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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18

The British Islands offer an almost
unlimited market for apples from
abroad, the native supply being far
from adequate to the wants of the peo-
pie, though in some of the counties the
cereals are grown between rows Of apple
trees. During the last six months New
York exported about 10000 barrels,
beside, the large quantities shipped
from Boston. And last year was one
of poor yield in the East, while the
coming crop promises to be large, it
not an excessive one An effort is be-
ing made by some Of the agricultural
journals of the East to induce a wide
extension of the apple culture in New
England. Many thousands of acres in
those States are we'll adapted to the
raising of apples, while good for very
little to the grower of grain.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18

JOSEPH O'NE1L, street-car conductor
of Chicago, who has four motherless
children, the eldest but eleven years
old, found a handbag containing nearly
$1,000. I'D tell you lie if said it
was no temptation" he afteward said,
"for it was; for L have to work 365 days
keep the wolf from the door" But
the temptation wasn't strong enough
for Joseph, and he at once turned the
money over to the company, and soon
the woman who owned it was found.
She was very glad to get her money,
and said that she would never forget
Joseph as long as she lived. He was
an honest man and gentleman, and
honesty always prospered. Chicago
women may have big feet, but some OF
them have small souls.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18
How Drunkards arc Made.

"Now, you watch those children.
They'll drink half that beer before they
get home, and their mother will scold
me for not giving q good pint, and I've
given nearly quart" said the bartender
of a downtown saloon the other day, re-
fcrring to two little girls of six and eight,
thinly clad, who came in for pint OF
beer. The reporter did watch the young
ones. The had scarcely got outside OF
the saloon door when the one that carried
the tin pail lifted it to her lips and took
o draught. Then her companion enjoyed
a few swallows. A little further on they
entered tenement house hallway, and
both again took sip. 81 have lots of
such customers" said the bartender,
when the reporter returned to the saloon
to light his cigar. "Girls and boys and
women form half our trade. We call it
family trade. 1t pays our expenses. Cur
profits come from the drinkers at the bar.
But tell you what-half the children
who come here drink. That's how drunk
ards are made. Their mothers and fathers
send 'em for beer. They see the old
folks tipple, and begin to taste the beer
themselves. Few of the children who
come in here for beer or ale carry full
pint home. Sometimes two or three
come in together, and if you watch 'em,
you'll hear one begging the one who
carries the pail for sip. We must sell
it, however, when their parents send for
it. We are bound to do 80. Business is
business. We don't keep temperance
shop. -Neu York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18
Farm and Garden Notes.

A piece of sheet Russia iron, or few
filings of good iron placed between pieces
of iron to be welded, says the Americau
Machinht, will generally cause the most
obstinate pieces to ''stick."
Separated early and raised up by them
selves, pullcts arc worth at least quar-
ter more for use than if allowed to run
with lot of cockcrcls. In the large,
c-maturing breeds the evil is less,
though even with them the practice of
keeping them separate is most profitable.
The roof is the most important part of
the pig stye, as indeed it is for all build
ings sheltering stock. The floor of pig
pen may be earth, with little straw.
In fact many farmers object to board or
plank floors, which form harbors for rats
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18
THE OLD BARN.

Cobwebs over the rafters,
Ridge-pole rotten and gray,
Hanging in helpless impotence
Over the mows Of hay.
Oh how loved the shadows
That chung to the silent roof!
Day-dreams wove with the quiet
Many glittering woof!
climbed to the highest cross-beam,
Watched the swallows at play,
Admired the knots in the boarding,
And rolled in pillows Of hay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18
A National Temperance Hospital.

A National Temperance Hospital.
We call attention to the prospectus of
a National Temperance Hospital in Chi
cago, which we think should be extended
to Continental Hospital, with branches
in as many cities in the United States
and Canada as will support them. The
great expense incurred by many hospi-
tails for the supply of spirituous liquors
and wines to patients and Others is scan
dalous, especially when it becomes
known, as it must soon, that all this
drinking, whether by patients or others,
is doing evil ard only evil, as the Lon
don Temperance Hospital has proved.
The noble women of Chicago are doing
wonders for the temperance cause. Let
them be aided and initiated. Witness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
"GiYe MS a Call.n

[suggested by seeing these words in saloon ad
vertisement]
Give us CALL We keep good beer,
Wine, brandy and whisky hera.
Our doors are open to boys and men,
And even TO women now and then.
We lighter their purses, we taint their
Weswell up the column Of awful deaths.
Ali kinds Of crimes we sell for dimes,
In our sugared poisons, so sweet to taste;
II you've money, position or time to waste
Give us call.
Give us CALL In pint Of our gin,
We sell more wickedness, shame and sin
Than a score Of clergymen, preaching all
day.
From dawn to darkne s. could preach away ;
And in our beer Though it may take longer
To get q man drunk than drinks that are
stronger),
We sell out poverty, shame and woe
Who wants to purchase! Our Ir.ces are low.
Give US call
Give US CALI Well dull your brains,
Wen give you headaches and racking pains,
Well make you old while you yet are young,
To lies and slander we'll train your tongue,
Wen make you shrk from all useful work,
Make theft and forgery seem fair play,
And murder paStime sure to pay.
Give ms call.
Give us call We are cunning and wise;
We are bound to succeed, for we advertise
In the family papers, the journals that claim
To be pure in morals and fair Of fame;
Husbands, brothers and sons will read
Our kind invitations and some will heed,
And give us call; we pay for al
The space in the papers we occupy,
And there's little in life that money won't
buy.
II you would go down in the world, and not
up,
If you would be slain by the snake in the cup,
Or lose your soul in the flowing bowl,
If you coyet shame and a blasted name,
Give us call
Ella Wheeler, in Sunday-school Visitor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18
ORGANIZATION and Agitation.

One of the best ways to help enforce
prohibi ory laws is TO keep up the agita-
ton in every organization and depart
mcnt of work. The work for total alb
stincnce is absolutely necessary for the
maintenance of the law. Drinking men
may vote for prohibition, but they must
give up their drink if they are to b. Of
any use in the enforcement of the law.
The great need of the times is revival
of moral suasion and campaign against
the drinking usages of socicty.-7empsr'
ancs AGOecate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18

The water in Lake Huron has risen
eighteen inches during the past year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-18

ireland, it is said, last year consumed
5000, OPS gallons of spirits, and nearly
10000, COO gallons of malt liquor, at a
cost Of about $55. 900. 600.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
Ashes rs Manure.

have saved and applied all the ashes
possible for several years, and am salts
fed that, considering the labor Of saving
and applying, they are as valuable as
anything we can secure on the farm. l
have used both wood and coal there is
very little value in coal ashes as fertil-
izer, but the coarse portions can be used
as material to make walks about the
place, and the fine are good litter to
loosen up stiff soil or apply as top
dressing under or around the currant and
gooseberry bushes; for either purpose
they arc we'll worth the trouble it will
take to apply.
Wood ashes are also valuable as fer.
tilizer. Those that are unleached are of
course better than those leached. They
can always he used pro6tably in the or
chard around the trunks of the trees,
whether the trees are young or old. To
secure the best results, the soil should be
either ploughed or spaded up, and the
ashes applied as even as possible, and
then thoroughly worked up with the
soil.
They are very valuable as a fertilizer
for potatoes. My method for using them
for this crop is to apply in the furrows
after marking off the rows taking 'paips
to work we'll in with the soil before
planting the seed; this places them in
condition best calculated to be reached
by the feeding roots Of the plants.
Plant the potatoes and then cover we'll
and step upon the hill after covering, so
as to press the soil firmly down upon the
seed.
Satisfy can be benefited by an appli-
cation in the same way. With onions |
use as a top dressing, applying after the
seed is sown, as evenly as possible over
the surface. In cultivating they will
become thoroughly incorporated with the
soil, and will not only aid materially liz
securing good crop of onions, but also
to keep down the weeds.
Nearly all the garden plants can be
benefited more or less by having an ap-
plicatiou of good wood ashes thoroughly
worked into the soil around the roots.
This should always be done with manure
of every kind, if the surest and best re-
suits are desired. The fertilizers must
be placed where the feeding roots of the
plants can readily reach them if they
would derive any considerable amount
of benefit from the application Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
Waters Of Utah.

There is in the extreme north of Utah
a magnificent subterranean reservoir of
first. class soda water, bubling and cffer.
vescing out of the ground in such guam
titles that all America might be supplied
In the extreme south, on the road to
0rderville, is an exquisite circular lake
let that is always just full to the brim
with water as clear and as green as beryl.
And wherever the water overhows the
lakes edge it incrusts the ground and the
grass and the fallen leaves upon it with
fine coating of limestone, so that the
brim is perpetually growing higher and
higher with the imperceptible but GER
tain growth Of coral reef, and in course
of generations the lake will become q
concreted basin.
Between these two points are scattered
all over the country springs and pools of
the straugest waters. There is one pool
only foot deep, and situated at high
altitude, that refuses to freeze even in
the severest winters. There is another
that mysteriously leplenishes itself with
half.grown trout. One stream that l
saw, though clear as crystal to the eye
and tasteless, stains all the vegetation it
flows over deep brown. A warm spring
near Salt Lake City is the strongest sui.
phur in the world. A "hot spring. a
few miles of, with waters so hot that you
can hardly put your hand into them, aud
as bright ss.diamonds, is one of the most
remarkable combinations Of chemicals
eyer analyzed.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
gnte11igemter.
F 1'ARMERs' COLUMN.
DD~ Communications from oar Farmers
on ony matter pertaining TO agriculture,
are respectfully solicited for this colunn.
TO the Farmers of South Carolina.

Editor Mteliigencer /:
Here we are preparing for another cot
ton crop. Cotton fields and corn patches
are the order now. 1t was once corn
fields and cotton patches, and it will have
to turn back again or the guano agents
will own the State. There are ten times
more mortgages given now in one year
than there was twenty-five years ago.
What has caused this condition of things?
We answer that the unlimited use of
guauo has caused it. Look in the bone
yard on saleday and you will see what
guano has done for our country. You
will see moro old perished.ou out horses and
mules than were ever in this country
before. Planting too much cotton has
caused it. Now we raise cotton for u
cents pound, and pay s1.O0 for bushel
of corn and 124 cents for bacon. We
depend on the North and West for these
products and keep our corn cribs and
smoke houses there instead Of at home.
IF the farmers of South Carolina would
make three bales of cotton to the horse
and $50 bushels of corn, with plenty of
wheat and oats, then they could live at
home. The old men 60 years of age own
the greater part of our lands. The
young generation that is growing up will
not own any considerable amount of land
except what they inherit, for they have
to pay for their guano, and that will take
all they can make. The stock law has
contributed to produce this condition of
over cotton culture.
TlD1fID
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
Shot Robbing his OWN House,

4 sensational tragedy is reported in
Granger County, Tennessee. The trustee
of the County was William Justis,
man universally esteemed and respected.
He enjoyed the absolute confidence OF
the community, and held the position for
a number of years. On Friday he re-
turned from his office and deposited a
money bag in his room, saying it Con-
tanned $1,000, which he had collected in
County taxes. He bid his wife good
bye, saying he had business in an adjoin-
ing county and would return next day.
During the day cousin of the lady
came to her house and was given a room
for the night. About midnight he was
aroused by . burglar and fred on him.
The thief uttered a howl of agony and
fell back dead. He proved TO be the
trustee, who was endeavoring to steal the
public money, and then claim that he
had been robbed.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
Rich Milk.

While there may be considerable diff
ference in the milk of COWS that receive
like treatment, we arc quite positive
from our own experience and observa'
ton, that as a rule, the great difference
in the qualities Of milk is attributable,
and may be directly traced, to .he vary
ing character of the food given. We
fully believe in the truth Of the oft're'
peated statement that COW is simply a
machine for converting raw food mate
rails into milk. The quality of the
product from the machine, as from all
other machines, depends mainly upon
the character of the material used. No
milling apparatus ever invented and
operated can make good article CT flour
from poor, low quality of grain. 1t is
an utter impossibility. Nor can rich
quality of milk be obtained from q poor
article of food. We often see farmers
feeding their mich COWS on flat marsh
hay. Such food will hardly sustain life
in an animal The manure from animals
fed upon such food alone is hardly worth
hauling to the field. The bulk is there,
but that is of little use if it has no
quality worth mentioning. How can
the farmer expect good rich milk from
such food? When accompanied with
liberal quantity OF meal or other rich
condensed food medium results may be
obtained. But to get good quantity
and good quality of milk, hay made
from nutritious grasses must be used,
accompanied by meal and limited
amount Of green food, such as our
various roots afford. The succulent
nature of roots tends 10 materially in
crease the flow of milk, but unless ac-
companied by something more nutritious
and hearty, it will be light and thin.
The addition of meal to the roots makes
most complete and wholesome diet for
milch COWS. We have tasted milk in
which we imagined that we could detect
the flavor of the rich meal. 1t seemed
almost fit to put into The churn just as it
came from the COW.
We observe the same differences in the
pastures. A marshy 1at grass pasture
will never yield such milk rs comes from
the nutritious taiae grass pastures. An
increased quantity as well as better
quality of mill, co:ncs from tho latter.
Farmers have tm generally gotten into
the way Of devutiug the low vet portions
of their pastures that bear nothing but
the poorest quality of wild grasses, t"
pasturage uses. a cod soar soil is as
valueless for this use as it is for crop
ping with ordinary farm crops. The
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
The Cheapest Poultry.

The cheapest poultry to raise and feed
is. first the duck, second the hen, third
the guinea.hen. Geese, if kept in good
order, are expensive to feed, especially
in winter and turkeys, if they have the
run of the farm, "eat their heads off"
many times before they are sold. No
less than half a pint of corn a day will
keep goose we'll iu winter, and it should
have half rs much in summer, though
some say that they can raise geese on
grass alone. We never could. AS to
the turkeys there is no limit, apparently,
to the quantity of corn or peanuts that
live active turkey will consume if he
can get at it.
Still if raised away from the corn aud
other crops, flock of turkeys will nearly
feed themselves by foraging the pastures
and orchards, and so can be reared at
comparatively small expense. They re.
quire large range. where they can find
bugs, grasshoppers, nuts, acorns, &c.
Under such conditions turkeys are very
profitable to raise.
The duck will eat a good deal, is a vo.
racious feeder in fact, but it is an indus
trious forager, and, having the range of
larger yards or meadows, will keep fat
on what it will pick up. 1t may have
the range of the fields, as it interferes
very little with the crops. AS it lays a
good many eggs, it pays for its keep
almost rs we'll as the hen. 1t should
have a house and range apart other
poultry.
The domestic hen, though it needs
liberal feelings, soon pays it all back in
eggs, and is or may be made the most
profitable of all poultry. There is a
great difference in the value Of breeds.
The light Brahma we have found the
best, next the Plymouth Rock-great
layers if we'll and properly fed-the
Black Spanish and the Leghorn.
The guinea hen is also profitable
fowl-a good layer and cheap to feed.
It's great fault is its shy retiring habits
and propensity to hide its nest. Its
noisy clamor is also Objectionable. But
it will lay almost as many eggs as the
hen, and so long as eggs sell by the dozen
its ovums count equal to the largest of
. the Brahmas. We would not keep the
guinea from the poultry range.
The peafowl, swan and pigeon are of
little account in a money point of view.
They are for the large homesteads with
the parks, lakes and every rural orna.
mentation.
The domestic hen, then, and next to it
the duck, is the cheapest fowl for the
small farmer or the village dweller. But
the question of economy is largely one
of management. There must be some
system and some degree of common sense
brought to bear upon poultry raising to
make any branch Of it profitable. Elk.
perience is the best teacher. But neg.
lect of any essential point is worse than
mortgage on the flock. 1t destroys
principle as we'll as profits. Clean quar-.
ters and some grain daily are indispen-
sible.-Rural Messenger.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
CROW CREEK

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have been sufferer for forty years years
that time but what I have had spell du-
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enjoying better health than for forty years
before. REV. T. NJ. JOHNSON.
Bacot's Best Liver Pills for sale by all
druggists and dealers in drugs. Call for
free samples at HILL BROS. Drug Store.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08
Some Advice to Girls.

Sam Jones closed bis labors for the
week in Chicago Saturday night with a
sermon to girls only. There were over
$500 present. Among other things Mr..
Jones said: "Girls, watch your COM
pany. An angel from heaven could not
keep SOME company that girls do in
Chicago and not be corrupt. Pure,
noble girls stand alone on this earth for
beauty and glory. Boys 60 in bad COM
pany, but the hope of this land is in its
pure girls. Oh! be vigilant; guard
your parlor. Beware with whom and
how you go to entertainments" Mr..
Jones then INDUCED in a long descrip-
ton aud denunciation of the perfumed
young man. He also described chase
of ladies after spider.legged dudes.
"Tell me what your associations are,
young lady, and | will give you a glimpse
of your history. Is he an exquisite
dancer? Does he wear perfect pants :?
Is his hair parted elegantly in the mid
die? Does he clerk in big establish
ment at $50 a month and spend $40 a
month for board, $50 month for car
riage hire and $50 a month for theatres {?
Does he convince you that he has not a
stingy bone in his body? Do you think
he is "just nice ?" Where does be get
his money?
II am in love with the wool hat aud
jeans pants boy. He starts at $40 a
month, sticks to business and the wool
hat till he gets thousand year; then
gets to be junior partner, then senior
partner, and finally owns the whole stock
where lie does business. You stylish
girls do not like him; we'll, he likes you
just about as we'll, for when he wanted a
wife he went back to his country home
and married plain Mary, and for a few
years it was love in a cottage, and now
he has a residence on Michigan avenue.
Girls, tie to these wool hat boys and they
will take care of you.
"a beautiful girl Of this city arranged
to attend a wine supper last week.
When the night came she sent word,
saying, 4 can't go my heart has been
touched at the meetings. Now she has
brought three of her associates here with
her. What do you want OF wine suppers,
oh mothers? No matter what the devil
may owe you, if he sends you about three
drunken sons,in.law he will have paid
you all the debt and you will receipt in
full. Then, girls, watch these tempers.
If girl is ugly to her mother she will
make it warm in her own home, if she
ever has onc." All the girls who talked
ugly or saucy to mothers were asked to
stand up. There was no uprising, not
one. Mothers, overhaul your libraries :
A young girl once said she was terribly
bored by reading the Bible. The poor,
silly, sap-headed thing. Some mothers
fix their daughter to be damned"