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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03
A Quaker WOman's Goodness.

The tales recently published In the
Press of the heroic conduct Of ladies
when in danger from robbers, remind me
!of the courage of a quiet old Quaker lady,
in Burlington, VT, of which I heard years
ago.
She and a younger sister lived together
in one of the pleasantest streets of that
little city,no one occupying the house but
themselves and their one servant. The
two ladies had spent an evening with a
'neighbor, and, returning to their home
before 10 o'clock, one of them passed
into the kitchen to give some directions
to the maid servant there, while the elder
sister, lighting her candle, proceeded
directly to her bedroom upstairs.
Opening the large clothes-press there
to put her bonnet in its accustomed place,
she thought she saw something more than
usual in the far corner of the capacious
closet, and taking the light in her hand
she at once began to investigate.
Parting the garments that hung upon
the pegs she found herself confronted by
man, who had concealed himself among
their ample folds. "Why! what in the
world is thee doing there3" inquired the
surprised, but not at all terrified, old
lady, and as the intruder, apparently as
much astonished by her GOODNESS as she
by his presence, made no reply, she con-
tinued: "Thee knows thee has no busi-
ness in my closet among my gowns.
Come right out this very minute, and 60
down stairs, and out of the house, and
never let me see thy face here again"
The man, seemingly nonplussed by her
fearlessness, meekly obeyed without a
word, and she lighted him down the
stairs, admonishing him all the way. and
finally fastening the front door of the
house behind him as calmly as if closing
it upon a friend.-Philadelphia Press.
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Public opinion became inRamed to the
very highest pitch of excitement. There
we're two parties, one who believed that
the city had been disgraced and who
were in favor of putting down the mob.
On the other side was the rough element,
who had driven Macready from the stage
and who were resolved that he should
not play. The meeting held at the May
or's office was attended by the Sheriff,
Maior-General Sanford, Brigadier-Gen-
eral Hall and Chief of Police Matsell. 1t
was resolved to protect the Opera House.
Mayor Woodruff advised Mr.. Niblo, the
lessee, to close the Opera House and pre-
vent riot. Mr.. Matsell had 900 police
men on the force. He did not think it
was sufficient, and it was resolved to call
out the militia.
Early in the evening of May IL, when
Macready was to appear, 200 policemen
were placed inside of the building and q
detachment was held in reserve in the
stable of Mr.. Langdon, in Astor Place,
and another body in yard near by. The
news of these preparations soon spread
all over the city; every one foresaw that
there was to be riot, and the vicious, the
idle and the curious hocked to the Opera
House from all quarters.
Animmense crowd filled Astor Place at
an early hour and, when the doors
opened, a rush was made by the mob.
They were driven back by the police.
When those entitled to enter had sue
ceeded in gaining admission the doors
were closed and firmly barred. The win
dows were fastened with heavy planks.
An attempt to batter down the doors
failed, and the angry mob amused itself
by smashing the street lamps. Stones
were hurled at the Opera-House windows
and one missile went through, smashing
the great central chandelier. As soon as
the play began, it became evident that a
large number of roughs were among the
audience. They had planned to make a
rush for the stage as soon as Macready
appeared and seize him. Chief OF
Police Matsell was aware of the plot and
had arranged with his force signal fol-
action. The roughs rose for the assault.
Chief Matsell was ready. At the given
signal, his men started to their feet and
the roughs quailed before their uplifted
clubs. Some of the ringleaders were
hustled out of the building and others
were confined in a room in the basement.
By this time the riots had begun on the
outside. Paving-stones, which unfor-
tunately were ready upturncd, owing to a
construction of a sewer in the vicinity,
went hurting through the air. The police
outside were fiercely attacked and nearly
overpowered when the Seventh Regiment,
with Colonel Duryee at its head. came
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03
A. FOOIhardY Indian.

Until a few years ago the Arikara
Indians living at Fort Berthold, On the
Upper Missouri Oakota), held series
of interesting ceremonies, conducted by
their medicine men. These ceremonies,
says writer in the Philadelphia Press,
usually occupying about seven weeks,
were attended by Indian visitors from all
directions. At the conclusion of them
one day was generally set apart fer an
extraordinary display of what might be
termed allegorical exhibitions, which
took place in the open air around the
vicinity of the sacred or medicine lodge.
It was customary, at such times, for
one of the medicine men to display feats
of courage-though they were in reality
conjuring and one Of the tricks was for
the medicine man to stand up and allow
confederate to shoot at him with a rifle,
the principal to catch the ball between
his teeth. 1t happened upon one OF
these occasions that the "fellow"
made public challenge, as usual, for any
one to step forward and discharge q gun
at him. At previous times the medicine
man would load his own gun in the pres
ence of the tribe, but on account of
slot filed in the barrel of the rifle the ball
escaped, and there was no harm in the
charge of powder; the ball itself was
hidden under his tongue, and would be
seen by the Indians after the discharge,
of course, between his teeth.
In the last instance, the reservation
compelling the challenged man to use the
medicine mans gum was omitted, and a
Cree Indian, from the Northwest Terri
tory, who, by the way, had a drudge
against the Arikara, Immediately accepted
the challenge and stepped back to fire.
The Arikara was fully aware of his dan
ger, as his enemy was armed with Win
chester, but rather than be designated a
coward he stepped back to receive the
shot. The Cree fired, and the Arikara
fell, the ball having passed through his
forehead
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TREATMENT FOR HORSE TRICKS.

DR.. H. Reynolds maintains that the
minor vice which impairs the value and
spoils the stability of an otherwise ex-
ccllent horse is, likely enough, traceable
to bad management or severity in the
treatment of the animal, and, certainly,
harShness tends to confirm the evil way.
| He mentions balkiness as an illustrative
instance, and adds in the New York Er-
oiainer suggestions for humane and effec-
tive cure of this and similar tricks:
''It is no use to whip the balky horse.
That only makes him worse. If horse
refuses to 60, let him stand and think of
it for q few minutes. Oftentimes he will
soon think better of it and start off of his
own accord. If he does not, get out
and pat him, speak kindly, give him a
bunch of grass, potato or an apple, un-
hitch the checkrein-do something just
to take his attention off the baking, and
generally he will go along without fur
ther trouble. The horse is very suscep-
tible to kindness, and there is ten times
the chance to break up the habit of balk
ing by kindly treatment that there is by
abuse or violence; or, at least, harsh
means should not be resorted to until all
devices prompted by kindness have been
thoroughly exhausted.
sSome horses have trick of running
back when you want to start them. This
is worse fault than refusing to 60 at all,
asitis liable to smash the carriage injure.
those in it. In such cases the same means
as are recommended for balky horse
may be tried. If those fail, take the horse
into the middle of an open level field, !:
start him, and let him back as much as!
he wishes, keeping the wheel turned sol
as to make the circuit of the field as many;
times as he wishes. Then make him keep,
backing until he is hsaStily sick of it,
and dizzy. TRsf-6e will see f1St ne has
been beatsahiat e;atsh at his own game, andswlll!
likely to try it again ~
- "Some horses by lying down in the;
harness break shafts and do other mis-
chief. The best way to break them of:
that trick is to give them an overdose of
it. When one lies down get upon his?
head and neck and make him stay there:
He will soon want to get up, but hold
him down, head fiat on the ground. If!
you are strong and determined you can;
keep him down, although it will be lively:
work for awhile. But don't give up,
Keep him there till he is tired out and
gives up if it takes all day, and night,
too. When he gives up he knows he Is
conquered, and that you are stronger
than he. He will not be likely to put,
himself again in position that will give
you chance to hold him."
The thoughts emphasized that what:
ever the trick or vice, whipping or other!
harsh treatmentw generally do no good
it exasperates the animal, makes him more
obstinate, and perhaps, even furious.
Only by kind and intelligent management
can you hope to reclaim him.
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'e sble to secure the necessary supply to

oe ble to secure the necessary supply to
he p up vigorous growth
There is another point THAI should also
d considered, and that is, if the soil is
tirred deep, there must of necessity be
Hnore or less disturbance of the roots.
EThe roots furnish a good per cent. of the
food that enables the plant to grow, and
if these are disturbed or broken, there
must of necessity be a lessening in the
supply.
tits true that plants, like animals, as a
rule, heal all cuts or wounds naturally,
and if in cultivating the roots are cut or
bruised, the damage will be repaired.
There is, in addition, an outlay of
strength that is unnecessary, and could
be avoided. Fully as good a growth and
yield can be secured by stirring the soil
deep and thoroughly in plowing, then
working into good tilth and planting
the seed, and then, as far as possible, COM
mencing the cultivation in good season,
so that only the surface is stirred. This
will be sufficient to keep down the Weeds
and this is one principal point in cultiva-
ton. The work, too, can be done easier
and more economically than to stir the
soil deep at every cultivation. There may,
indeed, be times when it is necessary to
stir the soil deep, but it is the exception
rather than the rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
-oads are the gardeners friends.

Toads are the gardeners TRENDS.
Clover stubble is good chicken pas
ture.
The cedar bird is great devourer Of
canker worms.
Excitement reduces the milk flow.
Don't let the COWS be hurried from pas
ture.
Insect remedies are of little avail un-
less applied promptly, with due persist
ence and care.
A beekeeper says he knows of no other
single plant from which the bees gather
so much pollen as from the box elder.
A quart of oilmeal and bran a day
will make marketable lamb out of a
poor one in month or two, afirms Farm
Journal.
A crop of beans will ripen in time to
escape the late frost if planted June 70,
| saws W. H. Bull in American Garden };
then string beans are assured to Septem-
Der Is.
Unless you have some choice birds
from which you wish to breed next year,
dispose of all cocks as soon as the breed
ing season is over. They are only an ex-
pensc and an annoyance.
Steer clear of leaky roofs, broken win
dows and drafts generally, and all other
conditions that generate roup, unless you
are studying for the veterinary profession
and want lots of practice.
Feed your fowls Systematically two or
three times a day; scatter the food, so
they can't eat too fast or without proper
exercise. Do not feed more than they
will eat up clean, or they will get tired
of that kind of feed.
The public taste, it is said, is being
steadily educated to demand fresh butter.
Asa result it each year becomes more diff
fcult to handle held summer stock. The
farmer who keeps abreast with the popu-
lar taste is most likely to reap the pecu-
mary benefits arising therefrom.
S1ails often prove great pest to the
gardener. I1pular Gardening says that
the only sure method OF dealing with
them is to lay traps, and recommends for
this purpose orange peel, of which the
slug is fond that instead of returning to
its home at daybreak it clings to the peel
and may be found underneath. Pieces OF
gard are also good traps.
IL slugs on pear trees Orchard and
recommends, as the simplest
and one that may be most easily
to throw up among the branches
Eaing, when the leaves are wet
ne, dry, air-slaked lime, coal
road dust, so that both sides
will be coated. White
p an efficient remedy, but
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Distnnced in fila Race.

Why should DR.. Pierce's medicines not dis
tance all competitors in amount Of sales as
they are doing, since they are the only medi-
cines sold by druggists possessed of such Won
derful curative properties as to warrant their
manufacturers In guaranteeing them to cure
the diseases for which they are recommended.
You get cure or money paid for them re-
turned. The Doctors Golden Medical Dis
covery' cures all diseases caused by de cange-
ment of the liver. "a biliousness, Indigestion or
dyspepsia; also all blood, skin and scalp dis,
eases, letter. salt-rheum. scrofulous sores and
swellings and kindred ailments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03

The little kingdom of Denmark, with
less than $1,000 square miles (an area not
twice the size of New Jersey and with a
population of near 100000 is large
producer of butter. The mich COWS
number about 100000 and the export of
butter, mostly to England, was 5,OO0,-
900 pounds in 1887. This is nearly
three times the amount exported in 1877.
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DEPTH TO CULTIVATE.

There is wide difference of opinion
bs to how deepit is necessary or best to
Btir the soil in cultivating the growing s
crops, says writer in the Prairie Far-
mer. There are three items to be secured
BIT least; the destruction Of the weeds,
avoiding the unnecessary robbing of the
BOIL of available plant food that will be
taken up and used by the weeds; mellow
ing or loosening up the soil so that the
roots can penetrate readily; and render,
ing available plant-food that is already IN
The soil, but needs the action of the light
and air to make it available.
If the cultivation is commenced in good
season, the weeds are very easily des
royed, without the necessity of disturb
ing the soil more than two or three in
ches. If the soil has been properly
brought into a good tilth, as should be
done before the crop is planted, it shou!s
be sufficiently loose and mellow fcSz
roots to penetrate, without ~
|after the plants have co3
of loosening up so that
meate. To a greater
hatfral course Of all
ward, and, if applS
Thorough cultivation
corporate well with t
viii usually carry t
sufficiently deep, sq
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TO GET RID OF SHEEP TICKS.

The ticks which are so numerous on
lambs after the ewes are sheared are the
cause of the lambs nibbling themselves
hnd of their failure to do well. These
insects annoy the young animals exceed
Ingly and should be got rid of at once by
he following means: Procure tight
6o&or vat large enough to hold lamb,
ind another with slooping floor, from
which the drainage can flow into pail;
bake decoction Of tobacco stems, one
bound to gallon of water; pour boiling
water on the stems and steep them until
he heat is reduced to 120 degrees; add
wo ounces of sulphur to the gallon of
water with the tobacco. Put sufficient
# the liquid in the first vat to cover the
!amb all over but the head and put the
|amb into it, taking care to get the
liquor thoroughly into the wool, put the
|amb into the draining box and squeeze
(he liquor out of the wool. So proceed
through the flock Keep some of the
liquor hot in a kettle to replenish the
rat. Sometimes buttermilk is poured
IN the back of the lamb and spread all
through the wool for the purpose of kill
!ng these pests Where there are but a
lew lambs the ticks may be killed with a
pair of sharp-pointed scissors, as theyare
found by parting the wool on the sides
Pf the animal.-NeO York Times.
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The experiments made by some Pitts
burg capitalists prove that ramie can be
very successfully grown in the country
roundabout Thomasville, Georgia.
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Can the sale of an inferior article cons tantly
increase for "a years? Dobbins's Electric Soao
has been on the market ever since 1855. and Is
to-day as ever, the best and prrest family soap
made. Try it. Your grocer will get it.
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Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dise ust-
ing everybody, but use DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and ne cQred.
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THE German admiralty has ordered ten tor
pedo boats and the French fifteen.
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hay MAKING AND CARE OF MEADOWS.
In making hay, farmers are apt to
become too much hurried with drawing
ln, so that they do not give the hay
lime enough to cure and sweat; hence
Il becomes mowburnt, mustIS1S dis-
"a! Il Hss been my observation
the best way to harvest hay is to
arly, so as to secure a good, green
!. Let the hay lie and have plenty
to dry; use the tedder and then
and cock it. Loading from the
brow is a bad practice. The hay
appear dry after the hot rays of the
have poured upon it five or six
rs, but it is so only on the outside.
hould be cooked up and have time to
at before it is put in larger masses.
markets demand hay of good color,
it pays well to use extra efforts to
re such. Hay that is cut early
bring two dollars per ton more than
cut later and allowed to become
owish.
> 'hough hay-making is important, the
3 of the meadow is equally if not
Re so. It is best to seed with fall
ps at the time of sowing or in the en-
hg spring. Do not pasture much, and
the meadow is seeded to timothy, don t
Bture at all, or tine meadows will soon
un out" Pasturing will cause June
IS to start and there will soon be no
lothy. I know of meadows ten or
elve years old that yielded from one
d half to two tons per acre last
ar. They were never pastured, last
ring were narrowed, and where thin,
" seed was sown. Every two or three
ars quantity of phosphate was sown,
1.-THE rate of few dollars worth per
Re. This enriches the land and gives
good growth of grass. If the fall is
It there will be quite growth after
tting. In spring where this autumn
Eowth dried it is burnt over. This
Earms the ground and gets rid of the
3ld dead grass, which would otherwise
e raked up and spoil the sale of the
hay. The ashes act as ! fertilizer.
I have been speaking of timothy mead
bws. With clover a good crop of seed
Ian often be secured as a second crop
fter haying. AS to which is the better,
lover or timothy, it depends upon the
BOIL, etc. Timothy brings the best price
1.-The coarser and longer the better
while clover makes the best pasture. II
Is better to put hay in barns or sheds
than in stacks, as stacked hay is liable to
become dusty. There cannot be too
much care taken in raising and harvest
ing hay. Human beings want their food
to be we'll prepared, and so also do the
6umb beasts. american Agrieulturist.
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THE Russian beet crop CT last year produced
100000 tons of crude beet sugar.
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c7S TO $3.50 MONTH can be made working
N7V for us. Agents preferred who can furnish
d horse and give their whole time to the business.
Spare moments may be prontably employed also.
"a few vacancies In towns and cities B. F. JOHN
SON CO., 1908 Main St.. Richmond, Va N B.
Please state age and business experience. Nerer
mind about sending stamp for reply. B. f. J. Co.
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BAY MAKING AND CARE OF MEADOWS.
In making hay, farmers are apt to
become too much hurried with drawing
n, so that they do not give the hay
lime enough to cure and sweat; hence
t becomes mowburnt, mustEsSS dis
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-30
ROASTED To DEATH.
Eleven Persons Lose Their
Lives in a Burning DWELL
ing in Michigan.
The Father, Mother, Eight
Children and a Visitor
the Victims.
A RumoP That the Parents
Returned From a Dance
Intoxicated,
And Themselves Carelessly
Set the Fire Which Caused
the Awful Calamity.

HANCOCK. Mich, Dec. ga calamity
not surpassed in the annals of the coun-
try occurred at 3O'clOck this morning at
HurOntOwn. A family named Gross,
consisting Of the parents and eight chill
dren, with visitor, We're consumed in
a burning dwelling. Theodore Gross
and wife returned from a dance near
by at o'clock. At $50 a son, Theodore
Jr., returned from the Huron stamp
mills, where he is employed. He went
into the house and to bed. Shortly after
he was awakened by his brother Mich
olas, who heard screams coming
from an adjoining room, occupied
by their three sisters and three
little brothers. They ran to the
partition door and found the room
mass of flames. Smoke and fire was
ascending the stairway, and the boys
eS .aped by jumping through window.
Th y reached the ground seriously cut
by glass and in semi-nude condition.
OlC W OhtOl AL4O i4OAOO OA1
the ground floor, where the father,
mother and two children slept, but
was driven back by the flames that en-
veIoped the building. 1t was impOS-
sible for the spectators, who quickly
gathered. to save the inmates. They
were compelled to stand by and rear
their agOnIZing cries. In the course of
three hours searching party
went over the ruins, and dis
covered the charred remains of
the eleven bodies. distinguished only
by the size of the bones. They were
gathered in a sleigh-box, and deposited
in the city hall. The victims were:
Theodore Gross, aged ffty-seven; his
wife, aged forty-seven; Catherine.
JOHN, TOney, Mary. Lizzie, Joseph,
Michael and Lenie-aIl children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gross; and Lena
Erbst. of Lake Linden, guest.
The ages of the young
people range from two to twenty two
years. There is no reliable informa-
ton as to how the fire started. Theo-
dore Gross Jr. says that it might have
originated from the lamp that he sup
posed he extinguished before he went
to bed. There are rumors that the
dreadful calamity occurred through the
careIessness of the parents, who are
alleged to have returned home intoxi-
Gated from the dance.