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The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
OLD SPANISH SONG:

I'm thinking Of the wooing
That won my maiden heart,
4 When he-he came pursuing Il
A love unused to art,
Into the drowsy river n
The moon transported flung ~
Her soul that seemed to culver
When the songs my lover sung
And the stars in rapture twinkled
On the slumberous world below
You see that, old and wrink!ed.
Inn not forgetful-no!
He still should be repeating III
The vows he uttered then
Alas! the years, though heeting,
y, Are truer yet than men! ~.
The summer moonlight glistens
In the tavorite trysting spot, ~ s. go
Where the river ever listens
For a song it heareth not. -.
And !, whose head is sprinkled
With times benumbing snow,
/ laneuish, old and wrinkled,
But not forgetful-no!
What though he elsewhere turneth
To beauty strangely bold?
Still in my bosom burneth
The tender fire of old;
And the words of love he told me
And the songs he sung me then
Come crowding to uphold me,
And live my youth again!
For when loves 1eet have tinklcd
On the pathway women go.
Though one be old and wrinkled,
She's forgettul-no!
Eugene Field
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
THE PITCHER or BEEN.

Story OF q Minister Who Took q LIZ
tie for HIS Health and Why Hor
Quit. sss
"A pitcher Of beer and minister
well known had some dealings With
each other not long ago, and the
preacher was Convinced that he had
strayed from the path Of rectitude-
He was also shocked, and even to this
day he is afraid that some OF his con-
gregation will hear of his dalliance:
with the ''foamy." The minister
hadn't been feeling well, and his
physician prescribed a very pleasant
remedy beer. The patient took his
medicine with great regularity until
one night, when he found every bottle
empty. There was no one around, as
it happened, to send for more; SO,
with some misgivings, the preacher
put on an old hat, seized big water
pitcher and went out OF the back door
into the gloomy night. Ten minutes
later he came stealthily back, took q
big dose OF the medicine, and set thso
pitcher, now about two-thirds full ,,
|on the hall table, while be retir-
led to his study, where he had be-
gun a powerful sermon on 'eI'be,
Evils OF Intemperance." Soon after,
the pastors sister-in-law, visiting at
the house, saw the beer and concluded
that she didn't feel very well herself.
She drank part of the amber fluid
and sat down. Feeling much improy--
ed, she took another dose of the tonic
Not entirely fit" yet, she imbbea
! still more freely, and finally wounR
up by emptying the entire contents OF
the pitcher down her delicate throat
The result was very surprising, both
to her and to the pastor, who Was
soon ATTRACTED by unusual noises I'M
the hall. He found her waltziDss
around with the empty pitcher claspea
to her bosom for a. partner. She
began to sing and astonished the
divine with a thrilling imitation
OF Lottie Collins in the "Boom-tarrA-
da." Then she began to cry and
laugh, all at the same time, and it re-,
quired the entire household to carry.
the young lady to bed and keep her
there until she went to sleep. The
noise had excited much curiosity in the
neighborhood, but the minister snc-
ceeded in keeping the cause thereof a
secret. He has given up beer as a.
medicine, however, for all time.-Cin-
| cinnati ENQUIRER.
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
RICH POST-HOLES.

Farmer James Dug Them and Us--
earthed Pot OF Ancient Coin,
Jupiter James, a colored farmer
living three miles from Wightsviile, in
Liberty County, Ga., turned up over
$500 in silver recently, and as re-
suit. negroes all over that section Of
the State are out digging, singly and
in parties, looking for more hidden,
treasures. Labor will be demoralizea
for a few days until the effects of
James's good fortune wear off. says,
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
James was digging apost-hole when
his spade struck an obstacle. Digging is
out he found it to be a badly rusted
antique iron pot. Openingit he found
it full of silver coin, somewhat tar
nished. He counted them and found
over $780, Burying the big
receptacle with most of . the
money in it, he went of to
tell of his find and show some of tbs.
coins. For fear OF being robbed he~
claimed that there were but few, but
finally acknowledged the amount
when he found they could not be-.
taken from him.
The coins are French and Spanish
silver of about the year 1856. It IS.
believed that they were buried where
found by Blackboard, the pirate.
shortly before he was captured ON
North Newport River. The James
place IS part of the Sedron place, q
plantation formerly owned by NJ. B.
Milan of Savannah. ~" T.
Search may develop more hidden
silver. Nelson Tiff Hewitt, a prom
inent citizen of Liberty, brought some
of the coins to Savannah. They are
about the size of an American dollar.
nineteen drahms heavier, and appar-
emily Of the purest silver. It is prob
ably that James, if he disposes Of the
money wisely, will be able to ge4
SIS, 900 out of his find.
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
Dressing Poultry.

AS this is the season when our
neighbors are preparing their poultry
for the trade. and like to be convers-
ant with all the new methods of
procedure. we give them one style of
dressing which for cleanliness and
rapidity we have never seen equaled:
To dress fowl with the least trouble
hang it up by the feet so that it will
drop to a convenient height and at
tach a wire hook to the under beak of
the fowl, to which hang a brick
Sever the jugular vein with sharp
knife and proceed to pick holding the
wings with one hand while you pick
with the other. Work quickly Get
most of the feathers off the breast
side with three or four pulls, and
change the wings to the other hand
held across the breast of the fowl and
with a few pulls get most of the
feathers off the back. Grasp one wing
at a time and pull out the long feathers
at a stroke. Then finish picking entirely
before taking down. When done,
chop off the head, take sharp knife
and cut through the skin around the
vent, being careful not to tear the in.
testine. Pull gently aud as the in
testine comes out insert the forefnger
and bring out the intestines rapidly
but do not break them. Get them out
of the gizzard and break off there by
thumb and forefnger and your fowl is
ready for market. If you wish to
make ready to cook. the hole must be
slightly enlarged and the gizzard
pulled out. cut open and the inner
lining removed with all food, gravel,
stc. A slit must be made in the breas,
and the crop removed, which shoulc
be. empty when the fowl is killed
Some people remove the lungs. It i.
not necessary. The heart should bt
removed and washed as some clottee
blood is usually around it. The oper
alton of preparing fowl for marke1
can sometimes be done by an expert il
three minutes. - Midland Poultr,
Journal
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
Why We Are Dyspetic.

A Cincinnati business mann tells the
Times-Star that he has just as
cert.,ined why his stomach is always
"out OF order" The simple reason is
that he gives it no rest. He lunches
between meals, taking now and then a
social drink, and winding up with a
hearty supper and q visit to the club.
Under such programme he adds
"Your stomach is never given g rest,
and you finally began to take patent
nostrums just because you see them
advertised for every ailment under
the sun. By the time you are As you
are an old man, and no physicians
can save you from the horrors of a
tired feeling or aching bones and
sleepless nights. II q person could iol-
low the rule, eat regular meals and
never lunch between, life would be far
more pleasant for most OF u.s." Many
fail from alleged over-work of mind or
body. while in reality the cause is an
over-worked stomach. That is why
we are known as 3 nation OF dys.
peptics.
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
He Didn't Know,

School Mistress Come here, Char
lie, and let me hear you reelte Your
lesson, Why, what is the matters.
What are you crying fore
Charlie-Some OF the big boys mads
me kiss q little girl out in the school
yard. Boo hoo!
why, that is outrageous. Why
did you not come right to me?'' !.
'' --l-didn't know that you would.
let me kiss you.'' #
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
!. Winter Quarters for Hor..

Several years ago writer for the
Breeders Gazette put up quite an ex-
tensive hog house, planned according
to his best ideas at the time. The
rooms where the hogs slept were not
large and had a plank floor raised
from the ground. Wishing to test the
new building he kept one lot Of hogs
in Q portion OF it md put Oh equal
pumbeT in cheap structure with 4
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12

pected TO snow q d1nerence OF several
dollars in favor Of keeping the bunch
of hogs il the large house, but to his
surprise those outside did rather the
best. He says: Our mum Der of hogs
increasing, we have for some winters
past been obliged to seek temporary
quarters for the overplus Each win
ter we have kept hogs in a lot in which
was q movable square pen made Of
common lumber, the sides eight feet
in length and about five feet in height,
with a board roof. These hogs slept
on the ground and were given rea-
sonable amount of straw bedding
They came out into the snow to eat
out Of q trough in the open air. An
imals kept in this way have uniformly
done well both in healthfulness and
gain for food consumed. 1ya
The arrangement that has suited
me best is the result of an accident.
Owing to the overplus we were obliged
to make use of a lean-to about fifty feet
in length and fifteen feet in width,
having dirt floor. From this shed
the hogs passed by gates to feeding
floor in the main barn where troughs
were arranged for economical feeding
The hogs were kept in the lean-to-
except at feeding time. This was ,di-
vided into two parts by partition
and each part further divided into
two parts by a plank six or eight
inches in width set edgeways. In one
of the apartments straw was placed
for the hogs to sleep on, and the other
was where the droppings accumulated.
The ceiling was about nine feet in
height. Each week the droppings
were carefully cleaned out; this done
the old bedding was all thrown over
into the space where the droppings
accumulate and fresh bedding sup.
piled. The lean-to is double boarded
with building paper between go that
there are no draughts. Windows high
up are kept open. sometimes only one
or two, usually most of them, all win
ter long.
Now our expensive hog house never
proved entirely satisfactory for often
animals are ailing. the most common
trouble being in dragging of the hind
quarters. In our outside cheap sheds
and in the lear-to described the ami
mails have at all times done remarka-
bly, we'll, there being surprisingly
small amount of ailments and each
animal showing thrift and content
ment.
AS result of our experience we are
about to tear down that part of the
main hog house which has heretofore
furnished the sleeping quar- ters and tc
| rebuild. We shall now build a room
about fifteen feet in width, the length
of the building This will be divided
| crosswise into pens about fifteen feet
in width. Eight of these pens will be
a place for sleeping, and six or seven
for space for droppings. I assure
you there will be no plank floor in
this room, but instead layer of clean
straw resting on dry earth. Along
the south side will be series of win
dows arranged to give an abundance
of light, sunshine, and ventilation
from the frequent cleansing out OF
the space where the droppings accu-
mulate the ground becomes lowered
and the hogs root little where the
bedding is placed. Each fall few
wagon-loads of earth should be thrown
in to keep the ground up level.
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
Home Hints.

Home Hints.
Persons of defective sight, when
threading a needle, should hold it
over something white, by which the
sight will be assisted.
A beautiful smile on the female
countenance has been compared to the
sunshine on the landscape, it embel-
fishes an inferior face and redeems an
ugly one. ~.-.
Cheap, impure articles of toilet soap
should not be used; it is very injurious
| to the complexion. If the face and
hands are powdered with corn starch
each time after washing them it tends
! to keep them smooth
Black lace will resume much of it's
pristine beauty if washed in thick
suds made of tar soap. The lace must
be allowed to dry without rinsing, as
the tar ilnparts a slight stiffness,
which is very desirable. "
| It is great mistake to makea large
tea biscuit Properly speaking, o tea
biscuit should not be more than two
inches in diameter and proportionate-
/ ly thick when baked. This gives a
delicate, moist faky biscuit which
will be cooked through before the out
side crust has become hard or over
brown.
A new household implement which
will delight those who have suffered
the annoyance Of putting down d
modern carpet at home with the old
time carpet stretcher and tack hammer
-. IL -
The Princeton union., 1893-01-12
Farm Notes.

Success is not made in farming now
without more or less planning ahead.
The horse thai has steady work
every day is best able to stand hard
work.
The knowledge of how to sell farm
products will come largely from ex-
perience ~ 49,.
On plowed land there is very little
loss of manure applied in winter by
teaching.
Do what is necessary to be done in
good season; there is often much loss
in delay.
On many Western farms there should
be less plow land and more meadows
and pastures.
A complete failure rarely falls to
the lot of really good farmer wit b
any one crop.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21
BRECKENRIDGE-POLLARD CASE.
Breckenridge Will Stand For Reelection
Denying Miss Pollard's Charges.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. l3.-The
States Washington special says: Con-
gresham Breckenridge will return to
Kentucky within the next 10 days and
stand for reelection. He will take
the stump next summer and make a
fight on Miss Pollard's charges and deny
absolutely that he is the father of her
children. He will try to prove that
he never introduced Miss Pollard to
to Mrs. Luke P. Blackburn as his future
wife, and that the latter never so
stated to General Duke or anybody
else. Miss Pollard is meanwhile
calmly awaiting the trial and says she
has many witnesses high in the social
world here ready to testify that Brock
enridge not only publicly stated that
she was to be his wife but introduced
her to them as his bride. The only
compromise she would take is that
Breckenridge shall sign her complaint
and thus acknowledge the truth of
these charges She receives daily
letters from all parts of the coun-
try expressing sympathy and tender
ing assistance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21
RIO JANERIO BOMBARDED.
THE REBELS MOVE ON THE FORTS IN
THE HARBOR.
The Government Controls All News Going
Out But Enough Is Learned to Indicate
That the Rebels Are Getting the
Best Of the Fight.

ROME, Sept. 13.-The Italian gov
eminent has received dispatch from
Rio de Janerio dated yesterday saying
that Admiral Demellos informed the
press Representatives of the powers
that the vessels of the insurgents
squadron would open fire upon the
city's defenses after o'clock this morn
ing wednesday,. The forts in the
bay would first be attacked separately
it is believed, and upon the result of
this bombardment the future of the
rebels would be decided. In conse-
quence of this announcement arrange
ments have been made to send over
foreign war ships and merchant yes
sells at Rio to take position outside the
line of fire. A British gunboat was to
leave the bay of Rio de Jauerio at an
early hour this morning in order to
warn all in coming vessels to stay off
the coast until the fate of Rio is
learned.
Much anxiety is expressed in Rio,
for in spite of dispatches sent out by
the Brazilian government, doubts are
expressed as to the loyalty of forts on
the bay. The government, however,
is confident that the garrisons of the
forts are loyal and the troops in the
city proper will support the present
authorities, even if the forts surrender.
The successful manner in which the
governments police and troops re-
pulsed the two previous attacks upon
Nicthenoy are cited as evidence that
the rebels will meet with warm re-
ception on all sides. There are people,
however, who doubt the truth of the
story OF the engagement between the
rebels and the governments defenders
and remind people that the report
came from the government side of the
question. That the rebels have a
large number of sympathizers in
Rio de Janerio is a fact
admitted even by the gov
eminent, for they give that
for an excuse for suspending tele-
graphic communication outside of
Rio.
Ii further evidence of the govern
ment's distrust of everybody is needed
it is furnished in the securing of pri-
vate letters and all dispatches by the
government officials. All mail for sus-
pected persons is opened, read and de-
stroyed if the government thinks it
advisable to do so. President Peixoto's
government has scouting parties and
troops all along the bay.
The entrance to the bay is plated
with torpedoes. The torpedo. strewn
entrance is guarded by Fort Santa
Cruz and by a fort on Sugar Loaf
rock. Admiral de Mellos is said to
have tried to pursuade the garrison of
the forts to join causes with the rebels
and met with refusal. This story also
came from the government source.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
Much Suffering Among Homssssksrs by Rsa
son Of Stringent Rules.

ARKANSAS CITY, Sept. 10. A
hundred degrees of heat in the shadd
the air filled with suffocatiug dust and
one of Kansas noted hot winds blow
ing across the parched prairies were
The severe conditions the boomers
along the line were forced to endure
today. Some could not stand it and
succomed, some rallied, others died.
Over so were overcome with heat here,
most of them being among those
standing in line before the registration
booths. OF those stricken six died
while others are in a dangerous condi-
ton.
At Caldwell there were 80 sunstruck.
Two died at Orlando. Twenty two
sunstrokes are reported and two
deaths at Hennessy, Indications are
that tomorrow will be repetition of
today. The crush at the registration
booths here is so great that from now
on they will be Kept open "a hours,
with day and night forces of clerks.
So far 42,S00 certificates have been
issued.
The crowd coming into town is stu
pendous and is being augmented
hourly. Registration at the booths
goes on very slowly, and If the crowd
on hand now is to be registered many
more clerks will be needed. The
whole system is characterized by
boomers as inhuman and unnecessary.
This morning a large force Of depu-
ties was sent to the different booths to
drive off the gamblers congregated
and who still ply their trade among
the innocent boomers. Indignation
against them is becoming strong, and
unless they soon cease their operation
trouble will surely result.
At 3 o'clock this morning a serious
fight took place near the booths. Al
gambler drove out with two women TO
see the sights. A couple of drunken
soldiers took after the women and
their companion attempted to defend
them. He took q bottle OF
whisky out of his pocket
and proceeded to beat one of the SOL
diers over the head. The soldies tried
to get his revolver, but not succeeding
the other soldier commenced to shoot
wildly. He created panic among the
boomers, who fled in all directions.
The sheriff got in the line Of the bui-
let's and his horse was killed. Officers
and other troops coming up secured
the drunken soldiers. Three men died
this morning at the booths of ex-
haustion.
The sooners are trying to get in,
their work again. At ORLANDO today
soldiers brought 53 sooners into camp
and more are reported concealed along
the streams in the forbidden land.
The men captured yesterday protest
that they crossed the border in good
faith. They all bear certificates of
registration and claimed that they
thought the certificates entitled them
to enter the strip and take up home
steads.
Their story was not credited and
they were deprived of their certificates
and will not be permitted TO take up
land.
Reports from saltwater are that
hundreds are arriving every hour, and
it is said that since Monday the crowd
has been almost as large as here. A
band of Texans left there today and
came to Orlando, hoping to register
more quickly, but were disappointed,
and in the afternoon put their horses
on the cars and went to Arkansas
City.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21
Frederick L. Ames Dead.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Frederick l..
Ames, vice.president OF the Old Colony
railroad and millionaire, was found
dead this morning in state room of
the Fall River steamer Pilgrim. Mr..
Ames left Boston last evening to at
tend a meeting of the Union Pacific
railway directors in this city today.
He had died sometime during the
night. The cause of death was apo
plexy. Frederick Lathrop Ames was
one of Boston's wealthiest capitalists.
He was born in Northeastern Massa-
chusetts, June Is, 1885, began com
mercial career in 1855, and it has been
SO fruitful that he is popularity be-
lieved to be worth $25,000,000. Mr..
Ames had immense interests in rail
road stocks and it is said he was di-
rector in 60 railroads.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21
TIRED OF LIVING.
Cashier Of the First National Bank Of Mar
shall Attempts Suicide.

Special to the Statesman.
MARSHALL, Tex, Sept. 13.-B. w.
Long, cashier of the First National
bank, shot himself through the left
breast with suicidal intent at 1890
this afternoon. The weapon used was
32-caliber revolver. The wound is
dangerous. The act was committed at
his residence, which he entered
through window. He was at the
bank until 10 o'clock and was in good
spirits. He was rational after the
shooting and said he did not think of
suicide until he reached home. He
was sorry he made bad job of it. He
left note to his wife, who was away,
saying his accounts at the bank were
all right, but he was tired of living.
E. Fry, president of the bank, said
his accounts were all right,
and at his request com.
mittee examined them and
reported the following: Mr.. w. b.
Long, cashier of the First National
bank, has attempted suicide. To set
at rest any doubt that might arise as
to his accounts at the bank we state
that we, the undersigned, at the re-
quest of the First National bank, hav-
ing examined his books and counted
the cash in the bank, find the same all
there and correct in every particular.
We also state that Mr.. Long has sew
eral hundred dollars to his credit and
notes payable to his order amounting
to several thousand dollars.
The bank remained open half an
hour after the usual time this evening.
Long was considered safe and reli-
able and was prominent in business
circles. He is still alive.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21
Wrong In Accounts.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 13.-It devel-
oped today at the meeting OF supreme
officers Of the Knights and Ladies OF
Honor that Frank d. Macbeth, former
supreme officer and present cashier to
Treasurer j. +. Mcbride, has disap-
peared. A committee examined his
books. Treasurer Mcbride says the
books have been investigated as far
back as two years and found straight,
and any discrepancy must exist further
back than that. The treasurer, under
bond of 800, 1000, will make good any
losses to order. Macbeth lives in this
city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-21
Court Of Civil Appeals Decisions.

Special to The Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 13.-The new
court of civil appeals for the Fourth
district today handed down the fol-
lowing decisions:
A. Schloss VS.. Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railway, motion to affirm
judgment on certificate; overruled and
certificate dismissed.
A. Schloss VS.. Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railway, from Ell Paso;
affirmed.
John H. Bolton vs. City of San An
tonic; dismissed.
City of Ell Paso VS.. J. F. Dickens;
dismissed.
Arson Mills ct al. VS.. George Pane,
writ of error; dismissed.
Arson Mills ct al. VS.. VIM. Cameron
" Co., from Ell Paso, writ of error, dis
missed.
Arson Mills ct al. VS. o. II. Bassett,
writ of error; dismissed.
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass Rail.
way company VS.. N. Il. Wilson, re-
versed.