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SCATTERED POISON.

In the large cities and villages there 1.
constant endeavor TO scatter among the peo-
plc literature which Is, to say the least, very
far from heaIthful or useful. There are
thrilling tales. lovcsick novels, and publica.
tions whose general aspect is that OF unreal.
ity and unnaturalress, which are flung into
every doorway, and pitched hither and thlth
CT. with the horc of inducing people to pur
chase more Of the same SORT Ofcourse when
they are found by intelligent and judicious
members Of q family they 60 into the waste
basket or tie fire. but if they reach the
youn~, and ineXpe rienccl, and curious, 10
ore can tel the mischief which they are liza
Die to DO. Tie ruin Of many q runaway boy
or runaway girl, and the misery OF manys
runaway match, and many a shipwrecked
life, may lie attributed to the inf!u.
erce of these unreal and unhealthy
publications, which are scattered like thistle
seeds in every direction. Parents will DO
well 20 keep Al eye on all such pestilentIal
literature. The serpent is on the watch fora
charcc to enter their Eden, and only the
constant vigilance will protect the young
and inexperienced from their Vaccinations
How often The Scripture commands US TO be
va:chcul, and how great the need for such
commands we yet hardly understand. II
eyer there was time when Christian mNl
should have their eyes open and their wis
about tECm the present is that time. Every
art and trick and device nf Satan is practiced
for de, ewing and dcluding and destroying
mankind. and Christians need to be watch
ing all the time. lest some new and uneNpect'
ed form Of evil arise to assal ard destroy the
sonls aid bodies Of men.
The best protection against evil literature
is q gnod supply of good, hcalthfu books,
PAL e.; and periodicals. These satisfy in,
du!!ag minds, form correct taste, and
breed 4 settled disgust for the miserable
trash which is so eagerly devoured 10y book
hungry children whose parents; give them no
pro;e: mental food: just as poisonous laurel
leaves a-c devnurcd By sheep when they
can End nothing e!se to est III thG snow
covered pas,ur. s.-[The Christian tBostcn).
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WATER ICE RECIrEs.

Water ices are cooling and refreshing
desserts; being very much lighter than
creams they are more wholesome.
In preparing the syrup, says Mrs. E.
R. Parker in Courier Journal, the time
the sugar and water boils must lie noted
exactly, the scum removed, and the
syrup strained while hot, and then cooled
before adding the fruit piece, or the
fresh fruit favor will be lost. A much
longer time is required for freezing than
creams or custards. After being frozen>
the dasher should be taken out, and the
water ice we'll between with paddle,
then the freezer should be covered, res
packed in ice, and let stand two or three
hours. When fresh fruit cannot be obs
tained, jelly may be used in making watet
ices.
Grape Water Ice-Boila quart of water
and a pound of sugar together for fvea
minutes. Pulp grapes to make pint or
juice, add the pulps and skins to the
syrup, strain through seive. Let cool,
pour in q freezer and freeze. .'.
Lemon Water Ice-Boil quart of wa
ter and pound and half of sugar to-
gether; chip the yellow rind from three
lemons and one orange, add to the syrup,
boil five minutes and set away to cool.
Peel one orange and FIVE lemons, cut In
quarters, take out the seed and squeeze
out the juice; mix with the syrup, strain
through cloth, turn into the freezer AMI
freeze.
Raspberry Water Ice-Add pound Of
sugar and quart Of red raspberries with
the Juice of two lemons, stir and let
stand an hour, strain, pour over
quart of water, pour IN a freezer ana
freeze. 8
Ginger Water Icc-Pouud four ounces
Ct preserved sugar to paste. Cut two
ounces more of the ginger in thin slices,
and with q quart of ice lemonade, beat
until we'll mixed. Cover and stand aside
two hours.
Pineapple Water Ice-Pare two large
pineapples, CRATE and strain the pulp,
crate until all the Juice is extracted, ADD
o pound and half Of loaf sugar, and
stir until it dissolves; add the juice OF
two lemons with quart OF ice water,
pour in freezer and freeze.
Damson Water Ice-Remove the seed
from gallon Of ripe damsons, press the
pulp through seive, add pound OF
sugar and stir until dissolved; pour over
a pint of ice water and freeze.
Orange Water Ice-Put a quart OF
water and pound and quarter of
sugar on to boil for FIVE minutes. Chip
the rind from two lemons and three
oranges, add to the syrup and boil five
minutes; stand aside to cool. Peel four
large oranges and two lemons, cut in
halves, remove the seed, and squeeze out
all the juice; mix with the syrup, strain,
put in freezer and freeze.
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THESE HATS WERE PICTU RESCUE.
tunate Austrian Queen presided while
her good natured, if weak, husband
played childishly with the seething fires
of the great volcano under his feet. For
round about the American were the
cooked hats, bordered with lace and
sometimes trimmed with softly waving
plumes, which swept and waved as tho
courtiers greeted and hattered each other.
Yet Franklin's hat, a survival as it was
of those Puritan hats which were pro-
test against the follies and fashions of
court as foolish and as fashionable as that
of Louis XVI, was destined to furnish
the idea from which was elaborated a hat
which has now been in use for century,
and which will probably be worn as long
as men shall remain as they are now. The
silk, the plug, the high, the beaver, or
the dress hat, for it is called by all these
names, may fairly be said to celebrate its
centennial in this year of 1890.
The popularity of Franklin, and still
more that of the country he represented,
was indicated by the style of hat which
was seen during the early part of the
French revolution. But curiously
enough, twas in England that the beaver
hat was to find its true home. It was at
first looked upon as indicating revolu-
tionary tastes in its owner, and on this
account Catharine IL of Russia would
have none of it among her subjects.
When, however, Napoleon I. declared
himself Emperor of the French and
trampled out under the feet of his guards
the last embers of the Terror his enmity
to England caused hat which had at
one time been popular among the sans
culottes to be at once adopted. Napoleon
himself wore the cooked hat, which there
by became especially French and added
to the English desire to wear something
radically different
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PEACH JELLY.

Pare ripe peaches without disdguring
them and place them, either whole or
cut, in a mold of sweetened jelly. The
jelly may be calves foot jelly, home,
made or canned, or gelatine may be used
according to the directions accompany
ing each package. Either of these jel.
lies, palatably sweetened, should be.
partly cooled; chill an inch layer Of it in
the bottom of a plain, fat mold, upon
the ice; then arrange some peaches upon;
it and chill enough more around them TO-
keep them in place. Proceed in this
way until the mold is filled and keep the
jelly in cool place until it is needed fot
the table. Serve it like other jellies.-s
Chicago Ners.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A GOOD WAY TO WASH CHINA.

To wash china, such as Dresden and
Coalport, the huted surface of which Is
hard to cleanse properly, use a very old
soft shaving brush and hot soft water
and soap. To dry, dab it over with q
very soft towel or old piece of linen until
all moisture seems removed. The shaw
ing brush gets into every little crevice.
and is q very valuable little instrument
for china washing. -Brooklyn Citizen. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
VINEGAR FOR SALAD.

Vinegar used in salad should alwayA
be favored with some herb. In q French
cooking book, over century old, this
recipe is given for vinegar for salads:
Take of tarragon, savoury, chides, es.
chalots, three ounces each; handful Of
the tops of mint and balm oil dry and
pounded; put into a wide. mouthed botS
tie with gallon of best vinegar, cork Il
close, set it in the sun, and in fortI
night drain off and squeeze the herbs3
let it stand day to settle, aud then
strain it through filtering bag.
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TEA IN IT'S PERFECTION.

It is not everyone who knows how to.
make tea. When it is required strong,s
one teaspoonful to each person and ona,
for the pot will not be too much. Anl
earthern or agate iron teapot is best. See.
that it is perfectly clean and dry, and
make it as hot as possible before putting.
in tea. Be sure your kettle boils, and
usesoft water if you can get 1t. Put the
required amount of tea in the pot, poub
the boiling water upon it enough 10 coveS
the tea, let 1t stand four minutes, then
add enough more water to make what
tea you desire, and in three minutes more
it Is ready for use. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
SHADOWS.
By EYSETTE II. LowATRR

One April morn the sky was bright,
The air was fu o; balm,
And DER the weary. W nd-swept EARN
There fell holy calm.
sat among the budding trees
And drank the eace they give
felt at one with na ures mood
And knew it Joy to live
A manly voice the silence broke.
loved its tones full well;
But though my Sleeping heart awoko
would not own the spell.
Bow colld dream OF Lonely years
When just to brea:he and live
Seemed ali the bliss tie heart could bear,
The greatest earth could give?
But oh. my love, my long lost love-
Sometimes / sit alone,
And fancy brings me back again
Each cadence of your tone,
And backward to their hiddl n tount
The startled lLe-tides flow
Oh, had known that April morn
That should love you SO!
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RELIGIOUS READING.
TlIE WORKERS At REST.


The workers were always busy,
And their heads were bent with care
On their hearts lay many burden
Heavy and hard to bear
They carried the griefs Of others,
And their eyes we're often dim,
AS they looked on the worlds great trouble
Or joined in prayerful hymn.
The workers were brave of spirit
And would not succumb to fear;
They kept at their posts of danger
Though the days were dark and drear;
Their hearts were strong and patient,
And they lived for truth and right;
And they met their work with courage.
And did it with their might.
The workers were often weary,
And they sometimes sighed for rest,
But the calls Of life wer urgent
And they needs must do their best;
So the loyal-hearted servants
Worked on from Gay to day,
Ard as those who wait for guerdon,
Pursued their onward way.
At last to the faithful spirits
Came whispered word, well done,"
And finding the work was over
They vanished, one by one,
Leaving the tasks TO others,
And, ending lifc's weary quest,
They sought the feet of the Master
And entered the Place Of Rest.
Oh! glad in that calm repcsirg
Are the workers who have gone!
Do they send a thought OF pity
TO us, who still toll on?
Can they think of the burdens we carry
Nor q shadow dim their smile?
If they spoke they would say "Take courage
1t il but for 4 little whie.''
Who weeps for the labors ended?
The hills were steep that they prcst,
But the tedious journey is over
And now they have won their rest;
So they send US CHEEKY message
Though still we are kept in thrall,
The peace and the joy Of Heaven
VIII make amends for all.
Marianne Farningham.
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CHAPTER XXI.

But Lenora was not dead; she had
only swooned. Lula's words rang clear
and loud, and startled the porter very
much. He trembled, and evidently did
not know what to do.
Thomas. the servant, had not yet
come TO mis- mistress, Tor ne was wait
ing for her to send for him.
You are a very strange porter, in
deed, to stand there like mummy at
such time as this. Why don't you
stir yourself and get doctor for me?
She is my mistress, and am not going
to let her die here, and in this man
ner"
The maids sharp tones and manner
seemed to rouse the porter, for LIE rushed
out of the room and down the stairs in
double-qu;ck time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
ARRowRooT FOR sIcK FOLK.

When arrowroot is ordered for sick
people this is a nice way to prepare it:
Wet one dessertspoonful of arrowroot
with one teaspoonful of milk and rub it
smooth. Add one teaspoonful of pow.
dered sugar. Put half pint of milk in
q double boiler, and when it boils stir !
in carefully the arrowroot and sugar.
Let the mixture boil for three minutes,
It can be served either hot or cold
New York World.
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sUycLE DARE" centenariaa living
near Sheffield. Ala, has Just died. He
was with Andrew Jackson in the In
dian war and helped to plot Sheffield
over seventy years ago. His wife died
in 1872, and every day up to his death
he prayed at her grave:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17

IhEeE SOh EhLNoo AhS No-"' ONA Ahobh.'
hat, however, was the fashionable hat
still; such hat, for example, as that
given to Henry Clay by the hat makers
Of Brooklyn, with narrow brim and
tremendously high crown, having wide
bel! at the top. This hat was black, and
when it was presented to Mr.. Clay was
believed to be as perfect as hat could
be made.
Calhoun wore a Panama, as did many
o. the ooutncrn gentlemen ca Ills tllne,
wide brimmed and having years of wear
in it. But when he came to Washington
he gave way to the power of the high hat
and added beaver to his collection.
Daniel Webster always wore beaver ex-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
:7a,iins Paupers Support Themselves.

It has Just come out that it is the Gus
:u;a in many London parishes for the
,,or boards to provide able-bodied pau
::ers with brooms and assign them to
,wcep certain crossings, making them
%..,aort themselves from what they can
..yt in this way, and thus reducing the
warehouse expenses proportionately.-
EI.tii:tr0 Times.
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Four-Year-O Odds Religious Investigation

b t5I
Four-year-old asked if God made
him, and papa and mamma. Obtain
ing tile answer, he asked:
Did God make the trees?"
"Yes, darling" said his mother.
"And the birds?'
@Yes, dear, go to Sleep"
@Who made God, mamma?'
"Do 60 to sleep, dear"
"Does God wear a straw hat?"
1Pet, go to sleep, you must 60 to
sleep"
A long pause.
Mamma, if God swallowed O. fish,
bone would he choke to detf?"
Exit mamma to rcpress disposition
to smile,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
STORY OF THE HAT.
HEAD COVERINGS OF THE PAST
HUNDRED YEARS.
The Career Of the "Stovepipe"-It
Owes Its Existence to Philosopher
Benjamin Franklin-Some Hold
That 1t is the Best Hat.

When Benjamin franklin arrived in
Paris as commissioner of the American
colonies his plain Quaker hat with its
broad brim and low crown must have
seemed strange to the men he met at the
CAV French court, over which the unfor-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
tv AFRICAN PIECE OF ORDNANCE.

An AFRICAN PIECE OF ORDNANCE
Pangani. It has not the slightest con-
trivancc for aiming, and its caliber is
very small. The carriage is made OF
wood. The wheels are cut out OF one
piece, approximately round, and are
fastened to the wooden axles with long
rusty nails. The piece of ordnance ap-
parently would prove moro dangerous to
its owners than the enemy.-Usie1 o.
Rcrrer.
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,ur 1aoves Of the paw-paw tree are

TIE leaves OF the paw-paw tree are
employed by the negroes in washing
linen. as q substitute for soap. They
also have the property of rendering
meat wrapped il them, tender, owing
to the alkaloid rapain which they con-
tain and which acts as a solvent.
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A Primitive African Gun.

Among the trophies of Germany's past
triumphs that grace the grounds which
surround the Marine Academy building
OF Kiel none is of more interest than
cannon made by natives of Africa and
captured from them in battle near
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17

The idea of waste has no place in the plans
of God. and the fact Of waste no place in
Ills work 1t is the sim and fruit OF SIN,
without which it could be found nowhere
thro,,.,h Ills uniycrse.-Dr. a. I. PierSon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
Had Changed His Mind.

Mr.. Timon Tydc-"You promised me
last year that you would give me another
chance this summer"
Miss .DilIy d'Aller (expcctantl7)-"1
remember"
Mr.. Timon Tydc-"Well, Dilly Dear,
won't you release yourself from that
promise2"-PUck. :"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-25

mittee of Fifteen. No member present
was authorized to report.
The following bills were read and ap-
proved: Electric Light Co., 1913; G. 7.
Frazer, rent for April $2j.
The Secretary read the contract from
the Electric Light Co., provinn4 for 2-20
candle and 3-16 candle power lights at
a cost of $4.05 per month. Mr.. Fockler
moved that the contract be signed on this
basis. -
Mr.. Woodruff was called upon to
express lhis views on the subject of
public building. He stated he was not
prepared NJ this time to say anything
except that he was heartily in favor of
the project.
IL was moved that Mr.. Woodruff be re-
quested 10 present his views on this sub
ject at the next regular meeting. Sec
onded.
Mr.. Fisher suggested that as this was
an important subject, h. did not like to
see it postponed for another month.
Mr.. Woodruff coincided with this view
and suggested that the motion be with
drawn and the subject discussed at this
meeting. Tie motion was Withdrawn.
Mr.. Woodruff then stated that the situ-
alton of Johustown would probably cause
its claims to be considered favorably, es.
pecially when it is remembered that no
city of its size has paid more into the
State and National Treasures in the shape
of taxes, than Johnstown. That the men,
ory of our great disaster was still fresh
in the minds of the public, and would no
doubt cause favorable action in our
case.
Mr., Woodruff moved that a committee
Of three be appointed to draft resolutions
expressing the sentiments of This Board
On the subject of public building and to
communicate with our Representatives in
Congress on the subject and find out what
action the citizens should take to accom-.
plish the object. After discussion the
resolution was adopted.
The President appointed the following
committee; L. ,. Woodruff, DIR. A. N.
Wakefield and DR.. G. W. Wagner.
MIR. Fisher moved that L. d. Woodruff
address the Board at the next meeting on
the subject of public building. Sec
on6ed and carried unanimously.
DR.. Wagner asked to be excused from
service on the committee having charge
of the public building. On motion Of p.
S. Fisher DR.. Wagner was excused.
Hon. John NJ. Rose was appointed to
serve on the committee in place of DR..
Wagner, resigned.
DR.. Wagner called attention to the
fact that our city is without sanitary
protection. That there is still masses OF
filth and debris scattered over the city
that infectious diseases are springing up
In different quarters, and that there is
danger of these diseases becoming epi
demic, and spreading death throughout
the city. He therefore offered the follow
ing
Resolued, That the City Councils are hereby re
spectfully ur ged to prepare an ordinance creat-
ing Boardof Health at the earliest practicable
moment.
DR.. Wakefield w. c. Lewis, j. NJ.
Walters, and the President spoke in sup
port of the resolution, which was adopted
unanimously.
On motion, the Board adjoured at 9:20.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-25
Into the River.

A laughable but serious affair occurred
on Tuesday afternoon while three citizens
of Morrellville were fording the river in a
buggy at the Cambria bridge, The driver
got the rig into hole in the river bed,
and one of the occupants was shifted from
his seat into the river. Before anything
could be done he came near drowning. A
friend who came to his assistance proba-
bly, was the means of saving his life.
Otherwise he would certainly have gone
to watery grave. 1t was laughable
nevertheless for those who witnessed it.
One of the party lost his hat, and when
one of the other two went to borrow one
for him, he came in contact with the fore
man of the bridge who refused him per-
mission to cross. For while it looked
as if there would be small riot, but the
individual got across nevertheless and got
a hat. The three then left for town IN
good shape.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-25
OUR ttIh ERS.
Engineer Carl SchanL Makes His Report
to the Finance Committee.

Engineer Carl Schank Makes His Report
to the Finance Committee.
i s. mt months ego the Food Finance
Committee employed Engineer Carl
Shank, Of Cincinnati to make certain
surveys and reports on the condition OF
our rivers, recommending such measures
as he saw proper for insuring freedom
from floods to the lower parts of our city.
He with the necessary assistance set to
work, and has lately placed in the hands
OF the committee report, making several
recommendations, chief among which is
the changing of the bed of the Stony
creek so as to make its path straight
along the base of the Kernville hill from
the vicinity of the Poplar street bridge.
Another recommendation is to cut
straight through what was formerly
Cambria City from the stone bridge to a
point about opposite the Morrellville
crossing
Levees are are also recommended for
the low banks in places where there is
danger from overflows. Speaking of the
rivers here, the report says: " The rivers at
Johnstown, in their present condition,
are certainly inadequate to the required
discharge. This is especially true of the
Stonycreek, which Is too narrow and
crooked"
Another cans proposed for straight
eping the Stonycreek is to make direct
course from the Franklin street bridge
to the point of its junction with the Con-
cmaugh.
The estimated amount of ealth to be re
moved in eXcavating a new channel, and
that for leveeing, according to the res
pective project. is as follows;
Cut through elbow below Franklin
street: excavation of new channel 292, ,657
cubic yards for widening river, l42, 2,044; ;
leveeing from foot of Market street to
Sandvale graveyard, 6O,4O3; total, 1885,
104 cubic yards.
Hill project (turning Stonycreek
through Kernville); excavation for river
bed and road, 613, 1872 cubic yards levee.
ing along Little Conemaugh and Stony
creek to KernvIlle, 1891; total, G3l SOB
cubic yards.
Cut through Cambria City; excavation
of a new channel through that place,
317, 900 cubic yards.
The subject of the needed levee at
Woodvale is spoken of, and the dam
which keeps back the water and helps to
increase the danger from overflow is
spoken OF and a remedy suggested.
The treatment of the subject is from a
scientific point of view, which takes no
account of the means necessary to carry
out the projects set forth. 1t would
certainly improve the city very much if
we could have the rivers flow where
we wish.