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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17
Did It Elect Harrison?

The following appeared in Minnesota
naper: members of the Democratic party
have been using all subterfuges to account
for their overwhelming defeat, and numer-
Gus are the causes alleged.
Il was talking with several or the van
ouished on Fourth Street the other day, op-
posite bill board, and one of ths party ex-
claimed: IF it had not been for the closeneSs
of the National Committee in the expenditure
of money, we would have elected our man.
The Republicans advertised their man like
circus" Several of the party remarked that
no advertising was done except small an
nouncements in the papers, ana 10"
changers on the dead walls.
'Hangers!" said our informant. wv nat
do you call that hut a circus poster" point
ing to a twelve-sheet medicine poster on the
bill board. bearing the cuts of General Harrl-
son and his grandfather.
tsIf the Democrats had advertised like that,
Cleveland would have been reelected"
The poster referred to was one of the famll-
lar black and white Log Cabin Sarsaparllla
posters sent out by an enterprislnS trm en-
gagged in the manufacture OF old log-caDln
home cures, under the name OF Warmers Log
Cabin Remedies, and among other equally
valuable articles includes the famous Log
Cabin Sarsaparilla, which is everywhere
recognized as the best of all spring medicines
and stands without rival for the cure OF all
disorders which are the results of impure
blood
The spring time of the year is the season
when the system needs renovating; the long
winter has caused the blood to become filled
with impurities.
There exists no better means to aid and
strengthen the system at such an urgent
period than the use of Warmers Log Cabin
Sarsaparilla, which speedily restores the
blood to pure and healthy state, which in
sures health and happiness.
The reputation of the firm putting out the
medicine is above reproach, and is the same
firm which manufactu ers Warmers Safe
Cure, the standard remedy for the cure OF
all those diseases peculiar to the kidneys
as well as those which are the results OF
disease in those organs, and which has met
with such phenomenal success for the past
ten years.
We understand that the posters referred
to made their appearance in many parts OF
the country sometime prior to the Chicago
Convention which nominated General Har-
rison as a candidate for the Presidency
hence the use made of the portraits of the
Harrisons, father and grandson-was either
the result of remarkable political foresight
or in accordance with the historical assocla-
ton of the old Log Cabin with the name OF
Harrison
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Cleaning Wall PaDer.

The proper way to clean wall paper is is
to first take off the dust with soft
cloth. With q little flour and water
make a lump of very stiff dough
and rub the wall gently down
ward, taking the length of the arm
at each stroke, and in this way
90 round the room. AS the dough be-
comes dirty, cut the sollcd part OF. In
the second round commence the stroke
q little above where the last one ended.
and be very careful not to cross the paper
or to go up again. Ordinary papers
cleaned in this way will look fresh and
bright and almost as good as new.
Some papers, however, and the most ex-
pensive ones, will not clean nicely, and
in order to ascertain if paper can be
cleaned, it is best to try it in some OBJ.
scure corner which will not be noticed if
the result is unsatisfactory. If there be
any broken places in the wall, fill them
up with a mixture of equal parts OF
plaster of Paris and silversand made into
a paste with water; then cover the place
with little piece of paper like the rest
if it can be had. .-Brooktyn Citizen.
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Eating MuSkrat.

tDid I ever eat muskrat!" said Depu-
ty Register James A. Visger. "Well, !
should remark. It's the incest, gamlest
and most delicious meat you ever put
into your mouth. But you have to look
out when you catch 'em. See that lin
ger~ ,
Mr.. Visger held up the index finger OF
his right hand. 1t was all scared and
mutilated at the top.
81 had spcared twenty-six muskra!s
that day, abolt thirty years ago. II
was down on the River Ecorse. When
I had speared one fellow took hold
of him by the head instead of the
tail, and he nearly took that finger oil.
But 1 would sooner eat one muskrat
than five pounds of porterhouse steak:
When the boys used to go on muskrat
hunt in the old days, and catch fifteen
or twenty apiece, they would sit down
in the muskrat houses play cards to see
who would win the lot. 1t generally
ended by one man winning the whole
pile, and he would 60 staggering home
under load of $50 to 200 rats.-Detrot
Journal.
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Recipes.

BCTTERMILK PIE.-Take the yolks OF
four eggs. one teacupful of sugar, one.
half cupful of flour, a half teaspoonful OF
soda, two tablespoonfuls butter, one pint
of buttermilk. Flavor with nutmeg,
lemon or vanilla. Make meringue and
brown slightly.
DELICIOUS CABBAGE.-Slice or chop
fine small head of cabbage, salt and
pepper, and cook in Just enough water
to keep from burning; take half cup
sour cream, half a cup vinegar, two
eggs, butter size of an egg; beat to-
gcther; pour over the cabbage; let 1t
boil and serve at once.
FGvE-EGG CAKE.-Two cups sugar,
two-t thirds cup butter, two-thirds
cup buttermilk with one even tea.
spoonful of soda dissolved in it, two
and three quarter cups flour, whites of
five eggs and yolks Of two. Bake about
one and one-quarter hours in moderate
oven. This cake keeps very we'll for some
time.
LEMON JELLT.-One quart of water,
four heaping tablespoons of corr, starch,
one cup of sugar, three or four lemons.
Dissolve the starch and sugar in the
lemon, pour in the water: Boil several
minutes, stirring constantly. This may
be nodded and the white of an egg,
beaten with two tablespoons of sugar,
spread over the top.
FAIRY BREAKFAST BtsCCIT.-Mix a
scans tablespoonful Of butter with pint
Of flour, salt to taste and enough water
to make q dough that can be kneaded.
When sufficiently worked with the hands
roll out the dough as thin as a sheet of
paper; cut in rounds with mutiiE Iing,
prick them with fork, and bake for
minute in moderately hot oven.
RICE CRoQUETTEs.-Boil the rice until
quite soft and tender; while warm, meas
ure; to every teaspoonful OF boiled rice
add an egg, we'll beaten, tablespoonful
of butter, pepper and salt to taste, and a
half teacup of any kind of cold fresh
meat, ham or tongue, chopped tne.
When cold, with Toured hands make
into croouettes, cover with beaten egg,
roll in cracker dust, and fry in hot drip.
pings until nicely Drowned.
BAKED TCRN1Ps. four good
sized turnips; cut in thick slices; cook
until tender in salted water; drain and
lay in baking dish. Make a sauce as
follows: Two large tablespoonfuls OF
flour, two of butter; stir these together
in frying pan; when thoroughly heated
and mixed add teacup of milk, pouring
in gradually: add very little salt and
pepper and bits of butter over top OF
turnnips; pour the sauce over and bake IN
brisk oven twenty minutes.
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Incidents or q Great Drought.

An everyday incident of the drought
which has prevailed in the Riverina dis.
trict of New South Wales is described
by an eye witness, who says: "When a
mob of sheep gets near a tank a rush
for water takes place, all crowding to
get a drink at the much.coveted fluid
The strong trample on the weak, who
90 down. and either get drowned OF
smothered in the mud. Very often, too,
comparatively strong sheep get begged
and die. To prevent the water becom-
ing putrid, every passer-by, no matter
who he is, stops and pulls out any
sheep he may see stuck, whether dead
or alive, and to do this is looked upon
almost as a religious duty, the omission
of which is a greater sin than the breach
of one of the ten commandments"
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The Palm Tree,

Among the Indians of Brazil there is a
tradition that the whole human race
sprang from a palm tree, says Vick's
Magazine. 1t has been symbol of ex-
cellence for things good and beautiful.
Among the ancients it was an emblem
of victory, and. as such, was worn by the
early Christian martyrs. and has been
found sculptured on their tombs. The
Mohamedans venerate it. Certain trees,
said to have been propagated from some
originally planted by the prophets
daughter, are held sacred and the fruit
sold at enormous prices. The day upon
which Christ entered Jerusalem, riding
upon the colt of an ass, is called Palm
Sunday, being the first day of the Holy
Week. In Europe real palm branches
are distributed among the people.
Goethe says:
In Rome ON Palm Sunday,
They have the true palm,
The cardinals bow reverently
And sing old psalms
Elsewhere these songs are sung mid olive
branches; o.,
More southern climos must be content Wltn
the sad willow.
The books relating to the religion of
Buddha were nearly all of them written
upon the leaves of the fan palm, and by
missionaries they have been used in the
place of paper. The noble aspect OF
this tree, together with its surprising
utility, has caused it to be called ''the
prince of the vegetable kingdom" and
it has been immortalized in history,
mythology and poetry.
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Best Food for Pigs.

Experiment appears to have proven
the benefit of supplying such proper
ton of nitrogenous food with maize for
pigs as will render the feeding fully nu:
.tritious and healthful. The effects of
such feeding have been that the growth
of bone was larger, the vital organs
the heart, lungs. liver and spleen were
heavier and more vigorous, while, as
might be expected from this better de-
velopment of these organs, the carcass
was heavier and the proportion of lean
meat to fat was larger than on exclusive
maize feeding. 1t may be sufficient to
point out these facts to lead feeders of
pigs to make use of such heterogeneous
food as bran, milk and linseed cake meal
along with maize, so as to avoid disease
and secure more and better meat, greater
profit in feeding aud exemption from
losses by disease -Mcao Y0rI; Herald.
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Uses for Stale Bread.

The housekeeper need never fear the
accumulation of stale bread if she will
only take care of It in time. Every day
the bits left from meals and the dry ends
of the loaf can be dried hard in the
oven and then put away in paper bags:
If time allows pare off the crusts and
dry separately to add to soups. This
dried bread will keep for weeks or
months-it must simply be kept clean
and dry. In any recipe where bread
crumbs are called for, as in bread pud.
ding or bread omelet, use this dried
bread, laying it first in cold water till it
is soft and then pressing it dry in a
towel and crumbing it lightly with the
hand lEushinQto1l Star.
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Value of Ashes.

"How much are eunleached hardwood
ashes worth per bushel to use on land
which is worth $3.50 per acre, and when
hay is selling at $12 per ton3" asks a
reader in central Vermont, of the Ne0
England Farmer. and the following re-
DIV is made: "Ashes vary greatly in
their actual value and in their selling
price according to the kind of wood
burned and their freedom from sand,
earth and charcoal. The best hard
wood ashes often contain nearly ten per
cent. of potash while those from some of
the softer woods may show less than
three per cent, though it is claimed by
some that soft-wood ashes are not so in
lferlor as many believe. but being lighter
than those from hard wood ashes they
are easily lost by being blown away
while burning. The ashes from small
!twigs are much richer than those from
the trunk of the trees. 1t is estimated
that average ashes 4sill contain from tour
to FIVE pounds Of potash in o bushel of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-17
How to Boil Beef.

Take about four to five pounds of
rump beef or the cross rib (the first CUT.
Ask your butcher to lard the same with
small pieces of sat bacon. All butchers
do this willingly, and it will save you an
amount of trouble. Then take about
half of a carrot, cut it into tiny pieces;
also take an ordinary sized pickle, and if
you have few slices of picked beets,
cut them and the pickle in the same man
ner as you did the carrot. With the
meat fork make little holes all over the
beef, then fill the holes with the pieces,
alternating from one to another-carrot,
pickle, beet, carrot, pickle, beet, etc.
The beautiful appearance of this beef,
when sliced, depends entirely upon the
above being done with care and taste.
You then cut two onions into Slices
place plate into the bottom of the sauce.
pan in which the beef is to be cooked.
Put the onions on the plate, cut from the
rump some of the fat, and chop same
into very small pieces, and add this to
the onions; also one laurel leaf and few
whole allspice and pepper. Now put
sufficient pepper and salt on the beef,
then roll it in flour, beng careful to cover
it with same on all sides. Now put the
meat upon the onions, and pour Ooiling
water over it, so that it is covered to
about three quarters of its size. Close il
with a we'll fitting cover, and let it boil
slowly but uninterruptedly for from
three to three and half hours. By add
inc few of either fresh or canned to.
matoes half an hour before you wish
to serve the beef it improves greatly the
flavor of the gravy. The gravy should
be run through colauder before send
inc it to the table. This beef is excel
lent when cold for either lunch or tea.-
NeU l'ork Press.
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Rose Insects.

The insects most harmful to roses are
the green fly, red spider, rose hopper or
thrips, and the rose bug and the black
slug. Now, though these insects IN.
volve some little trouble, yet success
will attend all persistent efforts. The
green fly, the thrips and the black slug
can all be kept under by Swinging the
plants with solution of whale oil soap.
One pound of soap is sufficient for eight
gallons of water. Throw the water in a
fine spray on the under as we'll as the
upper side of the leaves. A syringe with
bent nozzle is the best instrument with
which to apply the liquid to the lower
side of the leaves. The red spider can
be held in check by Swinging the leaves
with clear water; in dry times this should
be done every day. If the rose bug
(melolotha subspinosa) makes its appear
ance, which is not very often, it can be
destroyed by the insect exterminator.-
Tick'S MaJa:iae.
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Weight OF q Snowflake.

The lightness of snowAalles is the re-
suit of their surface being so great when
compared with their volume, and is &C.
counted for in some degree by the large
quantity of air amid their frozen parti-
cles. Snowhakes contain about nine
times as many volumes of air, entau-
gled, so to speak, among their crystals,
as they contain water. Very fine and
lightly deposited snow occupies about
twenty-four times as much space as wa
ter, and is from ten to twelve times
lighter than an equal bulk of that fluid.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Yellow Linen Made White.

When linen has been packed away for
long time it is apt to turn yellow, and
it sometimes gets in this condition from
repeated poor washing. A good remedy
for it is to cut up pound of fine white
soap into gallon of milk and put it
over the fire in the wash-b boiler. When
the soap has melted entirely put in the
linen and boil 1t half an hour; then take
it out. Have ready lather of soap and
water, wash the linen in it, and then
rinse it through two cold waters, with a
little bluirg in the last.-NsD f0rG
World,
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Onions for Poultry.

People who give their poultry finely
chopped onions once or twice a week
along with their other food, will find it
an excellent preventive to various dis
eases, especially where fowls are not al.
lowed to run at large and gather food
for themselves. When kept in the close
confinement OF small ruus, much more
attention is Necessary in supplying them
with variety than where they have q
larger liberty, and for keeping them in
good health onions are among the best
things that can be given them.-Nc1o
Y07k World.
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forty-eight pounds, and that compared
with potash salts as now sold in the
market they should be worth about
twenty-five or thirty cents per bushel,
the phosphoric acid they contain add.
ing to their value. 1t is also believed
that ashes have beneficial effect upon
some soils, independent of their contents
of potash and phosphoric acid. The
chemist can determine the amount OF
valuable manurial substance in given
sample, but he cannot say what effect
the sample will have when applied to
certain soil. That is question which
the farmer must himself answer, by ex-
pertinent and intelligent observation."
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South Dakota's Boom.

South Dakota is now engaging public atten-
ton through her recent achievement OF state
hood, as well as by the phenomenal growth
and the rapid development Of her wonderful
agricultural resources, and the advantages
offered to home-seekers and persons desiring 6
safe and profitable investments. a new
pamphlet containing recent letters citing the
actual experiences of reliable residents, and
other valuable information relating to Dakota,
will be mailed free upon request by E. z. WILL
SON, No. 60 Fifth avenue, Chicago, Ill.
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narrowing.

Both in the preparation OF the soil tol
the crops before planting and IN giving
the earlier cultivation afterward, the
harrow can be used with profit to a
more or less extent. For iiniug the sur
face Of the soil it is one OF the very best
implements we have, and, with the large
number of different kinds sold under
this name, we can secure an implement
adaDted to almost any kind of work and
in almost any kind of soil. The i'm.
provements made upon the old A harrow,
are giving us the square, Scotch, vihrat.
inc, flexible, and smoothing harrows, tc
which may be added quite a list OF
spring, disc and cutting or slicing har-
rows. In this line of implements there
would certainly seem to be full supply,
so that no matter what kind OF soil the
farm is composed of, harrow can be
used with profit on nearly or quite every
farm. But with the spring, disc and
cutting harrows, they will do much bet
ter work with some soils than with
others. One will be best in one kind OF
soil, and the other in a different soil.
Some are better for some kinds OF work,
and some for others.
1t is best to have the soil prepared in
thoroughly fine condition before planting
the seed, and to keep the soil in good
tllth until the plants have made sulh-
Gent growth to be able to commence
using the cultivators. Weeds are much
more easily destroyed when young than
after they get good start to grow, and
if the soil is p.epared in good tilth be.
fore planting the seed, in q majority OF
cases the harrow will be found the
cheapest and best implement to use IN
destroying the weeds.
The disc, spring or cutting harrows
are good implements to prepare the soil
in good tilth for seeding oats, grass or
other small grain; or When oats are sown
on corn -stubble or land that has been
planted in the fall. They are good I'M
Elements to cover the seed, sowing the
seed broadcast and then covering them
with the disc or cutting harrow. The
same applies to sowing wheat in the fall.
They will fine the surface and prepare in
a good tilth for sowing the seed with
the drill or seed-sower. And the work
can be done so much more economically
that in many cases these can be made
very profitable imp!ements.-Prairie
Farmer.
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Tonight and To-Morrow Night,

And each day and night during the week you
can get at all druggists Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the
most successful remedy ever sold for the cure
of Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Asthma, and Consumption. Get bot
tie to-day and keep it always in the house, SO
you can check your cold at once. Price sue
and 81. Sample bottles free.
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(atErrIi Cured.

A clergyman, after years of suffering from
irving every known remedy, at last found q
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, IS Warren
St., n. Y, will receive the recipe free of charge.
1faf1cted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
con Eye-Hater Druggists sell at CSC per bottle.
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To the Edito,-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which Warrant TO cure tho
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its yir-
tues that will send free sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
U.G. ROOT. N. c.. 1s3 Pearl ST. New York.
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A BILL recently brought into the States
General of the Netherlands by the Minister of
Justice, makes provisions for the prevention
of excessive labor of youthful persons and
,vornaO
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During 1888 the aggregate capital
represented by new mining and manu-
featuring enterprises organized in the
South was $16s, 800, 900.
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A bill to stop billiard playing in
saloons was defeated lin the Minnesota
Legislature by the vote of ffty-tve to
thirty. four.
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"Samson, what did you ever make
out of that blcoded pup of yours?"
Samson-"Sausagc. ."--NaN and E;r-
3TeSs.
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The use of dogs as messengers and
sentinels in the German army ha, been
most successful experiment.
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RndicnI Cnre far Epileptic Fits.

THE business Of the London Stock E1-
change amounts annually to S22, 500, 900, 900.
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NOR SALE.- 600 Acres Timber Land in Tucker
Il Co, W. Va. near Hendricks. on W. Va. G: Il. +
Heavily t;Elber'd; Poplar Ash, Oak. Cherry, Walnut
i. ". MCNEIL. Old ticlds. Hardy Co, w. Va.
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Spring Sickness

suffered from ca'arrh Il 8 THI ~
years. The droppinGs into the 1C.ATSSatA
throat 1rerc nauseatinG. My ESOtD vi hef
nose Jlett almost daily. Since SHWFFreSSS
the first days use Of Eiy's Cream VSSk
Balm hare had no bleeding, the /-f
eoreneSs is entirely gone. D. G. SSSEGSLoSI
DaridSon. ariM the Boston ESSESSSe&
Budget. &1--6->SaS
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A RUSH FOR OUTGOING TRAINS.

Tho crush that began on the railroads on Saturday
continued until 10 u M. yesteriay, when there was
cessation OF travel At 4 O'Clock the pressure was
renewed In tho opposite direction and before night
II was almost overwhelming largo proportion Of
the visitors having but day to spend In the CITY,
were then departing for home, and tho parade seeing
over all wanted TO go at one time Trains wero dis
patched far moro rapidly than they had arrived but
even then It was impossible for hours to reduce