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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Gold. Grabbing Machines.

Duff Brown, Just in from 0sceola,
New, tells of the wonderful doirgS down
there of q gold washer newly invented
by Los Angeles talent, says the Salt Lake
GENTLE Tribune. The machine works
by the dry process-the dryer the gravel
the better it works. 1t does not weigh
over $50 pounds, costs $125 and can put
through thirty tons of dirt every len
hours. One man can turn the wheel
easily, and for country where it is diff
ficult and expensive to secure an abund-
ance of water this is said to be the very
thing. The one at Oscoola is panuing
out in way that is astonishing the
miners. The machine separates and
collects the free gold irrespective OF fine
ness or shape, from gravel, sand, loam
and other debris. 1t is operated by hand
or other power, and is said not to cheek
in the heat. The dirt, after beng put
into it, asses through hopper over a
set of rifles, the bottom of which is
formed by a fine meshed brass wire
screen. The turning of crank operates
a double pair of bellows beneath, which
forces constant and strong blast of air
through the meshes, blowing the dust
out, the heavy goods falling to the bot
tom. 1t can be divided without diff
Guilty to facilitate packing on burros.
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Mechanical Wood Carving.

"Pretty nearly everything that can be
done in the fine arts can be initiated or
reproduced by mechanism nowadays" "
said we'll known New York picture.
fame maker the other day to .'inil an !
E,pr@s reporter, land some Of the tricks
that are employed in doing it. are won.
derfully ingenious. Tor instance, it
doesn't look as if wood carvings could
be initiated very well by machinery, hus
they can. and don't refer to the ordin-
ary molding or stamped work.
t'It is stamping, of course, but an
elaborate kind. We take Eastwood,
which can be compressed enormously,
but which will assume its original size
afterwards if it is steamed. We stamp
this wood with dies and then plane off
the whole surface evenly, down 10 the
point of the deepest impression: Then
we steam the wood and all that has been
COMPRESSED swels out again, and some
really beautiful effects are obtained in
this way"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
The He-sians in the Revolution.

The hiring of these troops was bitterly
condemned by Lord John Cavendish in
the House of Commons, and by Lords
Camden and Shellburne and the Duke
of Richmond in the House of Lords !;
and Chatham's indignant invectives at a
somewhat later date are familiar to every
one. 1t is proper, however, that in such
an affair as this we should take care to
ark our blame in the right place. The
King might well argue that in carrying
on a war for what the majority of lar
lament regarded as righteous object,
it was no worse for HIM to hire men
than to buy cannon and ships. The
l. erman troops, on their part, might
Justly complain of Lord Camden for
stigmatizing g them as ''mercenaries," in
asmuch as they did not come to Amer
lea for pay, but because there was no
help for it. 1t was indeed with heavy
heart, that these honest men took up
their arms to 60 beyond sea and fight
for cause in which they felt no sort Of
interest, and great was the mourning
over their departure. The persons who
really deserved to bear the odium of this
transaction were the mercenary princes
who thus shamecssly sold their subjects
into slavery. 1t was striking instance
of the demoral: alton which had been
wrought arong the petty courts Of Ger
many in the last days of the old Empire,
and among the German people it excited
profound indignation. The popular
feeling was we'll expressed by Schiller,
in his "Cabale und Liebe." Frederick
the great. in letter 10 Voltaire, de-
clared himself beyond measure disgusted,
aud BY way of publicly expressing his
contempt for the transaction he gave
orders to his custom house officers that
upon all such of these soldiers as should
pass through Prussan territory toll
should be levied, as upon cattle e1-
ported for foreign shsmuIes. ."-1tIantie
h,ntbIa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Temnting Doctors Fees.

Once in a while New York doctor,
saws the !Sun, gets soft snap. Tho
other day a nabob Of this town. who il
troubled with the mol'ygIubs, gave
o young Asculapian who had done
him service fee of $4,000 and ex'
penses to accompany him on a half years
European tour. A still more tempting
offer was recently made to another dis
ciple of Galen in town to induce him to
undertake the surgery OF hunting
party bound upon an expedition to the
wild Southwest. 1t is reported that Mr..
Jay Gould gives an alluring salary to the
physic an whose exclusive service he en-.
Joys. The English surgeon. .Morrel
Mackenzie recently declined fee OF
sYO.O which millionaire in this coun-
try offered bin for a single visit. But
it is not every doctor who can get suc!'
chances.
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Courtship In Kafiristan.

The following is an account of the
custom OF courtship among the remote
tribes of KaIiristan: A kair, having
fixed his affections upon some female,
acquaints his parents with his intentions.
They apply to the parents of the g.rl,
and if the latter do not consent to the
union, a fight is inevitable. If the
parties agree, the next proceeding is to
appoint two expert female negotiators,
who, by stratagems, get access to the
house with the object of broaching the
subject to the young lady. The lady
ambassadors avoid any sudden or abrupt
mention of the awful subject OF their
mission, but launch out in praises of the
gentleman who seeks her hand. They
speak of his possessions, his courage and
other accom- plishments. The girl, pre-
tending to be afronted even at these
remote hints. grows refractory and runs
away, tearing the ringlets of her hair as
she retires, while the female ambassadors,
having got the consent Of the parents,
drag her from her concealnent and
carry her by force to the house of her
destined husband, and there leave her,
where she is compelled to remain for
days silent and detected, refusing food,
till at last, if kind entreaties do not pre-
vail, she is made to submit by blows to
the union. The Kafr who has the
reputation of having committed num-
Der of murders OF Mohummedans enjoys
exceptional privileges; he is respected
by all in the neighborhood and expert
.nces Little or no difficulty in procuring
,wife for himself. The Ka6r woman is
doomed to a life OF toll and drudgery, and
The husband has the option of discarding
aer at any moment he feels so disposed.
ST. .Ldmes's Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
A Cooking Clock.

The latest achievement in portable
double action furniture is the cooking
clock, now on exhibition here.
It is made of white wood, stained
cherry, and is constructed after the style
of the fashioned grandfather's clock.
Here the resemblace ceases, however,
for before one is through inspecting its
multIform SURPRISES one wonders whether
some bright little automaton will not
spring ont of a concealed drawer or
secret receptacle and offer you a dia-
mond ring and chrome.
In the first place the lower part Of
this mighty engine Of domestic economy
contains gasoline stove which, when in
use, is pulled out like drawer from its
resting place. Below the stove is re-
ceptacle for kitchen ware, while above
it is q china closet containing four
shelves. Above all this is perched 9
calendar clock, back of which is attached
a gasoline vapor tank, which is connec.
ted with the stove by pipe concealed
behind the case.
You might suppose that,this collection
of conveniences would have satisfied Its
enterprising inventor-but no. To the
left, and fitted securely to one side of
the case, is an argand burner, supplied
with gas generated by the gasoline va
por tank above mentioned. When cook
ing is in progress the woodwork of the
stove clock is protected by sheet of
asbestos paper, which is placed back OF
the stove. When the stove, china closet,
etc, are not in use they are pushed back
into the case, the front of which is deco
rated with handsome mirror.
Besides this multiplicity of useful
combinations, the ingenious inventor has
found room within the magical case for
a writing desk and drawer for writing
materials.
What more in the way of condensed
comfort can one ask for in one article OF
furniture? With one of these stove
clocks and folding bed in room, the
occupant has a kitchen, bedroom and
parlor all in one. -Jeaoelers u eekty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
COMPOST of Dry Leaves.

In making compost principally of
dry leaves the heap should be made
broad and kept fiat on top, In order to
have the water falling in rain percolate
down among the leaves throughout the
entire mass. IT you can add a little
barnyard manure. weeds, old hay, or
even straw, as the leaves are gathered
and thrown up in the pile, so much the
better for fastening decomposition. The
compost heap, when completed, may be
six to eight feet high, and the leaves and
other materials used trodden down
firmly. Just as soon as sufficient rain
has fallen to wet the COMPOST heap all
through, it should be turned over by
commencing on one side and pitching
the materials over, keeping a narrow
channel open across the entire length of
the heap, for by working in this way
you will be sure to have the entire heap
moved and the materials of which 1t is
composed well mixed. If any part of
the heap should be found dry, add water
sufficient to make it moist, for unless the
leaves are kept moist they will not de-
cay, only very slowly. The compost
heap may be forked over two or three
times during the winter if it is wanted
for use in spring, for the more frequently
the heap is moved the more rapid will
the materials decay.-NeW Yor.t Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Fighting Fire in North Texas.

Who first invented this novel method
of extinguishing grass fire on the plains
fame has not heralded. Old Texans de-
clare that when Indians killed buffalo in
quantity and feasted their fires some
times spread, and freshly skinned buff
fslo hide was used by the squaws to
smother the flames. Cowboys (the Texan
ones, claim the patent for this novel
method of extinguishing fires. The
buffalo bunch or mssquit grass in certain
seasons rather smolders than blazes, but
when the dry spell is continuous the
herbage becomes as inflammable as
timber. To lose the naturally cured
grass is to weaken the cattle, and lank
stock does not winter well. The fire
starts, and the cow boy, ever on the alert,
sees it. A cigarette has been dropped or
q spark from fire has done the business.
1t is not section of country abounding
with water, hose or steam fire engines.
The apparatus for exting gushing the fire
is peculiar and near at hand. Crack goes
acow-boy's revolver, and knowing exactly
how to shoot, a steer falls, with scarce a
struggle, and is dead. Instantly half
dozen cowboys gather around the dead
animal, and they proceeded to fay the
steer in the most expeditions manner. 1t
is not q skin for the lanyard, to be nice
ly taken off, but there is left adhering
to the hide fully four inches of the meat.
1t is a very heavy hide. Now two cow
boys tie their ''ropes" to the pendulous
shanks of the hide, take twist of the
ropes around the horns of their saddles.
spring on their ponies, and plunging
spurs into their mounts, off they start at
a mad galop, dragging the hide over
the fire and putting it out. Other cow
boys trail along and extinguish what lit
tie fire is left.
1t is severe work for the wiry little
horses that scour the plain. Just as
soon as the horses show signs Of tire, the
riders Jump of and mount fresh animals.
At breakneck speed many miles of fire
are followed. The plucky little beasts
are not spared, and what they may want
in bottom is made up in gameness. A
''civilized" American Eastern horse
could not do such work, Tor never could
he be made to face the burning prair:e.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Where Log Cabins Flourish.

A party Of American gentlemen, who had
been camping out on an island In the great
Lake Nipissing, Canada, last Summer, were
returning in sail boat and were yet seven
miles from port when the sun went down,
and with it the sailing breeze.
A discouraging situation, truly.
"Never mind, can row you there inside
of two hours said the guide who had charge
of the party, as their murmurs arose.
"Why, man, it is seven miles, there are
four of us in this heavy boat--its big job
you undertake. said one.
"No matter, have done the likes before
and can do it again." cheerfully replied the
broad .shouldered Irishman. as he slowed
away the sail and bent to the oars. He was
splendid oarsman, and the boat was soon
under headway again.
"What would I not give to enjoy your
health and strength" remarked the FRO
fessor. g.
"Yes, am pretty healthy, and though I
am past sixty l feel as strong as ever" re-
piled the guide. "But only three years ago
1stood at deaths door. and meyer thought 10 70
woods all winter, logging, and got into the
water one day and caught cold. 1t settled
on my lungs and had bad cough, which
hung on till ran down almost to a skee-
ton"
Call in phydcianY"
"Yes, went twenty miles through tne
bush tosee doctor: he gave me some medi.
cine, but it didn't help me much"
"How was the cure effectedl'
IAN old Scotch lady, who had come over
from the States, gave me preparation OF
balsams and herbs, which she said the early
settlers in America used, and it soon
stopped my cough and put me on my feet
again"
One has but to travel along the frontier to
learn how easy It is to get along without
doctors, and how effective are the natural
remedies which the old grandmothers know
how to prepare. They often cure where the
best physicians fail.
Every mother Of family knows how
coughs and colds are quickly and radically
cured with syrups and teas made from bal
sans and herbs which grandmother taught
us how to 1nake.n
Warmers Log Cabin cough and consump-
tion remedy was, after long investigation
into the merits and comparison with other
old-tims preparations, selected from them
because proved to be the very best Of them
all It has brought back the roses to many
a pallid cheek there is no known remedy its
equal as cure for coughs and colds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14

fy is very sensitive to cold, and perhaps
sowing after a good frost is the best
remedy for this enemy.
The fly lays its eggs on the leaves OF
wheat, soon after the plants are up. In
four or five days the eggs will hatch,
and, as soon as Matched, the worms will
crawl down the leaf and work their way
between it and the main stalk, passing
downward till they come to joint, just
above which they remain, little below
the surface of the ground, with the head
towards the root of the plant. Having
thus fixed themselves upon the stalk,
thy become stationary, and remain until
transformation is complete. ,
The Hessian or wheat-flies DO not eat
into the stalk, as some may suppose, but
they lie lengthwise on the surface, COW
cred BY the lower part of the leaves.
They are nourishcd wholly by the sap,
which they take by suction. AS they
increase IN size and grow plump and
firm, they become imbedded in the side
of the stem, by the pressure of their
bodies upon the growing plant.
When everything is favorable to the
flies, they will be occupied for several
weeks depositing their eg's. The fly
will often lay twenty or thirty eggs on
one leaf, and, when such deposits are
made, the young worms will draw all the
sap from the pl:nt, and it dies. When
their places are found in the wheat and
the stalks look weakly, if the stalks are
pulled up and the lower blade pulled
back, the larva or worm is seen at the
joint.
AS soon as the flies are Matched out in
the spring, they are prepared to lay their
eggs on the leaves of the wheat sown
the fall before, and also the spring wheat
which is making its appearance above
the surface of the ground. If all things
are favorable, the fly will continue lay
ing for about three weeks, and then dis
appear from the fields. When these
eggs are Matched, the worms pass down
the leaf, as in the fall. In this state
they are found at harvest, and, when
the grain is gathered they remain in the
stubble, where most of them will be
transformed into flies early in the fall.
For this reason, it is best not to SOW
wheat on the same land two years in
succession. Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Iridescent Leather

Modern leather manufacturers, says
The S,oe and Leather Report r, are sur
passing the ancients in the diversity and
beauty of the colors they are intro.
iucing. Many of the shades produ ed
in upper leather are highly attractive.
The Thebans were thought to have at
tanned great proficiency in this art, but
the variety of co.o!s they are credited
with was meager compared with the
iridescent display of our epoch. Rem-
nants of leather found IN Theban tombs
reveal the use OF acacia and other trees
in the tanning process. The Jews, after
the exodus, probably put into practice
the knowledge obtained of this art
under the Phalaohs, in preparing rams
skins dyed red for the service OF the
Tabernacle.
The love of colors is as old as the
human race. The art of dyeing leather,
30 long practiced on the Mediterranean,
was afterward attained with di 'culty
by other European countries. But we
need no longer to 60 to Egypt or the
Mediterranean for instruction concern
ing it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Memory Feat OF a Musician.

Sir John Stainer, whose reputation as
an orgauist and composer is worldwide,
says the Chicago Nsso'. has wonderful
memory in regard to musical matters.
On one occasion he was to play the
organ in the performance of the
"Messiah" at the Crystal Palace. Just
before the hour for opening 1t was dis
covered that there was not copy of the
work in the building. In this emergency
DR.. Stainer's memory stood him in good
stead. He PLAYED the entire organ part
right through without fault and with.
outa note Of music to guide him. There
is no record of such feat ever having
been done before or since.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Horse Breeding for Profit.

There is something peculiar about the
draft horse bus ness of this country, re-
marks the Breed:r's Gazette. 1t is about
thirty-five years since our people began
to wake up to the fact that our horse
stock might be greatly improved by the
importation of the heavy draft breeds of
Great Britain and France and from that
time down to the present the business of
importing and breeding dract horses has
not experienced a check or a reverse.
No other branch of business in this couu-
try, whether pertaining to agriculture or
any other industry, has been so uni
formly prosperous. The importers have
all made money; their customers who
have bought these imported horses have
almost universally made money; farmers
Nho have bed to thee imported STALL
ions have all made money by so doing,
and still the business goes on and grows
and still the demand goes out from our
large cities, from our lumber camps and
from our mining districts for more and
better heavy draft horses. All horses of
the heavy draft type that are bred in
this country find quick market at good
prices as soon as they are old enough for
use, and there is no prospect of an abate-
ment of this demand. Surely breeders
of draft horses IN this country have
every reason to congratulate themselves
upon the unexampled prosperity of their
business in the past and its bright,
prospective future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Storing CabbaSes in Pits.

There are several objections to storing
cabbages in the cellar, even where there
is plenty of room. Pits are sometimes
used for this purpose, but trenches are
considered preferable by those who have
experimental with the various methods.
The following hints in. regard to the
storing of cabbages in pits from Waldo
F. Brown, as published the Ohio Farmer:
"To bury cabbages select dry land with
q slope to carry Oft the water, pull them
on dry day, aad if there is any water
in the heads invert them and let them
drain. open trench eight inches deep
and wide enough for about four rows Of
heads packed as closely as they can be.
protect them, and no straw will be
needed. but the earth may be shoveled
directly on to them. Put on from ten to
twelve inches of earth, and shape it up
so as to keep out the rain. after the
ground freezes, protect the pit with
straw or corn fodder, so as to prevent
freezing and thawing, as this is what
spoils them. Enough for use up to
Chris mas may be stored in boxes in a
COO1 SCildis IOO5C uCaoS llaJ uC ololCA,
roots down, and will grow and make
solid heads by spring. Open a fiat
trench four or five feet wide and set a
row across the upper end, setting them
at an angle of forty-fve degrees with
the heads packed as closely as possible,
then cover the roots with earth, tramp
it down on them, and place another row
with the heads rpstino phoya the rootS
of the first row. When your pit is filled
it will show solid mass of heads. Now
put up boards foot wide or more around
the edge, and cover to this depth with
light litter, using first corn fodder and
then leaves, and put roof over it, and
although the heads may freeze Little
the roofs will not, and the cabbage will
mature and be crisp and fresh in the
spring. If You see signs of mice put
some pie"es of apple with a little
strychnine on them around the top of
the pit"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Painless Poultry Killing.

Mr.. E. Baden Benger, the President
of the British Pharmaceutical Confer
ence, adopts and recommends the fol-
lowing plan for the ''happy dispatch"
of poultry. A large wide-moutt ed stop
pered bottle is kept charged with an
ounce of choloroform. When a chicken
has received sentence of death, it is held
firmly under the left arm aud its head
slipped into the mouth of the bottle.
A few deep inspirations follow, and the
bird without a struggle becomes un-
conscious. Then, holding it by the
legs. its neck is dislocated by quick
stretch. The plan is so simple that it
might be generally adopted.
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Barreline Apples.

Before packing, the first thing to do
is to make up your mind how many
grades you are going to have in the pile
from which You al packing. There will
be two grade, at least, and the chances
are not more than three. For instance,
take Baldwin grown on the inside of a
tree, that is apt to be rather green, that
will be one grade. All the medium sized
apples, have them all the one size as
much as possible, and pretty high
colored, that is another grade. Grown
at the top of the tree or at the outside
limbs, apples will be much smaller, but
high in color, that will be your third
grade. A barrel of apples, when opened,
should be all as near of the one re and
color as it is possible to have them. If
you pack your barrels in that way, and
brand them accordingly, the buyers in
Britain and elsewhere will soon get to
know that that brand represents well
selected, honestly packed apples, and
the result will be that they will pay
fancy price for it. The price is not so
much of consideration with them as it
Is to get the very best article. York
Herald.