been the object oi the
builder. The 81 ues II the vail have
darkened with age, and the brick work
and many Of the oak beams begin to
show signs Of decay.
On the heavy iron front door Is the
crows foot cur 10y the British ON all
property cnfscated from the rebels.
This door Is as old as the house itself,
and SO Is the great heavy iron Euocker,
which has tLuuUlo more than once
under the hand of Peter StuvvaSlut,
Sir Henry Clinton, irving. Cooper and
a host OF others long ago ia then
graves.
The door Is the property of the Long
Island Historical Society, which also
owns the fireplace q vcritable curiosity
The immense chimney leading there
from Is almost large enough for q per
son TO drive a team of horses through
Across the fireplace Is slu stretched
q long iron pole, suspended from Nhlel
are iron rings. used for holding pots and
kettles. and roasting meat.
The original proprietor WAS JohI
Manning, a friend Of Gov StuEvcsant
The Blackwells. who wcra the owner
of Blackwcll's Island came into posses
sion Of the property through intermar
riage or descent One Col. Blackwell
served In the American army during tn
Revolution. From him the lroTert
was taken by the Crown. Col Gibb
/ obtained the property from the Black
wells. and Gen. Hughes was the mex
owner, and the Woodhulls succeeded.
Until within five years. the house Ia
always remained a private residence.
is now rented and kept as a publ
. houea
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-27
GRACE LILBURNES SECRET.
a STORY OF
TWO CHRISTMAS DAYS.

They hurried so much that when they
entered the drawiug-room they found
the room quite empty.
OJher people soon trOOped in. how
ever, and very soon the COulbOurne
girls found themselves sufficiently
Wei sought after, despite their plain
We're the bride-eleCt and her chief
bridesmaid, Miriam Hindman.
Grace was dressed in pale blue, ex-
quIsItely trimmed with cream lace and
DIush-rOSes, while her golden hair, her
gold ornaments, and her bright blue
eyes made her look bewitching in the
extreme.
But her beauty was quite ecIipsed
when NJ riam appeared.
Inc brunette wore TOSe-cOlOred satin,
hali-cOVered with costly black lace
looped with lilies-Of-the-valley. while
pearls and diamonds were cIasped round
her throat, and Tiles and diamonds
shone in her Jet-black hair.
independent of ornament. Miriam
was wonderfully beautiful, but rich
cOlorS aItd sparkling gems added great
~ 10 her natural charms. and she used
IauChmgly to say that she was thank
tuI she had been born too late to be ex-
pected to wear white muslin gowns.
short IN the waist and tied round with
a sash, until the time when she should
be married
1t was almost enough to drive a girl
70 marry the first man who asked her,
II only to obtain the privilege Of wear
ing SILK and satin" she would say
laughingly. Happily in our days we
can wear what we like, without caring
for the opinion of the male sex OF tor
that OF Mrs. Grundy."
She seemed to care for the good opin-
ion Of one member of the male sex this
evening, however. and he for hers. and
though his marriage with his host s
daughter was fixed for the following
morning, Victor seemed to be unable
TO resist the attraction of Miriam's 8
black eyes.
Grace watched the couple jealousy
whenever she thought of them: but
something more important than the
temporary detection of her lover filled
her thoughts. She was planning how
to get away from her guests unObserved
and TO stay long enough to be able t.
ascertain what lay at the bottom of the
dark shaft into which she had thrust
her sister:
i SHALL have no opportunity after to
night, she thought glOOmily, for to-
morrow | shall have people about me
the whole time until | go to church, and
after that I shall go away with Victor
Yes, ii must be tonight When the
cOnjurOrS engaged come into the hall tC
play their tricks | viii slip away.
shall be less missed then than at any
time"
She smiled as she came to this con
cluSiOn. and turned to answer ques
ton which a gentleman at her side had
asked.
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CHAPTER VII.


We must go back to the night when
Kate LilbuTne 50 mySteriously disap-
peaTed. 1t viii be remembered that
the snow began to fall only a very short
time before she was persuaded to 90
with her sister and hide.
The snow might be 4 very SeasOnable
visitor on Christmas night. but the ser
wants at Silverton Castle took very good
care to close every door carefully against
1t, and there was consequently no dan
ger of any solitary watcher outside the
mansion being observed.
Indeed, with SO much free-handed
hospitality inside the mansion, and
such a warm welcome extended alike
to rich and poor, it would naturally be
supposed that no man in his senses
would have wandered like All unquiet
spirit round the building when he could
take shelter from the cold white flakes
of snow, and from the biting blast by
the side of glowing fire, and solace
his inner man with an abundance of
Christmas cheer.
Despite the folly of such a proceed
ing, however, a man, wearing thick
ulster. and Judging from his appearance
well-to-dO in the world, certainly was
lettering outside the castle on this
eventful night.
If you could have looked well at his
face, YOU would have seen that he was
young and handsome. and you would
probably also have observed that he
was nervous and i'll at ease, as though
he knew he was doing something of
which he was more than half ashamed.
He seems doubtful now as To whether
he viii carry out the purpose that
brought him here, or go away without
accomplishing it.
And yet his object in coming is not
TO wrong anyone, even though IL may
increase his own pain by feeding the
flame of perfectly hopeless love.
Yes, it was love that had brought
Frank Fairfield to this cheerless spot.
lie felt all the keen sorrOw of hopeless
love as he wandered outside the house
that held the jewel he adored, yet dared
not seek to win.