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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-24

load of snow, toys, and good things
generally upon both shoulders - and
everybody knows how he comes to good
little children, and big children, too,
on Christmas Eve, from his happy home
in far-off country-how he glides over
the uneven roofs with his slick sledge and
feet deer team, and how he pops down
the chimney, and no matter how long
anybody pretends to sleep, keeping one
eye on the long stockings hung up on the
mantel, nobody ever saw him put any
thing in them, and yet in the morning
they are filled ofttimes to overfowing,
with just such things as their owners had
been Wishing for. And SO Santa Claus is
known eTerywhere-in all countries--by
one appellation or another. But in other
countries, and, probably, in some that a
great many of our young readers may not
have heard of, Santa Claus does not have
all the fun to himself on Christmas Eve
that is, he does not get all the credit for
the temporary happiness that is shed
upon the homestead, nor does he entirely
absorb the attention of the young folks.
orof the old folks, either. There are places
where fairies, ouphes, elves, goblins, and
other aerial people are believed to be
abroad on midnight errands, filling up the
cup Of happiness for those who may de-
serve it, and doing plenty Of mischief
(for fairy folk are just as mischief-loving
as they are anything else) to those whom
they imagine to have in any way harmed
them..' AS at Midsummer Eve and on
Halloween Night, Christmas Eve is a
great festival occasion for the fairies.
And now they throng the moonlight glade,
Above-below-on every side.
Their little minim forms array'd
In all the tricksy pomp of fairy pride!
The famous Wunderberg, or Wonder
Mountain, on the moor, near Salzburg, in
Germany, is sort of head center for at
least one class of fairy people-the Wilde
Frauen, or "wild women" as they are
called. These are very beautiful little
creatures-all fairies, you know, are OF
very tiny stature-with long flowing
golden hair, and soft blue German eyes.
At least this is what the good people in
the vicinity .,of Salzburg imagine the
"wild women" to be. Should you 90 to
the Wunderberg on Christmas Eve you
would be welcomed at the entrance, and
ushered into the presence of all the mag
ni6cence and resplendence of Fairy
Land by pleasant little Kobold or COB
lin, who would do his best to make YOU
feel at home. What marvel of beauty
and splendor you would find the interior
of the mountain; and how the brilliant
walls, the shining dome and the sapphire
paved floor, that reflects back the intense
splendor of all the beauty and magnif-
cence above it, would dazzle you! The
atmosphere itself appears nothing but
diffised glowing light, and the beautiful
little "wild women" seem to grow more
and more beautiful as they inhale it.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-24
THE CHRISTMAS DOLL.

Little Grace looks the daintiest elf,
With her Christmas doll close in her arms
1t is almost as big.as herself
And with almost as many sweet charms.
1t has eyes that look at you with love.
And then shut in their heaven of blue
Golden hair, arms and hands that can move.
And its lips can speak -Pa" and Ma. too.
But why, Grace. this dissatisfied air.
For your lip now to quiver begins
@Oh, hoped. mamma, dear, ! declare
Yes, Ihoped-oh. hoped twould be twinsi
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-24

NLESS we become
as little children, or,
as recorded, "except
ye become as little
children " The
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-24
RABY's GIFT.

81, . AHAT shall we give to
NAY <ItSNccJS -YS babys
A2& Our baby is just one
'IRN&NXsVE year oldl
.kA, ,WAW She wouldn't know
A ~ about Christmas
~, ,W-Wy5I Not even if she were
* told.
-. = .Hie You may hang up her
little stockings
Where Santa will surely see.
Or put all sorts of playthings
Upon the Christmas tree.
But what does she know about Santa
And his wonderful midnight ride,
Or the tree that bears such fruitage
Only at Christmas-tidef
She'd only look in wonder
From out her big, blue eyes,
And reach her hand for the playthiRgs
With innocent surprise.
So kisses sweet without number
Kisses and love untold
These We will give to our baby
Our baby, just one year old.
The sleigh-bell is as good a Christmas
carol as one can hear.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-24

HE parson sat alone
'on that gray, threat
ening December af-
ternoon in his little
study, with a heap
of writing paper in
front Of him. He
had sat down to
write his Christmas
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-24
JAKEY'S STOMACH.

Dot vas leedle Jakey's shtomack
Ven de Krismas Day begun.
Und dot vas Jakey's shtomack
Ven dot Krismas Day vas done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
A GLOVE PRESS.

A new idea in the keeping of gloves
has found favor among many, writes
"Sister Sue' from Owensboro, Ky. 1t
is nothing more nor less than two fat
surfaces-boards, or very heavy paste
board, and a heavy weight of some kind
to set upon them.
had read the description of this glove
press in some paper, but made mine after
my own ideas, using the principal of the
weight, of course.
In the first place 1 took two smooth,
nice boards I had. (They were the re-
mains-top and bottom-of an old writ
ing desk) and covered them with cream
colored satine, inside and out. Then I
took smooth, new brick-just common
building brick-and covered it. First
pasted some heavy MANILA paper all over
it, sealing 1t up like parcel, and using
a good deal of paste. When this was
dry covered it with the cream colored
satine and finished by sewing two bows
of cream colored satin ribbon at each
end for "lifters." I smooth out my
gloves and place them between the boards
and under the weight and find it keeps
them looking new and fresh.
The weight is nice for laces and neck
tics also.-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15

many a lazy farmer would use neither
hoe, cultivator nor plow and thus suffer
the soil to bake and thus cut short his
crops often to more than fifty per cent.
"Ah, hal" says the farmer; "Oh, ho!"
SAYS the corn. An observant and Sue
ceSsful farmer once made the remark
that stherc was as much manure at the
tail end of plow as in the barnyarn.'
That is pretty strong statement and a
very large grain of truth. Every plant
OF weed-defned as plant out of place
with its leaves, blades and roots be-
comes fertilizer or green manure.
Wise farmers plow under clover, rye
or -buckwheat for improving the con-
dition or fertility of the soil, and the
roots of clover form no inconsiderable
portion of the plantas fertilizer. Glover
is embraced in every rotation or system
of farm crops, and is worthy Of the place.
Some weeds are so tenacious of life
and will grow from ever so small a
portion of root or ever so minute seed
that Legislatures have enacted laws for
their destruction and imposed fines for
the careless and neglectful farmer. And
this is wise. The work in. this direction
ought to be more thoroughly done than
than it is; and, the laws, after having
been enacted, ought to be enforced
without fear or favor.-t.Louls tepu6Isc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
POULTRY POINTS.

Al objection made by many women to
the poultry business is their dislike to
selling their gentle pets alive. Whether
the market be local or distant, more or
less suffering is imposed on fowls, from
fright, bruises, hunger, thirst, confine-
ment in crowded quarters, and often
filthy surroundings. Certainly these are
not the most healthful or appetizing con-
ditions to precede the dainty broil or
roast; does not "lnan's inhumanity to
man" deserve attention on this point2
Again the demand for the laborious dry
picking is disconragement in the busy
farm home to sending out dressed poul-
try. The least labor that will produce
best result is of prime Importance. Scaid-
ing to remove the feathers is much more
easily and quickly done than dry picking.
1t is cleaner-for all fowls are more or
less infested with parasites. If carefully
done there need be little or no discolora-
ton of skin. Neither flavor nor keeping
qualities seem to be affected by the scald-
ing. The principal claim made for dry
picking is that the birds look better, and
as good looks are not to be despised, let
bright women put their minds to the
matter and learn how to make their
scalded birds look as we'll as dry picked,
and thereby confer benefit on producer,
consumer and consumed.-Neao YorA
Tribune
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
Chickens as Diamond Mines.

A New York diamond dealer relates
the following story:
"a few days ago an unsophisticated
couple, hailing from one of the flourish
ing villages OF Long Island, made their
way into my Office, and after fishing out
a small paper from the depths of an ex-
aggerated handbag asked me examine
stone it contained.
.iIt was diamond about half q carat
in weight. The possessors on being as-
surcd that it was genuine nudgcd each
other, grinned and looked as if they had
suddenly acquired possession of South
African mine.
''Inquiry on my part sson elected the
fact that the wife had discovered the
treasure in the crop of a chicken pur.
chased at the regular market price from
local butcher.
ga few days later the couple called
again, this tine to sell the diamond.
They informed me that wild excitement
prevailed in their village, especially in
the neighborhood of the butchers shop,
which has been besiegod ever since the
discovery of the diamond, by crowd OF
eager women, seeking to invest their
ready money in an sorts and conditions
of poultry. ."-JeUelers' Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
THE HAY HARVEST.

The importance of the hay crop to the
whole country at large and the individ-
ual farmer as we'll can scarcely be over
estimated. For hay of the best quality
in all respects, that made from timothy
grass stands highest in the public esti-
mation. Consequently this is the varie-
ty to cultivate when the highest price
that can be obtained from critical buyers
is the object aimed at Other varieties
often do better on certain soils, and clo-
Ter makes excellent hay when success
fully cured. Besides, clover has q value
other than for hay, as renovator of ex-
hausted soils, that does not belong in an
equal degree to timothy or other grasses
that may be preferred for the rack and
lmanger.
To get the most value from timothy
meadow the ground should be we'll pre-
pared before sowing the seed. In these
days of improved farm implements it
goes without saying that medow should
be smooth and free from sticks, stones
and other obstacles of every kind that
would interfere with the running and
operation of a machine. The seed sown
should be free from those of weeds or Of
other varieties, unless mixture of
grasses is intended, as is sometimes the
case. For most purposes the value of
timothy hay is increased by deferring
the cutting until the seed is ripe enough
TO grow.
Curing without exposure to rain Is
important with all varieties if the hay is
to be of the best. To secure this con.
dition beyond any peradventure every
farmer should have a sufficient number
OF hay caps ready for an emergency.
Caps made from heavy unOiied muslin,
if smoothly drawn down over we'll
formed laycocks, will be sufficiently
protecting, aud such are cheap and
easily handled. York Worl3.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
Why 1t is Necessary to Adulterate Milk

The dairyman who was arrested and
fined few days ago for violation of the
ordinance regarding watered milk, made
statement to representative OF the
Times-Democrat tending to show that
any question has at least two sides. He
admitted that his milk was watered, but
stated rs a justification, therefor, that
dilution was necessary in order to trans
port it in q merchantable condition over
the rough streets of the city during the
warm weather. The unevenuess of many
thoroughfares in and beyond the bust
ness portion of the city had the effect, he
said, of "churning" pure milk. In this
condition it became unstable, so that
dairymen were compelled TO adopt some
method of preserving the lacteal fluid in
a state as near "fresh" as possible.
Hence, to ten gallons of fresh milk he
had applied one gallon of water and a
tablespoonful of salt. For this he was
arrested and fined.
On the other hand, it was impossible,
he said, for the American dairymen to
compete with tho Gascon, whose milk
was not only unclean, but absolutely
impure. So far as he (the speaker) was
concerned he would gladly do anything
or comply with any law or regulation
that might be passed concerning the in.
ternal management or arrangement of
dairies; and if any harmless chemical
could lie devised by the Board of Health
to overcome or ncutralize the effects OF
the"churnlng" process of fresh milk while
in course of delivery to customers, he
would be more than willing to adopt it
in connection with his business. Water
was put in his milk, not to defraud GUS
toners, but simply to prevent it turning
into butter.-Nep Orleans Times Demo-
rat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
Where Coal is Getting Scarce.

The fuel question in Northern Iowa is
becoming a grave one. In addition to
the big strikes which have already made
a coal famine imminent, it is noH stated
that the extensive coal fields in that sec
tion are rapidly becoming exhausted. 1t
is beginning to be realized that the coal
veins here were not based upon a genu-
inc coal fl Id, but were in fact co!lcc-
tion of pockets.
The mammoth mines at Carbon juno
tion, Holiday Creek, Coalville, and Kalo
have already been practically abandoned,
and the prosperous villages that sur
rounded them are deserted. The mines
at Lehigh are following suit. The Craig
Company, one of the largest mining con-
Germs, has moved south and opened new
mines at Angus. The remaining mines
are making a much decreased output at
q greater expense.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
Tenlpering Tools.

The following is said to be the Swiss
method of hardening cast steel for cut
ting tools. Mix in a suitable vessel four
parts of pulverized resin and two parts
of train oil. Stir we'll in this one part
hot tallow. Into this mixture the article
to be hardened Is plunged at low red
heat and held there until thoroughly
cooled. Without cleaning off, the piece
is again put into the fire and suitably
tempered in the ordinary way. An ex-
animation of steel thus hardened indi-
Gates that the hardening is deeper and
more uniformly distributed than is COM
monty the case, and that the steel is less
brittle. Articles thus hardened have ex-
cellent and durable cutting qualities
Stone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
Tile hand of time

. The hand Of time
deals lightly with a woman IN
perfect health. But all func-
tional arrangements and dis
orders peculiar to women.
leave their mark. You needn't
have them. DR.. Pierce's Fa-:
vorite Prescription comes to-.
your rescue as no other medis
cine can. 1t cures them. For
periodical pains, prolapsus and
other displacements, bearing
down sensations, and all "fe-s
male complaints" and weak.t
nesses, it is a positive. remedy
It is a powerful, restorative:
tonic and nervine, imparting;
strength to the whole system;
in general, and to the uterine.
organs and appendages in par
ticular: 1t keeps years from
your face and figure but adds
years to your life. It's gaar-.
anteed to give satisfaction in.
every case. If it doesn't,,
your money is returned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
HOT WEATHER SALADS.

Any green vegetables to be used for &
salad must be thrown in cold water for
an hour, then dried on soft towel and
placed on ice until wanted. Dressing
must never be added until you are ready
to serve it. Lettuce should be torn, not
cut. Dishes and plates must be as cold
as possible.
NO 1aintier breakfast can be found
than mayonna1se of sweetbreads. Par
boil pair of sweetbrcads, throw into
cold water, remove the skin aud tat and
simmer gently for twenty minutes in
boiling water with teaspoonful each of
salt and vinegar added. When done
and cold, cut in small dice; wash, shake
dry and tear into shreds the best leaves
OF head of lettuce, saving a few Of the
whitest for garnishing. Lay two OF
three shrcds of onion on the salad dish,
arrange the lettuce leaves as border !;
mix the sweetbreads with half pint of
mayonnaise and put into the center of
the lettuce.
A crab salad may be made in the same
way. Pick the meat from the crabs and
mix with mayonnaise. These are prettily
served on the individual plates by ar
ranging a rose-like nest of three or four
of the inner leaves of the lettuce and
placing a spoonful of the crab-mcat and
mayonnaise within.
Caulihower, boiled and broken into
fowrcts; string beans, cut in dice and
boiled; beets, asparagus, peas and Gu.
cumbers each make delightful salad.
Several or all of these mixed and ar.
ranged in mold with a meat jelly like
that used for jellied chicken or veal
gives an Italian salad. 1t is turned out
on fiat dish, and garnished with lettuce
leaves and masked with mayonnaise.
A French dressing is usually served
with lettuce, cress, peppergrass, dan.
delion, sorrel or any of the green salads,
and if one has had heavy dinner, this,
of course, is the best, but when you are
serving light, cold dinner mayonnaise
is more appropriate, with any salad with
which it is permissible--Neu Yorz
Voice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

The process of canning fruits aud veg
etables is one that requires care and at
tention, declares Mrs. Z. r. Parker in
the Courier-Journd. None but perfectly
sound fresh fruits and vegetables should
be used for the purpose. They should
never be cooked sufficiently long to de-
stroy the natural flavor, and while boil
ing hot should be put in air-tight cans
and set away in cool, dark place.
Small fruits, such az ore now in season,
are best sugared one or two hours before
cooking. They should only be brought
to the boiling point, skinned and sealed
Immediately.
Canned Berries-Select ripe, firm
strawberries, raspberries or blackberries;
pick over carefully; put in preserve
kettle, set on the stove and let come to
boil; add quarter of a pound of sugar
to every pound of fruit; heat the cans,
set in pan of hot water, fill and seal
Immediately. Strawberries keep best in
stone.
Canned Gooseberries- ripe
cooseberries, put in kettle with water
to cover, bring to boil, add half a
pound of sugar to pound of berries;
let dissolve, take out the berries, boil
the syrup until thick, put the berries
back, let heat very hot, can and seal.
Cherries the cherries; if sour
allow half q pound of sugar to pound
of fruit; put in kettle, heat, add the
sugar, let cook slowly for ten minutes,
can and seal.
Canned Currants-Pick ripe currants
from the stem, weigh, allow a quarter of
a pound of sugar to pound of fruit,
sprinkle over and let stand two hours;
put in kettle, bring to boil, can and
seal.
Canned Corn-Dissolve an ounce Of
tarta1c acid in half a teacup of water,
use one tables poonful of the mixture to
ten quarts of corn, fill the cans-tin is
best-seal Immediately; when opened
add small pinch of soda before cook
ing.
Canned Tomatoes-Take ripe, sound
tomatoes, scald and peel, cook in their
juice, have the cans hot, fill with the
boiling tomatoes, seal and set in O cool,
dark place.
Cnn and tomatoes canned together
are excellent, and sure to keep well.
String Beans-Take young, tender
beans, string, break in two, put i'll a kct j.
tie. cover with boiling water, and cook
tender; fill cans, seal and set in a cool,
dark place.
Canned Peas-Shell freshly gathered
peas, put in a saucepan, cover with
boiling water, add little salt, cook teu-
der but not done, fill cans, seal imme-
diately, and set in cool, dark place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
TREATMENT OF A BLoATED COW.

Bloating is due to overfeeding on wet
iherbage and is caused by the accumula-
ton of gas in the paunch from the fer
mentation of the food. The passage to
the stomach is closed by the pressure
and it is sometimes impossible to get
any relieving medicine into the stomach.
If this can be done, carbonate of am
lmonia, given in one-ounce doses dis
solved in water, is most useful. But
mechanical means are most effective. A
round stick, two inches in diameter, fast
tened in the mouth like Bit, may afford
relief, BY inducing eructation of the gas.
When all other means fail, the stomach
may be punctured on the left side of the
COW, little below the hip bone and
eight inches forward of it, so as to let
out the confined gas.-Nelo York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
CURIOUS FACTS.
Brooklyn has a copper house.

Brooklyn has a copper house.
Sky-blue is the mourning color Of the
Armenians.
Some Washington people pay 81 a
pound fo- butter.
The first account we have Of an
armored ship is in 1880.
Some one has calculated that there are
20, GAO stitches in shirt.
A Spanish duchess was sent to Jail re-
Gently for abusing maid servant.
The Columbian Exposition will have
the biggest meta! dome in the country.
Madison was "the last surviving signer"
of the Constitution of the United States.
The chief causes of wrinkles are sup
posed to be mental worry and excessive
laughter.
In proportion to its population, Aus
tralia is the largest tea-consuming coun-
try, and England stands second.
About $50 B. c. the Ionians first in.
troduced the present system of writing
from left to right; previous to the above
date, from right to left prevailed.
To indlcace his reputation as an expert
wood carver. colored man in Hutchin-
son, Kan, recently in fifteen hours carved
q chain nearly six feet long out of solid
piece of wood.
Nothing new under the sun. It is as
serted that there was strip of railway
across the isthmus of Corinth twenty
three centuries ago. Polished granite
blocks served as rails.
An Alabama cat has a mania for steal
ing young chickens from their natural
mothers and raising them herself. She
is generally successful in making them
fine hens and roosters.
Apaches believe that if they kill man
in the dark their own souls will wander
in darkness forever. This curious super
stition is made use of by people in the
Apache County, who hide by day and
travel at night.
In the towns and cities of Chilli all the
shopping of any consequence is done in
the evening. In Santiago the stores are
upon t,ll midnight, and during the hot
afternoons, wleu everybody .akes O
siesta, they are locked up.
Professor w. s. Williston, of the
Kansas State University, has made big
find in Grove County, Kan, nothing less
than the skeleton of a pterodactyl, whose
skull measures three feet in length.
There is no more perfect specimen in ex-
istence.
The body of Miss Flora Hume, after
being buried for twenty one years, was
disinterred at Colchester, ILL.,, recently
and found to be in as perfect a state of
preservation as when first buried. The
face was not discolored and the body
was full and round.
Bavaria is the only German State that
has q separate headsman. His name is
Mattenheimcr, and his methods differ
but very little from those of the Prussian
executioner. AS there is not sufficient
call for his services to occupy his time,
he ekes out a living as an assistant at the
Munich Jail.
Mrs. S. G. Cobb, of Belvidere, N. j.,
while opening clam the other day,
found large and beautifully varicgated
pearl, the violet shade predomlnating.
It was found to weigh one pennyweight
and four grains. The jewelers. there pro-
nounce it beautiful and valuable pearl
and one of the largest they have ever
seen.