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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
THE GAPEs-HoW TO CURE.

. When large number of chicks have
gapes it is difficult task to handle each
,one separately so as to force feather tip,
or horse hair, into the windpipe in order
to pull out the thread-ike cape worms,
though such is the usual practice, as cures
are not always reliable without physical
aid. The best remedy is to give each
chick drop of spirits of turpentine on
q bread crumb. If the chicks are nu-
merous, mix teaspoonful of spirits tur-
:pertine with quart of corn meal, make
into stiff dough and feed it to the
chicks. A wholesale method of curing
5gapes is to put the chicks in box with
"a. wire partition; on one side of the par
tition the chicks are to be placed, and on
the other side of the wire hot brick or
stone. Pour little carbolic acid on the
hot brick, shut the lid of the box and
compel the chicks to breathe the fumes
;of the carbolic acid. 1t will cure the
lgapes at once, but care must be taken not
to sufocate the chicks. This remedy is
also excellent for roup, or where adult
fowls are sufocating with the well known
difficult breathing. Once or twice at
practice will enable you to handle the
chicks just as it should be. To prevent
!gapes, keep the chicks on clean, board
foors.-Fdrm and Firsside.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
The True Hero Of Waterloo.

The Duke of Wellington was once
asked who, in his opinion, was the
bravest man at Waterloo. "I can't tell
you that" he said, shut I can tell you of
Eone than whom I am sure there was no
drawer. There was private in the az
Erillery. A farm house, with an orchard
surrounded by thick hedge, formed
most important point in the British pos
session, and was ordered to be held
against the enemy at any sacrifice. The
hottest of the battle ragged around this
point, but the English behaved well, and
beat back the French again and again.
"At last the powder and ball were
found to be running short; at the same
time the hedges surrounding the orchard
took fire. In the meantime messenger
had been sent to the rear for more pow
der and ball, in a short time two loaded
wagons came galloping down to the farm
house, the gallant defenders of which
were keeping up a scanty fire through
the flames which surrounded the post.
The driver of the first wagon spurred his
struggling horses through the burning
heap, but the flames rose fiercely round
and caught the powder, which exploded,
sending rider, horses and wagon in frag-
hents in the air. For one instant the
driver of the second wagon paused, ap-
palled by his comrades fate; the next,
observing that the flames, beaten back
for moment by the explosion, afforded
bin one desperate chance, he sent his
horses at the smouldering breach and,
amid the cheers of the garrison, landed
his cargo safely within. Behind him the
flames closed up and ragged more fercely
than ever. The private never lived to
receive the reward which his act merited,
but later in the engagement he was
killed, dying with the con sciousness
that he had saved the day"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
AN EPISODE OF TRAVEL.

He had on high collar with lurid
stripes and vest which for colors would
have dimmed the glories of Joseph's
famous garment. He was eating at the
same table with a middle-aged, bald
headed man who appeared to be doing
pretty much as he pleased. He helped
himself to water out of the young mans
decanter and had remained apparently OBJ
livious to the indignant glances that fol-
lowed the proceeding. He had given
orders to the young mans waiter and the
latter had hastened to fill them in prefer
ence to all others. At length dispute
arose as to an open window.
"Put it down." said the young man.
"Leave it up" said the other.
"Who are you, anyhow" spluttered
the young man, who was thoroughly
aroused. "Do you own this hotel9"
eyes, sir" was the bland response.
"I am the landlord. "-Merchant Tra0eler.
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SUordish Killing.

There is both money and fun in sword
fishing. A few years ago few fshed for
the big, wiley, wicked and solitary pirate
fish of the ocean; then smacksmen chased
him in their swift crafts for the sport the
novel cruise afforded to idlers at summer
resorts, who paid 81 head to see the
fishermen stand up to a swordfsh and
stick harpoon into him. Finally, since
the dietary merits of broiled swordfsh
were recognized, swordfshing became a
steady and lucrative vocation.
New London, Stonington, and espe-
cially Block Island are the home Of
swordfshmen. To open the swordfshing
season it is necessary only for smacks-
man to fix a board walk up to the end
of the bowsprit, where little cage is
erected for the harpooner to stand in and
lash long-tailed harpoon along the side
of the bowsprit; then he is ready to
cruise. He sails right out toward the
gulf stream, twenty, thirty or forty miles,
near whose tepid waters the swordfsh
loves to float lazily near the surface, his
dorsal fin just showing Above and cut
ting the water like the cutter of sod
plow. The smack swims smoothly up
to the fin and the harpooner drives his
long-handled trident into the big fish.
To the end of the spar is attached by a
stout cord a floating buoy, which the
harpooner lets go overheard as soon as
he strikes the fish. No sooner does the
fish feel the cold steel in his vitals than
he is off in furious rush into the wide
ocean, dragging along the buoy, which
points out to the fishermen the course he
is taking. The smacksmen sail after the
the fish until he tires himself out; then
they kill him at their leisure, lift him
aboard, and 60 cruising for more game.
A smitten swordfsh does not always
die ignominiously, and when the notion
pops into his head, as it frequently does,
that he will make it lively for the enemy,
he is an ugly antagonist. Twice last
summer wounded swordfsh drove their
long, sharp swords clean through the
sides of smacks, and in one instance the
vessel barely escaped going to the bot
tom, the sea pouring in through the
broken planks. In another instance q
big swordfsh towed smack several
miles, the harpoon line being fastened
to the vessel.-New York. Sun.
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A Diving One Reviews His Whole Life.

A French scientist affirms that dying
person in his last moments thinks of the
chief events of his life. Persons resus-
citated from drowning, cpileptics with
grave attacks, persons dying and already
unconscious but momcntarily brought
back to consciousness by ether injections
to utter their last thoughts, all confirm
this remarkable fact. Brown-Sequard
mentions the indisputable fact that per-
sons who, in consequence of cerebral at
fections, have been paralyzed for years,
get back when dying their sensibility,
mobility and intelligence. Such facts
clearly show that at the moment OF dis
solution important changes take place, re.
acting on the composition Of the blood
and the functions Of the organs.-Cha-
cago Times.
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"TIPPING" A WAITER.

"I had the greatest time at the hotel
stopped at while was down to the
city," remarked Uncle Josh to the admir-
ing crowd who collected at the store to
hear of his journey. "They had a great,
big dining-room there, and more than a
hundred walters, but none of 'em came
around where I was. sot there as much
as hour, an none of 'em paid the least
bit of attention to me. Finally a man
at the table with me, who was just fin
ishin' his dinner, says: You'll have to
tip one of the walters if you want to get
any attention here
"Wall, I lowed I cud do that fast
enuf, fer T felt about mad jest then, so
the very next waiter that came skipping
by with hui raft O. dishes up over his
head, put out my foot and tipped him
up quicker'n wink. That was the quick
est way to get attention I ever seed.
Why, I he'd the whole hotel, boss an all,
there in about ten seconds. ."-Psck's Sun.
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PROGRESS vs.. PREJUDICE.

"Laura," said the old man, twill you
have some taters9"
eff you refer to the farinaceous tubers
which pertain to the solanum tuberosum,
and which are commonly known as pota-
toes" replied the sweet girl graduate,
II would be pleased to be helped to a
modicum of the same. But taters2
Tasers2 I'm quite sure, papa, they are
something of which I never before had
the pleasure of hearing"
The old man hammered on the table
till the pepper castor lay down for rest,
and then remarked in voice of icy calm
ness:
"Laura, will you have some Of the
taters2"
"Yes, papa"
Is our boasted high school system a
failure or is it not?-Terre Haute Er-
press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
MIXED THE CERTIFICATES.

Government Clerk Ito friend)-'I'm in
g frightful hole. I went to see two doc
tors yesterday and got medical certif-
cate from each. One was certificate of
health for life insurance company and
the other was a certificate of illness to
send to the chief with my petition for q
weeks leave of absence"
Fricnd-"Well, I've done that myself.
What's the matter?"
G.. C.-"Matter2 Great Scott, I
mixed the certificates in mailing them.
The insurance company has my certifi-
cate of i'll health and the chief has my
certificate of good th!"-Boston
Beacon.
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A COINCIDENCE.

"I'm interested in that young man, "
said stranger Number One.
$50 am l." said Number Two; "qite
o coincidence, isn't it2"
eyes, so it is. I've watched him for
number of years, and think he has the
making of smart man in him. In fact,
I have taken quite fancy to him."
"And I lent him five dollars over a
year ago, and I'm quite interested to
know when he intends to pay it. Yes,
we are both of us quite interested in him,
and as remarked before, it's quite coin
cidence."
Then each looked fercely at the other,
and turned on his heel simultaneously
which was quite Observation-Disclosures
Blade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
CURING CLOVER.

To determine the condition of partly
cured clover I have found much help in
taking half dozen stalks and twisting
them very tightly. The more or less Tor
none at ally sap that I can twist out
shows far better than the looks of the
clover how much it is cured. This has
been laughed at in these columns, but
nevertheless it is the best way I know OF
to determine the condition of the stems.
They may be too full of sap to put into
the barn and still the hay appear quite
dry. suspect I cure my clover more
than some. I do not care to handle an
extra ton of water on each acre, only to
have it sweat and steam in the NOW. 1t
seems as well to let the air take this wa
ter while the hay is in the field, as later,
and saves me useless lifting. But want
the hay green enough so that it will heat
some, so as to settle soidly. 1t is easy
Ito think and write about these things,
but it has taken many years of experience
under varying circumstances to make one
feel anything like master of the clover
curing business, so do not be discouraged
if you cannot make good hay the first
time.-Ohio Farmer.
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TRAINING FOR HIS CANE.

Swell Boy-"Feel that muscle, Char
ley"
Dudeley-"Good gracious! How did
you get ita"
"Gymnasium. Dumb-bells, sand-bags,
indian clubs, and all that sort O. thing,
you know"
"Why, Williel What do you want to
ret up your muscle for2 You're no
fighter" >"
"Deah boy, I've heard from London
chat canes will be larger than ever. Don't
you seea I'm in training for my cane. -
CHICAGO Herald.
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pleasant faith that people have long en-
joyed in regard to sheep improving pas
ture or a farm. The statement that sheep
must eat the same as other stock and that
the substance that goes to make up the
wool and carcass is lost to the soil is truo
and very evident; but there are many
points of dissimilarity between sheep and
cattle in their feeding in and effect upon
a pasture. Sheep will in dry time, or
at any time in short pasture, go into the
swamps and bushes to feed and browse
in the early morning and then seek the
hill-tops and lie down in the breeze and
chew their cuds, and here their droppings
are left in condition to be washed on
to the surrounding slopes and trampled
into the soil. Cattle which are in the
pasture day and night will not feed on
bushes or coarse plants until they are
starved to it, but will feed on the high
land till they get dry and thirsty, then
they will 90 and drink. The water is
usually on low land, and if it happens to
be in a shady swamp they lie down there
and what manure they leave there is
wasted. What they leave on high ground
is no better than chips in a few days of
hot weather, and if it gets broken up by
tramping over it it will float off before it
will dissolve.
Sheep relish a good proportion of leaves
and twigs in their food at all seasons, and
will live and do we'll on plants that cattle
do not like and horses will not eat. With
a small daily ration of grain sheep will
thrive in bushy pasture where there IS
very little that other stock would eat, and
will kill out the weeds and bushes at the
same time; and if they do not really en-
rich the soil on the whole, they will en-
rich the poorest parts of it, and will add
to the value of the pasture by the value
of the labor it would take to kill out the
weeds and bushes and cover the surface
with fine grasses.
This is no fanciful theory. We have
seen q field which had been used as a pas
ture for colts and calves till about one
third of it was covered with goldenrod
and blackberry vines changed to fine
grassy sward in three years by putting in
few$more sheep than it would keep in
good condition, and giving them extra
food to make up the deficiency. And we
know that there are thousands of acres
of rough pasture in New England grow
ing up to bushes, where the rocks are
too thick to allow cutting the bushes or
plowing the land, that might be made
into good dairy pastures in the same way.
Now that there is such an awakening in
the dairy business, COWS are about all the
stock that we think of or provide for:
but on the most of our farms the dairy
interest would be further advanced and
more profitable in ten years if the pas.
lures were divided into three parts and
one of them stocked with sheep and the
COWS kept in the other, changing from
one to the other each week. The sheep
can be kept on their part one or two
years according to their effect on the
weeds and bushes, and then let the COWS
have that and give the sheep one of the
others.-Ni7ror and Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
YOUNG FRUIT TREES.

If the young trees are to make good
sthrifty growth, considerable care must be
given them. 1t is not good economy to
purchase and set out lot of trees and
then expect them to grow as they should
without giving them good care. When
ionce well established, they can easily be
kept growing, but tree or plant that is
sstunted will not make as good growth
iafterward.
Close contact with the soil is always an
important item, especially during the first
summer. If in setting out proper care
has been taken to press the soil firmly
around the roots, considerable portion
of the risk of damage is avoided. The
winds that we usually have in the spring
will often loosen up the roots, and care
should be taken to press the soil around
the stem before hot dry weather sets in.
4, It is a good plan to stir the surface
and keep it stirred, killing out the weeds
iand keeping the soil in good tilth.
Weeds and grass allowed to grow around
the stems of the trees will tend to prevent
"a good growth, and one important item
in the treatment of young trees is to give
reasonably good cultivation at least.
, While considerable part of the prun-
ing should be done when the tree is set
out, yet it will pay to 60 over the trees
and rub off any extra growth that may
start up where it is not desired. This
Ican be done much easier now than when
the wood has hardened.
One of the worst things to contend
with is the borer that so often attacks
the young trees, and the surest plan is to
protect them in advance, as often the tree
is practically ruined the first year by this
pest.
! A good mulch will often prove very
beneficial through the hot dry months in
keeping the soil moist, and if applied
after giving good cultivation, can be
made profitable in the better thrift and
growth of the trees. Once the tree gets
well established, it will stand consider
able drouth without injury, but during
the earlier stages of growth, mulching is
very beneficial. Farm, Field and Stock
man..
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Parisians Abh0r Hot Bread.

A curious incident of the difference In
tastes was noticed at the Paris Exposition.
AT time of bread famine at the restau'
rants on the grounds, owing to the thou,
sands Of visitors, one of the American
eating houses, which possessed a barrel Of
flour, made some hot bread for sale. Not
a Frenchman would buy the bread.
They declared that they would rather GO
hungry than run the danger of having
gastric fever through eating such hot, In
digestible stuff.-TImes-D Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
A MODEST WOOER.

"Mabel," said the young man bashful-
ty, edo you know think your mother is
wonderfully fine woman"
~ am glad to know that she has won
your esteem"
aDo you think that I have succeeded
in making a favorable impression on
her2"
sI don't know of any reason to believe
the contrary. Why doyou asks
II was only wondering"
"Wondering whata"
s:Whether sne could ever think enough
of me to accept me for son-in-law."
And Mabel did her best to give him
confidence Traceler.
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HER CHOICE OF CRAFT.

They were sitting on the piazza that
faced the sea, watching the white-sailed
yachts as they crossed the moons track,
when suddenly he said:
ssI think it must be delightful sailing
on such lovely night"
ooh! lovely, I should think"
sI wish I owned one for your sake. I
would take you sailing every night"
"That would be just lovely"
"What kind of a yacht would you pre-
ter-a steam yacht or sailing one2"
81 think" she murmured, as she
glanced around, 81 think would like g
little smack"
She got it.-Boston Courier.
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NATURAL HISTORY.

Frog Ito elephant t)-"How far can you
Jump, you big lummix2"
Elephant-"I can't jump at all, froggy-
woggy."
Frog hoisting his shoulders s)-"You're
unlucky. When I see an enemy approach
ing, with a few jumps I'm out of danger. !"
Elephant-"When see an enemy ap-
preaching I don't have to jump. -
Harper's Bazar.
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Idaho shows evidence ofrapid develop
Iment. In 1880 it cast 1000 votes for
delegate, and in 1883 more than $4,000.
In the same time it increased its annual
expenditures for public schools from
$4,000 to $40, 900. Of its 55,000,OO0
acres of land $4,000, 900 are grazing and
Is, 1000, 900 agricultural lands.
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FINE SENTIMENTS.

ayes, gentlemen" he said eloquently'
and with patriotic thrill in his voice.
uI think that when an American citizen
Is rendered nomination to office by his
fellow men, it is his sacred duty to &C
cept it. Let him put aside all thoughts
of self. A man can serve his country in
times of peace as nobay as he can in times
of war. Gentlemen, friends, I thank you
for the honor you have conferred upon
me, and even though the salary may be
small, I will"
sIt is not a salaried Office, Colonel,
explained one of bis admirers.
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Why They Lead.

. DR.. Pierce's medicines outseu all others, be-
cause of their possessing such superior cura-
turers In supplying them to the people las they
are doing through all druggists) on such condi-
tons as no other medicines are sold under, VIZ:
tient, or all money paid for them will be re-
funded. The ''Golden Medical Discovery" IS
specific for catarrh in the head and all bron-
chial, throat and lung diseases, II taken In
time and given fair trial. Money will be re-
funded If it does not benefit or cure.
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A CRUEL DAsHING OF HOPES.

Father-'Bobby, are you too lame
and tired to walk a mile and half to
the circus2"
Bobby-"No indeed, father"
Father-'sWell, then, you will go into
the yard and run the lawn mower until
bedtime. I've no circus money this
year, ."-Omaha World.
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Forced TO Leave Home.

Over 10 people were forced to leave their
homes yesterday to call for a free trial pack
age of Lanes Family Medicine. IF your blood
is bad, YOUR liver and kidneys ont of order. II
you are constipated and have headache and an
unsightly complexion, don't fall to call on any
druggist to-day for free sample Of this grand
remedy. The ladies praise it. Everyone likes
It. Large-size package so cents. 4
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
>. TO FARM AND GARDEN.

HAY FOR HOME USE AND FOR MARKET.
!. If to be used for the farm, do not allow
it to get too ripe; if to be sold for baling,
the purchasers do not mind the hard
stems, they think that there is more
tssubstance' in it. So there would be
in shingles, and in any kind of wood.
The beginning Of Towering is the proper
time to begin cutting clover, as we'll as
the grasses. Timothy becomes hard and
woody much more rapidly than orchard
grass. It makes better hay to sell, but
not so good to feed out.-Agrtcultursst.
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HE FOUND AN OPENING.

Would-be Reporter sliding into the
sanctum) m)-"Have you got an opening for
me2"
Editor-"Yes, indeed. Take hold of
that ring in the floor and pull. There's
a trap door there. 1t won't hurt you
much. Laurence american.
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A WoMAN's SPITE.

"What an awfully small mouth Miss
Bagly has" remarked Jennie.
s'That is only deceptive trick she has
acquired" replied Miss Snyder. "You
ought to just see her out in the yard on
wash day with five clothes-pins in her
mouth. ."-Epoch.
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Els HEAD WAS A VOID.

'sI often feel an aching void," re-
marked young Fitzpercy to Miss Susie.
81 am sorry you are troubled with
chronic headache" replied the girl,
sympathetically. -Pittsbury Chronicle 1ele-
graph.
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THEIR PICTURES.

"Hurry to the door, Mary, and let
MIR. Smith in. He has rung twice"
s"That isn't Mr.. Smith, it is the other
young gentleman.
"Well, wait a minute, then. must
change the photographs on the mantel."
Life.
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For "a years Dobbins's Electric Soap ha
been initiated by interruptions soap makers
mense sale. Be sure and get DobbinS's and
take no other. Your grocer has it, or will get
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REFLEX REPENTANCE

Parkson-''I'll bet fifty cents that
Melville's girl has Tilted him."
Richford-ssWhat makes you think
so2"
Parkson-''Why he's out under the
trees, looking for that pipe he threw
away last month. "--Burzingtora Free Press.
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