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The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-04-14
Castle Briefs.

From the News: j. II. Harvat will
build 24x6O on The corner of Main and
Castle streets. >. Mr.. George Berry Will,
in few days, begin to increase his facil-
ties for burning lime. ....J. II. Kane is
of the opinion, from the formation, that
diamonds will yet be found in Montana.
......A piece of ore from the Black
Hawk assayed twcnty-six and half
ounces in silver and forty per cert. lead
last week. .....J. II. Bigger received a
letter from Gov Tabor, of Colorado, last
week in which the governor says he will
visit this camp in June. ..... 1t is reported
Kriegcr & Co., furniture dealers of Liv-
ingston, have purchased lot on east
Main street and will build store at once.
80. Another saw mill still, is on tho
way from Neihart, it is reported, which
with the one to come from Cottonwood,
will make the fourth in camp.
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Bees nc Educators,

No sooner does person become the
owner Of colony Of bees than he looks
around to see what are the prospects of
future gain. Heretofore he drove or
rode along the highways, noticing the
ruts, bridges, fences and houses, but now
his vision takes in a wider rau@e His
observation is Guickcned, and tees,
shrubs and plants have put on new life,
as it were, to his cnlivened faculties.
From the first opening huds in spring,
until the last rustling leaf has fallen, his
interest never lag$, as lie constantly
watches the opening flowers, and notes
with pleasure the busy workers roaming
over them in quest OF treasure to store
in their hives
What was to him once useless weed,
to be cut down with the scythe, or
whacked off with hoe, is clothed in
beauty, and becomes priceless treasure.
WhoeN er saw any beauty in the fgwort,
or watched for the appearance of It's tiny
cupboard, looked down into tfer depths
for the first appearance of sparkling nec-
tar. but bee keeper Or whoever saw
any utility in Spanish needles, or beggar
ticks? There is bond of friendship ex-
isting between the bee keeper ana Eectar
bearing plants, and they appear to spria2
| up to greet him wherever he goes. The
Indian calls white clover "The White
Mans Foot" and well he may, for its
modest flower soon appears as the har-
binger of peace and plenty.-Prairit
3Fdrmsr,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Deserted Indian Capitals.

One of the strangest things in India,
says the London Times, is the multitude
of deserted capitals. There are three old
Delhis, three successive capitals of the
East, all close to each other, all south OF
the present city. One of the three is
Tugluckabad, a marvellous city on a
hill, roo:iesS and absolutely deserted,
but solid and gigantic. The second is
Ferozebad, including the Fort of Indra-
put, with handful of inhabitants. The
third is the old Delhi of Kutub, who was
born a Turkish slave and died Emperor
of India. His name still survives in the
kutub Minar, the finest tower in the
world, springing aloft like living
organism. anal in the Oldest mosque in
India, the Kutub Mosque.
There is Daulatabad, in the Nizam's
dominions, with a fort atop of conical
hill OF black granite, artiiically scarped.
The fort is 5UO feet above the plain the
city lies below, with European fortifca-
tions and dry moats: but almost tho
whole of the city is Jungle, tall enough
to hide herd of elephants. There we
ate the best grapes we found in India.
i.l'CHCN udIuiailS III HcUl u'l J, SluaiC-
sized, black, delicious. Thther it was
that Tugluck, the builder of that south
e-nmost Delhi, that still bears his name,
dragged the whole inhabitants of Delhi,
500 miles of. Twice." says Hunter,
"hc allowed the miserable supplants to
return to Delhi; twice he compelled
them on pain of death to quit it, 1t
WIS Tugluck who called the city
Daulatabad, instead of :eogiri. He was
4 scholar and a soldier, and very early.
if uuscieutific, bi.metallist. "Having
drained his treasury, he issued forced
currency, by which he tried TO make the
kings brass equal to other mems silver.
Foreign merchants refused the kings
brass tokens. trade came to q stand, and
the king mad to take payment of his
taxes in his own Deprecated coinage"
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A Tale of Sea HerOiSm.

"Captain George W. Pendleton,
American fishing schooner Cleopatra, of
Gloucester, Mass.
!"Captain Edmund Miller Hughes,
American Line steamer Lord Cough.
Date of rescue, December 81, 1885,"
The Lord Cough, though of the Amer
ican Line of steamers liverpool to Phila-
delphia), is a British vessel; her captain
is. I think, a Scotchman. The Lord
Cough, on her way to Philadelphia, saw
the flag of distress on the mast of the
Cleopatra. The wind was blowing a
gale, making it matter of serious risk
for the LORD Cough to send boat to the
rescue. But Captain Hughes thought it
his duty to do this, and he called for
volunteers. The second officer q think
and crew volunteered, and boat was
lowered. Suddenly, however, the signal
of distress was lowered from the mast of
the Cleopatra. Captain Hughes was
much perplexed; it seemed almost GER
tain that the vessel was in extremity.
On the whole he thought it his duty to
send the boat. The brave fellows made
their way over the perilous waters and
the schooner was reached. There they
found the master and eleven men, but
for the Lord Cough, utterly without
hope. Three others of the crew had
been washed away, and the body of a
fourth lay on the deck. In two trips
the survivors were conveyed to the Lord
Cough. The master of the schooner
went in the second trip of the boat, but
before he did so he read, with such
solemnity as he could in the awful
storm, the burial service over the remains
of his comrade, and the body was COM
mitted to the deep. Of course the first
inquiry made by Captain Hug hes of the
American Captain was: Why did he
haul down his signal2 The reply was:
"Sir, we saw that you were preparing to
make an effort to save US, but we saw.
also, that it was sea in which it was
very doubtful whether boat would
live. I said, then, to my men: Shall
we let those brave fellows risk their
lives to save oursl and they said: No!
Then I hauled down the flag. - CornhW
NyU1sine
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The MurderOus Locomotive.

Anyone who runs on the railroad long
can understand what saving it would
be to the stock-dealer and the railroads
if the tracks were fenced in. 1t would
prevent cattle straying on the track.
The slaughter of the cattle along the
roads is something terrible, especially in
the Indian Territory. To see an engine
dash into herd of cattle is enough to
sicken anyone. I've known as many as
thirty cows and horses to be killed at
one swoop. The engineer can't stop,
and the only thing he can do is to put
on steam and hit the animals as hard as
possible, to knock them from the track,
ior if he don't he'll derail his engine and
probably kill his passengers. When the
engine strikes the cattle they are knocked
up into the air and to one side, and
often they burst and festoon the engine
with their entraiIs Sheep are often
killed. If one sheep happens to cross a
track in front of an engine, every other
one will follow, and they'll try to 60
through right under the moving cars.
In the Territory, coyotes and deer are
often killed, and there are any number
of snakes ground up. When the engine
is going rapidly birds often fly against
the headlight and get killed, and the
trainmen often get lots of game that
way.--P!cayuae. ~
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The Caricature Plant.

One of the most remarkable of all
plants is that known to botanists as the
Justicia 1,icta, which has also been well
named the "caricature plant" At first
sight it appears to be heavy, large
lcafed plant, with purple blossoms,
chiefly remarkable for the ght-yelow
ccnters of its dark green leaves. When
one first sees this odd plant, and thinks
what sickly, blighted appearance the
queer yellow stains give it, he is sud
denly impressed with the fact that the
plant is making faces" at him. And
this first impression is correct: This
carious plant indeed occupies itself in
growing up in ridiculous caricatures of
the "human face divine" and is covered
from the topmost leaf down with the
queerest faces imaginable. Nature has
taken to caricaturing. The flesh colored
profles stand oct in strong relief against
the green of the leaves. The plant
grows in common hot-houss.-Prairie
F,i7mer
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
A S0ap Mine.

There has been soap mine discovered
near Crawfordville, Ga. The Democrat
says that "Taliaferro is doomed to be
one of the most wonderful counties in
Georgia, or oil the South. Mr.. D. A.
Saggus gave us sample of the natural
soap from hill on DR.. ]. J. Ken's place,
near town. We took the article, and,
to test it, washed our face and hands
with it. and it cut the dirt from the skin
and made the water lather like manu-
factured soap. 1t is exactly the color of
turpentine soap. and has a peculiar
smell. There is money in this natural
soap mine, and some enterprising capital
ist could make a big thing of it here.
There is not another place in the world
that can boast of a natural soap nine"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Farm and Garden Notes.

Dig deep and plant shallow.
Luxuriant growth does not insure
fruit.
A rough bark on trees invites borers !;
smooth bark repels them.
Young vines produce beautiful fruit,
bus old vines produce the richest.
Sweet clover is a great honey plant
wherever it can be induced to grow.
Cream should have a uniform con-
sistency when it goes into the churn.
Egg dealers throughout the country
are again agitating the selling of eggs by
weight.
Six thousand pounds of milk is the
amount that it is claimed good cow
should produce.
Cream is ready absorbent and there
fore quickly injured by association with
odors of all sorts.
A raw egg broken into milk given
calves to drink, is said to be an effectual
remedy for scours.
Do not waste wood ashes. They are
sufficiently valuable to pay for saving
anu applying 10 the SOIL.
Remember that one ill-tempered or
slow-walking horse will do much harm
on a farm where colts are raised.
When butter is made from sweet
cream it does not keep so well as that
taken from milk that has soured.
For breaking heifers to be MIXED,
patience and gentleness are the only
requisites. If the udder is handled
occasionally from a calf up to cowdom,
the heifer is already broken.
Some people don't like wooden floors
in fowl houses, but they don't know
whereof they speak. Cover them with
cut straw, hay, sawdust or sand, and you
avoid dampness, rats and other vermin.
Any farmer who lives on a farm
situated one quarter of mile or more
from neighbors, may keep flock of
geese with profit. If he has tight
fence they will not bother near neigh
bors.
One of the troubles which cheese
makers have to contend with is float
ing curd. There are numerous ways of
treating floating curds, but tie main
points to be observed are: Draining the
whey early, developing an acid, ex-
posure of the curd to the atmosphere a
long time and grinding in curd mill.
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Care Of Cows.

The skin of cow is as necessary for
the proper publication of the blood as
lungs are, and it discharges in offensive
vapor greater quantity of matter every
day than the kidneys do. While COW
may discharge 20 pounds of water
through the Kidneys she will take into
the stomach 100 pounds. The 80 pounds
passes off throug gh the skin chiefly and
takes along the dead waste matter,
which is thiown off from the fine capil-
laries through the pores of the skin, with
the perspiration. When the milk has a
cowy odor you may be sure the skin is
not working right and needs thorough
brushing to remove the scurf and dried
matter which covers up the pores. And
this is the reason why, if we would
have pure milk and sweet butter, the
card and the bru,h must be in constant
use in the COW ble.-Nebrayka Culti-
pQt0r.
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The Raven of S0udan.

In the African Soudan the respect for
the raven, the ''Bird of the Shade" is
abundant. lie is endearingly known to
the Arabs as their "Uncle," and they
are more exorbitant in exacting blood
money for his chance slaughter by the
hand of the stranger, than if it were
!eally the relative in question. Shoot
their dove, their ostrich, their varied
scarengers of the vulture kind, their
once sacred ibis even, and they grin anG
bear it; but once aim a bolt at the
Noah Bird" and q hundred lean but
muscular brown arms will be raised, and
the bereaved, white-teethed relative W III
gesticulate and shout round you, while
they explain how black-hued was your
accidental crime. Apart from this, the
raven, with his jetty plumage, will al
ways be a point of interest in the
Soudan from the strong contrast he pre-
sents to the ordinary "desert- colored"
birds which preserve a neutral tint of
gray or fawn, which, to the inexperienced
eye, renders them almost invisible. e.-AH
the Year Round. a
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Liniments for Bruises.

Liniments for use on bruises, sprains,
and swellings act by stimulating the
circulation of the blood in the part, the
repair of the tissue, and the absorption
and removal of the injured and disor-
ganized fibre. There are several kinds
in use-some mild, for simple cases, and
some more active and strong enough to
blister the skin, for serious injuries. A
simple liniment is made of two ounces
of aqua ammonia and six ounces Of sweet
oil mixed. Aconite liniment, which is
more active, is made of two ounces of
tincture of aconite root, one ounce of
creosote, and four ounces of sweet oil.
This is valuable for severe sprains and
bruises, and the resulting Inflammation
is quickly subdued by it. Il is excellent
for spavins of all kinds and rirgbones
in their early stages. Lead liniment
used for bruises consists of five ounces
of CASTLE soap and one dram of powered
camphor mixed W tn one ounce OF Gou-
lard's extract of lead, and then with one
pint of boiling water. Other useful lini.
ments are: Shaved CASTLE soap, four
ounces; powdered camphor, one ounce :;
laudanum, half an ounce; alcohol, one
pint. For burns and raw wounds, equal
parts of limewater and linseed oil,
shaken together to cream, is very use
full if frequently applied so as not to be-
come dry.-NeW Yo:k Ttm9s.
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WORDS or WISDOM.
Iirtne is its own reward.

Virtue is its own reward.
Discomfort is infrmity of will.
A sensible man will always be civil.
What makes life dreary is the want of
motive.
Forgiveness and smile are the best
revenge.
Who dares not speak his free thoughts
is slave.
The wise fortify themselves by reason
and fools by despair.
He that would enjoy the fruit must
not pluck the flower.
To be rich is not to have wealth, it is
only to have enough.
Favors of every kind are doubled when
they are speedily conferred.
Without contentment there is no
wealth, and with it no poverty.
1t is something to be good; but far
better to be good for something.
The mill streams that turn the clap
pers of the world arise in solitary places.
Work is not mans punishment, it is
his reward and his strength, his glory
and his pleasure.
Better to be despised for too anxious
apprehensions, than ruined by too con-
fdent security.
We want characters that will stand
temptation, and not snap asunder under
the sudden pressures of life.
We cannot conquer necessity, but
we can yield to it in such way as to
be greater than if we could.
Every good act is charity. A mans
true wealth hereafter is the good that he
does in this world to his fellow men.
The voice of conscience is so delicate
that it is easy to stiae it; but it is also
so clear that it is impossible to mistake
it.
Passionate expressions and vehement
assertions are no arguments. unless it be
of the weakness of the cause that is de-
Tended by them, or of the man that de-
fends it.
We are all of us workers, in one way
or another; but how many are possessed
with an earnest desire that the work we
put from our hands shall be thorough,
honest and faithful.
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Taking a Census Between Two Suns.

A late census of the population of St.
Petersburg, Russia, was taken during
the night. 1t is stated that the popula.
tion amounts to S4S, 1883 persons, OF
whom 10, OO2 were in the suburbs. The
last census was in December, 1881, and
the population was then 929, ,01f, so that
it has diminished during the last six
and half years. There are reasons,
however, for supposing that both state
ments are incorrect. The functionarles
employed proved unequal to their task,
and many of the inhabitants did their
best to mislead them, being convinced
that the census was only sort of prep
aration for new tayes. Many hundred
families passed the entire night out oi
doors, and so were not numbered. II
has been decided that new census is to
be taken in December. Neaos.
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Marketing Poultry.

Do not scald the poultry, but pick
them dry. Bleed them in the mouth
when killing, and pick quickly. If
scalded, the skin turns blue, tears and
becomes ragged, thus in;uring the ap.
pearance. When dry picked the natural
frmness of the flesh remains, but when
scalded it becomes soft and aabby, while
the heat from scalding causes rapid de-
composition of the bowels. The dry
picked poultry bring the highest prices.
Cleanliness is important. Cool the car
casses, carefully sew up all rents or torn
places on the skin, wash clean in cold
water, wipe dry, and pack in clean bar
rels or boxes. no packing material being
needed. In summer, ship in refrigerator
cars if possible. Always carefully re-
move the pin feathers Virginia Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Durability of Farm Machinery.

Farmers are gradually learning that
the wear of farm machinery is one OF the
chief expenses of running their farms
THAT the machine is costly they know
well enough when they buy it, though
the glib tongued agent disguises this
ugly fact as much as possible by post
poning the day of payment. There is
beside an indefinite idea prevalent among
most farmers that the expensive machine
pnce bought becomes a permanent in
Festment, and that only the annual in
Eerest, with perhaps little extra for re-
pairs, need be considered in determining
he real cost.
The cold actual fact puts tie case in
ar different light. Unaer poor man
Igement or neglect MACHINES are often
lalt destroyed before the farmers notes
iyen for them have matured. 1t has
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
How to Cure Hung Beef.

The Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay, of Ken
tucky-now noted farmer and stock
man-thus tells whereof he knows on
the subject of curing hung beef. A good
fat beef's rounds should be cut into
pieces parallel with the bone, weighing
from four to six pounds, according to
the size of the hind quarter. These
pieces should be salted by judicious
expert, Just as much as would be used
in cooking the same. They should then
be strung with an ordinary meat needle
and twine and hung up in the smoke
house or any dry clubhouse or attic
These pieces, dried in cold weather,
when there are no flies, are cut into thin
slices and broiled on the crossbars over
live charcoal. Few dishes equal it.
Each of the many ways OF curing beef by
brine and condiments is an illustrious
example of ''the way not to do it." The
method here set forth saves the whole
flavor of the meat in the correct way,
with none of the juices lost, which may
also be eaten raw when we'll dried.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-17
Howto Helm Your Dipestion

Almost every day we feel the unpleasant SEN
sations of indigestion. Try ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsTERs and be relieved. J. F. Davenport, Of
Canarsie, New York, writes:
have been very much troubled with vio-
lent pain below my chest bone. was told by
several physicians that it was rheumatism Of
the diaphragm. 1t resulted from cold and ex-
posure had very little appetite and digested
my food with great difficulty. placed one
ALLcocK's Porous PLASTER below the breast
oone and two on each side. In the course Of
wenty-four hours all pain ceased, and was
able to eat and digest good square meal, some
thing had not done before in two weeks. I
got better constantly, and at the end of seven
lays found myself entirely well. Since then
nave used ALLcocK's Porous PLAsTERs for
,olds, coughs and pains in my side, and have
always found them quick and effective.
Since 1S4s 500 OOO,O 900 have been sent by emf
grants of this country to pay the passage Of
heir friends.
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with some farmers. come to be rule
that the first years use of reaper,
harvester or mower is the only one that
can be had without an expensive list of
repairs. The machines are heavy and
complicated, and often become misshapen
during disuse through winter, from
their own weight bearing on parts not
fitted to hold up under this continual
strain. This may happen when in un-
skillful hands the machinery has been
carefully sheltered from storms.
1t is, perhaps, to accommodate the
American love of cheapness and lack Of
carefulness that many farm implements
are made weak and unsubstantial. The
dealers understand that the machine is
scarcely expe; ted to last more than two
or three years, and in the competition
for cheapness they weaken it so that it
does not do good work all through one
season, though, of course, much depends
upon the amount of work to be done,
and more still upon the man who uses
the machine.
The more complicated kinds of farm
implements should only be used By ex.
perts or those having natural genius
for mechanics. The ordinary farmer
who buys and uses them finds that they
save him little in labor, care or worry
over his work, while as for expense, they
often cost more than to do without them.
The time is coming when Eastern farm
ers, at least, will find it their interest to
hire harvesting and such like work done,
rather than to attempt to do it them
selves. Jobs will be let out by the acre
or otherwise, much as the threshing is
done now by men who, during the sea-
son, make cutting grain their entire
business. - Cultirator.