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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
LEARN TO GRAFT.

Every farmer should himself under
Etand grating, and be able practically to
(lo it. The art is simple and easily
earned. 1t may not always pay the farmer
10 do all the large jobs of grating that
be has to do, since his own time may be
worth more at something else. But it is
Fhe little jobs, the setting of half dozen
|yrafts not worth sending for professional
CRATER to do, that thus are neglected
rom year to year, simply because no one
IS at hand qualified to do the work. Pro-
Fessional grafters make good wages set
ling gratis at SO much apiece. Most of
Them have an assistant who saws off the
imb to be grated, while the CRATER fits
The scion to the cleft which he makes, and
covers the wound to exclude air. This
and connecting the scion with the outer
wood of the branch is all the art there is
IN grating .-Boston Cu!ticator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
A Wall Of BayOnets.

It is common to hear about "a solid
wall of bayonets'' in war time, but at the
Barracks is veritable wall of them now,
say Sergeant Matthews, Of the Jefferson
Barracks, in the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
When the late war was declared off the
Union Government found itself in pos
session of a vast number of muskets use
less. They were stored up for awhile in
various arSenals, until radical improve
ments made them utterly worthless. And
when ;n old gun gets worthless it is the
most intensely worthless thing extant. So
these guns that cost millions were not
worth paying rent for storing. At this
place fence was built with them. The
gun barrels, with bayonets fixed, were
stood up four inches apart for a quarter
of mile, and then secured by bars of
iron, forged from old guns, with holes
pierced to admit the old muskets. 1t is
the most formidable fence 1 ever saw. The
bayonets which, in many instances, have
given death wounds are rusted now until
they could not be removed from the bar
rels. The posts of this unique fence are
of old cannon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
"Spanish Cedar" in West Virginia.

Says the Philadelphia Inquirer: A tall
man walking down Chestnut street
laughingly responded to the inquiry OF q
friend as to what he was doing:
"sawing Spanish cedar boards in West
Virginia for cigar box makers"
TO the remark that no Spanish cedar
grew in West Virginia he replied: "And
not enough anywhere else for the de-
mand. We saw up poplar logs into the
thin boards, and the cigarmakers dye
them brown with cedar extract that gives
the boxes proper color and odor." The
LOGS are sawn with ribbon saws that
make little sawdust to waste. Nearly all
boxes used by American cigarmakers are
made from this wood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15

dracs are made OF hardwood planks, two
or two and one-half inches in thickness,
and about foot in width. The width
of the drag must be adapted to the
strength of the team, or from six to
EIGHT feet. Four such planks will be
sufficient. These planks should be Tapped
upon each other about two inches, and
should be holtcd to q couple of bed
pieces on the top of the drag. These
bed pieces should be about four inches
in width and two in thickness. The for
ward end of each should be turned up
something like the forward end of a sled
runner. The angle, however, should be
less than that of 4 sled runner, or only
enough to raise the upper edge OF the for
ward plank some four inches from the
ground, when the drag lies upon hat
surface. This will enable it to glide
over the clods and crush them or bury
them in the soil. After getting the
measurement of the planks, and making
allowance for tapping them two inches,
bolt the rear edge of the plank, which IS
to form the hind end of the drag, to the
bed pieces above mentioned. Lay the
next plank with the rear edge Tapped two
inches upon the front of the first plank;
bore through the two planks and the bed
pieces with three -fourths inch augrr,
and bolt them solid. Put on the other
planks in the same manner until the
drag is completed. The device for at
taching the whiffle-trees or chain for
drawing the drag should be nearly on
level with the bottom plank. By boring
two-inch hole from the top of the bed
pieces through the centre Of the forward
plank, short pieces of chain can be ar
ranged which will make a convenient at
tachment for fastening the team to the
drag. If the drag is not sufficiently
heavy to accomplish the desired result it
can be weighted with any convenient OBJ
iect.-Boston Cuticator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Never worry or ovcrwork.
Learn to put truth forcibly.
Watch the methods that win.
Keep your eyes and ears wide open.
It is strange salt fish that no water
can freshen.
A capon eight months old is it for a
Kings table.
The vicious reproving vice are like the
raven chiding blackness.
Choose brave employment with a naked
sword throughout the world.
Live to-day-to- morrow may be too
latc-the wise lived yesterday.
Whatsoever was the father of dis
case, an i'll diet was the mother.
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by
any outward touch as the sunbeam.
Contentment swells mite into talent,
and makes the poor richer than the In
dies.
A good trade is something which bank
failures Or commercial panics do not de-
stroy.
When we fail to faithfully reprove a
sinful act, we lose our power over the
one who commits it.
If you have built castles in the air your
work need not be lost; that is where
they should be. Now put the founda-
tions under them.
The greatest of fools is he who imposes
on himself, and in his greatest concern
thinks certainly he knows that which he
has least studied, and of which he is
most profoundly ignorant.
Strong thoughts are iron nails driven
in the mind that nothing can draw out.
Although it is dangerous to have too
much knowledge of certain subjects, it is
still more dangerous to be totally igno-
rant of them. Rest satisfied with doing
we'll, and leave others to talk of you as
they please.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
A New Mineral Ore.

A new mineral ore has recently been
discovered in several localities throughout
the Galcna, ILL.,, and Southern Wisconsin
mining region, which is said to be rich in
zinc metal and of far more value than tho
pure dry bone itself. AtDodgeville, Wis,
the deposits are reported to be especially
rich, and a great impetus has been given
to the mining industry of that section
thereby. The ore somewhat resembles
wood petrefaction, is of light brownish
color and yields eighty per cent. of zinc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
AGRICULTURAL.
topics OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
ALL MILK is NOT ALIKE.

The Wisconsin Dairy Commissioner de-
{lared that the soor + dairymen pull out
f the old rut into which they fell many
(ears ago, that rut being nothing more or
less than the hallucination that "all milk
alike, pound for pound" the sooner
|Eill the dairy business be put on tirmcr
! nd better paying basis in that region.
Ehe weight OF milk given by certain
(ows is daily being vaunted, but the
mount of cheese or butter which the
|nill produces is Kept an unknown
8uantity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15

no PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF HORSES.
The best treatment of disease is to
prevent it by judicious attention to keep
(the animals in health and avoid injuries
which may result in disorder of the joints.
fThe food should be given in moderation
and regularly, and never when the horse
is weary from hard work, and water
should be considered as food. Water
should never be given directly after feed
ling, but always a few minutes before,
|afording time for it to be absorbed.
The coat should be thoroughly carded
and brushed to keep the skin in good con-
|tdition twice day. The shoes should be
fiat and without calks always, if possible,
thus avoiding wrenches and sprains, which
produce disease of the joints and limbs.
Exposure to cold rains, or cold wind
when tho animals are heated, are to be
|avoided. If the owner of horse would
think of these things as he does for him
self or his children, or, in fact, little
more and better, there would be fewer
diseased horses. Lastly, an unsound or
diseased animal should never be used for
breeding. g.-NeU York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
SETTING FRUIT TREES.

For setting and handling fruit trees the
ollowing directions, from an experienced
|ruit grower, have been SUCCESSFULLY fol-
owed: As soon as ground will work
/ Try plow deep, harrow thoroughly,
inc each way, set stake where each tree
5 wanted. Dig holes twice as deep as
|equired, fill with surface soil to the
proper size, cover roots, then put in some
water, fill, rounding up with dry dirt,
Ind if mulched or cultivated your trees
will do we'll. In this way set $50 peach
|rees, with part in wheat and dry sea-
lon, and all but four were alive the third
hear.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Clean up the fence corners.
If YOU wish some music get a pair Of
guineas.
A red head in fowl denotes health.
Keep it so.
Don't put long or coarse manure upon
the garden.
Farmers should. strive to produce what
the market demands.
Don't plant beans yet, that is, unless
you live in the South.
A shingle roof is far better than felt or
tar paper, and in the long 1un the cheap
est.
Don't forget to get onion seed in as
soon as the ground will work up nice and
fine.
An apple orchard when it gets to be
forty years of age, has passed beyond its
glory.
A strong point in the Plymouth Rocks
and Brahmas, is that they are very hardy
fowls.
If you set out tomato plants-look out
for frosts for awhile and cover the plants
at night.
Sow grass seed early in the spring on
the knobs in the pasture and on thin
spots in the field.
To thresh small lots of beans or peas
without waste tie them up In a bean sack
and thresh the sack.
An acre of land devoted to small fruits
will often give larger return than five
acres devoted to grain.
Successful dairymen believe that COW,
to be success, should earn an annual
sum equal to her entire value.
Never yard chickens, ducks, turkeys
and geese together. Their habits and
appetites are too much at variance.
In proportion to cost, even at the low
prices of the season, eggs return more
profit than anything else sold from the
farm.
Don't forget to clean the poultry-house
thoroughly. Scrape out the nests, re-
move the droppings and fumigate with
sulphur.
If manure is to be stored in barn eel
lars, let it be kept sufficiently moist and
solid to prevent rapid changes from TAX
ing place.
Give the boys chance to earn few
dollars by disposing of the surplus gar
den truck, and see if they don't show en-
ergy enough.
Corn, whole grains, saturated with
kerosene oil, IS good preventive and
sure cure for cholera. This is the poor
mans chicken cholera cure.
Eggs from hens that are two years old
will hatch better offspring than those
from the younger stock. Young hens
are preferable for laying eggs for market.
When hive of bees begin roaring it
can be quieted by placing wet sponge
over the holes on the brood chamber, or
covering the brood chamber with wet
cloth.
Patience must be the rule on farm.
All Improvements take time. But there
is one form of patience that is not to be
recommended; that is,patient waiting for
something to happen.
According to Professor Henry, of the
Wisconsin Station, milk made from en-
silage is much more churnable than milk
made from dry fodder; less butter fat
goes out in the buttermilk.
Many farmers let fruit and vegetables
90 to waste because of the absurd idea
that it is cheaper to buy them dried or
canned in winter than to preserve them at
home while they are plenty and right at
hand.
For ventilating and warming poultry
houses the Americaa Agricunaerist advises
that the a;r be always brought in and dis
charged near the roof, as the birds will
not then crowd and become lame, as they
will when the warmth is below them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
destruction of the Lake of Geneva.

The Lake of Geneva is being filled up
every day with the loan or earthly de-
post carried into it by the Rhone. It
will take at least $4,000 years to fill up
the entire basin of the lake with this flu
vial deposit. That is long time, truly; !;
but the Lake of Geneva, or Leman, is
big-the biggest in Western Europe. Its
area is 223 square miles; its average
depth is 492 feet; its greatest depth is
1899 feet, and it contains IS, 1913, 900, 900
tons of water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
daa Indfaa Wanted.

And 1oOmen to call daily on any druaS Sdst tor
O free trial package OF Lanes Family Medi-
cine, the great root and herb remedy, dlscov-
cred by DR.. Silas Lane while In the ROCKY
Mountains. For diseases Of the blood, liver an
kidneys it is positive cure. For constipation
and Clearing up the complexion It does Won
ders. Children like it. Everyone praises 1t.
Large-size package, 20 cents. At all drug
cyfot
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
A WORD Fof. DUCKS.

It is now the season Of the year when
the value of a good flock of ducks should
be impressed upon the farmer. Most
people think that ducks are fearful eaters
iand that they cannot exist without water.
a farmer who has tried the experiment
of raising a flock, and allowed it to de-
stroy all the water on the farm, is con-
WINGED that he has made a great mistake,
and when fall comes kills all his duck,
and no amount of persuasion can induce
him to have any more ducks upon his
place. How different his views on the
subject would have been had he made a
good pen and kept his ducks as he does,
or should, keep his sheep and cattle, and
given them only water enough every day
to drink. Ducks do not need apond, and
can be very proftably raised without any
swimming place. A number of farmers
have told me that their farms did not
make expenses. 1 always ask do they
pay any attention to fowl, and in ninety
and nine cases out of one hundred they
will say "No."
No more profitable fowl can be raised
than ducks. Not only on account Of their
quick maturity, but from the large num-
Der of eggs duck will lay and the i'm
mense focks that can be raised from a
very small breeding pen.
As hens make better mothers than
ducks, the latter can be kept laying, and
frequently lay from $50 to 200 eggs in
one season. If farmer has boy or girl,
even ten years old, let him get few set
tings of duck eggs, set them under his
hens and promise the child one-half the
money received. Make board pen, with
a large dry goods box for house-a pen
ten feet square will be large enough for
thirty duck-and you will not be thinking
how you will procure money enough to
buy him an overcoat or more and new
schoolbooks for next winter Make a
watertight box deep enough for them to
wade, but not swim in, and give them
fresh water twice day, and they will
prove q mine of profit instead OF nui-
sance.-Mew York Herald.
DRAGs FOR SMOOTHING PLowED LAND.
Many farmers prefer drags to rollers for
smoothing the surface of fields when
seeded to grass, especially when the land
Is comparatively free from stones. These
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15

Radical Cure fer Epileptic Fits.
To the Edttor-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the aooye
named disease which warrant to cure tne
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its yir;
ines that will send free sample bottle anu
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
me his P o. and Express address. Resp.y,
II. g, ROOT. NJ. c.. 1S3 Pearl ST.. New SorKs
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Cnfnrrh Cured.

A clergyman, after years Of suffering from
that loathsome disease, Catarrh, ana Yalnly
pryescsiption r1yi Which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread;
ful disease sending a self-addresseddo do stamped
to PIo a a6e resipe Of charge
Work for workers Are you ready I to worK, !1
and do YOU want to make money! Then write
to B. F. johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va, and
see if they cannot help you.
1faAs;cted with sore ewes use DR.. Isaac Thomp'
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15

The Italian army has total effective
in ell arms of the service of something
more than 1000, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15

The engineer Of Philadelphia estimates
that 5000, 1000 would pave seventy blocks
in that city with Belgian blocks
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15
od;cnI Cure fer Epileptic Fits.

PHILADELPHIA banking institutions have
calls for money all over the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-15

pRAGs FOR SMOOTHING FLOWED LAND.
Many farmers prefer drags to rollers for
smoothing the surface of fields when
seeded to grass, especially when the land
Is comparatively free from stones. These
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
POLYGAMISra' PLANTS.
Delegate Caine Pleads for the
Admission of Utah to statehood.

: WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE hearing
on the claims of Utah to be admitted as
state of the Union was continued by
the house committee on territories to-
dav. Delegate Caine. of Utah. who be-
gun his argument in favor of admission
yesterday, continued to-day.
The attempt, he said, to create the belief
that priestly influence would dominate the
state, that the Mormon people were subjected
to all ecclesiastical tyranny was part of the
shrewdly devised scheme and organized ef-
fort to accomplish the overthrow of the ma
jority ana the elevation to power Of the mi
nority. The doctrines of the church pro-
claimed and insisted upon the disassociation
was nowhere TO be found a body of people
who were so generally intelligent and we'll
Informed; whose natural tendency was lnde-
pendence of thought. He took up the pub
fished statements of Gov. West and said he
hoped the committee would not believe
such twaddle, as he termed it. Contin-
uing he said: "What riaht had any one to
apply a religious test to the people OF terri
tory seeking the privilege OF statehood, to
which they were entitled? They were Amer
icans citizens of the United States; had pre-
sented a constitution, republican in form,
prohibiting polygamy, and providing penal
ties against transgreSsors of the fundamental
law, and making the union of church and
state IMPOSSIBLE. LII COuCtuSiOu u6 SdlU.
1.-THE people of Utah were entitled TO all the
RIGHTS privileges and immunities of citizens
of the United States. and were in numbers
equal to the ratio of representation in the
house of representatives, and when they came
with constitution, republican in form, they
had complied with the only constitutional re-
quirement."
Delegate Dubois, of Idaho, then adj
dressed the committee in opposition to
admission.
He said that statements had been made
calculated to mlslead in regard to the senu
ments of the communities adjacent to Utah,
and in compliance with the wishes OF his
own territory, he desired to address the
committee There were about $4,000
Mormons in Idaho, and there was 10 difference
between them and those in Utah. He dwelt
on the difficulty of securing conviction of
Mormons, who practiced pOlygamy in that
part of the territory of Idaho in which the
Mormons were settled. He said that in his
Judgment. one-third of the adult MormOns in
Idaho were in the polygamic relation. He
submitted few remarks in regard to the
civil power of the church. He said his
territory was very much concerned in the
fate Of Utah. Statehood for Utah would
mean polygamy firmly entrenched. In con
clusion. he presented memorial of the
Idaho legislature unanimously opposing the
admission of Utah as state of the Union.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
IT WAS A SQUARE MEAL.
The Glover Club Banquet Calls
Out Host of Notables.

Special to the Globe.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.-The social
event of the week in Philadelphia was
the seventh anniversary dinner of the
Glover club at the Hotel Bellevue
banqueting chamber of the club never
looked finer. and the decorations VT re
UNIQUE. lavish and beautiful. At the head
of the table sat the brilliant president
of cIub-M. p. Handy. ON his left,
Chauncey M. Depew. of New York, and
on his right, Senator Blackburn, OF Ken
lucky, little to the left was Charles r..
Deacon. the popular and indefatigable
secretary of the Glover Club. A NUM-
Der of brilliant speeches were made..
Among the gentlemen who spoke were
James w. Scott, the president of the
United Press, Senator Joseph r. Haws
lev. Hon. w. E. Mason, Hon. j. G.
Cannon, Hon. Edwin Filter, mayor.
of Philadelphia. Adjt.-Gen. d. II. Hast
ings. Attorney-Gen. W. S. Kirkpatrick.
Chief Justice PaXsOn, Justice Clark,
Mitchell and McCallon, of Pennsyl-
vania; the popular Col. John r. Eel
loves, district attorney Of New York;
Col. John A. Cockerell, of the New York
World; Gen. Felix Agnus, of the Balti-
more American: w. j. Arkell, OF the
Judge; Frank White. editor of Life; the
brilliant young editor of the Journalist,
Allen Forman and P. V. McGraw, of
the United Press. Letters of regret
were read from the president of the
United States. A cablegram was re-
ceived from Wilson Barrett, who wished!
the club a merry evening. Other tele-
grams were read. The dinner was one
of the most successful that has ever
been given by the Glover club.