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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-02-13
FIRM NOTES.

81
Chop up the corn stalks and put them
in the manure heap. If cut and crushed
they may be used as absorbents i'll the
pig pens.
Keep the barnyard well supplied with
material for absorbing the liquids,
thereby rendering the yards dry ami
comfortable.
Early in the spring top-dressing of
100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre
on wheat will make it grow rapidly and
yield better grain.
The prize butter at the Bay State fair,
Boston, was made from COWS fed on cut
clover at night, pasture by day, and a
grain ration composed of two parts COZ n
meal and one part each of crushed oats,
Hnseed meal, and wheat middlings.
Much time can be saved by keeping up
what might be termed small repair. A
little item that few minutes work would
have repaired. if done at once, if let go
Is often the cause of half days delay
at some future time.
The handspring of farming is the seed.
1t Is more important to secure good seed
than to prepare for its reception i'll the
soil. The failure of seed to terminate
may cost the farmer the loss of an entire
crop. The seed is something that the
farmer should always examine before
spring opens. by testing it in boxes of
earth under glass.
Lime has the advantage of bel lg ben
cficial at all seasons. though its effects
in The soil may not be Immediate. 1t
never Injuries land if properly applied,
and though its results may be unsatis-
factory at first. yet the effects are las ing,
the lime applied this year proving bene-
fetal in the future. Lime is cheap and
should be used freely.
The saving of the various substances
that are supposed to possess no value. by
aiding them to the manure heap, amounts
to large lem in the course of year.
There Is nothing grown on the farm,
either by seeding for the crop or volun-
tary growth of weeds, that will not con-
trIi,ute something to the fertility of the
soil if the m lterials are appropria ed to
the purposes for which they are adapted.
E,-en weeds can he made useful in en-
ricliing the soil.
An exchange speaks thus highly of the
Brazilian flour corn: Each grain pro-
duces from three to six stalks, and each
stalk from one to three ears, often MAX
ing fifteen good ears to a hill. besides an
immense quantity of excellent fodder.
The stalks are so soft and sweet that the
hogs and o;her stock eat them up clean.
The grain is very sweet and as white as
snow, makes the best of roasting ears
and as good flour as wheat when ground
and boiled.
Farming is a business that requires
Judgment in every department. The
farmers should not place his dependence
upon single crop. for such crop may
be lessened in yield by an unfavorable
season, or in value by prices in a fiuctu-
atin& market Diversified farming re-
duces theliability of failure, and permits
of better cultivation and longer seasons
for work, Prices may be low on some
crops and high on Others the result de-
pending on the seasons and area cult
Yated. - 4;sapHf. fa fal
aaaif Il Lu5 - +RlY'e s-e7e
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-29

Jackson q Fitzpatrick, the electricians
and plumbers, have all the work they
can attend To, in fact more than they
can do.
Emil Guensburg. the Florence mer-
chant, spent Sunday here with his sister
Miss Fannie, and brother-in-law A. Lust
field.
The proceedings oi tho Iron county
board uf supervisors are printed this
week, and will beiound interesting read
ing.
Geo. w. Mewhiney, Of Ishpeming, Is now
In the employ of the Iron County Bank.
He is a brother OF John MewhInney.
w. w. Hendricks the jeweler, has the
finest line of goods i'm the city and sells
the cheapest. See him first always.
The art gallery, toy counter, plush
goods table and bric-a-brac tables are
the attractions at The Bazaar.
The great double stores OF Hart Bros.
& Company are heated by furnace; the
work completed this week.
II. II. Sanford, book. .kccperat the Hem.
lock mine Is in town to-day and partOol
of Thanksgiving dinner.
Vivian Prince, a valued employee at
the Shnfer mine. was a business visitor
TO Marquette this week
John Mewhinny. assistant cashier in
the Iron Couty bank was an Iron Noun
tain visitor Sunday.
An Lu, the most civilized Chinaman in
the country, visited his brother at Nor
way Sunday.
A neat sign, "Ncw York Clothing store y
has been raised over Myer Savlan's place
OF business.
Special discounts ON all X. Of T. and /.
O. o. +. iewelry this and next week al
/ Hendricks.
Miss Emma Solmone. 81 Neenah, is IN
the city, guest OF her sister Mrs. Frank
/ Schaefcr.
Crystal Falls now has large and
most promising lodge of Odd Fellows.
|. @. O. +. and X OF Il. badges, rings,
charms and pins az Hendricks.
The very finest line OF emblematic jew
elry in the city at Hendricks
The winter of 1S9O-9l can be dated
from Tuesday Of this week.
Workmen are at Doncet's new opera
house night and day now.
j. Il. Parry, nf Florence, registered at
the Lockwood Saturday.
Miss Minnie Goodwin is visiting her
brother. Gordon, here.
The latest designs in silverware az
| Hendricks.
Alfred Justified spent Sunday at Iron
Mountain.
j. G. storm spent Sunday at Iron
Mountain.
Call aud see the holiday array at The
Bazaar.
Fancy rockers for the holidays at The
Bazanr.
Holiday goods arriving daily at Hen
drick's
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-29
Wanted.

Bids for timber for the Shaier mine, {,
be mostly eight foot logs from eight I,
twelve inches in diameter. Apply at th
mine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-29
Manle Groye SeMIng Rooms.

WWVIV NIWNt- 1VN III- ItVVIfINs
am now prepared so take In sewing
az my home in Maple Grove. Prompt
and careful attention given 60 all orders.
4itf MARY a F. SULLIVAN.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-11-29


city or mining Locations
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
Gold in the Georgia Rivers.

One of the most promising schemes by
which fortune was not made was that
of an inventor of much mechanical gen.
ius, who got up a plan for getting the
gold out of the Georgia rivers. Most Of
the streams which flow from the gold dis
tricts of Georgia have "color" in their
sands, but not always in paying quanti-
ties. This man, says the Globe Democrat,
of st. Louis, proposed to build boat
$50 feet long, aud have sluice running
all the way round it, thus giving sluice
length of 800 feet. Then, by steam
shovel arrangement, he intended to
scrape up the sand out of the bottom of
the river and drop it in the sluice,
through which stream Of water would
always be running.
The gold would collect in the bottom,
as in any other sluice, aud at intervals
there would be "cleaning up" which
he expected would be highly profitable.
AS soon as one locality was exhausted the
boat would move on to another, and, to
use a common expression, he thought
there were millions in it. The scheme
was never tried, for before he was ready
to put it into operation he found an open
ing in Colorado and went out there, but
a great many people in Georgia believed
it to be perfectly practicable, and re-
gretted that the experiment was not
made
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
How Cetywayo Became King

Umbande was desirous to see his eld-
est son Umbulazi placed at the head of
the Zulu nation; but Cetywayo, a
younger and more ambitious prince, was
determined to dispute the succession,
and the father, seeing no sign of having
his own way, said to his sons, "You
may fight it OUT The nation was i'm
mediately thrown into intense excite
ment. Swords were sharpened, OK hides
converted into shields and u day fixed on
which the two parties of Zulus under
their respective chiefs were to settle the
matter of sovereignty. A more bloody
battle was perhaps never fought in Zulu
land. No mercy was shown to either
sex. The infant was speared on its
mothers breast, old and young alike
were butchered. Umbulazi was proba-
bly, assegaid, as he was never seen af-
terward; and it was reported that nearly
or quite 10, 900 Zulus were either killed
in battle or drowned in the river Tugela
which forms the northern boundary OF
this colony. In time Cetywayo became
king.-Ne,o YorL Obse7cer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
IMPROVEMENTS IN WAISTS.

The useful and comfortable blouse
waist and its kindred jersey bodice are
such useful articles of wear that their
reign is likely to be prolonged indefinite
ly. Season after season we see new i'm
provements made in both of these waists.
Among the novelties are silk blouses
made in tartan or Persian stripes. Blouses
of this kind worn above black skirts of
silk or wool make bright and pretty
house toilets for these dull days. The
blouses are rather full, but do not spread
like the old variety, and fringed ruche
carried around the collar and down the
front makes becoming finish. The new
silk blouse, unlike its cambric compeer,
IS not to be tucked inside the skirt-band.
The straight belt-band secured by a
buckle is brought to point, and fastened
there some inches below the waist. A
popular silk plaid for blouse shows q
mixture of black and green in shaded
tones, with line Of gold or red between.
-New York Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
FASHIONS IN BoNNETs.

Bonnets are made of a Grecian band
of small flowers, bow of velvet and On
upright tuft at the back; roll of figured
muslin with a bow in front, smaller
roll set as comb and the two tied to-
gether by narrow velvet strings emauating
from bunch of flowers, straight on end; !;
large black jet butterfly lowering over
the highly y-dressed hair of the wearer,
emerging from the roll of black lace en-
circling the head, or a tuft of several
kinds of flowers tied with bow of vel
vet, represent the fashionable bonnets of
the day. And the hat and bonnet pins!
An oar, paint brush in metal, an enamel
ball studded with small diamonds, q
half coronet of jet or crystals in tortoise
shell, are few of the last specimens, to
say nothing of the formidable CONFLICTS,
high and protruding, that keep the frail
structures of millinery on the heads of
their owners, and the long, dagger
shaped pins of shell or metal, that might
become weapons in some hands.-NeU
York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
A Curious New York Law.

What may strike the average citizen
as curious law went into effect recent
ly. 1t is chapter forty-one of the Session
laws of 1890, entitled ian act for the
prevention of blindness" It provides
as follows:
SECTION I. Should any midwife or
nurse having charge of an infant in this
State notice that one or both eyes are
much infamed or Redeemed at any time
within two weeks after its birth, it shall
be the duty of such midwife or nurse SO
having charge OF such infant to report
the fact in writing within six hours to
the Health Officer or some legally quail
fed practitioner of medicine of the city,
town or district in which the parents re-
side.
Sec. 2. Any failure to comply with the
provisions of this act shall be punished
by fine not to exceed Sl00, or impris-
onment not to exceed six months, or
both.
Sec. 8. That this act shall take effect
on the 1st day of September, 1890.
An Express man asked Health Officer
Balch to explain the law, but he only
said that it was to prevent blindness. If
the reading was not clear that was the
fault of the lawmakers. He said no
cases had been brought to his attention
yet. When he learns of one probably
DR.. Balch will endeavor to find out what
his duties are in the premises. Redness
of the eyes, perhaps, may mean granula-
tion of the lids, which needs attention,
but whatever it may mean it is apparent.
ly a duty hereafter to make a grand hus-
tie to notify the Health Officer or some
physician the moment that very young
infants eyes may become red. What
the duties of the man to whom the in
formation is brought may be he will have
to guess, as the law is silent on that
point.-ARany Nv. ~ Erpress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
The Oldest Architectural Ruins.

The Oldest ruins in the world are prob
ably the rock cut temples at Ipsambul,
in Nubia, on the left bank of the Nile.
The longest temple contains fourteen
apartments hewn out of solid rock. The
first and longest of these is fifty-seven
feet long and ffty-two feet broad, and
is supported by two rows of massive pill
lars, four in each row; and thirty feet
high. To each of these pillars is attached
a standing colossus or human figure of
enormous proportions, reaching to the
roof, ovcrlaid with q kind of stucco and
painted with gaudy colors, apparently as
brilliant after lapse OF over 1000 years
as when laid on.-Brootlyn Citizen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
MATERIAL OF LONG CLoAKs.

Long cloaks, which will be much worn
this season, are made of heavy natural
gray homespun diagonal, fecked with
touches of darker color. The triple cape
with its stylish high shoulders and smart
Medici collar is finished with q metal
clasp in the form of French shield and
fleur de lis. The new jackets are all in
Medici style, shaped longer in front than
at the back. They are usually double
breasted, with large buttons, fitted close
to the figure at the back, and finished
with "patch pockets in front near the
buttons. The collars of all jackets are
extremely high-so high at the backs as
to require Piccadilly tips or rounded cor
ners to make them comfortable in front.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
THE OLDEST swITCHwoMAN.

For forty long years Mrs. Mary Car
roll has been the switchwoman at the
Central railroad junction in Macon, Ga, {,
where several different railroad tracks
meet. During this time she has always
been faithful and efficient. She has
never been the cause of an accident.
Her tracks have always been set right.
Her duties have been responsible, but
the road has never incurred dollar of
breakage, moment Of delay, or the in
jury of person on her account. She is,
perhaps, the oldest and only switch
woman in the United States. There are
hundreds of people who will recall seeing
her in the little switchhousc at the juno
ton, one mile from town.
After so excellent record and so
many years of capital service, in sunshine
and storm, in cold and heat, the Central
road has placed her in less irksome
position. She has been made gatekeeper
at the shed O. the road in that city.-At-
lQnta Constitution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
WASTED ELooUENCE.

"Alatilda," the young man said, nerv.
ously, "what am going to say may sur
prise you, but my feelings are leading
me on. Encouraged by your kindness,
intoxicated by your beauty and rendered
desperate by the conviction that the
hours are fleeing away and that the fu-
ture can hold nothing for me worse than
the suspense under which now labor, I
have resolved to risk my fate on the cast
of the de-"
He loosened his collar, coughed, and
went ahead.
''Other young men, Matilda, mere
butterflies of fashion, may dance attend
ance upon yol and Aatter you. Listen
not to them! Listen to the voice of sin-
cere devotionl Other young men, tai
ented, nay, perchance, young men pos
sessed of wealth in abundance, may seek
your hand. am not talented, Matilda,
I am not handsome. I have not those
delicate little arts that win the affections
of women. am not rich"
"No, MIR. Dennis" said the young
beauty with yawn and rising to her
feet, ~ regret to say, also, that you are
not in itI'
Mr.. Dennis withdrew from the compe-
tition at once. He was clearly outclassed
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
Largest House In the World.

Paris is noted, among other things, for
tie huge tenements in which the working
classes are huddled together and which
are popularity styled barracks; but not
one of them attains the gigantic dimen-
sions of ''Frihaus," situated in Wiedcn,
A suburb of Vienna. Thisimmense block
has thirteen court yards and thirty-one
staircases. It contains 1900 rooms and
gives shelter to 2112 perso1s belonging
to all grades of society. A special post
man is assigned to this building for the
distribution of the letters, on which you
have to be careful to put the Christian
name and surname of the addressee, the
number of the yard, the stairs and the
apartment if you wish them to reach their
destination. Tat-Bts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
Why They Are Called Alligator Pears.

Did you ever see an alligator pearl If
not, take look at the first uncouth OBJ
iect on fruit stand and you will strike
it dead sure.
They weigh about pound apiece,
and when unripe are as green as the man
who thinks Stripping can be elected to
Congress, and when ripe are about the
color of o secondhand mahogany bed
stead with plenty of varnish sprinkled
over it.
They derive their name from the fact
that alligators are very fond of them and
get plentiful supply by standing on their
heads and knocking the fruit of the
limbs of the tree with their tails
Florida Times Union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
FOR WASHING THE FACE.

Sir Erasmus Wilson, the celebrated
authority on skin diseases, gives these di-
rections for washing the face: Fill your
basin about two-thirds full of fresh
water, dip your face in the water, then
your hands. Soap the hands well and
pass them with gentle friction over the
whole face. Then dip the face in the
water second time and rinse it thor
oughly. A second basin ready with fresh
water is q valuable addition. The wrong
ways are using the towel, sponge or fan
mel as means of conveying the soap to
the face and omitting the rinsing at con-
clusion. Then as regards drying the
face, moderately thick and soft towel
should be used. A very rough one is not
desirable nor one of thick texture. Rain
or distilled water, owing to their purity
and freshness, are best for washing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
Not mary years after, the "topknot'

Not mary years after, the "topknot'
style attracted attention; this developed
into what one authority describes as SO
| higgledy-piggledy tuft, frizzed at the
ends, and kept in position by q ribbon
cut circularly;;" beyond this. some added,
with striking effect, paroquet with ex'
tended wings and tail.
Following furiously fast appeared
flowers in bouquets and immense gar.
lands; these strangely posed gardenbeda
were varied by gauzy textures, fine and
beautiful, in simple lengths, but ''twisted
into fluffy puffs, bows and in6nitesimaI
wriggles," thus losing their gossameI
elegance and softening effect; presently
gems, fringes and tassels, joining COM
panionship with plumes, came to the
front; fearful vision of "Alps on Alps"
now met the eye, combination as mar
velous as absurd. These different styles
we're designated as the "horned head
dress, the steeple, the butterfly, the span
iels ears"
Just here may be inserted an extract
from letter written by Hannah More IN
1777, touching the point in hand-a
writer as remarkable for truthfulness OF
expression as for learning, position in so.
ciety and modesty in dress:
"The other night we had great deal
of company-eleven damsels, to say
nothing of men. Iprotest I hardly do
them justice when I pronounce that they
had among them, on their heads, an acre
and half of shrubbery, besides slopes,
grass plots, tulip beds, clumps of peon-
les, kitchen gardens and green houses"
Beyond this we have descriptive lines
BY a writer of the period:
Give Chloe bushel of horsehair and wool,
Of paste and pomatum pound,
Ten yards Of gay ribbon to deck her sweet
SKULL
And gauze to encompass it round.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
A SHAWL-PIN AS A SPOON.

No matter how ragged and dirty an
Indian woman of Bolivia may be, she
takes great pride in the topa OF pin that
holds her shawl together. It is of sill
yer, brass, or copper, five or six inches
long, the head always shaped like a
spoon, and she uses it for feeding her
child and sometimes herself. In the
Inca days the head of the topa was
round to represent the sun, which they
worshiped, but the Spaniards desiring
to do away entirely with that religios,
passed law forbidding their use unless
the head were shaped like a spoon
Neu York. Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
The Extension Of HeIiOgraplly.

A striking proof of what can be done
with we'll managed heliograph line is
afforded by the operations that have been
carried on during the past summer over
the line from Fort Stanton in Mexico to
Whipple Barracks in Arizona. The line
is 1000 miles long, and connects twenty
five stations, some of which are forty-fve
miles from each other. It is now con.
clusiyely proved that the signals from a
four-inch mirror can be distinctly read
at a distance of ninety-six miles.-Com.
g,krcial Adreytiaer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
CURIOUS OLD FASHIONS.

About 1775, says Harper's Baszr, the
pomposity of feathered head-dresses
reached Its climax; high-born dame
appeared at 'drawing-room reception"
Haunting above her head an ostrich
plume over four feet in length. Because
she was fashions queen it became tho
rage, and, as in earlier periods, ladies
suddenly grew SO tall that entrance
through doorways of customary height
was impossible. Though imperial edict
forbade feathers at court, the absurd
style remained in vogue until the ex-
travagance was caricatured by the brave
entrance of lady wearing headgear not
less than yard in width; this accom-
plished the desired RESULT
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
The Shortest COurtship.

Maine puts in q claim for the shortest
courtship on record, and the claim is
worth considering. Deacon Marvin one
day mounted his horse with only a
sheepskin for q saddle, and riding in
front of the house where Betty Lee lived
called to her to come out to the gate.
She made her appearance, and without
any preliminaries he told her that the
Lord has sent him there to marry her.
Betty, with courtesy, replied: "The
Lords will be DONE" And it was.-Neo
York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
WHY THEY FELT CUT UP.

"If you please, Mr.. Cashgoods," said
the young saleswoman, ave have been
discussing the matter of salaries. And
we find that the men are getting more
money for the same work than us girls.
And we think that is hardly just, do
you9"
~ never looked at it in that light be-.
FORE" answered the merchant, after a
little thought. ut shall be remedied at
once. I'll cut the mems salaries down
next Saturday. y."-IndianapoHs Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
EXCUSED THIS TINE.

schoolmistress with ominous look in
her eye)-"What made you SO late,
Robert Reed2"
Robert-"Been ightin'."
schoolmistress advancing furiously)-
"You have, eh2"
Robert-"Yes, ma'am. A boy sed
yer wuz ugly as home made sin an jest
gave it to him."
Schoolmistress-"Well, Bobby, dear,
I must pardon you this time, but control
your temper the best you CAM Chicago
Neus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-22
A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY.

School Teacher-"Johnny, what does
the word meter mean2"
Johnny-"A measure"
School Teacher-sNow, Johnny, what
do they measure with the metera"
Johnny-"Gas, electricity, water and
poetry."-Ra,per's Basar.