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The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
When S,e Will 10 Rur,cd.

Her grandmother was very i'll. She was
girl of the future She had all those budding
signs of aplomb and elan and esprit and chic
and vcrve, and all those qualities in Ameri
can girls which we have to go to the French
.Ationary to describe Sho was very young,
Vroursc, Shc won't be SO smart when she
rows up. Her grandmother was SO sick
'at tho report got out she was dead A
sympathetic old gentleman met the child on
The street.
And when is your grandmother to be
buried, my dcar4' ho asked her.
mot till she's dead. sir San Francisco
Chronicle
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

In general way it may be said that what
ever is fashionable is apt to be becoming;
or, in other words, what is questionable or
unusual is odd, and therefore unbecoming.
True, the fashions are like the planets in
their orbits, and sweep around to the same
positions and appearances at stated seasons.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
HUMANITY.

There Is soul above the soul of each,
mightier soul. which yet to each belongs
There is a sound made Of all human speech,
And numerous az the conco,lrse OF all songs:
And in that soul lives each. In each that soul.
Though all the ages are its lifetime vast
Each soul that dies in its most sacred whole
Receiveth life that shall forever last.
And thus forever with wider span
Humanity o'erarches time and death;
Man can elect the univcrSal man,
And live in life that ends not with his breath
And gather glory that increases still
Till Timo his glass with Death last dust shall III
Richard Watson Dixon
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

Cream for coffee may be manufactured,
and the forgery seldom detected, by beating
the yelk of egg with ono tablespoonful Of
cold water, heating tho milk and pouring
over the egg, stirring constantly, and still
stirring when the boiling hot coffee is added
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

A London editor refused to &C. I" bed when
taken i'll. saying that it was his rule I" re-
tire at certain hour. and he did not pro.
pose to deviate from the custom SO Ls
lied in his chair
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

Sprinkle camomile flowers in the beds and
the fleas will leave. To drive away fleas
from dogs and cats, saturate Il string with
oil OF pennyroyal and tie it around them.
BY repeating this application every twelve
or fifteen days the Heas will leave.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

The German empress wears an apron at
home as token that she attends to the chll
dren and the cook, and doe> not uleiile with
social and political questions. nor seek to win
place in the intellectual world
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

Denver has invested 500 900 in cable sys-
tenn for rapid transit, and has u road six and
three-tenths miles long over which the faro
is five cents. Tho speed in the residence sec
tions is limited to twelve miles an hour. and
in tie business portions eight and half mics
mn bour
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Reviyine Old Games.

Games are coming into popular favor
again and are superseting card parties, and
even the dance in many instances. Twenty
questions. an old familiar. is being played
everywhere. 1t is game to vex the soul
and to reduce query to science A college
professor was nearly driven mad the other
night, but managed to guess in his twenty
questions that his torneutors were thinking
of grain elevator in Duluth.-Ncw Orleans
Picayune.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

Sarah Winncmucca, the Indian princess
who attended Wellesley college, and has
written stories under the nom de plume of
Bright Eyes" Is now teaching an Indian
school
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

The Pacific Endowment League now mum.
bels nearly 5000 members
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

There is certain bureau officer in the
treasury who is accused Of being in love with
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

Women Engaged In Literary work-Lady
Limbs of the Law-Slippers for Pretty
Fect-The Foibles Of tho Females-Sug-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
GREENS.

The following plants and portions Of
young vegetables make good greens
Young beets, beet tops, cowsips, chic,
ory, chevel, dandelion, dock, horserad'
ish tops, young turnips and tops, young
milk weed, and many others peculiar to
different localities. The dandelion and
dock are especially fine, producing
marked effects as blood purifiers and IN
clearing the complexion.
They should always be cooked in
salted water, to which should be added g
little soda or pinch of carbonate of am
monia, to preserve their green color. All
greens should be very thoroughly washed
in several waters, after removing the
roots and any dried or dead stalks which
may have been gathered. They should
be either cooked in soft water or water
freshly drawn, and put in at its first boil
ing.
The time required is indefinite, depend.
ing upon how young they may be, or the
variety used; are done always as soon as
tender, and should then be taken up, and
very thoroughly drained by placing in a
colandcr, and squeezing with a wooden
spoon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
An Apparatus for Burning Water.

What may prove to be the most i'm
portant invention of modern times, and
one that will revolutionize the manu-
featuring industries and, in fact, all COM
merce, has been invented at Phillips,
Wis, by Rev. NJ. Alley. Mr.. Alley has
studied thoroughly and exhaustively for
the past ten years the subject of COM
bustion, in the attempt to invent an ap-
paratus to cause the consumption of
smoke in large furnaces. Not succeed
ing in that beyond a certain limit, he at
last applied himself to the invention of a
device to bring about the burning of
water, which he has at last accomplished.
The apparatus consists Of "a tank of water,
which would be the boiler of furnace,
pipe leading from the tank to the fire.
place, into the burner. The burner is
very simple, being only piece Of gas
pipe, varying in size according to the in
tensity of the fire used and filed with
scraps of iron or coils of wire. This
burner lies over the fire, and steam pass
ing through it is heated to such high
temperature that when it issues from the
orifces in the pipeit is Immediately trans
formed into its component gases and
burned, producing heat many times
greater than that of coal. The most i'm
portant part of the invention is a valve
which allows the water to enter the
burner in quantities only sufficient to its
needs. The fuel used is dimished three
fourths, and the heat produced increased
many fold. One of these has been in use
on a conomon cook stove in Phillips for
several months, but not many outside OF
that locality have heard of it. A few
days ago its operations were witnessed
by Milwaukee capitalists, who were
greatly excited about it, one remarkins
that it seems almost like witchcraft.-
CHICAGO Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
A Living Corpse.

A strange and hideous monstrosity ex-
lists in Portland in the person Of six
year-old boy, the lineaments of whose
features and the pallor of whose counte-
nance have an exact similitude to those of
a corpse. During critical period previ-
Gus to the child's birth his mother, re-
ceiving intelligence of the dangerous i'll
ness of her father, hurried to his bedside
only to find him corpse. The shock to
her in her delicate condition was great,
and when the child was born it had the
mark of death on its face.
The boy though now six years old is
very small and withered up and has a
shrill piping voice. His is pinched,
his eyes and cheeks sunken; on the tenn
pies and beneath the eyes the skin is dis
colored, while the whole countenance has
the dull pallor of corpse. The hands,
feet and limbs are very small and bony.
The child is bright and precocious and
answers questions with an intelligence
that is rather startling. However, the
same pallid, set expression of countenance
always greets the eye. He never smiles
OF changes his facial expression unde,
any provocation. A person not &C.
quainted with his history would suppose
him to be in the last stages of some
wasting disease, but the father says the
boy was never unwell day in his life.-
Salem (0regon) statssn'an.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
RECIPES.

Soup Balls-Boil five eggs until hard
remove the shells and pound the yolks tc
a powder; add the whites of two un'
cooked eggs, with little flour and salt
mix into balls, boil in water and drop into
the soup.
Biscuit-One quart of -four, three tea
spoons of baking powder, one teaspoon
OF salt; sift all together three times; add
enough sweet milk to form dough, role
out an inch thick, cut in round cakes ano
bake in quick oven.
Ragout of Onions-Cut couple OF
punches of young onions IN slices; add
double the quantity of potatoes, peeled
and sliced; season with salt and pepper,
and cover with broth of any kind; sim
mer until the pototoes are done; add a
tablespoonful of butter and eat very hot.
Chicken Salad-Boil one chicken ten
der, and chop fine; chop fine the whites
of twelve hard-boiled eggs; add equal
quantities of chopped celery and cab
bage; mash the yelks fine; add two table
spoons butter, two of sugar, one tea
spoon mustard; pepper aud salt to taste;
and lastly, one-half cup good cider vine
gar; pour over the salad and mix thor
oughly.
Stuffed and Roasted Pork-Take a
small loin, three tablespoons of bread
crumbs, one chopped onion, half tea
spoon of chopped sage, pepper and salt,
one-fourth of cup of chopped beefsuet,
one tablespoonful of butter. Separate
with cleaver each joint of the loin and
make an incision with a knife into the
thick part of the meat in which to place
the stufing, which prepare as follows:
Mix the bread crumbs with the onion, add
the suet, sage, pepper and salt, press into
the incision in the pork and sew to-
gether with coarse thread the edges of
the meat; dredge the meat with -four,
place in baking-pan with cup of hot
water. Allow twenty minutes to the
pound for baking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
The Humble German Soldier.

We saw recently little squad david
ling along in their uniforms through the
heat, the most ambitionless, hot, weary or
lazy souls, dragging one foot after the
other as if cannon ball were attached to
each, writes a Berlin correspondent.
"Poor fellows" we thought, chow plainly
every line about them tells the oppression
and misery of the whole brutal system!'
When all at once, to our amazcment, they
stiffened up like ramrods, flung one leg
out in front at an angle of forty-fve de-
grees with force enough to kick down a
rampant, and then brought the heel of
the ironclad member down upon the
pavement like a blacksmith's hammer,
the sparks flying in all directions. We
looked on in amazement, wondering what
had happened to them, when in the dis
tance appeared diminutive corporal,
the occasion of the whole excitement.
The same awe of their superiors runs
through the entire German army. A COM
mon soldier having his boots blaoked
will instantly stand aside, before the
operation is completed, as corporal
steps up. He in turn gives place to an
officer, and in few minutes three of
these accommodating individuals are
standing in row, bolt upright, with
their trousers turned up, and each one
with a boot blacked. When the fourth
has been served he passes along with
dignity, and each of the other three takes
his turn in regular order until the COM
mon soldier is finally reached.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
BAG FOR soTLED CLOTHES.

Fancy bags of all descriptions are used,
and some are very elaborate, says Mrs.
Curtis in the Prairie Farmer. I use a
fine towel for soiled clothes; cutting It in
two in the middle for bag for collars
and cuffs, making two bags of one towel,
and usiig a whole one for the larger
clothes. A few outlined figures improve
the bag, and with drawn work and
khotted fringe very pretty bag may be
made. For the large bag, cut the towel
in two in the middle cross-wise, and seam
it on all the edges except the draw edge
that is left for the opening of the bag and
hemmed; after which draw-string may
be run in twice to close it. The smaller
bags are cut in same the way, and closed SO
that the fringe will hang at the bottom,
Just as it does in the larger bag; this
makes a long, narrow bag. To lessen
the length, I turn deep hem at the top,
and stitch in this casing of the proper
width for the draw-string. For the
string use a cast-of ribbon, that at a
little distance does not show that it has
been washed I also made a bag fol-
dust-cloths, using a brown linen towel,
and ornamenting it with different shades
of wool in rows of cross-stiching, be-
tween which are scroll patterns worked
in stitch. The towel-fringe /
discarded, and substituted one made of
the wool used in the embroidery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
HOW MILK SHOULD BE KEPT.

Consumers of milk are too often indif-
ferent to their ways of keeping milk after
it reaches them. When delivered in cans
it is a common custom for many people to
draw from the same as they need it, and
possibly can may not be emptied until
a fresh supply is received. As soon as
the milk is bought it should be poured
into glass or earthen pitcher, and when
this is emptied it should be made abso-
lutely clean and then we'll aired. Those
who have young children dependent upon
milk food ought to receive fresh supply
of milk both morning and night; other.
wise, in the warm months, it is extremely
liable to become unwholesome. With
but few in cities is this possible, and,
therefore, in summer it will be well to
scald the supply when received, to pre-
vent its becoming sour.-Journa1 Of
Health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10

cigars, wine and flowers, and actresses.
social obligations, and an occasional
hand at card play ducks and brakes with:
his salary, which is little more than one
third the salary OF an American Lieu.
tenant. If he has no private fortune he;
makes debts at every turn. These debts
are piled up year after year. can angel
flies through the room and Lieutenant
pays his debts" is a German proverb.!
The German Government has had life
long experience with the young Lieu;
tenant, and knows a thing or two about
his expensive habits. 1t has therefore:
forbidden him to marry unless he or his
intended wife has money enough to sup
port the family. When Lieutenant's
debts have become mountain high and
troublesome, he begins to scurry around
after rich manageable woman. Money
is the one sine qua non of his choice. A
woman may be plain, stupid, cratic
within limits, or American; yet If she
has money enough to put the Lieutenant
square with the world after he has had
his fling, he jumps at the chance to
MARY hcr.-Neao York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
,JELLIRs AND MARMALADEs.

For making jelly and marmalade it is
of the greatest importance that the fruit
should be only just ripe, for if it is not,
all efforts to make good jelly will be in
vain. If jelly does not "form" the first
twenty-four hours, it is useless to cook it
over or waste time with it. Sometimes
to set it in the sun day or two may i'm
prove it. The best loaf sugar should be
used, and fruit juice should be we'll
boiled, before adding the sugar, as it re-
tains both color and favor better.
Twenty minutes is usually sufficient time
to cook jelly, but sometimes it requires
much longer. Acid fruits make the best
jelly, but almost every variety will make
good jelly.-Courier Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
The Bland Dollar Portrait.

Each scholar in the Kindergarten
Training School who owns Bland silver
dollar possesses first rate picture of his
or her teacher. The confirmation by the
Board of Education on Tuesday of the
selection of Miss Anna W. Williams as
Instructor of Philosophy and Methods OF
Kindergarten Training is the latest laurel
in the already fame-bestrewn path of that
lady, whose classic features have been
stamped on millions of silver disks. Ten
wears ago Miss Williams suddenly became
famous when the interesting announce
ment was made that her face was the
! original of the Goddess of Liberty on
that much-abused. much-admired and
equally as much dislilled Bland dollar.
The discovery was due to the efforts of a
Recorder reporter who worked eighteen
months in tracing out the original of the
Goddess. The friends of Miss Williams
placed every conceivable obstruction in
the way, but unsuccessfully. The story
of Miss Williams's connection with the
stamp upon the coin is interesting. In
the early part of 1875 the Treasury
Department secured through communica-
ton with the Royal Mint Of England the
services of a clever young designer and
engraver named George Morgan. Upon
his arrival in this country the young en-
graver was located at the Philadelphia
Mint, and was asst igned the task of making
a design for new silver dollar. After
months of patient work he completed his
design for the reverse side of the coin, on
which he represented the American eagle.
His attention was then turned to the other
side, and his first inclination was to place
on it fanciful head of Goddess of Lib
erty. But the young designer was too
much of realist to be pleased with a
mere work of fancy. Finally he deter
mined that the head should be the repre-
sentation of some American girl, and he
forthwith searched for his beauteous ideal.
Through friend who had spoken to him
of the classic profile of Miss Williams's
face, he sought and obtained her ac-
quaintance. Miss Williams was with diff
fculty induced by her friends to pose be-
fore an artist, and after five sittings the
design was completed. The young de-
signer declared that the profile was the
most perfect he had ever seen in England
or this country. Miss Williams, around
whom this web of romance and fame
clings, is very estimable and modest
lady. She resides with her mother and
aunt at No. 1923 Spring Garden street.
She is still a pretty blonde, with pearl
like complexion, is slightly below the
average height, and possesses a graceful,
aplomb fgure.-Phsladezphia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
Diving Apparatus Oh War Ships.

Profting by the recent events at Sa-
moa, when the treasure of the wrecked
Trenton was recovered by means Of q
diving apparatus borrowed from the
British man-of-war Calliope, the Navy
Department here has determined to equip
each Of our naval vessels with complete
diving apparatus. By order a submarine
diver is also to be detailed as part of the
complement of each vessel in commits
sion. No trouble is anticipated in Sc.
curing suitable men, as there are always
members of the crew who make good
diver,.-Neso York Mercury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
NOBODY SHOULD SUSPECT HnI.

One of the self conscious bridegrooms
at the White House the other day, as he
came in with his bride, caught the know
ing look which little group near the
door exchanged with each other. As
soon as he found a comfortable sofa for
the bride he sauntered with apparent
carelessness up to the little group, and,
addressing one Of them, made some re-
mark about the moist morning.
''I was just reminding my wife," said
he, ssthat when we came here on our we'd
ding trip, eleven years ago, it was just
such a rainy morning"
"Eleven years ago9" said the gentle
man addressed, in evident astonishment;
"why, your wife does not look more than
twenty now"
And she was not. The bridegroom saw
the mistake, blushed furiously, and went
away to rejoin his wife. He had made
the years too many, and did not get over
looking sheepish so long as he was in the
building. - Washington Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
Cure for COrnS.

One of the deadliest enemies of the
chiropodist is a short and simple recipe
which soon brings relief and immunity
from the exasperating agony which is too
sadly familiar. Take equal parts of car
bolic acid and glycerine and paint the
corn every night with a cameps hair
brush, first bathing and carefully drying
the feet. This treatmant,if if patiently con-
tinued, is a certain remedy. It also gives
great relief from soreness caused by ex-
cessive walking if the mixture is applied
to the soles of the feet.-ConsnaerciaI Ad-
rerttseT. - ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
CHRONIC AND ACUTE MALADIEs.

s'Major Stofah, who loves to talk a
little himself, ran across a friend the
other evening, who was just full enough
to be disagreeably voluble. The Major
stood it'as long as he could.
"Here, Colonel" he said at last, "let
up on that talking. You are making a
holy show of yourself"
The Colonel looked at the Major re-
proachfully for full minute.
''I kno-know it, he stammered, thick
ly. Ell know it, Major. Don't you
see it's be-because I'm drunk, and
I'll get over it; but you, Major, you are
s-stuck for Life. y Washington Critic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
PRECoCITY.

The child was playing with the scis-
sors, and his kindly old grandmother
chided him.
"You mustn't play with the scissors,
dear. knew little boy just like you
who was playing with pair of scissors
just like that pair, and he put them in
his eye, and he put his eye out, and he
never could see anything ever after"
The child listened patiently and said
when she got through:
"What was the matter with his other
eye?"-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10

An Esquimaux sat on chunk Of ice
In the land Of the northern pole;
He cracked his heels and he whistled twice
At sight that charmed bis soul.
For stranger came DER the fields of snow
At speed that was fearful quite;
His cheeks were pallid and thin with woe
And the frost on his beard was white.
i"Oh, prithee, pause" cried the Esquimaux;
''From whence do you come so fast?'
stI come from land weary leagues below
This realm with its storm and blast.
tI come from land in the far off south,
And I've travelled ten thousand miles
Since last the sun like beaming mouth
Turned loose on the earth his smiles.
sTve clambered the mountains, on raging
streams
Full oft I've been heaved and tossed;
I umpired a game for two baseball teams
Alas And the home club lost"
Nebraska State Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
KNEW THE SYMPTOMS.

Wife-"Cyrus, I am sure young Spoon
amore is becoming serious in his atten-
tons to our Susie.'
Husband-"N What makes
you thinks so?"
"He wears a new necktie every time
he comes"
"Do you think Susie cares anything
for Mm?"
81 know she does. She hasn't eaten
an onion this spring."-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
A SURE THING.

"Haye you any particular object in
loafng around herel" asked the contrac-
tor of new building of an idler who
was in the way.
eyes, sir" was the prompt reply.
"Well, what is it?"
s'I want to dodge my creditors, and
they will never think of looking for me
where there is any work going on."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
RIVAL CITIES.

Chicago Lawyer-"And, gentlemen of
the jury, remember you can't take this
poor mans life without reducing the
population of our mighty metropolis, an
act of which AIN sure such patriotic citi-
zens as yourself will never be guilty while
Brooklyn puts in her absurd claims of be-
ing the second great city in the country" "
-Epoch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-10
SPENDING THE SUMMER.

Mr.. Blinker-"What are you going to
do with yourself this summer?"
MIR. Winker-''rm going to stay at q
watering place"
Mr.. Blinker-"At watering place!
Why, Dick, thought you told me you
hadn't money enough to buy bait for a
rat trap last week after you settled with
your creditorsw
Mr.. Winker-"That's just the reason I
accepted clerkship under the Croton
water board. ."-I'oWie Topics.