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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-08
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

New Time Gard In Eject January 1, 1885
I. q q N. Railroad.
DEPARTURES.
FOR ST. LOUIS, via Mo. PaC route. 400 p. m
For ST. Louis, via Iron Mountain. $3.50 a. IN
For St. 70 rs, via Missouri Pacific. 6 30 am
For Laredo. ........ ............. IL 100 a. IN
ARRIVALS
From st. Louis, Missouri Pacific. ll:00 a. m.
From st. Leuis, Iron Mountain. 1850 p. IN.
From StLouis via Missouri Pacific %. 10 5Op.m
from Laredo. ......... ............... 3:l5 p. IN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-08

g., II. Il 8. A. RAILROAD.
ONE TRAIN TO NEW ORLEANS DAILY.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
Useful In Many Ways.

Never throw away old paper. If you
have no wish to sell it, use it in the
house. Some housekeepers prefer it to
cloth FOR cleaning many articles or fur
niture. After stove has been black
ened, it can be kept looking very we'll
for long time by rubbing it with paper
every morning. Rubbing with paper is
q much nicer way of keeping tea ket-
tie, coffee-pot, and teapot bright and
clean than In the old way OF washing
them in suds. Rubbing with paper is
also the best way of polishing knives,
tinware. and spoons; they shine like
new silver. For polishing mirrors.
windows, lamp chimneys, etc., paper is
better that dry clcth. Preserves and
pickles keep much better if brown pa
per, instead of cloth, is tied over the
jar. Preserved fruit is not so apt to
mold if piece of writing paper. cut to
fit the jar, is laid directly on the fruit.
Paper is much better to put naI.r Il
carpet than straw. 1t is warmer, thin-
ner. and makes less noise when one
walks oyer it.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
Utilizing the Ugly Pug.

A young la14whose farher is one of
the wealthy ~ n Philadelphia, went
abroad last summer In company with
two relatives. They sailed from Phila-
delphia and returned thither. They
allowed their general baggage to be in
spected without protest. The young
lady carried q diminutiye pug dog In
her arms. The animal was particularly
ill-natured and vicious, but the young
lady appeared to be very fond of her
brute and carried him In her arms all
the time. He wore blanket and had
o collar around his neck.
got close enough to see that the
blanket was mass Of expensive lace
tackled on to the blanket, to enable her
to avoid duty on 1t, and that the collar
was literally studded with diamonds.
What conld we dop IF we had held the
dog there would have been a great howl
over the indignity, vnd the glrl's father
had influence enough to have US all dis
charged. We consequently allowed the
$40 pug, with his $4,000 blanket and
his $40 600 collar, to pass free of duty.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
PAY WHEN CURED

COnHdence IN honesty or InvaIlds We treat ALL DIS
eases either Sex and receive after
is effected. Describe fully and send stamp
for Instructions. DIR. BAKER. Box iW Buffalo. ny
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28

A small schoolboy says that he is not
going to learn any more geography les
sons until the world is fully discovered.
He read in paper that the geography
of over half the globe would be changed
byfuture explora tions, and he is going
to wait.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
Cooking Under Difficulties.


DAN de guile, describing Virginia
City In the Cincinnati Enquirer, men.
tions some curious effects of the great
elevation OF that town, which Is some
1000 feet above the level Of the sea.
He says: Our atmosphere in very
ligh.. In some respects this IS An ad-
vantage, while in others 1t is the CONTRA
~. For instance, water boils here at
such low temperature that it Is diff.
cult to cook many articles Of food by
boiling. This Is o mystery that the
uneducated cook from places nearer the
leYe. Of the sea can seldom be made to
comprehend. Why her peas remain as
hard as bullets and her beef like stick
of bass wood she cannot understand
for, explain it as you will, she Is Of the
same opinion still-which is, that boil
ing water is as hot in one place as an
other, all the way from the highest
peak Of the Himalayas to the shores OF
the Dead Sea. Though the cook can
not be made to understand anything
about atmospheric pressure, she will
presently learn that by means of close
fitting pot lids she can confine the
steam, which can be made as hot as the
steam Of any other region.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28

Are you disturbed at night and broken by
your rest by sick child suffering and crying
with pain of cutting teeth? IL so, send at once
and get a bottle OF MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING
SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TRETBING. Its value Is
incalculable. It will relieve the pOor little suf-
ferer Immediately. Depend upon ii, mothers,
shere is no mistake about 1t. 1t cures dysentery
and diarrhoea. regulates the stomach and
bowels, cures wind collie, s0ftens the gums, re
duces Inflammation, and gives tone aud energy
to the whole system. Mrs WINsLow,s SooTH-
ING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHIS6 is pleasant
40 the taste. and Is the prescription OF ole of
the oldest and best female nurses and physici-
tins In the United States, and is for sale by ali
druggists throughout the world, Price 25
cents bottle.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
PENNSYLVANIA

STATE COLLEGE.
Winter Tenn begins January 6. lSs6.
This institution Is located In one OF thu most
beautiful and healthfuls spots OF the entire ALE
gheny region. Ii Is open to students OF both
sexes, and offers the following Course OF Study:
!. A Full cientifc Course OF Four Years.
2 Latin cientiic Course.
8. The following ADVANCED COURSES, OF
two years each, following the first two years OF
the Scientific Course: ta) AGRICU ULTURF;l lol
NAUTICAL HISTORY; tcl CHEMISTRY AND
PHYSICS; (d) CIVIL ESGlN EERiNG.
short ) PECIAL COURSE In Agriculture
5. A short SPECIAL COURSE in Chemistry
A reOrgauiZed Course IN MECHANIC
ARTS, combining shop-work with study.
I. A new SPECIAL C0UR IL 1.-TWO ycars) In
Literature and science, for Young Ladies'
s. A Carefully graded Preparatory Course.
9. SPECIAL COURSES are arranged to meet
the wants of individual students.
Military DIR N is required Expenses Tor board
and incidentals very low Tuition free. Young
ladies under charge of II competent lndy Prin-
cipal
For Catalogues, or other information address
GEORGE w. ATHERT0N, l.. D.,
President,
1923 State College, Centre Co., Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
Enclosing Straw Stacks.

AS the object of most farmers who
grow grain is 10 work the straw into
manure as quickly rs possible, stock is
usually allowed the free access to it..
They will work large holes in it, usually
on the side next the barn, where the car
rier has deposited the larger portion of
the chaff, too fine to be easily pitched
over the sta k. This finer portion is a
valuable feed, and more nutritious than
the coarser part of the stalks below the
head In getting it from the sack by
pulling it out. more is wasted than is
eaten. II the stack is fenced in, this
part may be cut down and fed to cattle
and horses in their hangers, while the
coarser part may be thrown out as bed
ding. If there is large stack, and any
likelihood of scarcity of hay or stalks,
this economy in theus of the better part
of the straw will more than repay the ex-
ira trouble. by using more grain much
of the straw may be fed to stock, keep
ing them better and making better ma
nu than the results from using straw
only as bedding. - Calti0ator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
Invention OF the Lock.

This is not modern device. Among
the ruins of the great temple of Kunak
ITS general principles have been discov-
cred. From this we gather that it is
at least forty centuries old. The lock-
smiths of China, we are told, had, CEN
turics before the birth of Christ, per-
fected lock out of which a sharp bam-
boo thorn would dart and strike the
hand of any one wrongfully tampering
with it. The end of thi, bamboo thorn
was stepped in a poisonous decoction,
and should the lucklcss thief escape
death he would be MANNED for life But
this story is hardly entitled to full be-
lies, for th, reason, as the Chinese them
selves cla: m that gunpowder was manu-
featured by them at that time, Celestial
safe blower could easily render the thorn
Harmless by the aid of few grains of
powder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
CambOdia,

The following extract from a letter
from Ponompein, the capital of Cam
bodia, has been communicated to q
Paris correspondent of the London
Times:
"In passing from Cochin-China to
Cambodia the difference between The
Cambodian and the Annamite type is
very striking. The Cambodian is al
most the height of Europeans, and is
idle and dirty, while the Annamite is
small and active. A full-grown Anna.
mite woman is like a French girl OF
twelve. The banks of the river are COW
cred with luxuriant vegetation. The en-
tire territory and its inhabitants belong
absolutely to the king, who lives here
with second and third king beside
him, while forth is stationed in the in
terror. He has 800 wives, chosen from
the handsome>t women in the whole
country. The second king at present is
in opposition 10 King Merodom. All
the Cambodans are the kings carmen,
or slaves, and pay him rents.
The country is very curious one.
Fle ,hants are very numerous here, and
W40ueT uDUuI Ill lISeQOAi tlliouS u WIZ
brushwood like oxen in the meadows OF
France. The capital of Cambodia con-
sists of only one street. which is nearly
four miles long. In all the town there
are not ten houses built of stone or OF
bricks, aid those so built ARE public
buildings. All the officers are lodged to-
gether in two payothes, which are almost
contiuuoua 4 navothe is composed of a
wooden floor resting in turn on q scafrold:,
ing of bamboo. The walls are formed
of trellis of straw or leaves, in the
style of the thatch of cottages all over
Europe. If you push with your finger
little strongly it will pass thcough n tie
wall. The roof is of thatch. The furni-
tuIe is very primitive. 1t consists OF a
bed formed of frame in bamboo: on
which is placed mat, and of table.
Half the population of the centres in
Cochin-C and in Cambodia consists
of Chinese.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
Handy Things to Know.

Here are some figures and rules very
handy to know and have at hand, in the
mind or on paper:
A rod is IL l-2 feet, or 5 1-2 yards.
A mile is $50 rods.
A mile is 1,7G0 ya.ds.
A mile is $3.50 feet.
A square foot is 144 square inches.
A square yard contains square feet.
A square rod is 272 II square feet.
An acre contains 43, $50 square feet.
An acre contains 4, $40 square yards.
An acre contains 100 luare rods.
A section, or square mile, contains GAO
acres.
A quarter section contains 1G0 acres.
An acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods
long.
An acre is 10 rods wide by ten rods
long.
Ar acre is about eos 3-4 feet square.
A solid foot contains 1,72S solid
inches.
A pint iof water weighs pound.
A solid foot of water weighs " 12
pounds.
A gallon (of water) holds 231 solid
inches.
A gallon of milk weighs pounds and
10 ounces.
A pint (of water holds % 7-s solid
inches $3.50.
A barrel (31 12 gallonO holds 4 1-2
solid feet (4.21D.
A solid foot contains nearly 7 12 solid
pints 7.4S). 49,
A bushel (struck) contains 2,15O solid
inches. .
A bushel (heaping) contains 1 IA
struck bushels.
A struck bushel contains about IA
solid feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
Farm and Garden Notes.

Ski, ming at the right time prevents
rancid butter.
Dry quarters are essential to the thrift
of young chicks.
Stirring the cream frequently will
make more butter.
Churn at sixty-two degrees to get the
cream quickest into butter.
The richer and better titled the ground
the less seed will be required for small
gran.
Sheep-walks should be dry, for damp
soils fruitful causes of liver-rot, tluke,
foot-rot, etc.
Make harness fit properly, and keep it
soft and clean, and horse can wear it
without distress.
For your chickens corn meal is not a
good food, but the older fowls find it
warming in the winter.
1t is claimed that clay soil produces
the best quality of woods, sand second,
and lime the most inferior.
Eeep the windows of the potato cellar
at night and closed in the day
unless the days be cool and dry.
Apes, carrots, cabbage and turnips,
kked and mixed with meal. and
are excellent food for chick.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

Something About Catarrhs
A great many people are afflicted with ca
tarrh who do not know what ails them; and
a great many more continue sufferers who
might be cured,
Thickening Of the membrane which lines
the nasal passages, thus making breathing
difficult; discharge from the nostrils, more
or less copious, watery or thick, according to
the stage of tho disease; sense of fullness In
.he head; constant inclination to spit; and,
in advanced cases, a dropping Of intensely dis
gusting matter into the throat, are few OF
the prominent symptoms of Catarrh.
Deafness, infamed eyes, neuralgia pains,
sore throat and a loss Of sense OF smell are
very often caused by Ca'arrh.
All these troubles are cured by Piso's REM
edy for Catarrh. Relief is had Immediately
after beginning its use, but 1t Is important
that 1t be continued without interruption until
the catarrhal virus Is expelled from the sys-
tenn and healthy secretions replace the dis
eased action of the mucous membrane. Man.
ifestly it is unreasonable to expect azure In a
short time of disease that has been progress
ing for months or years.
This question of time Is provided for in tho
putting up of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. Its
so concentrated that very small dose is di-
rccted. The quantity in one package is sufti-
cient for long treatment consequently the
expense is mere tritie, and there is no excuse
for neglect nor reason for 1t but forgetful1ess'
a cold in the head Is relieved by an applica-
tion of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The oom-
fort to BIO got from it in this way Is worth
many times tie cost.
The following letters are specimens OF those
received every day, tesiifying to the worth Of
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh:
ALLEGHENY, Pa, Sept. %, 1885.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders
for me. believe it will cure any case Of Ca
tarrh, il used according to directions.
Mrs. F. JOHNSON, 40 E, Diamond st.
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Salt and Wood Ashes.

Dir. Joseph E. Gaze reports to the
.Mlckigm Farmer that during five
years test he has found salt and wood
ashes, barrel per acre, mixed half and
half, a specific against cutworms in
cornfelds, and this in region where
the pests are very destructive. zone Of
my neighbors planted twice and the
worms took all the first planting, and
were so bad the second that he dragged
part of his field aad sowed rutabagas.
Two more have given up and have no
corn. I SOW the mixture right ahead of
the plow; d mt SOW any more than 1
can plow under in half day. or one day
at most; then I get it under with the
green sod, which the worms have to
feed on before the corn comes up. Two
years ago planted two ten-acre fields
to corn; on one sowed salt and ashes be-
fore plow ng; planted both the same
time. When the corn came up the field
sowed with salt and ashes had no
worms; on the other, as soon as the
corn came up the worms commenced
their work. l then applied equal parts
of salt, ashes and plaster, mixed we'll
together, for too much salt, I think, will
kill the young plants. The worms
stopped their wcrk, and my corn came
on and was good crop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
Raising Sheep.

How I raise my sheep was the topic of
q successful wool-grower at the meeting
of the Iowa livestock men. He said ::
81 would prefer pure bred stock, bat as
that is expensive usually get grades
and breed up, for it takes but q short
time to breed up q good flock. have
always used pure bred Merino rams, be-
ing convinced that for profit, where
sheep are kept in TO ks of 100 or more,
there is no equal to the Merino and its
crosses. I aim to couple so as to have
lambs droprcl as soon as grass comes in
spring. want lambs 10 come early, yet
not before there is pasture enough so that
the ewes will have plenty of milk. Dur
ing lamb;ng time 1 KEEP close watch,
and if a lamb is droppcd-unless it is
warm weather. see that it goes to the
stable at once and as soon as possible see
that it sucks-after which no further
care is needed, except in storms. I aim
to castrate all lambs before three weeks
old, and wean them by September 1st.
During summer I know nothing better
than good blue grass and that kept pref.
ty short, as sheep do not like long grass.
1 never feed grain in summer; yet when
pasture is short, 1 think q little grain
would pay. I feed lightly at first in the
fall, but by the time winter sets in aim
to give full feed of about one bushel of
corn to 100 head pr day, with plenty of
hay; while on dry feed in winter it is
important that sheep should have plenty
of water. When the cold fall rains COM
mence they should BE- kept dry; no sheep
will thrive when lis coat of wool is
soaked full of water. Good care and
shelter are just as important as good
feeding, for sheep we'll sheltered will
shear from one to two pounds more per
fleece than when exposed to the weather,
and the wool will sell for higher price
in the market. With fne-wool sheep
the wool can be left on until quite late in
the eason--frst, b cause there is great
danger of losing sheep by cold storms,
if sheared too early in the season; and,
second, the wool is not in the best con-
dition until the ''greasc' raises, which
will not be until the weather is quite
warm. We usually sell as soon as the
clip is ready. think the Merino sheep
and their crosses the most profitable, be-
cause they, being much smaller, eat less,
and shear more than the coarser ones.
You can keep at least five fine woods on
the same feed you keep three coarse
ones.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Feeding Pumpkins to Swine.


Pumpkins, like wheat bran, are useful
adjuncts to the more concentrated kinds
of food, bat alone cannot be depended
upon for fattening purposes. Hogs in
process of fattening should be filled up
with good meal of corn before the
pumpkin is given, otherwise they will
eat too much pumpkin in proportion to
the corn. By all means cut open the
pumpkins and remove the seeds before
feeding, as large quantities OF pumpkin
seed affect the urinary organs injurious
ly. Any change during the feeding sea-,
son should be from light to heavier and
more nutritious food; never the reverse
While gradually increasing the quantity
of fattcning food, do not give more than
the animals will eat up clean, and let the
rations be at regular hours-early in the
morning, at noon and late in the even
ing.-NeU York Wtrld.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

DR.. Macgowan has sent to the Agri.
cultural Bureau, through Consul General
Kennedy, of Shanghai, q collection OF
shoes made of rice straw, and worn by
laboring people in the south of China.
DR.. Macgowan sends them, suggesting
the introduction of rice-straw shoemaE-
ing into the rice-producing regions of the
South.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

A new expression has become popular
in the South When charges for labor or
merchandise seem extravagant people say
they are earthquake price,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

Thirty years ago 10000 people in
England were employed in the silk in.
dustry; now the number is not more
than $1,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

In the United States Senate, during recent
debate, Senator Vest, of Missouri, paid high
tribute to the merits Of st. Jacobs Oil. Other
prominent men have also found 1t prompt in
its cure OF rheumatism and neuralgia. Price,
fifty cents q bottle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" Is not
extoiled as "cure-all," but admirably fulalls
o singleness of purpose, being a most potent
specific in those chronic weaknesses peculiar
to women. Particulars in DIR. Pierce's large
treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Women, 160
pages, sent for ten cents in stamps. Address
WORLDS D1SPENsARY MEDICAL Asso oCIATIoN.
663 Main Street, Buffalo, y. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

DIR. WARREN, an associate Of the Washinf:-
ton Ornithological Department Of the, Agrt-
cultural Bureau, says hat hawks and owls
feed on mice and insects, and not on poultry,
ing O number Of the stomachs Of these birds
lie found no poultry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

Throat troub es yield promptl:' TO Red Star
Cough Cure, as voIched for by U. S. Architect
Clark. Its ingredients are purely vegetable
and free from opiates. 2J cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

AT Berlin, Germany, about 500 workwomen
settes; The sale amounts to about milliol
yearly, and the rosett are exported to al
the European countries and North and Soutl
America,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

SPRING HILL, w. Va, Oct. 20, 1885.
Enclosed find one dollar for two packages OF
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The sample
package, received in June, gave perfect salts
faction. GILL MESSEH-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

"Are you fond of tongue, sir2" Il
was always fond of tongue, madame, and
I like it 'still.'"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
A Chilly Sacrifice

should never be made, but ambition and en-
terprise desc We reward. Wherever you are
located YOU should write to Hallett & c., Port
la d, Maine, and learn about work that you
can do and live at home. earning thereby from
IS to S25 ard upwards daily. Some have
Bo.h sexes. Ali ages. Capital not needed;
You arc started free. All is new. Those who
start at once cannot help making snug l.ttls
foYftn
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HARTFORD MILLS, n. Y, Aug. 9, 1885.
have used little over half package OF
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, and 1t has helped
me more than any of the different medicines
l have used. feel confld ent that 1t will cure
can and do recommend It TO others who
Wv REV. A. DAMON,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29

Rupture, pile tumors, fstule and all diseases
of the lower bowel except cancer), radically
cured. Send 10 cents in stamps for book. Ad-
tio:.. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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"WARNER's SAFE CURE"
CONSUMPTION: :

% S a9S ss engP s ao ss 4s %
s8 seco 9 feerg naahy destroyed dnsy poison acid
Destructive ung this
Lung Coughs Colds Bronchitis P the year Re
IMPAIRED EYESIGHT pa9sz easZ I s1 Nth ns p epse has s &C.
eyes
written surprise that after athou treatment with Warmers
SAFE Cure hog vasn s the best
kidney Disorder We doubt that the
complain failing early Life stat al unconscious
gradually running the system f.
recently shown that
Of1UM AaO4AOs whisky tobacco and other enayns
the liver In
Developed the
be d the tdnsys d Muer restored
the honor Of being the specific for those organs have
ava Warmers SAFE Cure" ,
RHEUMAT1SM u as Passs "o
sGhic acid THIS actd condt
action
effects old than young people because
acdifed SAFE
neuting the acid and correcting their
SAFE Rheumatic Cure'
"Warnr SAFE Cure completes the work
BLADDER DISORDERS: a yssas a most @ G % dsas orse
cou1ng through organs
producing Warmers FE
cdHengeS
with all other renies this work buy to-day