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SECOND FLOOR.

SECOND FLOOR.
finished with oil, showing natural colors.
Roof shingles, oiled.
Accommodations: Ali the rooms and their
sizes, the pantries and closets are shown by
the plans given herewith. There is cellar
under the main house and the garret is
foored to provide storage room. II pre-.
the reception room. Ifpreferred, the sitting
room may be used as bedroom in which
case the reception room should be connected
and be used as dressing room. It is an easy
matter to convert the smallest bedroom on
the second floor into bath room.
Cost: In the vicinity Of New York city,
5000. r. W. SHoPPELL, Architect.
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A DEED FOR $22,Oo0,ooo.

A Wealthy Pittsburger Transfers his
Property to His Son.
Ex.Judge Thomas A. Mellon, Of Pittsburg
Penn, aged and feeble, has fled a deed
with the Recorder transferring all his vast
real estate-s22, 600, GO0-to his son, Andrew
w. Mellon. Judge Mellon owned property
in almost every ward In Pittsburg and Ale
phsny he is said to have had more than
iOO0 dwelling houses, besides large amount
Of uninproyed property. The transfer also
includes considerable real estate In the tar
West The personal property OF Judge
Mellon is divided among his other children.
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Flving Fish.

There is no particular fish called the
flying fish. The name is given to al!
those fishes which have the pcctoral inns
so very large that by means of them h! they
are sustained in short seeming flights Ia
the air. They are often met with in the
tronics At a recent meeting OF the
Physiological Society in Berlin, Professor:
Mocbius spoke on the movements OF the
flying fish through the air. AS a result
of detailed investigation, the speaker
said he had proved that these fish do not
fly, sluce the anatomical arrangements Q!
their fins and muscles arc not adapted e
this purpose. What really occurs is
when really frightened by the approach
of ship or an enemy, they shoot out OF
the water, as do so many other fish, and
are then carried along by the wind.
1--.l of sn0 borons have reccDtIV
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-26
LONG MOURNED AS DEAD.
A War Veteran Returns to His Fam
lily After Twenty-eight Years.

a war veteran ISSLuIllS W AAA'
lily After Twenty-eight Years.
Fritz Jabusch walked into the house Of his
relatives in Oshkosh, Wis, few days ago,
after an absence Of nearly twenty-eight
years. The story he told was most romantic
one, for he had long been mourned as dead;
In 1862 Mr.. Jabusch enlisted In the army and
went to the front. His relatives heard from
him regularly until the summer of 1858, when
his letters ceased, after battle in which his
regiment had been engaged. His parents, OF
course, supposed him to be dead.
Jabusch now states that he was left for
dead on the battlefield; was found by Con
federats troops, placed in a hospital; when
he recovered was confined in Libby prison.
Here he remained over year, until ex'
changed, and he found himself on the Allan.
tic coast without money and hundreds OF
miles from home. He shipped on board
merchantmen for the East Indies as COM
mon seaman, and has followed the sea ever
since. He has acquired a competence, AMI
will settle down in his old home.
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FRANCO-DAH0MAN WAR.

King Glesle Rctires to Lama with
His Female Warriors.
It has been officially announced i'll Paris
that the King of Dahomey, the West African
Chief with whom France is now at war;
accompanied by his female warriors, had re-
tired to Lama, after remaining at Godomey
four days and not daring to attack the Frencn
POSTS The rest of his army renamed al
Godomey, where it was erecting god6 forT1aSa- naSa
tions. During the the campaign l0o0 Dano
mans. including female general, were Killed
1t was stated that the French ccaptlyeS VaKel
by the Dahomans were safe at "hydan'
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favorably the bill to reorganize the five ar
tillery regiments of the army into seven.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL MILLER has ap-
pointed Charles D. Baker to be Assistant At
torney for the Southern District of New
York.
A TEST was made of the new fire alarm
apparatus in the White House and OF the
efficiency of the District Fire Department.
Both were highly satisfactory.
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WITH COLONIAL FEATURES

Designs for Low-Cost Cottage, With
Full Descriptions.
Copyright by the Author.)
That the so-called Queen Anne style o.
architecture will not long retain popula,
favor is very safe prediction. Its extreme
popularity forbids its early decline. Every
tidal wave must recede. twill be matter Of
congratulation, indeed, if the extravaganza
of tyro-designers do not bring this so-called
style into positive disrepute.
Already noticeable number Of clients in.
struct the architect not to give them Queen
Anne e1teriors. Such clients are pleased
with Colonial features, as rule, which is re-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-26
HELPED BY LIGHTNING.
1t Enables Five Prisoners to Make
Their EScapc,

During thunderstorm the Jail at Moulton,
Ala, was struck By lightning and ahole torn
in the roof. The jailer neglected to repair
the damage, and a few nights afterward five
prisoners escaped through the opening. They
obtained a file somehow, filed out of their
cells, and, by cutting their blankets into
strips, lowered themselves to the ground
from tho roof. If the roof had been repaired
in time they could not have escaped from tho
building after getting ont Of the cells. One
cclored man charged with murder refused to
escape He was the only prisoner left.
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A FRAUD EXPOSED,
He Owned Complete Counterlciter's
Outfit.

OuCIll.
A strange discovery has been made at
Parkersburg. w. Va, resulting i'll the ex-
posure of unexampled hypocrisy, greed and
crime Hiram Lewis lived miserably for years
and was supposed to be so destitute that
the CITY Council and charitable ladies came
to his aid. Then Bishop Peterkin, who looked
upon Lewis as sort Of living saint, bad him
removed to the Sheltering Arms Hospital.
A little later Lewis was prisoner and the
good Bishop and the entire town shocked. A
church elder, while packing Lewis'ss trunk,
discovered several molds and dies for max
ing counterfeit coin, and search brought t.
light complete counterfeiters outfit hidde"
away in various hooks.
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garded as an indication that the Colonia
is growing in favor.
This developing preference must crafty
all people Of good taste. The well-deined
features Of the Colonial style are of classic
Ggnsr Gn ana ss%ps sanps sSmsRns ps kn %esn i
1t, he gets away from it entirely.
The design given herewith is regarded as a
fair example, the designer being limited to
low cost. The Colonial features may be said
to be confined to the windows, but the win
dows are SO truly Colonial that they dom
mate the whole exterior.
The following is a somewhat detailed de
scripton Of this design:
Size Of Structure: Front width 80 it.;
depth side) A feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-26

THE Pacific Mail Steamship Company re-
csiyes a subsidy of 5000, 600 a year from the
Pacific RAILROADS for maintaining transcon-
tinental rates Of freight against the Shippers
of Oregon and California.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-26

TROUBLE has brokel cut in Oklahoms
owing to alleged efforts to colonized the new
territory with sufficient colored people to ena
bic them to run the Territorial Government
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DIED UNDER THE LASH.
Two Murdered Children and a FuSi
tive Mother

tive Mother.
Mrs Sarah Higgins, of Teton, Ga, is a
fugitive from justice, bounded by officers
and haunted by the memory of her two dead
children. barbarously lashed to death by her
own hands. Becoming angered at the little
ones for some offence she tied them and be-
gan the punishment. One Of the children
died while under the lash and the other was
30 badly scourged that it died during the
night. The next morning the fiendish parent
left the house and disappeared.
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1HE Congress of San Salvador has issued
decree that duty of 81 per quintaI be inn
posed on all coffee exported during the year,
the proceeds to be used in the reconstruction
Of the National Palace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-26

Upward of 500 horses have recently
been purchased in Australia by the agents
of the Indiar Government. !
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19
Oil-Cloth Table Mats.

Get sufficient quantity of oil-cloth
OF some pretty pattern and divide it into
the number of mats wished for. By the
exercise of little ingenuity the mats
may be cut in various fanciful designs.
Each mat may be of different shape, or
the whole set may conform to the same
pattern.
The oil-clOth should be thick enough to
retain it's frmness. but not so thick as
to be clumsy. If possible, it is we'll to get
it without a border, as that is suggestive
of a stair covering.
For several reasons, oil-cloth is the
best material which persons of very linn
tied means can make use of for table
mats. 1t requires no washing. To wipe
it off with wet cloth is all that is nee
essary. Hence, one set of mats is suffi-
Gent. 1t does not fade, and it may be
said with almost literal truth, that table
mats made of it never wear out.
More over, if the colOrs and pattern of
Oilcloth be harmonious and graceful,
these mats will have the merit of beauty
AS we'll as that of utility, and will give
bright, pretty appearance to a well-or-
dered table.
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Recipes.

COFFEE CAKE.-One cup of butter, one
and half cups of sugar, half cup of
mOlasses, half cup of strong coffee, half
a cup of milk, the yOlks only of three
eggs, half a pound of raisins seeded and
chopped, one quarter of pound each of
citron and figs, cut in long strips, a little
salt, five cups of -four, and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder Bake two hours
in a moderate oven.
ORANGE PUDDNG.-Cut up five nice Or
anges, put in a large pudding dish, sprn-
kle over them one-half a coffee cup of
white sugar. Set pail containing a
pint of milk in a kettle of boiling water,
let it BOIL stir together the yolks of two
eggs, One-half cup of sugar, two table
spOOnsful corn starch in ailittlecOld milk,
with little salt; add this to boiling milk;
let it thicken and pour it over the fruit.
Now beat the whites Of two eggs to a
stiff froth, add a teaspoonful of fine su-
gar, and heap over the top of the pud-
ding. Set into hot oven for a minute
to brown. Bits of red Jelly or amber jelly,
as raspberry or apple, dropped on the
top, will ornament it greatly.
VARIETY JELLY CAKE.-One cup of SUI
gar. one spoonful of but ter, two eggs, one
cup OF milk, one teaspoonful of baking
powder, and -four to make a medium
stiff batter. one that will pour easily,
upon four jelly cake tins; bake till done,
which will be but few moments. When
cold, turn one upside down on a plate,
and spread with currant jelly, then lay
on anothercake, upside down, and spread
oIate melted), then another cake upside
down, and spread with a yellow cream
(made OF one egg, half a cup OF milk, enc
spoonful OF sugar, one teaspoonful of
corn starch, favored with lemon, boiled
one moment to thicken), lastly, put on
the last cake right side up and ice it, or
slit powdered sugar over it.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19
Hotels Of DeLand and Lake Helen, Fla.

DeLand has four and Lake Helen has two
good hOmeike hotels, with tables good enough
strike every one as very reasonable, besides
scOI or more of we'll kept boarding houses.
The hotel at Lake Helen, which Mr.. DeLand
Hotel OF Florida, is, a whole, elegant and com
piete, with absolutely everythingin style that
must suit the most fastidiOus. Piney Woods
Hotel or Harlan Hotel, enlarged and improved.
Capacity doubled in 1886, and again in 1887.
Elegant new furniture, electric bells, ETC.. tennis
croquet. billiards, boating, bowling alley, etc.
Table supplied with the best of everything,
Fresh vegetables and berries from hotel garden
every day. Milk in abundance. Lake Helen,
eight miles from Blue Springs. Landing on the
st. Johns river.
The Harlan Otel, Lake Helen, Fla, is located
in pine grove overlooking beautiful lake. 1t
has accommodations for over one hundred
guests 1t is new and modern. Conveniently
arranged, and it's surroundings arein the highest
degree cheerful and pleasant. The climate here
is celebrated for it's evenness and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19

solicitude as to the nations welfare. his
undaunted courage, bravery, patience
hopefulness, and unselfishness, stand out
like beacon lights on the page of history.
AS the dazzling scheme of making him a
king was presented to him by his enthu-
siastic friends, he turned away from them
in great indigna ton as from "traitors to
freedom" No glittering prize of a crown
could ever sever his loyal heart from the
principles upon which our government
was founded. Think for moment of
the consequences, had he yielded to the
opportunities of his friends. Ever let us,
honor his memory when his birthday
occurs.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19
What is Stale Bread?

The stale crumb may be regarded as a
framework OF gluten coated with glossy,
dried starch, not readily dissolved by the
saliva. But by heating, the watery n.y.
dration of the gluten is driven out the
starch is moistened, and the whole crumb,
recovering elasticity of fresh bread, is
palatable On cooling the water is with
drawn from the starch and restored to
the gluten, and the bread becomes stale.
Now as stale bread is the most easily
digestible, it deserves to be restored to
palatability, and this is easily done by
relocating it, as we have seen. 1t should
be done in a covered dish, so as to pre-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19
The PrettieSt

in Florida. Most Florida cities convey the i'm.
preston under birds eye view, that like Top
sey "they just growed." DeLand shows every
indication of having been carefully planned,
and developed in accordance with q precon-
ceived design. It is city with ample spaces,
with pa1k-lke stretches o the original pine
forest and a vast areaIof orange groves thin
the city limits Parceland Hotel has an orange
grove on one side and an of lofty, heaven.
kissing pines on the other. So it is with private
residences Most OF them are either In the
midst orange groves, or situated on one side
der. From any comm anding point the city
looks like vast orange plantation with clust-
ering town in the center, and houses dotted
here and there amid the verduOus fOliage-C.
II. Jones, in letter Feb, 1888, in Times-Union.
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THE TWENTYSECOND OF FEBRUARY.

Pale is the February sky,
And brief the midday's sunny hours;
The wind-swept forest seems to sigh
For the sweet time of leaves and flowers.
Yet has no month prouder day,
Not even when the summer broods
Ger meadows in their fresh array
Or autumn tints the glowing woods
For this chill season now again
Brings, in it's annual round, the morn
When greatest of the sons of men,
Our glorious w ashingtOn was born.
Lo. where beneath an icy shield,
Calmly the mighty Hudson flows!
By snow-clad fell and frozen field
Broadening, the lordly river goes.
The widest storm that sweeps through space
And rends the oak with sudden force,
Can raise no ripple on his face,
Or slacken his majestic course.
Thus, mid the wreck of thrones shall live
Unmarried, undimm I'd, our hero's fame,
And years succeeding years shall give
Increase of honOrs to his name
William Cullen Bryant.
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vent undue loss of moisture. Thus re-
heated it renews it's youth, but does not
resume the qualities that make fresh
bread indigestible. 1t is thus possible to
combine the taste of fresh bread with
the virtues of stale bread; and the pro-
cess is one that should be familiar in ev-
cry house where cereal foods continue to
be the staff of life.
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Lake Helen, Fla.

The uncommon beauty of the place caught
the eye of wealthy visitors and Immediately
cottages began to spring up on shores of Lake
Helen. Queen Ann cottages, designed by Mace
dwellings vie with each other in beauty. They
are painted in delicate and pretty shades
grays, drabs, creams, etc.-with gables, towers,
balconies and other features in keeping with
their styles. In fact everything around Lake
Helen is ornamental. Even the shops and
stables are pretty enough to live in.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19
BuckIen'S Arnfca Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and off Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Pies, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by both the drugstores.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19
.Washington's Birth Day.


1t is eminently fitting that the birth
days of our great men should not pass
unnoticed and when by an act of Congress,
passed few years since the 22d of Feb
ruary was made illegal holiday thrC ugh
out the Union in honor of Washington, it
was no more than due to the honor of
one, who at very critical period Of our
national history was the nations life.
We might almost infer from all the
laudations and hOnors heaped upon
Washington, both before and since his
death, that he was the only man of his
time who had ever done anything for
America. Possibly some of us have even
tired of seeing or hearing his name so Of
ten. There were minentlawyers, states
men, inventors, poets. artists and as
trOnOmers, contemporary Withhim, d II of
whom might then have been counted be-
fore him as great men, but unlike him,
they were not specially fitted for the ext
gencies Of the times. 1t has been said
that there was nothing remarkable about
WashingtOn-thath he lacked genius, Of
ten lost his temper and was Overbear-
ing at times. But great men are not to
be judged by the extent of their intellect
nal abilities merely but by the use made
OF what they have with the tact and
Judgment to meet the need of the
times-W Washington, was able TO do this.
Some one was needed to preserve the ma
ton, during a peculiar crisis of our
American history. For that he proved
himself the grea test of all Americans.
There are turning points in all of our
lives where we face serious questions, when
decisions must be made which shall seri-
ously affect our own lives and the lives
OF others for years to come.
The same is true in the history of ma
tons. There have been weak places in
our national life where wise man COM
ing to the rescue, saying the right things
at the right time, infused new spirit and
new life into a new nation whose govern
mental structures were in danger of Civ
lug way as n wall may toppIe for want of
a staying support.
Oar existence as nation and our in
dependence did not begin by simply sign
ing such an article TWAS essential that
we should be recognized by other nations
as independent, before we could be virtu-
ally called such. For this emergency.
Washing ton was specially raised up by the
great Ruler OF nations, as one who should
preserve the dignity of our common
wealth. He had the ability to compel
our recognition and break the way for
us as a free and Independent people,
Through all the anxious hours of deep
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-02-19
Around the Dinner BILE.

A merely bOunteous table is not al
ways welcome or apetizing. Two or
three dishes, we'll prepared and daintily
arranged, are superior to a dozen care
lessly and enthusiastically put on. Hos
pitality is often COMPOUNDED with profu-
sion, and some of us are apt to believe
that we play the host i'll unless we per-
suade our guest into eating great deal.
This sort of entertainment is simply ma
terial, though it is cOmmoner than we
think. The pleasure of the table should
appeal to the eye and mind as we'll as
to the palate. Form should be consult
ed, grace should be indispensable. The
SAVIOR of food gains much from it's setting
and it's accomplishments. A few flowers,
perfect order and neatness, with congeni-
ality and sympathy about the board, will
insure what an Apician feast might not.
The day of uniformity in table as we'll as
other furniture, has passed. the present
fancy being for Oddness and variety This,
apart from pictu1 esqueness, is both con-
venient and economical, since the break
age of one OrtWO pieces does not necessi-
tate the purchase of an entire new SET 1t
is not unusual now to see on elegant
breakfast tables each coffee cup different
from it's neighbOr, and no two plates
alike. But it is at tea-the most inform
al of meals-that the greatest variety
and theprettiest effects may be produced.
Flowers have come to be indispensable to
many tables, and they will, ere long, let
us hope, be indispensable to all. They
need not be rare or costly. They are SO
beautiful, even the plainest and poorest
their place. 4 few green leav es, a dozen
Wayside daisies, bunch Of viClets, i'm
part q charm, and awake in us a touch
of nature But more than all that ia on
the table is the spirit brought to it.
There can be no high enjoyment of the
senses unattended by sympathy. Dis
quietude of mind at the table is the pre-
cursor OfindigestiOn. They who areinvit-
ed to dinner and take thereto anxiety and
discomfort defraud the host of a proper
return for his hospitality. No one has a
right to go socially where he does not
hope to give some sort of compensation.
The table-cloth should be the flag of tt uce
in the battles of every day life Weshould
respect it, and, in it's presence, commend
ourselves to peace. MRS. S. A. r.
What ic Stale Rrood2
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The Harlan will be open for it's sixth season on
November Goth, 1889. Terms, So to $3.50 per
day. K. A. Wyatt, Manager. H. A. DeLand,
Proprietor,
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HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.
BY MRS. j. II. FAIR.

10 whom all correspondence for this Depart
mgnt should be addressed
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The HealthieSt
Places i'm the Union.
Impressions of DeLand.

My impressions of DeLand on viewing it
from the balcony of the P. rceland Hotel was
that it vas one of the prettest citiesin Florida.
MY conviction as / viewed il from the balcony
on the third story of the University building,
was that it was without exception