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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

ONE REMEDY FOR HORSE CoLIC.-
A Georgia correspondent vouches fol
the remedy for horse collie here repro
duced from The Southern Cultivator.
He says: "Take blanket and cove
the bowels of the horses with it.
Then secure it in position with two
girts tightly to the horse. Apply hot
water, or rs hot as the horse can bear
it, freely. The bowels are relaxed and
the horse relieved of the collie like a
charm.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

A natural gas explosion in Shelby
County, Indiana, August, II, is repor
ted of as covering all area of fifteen
acres all of which is either depressed
thrown up or cracked open. The mag
nitude and terrific force of the upheav
al is said to be past comprehension.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

James-Is Miss Knowitall gradu-
ate of Nassar?
John-She is.
"I thought she was. I heard her
ask if the muzzle of gun was to pre-
vent it going off,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

The inevitable penalty of evil action
is the degradation of both our physical
and our moral natures which it carries
with itself. 1.-THE facility with which
we commit sins" says Augustine, ''is
a punishment for sins already commit
ted ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

Something new and very stylish in side
bordered Saline at Smith & Sons,
Pean shaving stick makes the finest lather
for shaving on record. Smith & Sons.
Flannel coats and vests in all the latest
stripes and very cool for summer wear p.
Rosenberg & Co,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

CAIRO, Egypt, August 1l.-There
were l26 deaths from cholera at Jeddah
yesterday, and at Mecca l0S..
Since the first outbreak of cholera in
Valencia, Spain, there have been 1000
cases and 7SS deaths.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

Jack Uppers-Say, Scadds, could
you lend me q hundred? Russell S.
Scadds-Thats not the point, don't
you know-could l lend it-but could
+ get it back !?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

To set the color in dark hosiery, or
any cotton goods, put tablespoonful
of black pepper into pail of water
and soak two hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

The very worst kind Of slavery is
that which one imposes on himself
when he becomes 1.-The servant of SIM"
He is then enslaved by his own evil
passions and this is far more destruc-
tive of his happiness than any form of
political bondage. TO this slavery our
Saviour alluded when he said.
"Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of SIM John viii. 34.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

care the young women of the pres
ent day fit for wives?" asked an ear
nest lecturer, the other day. "They
are fit for husbands" cried an enthu.
siastic female in the audience.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

"We say mouse, and we say mice.
Now, why isn't the plural of spouse
spice?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

44.inoh black silk net for lace dresses in fish
bone goods. l can save you money on lace
dress. w. E, Bell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

To improve your appetite and tone your
stomach. take DIR. Westmorelands Callsaya
Toalo. For sale at Speeds Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

Salt should not he added to oatmeal
until it has boiled at least 10 minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27
Deaths.

Mrs. Anna L. Alworden. wife OF w. G. AL
worden, Columbia, died August 1.
Mr.. Amos Gilmore, nine miles from the
city, died August Is.
Mrs. Strick land, wife Of Mr.. ]. w. Strlck
laud, Columbia, died August IL, 1880, aged ~.
Rev. Walter II. Mcdaniel, q venerable and
gifted superannuate Of the Alabama Confer.
ence, died recently near Randolph, BiDt
odist preacher Of Alabama. and was tower
of strength when in his prime. He was noted
for the power and force with which he preach
ed the peculiar doctrines of Methodism. A
grand old soldier OF the cross has fallen on
sleep.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

Uncle Reuben Jones did not live
happily with his wife. He told his
minister he could not tell why it was
for he gave his wife great many com.
pliments. The minister went round
TO dinner, and in the course of the
meal Uncle Reuben took occasion tc
say to his wife:
"Jane, my dear, you are the besl
cook in the country. . how l Wish
you were as good a laundressn'
"And yet" said Uncle Reuben, after
dinner, "you see paid my wife COM
pliment, but she did not seem to be
pleased about it,"
II don't blame her." said the minis
ter, "that's a kiss and a blow at the
same time give her the kisses all by
themselves, omit the blows, and you
will come out right"
The Rev. Lyman Abbott, d. D., be.
gan his installation address in these
words
ITO be q Christian and to be Chris
tian minister-this was my desire from
my childhood days. My earliest rec
elections are of preaching to a congre-
CATION of empty chairs with two elder
brothers, who had no reverence for the
cloth, and who, as choir, insisted on
practicing their music while 1 preach
ed my sermon. Thus from very ear,
ly day | learned to bear two common
ministerial burdens-an empty house
and an irreverent choir"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

The Jute Bagging trust has been whipped
Jute bagging Is selling for six cents. Cotton
bagging is higher than last year on account OF
the high price ofcotton. The farmers have no
QUARREL with the producers OF jute, their
fight is with the Jute trust and up to this
time they have routed them horse, foot and
dragoon. Should the farmers use cotton bag.
ging this season, they would do so at loss OF
eight or nine million dollars. They have
the question now In their own hands. Put up
jute bagging factories and make your own
hopoioO the South
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-08-27

THE ALLIANCE AND GOVERNOR GoRDAN.
Governor Gordon says he cannot endorse
the sub Treasury bill. He was not forced by
the Alliance of Georgia to define his positl on e,
yet as an honest statesman he was forced to
do this. We think the Southern farmer has
no stronger friend than Gen. John B. Gordan
and the alliance of Georgia will commit a
great mistake when she lays Governor Gordon
upon the shelf.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

THE following swine notes we repub
lish from the columns of the Nebraska
Farmer:
JUST what plan the pig-grower shall
follow must be determined by his loca'
ton. the kind of food at command and
the distance from market; but it is al
ways safe plan to get them on the
market as soon as possible.
- The man who believes the "swill
pail" to be the best breed is in error. as
we'll as the man who depends entirely
on the fine quality of blood to make his
hogs fine. Better combine the two
fine blood and the swill pail.
The sow that will not thrive we'll or
good grass when not sucking pigs is not
a good one, and the farmer who will re-
tain such a one when better ones are
SO abundant deserves i'll success in his
efforts at pig-breeding.
THE man who brings fall pigs to grass
weighing only about 100 pounds should
draw q heavy line across this part of his
farm operations and abandon it entirely
till he can adopt more rational and
profitable system of feeding.
WHEN grass is acknowledged as king
and treated as such in our pig growing
operations we will have pork produced
at cheaper rate and of finer quality.
The cost of labor in the production of a
crop of grass is merely nominal as CON-
pared with that of Q crop of grain.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
FIG. 2.

reached the light, are a tenth to a fourth
of an inch high, and have sent down
roots two inches or more in length.
These roots, if numerous, double the
labor required to destroy them, COM
pared with those shown in Fig. l. But
the steel rake and the slant harrow will
do good work with them. ,-3..... s~.,
Fig. represents the weeds still more
reduced in size. half month later,
when they have reached height of six
inches or foot The crop has already
suffered largely from their crowding and
shade, and the labor required for them
was at least ten times as great as for
those in Fig. 2, and about twenty times
as great as in Fig. l. This difference
has been tested by actual experiment.
Two given areas of soil were measured
off for prompt raking, and another equal
area assigned for the six-inch weeds,
and the time required measured by the
watch. Two square yards were hand
somely and thoroughly dressed with a
steel rake in twenty seconds by the
mode represented in Fig. l; and one
square yard in forty seconds according
to Fig. 2. The work was repeated
every week for month and d half, max
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
~ 3{h~@}Ts
FIG. =.

been stirred for planting; but within a
week it shonld be stirred again to kill
the young sproutlng weeds. With small,
tender plants, the small harrow or
.cultivator may be passed between the
rows of field crops; with large, strong
rooted plants, like corn, the slant-tooth
harrow may be passed over the whole
broadcast, pulverizing and destroying
the small. sproutins weeds, but doing
no harm to the strong corn plants,
whether before or after they have
reached the light In the gardens the
steel rake may do the same work in the
narrow bed as the horse harrow per-
forms in the field.
The accompanying figures will serve
to explain our meaning. Fig. repre-
sents a crop of weeds, sprouting, and
ready to come up, during the first week
after the soil has been stirred. If the
weather is warm and the soil moist,
they will often sprout an inch in four
or five days, and then is the time to
pulverize smelly an inch or two Of the
whole surface of the soil. In doing it
every weed is broken, crumbled and
destroyed. A double benefit results
from it, in the breaking of the earth and
giving to the coming crop mellow sur
face.
Fig. 2, somewhat reduced. shows the
young weeds week later. They have
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
KILLING WEEDS.
"A Farmer Gives His Views ON an I,npor-
50 tant Subject.

"A Farmer Gives His Views ON an Impor-
tant Subject.
There is no labor more universal
among cultivators than the attempted
destruction OF weeds, and there is none
which is commonly gone about with
more irregularity and want of system
Weeds infest nearly all cultivated
grounds, and their destruction is gen.
orally attempted after they have grown
a foot high, more or less, either by
laborous hand labor, or more rapidly but
more imperfeotly with the work OF
horses In the garden it is mostly per-
formed, if at all, by the hand; in the
large corn field the plow and cultivator
turn over or tear up the large weeds
and leave many untouched.
The true management should be the
commencement of this labor with tho
planting or sowing of the crop. The
young weeds should be destroyed be-
fore they reach the light The soil has
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

There are some patent med
ic;nes that are more marvel
lous than a dozen doctors
prescriptions, but they're not
those that profess to cure
eoeyyth,mg. III. sz....
Everybody, now and then,
feels "run down." played
out" They've the will, but
no power to generate vitality.
They're not sick enough to
call a doctor, but just too
sick to be we'll. That's
where the right kind Of a
patent medicine comes in,
and does for a dollar what
the doctor wouldn't do for
less than five or ten.
We. put in our claim for
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
We claim it to be an un-
equaled remedy to purify
the blood and invigorate the
liver. We claim it to be
lasting in its effects, creating
an appetite, purifying the
blood, and preventing Bilious,
Typhoid and Malarial fevers
If taken tit time. The time
to take it is when you first
feel the signs of auea>zu<ss and
weak7less. The time to take
it, on general principles, is
NOW.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

ing two minutes work for one and four
minutes for the other. The tall weeds
of Fig. required but once about eight
minutes to the square yard. being twice
the labor of the square in Fig. 2 But
the crop had been nearly choked out
by the weeds 2 sz 8 :Ss@,s Is @t.s3s 5..;:...s z.s
The experiment IS worth repeating.
It Is too late for the trial on many crops
Tor the season, but there are still some
on which the test can be made, such as
turnips, Hungarian, corn fodder, ETC.,
in the field, and many second crops in
the garden. zsz .g= s.
Many weeds have very small seeds.
and will not germinate If burned more
than an inch deep. For these. it is not
necessary to rake deep in order TO de-
5tBoy them for the seaso'. Large seeds
will come up from deeper depth, and
require : correspond ing treatment-
Country Gentleman.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
CHARMED bY MUSIC.
Row Musician Escaped From Two Inn.
menso Rattl0snakOe.

row Musioian Escaped From Two Inn.
msnss Rattlesnakss.
Paul Ketster, . German musician who
lives near here, reports an exciting ex-
perience which he had with couple of
rattlesnakes in the Sonoma mountains.
Mr.. keister IL . musician Of consider
able local notoriety, and his services as
= viollnist are in demand in tho rural
districts hereabouts when parties are
given. .l..~.<. ~, HI -..,. =. - i
One Saturday evening he went to play
ut q farmhouse back Of Yulupa mount
Ain, whore q dance was given. He
slept at tho farmhouse until morning,
when he started for home, . walk Of
about Ave miles,. ,,.
The trail leads through very deep
canyon, the sides Of which are exceed
ingly steep. At ono point the path,
which is cut into the mountain side,
winds around sharp spur Of the noun
tain and is very narrow. Keister was
sauntering leisurely along the trail and
had reached this point when his atten-
tion was attracted by the warning Of =
rattlosnake, and looking up he saw q
formidable-looking rattler directly in
his path opposing his passage.
Keister promptly took to his heels,
but had taken but step or two when
from the weeds by the side of the path
another rattler rose up and jingled his
tail.
There was not room enough to pass
the snake without running tho risk Of
being bitten, and the frightened musi-
clan backed up against the ledge that
hung above him and eyed tho reptiles.
Escape was impossible, and he didn't
know what to do. It suddenly occurred
to him that he had read of magicians in
India charming snakes with music, and
pulling his violin from Its box he began
to play, the while watching the snakes,
who were angrily shaking their rattles.
| The music had tho desired effect. The
snakes gradually uncoiled, and stretch
ing themselves out in the path glided
slowly toward the musician.
This move on the part Of the snakes
was any thing but pleasing to Keister,
who kept on saving at the fiddle trying
to devise some scheme for escaping.
Closer and closer came the snakes, and
faster and faster few the bow over the
strings as Keister's nerves quivered and
shook. At last they reached point
within tvs feet of tho terrified fiddler,
and. winding themselves up they lifted
their heads closely together and fixed
their shining eyes ON the musician.
Keister's nerves hung togeth or about
. minute after the snakes had assumed
this attitude, and then with yell he
grabbed his fiddle by the neck and
brought it down with crushing force
on the heads Of the snakes. The blow
stunned tho reptiles and Keister kept
hanmering away At them till they were
quite dead. He broke his violin all to
pieces but he got away with his life.
The snakes measured six and seven feet
long respectively, and one Of them car
ried ten rattles and the other seven,
They were the longest snakes of the
kind ever killed in the neighborhood.- -
Ell Veraico Cor. San Francisc Examiner
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
By steamer, Train or Boate

Which of these have you selected as {
means of travel2 No matter. Whichever
it is, recollect that for sea-sickness, disor
dcrs of the stomach, liver and bowels, en-
gendered by rough locomotion and bad foot
or wafer, and for malarial troubles, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is the most usefu
specific you can take with you. 1t is inval
liable also for rheumatism, kidney com
plant and nervous trouble.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

"a rARAER raising several hundred
chicks each year sets his hens in small
soops. During three weeks they are
never allowed 70 leave the nest He has
s tin cup with water and one with
,orn before them constantly His sue
eess has been very good for years This
shows that eggs need no cooling, as
ocmo be1feya
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

To Keep Poultry Free from vsrmin.
Z: TO keep your poultry free from ver-
min, make platform two feet from the
ground and elevate the roof twelve
inches above this. Be sure that it is at
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
COMMON.SENSE EDUCATION.

From Lecture ~ u. II. heuOgG, Nj. II. .
Battle Crock Sanitarium.
That hereditary tendencies, moral,
mental or physical. may be stamped
out and the standard OF the race raised,
enlightenment as to matters of heredity
should be widespread, and teachers and
parents alert to repress or develop as
each individual case may require. III.
stead OF allowing child just to grow, "
like Topsy, we should adopt Froebel' 3
method, and from the cradle guide and
develop each child as an individual.
always taking into account individual
poculiarities and inherited tendencies,
40 that its life may be a symmetrical.
well-rounded whole. sThere must be
seill room for individuality and the true
disciple of Froebel delights in drawing
out, repressing only when necessary. II
the same pains were taken in training
human beings that is bestowed upon
blooded horses. the advance in the
scale would be very marked. Colts are
taken in hand one by one and carefully
drilled according to what is expected Of
each respectively for future usefulness.
They are not gathered in drove and
started off together at some word OF
command which is supposed to meet tho
case of the average or the majority. A
horse-trainer would scout such an at.
tempt, as no training at all. Yet our
children are crowded into the large
public schools and put through com.
mon drill which meets some cases and
misses more, where many things of first
Importance receive no attention what
over, and in consequence children cul'
tivate all sorts of ieformities. 1t is the
duty of every one 10 help elevate the
standard Of public schoolN the parents
cooperating with the teachers in the
educa tion Of our youth, morally, men.
tally and physically. IS.
Children should be under training
from the time they get up in the morn.
h ing until they so TO bod at night The
! true system Of education leaves ampl
room for spontaneity but not for mis-.
chief. Life would be worth 50 much
more to every one trained in this way
than it can be in the haphazard fashion
usually pursued. One would not all the
time have to contend against difficult
ties which are the result of education
OF from some neglect Of education.
Every one appreciates this who 10 in;
terested in bringing about better mode
Of training children and know the i'm.
portance Of studying hercdity from this
standpoint.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

THE yeru best uay to know whether or not
Dobbins' Electric Soap Is as good as it is said
to be, is to try Il yoursey. 1t can't deceive
yol Be sure to get no imitation. There
are lots of them. Ask your grocer for just
one bar
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

A MAN on q Pullman may sell his berth.
right for more than q mess Of pottage-in
case Of crowd.-W ashington Star.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

No, HE11oaABALUs, tho crowbar Is not the
place where tho crow pleads his caws.-
binghamton Leader.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
Entitled to tho Best.

All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have at once, 4 bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup Of Figs, to cleanse the system
when costive or bilious For sale In Soc and
$l.O0 BOTTLES by all leading druggists.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey OF
HOrehOund and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

BOTTLED INDIaNArIoN-First Flask-"1'm
broke" Second Flask-'That is just what
expected. The last time l saw you, sou
were fuL.'-Drake's Magazine
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

A CRANK is man who pursues different
hobby from our own.-Puck. f.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

FoR twenty-five cents you can get Carter's 9
Little Liver fills-the best liver regulator in
the world. Don't forget this. One pill dose.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

ALL disorders caused by bilious state Of
the system can be cured by using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

PARCHED earth 10 not good for tho growth
of parched corn.-.N. @. Picayune.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

HAn~sToNEs intended for publication are
usually as big as hens egga-South Side
Observer.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

GOLD Is protection in many cases, parttcu
larly in the case Of tch.-TexaS Sifunge
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

BRONCHITIS il cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
GRATEFUL-COMFORTiNG.
EPP$I'$ COCOA

"By thorough knowledge OF the natural laws
which govern t6e operations Of digestion and mn.
triton and ey careiui application e. OF r the nns s
provided our breakfast tables with . deiicstely
navoured beverage which may save ~ many hesY
articles Of diet that constitution may Do gradual
y built up until strong enough - resist every ten.
floating around us ready 10 attack wherever there
u . weak point. We may escape many fatal shaft
and = properly nourished 1rsme."-' Csv@ ss'vtes
0dzette"
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In halfpound tins BY Grocers, labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS 1 CO., Homeopathic Chemists,
London. Enaland
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

HusBAnps and letter paper should always
be we'll ruled RAMS Horn i !
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01
BoWaro Of Olntmonts for CataFrh That
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is ten
told to the good you can derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o contains no mer
curry, and is taken internally and acts di-
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure and get the genuine. It is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F.
J. Cheney & Co.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Mower County transcript., 1890-10-01

THE reason that the tide Is so slightly felt
In the Mediterranean Is that the ebb and
flow are checked by the Gibraltar strait and
the Sicilian ridge.