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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Lard may be made perfectly sweet by
boiling pared potato in it.
Cups and saucers stained with tea may
be made bright again by using damp
salt
If the surface of fine wood cabinets
has grown dull 90 over it with a very lit
tie inseed oil on a soft woolen rag.
An authority says that fish sauce should
always be thick enough to adhere to the
fish. It is better to be too thick than too
thin.
Willow furniture should be scrubbed
well with salt and water, applied with a
nail brush, to clean it. Dry it thor
oughly.
In putting down carpets if care is exer-
cised in thoroughly drying the floors be-
forehand, the moths will not beso liable
to bother in the house.
Two tablespoonfuls of washing soda in
a gallon of boiling water makes good
disinfectant for the kitchen sink. Pour
it in at night, while it is still at boiling
heat.
To set colors in embroidered handker-
chiefs, soak them ten minutes previous to
washing in pail of tepid water, in which
desertspoonful of turpentine has been
well stirred.
After beating an egg thoroughly in a
bowl, add cup of cold water and use
enoug of this to wet your coffee when
making. Keep it in cool place and so
waste no more egg by drying.
Make list, in the order in which you
pack them, of the contents of your
wooden chest, and paste it on the outside.
Then the articles at the head of the list
will be in the bottom of the box.
An excellent way of cooking eggs is to
break them in boiling milk, without
beating; cook slowly, stirring now and
then. When done soft, pour into dish
and add little pepper, salt and butter.
When you boil cabbage tie bit of
dry bread in bag and put it in the
kettle. French cooks say that all the un-
pleasant odor, which makes the house
smell like an old drain, will be absorbed
by the bread.
No matter how. large the spot of oil,
any carpet or woolen stuff can be cleaned
by applying buckwheat plentifully and
faithfully, brushing it into a dustpan
after short time, and putting on fresh
until the oil has all disappeared.
1t is great help to have kitchen
table covered with piece of zinc,
smoothly rolled over the edges. 1t saves
the time and labok. spent in continually
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TRANsPLANTING TREES.

Autumn is decidedly the best season
for transplanting trees, says A. B. Allen
in the New York Tribune, and the
earlier this is done the better, for the
reason that the soil is so warm then that
the roots will begin growing i'm
mediately, and establish the tree so well
in the ground that the rude winter winds
will not shake it, but leave all well pre-
pared to push forward vigorously in
spring. Trees may be benefcially planted
much earlier than is generally supposed,
even before the foliage is frosted, if the
leaves are first pulled from their branches.
But the doing of this is so laborious that
except for particular purpose it may
not be resorted to. As soon, however,
as struck by frost, even if not shed from
the trees, transplanting can begin with
perfect safety, as the leaves then cease
drawing nutriment from the roots. In
planting, be careful to extend every root
at full length; sprinkle the soil well be-
tween them, then tramp it soidly over,
and little wider around the trunk than
the branches spread out on the top.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-09
Forty Proverbs of the Sea.

He who would learn to pray should 60
to sea.
When one falls into the sea be stays
there.
When you walk, pray once; when you
go to sea, Tray twice; when you go to be
married, pray three times.
Women are ships and must be manned.
The sea refuses no river.
All the rivers go to the sea, and it
never overruns.
The sea is not soiled because a dog
stirs itup.
To drunken man the sea only reaches
to the knees.
If the sea boiled, where would one 60
to find water to cool it9
What comes by starboard goes by lar
board.
Being at sea, sail; being on land,
settle.
He that will not sail till he have full,
fair wind will lose many voyage.
Unless you have the wind astern you
must know how to navigate.
You cannot sail as you would, but as
the wind blows.
In a calm sea, every man Is pilot.
To rotten ship every wind is con-
trary.
What fear would he have of the waves
who had Noah for pilota
Every sea, great as it is, grows calm.
A large ship needs much water.
Where the ship can go the brigantine
can 60. :.
It is easier to get away from the bank
than from the bottom.
The ship which doesn't mind her helm
will mind the hidden rocks.
He who can steer need not row.
It will not do to have two mainmasts
in ship.
Better lose an anchor than the whole
ship.
Good roller, good sailer. .
Do good and cast it into the sea; if
the fish ignore it, God will know it.
If clouds look like they had been
scratched by a hen, get ready to reef
your topsails then.
The full moon eats clouds.
He who sends mean man to sea will
get neither fish nor salt.
Every port serves in gale.
A mariner must have his eyes on the
rocks and sands as we'll as on the north
star.
Ill goes the boat without oars.
From the boat we get to the ship.
Don't Judge of the ship from the land.
The freshest and sweetest fish come
from the safest sea.
No one can complain of the sea who
has been twice shipwrecked.
He gets his passage for nothing and
winks at the captains wife.
The sea isn't burning.
He that is embarked with the devil
must sail with him.-United Serrice.
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The Biz Constantin0ple Bazaars.

In letter to the New York WorId
from Constantinople, Frank Carpenter
saws: The business of Constantlnople,
like that of all Oriental cities, is done in
bazaars, and the bazaars in this city are,
perhaps, the largest in the world. They
are ali under one roof, and this roof GOV.
;ers acres of narrow streets, which wind
in an out, cross and recross one another
until in passing through them you lose
yourself again and again as though Id
the mazes of Rosamond's bower. The
pavement of these bazaars are cobble
stones. There are bazaars of all kinds,
and the Turkish merchants and the trad
ers that you find in them are of all classes
and sexes, and they come from all parts
of the Mohammedan world. Here is
veiled lady in balloon-ike silk gown
from some Pasha's harem, black-faced
slave, with a whip in his hand, stands
beside her and watches her closely as she
buys of handsome Armenian. Near her
stands a hamel, or porter, with his saddle
on his back, ready to carry away for her
anything she may buy, though its weight
be 500 pounds.
Their is Circassian with high Afri.
can cap and his breast covered with car
fridge boxes. He is chief in his native
village, and he is making q trip to Con.
stantinople. Here comes Greek in red
fez cap, gold embroidered waist tand skirts
which stand out from his body like those
of the girl who rides the trick horse In
the circus, and here comes an Abyssinian
slave in turban and gown, whose face is
as black as the silk hat of that European
merchant who walks behind him. Here
are Persians from Bagdad, Kurds from
Asia and Bashi- -Bazouks from the interior.
Commission merchants and brokers by
the dozen hang around you urging you
to accept their services in purchasing.
Your eyes dance in trying to comprehend
the colors of the rainbow which you see
all around you, and your ears are deaf
ened with a dozen strange languages.
You wander through the street, finding
something new at every step, and when
you think you have gone to the end
your guide tells you that you are only al
the beginning. I have gone again and
again to these Constantinople bazsars and
find something new in every stree
every time I 60.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-09
WATERING WITH COLD WATER.

Great injury is often done to house and
garden plants by dousing cold water from
the well or cistern upon them. In cities
water is sometimes thrown from hydrants
over dooryards; but as it is sprayed, it is
more or less warmed by contact with the
air before it reaches the leaves, and still
more before it goes down to the roots of
the grass. The plants that are most apt
to need watering, melons and cucumbers,
need heat even more. To pour water OF
twenty degrees to thirty degrees lower
temperature than the surrounding air
about their roots gives the plants chill,
which more than counterbalances any
good the watering may have DONE
american Cukirator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-09
What the Chinese Cannot Understand.

From some extracts of letter pub
lished in the Presbyterian Messenger, we
learn that the first major surgical opera
tion performed in Changpu by the Pres
byterian missionary was in many ways a
remarkable one. On evening beggar
with dreadful leg, and in all but dy-
ing condition, was laid by some of his
friends at the door of DR.. Howe's house,
and left there. The doctor had the pa
tient at once carried to an empty house
belonging to one of our church members,
and there on the morrow, in the presence
of large and wondering crowd, am
putated the limb below the knee. To
the surprise of all, the man stood the
operation well, and has since greatly i'm
proved in general condition. That the
foreign doctor should pay SO much at
tention to and spend so much time and
trouble on beggar seems to have aston
ished the Chinese. They cannot under
stand how any one should give himself so
much trouble without being paid for it.
I heard one say, as he was watching the
doctor doing his work: "Well, the
Chinaman would not do such things" It
came to our ears that number of the
shopkeepers in the town are not at all
pleased that the mans life has been saved.
They hoped he would die, for ne has been
a source of great annoyance to them. He
used to 90 to their shops and expose his
sickening sore, and refuse to 60 away
until they gave him what he demanded
viz, 400 cash from the largest shops,
down to eighty cash from the smaller
ones. There is every probability of his
recovery.-PaU Mall Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

The COWS need salt, shade and pure
water these hot days.
To churn with steady motion makes
the butter come quicker.
When labelling the garden seeds do
not forget to mark them 1889.
There is no better time for putting in
tile draining than during the fall.
Frosted corn can be saved to good
advantage by making into ensilage.
Put the vegetable rubbish into the
poultry yard. Do it before it is sour or
rotten.
Can you give any reason why your
hens should not have warm house as
well as your cattle and horses2
Better and more vigorous plants can be
secured if the runners are kept off straw
berry plants. After the plants have
fruited they usually start out runners.
Does the farmer give the same attention
to his poultry as he does to his horses,
cattle and sheep2 If not, should he COM
plain that his poultry is not proftablea
Linseed neal, teaspoonful to four
fowls every other day, will put the gloss
on the plumage. So will sunhower seed.
Better gather yours before it shells out.
As a rule early apples should be gath
cred, packed and shipped little green.
Pick, if possible, so that they will not
bruise in handling; they will keep better.
If you wish winter dairy, breed the
present incoming COWS so as to have
them come in a year from now or later.
The surest way to do this is to keep the
bull penned up.
For potting geraniums use two parts
of good strong loan to one of leaf mold
from the woods. A small addition of
sand and little old rotten manure will
help. Mix all well together.
On threshing day see that the good
wife has bountiful supply of good dry
wood, nicely cut and handy to get at.
Also plenty of water within reach, and
don't oblige her to dig the potatoes.
The only specific for the destruction
OF CQlSCleS ueuClOueu IL ldICl ySdlo, hoo
considered by Mr.. Stevens, is the appli-
cation of kerosene oil to the roots after
cutting. This is said to be effectual,
and may prove satisfactory in small
patches.
No faith in the power of farmers or
CARNATIONS to control the price of pro-
ducts, but lots of faith in lowering the
cost of production and increasing the
productiveness of the soil. But this low
ering of the cost and this increase of the
supply at the same time has limit.
What then?
The sharp cut stubs of cornstalks arc
often injurious to cattle and horses, espe-
cially if given while hungry and eaten
rapidly. 1t is better cut with some ma
chine that crushes the stalk as it cuts it;
but to do this satisfactorily, run the ma
chine with some other power than your
own right arm.
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When and How to Disinfect.

Clothing which requires disinfectlng
should be submitted for about three
hours to temperature of $50 degrees IN
chamber charged with sulphuric fumes
from large quantity of sulphur. The
chamber should be so constructed as to
prevent the fumes from passing off. No
germs can stand this.
After a room has been used by per-
son sick with any contagious disease it
becomes necessary to disinfect it before
it is fit to be used again. This is done
by removing and burning the paper on
the walls, removing the bedsteads and
other furniture, and exposing them to
air and wind and giving them a fresh
coat of varnish; by having the mattress
made over new and the hair boiled; by
burning in the room three pounds .oi
sulphur, and by white washing, painting
and papering the room anew.
Now that it is generally conceded that
consumption is caused by germs which
multiply in the lungs, method of dis
injecting them, which shall be harmless
has been sought for, but as yet without
avail. The vapor Of creosote, the oil d
the eucalyptus and carbolic acid hav'
been tried, and, to some extent. the1
may paralyze or stun the germs and pre-
vent their rapid increase; but as the pas
sages of the lungs are delicate and tb
vapor cannot be brought very near Il
them without injury, the good effects an
slight. But there is one method whic
cannot fail to prove beneficial, and ths
is the inhalation of large quantities
fresh, pure air. This is worth more thai
any disinfectant for the lungs and can
no harm.-PracticaI Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-09
THE CHRONIC BORROWER.

A woman who is always ''just out" of
the small wares of the kitchen is nuis-
ance to the community. She will run in
on you at any and all hours, and want to
borrow just little sugar, or spice, till
she can send to the grocer's. She
really did not know she was anywhere
near out, till she was about her cooking,
end then she found she hadn't dust OF
sugar in the house, and not a soul around
anywhere that she could send out after
any. And she will tell you that she does
so hate to trouble you; for if there is any
thing on earth she dislikes to do it is to
borrow-and she never does it when she
can help it; but now her piecrust is all on
the plates, and she was obliged to-, be-
cause she could not spare time to run to
the grocer's. And she will sit down in
your kitchen half an hour, and talk about
everybody in town; and, meanwhile, she
will take an account of everything her
eye falls on, and collect capital for end
less gossip as to your habits and methods.
When the borrower returns what she
borrows it is always in little smaller
measure, if, indeed, she returns it at all.
And you may congratulate yourself if
YOU get half what belongs to you. A
regular borrower will borrow everything,
from a piece of salt fish for breakfast
down to your boy if you have one.
The book borrower is even a greater
nuisance than the woman who borrows
household supplies. She never hesitates
to ask for the choicest or costliest books
in your house. And she seems to think
that she confers favor on you by so
asking. And if you are foolish enough
to lend, the possibility is that you will
have to 60 after the books in question,
and will find on doing so that she has
lent them to some friend of hers, who
wanted to read them, and she Will tell
you that she knew you would be willing
for you are so good-natured. Never
have borrower for nelghbor-if you
can help it.-Yankee Blade.
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THE COWS OVER NIGHT.

The stable has many advantages
vided it is kept clean, sweet and thor
oughly ventilated. These are three
essential conditions. Without them the
stable is about the worst place in which
cow can be kept over night during hot
weather. A close, foul stable taints the
milk and enfeebles the cow. But the
stable affords protection from storms and
insects and keeps the COWS quiet. They
are there ready for milking in the morn
ing, but unless MIXED early they are de-
prived of the early morning bite, when
the grass is cool and sweet.
Few barnyards are fit for COWS to lie
down in over night. In case of rain they
are pretty sure to be muddy, and unless
great pains are taken to keep them clean
the COWS will get besmeared with filth
and present anything but a pleasing ap-
pearance to tidy mixer. The air of
the barnyard is not usually the
sweetest possible for COWS to inhale,
while little or no protection is afforded,
unless sheds are provided. These are of
but partial utility, as they are pretty sure
to be monepoEzed by few of the
strongest animals, but would be more
useful if the COWS were without horns.
Fhen they are apt to get filthy, like the
yard WHICH they face, and too often the
water settles under them when it rains
hard.
A night pasture, close by, is a good
thing. Cows do not suffer much from
exposure in hot weather and such a
pasture gives reom to move around and
Ieep clean. The air Is sweet and there
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.


HOW TO MAKE AN OMELET.
First open out two nice fresh eggs
Be careful not to spatter;
Whip up the whites to a stiff foam,
The yolks to stiff batter.
Add to the yolks little milk,
About gill you'd better:
Then season as you have been taught
With salt and pepper.
Then lastly add the beaten whites,
And stir in very lightly;
Unless you heed with care this rule,
Your dish may be unsightlyl
Have ready in frying-pan
A good-sized piece of butter.
Put on the stove and wait until
You hear it sputter!
When this shall hiss, you'll know it's hot
And for the mixture ready;
So put it in, and do not spill
Your hand you must keep steady.
Now watch it till the foam is set,
Then place in q warm oven;
Be careful not to let it scorch,
That would look sloven.
This omelet think should cook
Ten minutes to the letter;
And when it's done should look like gold,
And taste very much better!
Reverse upon a nice warm plate,
Be sure you do not break it;
With pleasure to the dining-room
Now you may quickly take it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-09
sKHN MILK FOR HEIFERs.

Many persons are deferred from keep
ing dairy or even one cow because in
the profitable disposal of the skim milk
it has seemed necessary to keep pen of
pigs. The i'll odors of the pen, and
dislike for the animals. themselves, seem
to be the usual grounds of opposition.
The Observer commends to the swine
haters the following communication which
appears in Hoard's Dairyman::
s'Mr. L. T. Abbott, of Lewiston,
Maine, thinks he has found more eco
nomical way to dispose of the skim milk
of the dairy farm than to feed it to swine
exclusively. He says:
" From some experience in feeding
skim milk to young stock of the bovine
tribe, am inclined to accord to the prac-
tice better results than when fed exclu-
sively to swine. It has twofold value
fed to young stock, especially heifers. 1t
is the natural food of the young animal,
and to give them the food nature de-
signed they should have till twelve or
fifteen months or more of age, tends to
better development of the whole system,
including the lacteal organs and those
organs more Immediately connected with
the udder, the vascular system which
supplies through the so-called milk veins
the blood to the inguinal vein.
" For the past four years I have
made practice of feeding the skim
milk to heifers till year or more old.
have one now that has had it daily for
twelve months. This has been her only
extra food besides hay since four months
old. Whether sweet or sour it is eaten
with as keen relish as though just from
the COW. A heifer three years old In
March was fed the same way. She came
in when two years old. She averaged
pound of butter day after the calf was
weaned, April Is, till December, and six
pounds week through the winter, and
gave two quarts of milk day till she
calved, the present month. The other
heifer, now yearling, has every indica-
ton that she will develop into as good a
butter maker. These heifers retain their
appetite for skim milk after they come
into the dairy themselves, and the ques-
ton whether skim milk might not be fed
to COWS to advantage, is an open one.
From my experience in this line can
confidently expect to see this method of
disposing of a portion of the skim milk
on our dairy farms adopted and favorable
results accrue from it.
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The Routine Of Military Life.

The United States soldiers first duty
begins at S 80 in the morning, at which
hour reville is sounded by the burglars
of all the batteries. At this signal the
men all leave their quarters and form in
single file on the parade ground. The
roll is then called by the Sergeant, who
also presents his morning report to the
Captain. This report shows the number
of men on duty, the sick and absent.
Applications for leaves of absence are
handed in with the report, and after the
commanders approval the men are all
dismissed, except those who are to do
guard duty. The guard detail is made
out the evening before it is read out, and
the men who are appointed serve for
twenty -four hours, with relief ever two
hours.
Tattoo is sounded at 9 o'clock, which
is a signal for the men to turn in, and at
9:15 taps sound, at which time all lights
must be extinguished, unless special
order has been issued by the officer of
the day.
Besides military duty the soldier is sub
iect to extra service. In connection with
the barracks there is good-sized farm,
and the soldiers are frequently required
to throw aside their guns for hoes and
other agricultural implements. They
also do all sorts of outdoor work, fire.
quently imposed as punishment for some
offense.
A soldiers wardrobe consists of two
suits of undress clothing, one dress uni
form and helmet, collars and cuffs, shoes,
stockings, underwear and all other nee
essary articles of apparel, furnished by
the Government, to the amount of $22O
u five years.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
CROSSING FOWLS.

When you desire to make cross go at
& with some object in view, and not de-
pend on the haphazard results of mixed
lot of all kinds together. To make
cross select hens of some breed possess
ing characteristics that you desire and
select male from some breed that pos
sesses other meritorious qualities. There
is as much art in making good cross as
in breeding pure-bred fowls, and it often
happens that something superior to either
parent is obtained. d.-Farm and FSrcSide.
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ro.Niaht and To.Morrow Night,

And each day and night during this week you
can get at all druggists' Kemp's Balsam for
the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the
most successful remedy ever sold Tor the cure
OF Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Asthma and Consumption. Get a bot
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you can check your cold at once. Price b0c.
and 81. Sample bottles free.