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Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
Her Grace of Marlborough.

Yesterday afternoon encountered the
Duchess on tour OF picture gallery.
She is not an especially pretty woman
in spite OF the adulation Of tho tribe of
jenkins. She represents a very usual
type OF the well-bred society woman,
with brown hair, the standard blue-gray
American eyes, regular features and
somewhat euHpied expression. She is
rather above middle height and weighs
from fifteen to twenty pounds loss than
she did when she was plain Mrs. HAM
ersley. This, however, is an improve.
ment, rather than otherwise. She wore
a tailor gown of chocolate brown with
brown straw capote trimmed with ono
rather large yellowish- brown orchid.
She chattcd with her two companions
with considerable animation, and her
voice was cultivated and musical. She
Is making herself very pleasant in New
York, but there is a look about her
mouth and her eyes which would not
impress me as belonging OF right to a
woman who was especially happy in her
day and generatioa.-N. L. Letter
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE
BETWEEN
Memphis and the Southeast.

The Palace Car Line Of the South-th
Kansas City, Memphis " Birmingham X. K
nov has two through passenger trai@
daily between Memphis and Birmingham
making close and sure connections with th
trains of all connecting lines. Night train
have through sleeping cars bowen Atlaph
and Memphis Gu connection with the Ga
Pa. r. r., the shortest route, quickest time
and the only line running through cars be
tween those cities. Day trains have 'ala@
Reclining Chair Cnrs tseats free to holders o.
frst-clas through tickets through betweeh
Birmingham and Kansas City. This is many
miles the shortest and by far the best equip
ped Passenger Line between points in the
East and Southeast and Memphis, and 81
points Ia Arkansas, Texas and the West ana
Northwest. EvorythiGg new and iirst-cla'Ss
Through tickets Via this limo on sale atN
through ticket offices
For amy desired information, for large ih'F
and time table folder, address
j. Y. LOCKWOOD,
II y. ELLIS, G, r. and T. Agt.
Gcnl ACT, 800 Main St. Kansas Clty'
Memphis, Tenn.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
THE SINGING VOICE.
Singers and Doctors Agree That Tobacco
Affects 1t.


Affects 1t.
That the voice is affected by tobacco
Is proved by the testimony of singers on
the one hand and by the experience OF
physicians on the other. A very large
acquaintance with vocal lists OF all grades,
extending now over a longer period Of
years than | care 20 think Of, enables
me TO say that whtlo a few consider
their voice as improved tho vast ma Tor.
it7 think IL Is more or less injured by
smoking, says DR.. Morrell Mackenzie. ]
attach far moro importance TO the testi.
mony OF the latter than 10 that Of the
former, as singers have frequently the
most eccentric notions of what Is good
for the voice" AS stout, mustard and
melted tallow candles have each been
Wanted by distinguished artists as
vocal elixirs of sovereign efficacy, 1t is
not surprising that tobacco should also
have its adherents.
The example OF Mario, who smoked
necessarily, is often cited as proof OF
the utility-or, at any rate, the harm.
lessness-of the practice. II is obvious,
however, mat an exceptional singer Is
so by virtue OF possessing an exceptional
throat, and no rule for general use can be
safely founded on such an instance. Bal.
FAC used to say OF great men who were
victims OF the temper passion that there
was no knowing how much creator they
might have been il they had been free
from that weakness. In the Same way
we may say of Mario; How much finer
might oven his voice have been without
| his eternal cigar? 1t might at least have
lasted longer than II did.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
Prices for Handling Cotton;


| will meet the tax payers Of Nevada
county, Arkansas, ut the following times
and places to collect the taxes for the year
1890:
Bodcaw, Parker tp.. Jan q and %
Clayton, Albany tP., Jan, 70.
Harmony church, Albany t., Jan 81,
Lancburg, Albany tp., Feb. =.
bonneville, Georgia tp., Feb. and !.
Rosston, Cancy tn, Feb 3, 6 and I.
Hatcy's store, Jackson tp, Feb. . aud 10.
Green Blakc's, Union tp., Feb. II.
Bluff CITY, Union tp,, Fob. u.
Woods Sch. llous0, Rcdand tip, Feb. 10.
Whites Ferry, Rodllnd t. Fob. =.
Boughton, Boughton tp.. Feb. Is.
Emmett, Emmett tp., Feb. II.
And viii be in my office in Prescott, Mis-
sour tp.. from tho 18th day Of February
unul the 10th day of April, 1891.
All parties are requested to bring the cor
rect numbers ~ lh-iy lands, aud also The
uunbcr ot their school dist3l..
Ed HOOb,
Sheriff and Collector,
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

Don't read Don't think |!
Don't believe ! Now, are you
better?
You women who think that
patent medicines are a hum
bug, and DR., Picrce's Favor
ite Prescription the biggest
humbug of the whole (because
it's best known of all docs
your lack-offaith cure come ?
It's very easy to " don't " in
this world. Suspicion always
comes more easily than con-
fdence. But doubt - little
faith - never made a sick
woman we'll - and the "Fa-
vorite Prescription has cured
thousands Of delicate, weak
women, which makes us think
that our " Prescription is
better than your don't believe.
We're both honest. Let us
come together, You try DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
If it doesn't do as represented,
you get your money again.
Where proofs 50 easy, can
you afford to doubt?
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

Little but activc-are DR..
Picrccs Pleasant Pellets.
Best Liver Pills made gen
tie, yet thorough. They rcgu-
late and mviSoratc the liver,
stomach and bowels.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

1t is with pleasure that we an
nounce to our many patrons that we
have made arrangements with that
wide-awake, illustrated farm maya
zine, the AMERICAN FARMER, pub
lished at Fort Wayne, Ind, and
read by nearly 100000 farmers, by
which that great publication will be
mailed direct. FREE, to the address
of any of our subscribers who will
come in and pay up all arrearages ON
subscription and one year in adj
vance from date, and to any new
subscriber who will pay one year in
advance. This is grand Opportuni-
ty to obtain iirst-class farm journal
free. The AMERICAN FARMER is a
large 16-page journal, of national
circulation, which ranks among the
leading agricultural papers, the
regular subscription price of
which is Sl.0O per year. II COSTS
YOU NOTHING. From any one
number, ideas can be obtained that
will be worth thrice the subscription
price to you or members Of your
household. YET Yor GET IT FREE. Call
and see sample copy
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

I'D HOOD,
Sheriff and Collector.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
FRUIT SOUPS.

The ripest fruit only is suitable for
this soup, thin slices of which nearly
melt in the mouth; the rind and seeds
of the melon removed and the flesh cut
in small, thin slices placed in q china
tureen or punch-bowl slightly busted
with salt and cayenne and covered with
a strong lemonade, may be served cold
at once. Any of the rather inspid fruits,
such as apples, bananas, musk or water
melons, Bartlett pears and pine apples
require the addition of lemon-juice to
bring out their flavor; strawberries,
cherries, pluns, currants and similar
Juicy, acid fruits need only very cold
water and the stated favorings. If they
are deficient in taste and juice tart
orange juice will bring them to the
proper standard.
There are three kinds of fruit soup.
The juice nearly clear, thickened with
little of the pulp of the fruit and few
whole fruit, the brown soup like the
cherry soup, aud that composed of fruit
and sago or arrowroot. No person can
decide in regard to these soups without
having tasted them. The first variety,
which may be made either from quart
of cut melons or California pears, is
treated as follows: The fruit is first
peeled and stewed to pulp, with just
enough water to prevent burning; mean
while boil cupful of soft white bread
to jelly in pint of water, with dozen
cloves; rub the fruit through q sieve
with the bread, return the pulp to the
saucepan, add cupful of mixed lemon
juice and powdered sugar, and boil the
soup once, stirring it smooth; it will be
ready to serve, hot or cold, with some
very thin waters or sponge cake.'-.
iHhicago Neaos.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14

- =. 20 Z l-~ HsH go IS 49, ~ . = -
burning with gratitude send aloft the incense
Of praise toward the throne Of Christ.
Bring on more incense, and higher and high
er let the columns Of praise ascend.
Let them wreathe -. all these pillars
and hover amid all these arches,
and then soar to the throne. But here is
the other censer of heavenly Thanksgiving
and worship. Let them bring all their
frankincense-the cherubim bring theirs,
and the seraphim theirs, and the one hun.
dred and forty-four thousand theirs, and
all the eternities theirs, and let them
smoke with perfume on this heavenly CEN
ser until the cloud canopies the throne of
God. Then I take these two censers-the
censer Of earthly frankincense and the censer
of heavenly yfrankincense-and swing them
before the throne, and then clash them to-
gether in one great hallelujah unto Him
whom the wise men Of the East brought the
gold and the myrrh and the frankincense.
Blessed be His glorious name foreverl
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
CHRIST, THE GREAT SUBSTITUTE.

1t is not by incarnation, but by bloodshed.
ding, that we are saved. The Christ of God
is no mere expounder of wisdom, no mere
deliverer or gracious benefactor; and they
who think that they have told the whole Cos
pei when they have spoken Of Jesus reveal
ing the love of God, do greatly err. II Christ
be not the substitute, He is nothing to the
sinner. II He did not die as the sin bearer,
He has died in vain.
Let US not be deceived on this point, nor
misled by those who. when they announce
Christ as the deliverer, think they have
preached the gospel. If I throw a rope to
drowning man, and risk my life to save
another, am deliyerer. But is Christ no
more than that? If cast myself into the
sea, and risk my life to save another, | am
defiverer. But Is Christ no more? Did he
but risk His life?
The very essence of Christs delverance is
the substitution of Himself for us-His life
for ours. He did not come to risk" His
life; He came to die. He did not redeem us
by little loss, little sacrifice, little labor,
little suffering; He redeemed us to God by
His bood-"the precious blood of Christi
He gave all he had-eyen His life-for us.
That is the kind cf delivera1ce that awakens
the song, ITO Him that loved US and washed
us from our sins in His own b!ood."-lDr.
Bonar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
ORANGE PRESERVES.

Have you ever tried any orange pre-
serves2 asks Mrs. True. These are ex-
cellent: Crate the thin yellow outside
from the oranges and score them round
with q knife, taking care not to cut be-
yond the white part into the juice of the
orange; keep them in cold water for three
days, changing the water three times a
day, then put them in Il bag and boil
until the skin is soft; you can determine
when they are done by piercing with
slim darning needle. Put half pint OF
water with each pound of sugar, using as
much sugar in weight as you have
oranges; let it boil few minutes, then
strain and put the oranges in the syrup
until it jellies and turns yellowish. 1t
will not be necessary to have the syrup
cover the oranges, but they should be
done the same. The syrup may be tried
by putting some in dish to cool. When
it begins to harden little it is DONE
Prairie Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
DELICIOUS MUTTON STEW.

Here is the most delicious mutton stew
that eau be imagined and is made of NUT
ton chops. The following quantity is for
two persons: Two mutton chops cut
from near the shoulder. Put them in q
shallow pan having tight cover. Pour
on boiling water to the depth of one inch; !;
cover and simmer one hour; add more
water as it boils away, using only enough,
however, to keep the meat from burning.
Add two slices of turnip, two small
onions whole, and when the meat and
turnip are nearly tender add two COM
mon sized potatoes, having first soaked
and scalded them. Add one teaspoontul
of salt aud little pepper. Remove the
vegetables without breaking; let the
water boil nearly away, leaving enough
for a gravy. Remove the fat, thicken
the gravy with -four and add salt and
tomato catchup to taste. Pour it over the
meat.-Mu York Ners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
= GIVE HIM A LIFT.

Hard as the mill. stone that grinds
Destiny often appears;
Never a mortal but finds
) Pleasures outnumbered by tears.
! But the dun cloud Of despair
$ Broken may be by rift,
If you another's grief share
Gladly, and give him lift,
Give him lift, give him lift;
Do not permit him to helplessly drift
On the breakers of life's ruin.makers,
Give him, give him lift!
Both Of you thus may extract
Peace from adversity's frown;
Never a help-giving act
Goes to oblivion down;
Never service humane
Proves regretable gift;
Aid the ill-starrsd, and sustain;
Give him the opportune lift.
Give him lift, give him lift;
Strings of remorse may embitter your
shrift,
Should you not labor for good of your
neighbor;
Give him a lift, o, give him lift!
In the fierco bread-getting strife
Men are to sel1shness prone;
Riches and offspring and wife
Take what affections we own.
But it should never be ours,
Brothers, our duty to shift,
When evil fortune o'erpowers
One who is worthy lift.
Give him a lift, give him lift;
Hearts should be willing, hands ready, feet
: swift.
When to our healing his wounds are ap-
pealing,
Give him, o, give him lift!
John Tal'nan, in Chicago Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Grease spots may be taken out with
weak ammonia in water; lay soft white
paper over, and iron with hot iron.
A gargle of salt and water used before
retiring at night will strengthen the
throat and keep off bronchial attacks.
Canned fruits should be emptisd as
soon as opened, and never add vinegar
or sauce to canned fruit while in tin
cans.
Should the hands become stained with
aniline wash them first with little
bleaching powder, thin rinse them in al
cohol.
Horseradish, cut in two, lcngthwise,
and laid on the top of your pickle kegs,
will keep them from becoming stale and
moldly.
Blood blisters should be plunged into
spirits of camphor and kept there for five
minutes, to prevent blistering and ease
the pain.
Prepare kindling 70. --..-...-
going to bed, that in case any one is
taken sick in the night fire may be had
at once. Dip corn cob in coal oil and
use it to start the fire.
Clean oilcloths with a wet towel
pinned over a broom; rub with long,
sweeping strokes and polish with mix
ture of linseed oil, beeswax and turpen-
tine, rubbing it in well.
Paint can be removed from silk goods
by first saturating it in equal parts of
turpentine and ammonia, washing it in
soap suds and letting it dry between
blotting papers under heavy weight.
A little powdered borax thrown into
the bath makes the water very soft and
greatly invigorates aud rests the batncr.
This is particularly beneficial to those
vino are troubled with nervousness VI
sleeplessuess.
1t has been asserted that chewing
wooden toothpicks sometimes produce
small ulcers in the mouth, and that even
the stomach has been similarly affected
by the action of the small particles of
wood detached by chewing.
Pots and pans in which onions, cab
bage aud any strong vegetables have been
cooked should be first thoroughly washed
and then set on the stove with soda and
water-two or three tablespoonfuls of
soda to gallon of water. When this
solution comes to q boil rinse the vessel
out well, wipe Dry aud hang away. az
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
RELIGIOUS READING,
HYMN OF TRUST.

HYMN OF TRUST.
Thou sweet, beloved will Of God!
My snchor-ground! My fortress bill!
My spirits silent, fair abode!
In thee hide me, and am still
Upon Gods will lay me down,
As child upon Its mothers breast;
No silken couch, nor softest bed,
Could ever give me such sweet rest.
Thy wonderful, grand will, my God!
With triumph now make it mine,
And love shall cry joyous Yes"
To every dear command of thine.
Thy beautiful, sweet will, my God,
Holds fast in its sublime embrace
My captive will, gladstone bird,
Prisoned in such q realm of grace.
Within this place of certain good
Love cvermore expands her wings;
Or, nesting in thy perfect choice.
Abides content with what it brings.
o sweetest burden, Eghtest yoke,
1t lifts, it bears my happy soul;
It giyeth wings to this poor heart:
My freedom is thy grand control.
-[Madam Guyon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14

AN Egyptian scythe, recently un-
earthed, is exhibited among the antlq-
uities in the private museum OF Film
ders Petrie, in London. The shaft OF
tho instrument is wood, supporting a
row of flint saws, which are securely
cementcd into it. This discovery will
set at rest the spcculations which have
been made rs to how the crops Of the
land were gathered in the flint and
early copper age. 1t has long been sus-
pected that such an instrument as Mr..
Petrie has brought to light was used,
but there was no direct evidence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14

UNE OF the results OF the develop
ment of Africa will be an increase in
the supply Of ivory. The annual
slaughter of the elephant on the conti-
uent at present reaches $4,000. The
ivory product is worth $S50,000. With
the influx of European capital and
enterprise, it is to be supposed that
the elephant will be exterminated, as
has boon our American buffalo here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14

A MICHIGAN man to cure himself OF
the opium habit smoked cloves until he
is confirmed clove-smoker. There is
but one downward step left for him to
take and that is to contract the ciga-
rette habit,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14
euE cAEETH FOR YOU"

Among the golden words uttered by Presi-
dent Carter, OF Williams College, in his Bac-
calaureate sermon on Sunday on the text,
He calleth bis sheep by name and !eadeth
them OUT" were these: "What cares evolved
nature for fractured wing, for lost sheep,
for breaking heart? What matters it to
her that one less bird scars into the en-
pyreano that one less song greets the flush
of dawn? Nay, what matters 1t titthousands
of songsters are swept off by sudden storm,
or that the passing of darkness into morn
comes without note Of joy, in awful still
ness, or that all the sheep perish on the
and no Immortality beckons beyond the SET
ting sun Of time?
"But Christ cares for the fractured wing,
for the lost sheep, for the breaking heart, for
every form of life, but most of all for the
life of conscience and faith, for character.
And when be calls one by name and Is
heard, the factory, the mine, the prison has
room enough for and light enough from the
risen Christ and the eternal Spirit, and the
passions of the Anarchist are exchanged for
peaceful obedience, for joyful dependence on
the divine Master.
"'And he leadcth them out out of the
mis-reading OF history that the mere con-
temptation Of cause and effect produceo into
the grateful, revcrent recognition of the
guidance of the divine Father; out at last OF
the heart-breakiugs and confused lights of
brief temporal scene, where we see in
glass but darkly, into the steady serenity
and peace of an eternal day." To be the
rpostles of, evolution is to offer hungering
humanity stone for bread but to preach
The Gospel of Christ is to give men the Bread
of Life, of which if ! man eat lie shall live
forcycr.-[N. Y. Observer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-14

to agreement, and lald her head upon
his shoulder. He was detained to din
uer. On returning to the drawipg-loom
he took advantage of moment con-
trived by the widow when they were
alone. He approached her slowly and
tiHlidly, and she thought at last he was
going to propose. She became anxious,
nervous and feared she would break
down before he could declare his love.
The lawyer began cautiously, as became
his craft, and the lady hung on to every
word. He explained his position, and
she assured him there was ample means
in the family. He did not, however,
wish to be peasioner on his wife, and
as his affairs had lately prospered he had
concluded to change his condition. The
widow almost tainted at the word
"wife," but with great courage and
effort bore up. She wished, though, he
would come to the point, and the next
moment he did so.
81 have never seen such grace, such
beauty, such sweetness as l have this
night" he said.
"Yes, ycs!" calculated the widow,
breathless.
"And hav, the honor, madam, he
went on, "to ask for the hand"
"Yes, yes! the hand and she put
hers out to him; he took it and con-
tinued:
eyes, the hand of your daughter"
She swooned and fell hack on the
sofa.
He was compelled to call for help,and
while the maid and daughter were en-
deavoring to restore the widow, the
LAWYER walked out of the house.
fora's Nagasine. $500.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-28
The Alien Land Law.

Texas Insurance and Banking Bulletin.
Texas has but recently enacted II law di-
rected at alien ownership of land in Texas,
which. if il stands the test of the courts, will
have the effect of driving permanently from
the market the only cheap money availa-
bic, and practically the only money being
loaned upon real estate securities. The
new law debafs foreign syndicates from ac-
quiriug title to land in Texas, thereby de-
Stroylng in Il great measure their security
from loss in case foreclosure becomes nee
eSsary, putting them upon such occasions
entirely at the mercy of others. The result
of the adoption of this piece of hostile legiS-
laticn IS that foreign money has been with
drawn from the market, weakening one
large bank at Fort Worth, which, in turn,
has carried down another at jefferson, and
greatly mountaineering many other mon-
etary institutions throughout the larger
cities The most interesting and poetic
feature of the situation is that the very
greatest hardship will be experienced by
the very class OF men responsible for such
narrow legislation, for these are the men
who have been borrowing foreign money at
low rates, on long time and with real estate
security, more than 20 per cent of all the
movey loaned upon farm lands in
Texas being alien capital. These people
are already giving notice that no extensions
or renewals will be granted, and doubt
less before long the reIormerS will find out
what it is to be driven 10 the local banks
where they can only borrow in limited sums,
on short time, with personal security, and
at a rluch higher rate of interest. It seems
to be but another case of the strong man
pulling down the pillars of the temple to
avenge himself upon his enemies, only to
be himself buried deepest in the ruins.
But viewed alone from the standpoint of
patriotism, it does seem matter for deep
and lasting regret that Texas, or any other
young and rapidly developing state, should
wantOnly discard 50 valuable an aid as
cheap foreign money, aud throw itself
solely upon the assistance which limited
local capital is able to give, knowing how
absolutely impossible it is for the demand
10 be met from that source. The Bulletin
will look forward to the time when
broader and more comprehensive states
manship shall characterize the people chosen
to exercise the legislative function in
Texas,