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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
Little and Big Legal Fees.

The late Sunset Cox got $25 for ais
first law case, and Henry Clay's first fee
amounted to just fifteen shillings. Rep
resentative Holman, the noted ccono-
mist, learned how to skimp the Govern
ment by skimping his stomach to fit the
size of a country Hoosier's legal salary,
and John Allen, the funny man from
Mississippi, made his first jokes before
the bar. Speaking of the investments
of legal earnings, some of the big for
tunes have come from fees in kind which
have been retained and have grown into
millions. The late David Davis died a
millionaire. The bulk of his fortune
came from some lands about Chicago
which he was given for legal services
when he was young man, and when
the lands were supposed to be worth
practically nothing. He held to them,
and the city grew and the lands grew
with it, until they brought him in hun
dreds of thousands of dollars instead of
o few hundred dollars. 1t is so with
many of the cases that come before
many of the Washington courts and be-
fore the departments. Patent lawyers
accept sometimes interests in the patents
they secure, and one of the rich men of
Washington is patent lawyer named
Anthony Puliock, who manages the Good
year rubber patents. The land claims
that come before Congress amount to
millions of dollars, and when a lobby
lawyer gets one through, on the con-
dition that he is to receive one-half or
one-third, he makes big strike or
nothing.-Chicago Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
TRYING A HORSE.

If you find your horses disposition will
do you must next try the powers. Get
to ascertain the capacity of the lungs.
Unless these are sound and capacious the
best legs will not carry him fast. On a
good level road or on an uphill slope and
without much load either on him or be-
hind him, get him to trot mile in five
minutes. Then get down and watch him
breathing. See if the nostrils easily open
quite wide enough for their work. Listen
at the windpipe and take care there is no
sign of wheeling there. Look at the
tanks and ses if they are working hard
or If they quiet down as they do directly
after the horse stops. Especially no.
tice if their working is regular, and
with no double spasmodic effort to expel
the wind. Any sign of such uncomforta-
BILE action should be fatal objection to
any horse, and your trial need proceed
no further.-Mw York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
The Land of Paper.

The string with which the articles you
buy are fastened is made of paper in ia
pan. Do you want piece of strings
Tear sheet of paper, roll it between
your fingers; it requires strong wrist to
break it. The handkerchief thrown away
after use is paperl The partitions divid-
ing the houses are paper! The pane
through which an eye looks at you is pa
per! The method is very simple. One
finger is passed through the paper-that is
all! When one has had a good look a
small piece is stuck on this opening with
grain of rice. The yakonnine hat passing
is paper; the porter's cloak, who carries
his burden, singing cadence, through
the rain; the garment of the boatman
who conducts you on board; the tobacco
pouch, cigar case-all are paper! Those
elegant flowers ornamenting the beauti-
full hair of the japanese ladies, and those
robe collars, which are taken for Grape
paper!-Meao York Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
HOW TO COOK STRIPED nAss.

A keen angler and careful observer of
ish and fishing thus describes in the
Turf, Field and FARM the best manner
Of cooking striped bass: It has taken
ish sharp just twenty-five years to learn
how to cook and serve striped bass, and
The trick was discovered by accident.
He caught three-pound striped bass
IN the Hudson River, killed it and re-
moved its entrails Immediately after
securing it. The fins and scales were not
removed, and in sending the fish to the
kitchen he neglected to order the bass
Icaled. Salt was rubbed on the inside
Of the fish, then butter in bits were
placed on its side, a fish cloth was
wrapped snugly round its graceful form,
md it was put in the steamer, where it
cooked an hour and quarter. Steam
ing is far superior tc boiling bass.
When the fish was placed on the
platter, to the surprise of the company
It retained its beautiful appearance. The
characteristic stripes were almost as dis
siuct as in life, and the whole general ap-
oearance of the fish was more pleasing to
The eye and more appetizing than any
bass they had ever seen before.
Then came the serving of it in such a
manner as not to scatter the scales over
he flesh. This was easily accomplished.
The fish knife was inserted along the
back, shoulder and tail, and the scale was
lifted off without any difficulty. Of
course, this could have been done in the
kitchen, but the serving of the fish in
.act is an ocular advantage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
WORDS OF WISDOM.

If you want to be happy, be thankful.
Words with gold in them are never
wasted.
Grumblers and GROWERS have no lift
ing power.
We often pay the most for what we
need the least.
Love is free, but it takes money to go
to housekeeping.
We never really know thing until
we can tell it to others.
The man who is always looking for
mud never sees the sky.
Nobody has ever built house that
time couldn't overthrow.
The man who has high opinion of
himself don't know himself.
The man who lives only for what he
can see is very short-sighted.
Look out for the man who is always
boastlng of his own goodness.
If you seek the worlds blessing you
will be sure to get its leprosy.
If we would always succeed, We must
always love. Love never fails.
The man who nurses grief is as fool
ish as the one who feeds a tiger.
Any fool can ask questions, but it
takes q wise man to answer them.
We arc all the time making character,
whether we are doing anything else or
not.
We are not ignorant because we do
not learn, but because we forgot so
much. 49, =
To run On rock ignorantly will
wreck ship just as surely as to do it
purposcly.
It won't do any good to whitewash
the we'll curb so long as there is poison
in the water.
The easiest way to bear your own
troubles is to try to Tighten those OF
other people.
Some men can do more with a jack
knife than others can do with full set
of carpenters tools.
One of the times when you ought to
remember to love your neighbor as your
self, is when you arc about to get the
best of him in horse trade.-lndian-
apolis (Ied.) RAMS Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
FEEDING BEANS TO HORSES.

Beans, either in the grain or with the
vines, are nutritious food for all animals,
but they are unpalatable and are not
readily eaten. A horse or other animal
may be educated to such food, as are
English horses, of which beans are staple
food when mixed with oats. But the
beans are coarsely cracked or broken and
then mixed with the oats. Our beans
are not the same as the English beans,
being botanically different, but not in
any essential quality, and by following
the English customs of preparing them
for feeding will be found equally valua-
bic. The stalks are also nutritious as
coarse fodder, but on account of their
harshness arc not fit for any animals but
those which ruminate, as sheep or cattle.
If beans are ground with oats or corn the
meal is as readily eaten as pea-meal and
is equally nutritious.-NeU York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
The Range of the Eve.

There has been great discussion 60
ing on in Europe lately concerning the
distance at which large objects on the
earth's surface are visible. Emile Metz
ger mentions taaatt he once saw Keizer-
spickt, in Sumatra, when separated from
it by distance Of 10 English miles,
he also says that on very favorable coca
sions he has made out to see Guy Merapi,
in Java, when1S0 miles intervened. E.
Hill, the civil engineer, says that he has
seen Mount Blanc from Piz Muraun,
near Dissentis, distance of almost 12O
miles. J. Stark Gardner states that
Mount Blanc is visible from Piz Land
gard, though distant about three de-
grees. Waynper, the explorer, says
that when he was in Greenland he could
plainly see mountain peak from which
he was separated by $50 miles. The
whole range of the Swiss Alps have been
looked upon by J. Hippisly while 200
miles away. Sir W. Jones affirms that
the Himalayas have appeared to his view
from the great distance of 224 miles,
Courier Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
An Infants Long Journey Alone,

Little two-year-old Ringhill Larsen
holds the record as the youngest i'm
migrant ever landed alone in New York.
The pretty little tot, who was born in
1888 IN Stockholm, has travelled from
there to New York to meet her father,
who is employed in Newark, N. j. She
had with her letters written in Swedish.
English and French, asking the ships off,
GERS and railway officials to take the little
one in charge and see that she reached
Newark. The stewardess of the Aurania
during the passage across the Atlantic
saw that the wee traveller was we'll pro.
vided for, and at the Barge Office Matron
Strickland sent the little one safely on
her way to find her father in Newark
Times Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Strong lye cleans tainted pork barrels.
Tepid milk and water cleans cilcloths
without soap.
In sewing carpet rags, double them
with right side out.
Corn husks braided makes good mats
to lie at outside doors.
To make carpet look fresh, wipe with
lamp cloth after sweeping.
Use weak solution of ammonia for re-
moving whitewash from carpets.
A piece of bread boiled with cabbage
lessons the smell while cooking.
To clean knives: cut small potato,
dip it in brickdust and rub them.
Grease may be removed from silk by
applying magnesia to the wrong side.
New iron should be gradually heated
at first; it will not be so likely to crack.
Clean tea or coffee cups with securing
brick; makes them look as good as new.
Fill crevices in floors with insect
powder and scatter cayenne in mouse
holes.
Washing pine floors in solution of one
pound copperas dissolved in one gallon
strong lye, gives oak color.
A paste of equal parts of sifted ashes,
clay and salt, and little water, cements
cracks in stoves and ovens.
Upholstery should be beaten with q
furniture whip. Two or three rattans
twisted together answerthe purpose.
A lump of charcoal boiled with salt
pork or beef prevents the unpleasant
taste sometimes caused by the saltpetre.
Black walnut and other hard wood
furniture requires oiling lightly with
boiled linseed oil and rubbing with q
piece OF flannel.
To remove grease spots before paint
ing, wash over the smoky or greasy parts
with saltpeter or very thin lime white
wash. If soapsuds are used it must be
washed off thoroughly, as it prevents the
paint drying it.
Lamp burners that have become dim
and sticky can be renovated by boiling
them in strong soda water, using tin
tomato can for this purpose; then scour
the burners with sapolio and they will
be as good as new.
For polishing marble, sift over it two
parts of soda, one part powdered chalk
and one part of pumice stone, dampen
with water and rub vigorously; cleanse
with salt and water. Stains will usually
disappear when covered with unslaked
lime for twelve hours.
Willow chairs that have lost their
natural color can be restored by using o
solution of chlorine. Clean cane-seated
chairs with salt or ammonia and warm
water. Apply i. with nail brush, scrub
bing- it we'll, rinse with cold water and
dry thoroughly. Wet the under part of
the seat, and when dry it will become
taut.
Sleeping apartments need careful at
tention. Each clothing receptacle should
be overhauled, bedsteads inspected,
furniture wiped with damp cloth and
the paint cleaned. Hot alum water may
be used to advantage in washing bed
steads. Wipe over the mating with a
cloth dampened in either b0rax water or
salt and water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
suoRruoRNs FOR MILK OR BEEF.

The handsomest and most showy form
for Shorthorn COW includes broad as
well as deep chest, full crops, fore ribs
so round as to leave no depression behind
the shoulders; straight line along the
back to end of the rump; wide between
the buckle bones, and well-developed
quarters. This is the best shape for
making beet. For milk, the chest should
be deeper and not SO broad, feeree-Fibs fore Fiihbs
rather fat and long, crops less full than
for beef, and the quarters quite broad,
so that in looking at her in front her
body will appear decidedly wedge
shaped, the larger end to the rear. But
even thus formed, when dried off, a
Shorthorn cow will fatten quickly and
cheaply, and make a good carcass of a
fine quality of beef. Occasionally one of
beef shape-that is, about as full in front
as rear, and rather fat-proves great
mixer of highly excellent quality, like
some Holstein- -Friesians. Many of these
latter seem to have changed their nature
in America, yielding richer milk gener-
ally than in Holland, and yet of very
abundant quantity. No doubt this
change is owing to the difference of eli
mate and quality of food.
The summers in Holland are cool and
wet, and in North America comparative
ly hot and dry, with drier and more
frosty winters, and the grass of our
meadows is less rank and succulent.
These have much influence in giving
quantity and quality to milk and also in
the formation of flesh. Still, the differ
ence in breeds of cattle is paramount, and
the animals should be chosen from such
as excel in what is most desired by the
breeder tc professionalism Agri-
cuhurist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
FITS.

Almost any of our animals may fall in
fit. 1t is especially alarming when a
horse falls in harness or under the saddle
in narrow or obstructcd road or place,
trembling and writhing in convalsicns.
The first thing to be done is to free the
animal as coolly and quickly as possible
from harness and vehicle, pour cold
water over the head with steady small
stream, throw blanket over the body,
and if the animal struggles protect it
with straw, litter or blankets from injury.
Great care should be exercised to avoid
personal injury as the animal is violently
moved by internal irritation of the brain
or nervous system or of the stomach de-
pressed with indigestible food. If the
recovery is immediate no medical aid
need be sought.--4merican Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
A Great TrOtter's Shoes.

The shoes worn by Maud s. are kept
in Mr.. Robert Bonner's writing desk.
Two of the pair in which the beautiful
trotter made her last record are displayed
in wall cabinet and have value Of
$500 each. Mr.. Bonner has had numer-
Gus requests to rattle them off at church
and charity fairs, but preferred always to
give his check for their value rather than
part with eIthcr.-New York World.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Cut hay early.
Keep the knives of the mower sharp.
Worse than wear for tools-rust and
rot.
No dull, rusty or shackly tool nova
days.
Are you improving your farm this
year2
Potatoes and onions thrive on good
ashes.
The hay-loader will lessen the cost of
the field work.
Cut hay just after the bloom falls.
Cut when possible on bright day.
This is the season for the farmer to be
at home "minding his own business
severely"
If the ground is smooth cut low, but
if timothy, cut above the bulb at the
ground. Four hours of hot sun will
cure sufficiently.
1t will pay to thoroughly examine
every ear of corn intended for seed.
Corn from fields infested with rust last
season should be avoided.
During the warm days of summer the
manure will "fire fang" unless plenty of
absorbent material be used, or the manure
turned over occasionally.
All fallen fruit, whether very young or
nearly matured, should be destroyed in
order to prevent the propagation of in
sects as much as possible.
Professor Ladd concludes that it is
preferable to cut timothy for feeding at
the period of full bloom rather than
after the seeds have formed.
The hay-fork and carrier will lessen
the cost of moving away. If to be
stacked in the field the gatherers and
stackers will lessen the cost.
The hoe will compensate for lack of
manure in the garden sometimes. Moth
ing improves vegetables like good hoe
ing of the soil and cutting out the
weeds.
The farmer of to-day requires more
tools than the farmer of generation
ago, because he employs less muscle.
They are big item of expense. Take
good care of them.
From tests made at the Michigan Ex-
pertinent station it was found that pota-
toes yielded better when planted only
one and two inches deep than if covered
four or five inches.
Rust and rot do more for the imple-
ment maker in winter, than wear and
tear do in summer, and rain and sun do
more in summer than the wear and tear.
House your implements.
Stock need salt when grass food is
plentiful more than at any other time.
The lack of salt sometimes causes in
furious effects from green food that
might be avoided by its use for stock.
If it pays some farmers to raise the
dairy cows that are purchased by dairy
men who sell their calves, it should pay
the dairyman to raise his own COWS,
especially if he does SO with the aim OF
improving his herd.
One hundred dollars worth of cheese
takes from the farm less than one-seventh
the fertility taken by $100 worth of
grain, while 500 worth of butter-if
the skim milk be fed on the farm-takes
nothing from the soil.
A correspondent of the Massachusetts
Ploughman says that n quart of vinegar
in half pail of water, if thoroughly
sprinkled over the interior of a hen
house, will free it from lice when white
washing and other remedies have failed.
1t is bad plan to waste food by
throwing it on the floor instead of feed
ing in troughs or some other vessel; also,
to cram fifty cents worth of drugs down
the throat of a sick chicken that
wouldn't be worth even aquarter if it
was well.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
APPETIZING SANDWICHES.

This is the season of the year when
picnics awake the thought OF light
"woody" food and the mind turns to
sandwiches. The old ham sandwich is
doomed. A lighter kind is called for.
This can be secured by mincing fine, raw
beefsteak and seasoning only with salt
and pepper. This sort of sandwich is
especially palatable for invalids. s.-Neu
York Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
The Land of Small Families.

A law passed in France, designed to
give certain advantages to fathers OF
more than seven children, has brought
out the facts that in France there are in
round numbers 2, 100000 households in
which there has been no child; $780,
900 in which there was only one; q
100000 of two children each; 1,5OO,-
900 with three each; about 1,O00,0 600
with four; $4,000 with five; $50, 900
with six, and 100000 with seven or
more. :.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
THE BUSH LIMA BEAN.

It is claimed that the introduction o.
the bush Lima bean is valuable aid to
bean cultlvators. The chief expense in
growing Lima beans is the poles, which
require labor in stalking and replacing
when affected by winds. Those who
have trled the bush Limas claim that they
are fully as prolific as the pole beans, as
well as being equal, if not superior, to
the latter in quality. A trial on small
scale will demonstrate whether this claim
is we'll founded York Watness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
HOW TO COOK BANANAS,

Peel rather green bananas, rub them
over with split lemon, place in pan
with red wine poured over them until it
stands quarters of an inch deep.
Drop in six cloves and few sticks of
cinnamon, three tablespoonfuls of granu-
lated sugar and tablespoonful of butter
cut in bits. Bake in a quick oven until
light brown. This is the most delicious
way of cooking bananas Washington
Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
CUT STRAW FOR BEDDING.

A German agricultural journal presents
some cogent arguments in favor of
chopped in place of whole straw for
animal bedding. The first consideration
is the economy of it, which experiments
have shown to be about thirty-tiv per
cent. Secondly, the comfort of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
GET RID OF THE MALES.

If you desire to preserve eggs for win
ter use, get rid of the males at once.
Eggs from hens not with males will keep
three times as long as those that contain
the germs of chicks. As the hens will
lay as many eggs when no males are
present as when with them, the removal
of the males will lessen the expense and
the females have more room on the roost.
Farm and Fsreside.
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There is no lawful objection against
asking debtor for payment of his debt
on the public street or elsewhere if quiet
words ere used, but it is an offeuse to do
this loudly so as to attract attention.
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Loved by a Female PJgmy.

If DR.. Parke, the plucky young sur
geon who accompanied Stanley, is more
impervious to beauty than his chief, not
so is the fair sex in regard to him. When
Stanley enterested the forests Of the pyg-
mics, q youthful female dwarf showed
herself. She would have nothing to say
to Stanley, but conceived great affec-
ton for the doctor. She replied to his
signs, insisted upon sleeping at his tent
door while the explorers were in the for
est, and when they left she wanted him
to 90 with her to her people.-London
Truth.
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The Rev. Joseph Cook, Of Boston, de-
liberately declares that in the city Of
New York there are not more than 75,-
600 Protestant Christians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-02

After dinner smoke "Tans;ll's Punch"
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Children Enjoy

THERE are large depositso of very good coking
coal in Texas.
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OUR exports for the past ten months have
exceeded our imports by S120, ,000,0 900.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-15
EupepSY.

That is what You ought to have, in
fact YOU must have it to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for 1t
daily and mourning because they
find it not. Thousands upon thou
sands of dollars are spent annually
by our people in the hope that they
NAV attain this boon. And yet ii
NAV be had by all. We guarantee
that Electric Bi;ters, il used accord
ing to directions and the use persist
ed in, will bring you good digestion
and GUST the demon dyspepsia and
install instead eupelsy. We recon
mend Electric Bitters for dyspepsia
and all diseases of the liver, stomach
and kidneys. Sold at SOC and 81 per
bottle at Craig's Drug Store. 4
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-15
A Scrap Of Paper Saves her Life,

1t was just an ordinary scrap OF
wrapping paper, but it saved her
life. She was in the last stages OF
consumption, told by her physicians
that she was incurable and could live
only short time; she weighed less
than seventy pounds. On piece of
wrapping paper she read of DR..
Kings New Discovery and got tri-
al bottle; it helped her, she bought a
large bottle, ii helped her more,
bought another and grew better fast,
continued Its use and is now strong,
healthy, rosy, plump, weighing lao
pounds. For fuller particulars send
stamp to w. IL. Cole, druggist, Fl.
Smith. Trial bottle of this wonder
full discovery loo at Craig's Drug
Store.