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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-30
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
PRESERVED PEACHES.

Pare the peaches or remove the skins
by plunging the peaches into boiling
lye two gallons of water and one pint
of wood ashes). When the skins will
slip easily, take the peaches out with
a skinner, and plunge them into cold
water; rinse in several waters and
there will be no taste of the lye.
Weigh, and add three-fourths of
pound of sugar to each pound OF fruit
Halve them and use some of the pits,
or leave them whole, as you please.
The stones improve the flavor. Make
a syrup by adding as little water as
possible to the sugar-about one cup
full to each pound of sugar. When it
boils skim till clear, then add the
peaches and cook until transparent
New York World.
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Mahogany Used as Ties.

It is not often that one hears OF the
employment of mahogany as cross ties
in the construction OF railroad, but
such an occurrence actually came to
pass. In the winter of 1854 railroad
was in course of construction from
Fort Smith, Ark, to Little Hook:
Funds low with the promoters OF
the enterprise, who finally found them
selves forced to surrender the property
to the creditors The road, which was
graded part of tie way and portion
of it in readiness to receive the rails,
was purchased by two English capital
lists for mere song. Shortly AFTER
making the acquisition the English
buyers set out to make an inspection
Of their property.
To their great amazemsat they dis
covered that the cross ties laid upon
the bed awaiting the rails were hewn
from solid mahogany logs, rare and
costly hard wood. Great ranges OF
these ties, OF the sane material, lined
the grade awaiting to be put down.
The shrewd English purchasers
chuckled with delight on making the
discovery, and set to work at once to
have the ties conveyed to Little Rock.
Those which had been laid down were
taken up and added to the stock Of the
mahogany timber. The ties were for
warded thence to New York, from
which place the timber was shipped to
England and sold. The sale OF tho
ties alone netted the speculators
handsome profit, and in lieu OF ma
hogany ties cheaper wood was sub
stituted by the Englishmen in the sub
seouent construction of the road
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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COLD PUDDING.

Chaparone Pudding-Soak pint OF
fine bread crumbs in quart OF milk.
Add cup of sugar, the yolks of four
eggs beaten light, the grated rind OF q
lemon and piece of butter the size OF
an egg. Bake until it is brown, but
not watery. Whip the whites of four
eggs until they are stiff; beat ina tea
cup of sugar; add the juice of a
lemon. Pour over the pudding when
cold. Serve cold.
Lemon Pudding--Heat to boiling a
pint of milk. Stir into this two table
spoons of corn starch wet with cold
water. Boil for five minutes, stirring
constantly. Stir in tablespoon of
butter and set away to cool. Beat the
yolks of four eggs light, add a cup OF
sugar and mix thoroughly. Add to this
the juice Of two lemons and the grated
rind of one. Beat to a stiff cream.
Add to the corn starch milk when that
is cold. Stir, pour into buttered
dish and bake. Serve cold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-30
HOW TO cHKcKMATE MOTIFS.

Just at this time of the year the
careful housewife is particularly busy
packing away the winter garments and
furs in a place of safety from the much
dreaded and most pernicious of all in
sects, the moth.
She is perhaps at her wits end to
know Just what to do with the many
articles belonging to the different
members of the household. The pow
ders and moth balls she has used are
surely effective, but it takes nearly a
whole season of thorough airing to
eradicate the disagreeable odor which
has permeated every,thread of the gar
ment during the months it had been
stored away. Happily, however, some
thoughtful and ingenious person has
come to the rescue, and the perple1ed
housewife can now do away with old
newspapers, cloth bags and pasteboard
boxes.
The invention is simply paper bag,
but so arranged that it takes the place
of all previous devices, and at the same
time does away with disagreeable
odors, which fact is not the least to be
considered. 81.
The bags can be bought in three
sizes, ranging in price from twenty
five cents to forty-five cents each. The
largest are roomy enough for coats
and gowns. They are made of very
strong, heavy paper, thoroughly satu-
rated with moth preventives, princi-
pslly cedar oil. Within are hooks on
one side and pockets on the opposite,
which are just the place for fur caps,
mufs, mitts, and numerous small arti'
cles. 2
There is a sort of lid at the tow which
can be brought over and tied securely,
thus keeping out dust and every inter-
Looping insect. The bags are not only
very inexpensive to begin with, but
they will last for ten .years-ln fact,
if well cared for, lifetime. They may
be used in summer for the winter gar
ments, and will be great convenience
in winter for packing away summer
gowns.
One great advantage which every
woman will thoroughly appreciate IS
that at the end of the season the gar
ments come out smelling az sweet as
though they had been stored in $500
cedar press.-St. Louis Star-Sayings.
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PITCHING TOWARDS sopcM.

We often meet with individuals whose con.
duct leuds us to say within ourselves, they are
pitching their tents towards Sodom.
The man who in any way sacrifices moral
good and spiritual ends for physical and tenn
poral advantages is pitching his tent towards
SOdom.
The man OF family, who leaves religious
community and Christian privileges; and
carries his family merely for purposes on gain
into country where there are no sabba.ns
nor sanctuaries, where the influences are
against religion, where his children will have
the children of vile and profane men as their
only companions, and will OF course, marry
ungodly husbands and wives, will find after
while, that he has pitched bis tent towards
Sodom.
gentleman, q ruling elder in the Presby-
terian church somc years since opened hotel
in a country village. He did it to support his
family and it was right, but tilen to secure
custom he departed from Christian princl-
pies, and kept IN open bar. In lew years
he died, leaving widow and seven sons:
The.hotel was kept up, and his sons attended
the bar.-The sons of that man oil became
drunkards, they squaldered his property,
and his widow is now sustained by the be-
nevolence of the church. He was good
man, but he pitched his tent towards Sodom.
The Young min who commences the lndul-
gence of bad habits is pitching his tent to-
wards Sodom. He may love social glass.
He may prefer the society Of the vicious. He
may indulge in an occasional game OF cards.
Hs may 90 to the house OF her whose steps
take hold on hell. In all this he may see 10
great evil. But after while unless arrested
by Gods providence and grace, he finds him
self bound in the strong chains OF habit,
vexed by evil passions-a suitable subject to
have dwelt in ancient Sodom and ere long,
to take up bis abode i'll those regions OF
which Sodom and Gomorruh are but an en-
blem.
Finally, every impen:tent sinner has pitched
his tent towards Sodom, because he chooses
to dwell in the cities or the plains; because
he is travelling to 4 place over which the
storms Of Gods wrath are gathering; and
because he must soon be cast into the lake
that burnetE with fire and birthstone. unless
he flee into the mountain, and tsLrry not in
all the plain. Reader! hast thou pitched thy
tent towards Sodom?-Watchman and Re
tlector.
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FLOODS IN HUNGARY.
Villages and Towns Deluged and
Scores of Lives Lost.

Floods have been causing suffering in
Galicia and northern Hungary. The coun-
tries OF saros and Ungb, which border Galicia
on the south, hsve been devastated. The
suburbs of Unghvar, the capital OF Ungh,
were inundated. In many cases houses
on lowlsnds have been completely sub,
merged, dwelling houses have collapsed and
many persons have been killed by falling
buildings or drowned in the floods Im,,
mense damage has been done around
Przemysl, an important town OF Galicia.
The town OF Turks in Galicia has been par
TALLY destroyed. and twenty persons there
have been drowned.
The damage caused by the floods amounts
to many millions of forms. In many dis
tricts the peasantry has been beggared.
Thousands OF small landowners have lost
sheds. cattle and crops.
At Yorosco a workshop was swept away
and fourteen employees were drowned. Sixty
persons are said to have been drowned at
Rymanow. Galicia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-30

NEW ZEALAND is competing n
cheese, as ii has for some time been
doing In mutton, for English mar
kets. A consignment Of 45o tons OF
cheese was received in London two
weeks ago in good condition. Ameri-
can cheese makers must take care not
to lessen the standard of their prod
duct, and must study carefully the
demands Of the English market.
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ANYTHING that would be consid-
cred rude at home Is considered a
huge joke at a picnic. -Atchison
Globe.
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THE Pennsylvania Railroad has effected
So, 900 900 loan In London at six per cent. TO
complete improvements now under way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-30

"PAY as you go" aud save enough
to come back on.
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Some churches grind their preachers down
to Il starvation salary. which they pay in
chips and whetStOnes, yet make good deal
of noise in singing, More love to thee, .
Christ, more !olc 30 thee"
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stand guarding the dead. But hark to the
crash-an earthquake The soldiers fall back
as though they we're dead, and the stone q.
the doo- OF Christ's tomb spins down the hill,
flung by the arm Of an angel. Come forth,
o Jesus. from the darkness into the sunlight !
Come forth and. breathe the perfume OF
Joseph's garden.
Christ comes forth radiant and rs He steps
out Of the excavation o. the rock look
down into the excavation. and in the dis
tance see others coming hand in hand and
troop after troop, and I find it is a long pro-
cession Of the precious dead. Among them
are our own loved ones-father, mother,
brother sister, companion. children. coming
I'D out of the excavation Of the rock until
the last one has stepped out into the light.
and I am bewildered, and I cannot under
stand the scene until see Christ wave His
hand over the advancing procession from the
rock and hear Him cry: Il am the resur-
rection and the life. He who believeth in
Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live"
And then notice that the long dlr2e OF the
worlds woe suddenly stops at the archangelic
shout OF Come forth"
Oh, my friends. il Christ had not broken
out OF the grave you and I would never come
out of it 1t would have been another case
of Charlotte Corday attempting to slay
tyrant, herself slain. It would have been
another case Of John Brown attempting to
free the slaves. himself hung. It would have
been Death and Christ in q grapple and
Death the victor. The black flag would have
floated on all the graves and mausoleuns OF
tho dead. and hell would nave conquered
the forces OF heaven and captured the ram
parts Of God. and sstan would have como to
coronation in the palaces Of heaven, and it
would have BEEN devils on the throne and
sons Of God in the dungeon.
mol no no! When that stone was rolled
from the door OF Christs grave, it was hurled
with such a force'that it crashed IN all the
grave doors OF Christendom, and now the
tomb is only q bower where Gods children
take siesta, an afternoon nap, to wake up
in mighty invigoration. ''Christ is risen.
Hang that lamp among all the tombs OF my
dead. Hang it over my own resting place.
Christ's suffering is ended His work is
done. The darkest Friday afternoon OF the
worlds history becomes the brightest Sunday
morning Of its resurrection Joy. The Good
Friday Of bitter memories becomes tho
Easter of glorious transformation and resur
rection. ". F.
Ye mourning saints. dry every tear
For your depar led Lord. 4 e.
Behold the place. he fs not here.
The tomb Is all uubnrred.
The gates OF death were closed In vain.
The Lord Is rissn-He lives again.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
The Advocates" Stand.

EDITOR ADVOCATE: AS a constant
reader Of your able paper, 1 am much
pleased to see the advanced position you
are taking on the question of prohibition
and the general suppression of the liquor
traffic Your position is courageous and
unequivocsl, and contains timely warn
ing to the present administration. II it
fails to enforce the prohibitory law as
effectually as the law will permit, it will
greatly embRrsss and weaken our grand
young party in the next contest for state
supremacy.
AS national party it must recognize
in it's platforms this national curse in q
positive declaration for its suppression.
The nation can not long remain half
drunk and half sober, nor could it re-
main half slave and half free. There
are q million voters now ready and wait
ing to join party Of the people and for
the people, and one that viii sincerely
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12

tion to them, and they always accom-
plish their purpose.
money is the blood Of the body COM
mercial. 1t must be abundant in guam
tity and free and unimpsired in it's
circulation. No man or set Of men must
be permitted to corner money, or to Of
feet it's value or purchasing power. We
must have free and unlimited coinage Of
both gold and silver and a paper cur
rency based thereon, and ell receivable
for debt, both public and private. No
one need to fear too much Of this kind Of
money.
"Tariff, so long as levied at all, should
be levied for revenue only. Any attempt
to impose burdens upon the people for
any other than public purpose is q plain
attempt to violate the constitution, and
commit downright, barefacsd robbery.
There should be an income tax where
with to reach the plsthoric pockets and
bulging barrels of the smooth and oily
gentlemen who have amassed fortunes
by welding the taxing power; by ma
nipulsting and controlling values; by
filching from the producer more than he
could bear for carrying his produce, and
generally by the slick devices Of legisls-
tive larceny. Very truly yours,
DAVID OvERMYER.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
Pointers For Worlds Fair.
bered.

Footprints on the sands of time this
year will all be turned toward Chicago,
where the great Columbian Exposition
Is to be held.
While walking may be good, the ma
jority of Kansas will prefer riding in a
solid Santa Fe Route vestibuled train.
Perhaps you don't know that the
Santa Fe Route has the shortest line be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago, by Sc
miles; that absence of grade crossings
lessons the number Of compulsory stops;
and that three trains each way each day
afford ample room for all travellers.
Luxurious palace sleepers, fine. dining
car service and free chair cars; better
than the best OF other lines.
Leave Kansas City 5:10 p. M, on Co.
lumbisn Limited; 700 p. M, on Denver
and Chicago Limited; or at $50 a. M, on
Daylight Express.
Drop in and talk it over with nearest
Santa Fe Route ticket agent; or address
GEO. T. NICHOLSON, G. P. & T. A.,
Topeka, Kansas.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12

WASHINGTON, April THE investiga-
tion into the conduct Of the weather
bureau has brought Israel W. Stone, of
Kansas, to the surface, even earlier than
had been expected.
The investigation has disclosed such
q loose conception on the part of the sm>
ployes as to the right of the government
to such items Of property as chairs, rugs,
carpets, desks and tables that Secretary
Morton has already felt himself COM
PEELED to direct the taking of an inven-
tory Of the property in each division.
Hereafter chiefs will bs checked upon
occasionally.
1t begins to appear that Stone was
quite cognizsnt of the misuse of govern
ment property, and it is said he will be
presently shown to have been party to
it. His days in the department are num-
bAPed
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12

oppose the liquor traffic, and they will
attract millions more when they crystal
ize into a party that lodges no great
issue for temporary gain or power.
There is moral strength in opposition
to the saloon, that the Peoples party
much needs, and can easily attain by
taking up this moral question that has
crept into our politics and agitating it as
freely as the other great issues in our
platform.
/ am encouraged to see that our re-
cent standard bearer, General Weaver,
and other leaders Of our party are with
you in this idea Of broadening our plat
form, and no longer dodging q great
moral issue. ]. w. Sewers.
Olsthe, Kss,, March 30, 1893.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
First published April IL, 1881
AN ACT
Senate Bill No. 3SS.

To vacate the southwest 4 of the southwest 4
of section No two ~ township 16,range 3,east
of the 9th P. NJ. being Augustus Henquenet's
subdivision of the same, In the city of Hope,
In Dickinson county, Kansas.
Be IL enacted bv the Legislature of the State Of
Kansas:
SECTION l. That all of that part of the south
west quarter IS. W. ~ of the southwest quar-
ter Is w. ~ of section No. lying south of the
south line of HenQuenet's I'd addition to the
city of Hope be and the same Is hereby va
Gated, except that portion of Poplar street
lying within said tract, aRd restored to its
original condition, the same as it had never
been plated.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in full
force from and after Its publication In the Of
ncial state paper.
Approved March g. 1898.
/, r. 8. Osborn, secretary of state of the state
of Kansas, do hereby certify that
tsr.,1 the above Is true and correct copy
l'hAAl Of the original enrolled bill now on
fle In my offlce.
X s. OSBORN,
Secretary Of State.
By D. @. .ZERCHER,
Assistant Secretary OF State.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
Bad for Wheat.

On last Thursday and Friday very
high winds ragged in most parts of this
state, drawing from the surface OF the
earth most of whPt moisture remained
there, and in some places injuring the
winter crops. This caused the usual
speculation as to prospects among grain
men. The Kansas City Times contained
the following:
"Every eye in the grain markets Of the
world Is turned toward the southwest.
This fact was plainly evidenced yester-
day by the deluge of kilograms pouring
in upon local commission houses from
New York, Baltimore and Atlantic sea-
board exporting points, inquiring as to
the truth Of rumors concerning the Kan
sas and Missouri outlook.
"Last year Kansas raised 100000
bushels of wheat, or 100000 bushels
more than the United Kingdom. Ac-
cording to Secretary Mohler's April re-
port, the state will only raise 100000
bushels this year. However, grain mon
are taking issue with bis figures, and,
judging by present conditions, the yield
can not be more than one-half, or 35,000,-
900 bushels. The news from the south
west generally was of sensational char
acter yesterday. John Inglis, an
acknowledged crop authority, in a sum-
mary Of the winter wheat situation,
claims a yield 150,0OO,OOO bushels less
than last year, and 100000 bushels
less than an average yield.
"The telegrsphic weather report along
the Kansas division Of the Union Pacific
reported no rain and unfavorsble con-
ditions. Western Union advices stated
hot winds and no sign Of moisture. A
Union Pacific official arrived IN town yes
terday from an extended trip over the
line and told the same story. From
Kingsville, Mo-, q telegram reported the
injury to wheat at 45 per cent. Lorraine,
Kss, reported hot winds and the crop
irrspsrably damaged. Andsle, Kas.,
brought tidings Of similar character.
Clinton, Mo-, reported prospect Of not
over half crop, and great deal Of the
wheat being plowed up.
"The interest in crop conditions was
never more intense than at present, and
the amount Of speculation passing over
the wires between Kansas City and the
great exchanges has reached phenome-
nal volume. Ram will cause q complete
revulaion, Of course, but the weather
bureau predictions do not hold forth any
certainty Of moisture"
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12
From a ''BlusblOOd,"

EDITOR ADVOCATE:--Ihe municipal
elections will be over when you get this;
but, 'howsumsver, will venture this lit
tie piece Of advice for the benefit and sal
Vation and preservation Of the divine
rights Of the royal bluebloods:
That whereas, The opposition to republi-
CSniSmRnd good government is manifest
ing itself from it's 'new StrongholdS," the
labOring trash and commons throughout the
country; and
Whereas, The commons and trash are far
more numerous than the royal, prim, Senti-
mental and romantic bluebloods, that are
Sll dear levers Of republican rule and good
government; now therefore be il
Resolved, That just and fair estimate Of
che vastly superior quality Of votes cast by
the nice, clean hands Of the bluebloods de-
mands that such vote should be counted to
be Of at least three times the value and po-
litiCal significance that a dirty ballot cast
by the common trash is counted to be
worth; and we recommend that suoh ballot
be 20 counted wherever practicable. And
further be it
Resolved, That, whereas, especially in
Kansas, "the opposition TO. republiOanism
and good government" az manifested
from it's new strOnghOldS," has forced US
back until it has practically carried every
point except two Of the judges Of the Su-
preme court, who hold a life tenure Of
Office, and the brittle thread of life might
snap at any moment; and also
Whereas, From the recent decisions at
New Orleans, and Toledo, and Topeka, and
other points, it becomes apparent to every
thinking mind that the supreme court
judges are entirely favorable TO clean hands
and blueblood, and a most precious and
grand desideratum in our behalf as a court
of last resort; now therefore be it
Resolved, That, because their brittle
thread of life might 80 easily snap, we REQ
ommend that the Office of supreme Judge
be made hereditary throughout the whole
land, and thus remove entirely all tempts-
ton from this Opposition to republican
ism and good government" to make the
brittle thread snap, or TO possibly out off
from US the royal privileges and immpni-
ties which are now seriously threatened by
the advent Of degraded, dusty-Shin female
suffrage, and the far superior numbers Of
the dirty, low-down ballot box suffers
which are every day becoming more numer-
GUS and are being turned unrelentlesSly
upon US.
We recommend that these resolutions
be spread broadcast on the Douglass
house journal, and under the nose Of
every banker and his Mrs., and every
loan broker and his Mrs, in all the mu-
inequalities wherever the mistresses are
becoming so very much concerned and
80 very active in behalf of republican
rule" and "good government"
"Ali hail to the Wichita bankers wives
who conclude to vote out of patriotic
love for home and privilege"
A BLUEBLooD.