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PROFESSIONS of Slaves in Africa.

One of the saddest sight seen any,
where is o common spectacle on some
of the large tributaries of the Congo.
The Bangala and few other large tribes
along the Congo have great de-
mand for slaves to be killed as sacrifices
upon the death of important persons, OF
to be used to furnish forth their canni-
bal feasts. Unless they are at war the
supply of slaves often runs short, and
they send expeditions up the Lulongo,
the Tchuapa, and other rivers, to buy
victims for their ceremonies. Another
reason why they seek the slave markets
along the Congo tributaries is that, as
rule, the further they 60 from the main
river the cheaper they can buy slaves.
So it is no uncommon sight for ex.
plorers, ascending the tributaries, to
meet professions of Congo canoes laden
with slaves, usually male adults, going
to their own funerals, and often bound
hand and foot.
They understand full we'll the cruel
fate from which there is no escape.
The richer or more important the family
which has lost one of its members, the
more Numerous must be the victims
who follow him to the grave. This is
one of Africa's great cruelties which the
Congo State Government is suppressing
wherever its authority is sufficiently es
tablished to combat the ancient evil
Neu York San.
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Baking Cake.

If sponge cake Is soft and "meaty," i
is probably because bread flour has beer
used instead of pastry -four. Or it may
have been beaten too much.
Always be careful not to slam the oven
door or set things down heavily on thu
stove when cake is baking, as it may be
at Just that point when the jar viii
cause the cake to fall fiat.
Always turn cake cut on a cloth, as
it will stick to board or plate. Piece!
of old tablecloths, hemmeu, make good
cake cloths.
Angel cake is not difficult to make; i
should be handled about like spong'
cake, and baked in moderate oven. Th'
baking is the hardest part.
An even teaspoonful of baking pow
der to cup of flour is good proper
ton.
In beating for long time with th'
spoon, turn it over and use the spoon
backward and it will be found much
easier.
In making anything with sour milk
add the soda last, or put it into the tlou'
or meal and sift it in last, So as to saw
all the etfervescence.
In preparing tin, paper the end
first, then lay in strip to cover bottom
and sides. TO attempt to paper th'
whole tin with one sheet of paper make:
too many folds in the corners and toe
many wrinkles in the cake.
If you have any frosting left after
decorating the cake, use it for sweeten.
ing something else, or seal up tight in 8
glass jar and keep it for days # you wish
for plain frosting. If it seems stiff ado
a bit of lemon juice and beat hard
Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
A Street Annunciator.

sDrop q nickel in the slot ana learn
what street comes next" is the latest
application of the nickel and the slot
distraction. Your nickel, however,
goes into a conductors pocket. Inc
Slot, nevertheless, exists, and your IN
uuiry is answered just as etfectually as
though you saw your hard. earned com
disappear into the silvef-plated lips OF
the silent monster.
Over the, door leading out to the
dummy of each one of the Powell street
cable cars is device termed the street
annunciator,' being simply neat little
oaken box with an open glass face. 1ts
position is such as to be in full view OF
all the passengers in the car. AS the
different streets are approached narrow
sheets of paper, upon which Their various
names are conspicuously inscribed, au'
tomatically unfold and drop into view
under the glass and indicate the neX1
street. A Sharp click calls it to ones
attention, as do also the words "the next
street is" over the inscribed name.
The automatic change of names is &C.
colnplished by an elevation of q few
inches of the iron slot in which the griE
fits, occurring few feet beyond eaet
street, and as the car passes SLENDER
iron rod extending beneath the car rises
and falls, which, connecting with th|
mechanism in the box, causes the roll o.
paper to unfold just far enough to reVea
the name of the next street. The lnVen
tion is designed to save the vast quaint
ties of breath on the part OF passenger
and conductors. San Francisco Ohronac'e
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
How to Paper q Room.

In the first place select paper that il
smooth and firm on the under side, as il
will not dampen through so quickly
Then it is best to trim the paper the day
before using. Lay a roll on the fooj
and sitting down (not on the floor, how
ever, trim the right edge, keeping il
rolled with the left hand.
Good paste is quite an item and is besI
made without cooking. Put a. antitJ
of -four in large dishpan, and pour
over it just enough cold water to make
q smooth paste. Now pour en- sufficient
boiling water, string we'll all the time,
to make it thick and clear.
Have sca!Told longer than the ceiling
is high. Measure oil a width where you
wish to commence, allowing for it tc
come we'll under the border. Then lay
a roll right side up on the scatfold and
measure off another width, matching the
edges that will come together on the
wall. When you have cut four or five
turn them over, and with wLitcWash
brush spread paste on evenly, being sure
that the edges are well pasted. Then
get on the wall as quickly as possible.
Commencing at the top with brussels
broom. brush from the center each way
removing all wrinkles. Also have q
cloth near you, ard any places that are
damp enough for the color to brush off,
press gently with the cloth. Before
fastening securely at the bottom crease
the paper with the end of the scissors
against the edge of the washboard, then
drawing it from the wall cut in the
crease and brush Lack firmly in place.
Cut the border in short lengths, as it is
much easier to handle. e.-Fau'm, Field and
ShIrEmnn.
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Standing Meat-Pies.

Having had some experience as baker
in Montreal, writes Samuel Watson tc
the New York Witness I will send yor
my recipe for standing pig crust. First
you take three pounds of -four and one
pound of good, fresh lard, and rub the
lard we'll into the flour; then add hoi
water, not boiling, and take care not t.
use too much water, for the dough needs
to be pretty stiff. We used to hav'
moulds of wood the shape of the pie w
wanted to make. Take piece of th'
dough while it is warm and roll it out tt
the size you think will fit the shape.
press it into the shape with your hands:
and by the time that is done the dough
will be cold and stiff. Then you cal
turn it right side up and put your mea'
in. Pork or mutton is the best meat
and should be partly cooked and highl,
seasoned. The larger the pie the thicke
the crust must be. Bake with a stead!
heat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Philadelphia's Two Richest Men.

The right to the title of "the richest
Philadel lphian" is generally considered
to be between A. J. Drexel, the banker,
and William Weightman, of the chemi.
cal firm of Powers & Weightman.
judging by the wealth of Francis Drexel
when he died, the brother must be worth
we'll on toward $50, 900, 900, and Mr..
Weightman's fortune must be about the
same, using the wealth of his late part.
rer, Thomas Fl. Powers, as q basis OF
Judgment. Both of these men were hard
workers from the start in their respective
occupations. Anthony Drexel was on
the street in his youth and mastered
every phase of the money market by hard
application. The same devotion to
business marks Mr.. Weightman's career:
The manufacture of quinine has reaped
his firm immense profits. Philadelphia
Rec0rI.
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Umbrella Stand.

To make handsome umbrella stand
select as smooth tile as you can find !;
if there are coarse burnt PARTICLES upon
its interior or exterior surface knock
them off with an old knife or file, then
put coat of white paint on the outside.
Next secure some sand, sift it through a
fine sieve; when perfectly dry dust the
tile completely with it. Only the finer
particles will adhere, giving an even
texture. Let it remalp twenty-fou,
hours, or until dry. Then take common
varnish, cut it with turpentine; add o
little chrome yellow tube paint; with a
brush commence painting at the top,
shading as you proceed by adding black,
burnt sienna or raw amber, to a deep
brown at the base.-Dstrot Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Compressed SaTdust for Fire Wood.

"I'm thinking Of making a dryer for
drying sawdust," said well.known
Lewiston man. ut will be big busi-
ness some day. A firm down in Bangor
is taking the lead. Their purpose is,
you know, to press it by hydraulic power
into ab5sS one-tenth its bulk, and sell It
for fuel after all the moisture has been
excluded. You see the effect of moisture.
The intense strain created by burning
would burst the adhering structure and
make it inefficient as fuel. When you
come to think of the enormous waste of
sawdust it is apparent that modern
economics has hold of the right end Of O
long clue. e.-Lsuiston (Ae.) Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
A Terror to Knavish Coal Dealers.

In Northern cities there has been re-
Gently introduced patented automatic
machine, which is terror to the unfair
coal dealer. It is In the form of scales,
attached to coal receptacles. An &C
count says:
The new-fangled concern is a remark
able piece of ingenuity. The hopper, of
the shape of an inverted pyramid, opens
its wide mouth beneath the sidewalk
chute into which the coal is dumped
from the cart. The hopper holds about
two tons of coal, and rest upon set of
levers supported by heavy framework
of wood. The levers extend to heavy
scales capable OF weighing several tons:
The who structure is so adjusted that
when the coal is dumped from the cart
through the sidewalk chute into the
hopper its weight is Immediately regis
tered by the scales.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
A Delusiye Telegraphic Code.

She was going to Europe. BE is 3
very rich man, but millionaire Will
always make up a telegraphic code to
save money. It would be nothing 70
him If she sent q hundred words in q
telegram, but he will always get as
much as he can for nothing anyway, and
he will have telegraph code: He LETT
her to make out the code. She made
one quite to the point on all important
matters. She selected the words p heF, r.
self, wrote it all out, and handed 1t TO
him when she left. He locked 1t in his
got gotA tel telegram q from her. It consisted
81 one word -"Laugh." He laughed.
Itseemed to be something quite pleasant.
His code was at the house. He wentup
there in the best of humor. He got out
The code and he read this brief but en-
phatic legend:
"Iaugh-send me s5oo."-San Fran
risco Chronicle,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Chemistry in the Kitchen.

No housekeeper has mastered the ari
of cooking who does not know some
thing of the chemical elements of food,
and the purpose it serves when taken In
to the system, and it is particularly i'm
portant that she should know what will
best supply the real needs OF her grow
ing family, as the more perfectly it il
adapted to their wants the more vigor.
ous will be the body, and more perfect
the development of muscle, nerve ane
brain.
The first consideration in the selection
and preparation of food is to know wha'
is adapted to the peculiar condition o.
those to be fed; tho child requires ftoe
composed of different elements from thai
which lest suits the adult, while th'
diet of the brain worker who leads
sedentary life, and whose work makes
heavy demands on the nervous system
should vary from that OF the man o:
active pursuits, whose business calls hin
into the open air, and furnishes him will
exercise. The use of knowledge il
cooking is to teac.; how to supplement:
one kind of food by another which con
tains the needed elements in which thu
first is defcient.-HouseUye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20

that you expect to add to your fortunes
shortly. Your thoughts are entirely on
money. Am I not right, sir2"
Caller-"Well, yes, that Is"
II thought so. I never make q mis-
take. The money you are looking for
you will receive. There will be no
trouble about it; no delays of any kind.
One dollar please. Always come to me
when you want advice. Everything l
touch turns to gold"
"You mistake. I did not come here
to have my fortune told. l am the pro
prietor of the grocery store around the
corner. and 1 would like you to pay this
bill, three weeks overdue"
"Ahem. Please call again. "-Phala'
delpia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
WHY II is Cold on the Mountains.

Go into a greenhouse on sunshiny
day, and we ind the temperature much
hotter than outside. The glass will allow
the hot sunbeams to enter, but it refuses
to allow them out again with equal
freedom, and consequently the tempera
ture rises. Our whole earth is in this
way to be likened to greenhouse, only,
instead of the panes of glass, we are en-.
veloped by an enormous coating OF
atmosphere. When we are on the earth's
surface we are, as it were, inside the
greenhouse, and we benefit by the inter
position of the atmosphere; but when we
begin to climb very high mountains we
gradually get through the atmosphere
and then we suffer from the cold. If we
could imagine the earth to be stripped
of its coat of air, then eternal frost
would reign over the whole earth as well
as on the tops of the mountains.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Gave Himself Away.

GLOW did I get this black eyer re-
peated the drummer, as he buckled the
Straps to his satchel. "Well, l tried to
be smart"
Chow"
81 was at Seymour, Ind, and in q
hurry to get my railroad ticket. SO was
another chap. The ticket seller was
slow, lazy and impudent. The other
man pulled his gun, showed it into the
window and got his ticket ten seconds
later. 1t was hint for me-"
"Aud you accepted it,
81 did. I showed my revolver into
the window and gave the ticket man a
quarter of minute to get me paste
board"
"And he jumped2"
"He did-jumped out of his Office
and broke me in two over baggage
truck. He's got my revolver yet"
But how did it happen to work in
one case and fail in auother?"
"Oh, I couldn't keep my voice from
trembling, and then I didn't have long
hair and buffalo overcoat. He got
right onto me for fake. ."-Detron Free
Press.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A Splendid Household Mixture.

n 5U1eHuTU 11ouseHo1o 7u1*oufo'
A good mixture to have in the house is
composed of aqua ammonia, two ounces 4;
soft water, one quart; saltpeter, one tea.
spoonful; shaving soap, one ounce.
Scrape the soap fine before mixing with
the other ingredients, and allow it to
stand few hours before using. 1t is
sure death to bedbugs if applied to the
:revices which they inhabit. 1t will re-
move paint that is mixed with oil with
put injuring the finest fabrics, and will
remove grease from carpets by covering
!he spots with the mixture, and after
;ponging and rubbing it thoroughly
wash it off with Gear cold water.-
Washington Star.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
|Dne in a Thousand-Bad Enough
as He Was-HeIpfnG the Hun
sry-Both Tired-His
Inheritance, Etc.
mon the cushioned bench

She sank upon the CUSHIONED bench
At Messcs kolf and kipp's,
And softly said she'd like to get
A pair Of sealskin slips.
The clerk came smirking with two"
And then with ''three" and -four"
But still, alas like DicGenss Twist,
Her feet demanded-"More."
The young man reached his wits extreme;
He dared not venture higher,
For fear smother customer
Would founce away in ire.
Not she! A smile broke from her eyes,
She cried-"Why, man alive,
If you must work that moss grown game
Begin with number FIVE"
Burlington Free Press.
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Both Tired.

Bill Collector Ito hired girD-"Lool1
here I'm tired coming around with this
bill"
Hired Girl (wrathfully)-"Well, I'm
ltired, too. having to leave my work to
tell you to call again"
B. C.-"Well, you may tell your boss
That this is my last CALL"
81. G.-"Your last?"
B. c. Qfercely)-"Yes."
II. G.-"Thank Heavenm
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Mrs. Malaprop's Latest.

Mrs. Malaprop has come to town as
usual this season and is getting in her
work with the same disregard of English
hs always characterizes her. Society
Circles are now laughing over a lapsus
(ingup originating with one of the Mrs.
Ms who Is quite well-known. One of
her daughters, beautiful girl, has been
Biting to sculptor, and some one asked
The lady what was being done. "Oh, "
ehe replied, "my daughter is having o
bust made of her hand. y Washington
8CrIic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Helnino the Hungry.

II wish you would help me little"
said the tramp; 81 haven't eaten any
thing for two days" w
"H'm!" returned old Grinder; 'Tm
opposed to giving money promiscuously
|on the street; but if you take this string
and tie it around you tightly, you won't
feel so empty"-Pucs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Put His Foot in His Mouth.

Mrs. Robinson was entertaining some
fadies at select little five o'clock tea,
and Bobby, who had been exception
ally well. behaved, was in high feather.
"Ma," he said, as cake was being
handed round, "may I have some
tongue, pleasei"
"There isn't any tongue, Bobby"
"That's funny" commented Bobby.
.sI heard pa say there would be lots of
Et."-London lid Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
Entitled to Ride Free.

Saturday poorly. dressed, trampish-
appearing man boarded south bound
Cottage Grove avenue car. When the
conductor asked for his fare the man re-
blied that he was out of change, but that
be guessed he could ride to Sixty-third
street.
"No, you can't unless you have the
money to pay for it," the conductor an
ewered.
"Well, now jest kin. Isee that sign
there afore I got on this car, sayin': TO
Sixty. third street without change. ~
ChicaTo Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
The Intelligent Juror.

Chow do you vote, ST, guilty or not
guilty."
"Guilty."
"Oh, now, see here. It's plain
ease of not guilty. What makes you
think him guilty?"
"What makes me think him guilty 2
Wal, I'll tell ye. If the man amt guilty,
how'd he come to git arrestedG"-Aun-
tey's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
A Family Gathering.

Have YOU a father9 Have you mother?
Have YOU a son or daughter, sister or brother
who has not yet taken Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for
the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Group and
nil Throat and Lung troubles? II SO, why?
when sample bottle IS gladly given 70 you
free by any druggist and the large size costs
nnly 6Oc and 81
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20

To the Editor-Pleasc inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which Warrant to cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its yir;
tues that will send free a sample bottle and
valuable treatise to my sufferer who Will give
Il. C. Root. NJ. g.. 1873 Pearl st.. New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-20
A Good Feature.

A widow called at sculptor's studio
10 see the clay model of the bust of her
husband. 81 can change it in any par
ticular that you may DESIRE" he said.
The widow looked at it with fearful
eyes. "The nose is large"
GA large nose is sign of goodness, "
said the artist.
The widow wiped away her tears, and
eobbed: "Well, then, make it little
larger. ."-TRe Wasp.
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scintillations From the Sanctum

Ecintillations From the sanctum.
.sThe product of the cotton plant en-
fers largely into the consumption of the
people in one way and another" re-
marked the casual caller, as he put few
choice exchanges in his pocket: eyes,
Eepl;ed the snake editor as heput the
Memorandum of bright idea on his
scratch pad. "Now, besides the textile
lses of cotton, we have cottonseed oil
used in the manufacture OF lard. "
sYes," assented the snake editor i'm
patiently. "And I suppose" added the
saller, judiciously passing out of the
loor, ''that soon we will be drinking
cotton. gin. ."-Pihsbu1y Chronicle. 7sle-
raph.
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His Inheritance.

81 can't understand, Bobby" said his
father, "why you should quarrel so
much with Tommy White. Your mother
tells me you quarrel with him most of the
time"
II can't help it, pa" replied Bobby,
thoughtfully. 81 guess must get my
disposition from you and ma. "-Bazar.
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Catnrrh Cured.

A clergyman. after years Of suffering from
irving every known remedy, at last found g
prescription which completely cured and saved
MIN from death. Any sufferer from this dread;
full disease sending a self-addressed stamped
envelope to Prof. j. A. Lawrence, SS Warren
ST.. n. y, will receive the recipe free OF charge.
Ifaf1icted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
;sEyewater. Druggists sell at CSC. per bottle.
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"Hooray" cried Cadley, II feel like
B new man."
"Oh, please DON'T" retorted Bromley.
s'Don't be any newer than usual, Cadley.
You are too fresh, naturally."-Ba:ar.
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The postoffice at Ewbanks, ILL.,, Is to
be abolished for the singular reason that
40 one can be found to take charge
Of it.
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Now is the Time

IT wish to enroll my name as one OF those who
bayo derived health from the uso Of Hoods s.rsa-
parIlla. For many years have taken It, especially
in the early spring. when am troubled with ais.t
ness, dullness. unpleasant TASTE II my mouth IN
the morning. 1t removes this bad taste relieves
my headache and make, me feel greatly refresned.
The two bottles I have usei this spring nave oes1
worth dollars dose l advise all my friends 70
taleit." JOHN BISSs, ea sd Street. town Of Lakes
Chicago. Ill.
NIB II ycu decide to take Hood Sarsapariuao %
not be induced to buy any other.
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In a Safe Place.

Business Man Ito new confidential
clerk)-"Here, Waggerly, is the safe
combination Be very careful that you
don't lose it,
"Yes, SIR"
Business Man (next morning. -"What
haven't you opened the safe yet?"
"No, sir, I couldn't"
"You haven't lost that slip, I hope?''
"No, sir; but put it inside the safe
last night. t."-Boston Beacon.
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A Womau's Reasoning.

ssNo, Mr.. Sampson, she says sweetly,
'I can never be your wife. We would
not be happy. You are too extravagAnt
In your habits"
Extravagant." he repeated. "You
have been misinformed, Miss Lulu. ]
am as economical as Brooklyn deacon.
Why, I have to be-"
Then 1 can never be your wife, Mr..
Sampson"
"Because Pm economical2"
"No, because you have to be econ
omicalw
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There are only two native born Repre-
,eutatiyes in the Kansas Legislature.