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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
A FAT PRINTERS CAREER.
Pardoned From Prison on Account
of His Size.

Pardoned From Prison on Account
of His Size.
A Louisville printer named Dick Sims, who
has just been pardoned out of prison, has had
a romantic career.
While working at the case before the war
Sims inherited fortune of slSO,0O0. He led
q fast life, and in few months lest all his
money at faro After drifting about for time
he went to Chicago and set up as a divorce
lawyer He entered the Federal army, and
while in service found coffee sack contain
ing s25O,OO0 After hiding it for few days
he turned it over to his colonel for safe keep
ing. The colonel kept it only too well, and
after the war built a palatial residence with
it in Nashville.
Sims went on from bad to worse until he
was convicted of securing fraudulent pen
sion. The other day he was pardoned. chiefly
on account of his size. He weighs 2lO
pounds, and the presence of such biz man
in prison excited general sympathy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

It was an old oriental doctrine that women
have no souls. More enlightened philosophy
comedies that they have purer,. finer,
more exalted souls than men. But they are
too often contained in feeble. suffering bodies,
which hamper and retard their full develop
ment. For all those painful ailments incident
to he sex, DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescripti ion''
is the best specific in the world, and is sold un-
der positive guarantee that it will do all that
is claimed for 1t. Price reduced to one dollar
BY druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
Dyspepsia.

GENTS:-| feel it my duty to say
respecting Burdock Blood Eittcrs that
it is the best medicine ever took. !
suffered two Or three years from stom-
ach troubles and dyspepsia as well as
from liver and kidney complaint. was
not able to attend to my business.
My wife was afflicted in much the same
way. We read Of your Bitters in the
papers and made up our minds that
we would try them. The results my
wife and | began to improve at once
and | am now able to do more hard
work than before in ten years. It re-
Ieved my kidney troubles as WE'LL We
both wishyouthe makers oft, Godspeed.
JOSEPH LANDoN, Chelsea, tt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

The farmers, in their swamps, we're sure,
Could find the roots and plants that cure;
If by their knowledge they only knew
For just the disease each one grew,
Take courage now and "Swamp- Root" try
(for kidney, liver and bladder complaints),
AS on this remedy you can rely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
Do Not Re Alarmed

MAN is so constituted that even smile or s.
word Of friendly RECOGNITION enables him 10
bear up under the most grievOus burdens.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

at the raising of blood from the lungs. 1t is
of the very earliest symptoms Of consumption,
and only shows the healthy efforts Of the sys-
tenn to throw off the scrofulous impurities of
the blood which have resulted in liberation Of
the lungs. DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery" is a positive remedy for consumption
at this stage. II taken faithfully, it will
and build up and renoynte the whole SYSTEM.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

Color the whiskers handsome brown or
blackwith Buckingham's Dye for thew hiskers.
Il the liver is disordered, the whole system
THERE is a goose farm in Virginia on which
are kept some 5000 geese. The main object is
the production of down
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

A human life is lost for every $4,000
tons of coal mined in the anthracite re-
pion
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
DYSP EP STA!

DR.. Kadway's Pills are a cure for this com.
plnlnt. They restore strength to the stomach and
enable 1t to perform its functions. The symptoms
Of Dyspepsia disappear, and with them the liability OF
the system to ,ntract diseases. Take the medicine
False aud True' respecting diet. "
~ Send q letter stamp to DR.. RADWAY &
20, No. 81 Warren Street, New York; tor
x.sBe sure TO get RADWAY'S.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
SCrofu|a ofLungs,

lam now . years old. and have suffered for the
thousands Of dollars to arrest the march Of this dis
ease: but temporary relief was all that obtained
vas undt for any manual labor for several years
4 friend strongly recommended the use Of Swtft's
Specific g. S. g. claiming that he htmself bad been
resolved to try It. The results arc remarkable. NY
cough has left me, my strength has returned. and
weigh eixty pounds more than over did In my nfe
has been three years since stoppcd the use OF tho
medicine. but have had no return OF tho disease,
and there are no pains or weakness felt ID lungs
do the hardest Kind Of work 7. J. HOLT.
Montgomery, Ala, Juno Is, 1855
swifts Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise On
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer s. Atlanta, Ga,
or l57 w. sd St., NY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
Sick Headache.

GENTS:-I have been subject to
Sick Headache for years, and have tried,
in vain, many advertised remedies and
several physicians, but all to no purpose.
At last tried your B. B. Bitters-with-
out much faith, ! admit-but to-day |
can truly say, that taking the third
bottle | have not suffered from it. !
recommend it to all my friends; several
have been cured by it. My little grand
son was permanently cured Of Bilious
ness and Sick Headache, which was
so severe as to cause conyuIsions. They
have all ceased since he commenced
the use OF B. B. B.
Mrs. B. G.. BODLE,
Orange, Luzene Co., Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

Beware of worthless limitations of DR.. Jones'
Red Glover Tonic. The genuine cures head
ache, piles, dyspepsia, ague. malaria, and is a
perfect tonic and blood purifier. Price SO cts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

THE State Survey finds Mt Greylock, $500
feet, to be the highest point in Massachusetts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression Of
spirits, general debility,in their various forms,
also as preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the Zero Phosphor-
ated Elixir Of Calisaya," ," made by Caswell, Haz-
ard & Co, New York, and sold by all Druggists,
Is the best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness It has no enual.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

Hop Plasters are New England production
from fresh Hops, Burgundy Pitch and Gums.
One Hop Plaster will kill pain quicker and is
q better strengthener than q dozen other kinds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

Walking advertisements for DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy are the thousands 1t has cured
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

ONE firm in Western Massachusetts,, last
year, made 10000 drums.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
Very Well Put.

oo Goudy WHY uO We neglect q cough I'LL IL
throws us into consumption, and consumption
brings us to the grave? DR.. WIN. HALLS BAL
SAM is sure to cure If taken in season. It has
never been known to fail Use it thoroughly,
according to directions. Persevere till the dis
ease is conquered, as it is certain to be, even
II 1t should require dozen bottles. There is
no better medicine for pulmonary disorders
Why continue the use of irritating powder
snutfs or liquids. Ely's Cream Balm, pleasant
Of application and sure cure for Catarrh and
cold IN the head. can be had for, 50 cents, at
druggists. 1t is easily applied with the finger,
safe and pleasant and is curing the most obsti;;
nate cases. 1t gives relief at once. We will
mail it at 6O cents. Ely Bros, Owego, n. Y.
Ihad a severe attack Of catarrh over year
ago, and became so deaf could not hear COM
mon conversation. suffered terribly from q
roaring in my head. procured bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm, and in three weeks could
hear as well as ever could, and now can
cheerfully say to all who are afflicted with the
worst Of diseases, catarrh and deafness, take
one bottle of EIy's Cream Balm and be cured.
1t is worth $1,000 per bottle to any mar. woman
or child suffering from Catarrhal. E. New
man. Crawling Gampbell Co Mich
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28

II cough disturbs your sleep, take Piso's
Cure for Consumption and rest we'll
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
DR., RAILWAYS PILLS

For the cure of all disorders Of the Stomach. Liver.
Bowels. Kidneys, Bladder. Nervous Diseases, Loss
Biliousness Fever, Inflammation OF the Bowels.
Piles and all arrangements Of the internal vlscera
Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals
or deleterious drugs,
Price, Is cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-28
DR.. RAILWAYS
SARSAPARlLIAN RES0LVENT,

Whether transmitted from parents or acquired.ts
within the curative range Of the Sarsapariflian Rs
solvent
Cures have been made where persons have been
and 40 years of age, by DIR. RADWAY'S SARSAPA-
RILLIlN RESOLVENT, remedy, composed Of in.
gradients Of medical properties essen
down and wasted body. Quick. pleasant safe and
permanent in its treatment and cure.
Sold by all druggists. One dollar bottle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
SHE WAS PERFECTLY LOVELY.

What do you think Of Miss
? asks the blonde young
angel as she looks SO good-naturedly
into your eyes, with every admira-
ton for the young lady, because she
wants to find how you stand on the
subject.
ooh, l don't know. I've never
thought much about her.
81 think she's 50 sweet and bright;
and she is very clever, is she notY'
"Well, she's very nice, and she's
rather a clever woman"
"That was a lovely poem she
wrote, wasn't it?'
"To be frank, | didn't read it.
What was it about p
"Well | didn't read it myself,
but [ heard them talking about it.
[ did not think she was particularly
clever"
Il don't think she is"
"And she puts on so many airs.
| think clever people are always
modest"
And the dear fraud looks at you,
as much as to say, Don't you think
I'm modest p
"SOme Of them"
"Don't you think she's pretty ?"
"Well, no; her nose is too long"
eyes, and her chin's out of pro-
portion, and you know, of course,
she has a very bad complexion.
They say she's pretty, and bright,
and clever, but, Of course, | only
speak for myself; l never saw any
thing to keep SO much fuss about
in her"
And she's got everything she
wanted to say off her mind and she's
perfectly happy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
HENS EATING EGGS

1t is stated that the habit of eat
ing eggs is commonly learned early
in the season, and generally from
having eggs freeze in the nest, and
then crack open. The fowls soon
learn to pick the meat out Of a
cracked egg, and then to pick into
an egg that isn't cracked. Use
porcelain limitations for nest eggs,
and gather the eggs twice a day
during freezing weather. When
any fowl is caught eating an egg,
utter a reproof as sharp as the
edge of a Ratchet, swung high to-
toward heaven, and brought down
on the decapitation block with all
the force of your w right arm,-
ever if it ~eternally divorces her
head from herbody. 1t will %effectu-
ally stop her eating, and you can
Immediately make arrangements to
commence eating.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
ALL SORTS.

The money value of the fowls Of
France yearly is, eggs, $44, 100000;
fowls, 36,OOO,OOO.
A pet deer in a Sacramento saloon, be-
coming frightened, jumped out through
a pane of glass sever inches wide by
thirteen inches long. The spectators
looked on in amazement. it seeming i'm
possible that so large an animal could
pass through a hole so small.
On Emperor Williams anniversary
day, a pilgrimage Of the imperial family
was made to a little oak cradle in which
the future emperor lay, just eighty
nine years ago. 1t. is still as good as
new and lately did service forthe Kaiser'r
great-grandchildren, the sons of Prince
William.
The Duke of Portland has an
annual income Of $1,25O,OOO from
London ground-rents alone, and the
Duke of Bedford one of $25O,OOO
from the same source.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
A BUSHEL OF CORN.

Says the Chicago Neus: "Do you
see that man over there? Well, he's
a farmer. There he goes with a friend;
they're going to get a drink. The
farmer will pay for it. Now, let me
see. That man will sweat two NOR
tai hours next spring to pillow enough
ground to raise one bushel Of corn.
That bushel of corn he will sell for
thirty cents. He is going in there.
now to spend the thirty cents for
two drinks. Therefore, the farmer
and the corn have parted. Now let
me tell you what becomes Of the
corn. A bushel of corn makes sew
enteen quarts of whiskey-four and
a quarter gallons. The distiIIery gets
it's first proft-forty cents a gallon.
There you are So for that bushel of
corn. Now the government comes
in, ninety cents a gallon-S3.S5, adj
ded to the 81 makes $685.. That
brings the product of the bushel of
corr to the jobber and the whole
saler, and finally, by several stages,
to the retailer. Blythe time it reaches
the latter the bushel of corn, or its
product of four and a quarter gal
Ions, has been reduced one-half,
which means eight and a half gal
Ions. There are sixty drinks to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
THE MORTGAGE SYSTEM.

The mortgage system is a gigan-
tic evil which is crushing the very
life blood out Of the hearts of the
toiling sons Of the soil, and she'd
ding its whitening and blighting in
fuences over every nook and cor
ner of our land. Wherever this
system prevails, the farmers become
hewers of wood and drawers of
water. The mortgager is virtually
the slave Of the mortgage. The
accommodating "time merchant .
exacts of his poor neighbor an OPP
pressive and burdensome rate of
interest. In the beginning of the
year it is long time and long prices.
In the end it is short crops and short
prices, and the scene closes in bank
ruptcy and financial ruin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14

the fowl and the size of the egg have
no regular relationship, and there
fore larger eggs than those usually
laid by the fowls should not be Sc
lected for Matching. Very large eggs
are generally double-yoIked and un-
fertile, or, if fertile, produce NAL
formed chickens. The best and only
safe plan is to select ordinary-sized
eggs, refusing such as are abnormal
in any way. We have heard it sta
ted that long and pointed eggs pro-
duce r~oosters, and, short round eggs
produce hens, but there is no proof
to warrant this supposition, and the
opposite has been so often shown
that it must be dismissed as incor-
rect. We have also heard that eggs
laid before moor produce hens, and
after that time of the day cocks. 1t
has been said, and with a great
measure of probability, that the fer
tility of eggs cal to told by placing
the large end to the mouth, and
breathing upon it. If the egg feels
cold it is %unfertile, but If it is warm
and appears to give back warmth it
has been impregnated. The reason is
that a fertile egg contains the germ
of life and there can be no life with
out heat. We have known many
instances where this test has been
successfully applied, but of course it
cannot be relied upon in every case.
1t is a fact. however. that after epUS
have been in process of incubation
for ten or twelve days and are ex-
posed to the atmosphere five min
utes, the living and the dead car be
easily distinguished if held in the
hand. The former are as warm as
when the hen was on them, whilst
the latter are quite cold, or very
nearly so.-NorfoM, "a, Farmer and
Trucker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
STURDY

The "Life of Judge Jeremiah
Black recently published, contains
many interesting instances of his
Indifference to wealth. His great
powers and enormous energy placed
him early in life in the foremost
rank of ~jurists, and as he held high
Offices under Government, he had
every opportunity of acquiring a
large fortune. He came out of
office with empty and clean hands,"
When he had acquired a moder-
ate income, sufficient to support his
family in a very simple way, he
was satisfied and after that, ifmoney
came into his hands, he gave it away
with almost reckless Indifference.
Some of the most important eases
he ever tried before the Supreme
Court were prepared and argued
without the payment, or the eXpec-
tatlon Of payment, Of a dollar Of
fees.
He was a member of the COnven-
ton which revised the Constitution
of Pennsylvania. He gave a year
of time and his knowledge and
legal skill to the task. The Leg
islature empowered the members
to fix their own salaries, but Judge
Black declared the action by which
they paid themselves, illegal, and
was the only man who refused to
accept the money.
Shortly before his death, a party
of distinguished men in Philadel-
phia were eulogizing his profound
knowledge, his massive intellect,
the tremendous force of his elo-
quence. A shabby old farmer lis
tened in silence, and thel struck
his hand on the table:
Gentlemen, I've knowed Jerry
Black as my neighbor nigh forty
years, and he's the only man | ever
saw as couldn't tell a lie
Even in his death there was a
grand, rugged simplicity, which re-
minds us of Plutarch's heroes.
my business" he said quietly to
his family, "on this side is at
somewhat loose ends. But on the
other it is all well settled
After a while, holding the hand
of his old wife in his, he was heard
to whisper, 90 God, take care OF
Nary and so gently fell asleep.
The memory of such typical
Americans as Lincoln, jeremiah
Black, Stonewall Jackson and Ben
jamin Franklin-men of exceptional
intellectual force and simplicity,
heroic natures-is the proudest pos
session Of the nation. They not
only elevated the generation to
which they belonged, but they en-
noble every child who hears their
story.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
SELECTING EGGS Fer HATCH
ING.

There is a great variety both in
the size and shape of eggs laid by
the different breeds of poultry, but
this is very little indication of the
size of the fowl which the egg will
produce. Bantams lay much smaller
eggs than ordinary fowls, and ducks
larger ones, but if we take the Span
ish tribe, which are almost the small
est in size of body excepting Ban
tams and Hamburger they lay al
most the largest eggs of any. On
the other hand Brahmas and Coch-
ms, which are the largest fowls, have
much smaller eggs than any other,
except those already named. What
we have said shows that the size of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14

LEARN ABOUT H PULsE.-Every in
telligent person should know how to
ascertain the state of the pulse in health;
then by comparing it with what it is
when he is ailing he may have some idea
of the urgency of his case. Parents
should know the health pulse OF each
child, as now and then a person is BORN
with a peculiarly slow or fast pulse and
the very case in hand may be OF that
peculiarly. An infants pulse is 14O, a
child Of about 80 and from 70 to 6O
wears is about 20 beats a minute declin-
ing to 60 at fourscore. A healthful,
grown persons pulse beats 10 times a
minute, there may be good health down
to 60 but if the pulse exceeds 20 there is
a disease. The machine is working
itself out, there is a fever or infiamma-
ton somewhere, and the body is feeding
on itself, as in consumption, when the
pulse is quick, that is over 10, gradually
increasing with decreased chances OF
cure, until it reaches 10 to 12O, when
death comes before many days.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14

the gallon-that is the average
eight and a half gallons means 27O
drinks at fifteen cents each-there
we have $46.35 as the consumers
price for a bushel of corn which the
farmer raises and sells for thirty
cents. Who says there is no indus
try in this country? But the far
mer we saw just now spent his whole
bushel Of corn in the price of two
drinks, and the people who do not
till the soil get away with S46.35."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-14
DREAM.

sat by the flowing river,
Where we used to sit long ago
And watch our faces reflected
In the waters that murmured below.
As boys we wandered together
By the side of the rushing stream,
While its bubbles gladly resembled
The thoughts of each boyish dream
All, dear were the forms in the river
We saw in III boyhood's dream.
We thought as we sat and wondered
What we all should become when men
One hoped he might be field marshal
And lead us to glory again;
Another would manage the helm,
The fate of his country to steer,
Not one, unambitious, contented,
Would live by the stream every year.
The time seemed so long while waiting
To gather the fruits of our dream;
Now that the waiting is over
Too fleeting these moments all seem.
How gladly we all would return
To the river and dream again;
By its bubbles again to ponder
On what we should do when men
All, dear were those forms in the river
We never shall witness again!
-NeW Orleans Tines Democrat.