Springvale Advocate from Springvale, Kansas • 3

Springvalo and Neighborhood. BANK OF SPRINGVALE JpRINGYALE JDYOCATB. LL'TIIKR MONTl'Olll). KIHTOH, aro also coiiHiuereil a very pleasant accessory to tlio table sliced thin 'after boiling, put into a saucepan with bits of butler, dredged with tloiir, seasoned with pepper, and stew soft without water. Will tho Canal 1n FIiiInIiciI.

CHARLES A. TAYLOK, Proiidont, II. L. FELL, Vice President, J.l.MElUlITT,CuUlor. CAPITAL, 50,000 Lt 'sLAliS.

jpr lr A onaral Banking Business, In nil its brunches, transacted. Monoy to loan on short tfnio. Money to lonn on lonr time on rcal-ontuto. SPUING VALE, KANSAS. SPRINGVALE HOTEL.

P. LOWRY, PROPRIETOR. GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS. Board by Week $4.00. Day Board from $1 to $2.

Meals, 35 Cents. GOOD BEDS AITD. ROOMS. HUGHEY Real Estate Dealers TO PL1SAS13 Till' PAL AT 13. Tim MniWn lluibcouti In Old Vli-fflulu, Two ltublillH unit Out) OpoHMim Hup-pluutlng tho Ox.

Tho Table, having personally assisted a barboeuo in old Virginia lately, will bo glad to givo tho modus operandi. This was not tho grand barbecuo of an ox, as In tho golden days of tho Old Dominion, nor a hog barbecued whole, stuflod. with spices and basted with lino old rum or Madeira, such as Popo refers to, regarding one of tho most eminent gourmands of the day: Oldflcld, with more thnn lmipy throat ondu'd, Ciii'N, "Scud uio, tfuds, il wliolo iiotf bui bo-cued." Two rabbits and ono opossum were bivrbeeuod according to tho old rogi-mcn, delicately, as is consistent with their tender, sweet flesh, lleforo tho carcasses wore all prepared for cooking llioro wero made in the ground three trenches, ono for each, and fires of wood wero allowed to blaze until thoro wero throe beds of live coals; meantime, while waitingfor the smoko and blaze to expire, ouch of the animals was gashed with sharp knives, in strokes half an inch apart. Several small slats of wood are placed across each pit, over the live coals beneath. Then a mixture is niado called "the seasoning" consisting of all sorts of spices, onion if liked, vinegar, peppor, salt, and brandy, or whatever liquor is preferred, giving a high flavor.

Pour this slowly and carefully over the animals, so that none escapes, passing through tho gashes and gradually saturating tho flesh while roasting. The hed of coals should bo carefully investigated, that there may bo no smoky pieces of wood smoldering to destroy the The barbecue is eaten with black currant jelly. The niodo of putting a turtle to death must be imagined. Such reflections aro unpleasant, but tho ancient chronicler insists that it must bleed three hours before it is dissected. Tho back shell is divided from tho under shell.

The fins, liver, heart, kidneys, are carofu lly washed and placed in a pan of cold water tho liver by itself. Then cut out all the flesh from the two shells and remove tho bones. Cut tho eallipce the meat belonging to the under shell into pieces of good size, and break tho shell. The calli-pasli, next to the back shell, may be cut smaller; the green fat into pieces two inches square. Put ail the meat into a large pan, sprinkle it slightly with salt, and cover it over.

Scald the shells and fins until all the adhering meat is easily removed, as it is worth saving, lteniove the dark skin from tho lias and lay them in cold water. Place in the pot tho coarser pieces of Hcsli with the bone, add a pound of cold ham cut up and eight large calves' feet well singed and scraped. A knuckle of veal may be' a substitute. Add four sliced onions, a large bunch of basil, a dozen blades of mace, and a saltspoonful of Cayenne. The ham will produce sufficient salt.

Cover tho whole with water and let it simmer steadily for fivo hours, well skimmed. Then strain all through a sieve into a deep pan. Cleanse tho pot and return the strained soup to it, with tho liver, cut into small pieces, sonio of the finest moat, and a portion of the croon fat. Have in readiness three dozen force-meat balls tho size of a walnut, made with tho usual proportions of minced veal, mace, breadcrumbs, butter, grated lemon-peel, nutmeg, anil beaten yolk of eggs. Let these boil in tho soup an additional hour; also tho eggs of the turtle or some hard-boiled yolk of eggs; then add the juico and grated yellow rinds of two lemons and a pint of fine sherry; boil tho soup for fifteen minutes longer, gently, hi tho meantime stew in another pot the finest of the turtle meat, seasoned with a little salt and Cayenne and a liberal quantity of sweet marjoram leaves, rubbed line; with powdered mace and nutmeg, add a pound of fresh butter, cut in pieces and rolled in Hour.

Having stewed an hour, put in the green fat and add tho juice and grated yellow rind of two moro and two pints of sherry; st.ew gently for an hour longer. In tl'-ie meantime take tho shell from the back, carefully washed and dried, lay a band of pufl paste all around tho vnside, two inchef below and above, and fill it with the stewed turtle; it must be elevated from the floor of the oven a nd th.en baked until browned. The oup occupies a place in tho tureen at the other end ol the table, and for entrees the fins stewed tender in a little of the soup, and the liver fried in butter. This rather elaborate recipe is for a turtle of moderate size, or for anything else, for our modern ediefs arc-not inferior to the ancients. Give them a turtle, a partridge or peacock, a veal-cutlet or beefsteak, and they will dish you up something so savory that the palate will bo delighted and the wit befogged.

According to Sam Slick: "Veal to be good must look like anything else but veal. You mustn't know it when you see it, for it's vulgar; mutton must be too; beef must have a mask on; anything that looks light cut with a knife; anything that looks solid take a spoon to; if a thing looks like fish, you take youi oath it's flesh; if it seoms flesh it's sure to be fish, nothin' must bo natural. This is a manufacturing 'country; everything is done by machinery, and that that ain't must bo made to look like it, and I must say the dinner machinery is perfect." Carrots aro considered extremely nutritious, particularly when made in-a soup. Tho proper way to make it is to remove the fat from a piece of fresh beef, seasoned with a very little salt and pepper, allowing a small quart of water to each pound. Grate half a dozen or more large carrots on a coarse grater, and put thorn to boil in the soup with some other carrots; perhaps three will bo sufficient; cut into two-inch-long pieces.

When the beef is boiled to rags and has left tho bone pour off the soup from the sediment, transferring it to a tureen, and sending it to tablo with bread eut into iU A simpler manner is to use carrots in winter boiled and forced into a pulp through a sieve into sonic good, not too strong, stock. It must be remembered that carrots need more boiling than any other vcgetablo. Small young carrots need half an hour, lar-ccr ones from one to two hours. These Editor Advocate. Having learned that you are publishing a paper for the good and benefit of our part of the county.

It is nothing more than right and proper that you know we appreciate your enterprise. Mr. llughey, one of our enterprising residents hero, is doing what he can in aid of the town and the surrounding ueighberhood. Some parts of the county are wrapt up in self so much that they do not know, or do not. seem to know anything about Springvale township.

We will say one thing on the eve of election for the re-location of the county sent, we are solid for Pratt. Tho drouth cut our corn crop short, but some farmers in this vicinity raised enough to do them. Those who put in crops early and attended to plowing it well, have corn, Farmers take heed. Messrs. Stiles Pros, have a good store hero, well supplied with almost any thing a community want.

They haye their share of patrontage. What we need i3 a good hardware and implement house. A good blacksmith could do well here. Our worthy trustee seems to be doing well fhiancialy he sold $1,000 worth of horses and mules last week, lie has more of that kind on baud for sale. The order of the day among farmers is breaking sod and old ground 4'or corn and oats.

The acreage will be large. Sabbath school is well attended. Our elHc'ent superintendent, Mr. Prechtel, attends to his duties well. Prayer meeting every Sabbath at 11.

A. m. Itev. Prow of Cleveland, Kansas, preaches every month. Mr.

Prechtel will move into our township the first of March. We welcome him. We feel sorry to loose Mr. Charles Paull. Our loss will be Banner township's gain.

We are sorry to write of the poor health of Mr. L. W. Stiles. He states that he will have to seek some other climate for his peculiar disease dyspepsia.

We mean it is a peculir kind. We do hope he may be fortunate enough to find some iemedy to suit his case. We are very sony for him. Some in our reighborhood have the Oli'ahoma fever, and will go there it it is opened soon. There has been some sickness in the neighborhood.

Nothing seiious. Porn, to Mr. and Mrs. Green, a bate. It is a male or female sure.

Porn to Mr. pnd Mrs. Monlford. a fine boy, of which its pa and ma ae very proud. It is their first boy; why should they not feel proud.

Mr. who has been rJUcted with soie eyes most of the winter, has recovered so far as to be able to attend to duties ou the fa- m. Stock look well, to lake the limited amount of feed into consideration. We look for an early sprug. If we do, grass will be here soon, as the ground is very moist.

Cttizen. Ben-ner'i Prophecies for 1838. Sam el Lenner, au Ohio farmer, who Iipt gained considerable notoriety through tne newspapei his of "uture events, and who a few yeurs ago pub'isiied a small volume on the ups and downs of prices, which had a gnat sale has now commur icated to ihd Ileal Estate Journal, of New his p'ophecies for the year 1SS8, iu wi Hi he sa vs "This 18S8, being the closing year in this cycle of low prices- seven yews from 1831 is the golden opportunity to commence the foundation to a busbess. there is an benefit to be derived a knowledge of these cycles in it w'll be iu king ad vantage tuem. "Young men who are about to commence their business career should embrace their present opportunity.

There are but few of tiicse cbeuces in an ordinary life. It requires about ten years to complete an up and down in general trade. "When the depressions which fol.ow commercial crises reach their lowest limit, as determined by these price cycle3, they afford the best opportunities for invertmeut, and the height of speculative eras are the most dangerous periods to make a commencement in any enterprise. 'This is the opportunity for investors to open a mine, to build a furnace, to erect a m'll, to build a ship, to equip a railroad, and to make investments in agricultural, commercial, and industrial opeiations. 'George Peabody lead the foundation for his fortune by buying American securities in one of our commercial depressions." The school entertainment at the Turkey creek school-house in Barber county, on Wednesday evening last, was a grand success.

The Messrs. Jayne and O. E. Lamport helped the children out with some character songs ihat brought down the house. The teacher, Mr.

Ewart has given good sat-f action. Ihe prediction of the "goose bone" last fall, regarding the hard winter, has been fulfilled and now every prediction and sign points to a good, prosperous crop year. A big crop in Kansas this year means an increase of on every acre of land in tho south-west. Those of you who are thinking of selling should figure ou this, and parties who are thinking of buying should get in their work soou. Acnts for the sale of Have for sale or PUUMSIIIil) EVKUY 8ATUHDAY.

LOCAL. AND PERSONAL. J. W. llusrhey went to Lamed on business, Monday.

Mrs. Northup and Mrs. Mays, of Hichland township, were iu town Sunday. school at Sprlngvale school house every Sunday at 11 o'clock A. at.

Everybody should k- L. A. Hoffman, editor of the Attica Advocate, last week purchased the Lake Cily Prairie Dog for his son. W. It.

Kalstnn and Mr. Adams of l'latLtook dinner in town Tuesday. They were on their way to Ashland. There la to bo a baptizing at Soldier creek next Sunday. We understand there will bo about thirty baptized.

-We wish to impress upon our eastern readers the fact that the southern portion of Pratt county did not haye a failure of crops last Our farmers raised feed their stock pud much grain to sell. -Mr. and Mrs. T. ii.

Holmes, Mr. and Mis. of Spring creek, Mrs. Taylor of Pratt and Mis. Kinch were all pleasant ca'lers at the Goodrich cattle ranch Sunday.

Jim Meiritt also stud his in at the door for a few minutes. D. 11. Locke, so widely a'ld popu-lar'y known rs Petroleum V. Xashy, died at his residence in Toledo, Ohio, on Wednesday, February oth.

Xasby's leiteis fioni the -'Confederit Roads' ill be missed by the great reading Amencan public. He wes born September iOth 1SCJ. We are to have a first class The shop is now under course of el ection and is located jutit west of the livery stable. J. W.

Kurt ram has the contract and says it wi'l be ready for occupancy by the last of the week. Mr. Young is the b'acksmith and says he will be ready for work Monday. Ho I you erslern farmers wno are laboring yerr after year endeavo 'ing to entice crops to grow ou those hills of the eastern end m'ddie states, whee thasoil is only an inch or two deep and you have to skim the ground in order to keep from turning the unproductive clryontop come to Pi alt county and locate net.r Spi'iii3'yale. Here we have a splendid, black, sandy loam from ten to twciuy feet deep and you can put your plow down to the beam without any danger of turning up clay, and without auy danger of brerk'ng your ribs through the plow point striking a rock or a root.

You down eaters, whose i 'bs are covered with bruises-, and the sk'n of whose stomachs is ps hard as sole-leather and glossy as glass, mt-de so by the sympathetic action of the flow-handles when the point strikes stones and roots, come to Kansas. Mr. Lowiy hands us the ten commandments of-the hotel. 1st. Tnou glial pay the landlord all that thou owest h'en.

2nd. Thou shalt not steal from him for lie has liolh'ng to lose. 3rd. Thou shalt not injure furniture or thou shalt pay cierly therefor. 4).

Thou shaft not court his cham-berma'dsnor make love to his cooks. 5th. Thou shalt not bc'Iow I ke an ox to distil the land lord or his guests. Oth. Thou shalt not delay the waiters for they have many to attend.

7th. Thou shalt not drink strong drinks for this is a temperance horse. Thou shalt not leave thy money at home nor come short one eut for he will not hold thee guiltless the eof. 9th. Thou shaU not come here to complein of the of ray nval hotel, neither to do same by lis.

10th. Thou shalt remember ihe Sat-bath day and keep it holy and come to bieakCast when the bell rings. TO OUR EASTERN READERS. Spring vale's prospects ai as good as those of any town in the we st. We aie not a trading point in the midst of a country still to be settled, whose fei til-ny is sail to be levied by the plow and the hoe but we are in the midst of a country that has been settled and farmed for the past eight or ten years.

Fourteen yeas ago settlers came in on the timbered cieeks south of town and ten yeats ago settleis began ground ou the prairie uplands. year the Mulvane branch of the C. k. W. penetrated this country, and the town of Spi ingyale was started.

Being in a rich, fertile conntiy where man had ah eacly demonstrated that frvming and stock raisi n.i? would pay a iid pay well, she built rapidly horn the sta' and -s still on the onward march of progress. Now is the time to come and see us and invest in the best country thai lies out of doors. True we will look better a few weeks from now, when the warming rays of the spring-time sun has awakened nature's latent eneif.ies, covered the grass lands w'th its carpet of green and caused the planted cereals to send forth their tender shoots: but now is the time for you to come, so you can secure your land, put in your crop and be on an equal footing with your neighbors. it a few weeks and laud will bo higher, you will be too late to plant a crop and thus will another season's work escape you. "Strike while the iron is hot." We say come in time to put in your crop, and if you know how to farm and attend strictly to business your first year's crop will pay for your land.

No exact estimate of tho tinio and money required to finish the canal can he made, as lriucli of tho data needed Is unknown. M. Charles do Losseps said to mo: "In two years the canal will bo finished from Colon to kilo-metro forty-four, and from La lloea to Paraiso. As to tho Culehra, I leave you to form your own conclusions. It is a great and difficult work." It is evident that tho rato of excavation in a work of such magnitude must bo small until Ihe plant is complete; it is equally true that more work can bo done in a given time with a complete installation than with one of less sizo.

Hcneo it is false reasoning toconcludo that if 112,000,000 cubic me! res aro excavated in live years, it will require twelve- years to extract the remaining 73,000,000. That such reasoning is absurd is shown by tho culm of last year, which Was cubic' metres. At this rate it would require about seven years to complete tho canal. It is not proba-abio that tids rato will bo exceeded materially for a year or more. Keeping in mind the sum already expended, and the purposes to whicn it was applied, it is unreasonable to presume that tne final cost of tho canal will bo less than 2,000,000,000 friuics, or about $375,000,000.

These figures aro now acknowledged by the "company; but owing to tho great sacrilico at which the loans aro obtained, the liabilities of the company will bo nearly double this amount Any views concerning the completion of the canal bv tho present company must bo conjectural; but if tho present loan bo expended with economy, tho results will enhauco tho prospects of success. At Colon there wero residents anil foreigners not interested in the canal. The most bitter opponents of tho enterprise were Americans and Englishmen or former employes of the company who had been discharged or had a similar grievance. But from all sources there was a free admission that the company has both brains and energy, that the canal presents no insuperable obstacles, and that its completion is a question of time and money. Charles 0.

Rogers in 1'opular Science Monthly. Grew a Beard After Death. About thirteen years ago Hal Clayton, one of tho best known gamblers on the coast, died here of a fever. He was rich, and his remains wero placed in a cosily metallic casket with a glass case and consigned to a handsome tomb. His wife, who was frantic with grief, placed her diamonds on his shirt-front Tho stones were valued at 800.

Fearful lest tho gems would bo taken from tho vault she placed a watch at tho tomb, and it was maintained for many weeks. Clayton was a Southerner, and tho body was disposed of after the Southern fashion, above ground. A few days ago Georgo Dobbs, who has tho care of tho cemetery, was possessed with a curiosity to visit Hal Clayton's tomb, and, securing tho keys of the vault, took a look at tho remains. Ho was astonished to find that Clayton's beard and moustache had grown under the glass case to such an extent that they reached below his knees. The beard was a rich brown color, extending in wavy masses over the body and having a perfectly healthy appearance, as it might havo had on a living man.

Tho beard had been growing in this way for thirteen years. Clayton had a romantic life. lie was engaged to a handsome young girl in tho South and left her to seek ids fortune. She became tired of his absence and, setting out to find him, drifted homeless and friendless from ono mining came to another. After years of this lifo sho met her former' lover, but was so changed by her wandering life that ho refused to marry her.

After his repudiation of his old sweetheart lie became sick, and when lying at death's door she came to his bedsido and nursed him back to health. Filled with gratitude at her devotion, he renewed tho affection of his youth and married her. Sho proved a devoted wife, and when ho died she built at large expense the vault where his re-nains now lie, and in which his beard lmsx been growing all those years. Whether tho diamonds are on his shirt front is not known, as the beard hides the body tho knees up. Carson (Nev.) BpeS.M'' "Baby" ArbiiOk'6'8 Philanthropic Methods.

Very few persons that Charles Arbucklo who must pay Miss Clara Campbell for breach of promise, has in his employme.it nioro than 200 girls, who average $12 a week. These young women range from 16 to 25 years of age, and before they are employed must bring positive evidence that they aro of good character. Girls who uso slang or who go to dancc3 at night and come to work late the next morning aro instantly discharged. Every girl is compelled to pay 10 cents a week into a fund which is used for providing medical attendance and paying $5 a week to girls who fall ill. When ono of the girls dies an assessment of 20 cents each is made, so that $50 may be contributed toward burial expenses.

Orphans and half orphans aro preferred for employment, and when business grows dull the orphans aro tho last to be laid off. The girls aro employed in packing coffeo in one pound bags. They receive 17i cents for every 100 pounds packed. Girls expert at tho business can pack 1,000 and 1,700 a day, and thus mako $17 a week. No girl of doubtful.

character is ever permitted to stay long in tho mills. In tho last four years over forty of Mr. Arbuekle's female employes havo Jiappily married. New York Telegram. Izzy man nt the State ciectior; over to a South Boston foundry to see if they could not cast his voto for him.

lioxlon Hulk I in. FARMS, Springvale, Ks. MERRITT, town lots in Springvale. trade desirable RANCHES on Real Estate. LIMY STABLE, PROPRIETOR, Mill Porpetty.

COE.RESFOIsri3EKrCE SOLICITED. Money to Loan THE SPRINGVALE. J. LOWRY. Livery, Feed and Sale Stable.

GOOD JUGS AT REASONABLE HATES..