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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-07

I planted with the Ferguson COmbI1atlo1 FIaaTeF JWs IT - p = 3
acres of CurnipS. had some doubt as 70 its sowing IurLlpo, pI ouh
| was mistaken. All Of the abOve-nam'd seed came. up as wei as
planted 10y ha d and as regularly. would sy % Ne IN !" y EuG Th
an, you viii be pleased. SIgneO ~
October 3, 1892.
Tho Foronson Combination Planter was used on my farm this year.
think il isa yod implement. and will please any one who may bu- CLt
September 10, 1892. CSIgned)
I used the Ferguson Combination Planter on my princeton IarH Ia
year. It did the work nicely and with entire satisfactory ", 1vo
October II, 1892 Gignedl
JRING co, Murfreesforo, n, G. 4"
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steam table, In which dozen small
kettles are sunk. In these kettles the
cream is heated and worked'to a thick
smooth liquid, viscidly adherent to what
ever Is thrust within it. -
Two girls at. one end of the steam
table are dipping walnuts. One has
pile of kernels at her elbow, twisted
loop of wire in her hand. She lays a
kernel on the loop, dips it down under
the thick, pink surface Of her kettle,
withdraws It, and drops It on coarse
sieve beside her. One swift, deft turn
of wrist and fingers has done 1t all.
The nuts now 60 to her companion;
they are shapeless oblong bits, the yell
low skin showing here and there
through the pink jacket. Each is again
set in looped wire, goes down again
into the thick pinkness, and comes up
nearly doubled in size. A quick wrist
motion sets 1t on a white paper, where
other pink bonbons stand in rows. The
loored wire, though, Is not abruptly
withdrawn. Instead it slips along up to
the top, drawing the warm candy with
It in two faint horns, then is turned
slowly over and is taken away, leaving a
truly artistic curlicue by way of finish.
The process is the same with all
creamed nuts, also with creamed dates.
Glace bonbons, all except the very
Finest, are Grst nodded in starch. It is
made as fine as dust and packed smooth
and hard in light wooden trays. Next
the plastic shapes or molds, made fast
to strips of wood, are pressed down into
this fine packed starch, where they leave
perfect imprint. Into. these 'prints"
candy warm enough to be fluid is poured
quickly and left to harden.
As soonas the candies have 'set" the
trays pass into the drying room, which
Is heated by steam to a degree that
evaporates some of the water in the
syrup and forms hard outer crust. The
trays are taken out of the room again as
soon as that point is reached. When
they are thoroughly cold the bonbons
are picked out and lard in tray of
wire netting. Then a man with a huge
bellows plays upon them until all this
white dusty starch blanket Is blown
away. Next they are crystalized, which
is accomplished by spreading them out
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18
To Seek the North Pole.

The Norwegian explorer, DR.. Frid.i
iof Nansen, is about to start on another
expedition in search of the North Pole.
He returned in 1889 from 8 remarkable
voyage across Greenland. DR.. Nansen
recently came from Norway to London.
where he has lectured before the Royal
Geographical Society on his proposed
expedition The explorer is over six
feet tall, finely built and Of the ideal
scandinavian type. In speaking OF the
proposed voyage recently he said he
should be in absolute command of every
body on board, scientists included. He
will leave Norway in June, revictual at
Nova Zembla, and sometime in July start
for the Kara Sea, skirting the Siberian
coast as far as the mouth Of the River.
Lena, from which point he will steer
north until pack ice renders further nav
igation impossible. Then he will ram
the ship as far into the ice IS possible
and remain for the winter. he expects
to be gradually taken by the ice foes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18
Steamships of the World.

The new list of the merchant marine,
compiled by the Bureau Veritas, gives
the following statistics concerning the
great ocean steamship companies of the
world.
The British India of Glasgow and the
British India Steam Navigation Com
pany and the British India Associated
Steamers-all one concern-head the
list with 1O2 steamships. Their aggre.
gate measurement is 239, 9,635 tons.
Next comes the Peninsular and Orien-
tai Steamship Company ("P. and O.")
with thirty.six steamships, representing
ZIG, 1897 tons. The Compagnie des Mes
sageries Maritimes has sixty-one vessels,
whose aggregate tonnage is 2O2, 522.
The fourth on the list is the Norddeut-
scher Lloyd of Bremen. This company
has sixty.six steamers, measuring in all
1917, ,16a tons.
Other important lines are the Naviga,
zione Generate Italina, LOG steamers,
17O,755 tons; the Compagnie Generale
Trausatlantique, &c steamers, 167, 4S7
tons; the Hamburg-American Packet
Company, 56 steamers, 165, Az tons:
the Wilson Line. st steamers, 15S, Os9
tons; the Austrian Lloyd, 73 steamers,
1913, $50 tons; the Allan Line, 80 steam
ers, 123,03S tons; the Spanish Com.
pania Transalantica, "a steamers, "a, 1853
tons; the White Star, 20 steamers, 95,-
$40 tons; and the Cunard, 26 steamers,
IS, ,913 tons.
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Genius and Suicide.

Hayden, the celebrated historical
painter and writer, overcome by debt,
disappointment, end ingratitude, laid
down the brush with which he was at
work upon his last great effort, Alfred
and the Trial by Jury, wrote with q
steady hand "Stretch me no longer upon
this rough world" and then with pis'
tol shot put an end to his unhappy exist
ence.
. Richard Payne Knight, the poet,
Greek scholar, and antiquary, was a
victim of melancholia, and finally de-
stroyed himself with poison.
Burton, the vivacions author OF "The
Anatomy OF MelancholY," who had the
reputation of being able to raise laughter
in any company, however "mute and
mopish," was in reality constitutionally
depressed; and it is believed that he was
at last 80 overcome by his malady that
he ended his life in 6t of melancholy.
Kleist, poet and dramatist, brooded
over suicide, attempted it once uusuc-
cessfully, and finally, by agreement with
Henriette Vogel, who believed herself
affected with an incuratle disease, re-
paired to small Inn near Potsdam,
where they ended their lives together.
Lessmann, the humorous writer, like
Burton, put an end to himself in tit of
melancholy.
Sir Samuel Romilly, man of brilliant
genius, by whose efforts the criminal
laws of England we're remodeled--a
man loved for his sweet nature and up
right manliness-while overcome by
grief at the death of his wife, with his
own hand sought rest beyond. "t
Michael Angelo, after receiving
painful injury to his leg by falling from
a scaffold while at work upon "The
Last Judgment" became so melancholy
that he shut himself in his room, re.
fused to see any one, and "resolved to
let himself die." Fortunately, his in
tentions were frustrated by the celebra-
ted physician Bacio Rontini, who learned
by accident of his condition. Popular
Science Monthly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18
Bull Fighting on the Increase.

Judging by the following summary OF
the past years bull-fghting record IN
Spain, the national sport is certainly
not failing in popularity. The number
of 6rst-class bull fights in important
cities has been 2s9, the bulls killed be-
ing 1894. There have also been SO7
fights of young bulls, In which l4o7
we're slaug Uttered. Two men picadors
were killed. Of the espadas aud ban
derillos sixteen were more or less serious
ly wounded. In each course from six to
eight bulls are done to death, but re-
Gently in Madrid, in fight which ex-
tended two days, eighteen were finished
off. Many of the enthusiastic judge the
merit of the fight by the number of
horses slain. On some days fourteen or
even more are gored to death by the
long horns of the Spanish bulls. The
bull ring in Madrid holds $1,000 specta.
tors, who are still apparently delighted
with the spectacle in which blood flows
plentifully and sged or unsound horses
are disembowelled on sandy arena.-At-
lanta Journal.
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TIE SACRED rRrs.

mida and monuments thousands OF years
old, and dates back beyond the times OF
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Many of the old Egyptian monuments
have hieroglyphics on them, in which
the figure Of this bird is frequently
found. Their mummies, or preserved re-
mains, are also found in old Egyptian
tombs: hence it is called the sacred ibis,
as it must have been an object OF wor-
ship to the ancient Egyptians, who, as
your Bible tells you, were idolators. 1t
seems indeed strange that human beings
should worship mere bird like the ibis,
which is only the size of an ordinary
fowl.-New York Mail and Express.
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used to be skill and sugar. But very
many other things enter into candy "in
de steele" Flowers and fruits add
flavor and fragrance, and color, too, to
sweetness, says the New York Press.
Fine candies are made from the best
double refined sugar. 1t is put, a, bar
rel at time, into big, deep copper ket.
ties. with more or less water, according
to the consistence of the candy to be
made of the syrup. The cooking is done
by steam, which is turned into the
jacket two. thirds high around the ket-
ties and soon has everything inside hiss
ing hot without danger Of burning.
These candy kettles are watched all the
time, and the steam shut off the very
instant the syrup is cooked enough. If
it is to be creamed it goes into the cream
ing mill, where big curved iron arms,
moved also by steam, whirl and toss it
until 1t is a white foamy mass.
Cream is usually 'smade up" on a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18
SKETCHES IN A CANDY FACTORY.

then run through winnowing machine
to remove the hulls. Then the almonds
are put by the bushel into huge conical
copper pots swung at an angle Of forty
FIVE iegrees, and so'arranged as to be
revolved rapidly by steam gearing at
the bottom. Steam also keeps the pot
warm, while thick, white syrup is
poured over the almonds, that are kept
whirling, whirling, until the sugar lies
thick and white all over each. kernel.
After they are creamed, or they are
dipped in chocolate, perhaps both. Fill
berts and Brazil nuts fare the same way.
Very many candies, especially those
of satiny surface, are stamped between
dies. The candy, favored and colored,
lies In long roll on marble slab, with
hooded gas flame to keep It warm
enough to work. It is drawn out to
small round; a quick knife cuts of a
length that the next minute has been
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Letters Paint Oh q Beauty Device.

The Patent Office has granted pat
ent on a device worthy of the ancient
Greeks. 1t is system of er-tapering
and joint-reducing bands. The idea is
to make thimble-shaped bands Of thin
and plant aluminium in sets of various
sizes to fit the fingers and thumbs, and,
by wearing them at night, gradually pro-
duce the slender and taperirg digits SO
much admired by the fashionable half Of
the world. The aluminium bands uro
provided with rings, which are crowded
down on the outside, SO as to compress
the fingers aud drive the blood back to
any desired state of diminutiveness. The
letters patent do not state whether the
use of the new device is attended with
pain or not.-Globc-Democrat
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1 XaspeUomrng more cool and collect

wasDeComing more cool and collect
ed as proceeded, while he showed oil
the symptoms Of intense excitement.
Nor could I blame him. If he was
guilty Of this terrible crime, then it must
seem to him as though the day of judg-
ment had surely arrived.
sMy examination convinced me Of GER
tain things which could be readily proved
should the occasion ever arise.
81 knew that the Doctor had taken the
poison before receiving the stab-wound,
but that it had been given Immediately
after, and that the last spark OF life had
left his body before the poison had had
half a chance to work, so that DR.. Sea-
bury did not die by his own hand, but
was murdered"
I said this in cold, ringing voice. It
was my intention to send the charge
home to his guilty soul like cannon
shot.
He betrayed all the symptoms Of one
who was in mortal fear.
His hands worked convulsively, and
his eyes sought mine again with much
.ne scIe expression In tnen. ~ -,.Gvs
seen In dog as he covers before the
master from whom he expects a whip
ping. ..
I believed I had cornered my game
right here, and that presently would
extort confession that must not only
raise my prowess In the mind OF the great
detective, Mr.. Ketcham, but at the same
time save Leonore.
1t only needed q little more skillful
manipulation and the thing was done.
"This is terrible thing, Doctor, at
last fell from hts lips.
"Yes, indeed, Mr.. Parker. It was bad
enough 20 believe the old man had take
his own life, but is much worse when w
find that some cowardly assassin crept u
behind him and slew him." n
He hid his face in his hands, as his
emotion became too powerful. In my
eyes this vas strong sign Of guilt
Twas about ready to send the final bolt
home. Leaning forward so that I could
watch him closely, while at the same
time my hand slipped around to where
my revolver was hidden. said:
Theodore Parker. what business
fought you to that room on the, night OF
the 1nurder-thst CAUSED you 70 Climb
the vines to the window above? Speak,"
sGreat heavens! Do you believe 1t was
who did this terrible deed?" no sud-
denly asked, showing his face. a:
II have reason to think So"
aBut you do not seem to know my con-
nection there" .
II can guess it-you are Leonore's
lover"
he groaned dismally. ="
@Worse still. l am Abraham Seabury's
son." .. ..
1t was my turn to be amazed. .,
ITO BIB CONTINUED.
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Rose leaves and violets are srystalized
by dropping them for . minute into
boiling hot candy, taking them instantly
out, spreading them very thin and then
sprinkling them with hot sugar-an
altogether tedious and troublesome
process. It is much the some with glace
fruit, save, indeed, that the fruit must
be cooked until clear and sugared all
through.
Creamsd chocolate and glace almonds
all begin the same way. First the nuts
are blanched by scalding in hot water,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18
Fruit and Vegetable Distinction.

Strawberries are fruit; so are toma-
toes, melons and cucumbers. One sug-
cested distinction between a vegetable
and fruit IS that the latter may be eaten
raw, while the former must be cooked,
but that doesn't hold always. Techni-
csllv fruit incloses the seeds of the
plant and is matured overground; plant
growth matured underground is a vege.
table.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser,
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caught betwixt iron jaws and turned to
squares and rounds or what shapes you
please.
Caramels are made from soft sugar
cream and butter, cooked barely enough
to handle aud favored with chocolate,
maple sugar or molasses. The mass Is
stirred soft and graiuy on marble slab,
and then chilled to allow OF cutting into
squares.
Last and best of all let it be set down
that in candy making cleanliness rules.
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fore him of the bigneas of your thumb;
be has also smaller and paler ones gthe
size of peas. Flattening a large one to
thickish round, he lays these small ones
along the middle, bends the two lobes
up together, and behold your pea ped is
ready for its sugar coat.
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hin and shaking hot sugar thickly over

Cn6W.
The bulk of bonbons are dipped in
chocolate. That is what happens nine
times in ten, no matter what the begin
ming. And every bit of chocolate dip
ping is hand work.
Here is some one making young, green
pea pods, true to life in form and color.
He has balls of bright, green candy be.
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Why should ne seek an interview with
her unless he had right to, either as q
lover or something nearer-her husband.
This latter was thought that had not
come to me before.
1t gave me something OF shock.
Hesitating no longer, put the question.
"Miss Leonore, who is Theodore?"
She raised her great black eyes to
mine in a half-dazed way, and I 1ancied
l could see something of pain there.
aDon't you know? cannot tell you
/ dare not tell you, Doctor. 1t would be
displeasing to him"
l came very near uttering something
disrespectful to the dead physician, but
caught myself in time.
"Leonore, in solving q mystery 1t IS
essential that should know this thing.
Believe me, for your own sake tell me
what relation this man Theodore bears
toward you and DR.. Seabury."
II cannot tell you," she said, sadly.
"For the same reason you spoke OF
before?"
ayes. I know his wishes in this mat
ter. Some day you will know all. 1t is
not for me to reveal it. Doctor, you
have been kind to me- Forgive me, but
my lips are sealed by promise-a VOW. !"
That ended it, but was just as fully
determined to discover the truth as
when I had started upon this tack.
There were more ways than one OF
accomplishing thing. Her words had
made me believe more firmly than ever
that Theodore must be her husband.
Perhaps he had done something in the
past and had been kicked out by her
angry guardian.
This would account for many things;
yes, even the writing on the back OF the
photograph, for if Seabury had grown
to fear for his life at the hands Of this
man he could well ascribe it all to
Leonore.
Twas beginning to build up quite q
pretty theory that would soon rival that
Of the old detective.
Then we should see whose castle fell
first.
Having reason. to know how set a
woman could be in her way, did not
attempt to change Leonore's mind.
She believed she was right. I could
find other ways Of learning the truth.
So talked with her on different sub
JoCGS luz d. SuOle uihiCS oAeit A'eAS AVA
forget her late fears.
All the time was reading her. 1twas
q pleasure to me to watch the light come
and 90 In her eyes, and note the blush
upon her cheeks.
I was not so practical as Mr.. Ketcham,
who let nothing influence him.
After spending quite pleasant hall
hour, I arose to withdraw.
In passing through the hall, I felt sure
that saw the form of Mr.. Ketcham at
the head of the stairs, but did not pay
any attention to the fact.
Possibly he had come back to the
house for more evidence. While he was
winding the spool, was just as indus
triously slipping it loose, and between us
it seemed simply question OF time OF
endurance when something must happen.
When I left Leonore, my mind was
made up. Ny next endeavor would be
to find Theodore himself.
From him perhaps might learn the
truth.
There seemed to be no clue to his
place OF residence, as he had received his
letter through the general delivery at
the postofice.
I took it out again to look at 1t.
Then my eye was attracted BY some
thing that seemed to have escaped 1t on
my previous examination.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18

The Mark Lane Express says: "We
hear that the millers of T Bordeaux,
France, are complaining strongly of the
inferior quality of American (1s92) red
winter wheat"
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He-"Miss Acknowledgements! I
may call you Margaretta, mayn't II
Margarettal That name; so full of love:
and romance! So"
Female Voice from Above-"Magt
You M-a.a.g! Tell that young man
that it is time to 60 home. PUCK.
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CANDY MAKING.
eTORY OF HOW ALL KINDS OF
sWEETMEATS ARE
A Barrel OF Sugar for One Kettle
tul of Cream-Deft Fingers
Make Pretty and De-
licious "Goodies."

BE art and
mystery Of
candy max
ing is one
that in for
mer days
was e easily
summed up.
It's essen
tial elements
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It is said that about 1000 gross of
pens are produced from ton of steel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-18

You have all read about Egypt, that
ancient country which has its great pyra-
The Forrest City times., 1893-03-03
Notice OF Confirmation Of Tax Sales.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the fol-
IN lowing described tract of land lying ia
the county of st. Francis, State of Arkansas,
tO-wit:
NV il sec 80 is n. "a @, 100 acres was sold for
non payment of taxes at the time fixed by
law in the year 1886, when the undersigned
purchased the same for the taxes penalty and
cost charged against it. to-vit: AOo aud said
land not h avin1 been redeemed, according to
law. on the 4th day of May. 1888, I. q. Fitz-
patrick. the county clerk OF said county OF ST.
Francis, State of Arkansas, rs such county
clerk executed a deed of conveyance accord
ing to law, conveying the said land 10 the UNI
dersigned by tax deed Of that date duly execu-
ted and acknowledged by said county clerk,
and the undersigned claims title to said land
by virtue of said tax deed which is recorded
in said county in Book %, Page 900
NOTICE is also hereby given that the fol-
IN lowing described tracts of lands in the
county of st. Francis, State OF Arka nsas, were
sold for the non-payinent OF taAes at the time
fixed by law in the year 1886. when Mrs. 5. A.
Gurley purchased each tract separa tely for
taxes, penalty and cost charged against II TO-
wit:
9 1-2 of NV IA sec 80 t s rae, so acres 1890
Ne IA of NV IA sec 80 5 n, r e, 40 acres A.G0
And the said Mrs. 5. A. Gurley having duly
assigned her certificates of sales of the tracts
of lands aforesaid and all her right. title and
interest thereon to the undersigned and none
of sasd land having been redeemed, Laugh
inghouse, the county clerk of said county OF
ST, Francis, In the State of Arkansas as such
county clerk on the 10Th day OF February lS93,
executed deeds of conveyance for each tract
separately according to law, conveying all of
said lands 10 the undersigned by tax deeds or
that date duly executed and acknow lodged by
said county clerk. and the undersigned claims
title TO said lands by virtue of said tax deeds,
30 executed by said county clerk,
which are recorded in said county, in Book "a,
Pages % and IS.
Now all persons who can set up any right or
claim to the said lands or any of them 80 pur-
chased and conveyed to the undersigned in
consequence OF any informality, irregularlty
or illegality connected with such tax sales
and tax deeds are notified to appear at the
October term. 1898, of the Circuit Court of St.
Francis County, Ark. which court convenes
on the 18th day OF October, 1898, and show
cause ifany they can w by said tax sales and
tax deeds should not be confirmed.
j. u. STERN,
JOHN GATLING. Attorney.
Forrest City, Ark Feb. %, 1898.
The Forrest City times., 1893-03-03
Notice Of Confirmatio OF Tax Sales

JOHN GATLING. Attorney. =
Forrest City, Ark Feb. %, 1898.