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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28

MECHANICS for the natives of many
states have passed into our literature,
and the origin OF them is hard to trace.
One who remembers the inception of
two OF the most common, those of Mis-
souri, and Illinois, accounts for them IN
the following manner: I'm the very
early Jays of st. Louis, when the town
was vet a struggling village, it was the
market place for the fishermen at the
American Bottom, all along the Illinois
river front. Their principal catch in
those day was the buffalo, "a species of
sucker. Pretty soon these fishermen
came to be known in the market place
as 'sucker-catchcrs,' a term which the
people shortened to plain suckers In
the course of time the name was extend
ed to cover all 1llinoisans. The principal
disease of the early Missourians was
that commonly known as fever and
ague,' with which the doctors of the day
seemed unable to cope until somebody
discovered a remedy in the distillation
OF a plant called pukeroot, which grew
luxuriantly in the Illinois bottoms.
across the river from Carondelet. The
gathering of this root formed many a
Sunday picnic party, and the grubbers
soon came to be known as 'puke-hunt-
ers,' and then as 'pukes.' And these are
the reasons why those curious names are
applied to all Illinoisans and Missourians
to this day"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28

KRUpP, the great German cannon
maker, has made a present to Chicago
OF the monster gun which he had made
for exhibition at the Worlds fair. A
fort will be built for it on the lake
shore, and so Chicago will be protected
from foreign foes. The gun is larger
than any owned by the government.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28
WANTED Position as housekeeper; city or
w country. Address NJ. X. care Of Tribune,
THE WELL-SPENT DAY,

THE WELL-SPENT DAY.
Take a little dasl of cold water,
4 little leaven of prayer,
A little bit of sunshine gold
Dissolve in morning air.
Add to your meal some merriment,"
Add thought for kith and kin,
And then as Il prime ingredient
A plenty of work thrown in.
But spice it all with the essence Of love.
And a little Whit of play;
Let a nice old book. and a glance above.
Complete the well-spent day.
Exchange.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28

BILLY DICE, the gambler who was re-
ported some time since to have broken
the bank at Monte Carlo, his winnings
amounting to 100000, is now a tota,
wreck, physically and financially, and
gone to Colorado TO die. His very
name marked him as IA sport, and he is.
though a young man, a start ing example
OF a m!sspent life.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28

They did cut down city expenses in
Helena by $1,000, the salaries of nearly
all the city officials contributing their
proportion. These are days when every
dollar counts in young growing cities.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement md
Sends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many. who live bot
Ssf than Others and enjoy life more, with
hss expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 70
the needs Of physical being, viii attest
tAs valns to health Of the pure LIQUID
LAXATIVE principles embraced in the
rsnsdy. Syrup Of Ngs.
it, excellence u due to IL pressu.ips
h the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 70 the taste. tho refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of . perfect las.
stive; etectually cleansing the systsm
dispelling colds, headaches and fever,
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction to millions and
mot with tho approval OF the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid.
asys, Liver and Bowels without weaker.
Ing them and it Il perfectly free from
every Questionable substance,
Syrup Of Figs II for sale BY all drus.
s1sts in 900 and 81 bottles, but It IA man
ufaotured by the California Fig Syrur
%. only. whose name IL printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you win no,
accept any substitute II o Versd
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28
One of the Best,

NThe old reliable Guaranty Loan d
Savings Association Of Minneapolis,
Mimi, is now represented in Great Falls.
Money 10 loan on short notice at a low
rate Of irt"rest on city property. Office
in Room 10. Vaughn block.
M. T.. FAIRCHILD, Agent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

discovery was made. It is not likely
that the story has any good founda-
ton, as the find of any Of the whiskev
would have caused a great deal of dig
giDg for acres around that particular
spot. The place where the Arabia
went down is now solid ground, grown
over with timber and grass, some of
the timber being two and three feet
through. That is, this is the condition
of the place pointed out as the Arabia's
grave, though there is no such thing as
a chart to show it conclusively.
A couple of years after the Arabia
went down the Ogden found a resting
place on the bottom at a point a few
miles above Jefferson City. The Ogden
was owned by Capt. John Lee, and had
Jim Bissell as captain. 1t also had on
board a large amount of gold a consid-
cradle cargo of good old whiskey. 1t
was likewise found impossible to re-
cover any Of the cargo, and in the
natural run of things searching parties
have found it impossible to locate it.
AS in the case Of the Arabia, there is a
story that some of the whiskey was
fished out Of the sandy bed of the river
several years after the wreck occurred.
The story is equally lacking in any
thing Of a confirmatory nature. If it
is so, the finders must have lost their
heads in sampling the quality of the
goods, and thus forgot the lay Of the
river at the lucky point. The location
at which the Ogden went down is now
said to be a sand bar, which would be
very easily worked at low water. For
this a the Ogden is said to be the
most promising Of all the old wrecks
for searchers after wealth carried down
by the treacherous Missouri. There is
understood to be a very fair working
capital available for anybody who can
suggest any feasible plan Of operations.
Another two years went Dy, and
then the Twilight, q side wheeler, went
down. The Twilight found bottom
near Sibley, above Fishing river. She
had on board a cargo of between two
hundred and three hundred barrels of
whiskey, bound for the mountains.
The point at which she went down is
something like a mile inland now and
is a very inviting field for exploration.
A number of companies have been Or
ganized to prospect for the barred
whiskey, but the attempts made to
locate it have all been futile. Capt.
George Keith, of the steamer Mason,
running between st. Louis and Kansas
City, has been at the head Of a couple
of companies and has not yet given up
the idea Of locating it. Another at
tempt will probably made this summer.
Those three hundred barrels Of Bour-
bon would pay a big dividend on any
reasonable capital Employed drilling
and excavating. The chances are, how
ever, when the find is turned it will be
by some farmers ploughshare.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
RUSHED

Speaking OF busy men," remarked
the drummer Incidentally. II ran
across one in Chicago not long since
who takes the rag right off the bush.
He is one Of Chicago's Iiveliest types
and is making big, big money every
year. [ had some business the other
day with him, and after waiting my
turn to see him, [ went in and found
him hard at work at his desk, looking
over and signing papers, debating to
two or three stenographers at once
and talking between breaths. I think
I was there five minutes, and as we
talked he had a call to give some
change to one of tho clerks, and he
dropped a dollar on the floor under his
desk. He made no effort to pick it up,
but kept right on talking and writing.
"'You dropped 81 there,'I said, nod
ding toward the bill.
CT know it, he replied, but I
haven't time TO crawl under there
after it. 1t would take least a minute
to do that, and I'm making right now
SO a minute doing something else, and
l can't afford to stop for only 81. So
long. Come in again when I'm not 80
rushed and with this mild hint that
my interview was over l backed out
and let another man take my place.
IL. quad, IN Detroit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
ANDREW JoHNsoN's DAUGHTER.

After the death of Mr.. Lincoln in
1865, when it became suddenly and un-
~expectedly necessarily for the Johnson
family to occupy the White House, it
was a mooted question as to who should
or who could properly discharge the
duties incumbent upon the mistress"
writes M. V. Moore in the September
Ladies' Home Journal. The wife Of
the President had neither desire, i'll
cIination nor strength sufficient to ap
pear in society, and she withdrew from
all its general demands on the plea Of
i'll health.
Mrs. Johnson had two daughters.
One of these daughters was Mrs. Slower.
wife of a plain, East Tennessee farmer
and the other was the subject Of this
sketch, Mrs. Patterson. Neither Of
these ladies cared at all for social reia
tions or distinctions, each preferring
the quiet of family and home life t.
the exactiDg demands and empty
honors Of their necessary position at
the head of the social life of the ma
TONS capital. Mrs. Slower, however.
being both unable and unwilling to
preside, the duties of the mistress Of
the White House fell upon Mrs. Pat
terson. How well and how faithfully
she met the obligations imposed upon
her the history of the times tells well.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
Poetry.
FLOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.l
TuE BROKEN TRUST.

ra7iance in faith. the dear cherished trust
MUS 81 cOnfdipg at length to rust
AILtII INST Of mere memory hiddt deep
'NeaCn var again q dear hand to SWe p
Ana !, Tor that gathers so thick and fast
Inc "a smothers and hardens the heart at last
Ihal = # that is broken is hard to mend,
the L. II fhe same that it once has been:
OF mag n spTing of joy that the heart once knew
inc SO Ger ~buIsates to a bosom true;
10 Ioorr77aa Tibrates as at loves own touch
10 IQnSccb IF a love that no doubt could reach
the INMATES ( = the blood, in it's joyous flow,
B uo ttfT7riIIed with a gladness when faith did
g oM, Gather the wreck of a trust that fam
" ~ 80 would unite and build up AGAIN.
rom C like this can return no more;
a i !" ~ the winds through wide open DOOR;
II : H. Nav il seek for its homes again.
Ia W ne with closed portals, e'er Will remain.
Ina ~ i broken that no link can bind,
Inc ~. ~ Lohain is Of sand that no skill can mend.
EOI ~ n7s4 nat once reigned in the heart so true,
II+4i F = he badness to come that It's Promise
4LeM, to be fixed as the northern star,
anu 5i-fant. like il, in yOn sky afar.
i = -, the pledge that is broken now
30 needed or patched by another vow,
Ian ~ answer love with a swift glad rush
90 ~ bat no fate could spoil or crush,
" 49, On Won have leaned on a broken reed
~ " an-Iver TO longer the spirits need,
4"laL-Irar unhOld what has sadly lied,
~ 80 a lost hO-e in a faith that's dead.
TI - that We fancicd no fate could sever
I 7Il led but a myth, and is gone forever.
has Prove L. B. GWYEN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
STONEWALL JACKsON'5 DEATH.
BED.

Then came the death wound, and
aft,r nearly g weeks unavoidable de-
tention Mrs. jackson reached her hus-
bands deathbed, writes Mrs. jefferson
Davis in an interesting sketch with
portrait Of The Widow Of Stonewall
jackson" in the September Ladies
Home Journal. Spent with the anguish
of his wounds he lay dying, too near
the silence of the grave to do more than
murmur to his wife: ''Speak louder,
l want to hear all you say" and feebly
to caress his baby with a whisper: ''My
sweet one, my treasure" while the in
nOcent smiled in his dying face. Then
was the heartbroken wife and mother
given strength to minister to both
these objects Of her love. From her
firm lips the dying hero learned that
the gates Of Heaven were ajar for his
entrance. Controlling her bitter grief
she sang for him the sacred songs on
! which his fainting spirit scared upward
to it's rest. When all was over, and
she had followed him to his grave, she
again sought her fathers roof, and
there hid her bowed head among her
own people, to live only for her baby.
In strict retirement the young widow
| husbanded her means until her daugh-
| ter was grown apretty, graceful young
woman, and then, to promote her
child's happiness, the mother emerged
| from the privacy in which she had
lived since her husbands death, and
visited the Southern and Northern
| States. In the course Of time her
daughter became engaged to a young
| Virginian, MI. Christian, Of Richmond.
| and a few months later vas married
to him. Shortly after their marriage
| Mr.. and Mrs. Christian removed to
| California, whittier Mrs. Jackson &C
companied them. They returned a
short time later, to Charlotte. n O.,
! where they took a house and lived to-
gether. Now, however, the widows
next trial was imminent. Mrs. Chris.
tian was attacked by a prostratlng
fever and succumbed after bearing her
illness with great fortitude.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
TWO GOOD

1here IS now a very clever depart
men5 in the New York Morning AdUer-
t18or called 'The Major" In the copy
received this morning we copy the fol
lowing two stories from that depart
ment, which contain so much truth
that they are worth remembering:
L believe in the broad wisdom of
Grover Cleveland, but to call a session
now to talk only about silver is g.
blunder. And he'll probably find it
out before two weeks. Then he'll be
like old friend Bill Caskey down
at Brier Root. Bill had a young colt
which he was breakin' to halter in his
barnyard one Sunday mornin'. While
he was leadin' him around he thought
he'd take a smoke, and so he tied the
halter strap around his waste while he
filled his pipe and struck a match. He
said afterward that that dod derned
colt hadn't made more'n three jumps
fore I knowed I'd made a mistake"
This Congress, I'm afraid, won't make
more'n two bad breaks fore Father
Cleveland will come to a similar con
clusion.
Speakin' Of colts, I'm reminded of a
story that Amos J, Commings, the dis
tinguished editor and statesman Of
New York, tells touchin' the financial
scare. met him and Tom Murrey in
the Shoreham the other night. Amos
is a good fellow and fond of stories,
which I'm not, but this was a good
one. He said that this little furry in
financial circles was due to the fact
that the bankers and spectators
wanted to squeeze the government
into issuing a lot of gold bonds, and so
they began to howl about silver and
all that and finally overdid the bust
n~ess-sCared the people too much. He
said it reminded him of the old Teller
who was breakin' in a frisky colt out
west. He got him purity well trained
to the saddle but he didn't know
whether he would scare on the
road or not, 50 he told one of his
neighbors to hide in the bushes long
side the road and when he rode past to
holler Boo! The neighbor done as re
quested and when he hollered the colt
landed the old man across a fence and
went tallyhootin' down the road. AS
soon as the old man come to he said to
his genial assistant. "Whatdid you do
that fer?" Didn't you tell me to
boiler Boo7" Eyes, I did," whined the
old man, "but dam your soul you said
it too loud" That's the trouble with
them gold bugs, thinks Mr.. Cummings.
They hollered too loud and scared the
country a leetle too much.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

was not unpleasant. IN talk seriously
to Sam"
80 will l." CRASHED the cantain.
III break every bone in his body"
But Sam was nowhere to be found,
and the first ones of the returning
party brought the news that the en-
gagement of Fred Jones and Carrie
Brown had been announced.
The captain left for home next day,
ana pretty Mrs. Fred Jones has never
seen him since. When the wedding
came off Sam received a piece of
wedding cake big enough to give him
Inc dyspepsia for a WaUerLy
Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
HOUSEHOLD.
CHILL SAUCE.

Figbfean tomatoes, two large onions,
three green Peppers, one coffee cup of
s,7par, q cups Of vinegar, four tea
~c~oonfr1S Of salt. and one teaspoonful
o5ob Of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg,
mustard. ginger and allspice. Peel,
sIica and drain the tomatoes, chop the
nanners and onions fine, and boil all
fodather until tender; then add the
spices. vinegar and sugar, and boil
half an hour longer.
CHOW CHOW.
One peck Of green tomatoes two
heads Of cabbage, twelve large onions,
all chopDed fine. Sprinkle over them
two small cupfuls Of salt ana let them
stand over night. In the morning
drain them through a sieve. Put the
the DickIe into Kettle with four table
~spoonfuls cf corn starch; cover with
vinegar and let it come to a boiling
n3int. When cold add two cupfuls of
white mustard seed, two cupfuls Of
sugar. four tablespoofUls Of ground
mustard. two tablespoonfuIs Of curry
and two tabIesp3o1fuIs Of celery seed.
mix thoroughly.
SWEET TOMATO PICKLE
One half Lushel Of green tomatoes
and three large onions sliced. Sprinkle
with one cupfuI of salt, and let them
stand over night. In the morning
drain them. Add to the tomatoes two
Quarts Of water and one quart of vine
gar. Boil IS minutes, or until tender.
Drain again and throw this vinegar
and water away. Add to the pickle
three quarts Of vinegar, two pounds
Of brown sugar, ore-half pound of mus
t4rd seed, two tabIespoonfuls each of
alIspice, cloves cinnamon, ginger and
one taaspooufuI of cayenne pepper and
bill q few minutes.
OUNCE PRESERVES.
Pare the ounces and cut them into
quarters. Put them on to boil in suffi-
cien5 water to keep them whole. Let
them boil until they can be easily
pierced With q straw, then take them
cut Of The water and to one pound of
the fruit put one pound of sugar. Let
them stand with the sugar over them
all night. and the next morning YOU
will find that they have made their
own syrup. which Will be as clear and
light as amber. Put them on the fire
in the preserving kettle and cook for
10 or l. minutes. Ounces cooked in
this wav retain their flavor have p
beautiful, light color and never harden.
Use the water the ounces we're cooked
in and ell the GOOD psrincs for the
jelly. which can be made by boiling
the quinces. p2rings, etc, down until
the water IS cutie rich. To . mint Of
juice put a pound of sugar and boil it
until it ielias, which viii be IN about
twenty minutes.
PRESERVED CITRoN MELON.
Take soma fine citron melons, rare.
core and cut them into Thin slices.
weigh them. and to every six nonnds
Of loaf sugar: add the mice and Grated
Tir1 IF f---- 7
~ -,-' ARG ILssn lemons ana q
EooLye1 OIL pound OF ginger root; put
Go9g s,l-s5 Of melon INTO preserving
Kettle and boil them half an hour, or
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

nm | aIs Belle, I am IS, but I have ST.
~ 5:'9oo II Government bonds. Do you
AMI 5n.5N am too old for you?o mo, in
~, lou re about 10 years too young!'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-02
TRUSTEES SALE.

IRUSTEE'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
a OF trust executed january 2ith 1SgO Inv
Maria Louisa Jones and A. NJ. Jones hor hns
Dano. conveying to the undersigned trusscc
certain property therein mentioned (Which decd
rs OF record III the clerks office for the corpora
ZION court los The city OF Roanoke) in trust to
secure 10 tho Roanoke Construction ard I'm
Pffo,vement Company the payment OF the sum OF
Sl,aao, cvidcuc.d by Y notes for the cum of 800
each bearing even date with said decd and pay
able month with interest from date Dcfault
having been made in the payment of certuip OF
said notes, aud heing required so to do by the
hosdcr thereof cha sell by public suction TO
koanoke city, Va. ON The s61H DAY OF
AUGUST, 1893. AT 1928 O'CLOCK p. NJ, the
loiiowing lot OF land In the city OF Roanoke, to-
gcthcr with the residence thereon described Ms
follows: &c
:, a certain parcel OF land In the city OF Roanoke,
va, being the west half OF lot No 10, in section
70, as shown by the map OF tho property of
kogers, rnirfax d Houston. which map Is filed
In tho clerks office OF tho Hastings Court Tor the
city OF Roanoke, Va, and fronting IS fcct on
Center street and RAINING back between parallel
lines $50 feet to an alley.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the cost OF
executing TIL trust and - notes OF 800 each
with interest from January 23th, 1890 to the dsy
OF sale: III much or the residue OF the proceeds OF
inc ralc as Vii he snfilcient to pay 90 notes OF
%, each, with intel est from January 24th, 1890,
railing due monthly, beginning with September
oath, 1883, will be made payable In 30 monthly
the residue, II any, will be payable ~ months
trom the dayiof sale, all deferred payments to
DC evidenced by the purchasers interest bearing
erty. ROY X SMirIl
T2i ids Trnstce
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-02

TRUSTEES SALE-BY VIRTUE OF a DEED
OF truet executed October Il, lS!N. nv Morton
d. Jopiins and Chas i. DodsOn and their wives
conveying TO the undersigned trustees certain
property therein mentioned (Which deed is OF re-
cord IN the clerks office oi the corporation court
OF inc CITY OF RoanOke) In trust 10 secure TO the
noanoke Construction and Improvement Com
pany the payment or the sum of 81 y a. evidenced
ny Sixty notes of S25 each hearin" even date with
the said deed and due monthly. with interest
from date Default having been made in the
payment or certain OF said notes and beiD. re-
CURED 60 10 do by the holder thereof shall cell
by pubic auction to the highest bidder in front
OF the courthouse in Roanoke city, Va, ON THE
?6Iii DAY OF AUGUST, 1899, AT 1910 O'CLOCK
r. Nj, the following lot, together With the resi-.
dencc thereon. described as follows:
beginning nj point on the south side of Wells
street S5.1G feet from the west side OF Roanoke
street, thence with said Wells street south "a de-
Srees ~ minutes csst 2S feet to a point, thence
south 10 degrees 20 minutes west 1l5 feet tOatcn-
root alley, thence with said alley north ~ degrc es
10 minutes west Is feet to point, thence north
l5 degrees III minutes east 1905 feet TO beginning
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the co.t OF exc.
cutting TINS trust and to pay ten notes of 25 each
with interest from October Il. 1880, to the day OF
sale; so much OF the residue OF the proceeds M
Will be necessary To pay thrty.thfcc notes Of sos
each, with interest from October q. 1890 falling
he made payable i'll tbirty-thrce monthly pay.
ments TO mt ct the said notes us they mature, nd
tho residue, IL any, will he payable twelve months
from the day OF gale, all deferred payments to
be evidenced by the purchasers interest bearing
notes and secured by deed OF trust on the prop
crty. ROY g. SMITH
T2G tide Trustee