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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-25
BURIED ALIVE CACHE.
a Story of Pioneer Life in Illinois by julia
Mills Dunn.

ITY years ago that par'
of Illinois which lies TO-
ward the north of the
state, between the Hi.
nois and the Mississippi
rivers. was inhabited al
most entirely by Indians.
Scattered here and there,
however, were settle
ments of whites. COM
prising three or four fam
lilies. who had banded to-
gether for mutual pro-
lection, and occasionally
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-25
TOM, DICK AND HARRY.
Story of Youthful Adventure During the
War, by James 7. Mckay.

AIRY FREMONT and
Tom Collins started to-
ward school that Mon
day morning from their
homes in Southslope, ,
but neither of them went
TO school. And, what's
more, neither of them
came home that night.
Now, they were not
truants as a rule, but
pretty good scholars and
generally in their places
on time, though high
spirited fellows and not
averse to a bit of harm
less mischief. Both
started out with their
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
PARSNIP FRITTERS.

The incest way to serve parsnips is in
fritters. They are too pronounced in
flavor when boiled, or even stewed.
Take two or three large parsnips-ac-
cording to the size of your family-boil
them, without peeling or trimming, un-
til tender. Mash them up, and then
pass them through sieve to remove all
strings and fiber. To every quart of the
parsnip allow four eggs, we'll beaten, and
four tablespoonfuls of sifted flour, or in
like proportion for less or more parsnips.
Beat the mixture together, seasoning to
taste with salt and pepper and good
spoonful of fresh butter; when it is very
light drop it by large spoonfuls into
boiling lard and when well Drowned lay
on hot dish before the fire. These
should be served at once, as standing
don't improve anything that has eggs in
it, and is fried. Some people eat them
with sugar, like fried eggplant, but that
is matter of taste.-Good Housekeeping.
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The Best Wearing Leather.

But very few people who wear Cordo-
van shoes have any idea where the
leather bearing that name comes from,
hence the question is often asked ::
"What is Cordovans"
"Cordovan," the name by which
leather known, was first finished in Ham
burg, Germany, under the name of Ross
leather.
In combination with it the hide has
four layers of muscular skin which, with
the "shell," give to the horse the great
and tremendous pulling power that makes
the animal Sc serviceable to mankind.
This "shell," if properly tanned and
shaven clean of its sinewy matter-a
most difficult task-nakes the best wear
ing leather in existence, and proves the
theory of old-time shoemakers-that only
leather of a long fibre will wear-to be
a mistaken one, as the "shell' has no
fibre.
In this it has decided advantage over
calfskin with its fibres; the breaking of
any one throws additional strain upon
the other, and break in the leather soon
follows.
Experience has demonstrated that the
"shell" will wear two or three times
longer than calfskin.
Cordovan possesses another great ad-
vantage in being nearest waterproof OF
any leather made. The Oneness OF tex
ture also permits its taking very high
polish. .-Nep York Journal.
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A Find of Flint.

Year by year fresh traces Of the earths
early inhabitants are being revealed.
One of the most important of recent dis
coveries is that of Armand Wire, who, in
a French valley through which runs the
the Lunain River, has come across the
remains of at least ten prehistoric settle
ments. The immense quantity of flint
implements and refuse at one place, near
the village of Lorre-le-Bocage, some
sixty miles south of Paris, seems to justi'y y
the conclusion that there must have been
located prehistoric manufacturing viii
lage, the flint was worked into various
shapes used by the primitive people of the
early Stone Age. Some of the imple-
ments are of types hitherto unknown to
science, including very small stone
hatchets, which are supposed to have
been funeral or votive offerings, and
flint hooks from one to three inches
long, the smaller probably having been
designed IS fish books.-Ne'o York ;lele-
gram.
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Giant Dancers.

The San Francisco Examiner says the
atmospheric conditions of the deserts
and high plateaus at certain seasons Of
the year produce strange phenomena.
The dry weather in Nevada has produced
Lost of giant dancers in Lyon County.
These appearances are puzzlers to all sci
entists. How they brace up and hold
together SO long is a mystery. On a
quiet, sunny day you see little handful
of sagebush soar aloft on light breeze.
Some more joins it, until it is as big as
your hat, and then your body, and then
sand and rocks and soil by the bushcl
begin to roll into the mass from the
ground, ascending upward like a col
umn. 1t is soon as big as telegraph
pole, and all the time gaining. and ere
long its top maybe reaches 1000, maybe
1000 feet. While you are watching this
one probably three or four otkcrs will
spril up, or half-dozea will conc
waltzing down from the upper end OF the
valley, having travelled probably twenty
five miles and torn up the soil like a
steam plow in their waltzing aid zig
tagging. They tear up the hillsides,
smash horses, and suck up lacn Ike
waterspouts. They go to pieces in as
strange way as they are formed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
LARDED BIRDS.

A grouse, partridge or quail may
&c cooked by this rule: A grouse re-
quires about thirty minutes roasting in a
very hot oven, partridge forty and quail
only fifteen minutes. Draw and wash
either bird with clean cloth, not in a
pan, and inspect it we'll, taking out any
stray shots or feathers that have been
driven into the flesh by shot. A bird
that is torn to pieces with fine shot can
never be made into as presentable dish
as one shot by more experienced n arks-
man. The wings of the bird are cut off
close to the body, and the neck cut off,
but the legs and feet left on: Cut strips
of pork the size of matches and run them
through the breast and thighs about a
quarter of an inch apart; rub the breast of
the bird with butter and dredge flour
over it, and put half an onion in it. Lay
it on its back in dripping-pan, and
roast it till done. Rapidity in roasting
is essential to success. All game must
be rare, not raw.-NeU York Tribune.
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Nothing Wasted in Ivory Manufacture.

Almost as much care is taken IN the
manufacture of ivory to prevent waste as
there is in the working of the precious
metals. Nothing is lost. The skill of
the turner shapes the cuttings and cor
ners so that they can be put to the best
use. Even the scrapings and sawdust are
not thrown away. Such trade-refusc is
converted into charcoal, and forms the
well-known "ivory black" of the artist;
and, most amazing of all, is even boiled
into jelly which is said to equal calf's
foot. London is great centre of the
ivory industry. Billiard balls are, of
course, turned out by the thousand.
Ticn many small workers in brushes,
mirrors, boxes, combs, ETC., carry on the
trade in their own homes. They buy a
tooth, or part of one, from the wholesale
Gealer, use such part of it as they may
require for their special branch, and dis
pose of the remainder to 4 brother crafts
man. Many Germans are engaged in
this work, but in these artistic days it is
strange to hear that they do not obtain
much encouragement for carving and the
higher forms of their industry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
Where Some Nuts COne From.

The most important item in the nut
business is walnuts. Formerly t4-ese came
almost entirely from Bordeaux, because
at that time the affiliations of New York
trade in this branch were with France.
But the French walnut is comparatively a
poor article; the kernel is apt to be
sErunken in the shell; the latter is often
fendishly hard, as we'll the youthful
reveler knows, and the flavor Of the meat
is inferior. The Chicago houses buy per-
haps one-tenth of their yearly stock from
Bordeaux, trihing matter of 10000 OF
$4,000 bags. The very best come from
Naples, for the nuts are the cleanest, and
the kernels are full and of fine favor.
Several houses in the trade buy 1000 or
5000 cases each of walnuts from bcauti-
full Naples yearly, and the traffic is con-.
stantly increasing. Next in rank come
the California wslnuts, particularly those
of the Las Nietas district, and so much
are these liked that single firm received
twenty carloads at q consignment. The
Brazil nut, which resembles the meat of
the cocoanut, but is very much finer, is
beloved in Chicago and in the United
States. All the Brazil nuts come from
Rio Janeiro.
There was time when Christmas
dessert was composed of almonds, raisins,
figs and filberts, which the French called
the four beggars, because no one would
touch them-that is, among the adults.
To the young Americans almonds apd
raisins are as dear as ever, and probably
to the young French people also. The
great rival of California is Spain, and the
almonds of Tarragona come to Chicago
in considerable amounts. Both of these
20 to the Westinghouse, for the bakers
and pastry-cooks who use almonds in
large quantities prefer to buy them ready
for use. Those who have eaten German
almond cakes must confess that they are
almost as delicious as macaroons, which
are nearly all almond. The shelled
almonds come to us direct from Italy and
through London from the Valley of the
Jordan. We get very little of anything
from Palestine, but almonds we do get,
and they ore as good as any that come to
the trade. But they have not acquired
the art which the Californians have picked
up from the Spaniards of making their
boxes beautiful with showy-colored litho-
graphs, and their boxes are plain, SUBJ
stantial receptacles, nothing more
Chicago Times.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Cheese is almost invariable eaten with
the fingers by the most particular people.
When cooking onions set a tin of vine
gar on the stove, let it boil, and you will
have no disagreeable smell.
Be sure to keep your dish-cloth clean,
as some physicians claim diphtheria will
start from using greasy dish cloths.
FlanneIs should be washed in hot
soapsuds, and rinsed in hot water con-
tain:1g soap enough to soften it
little.
To take the ;'fishy" smell from your
skillet after frying fish, put soap and
water in the skillet and let boil for ten
minutes.
Silver should be washed with chamois
skin saturated with silver soap each
time after use, thus avoiding general
cleaning.
A carpet sweeper is invaluable in q
dining-room where small children eat,
but should never be used for general
sweeping.
Windows should never be washed
while the sun shines upon them, as it is
impossible to polish them without leav-
ing blue streaks.
Take two large spools, drive large
nails through them in the wall, about two
inches apart, and hang your brocm up,
brush end up.
Silk dresses should never be brushed
with whisk broom, but should be care
fully rubbed with velvet mitten kept
for that purpo'e only.
When your oil-cloth is dull and be-
ginning to wear out, give it one or two
coats of varnish. 1t will be pretty again,
and wear much longer.
Never put milk or butter in the cup
board where cooked cabbage, turnips or
onions are, as the smell from them will
faint butter or milk in a short time.
Chemists say that it takes twice as
much sugar to swceten preserves, sauce,
etc., if put when they begin to cook as
it does to sweeten after the fruit is
cooked.
Even the leg or other small pieces of
bird is taken in the fingers at fashion
able dinners, and at most of the luncheons
ladies pick small pieces of chicken with
out using fork.
To keep your han Is from chapping,
get equal parts of benzine and glycerine,
shake we'll and rub few drops on the
hands after washing then. It will keep
them soft and white.
When your pies with upper crusts are.
ready to put in the oven to bake, take
little sweet milk in cup, and with
bit of clean cloth wet the upper crust and
rim. When baked it will present a shiny
surface, and will not fake off.
It is said that bathing the eyes freely
in cold water at the morning bath and
rubbing them toward the nose with the
fingers will prevent the flattening of the
eyeball and diminish the need of artifi
cial aid. Some tribes of Indians are said
in this way to preserve their sight to
old age. For infamed eyelids bathing
in hot salt water is very effective.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
The Oflee of Iron in the Blood.

Iron exists in the blood in the red cor
puscles, and gives them color and the
power of absorbing gases. The fact tnat
peroxide Of iron is one OF the rcadiest
a5sorDents Of gases, and parts with them
ae readily on exposure in thin layers to
the air, so that it can be used over and
over again for that work, gives aclew to
its special function in the red corpuscles
of the blood. 1t enables them readily to
absorb oxygen as they pass along the
minute blood.vessels Of the lungs and to
curry it to all parts OF the body, where
they part with it as it is demanded. It
is supposed, also, to take up carbonic
acid in exchange for the oxygen it
yiclds up, and to convey to the lungs
that portion of this substance Hhieb is
expired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
legitimate medicine, not beverage; care
fully compounded by an experienced ply
sician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. It is purely vegetable in
composition and perfectly harmless in any
condition Of the system. Contains no
alcohol to inebriate; no syrup or sugar
to ferment in the stomach and derange
digestion.
As an invigorating tonic, 1t imparts
strength to the whole system. For over
worked. "worn-out,n rundown" debili-
tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seam
stresses, " "shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women generally, DR.:
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest
earthly boon; being unequaled as an appe-
tizing cordial and restorative tonic.
AS soothing and strengthening nervine,
"Favorito Prescription" Is unequaled and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
RICED POTATOES.

Boil a dozen potatoes till they are just
done; drain off the water; mash them in
the pot till every lump is gone. Then
add half a cup of boiled milk, large,
hcapcd tcaspoonful of butter and tea
spoonful of salt. Beat the potatoes now
with a wooden spoon till they are light
and creamy, and pass them as lightly as
possible through colander into the dish
into which they are to be served. Set
them on the slide of hot oven for five
minutes to be touched with brown, and
serve. They may be Drowned with a
salamander or a red-hot shovel.-Ameri-
cQn Cultiu0tor.
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is invaluable IN allaying and ubdufne
nervous e1citability, irritability, e1hauf
ton, prostration, hysteria, srasms and othes
distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly
attendant upon functional and organic die
ease Of the uterus, or womb. It induces
refreshing s'een and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
It is the only medicine for the cure Of al
those peculiar weaknesses and ailments
a positive guarantee from the manufact-
urers, of giving satisfaction in every edss
or price ($1.0O will be promptly refunded.
See guarantee printed on bottle-wrapp9
and faithfully carried out for many yeatk
For a Book Of 100 pages on Woman: Hee
Diseases, and How to Cure them, (sent
sealed in plain envelope enclose ten cents, IN
stamps, to WORLDS DIspENsARY MEDICAL
AssocIATIoN, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
The Value of Old Coins.

Old coins now form the basis of one of
the most pronounced crazes in this COIN
try. These coins, in both silver and
copper American issues, occasionally ap-
pear in a general trading or are purchased
at very low prices from persons in press
ing need of more than their face value.
It seems, says the St. Louis Post Dispatch,
like finding money to realize on such
coins, or like getting a S. gold piece in
change as nickle. The prices in some
instances are very good. Half cents, for
instance, may run up to So, while cents
are valued as high as S.. A certain sill
yer quarter dollar is valued as high as
$40. Dimes are lower, the best price
being $3.50. Half dollars come up to
$40, and dollars to $3.50. Half dimes do
much better than dimes, and run up to
S25.
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STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, / 90

LUCAS COUNTY. ,
FRANK j. CHENEY NJ axes oath that he Is the
senior partner Of the firm Of F. j. CHENEY q
Co, doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay The sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
be cured BY the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence this 9th day Of December, A. D., 1855.
10y A. w. GLEASON.
9sEAL Notary Public.
~~
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces o: the system. Send for testimonials,
F.J. CHENEY G. Co.. Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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It is stated as an ascertained fact that
there are 100000 pupils in Catholic
parochial schools in this country. and
10000 in schools supported by the
Lutherans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22

Would use Kemp's Balsan for the Throat and
Lungs. 1t is curing more cases of Coughs.
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cr.up and all
Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized any
druggist to give you Sample Bottle Free to
convince you of the merit Of this great rem
edy. Large Bottles 50c. and 81.
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Away precious time and money and trife with
your health experimenting with uncertain
Discovery Is 80 positively certain in its cura-
tive action as to warrant its manufacturers In
guaranteeing it to cure diseases of the blood,
skin and scalp, and all scrofulous af1ictlons,
or money paid for It will be refunded.
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w- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
A Sensible Man

WILLIAM GwYNN, Of Napa, Cal, carries a
watch that is more than l6O yelrs old. IL
keeps firSt-rat. time.
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Don't Fool

ONE MILLION dollars Of god coin weighs 1886
pounds avoirdupois, and Sl,oOoCOo OF silver
coin weighs 5s,g209 pounds avoirdupo:s.
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$500 Reward offered for an incurable case of
Catarrh by the proprietors OF Or. Sages Rem-
edy. 50 cts, by druggists.
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Are any Of the new tangled washing COM
bobbinsS Electric Soap has been sold every
day for "a gears, and is now just as good as
ever. Ask your grocer for it and take no
ntb
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22

A pocket pin-cushion free to smokers OF
"Tansill's Punch" sc. Cigar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22

THE total value OF property in Massachu-
setts has increased flfty-six per cent. since
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22

One tiny, sugar-coated Pellet a dose Gu
ConTipation. Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, am
and Bowels. Is cents a vial. by druggists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-04-03
Theatrical Uniforms of British Sol.
dierS.

The practice of clothing soldiers, by
regiments, in one uniform dress was
not introduced by Louis XIV. till 1860.
army for many years afterward. 1t is,
however, curious to note, that for the
hard marching and many bodily exer-
cises which fall to the soldiers lot on
active service, our army was more
suitably dressed in the reigns of Will
liam Ill. and of Queen Anna than it
has been generally this century. We
have lately done something to improve
our style of soldiers dress, but no man
tied up as ours are in tightly fitting
TUNES can do satisfactory days work
during war. We dress our sailors for
the work they have to do, but we still
cling to a theatrical style of garments
for the soldier. There are, however,
some difficulties attached to this ques-
ton of dress in an army raised as ours
is, on a system of voluntary enlistment.
We must make the soldiers clothing
acceptable to the men who have to
wear it, and, strange to say, they like
very tightly fitting coats and trousers,
to swagger about in with their sweet
hearts. They like those ridiculous
forage-caps stuck on the side of their
heads, and which are no protection
from either sun or rain. | suppose the
house-maid JILL prefers her soldier
Jack" in this outlandish costume, for
in no other way can l understand why
the wearers should like such tawdry
and uncomfortable finery. The change
hoped for generally is that we should
have two costumes-one, for active SER
vice and field man9uvres, of the coloy
we use in lndia-it is a light tawny,
resembling that of the hare-and fit
ting very easily everywhere, especially
about the throat the other, scarlet and
very smart, and ornamented with
braids and buttons as at present. to
satisfy the young soldier and his Mary
Anne" In all our recent little wars
we have used special dress made for
the occasion. and what we now want is
to make that special dress the undress
uniform of the army. Is there any one
outside a lunatic asylum who would 90
on 4 walking tour. or shooting in the
backwoods or the prairies. trussed and
dressed as the British soldier is? This
applies to all ranks. for | confess to d
feeling that the dressed-up monkey on
a barrel organ bears a strong resenl-
blance to the British general in his
meaningless cooked hat and feathers of
the last century, and in lis very ex-
pensive coat, besmeared before and be-
hind with gold-lace. -Harper's Maya
zine
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"CatterpilarS."

The caterpillar is cralling thing
and hears all over his back and fannie
found one down her back and it made
me Grail like everything. birds eat cat
terpilarS and give them to their
can eat them, / know | could not eat
them, they are such horrid things, they
look so so Oily and feel don't know
how. Catterpilars climb trees, the
other day i saw big, big caterpillar
and he was SO horrid that j took a
stick and kid him with it and threw it
away to let the swill man pick it up
and take it home period catterpilars
have 1000 or more legs, he may not
have so many. and he may have more
the big ones have more than the little
ones CESS that but don't know.
Catterpilars eat flies and other in
sects such as ants, micatos. and others
like that. Also they eat leaves, plum
leaves and in short all kinds and some
flowers to- some have baby catterpilars.
in short all of them. Catterpilars drink
water. in short everything they can
get. Catterpilars. can not say much
more about catterpilars. but one good
rool is never throw caterpillar at a
man or anybody for it gives them such
a fright | have told you all they eat,
drink how many legs it has and The
rool. A caterpillar can climb, YOU can
not. Ma be some of you can, | cant.
but most of the things that a CATER
Pillar can do we can not, and most of
the things that we can do they can not.
Quoted by the Buffalo Express.