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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22

I would not advocate coating them on
the roof unless they are already lain, in
which case nothing better can be done
with them. In APPLYING petroleum or
any other paint to shingle roof all eady
laid, you find yourself in the same predi-
cament that Pat was when his employer
ordered him to grease the wagon. He
said he creased it inside and out, but
couldn't get at the sticks the wheels
hung on. In applying oil to shing'e
roof after it is laid, you can't get at the
spot where it is most needed to make 1t
effective. A barrel of crude oil and a
keg of brown metallic paint will pay in
the life they add in the woodwork to
which they are applied and be worth ten
times what they cost in the neat tidy ap-
pearance of the fences, gates and out,
buildings. The petroleum can be ordered
from any dealer in oils, and ought not
to cost more than eight cents with the bar.
rel included, and in localities close to oil
wells it can often be bought for half the
price. The paint will cost from " to 3
cents a pound in accordance with the
quantity you purchase, outside figure
being for small lots. Never mix paint
in the petroleum that is applied to
shingles, as it is only waste OF ma
terial."
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An Organ OF Paper Pulp.

A very original musical instrument has
recently been constructed at Milan,
Itafy--an organ whose pipes, instead of
being of metal, are of paper pulp. Its
history is quite curious. Father Giovan-
nj Crispi Rigghizo, having learned that
the parish delrIncoranata, at Milan, was
destitute of music for the Offices, con-
ceived the idea of devising cheap ma
terial that would permit of constructing
organs under such conditions that the
most unpretending communities could
purchase one of these instruments.
This monk, who had passed his life
in poverty. was confronted by lack of
money, and, Notwithstanding his efforts
to carry out his undertaking, was begin
ming to despair of success, when he had
the fortune to meet an artisan, Luigi
Colombo, who understood the construc-
tion of the instrument and was good
enough to aid him in carrying out his
design. They both went resolutely to
work, and finally, in June, 1886, finished
the instrument IN question. Unfortun-
nately, by reason of lack of funds, they
could not exceed twenty-five registers,
forty-four pedals and 400 pipes. The
final result, however, is extremely inter-
esting, since it is generally agreed that
the instrument possesses great power
and a sweetness of tone not found in
organs hitherto constructed.-Neso York
TeLe1r5rn.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
The Front Gate.

The front gate needs looking after. No
doubt it has a hard time to keep itself
straight and level and on the square, but
it has always a weak point which is the
heel or hinge post. This post has to bear
an enormous weight, because Of the long
leverage of the gate, which increases the
pressure of the gates weight, or any
other weight many times. To remedy
the general failing of the gates, several
points should be looked to. Tie gate
should not be any longer than ne :essary
to pass wagon driven in straight and
fairly, and never crosswise. The gate
should be we'll braced, the heel post
heavy, and set at least four feet in the
ground, with large unhewn butt under
the surface, tamped all around with
stone, and then filled in all around with
cement so as to consolidate the whole
into mass. Then gate sill OF four
inch plank foot wide should be fitted
firmly between the heel post and the
latch post, and covered with six inches
of soil. The heel post should be eight
feet above ground, and the main gate
post quit, as long, with long diagonal
brace, an iron rod with screw and nut
at one end is the best, from the top OF
this to the foot of the front post. Such a
gate will not sag under any ordinary cir
cumstances. .-Neao York Times.
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A Boston Mans Original Leyee.

A young man in Boston who is going
abroad soon, wished to entertain some
friends before his departure. He knew
they were surfeited with the ordinary
style of evening parties. He wanted
something original. He invited ten
young ladies and nine young gentlemen.
AS each guest entered the reception
room he or she received q handsomely
engraved card which bore the mysterious
word "Causerie. A hint as to the
meaning of what would follow was given
by the quotation from 'Paradise Lost"
with thee conversing, I forget all
time" After his guests had puzzled
their brains trying to decipher the mean
ing, the host voluntee' ed an explanation.
Ten subjects were presented for discus
sion, and he had chosen ten couples
to do the work. Instead of
spending. the evening in dancing,
each gentleman was expected to fill out
his card with the names of the young
ladies with whom he desired to talk. In
that respect it differed slightly from the
selection of partners for the dance. There
could be no wall-fowers. The converse
ton must be general. Five minutes were
devoted to each topic, and at signal
from the host there was general swap
ping of partners and a complete change
in the style of conversation. For in
stance, the company opened the ball by
telling what they knew about "Boston
Busy BIS, Baked Beans, Brown Bread,
Baseball, Big Brains, Blooming Beauties,
Blthesome Bachelors. When the young
ladies had practically foored the gentle
men in regard to the relative merits of
baked beans and brown bread as the
best method of producing big heads
on baseball tossers, they turned
their attention to the topic
"The Lady or the Tiger-Which2"
There was a strong division of opinion
on that. The others were: "Conscious-
ness" "The real affinity between red
headed girl and white horse, "Boston
Fads," "Given squirrel on tree and a
man at the foot. The man moves around
the tree, the squirrel does the same
thing, keeping always on the opposite
side. Can the man 60 around the squir-
rel." s"Will the opposition to the An
dover theology warrant the heather in
adopting a protective tariff, excluding
our missionaries2" "Does an incubated
hen have any maternal instinct2" and
the ladies were familiar with the last
topic for the evening: LEAP Year,
ArG0ndut.
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Crows in the Corn. Field.

A few mornings ago, while passing
through my corn.fie d, gun in hand, in
tent on shooting crows that were pulling
my corn, I wondered, says farmer in
the New York World, why some Yankee
had not invented something that would
frighten and keep away the crows from
the corn-feld without killing them. l
know the crows to be the farmers best
friend and insect eater among all the
birds we have. A plan or invention sug-
gested itself to my mind that had never
heard even limited at. 1t is this: Take
q cotton rope, say one-fourth of an inch
in diameter, rather loosely twisted, and
fasten powder crackers by inserting the
fuse of the crackers through the string
at any distance apart you may wish you
may have them exploded from five
minutes to one hour apart, which is en-
tirely optional. After fastening the fire.
crackers to the cotton string by insert
ing the fuse, place them on a board in
your corn-6eld. Straighten out your
string, light at one end, and you will
find it will carry the fire its entire length,
exploding the fre-crackers in its pro.
SreSS whenever HleC, anu Iue uie mitA
hold to the string.
If you wish louder report than the
small free ackers give, use the larger
ones known as double headers. In damp
or rainy weather protect the string and
crackers by covering with board. Now
this is sure protection, as have tried
it and so have my neighbors, and all
pronounce it a great success. 1t is my
Invention and hereby publish it for the
benefit of my brother corn growers. 1t
has the merit of being cheap, as 1t can
be run for a cent or two day, starting
it early in the morning with string long
enough to last the day.
Should your corn-held be large, have
two or three strings going at once. The
larger fire crackers are best, as the report
is louder.
would like to have my brother far
mers tell me through the columns of the
World of some practical way of destroy
ing "live-forever" and mustard that have
possession of field. Digging is out of
the question.
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A Eagle and Salmon,

Tho common eagle is q bird Of won
derfully keen sight. At height Of
eighty yards it can see grass mouse Or
q stoat, and having once located its
prey, it will swoop down with the speed
OF an arrow, and rise with the victim in
its claws.
Mr.. Samuel Wilmot, the superintend-
ent of the Canadian fish hatcheries at
Newcastle, Ontario, Canada, told ME the
following story about an eagle: A pair
of eagles built their nest near our house
well up in large pine tree year in and
year out for many seasons. One autumn
the cold weather set in earlier than
usual, and the smooth parts of the
stream that ran by our house were frozen.
But the eagles still remained in the big
pine, save when they flew abroad for
food. Gne morning, as I sat at the win
dow looking in the direction of the
pines, l noticed one of the birds leave
the tree and poise directly a'ove a rough
part of the river which was not frozen.
Then he went down like bolt, and dis.
appeared under the water. watched
with great interest to see what he would
fetch-watched one two, three, four
seconds, but he did not appear. This
was something so unusual that l became
intensely interested. I stood at the
window for half a minute watching
where the bird had disappeared, and
then, sure that something had happened
to HIM, snatched my hat and ran down
to where lay my little boat. After some
difficulty l managed to get it into the
open waite, and then po'ed to the spot
where the eagle had gone under. Look
ing down, l saw the bird, his wings
partly extended, and held fast to the
bottom in some unaccountable way.
With a graphing hook | drew him out.
Judge of my surprise when there came
to the surface, beside the eagle, an enor-
nous salmon It was for this splendid
prize that the eagle had made this
plunge. Of course he had buried his
strong sharp talons in the side of the
fish, but when he wanted to rise he
could not lift his prey. Neither could ne
withdraw his talons from the salmon's
side, and so had rerished. The fish
weighed trife over thirty, pounds
Harper's Young People.
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Baseball Outfits.

The cost of placing two baseball teams
on the diamond is higher than might be
supposed from their simple-looking out
fit. In the first place, at least q dozen
bats are used. These cost $3.50. The
bats used by the League and American
Association clubs are of the -"black
band" variety. They are turned by
hand, and are of the best sea oned tim
Der.
The catchers' gloves used by the big
associations are made of the heaviest
Indian tanned buckskin, padded and
furnished with sole leather tips. They
cost SIS a pair. A catcher's mask costs
$3.50, It is made of hard wire, padded
with goat hair, and the padding faced
with imported dogskin, and is impervious
to perspiration. and is always pliablc
and soft. A "perfect supporter" used
by nearly all ball players now to support
the shoulder cap and elbow pieces, costs
81. The League belt, made of worsted
webbing, mounted with nickel plated
tongue buckles, are sold for seventy five
cents. The flannel shirts worn by the
players cost them SIS each, which item
alone represents more than 500 in a
baseball game. The shoes worn by the
players look like the cheap articles which
are sold for So in sporting goods stores,
but they are very different. They are
made of calf skin and cost So pair
Many lookers-on at baseball game
game wonder how the catcher's body
protector Is made. The material is either
chamois or canvas, padded and quilted.
They sell at $40. Shoe plates have come
into use in the leagues. They are made
of steel, one for the heel and one for the
toes. A set costs 81. The players
stockings cost $3.50 pair and their
caps ST.. The trousers are of flannel and
cost S. pair. The outfit of each man
amounts in Talue to nearly $50. Then
every team must have a sole leather bat
bag, for which it pays SIS, and set of
three bags, which costs $3.50.
The umpires this year use a "patent
celluloid umpire Indicator to keep a
record of the strikes and balls that may
be called. 1t is operated by the thumb
or finger while held in the palm of the
hand. Since the number of strikes was
increased it was found impossible for
the umpires to keep tally after the
former style, and the indicator was
brought into use. 1t costs rs cents.
Every league player now uses sliding
pad to protect him as he slides to the
bases. 1t is worn on the side and hip,
and is made of chamois leather. It's cost
is So. 50.-- Commercial 1dcertistr.
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Prices Paid for Famous Literary
Works.

These arc some of the prices that
authors have received for works now
famous: Goldsmith, 800 for "The
Traveller" $500 for "The Vicar Of Wake
field" and $500 for "The Deserted
Village;" Fielding, $4,000 for "Amelia, {"
and $12, 900 for "Tom JONES'" DR.. John.
son, 1926 for "Rasselas;" Macaulsy,
500, 900 for the "History of England; !"
Boswell, $4,000 for the "Life of John
son." Dryden, $4,000 for his translation
of "Virgil;" George Eliot, $40. 900 for
"Romola;" Walter Scott, $4,000 for the
first Waverlys, and large sums for later
ones, with $4,000 for "Woodstock, "
and 800, 100 for the "Life of Napoleon; !"
Zola, $50 for his first story, and $50, 600
for "L'Assommoir;" Wilkie Collins,
$25, 900 for "Armadale;;" Milton, $75
for '.Paradise LOST" Byron, $15, 900 for
"Don JUAN" and $50, 900 for "Childe
Harold; ;" Campbell, $500 for pleasures
of Hope;;" Burns, $40 for the first edi-
ton of his works, and $500 for the
last; Poe, $50 for "The Raven" Long
fellow, $4,000 (f2O liue) for the Hang
ing Of the Crane" the highest price
ever paid for a poem; Whittier, $500
for the copyright of his works, which he
afterward bought back for $1,000; Ten
nyson, $12 line for "Reycngc."
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A Novel Pavement.

A newly patented pavement is said to
have been suggested by the surface of an
elephants tooth, which consists of inter-
mingled layer OF hard and soft material,
so that the process of wearing always
produces series of ridges upon the sur
lace. The new system of paving is the
idea of Mr.. Ranyard, the English as
tronomer, and comprises the use of
blocks having alternate hard and soft
layers-such as Portland cement and q
mixture of sand and cement-which are
set upon edge, so that the edges of these
lamine form wearing surface. The
blocks are made four inches high, and
may be worn to less than an inch with
out becoming smooth like graritA
observation-disclosures Irapeler.
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The Swiss Good Night.

'sThe Swiss Good Night" refers to the
custom of the Swiss mountaineers OF
calling through their speaking trumpets
at dusk, praise the ] ord God" One
hcrdsman starts the call, ana his neigh
bors from every peak, echo it. The
sounds are prolonged by reverberation
from one mountain to another. After a
short period, which is supposed to have
been devoted to prayer, a herdsmen calls
"Good Night" This, too, is repeated,
and as darkness falls, each retires to his
hut. These calls may be heard for miles
and are re-echoed from the rocks, 1ol
some minutes after the original call has
died sway.-Detroit Free Press.
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The Effect ofVinegar OH Meat.

There are methods for making tough
meat tender; the operation is purely me-
chanical. Good meat is sometimes
tough owing to hardness of fiber. 1t then
remains to soften the fbers in order to
make meat tender, or easy to masticatc; !;
there are two ways known to experienced
cooks; ore by the action of vinegar upon
the uncooked fibers of flesh. the other
the prolonged simmering of the meat in
an unsalted sauce, or in enough water,
also unsalted, to just cover the meat and
supply it with the requisite quantity of
moisture. The pounding of meat to
make it tender is reprehensible to the last
degree. When meat is made tender by
the application of vinegar, or any kin
dred acid to the uncooked flesh, it may
subsequently be cooked after any desired
method, although it is usually stewed.
Several excellent dishes based upon this
principle of cookery may be made. As
for the use of the acid with uncooked
meat the writer's experiments have been
variously made with vinegar and lemon
or lime Juice, and cider which has nearly
become vinegar, and they have similar
effect; as they are less rapid in action
they re preferable for those meats which
are to be stewed, braised, or baked in q
sauce or gravy made from the wine or
cider. Housewife.
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Nice Way Mix Mustard.

It is quite convenience to have mus
tard mixed ready for daily use. If made
according to these directions it will
keep fresh some time. Take three table
spoonfuls mustard, ORG tablespoonful
granulated sugar, and mix well together,
then beat an egg very smooth, and add
it with a teacupful vinegar to the mus
tard and sugar, putting in little only
at time, until the whole is thoroughly
combined. Place it then on the stove
in a pan or kettle of boiling water, and
cook five minutes, stirring constantly
or it will curdle. When it thickens
remove it and add either teaspoonful
of olive oil or the same amount of melted
butter. Unless olive oil is perfectly
fresh, it is always better to use butter in
its place, as stale oil will spoil whatever
it is used or.--Prairie FdrmT.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Whitening Linen with Potatoes.

A French laundryman has discovered
very ingenious method of cleaning
linen without soap. He uses no soap,
nor lye. nor chlorine, but replaces these
substances by boiled potatoes, with
which he ruhs the linen. This curious
process, it appears, is much superior to
those hitherto employed, and the worst
soiled cotton, linen or silk cleaned by
this method are made whittier than they
could be by the use of an alkali- Besides,
the method has the advantage that
brushes can be dispensed with and we'll
water be used. .-Neao York World.
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Wasps puncture grapes, but with bees
it is physical impossibility: When a
grape has been burst by birds or wasps,
then the bee sucks all the juice, and this
is an advantage rather than an injury to
the grower, as the sound fruit is apt to
rot BY coming in contact with Juice
flowing from grapes that are injured
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Recipes.

CABBAGE Sour. Boil two pounds of
bacon in three quarts of water; add q
turnip, one half head of cabbage, three
onions, two stalks of celery seasoned and
chopped fine; stew until the vegetables
are tender.
CREAM PIE.-Into one pint of thick
sweet cream stir one tablespoonful of
flour, one half cup of sugar, pinch OF
salt, and the white of one egg beaten
stiff. Flavor to taste, bake in single
crust, as for custard pie.
VERM1cELLI PUDDING.-Boil pint
of milk with few bitter almonds and
little cinnamon, pour over one quarter
of a pound of vermicelli that has been
softened in water; sweeten to taste and
add three beaten eggs; bake or boil.
CoRNED BEEF.-Boil until soft
enough to remove the bones; put in
earthen dish and pour over 1t the water
it was boiled in. Place plate on it and
heavy weight; have sufficient water, so
that when the weight is on it will come
to the top of the meat. Let it stand un-
til cold, then cut in slices.
SoUAsH.-Cut the squash in quarters,
remove the seeds and skin, cover with
salted boiling water and boil until done.
When cooked mash the squash and add
one ounce of butter for each small one.
Moisten with gravy or broth and put in
little pans or dishes; cover with bread
crumbs, place tiny bits of butter on the
ton. and bakea delicate brown in brisk
oven.
MARBLE CAKE.-Light part: Two
cups of white sugar, one cup of butter,
one-half cup of sweet milk, whites of
four eggs, two and a half teaspoons OF
baking powder, two cups of flour. Dark
part: One cup of brown sugar, one-half
cup of molasses, one clp of butter, one.
fourth cup of sour milk, half teaspoon
of soda, yolks of four eggs, -four to
thicken, and flavor.
PEAS WITH MUTTON Take any part ol
the mutton most convenient; take half
adozen chops, put them on in cold water
and boil until we'll done; remove the
chops from the soup into an earthen dish,
let it stand until the next day; then re-
move all the fat, which has hardened
into cake on the top; have ready q
quart of shelled peas, put them into a
kettle with the soup, and cook onehour.
Add few potatoes
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They Never Fail.


January 28 1884.
Ihave been using BRANDRETH's PILLS for
the last to 4 years. They ara a wonderful medi-
cine. There is nothing equal to them as B.ood
Purifiers and Liver Regula' ors. But I wish to
state how remarkably they cure rheumatism,
and how ca fly; I was affected by rheumatism
of the legs. My business wholesale fish dealer)
naturally leads me to damp places. was 80
bad Icould not walk, and at night suffered
fearfully; tried Balls ms, Sarsaparillas and
all kinds of fractures, but they did me ogood
and was afra d Of being cripple. finally
commenc d using BRANDRE as PILLS. 1took
two every night for ten nights, then began to
improve. I continued tax 'ng them for forty
days and got entirely we'll. Now, whenever
sick, take BRANDsEr PILLS. They never
fail. j. n. HARRIS.
The Government decides to build two thou
A1
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There have been twenty-six suicides
from the Clifton Bridge in England in
the twenty four years since it was built.
The jump is $50 feet, and death is
presumably easy, which accounts for the
popularity of the route. The last person
who went over it was a young man who
WAS to be married in q week.
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Two artesian wells, recently sunk in
Sonoma Valley, Cal, are considered to
be worth not less than $40, 600 each. One
Of them flows $4,000 gallons OF water
per day and the other 100,
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"Yes, had very narrow escape" said
prominent citizen to a friend. II was con-
fined to my bed for year and my friends gave
me up for consumptive's grave, until began
using Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs, and here am, sound and hearty"
You will find it for sale by all druggists.
Price SOC and 81. Sample Bottle Free.
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TUG lOI1B dBO tII dCUI oIftdtf,
Lay dormant meath the summer sky.
Not unlike the thrifty oak in its germ, devel-
opment and growth, is consumption: But
even this mighty foe Of mankind, positively
Yields to the wonderful curative properties Of
Dr. P.erce's Golden Medical Discovery if
taken early. Don't be bind to your own in
terests and think yours hopeless case. This
remarkable remedy has rescued thousands.
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