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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
South Americans Reverence Coca.

From time out of mind the tribes Of the
of the southern continent have regarded
coca with extreme reverence, worshiping
the shrub itself and using its leaves in
their religious ceremonies. Inca priests
chewed it during divine service, and it
was believed that unless those worthless
were we'll supplied with coca the favor
of the goes could not be propitiated.
During the $50 years that have inter-
vened Christianity has not been able to
eradicate this deep-rooted idolatry. To
this day it is the general belief that any
business undertaken without the bene-
diction of coca leaves cannot prosper.
The Indian workmen throw coca suds
upon hard veins of metal to soften the
ore and tighten their labors. In every
ancient grave supply of coca leaves is
found with the mummy, and the Indians
of to-day put the same into the mouths
of their dead il order to secure for them
a more favorable reception in the
unknown world. Whenever q wander
ing Peruvian happens to fall in with a
mummy, not uncommon occurrence,
since the whole country is one vast ceme-
terry, he reverently presents it with few
coca leaves. believing that the soul which
once inhabited the shrivcled body will
report his generosity to the lord of the
better country.-W Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
A Smart Boy Disgusts q Wizard.

He was pretty bright boy-he is q
minister's son, by the way, which ex'
plains it-and he got away with design
ing shopkecper in way that did credit to
his parcntage, says the St. Paul Pioneer
Press. The dealer had been practising
some sleight of hand tricks, and when
the boy strollcd in he selected him for q
subject.
"You see this pebble2" sid he, as he
rolled it in the palm of his hand. "NoW
you don't, but you'll find a nickel on the
brim of your hat"
He reached over and took the nickel.
"Just watch this now," he continued.
The boy did so. The pebble was trans
formed to nickel.
"Was that my pebblea" inquired the
youth cautiously.
"Ccrtainly," was the answer.
Not content with one exhibition of his
smartness he rolled the pebble in his hand
and it disappeared. The boy picked the
nickel of his hat himself and faded out
of the shop with the remark: "If that
was my pebble, then this must be my
nickel"
The proprietor was too much aston
ished at his logic to object, and the min
lister is worldly enough to enjoy his sons
performance and stop writing his sermon
to laugh in his sleeve at the cuteness of
the "chip of the old block"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
WALKING HORSES.

One of the most desirable ali valuable
gaits for a horse is walk, and it should
be the aim to first develop this gait in
the handling OF the colt. The good
walker will always make good time on the
road when days journey is to be made,
without wearying himself, while the slow
moper must be constantly kept on the
trot. if time is to De made. A horse that
will walk five miles per hour will 60 as
far in day, confined to this gait, as an
ordinary horse can be driven when kept
half of the time on the trot, and with
much greater ease to himself. If one
half the pains were taken by farmers
boys to make fast walkers of the young
sters on the farm that is usually taken to
make them Lrot, the result would be
much more beneficial, and we wouid find
plenty of teams that could do their five
miles an hour with ease. But instead of
this, as soon as the colt is bridled, the
sole aim of "the boys" is make trotter
of him, and both gaits are spoiled.
Make the colts walk, boys; make them
extend themselves in long, sweeping,
SQUARE walk, and don't be satisfied with
anything less than five miles an hour.
When be gets to trotting be will 60 all
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
"DriftYOod Cottage"

Over on North Beach, Pacific County,
Washington, not far from Long Beach,
says the Oregon Historian, is n neat little
story and q half house known as ''Drift-
wood Cottage" The owner is q Port
land man, who conceived the idea of
utilizing some of the driftwood which is
scattered along the beach in abundance,
and which is of all shapes and sizes,
from q very small stick to an immense
saw log.
The house and all its furniture are
made entirely OF driftwood picked up
on the shore, and is very ingeniously con-
structed. Not only was comfort and
convenience consulted, but elegance,
taste and skill are shown in the make of
the house and its contents.
Bedsteads, tables, chairs, lounges,
benches, stands, whatnots, shelves, doors,
and in fact the entire articles used are
all made of picked-up pieces, many OF
them put together in the form of mosaic
work, and are decidedly unique and at
tractive, ornamental as we'll as useful.
A popularity of the occupant and his
family is that they subsist almost entirely
on fish and game, in the securing Of
which great ingenuity is manifested.
A liberal offer has been made for the
house and its novel furniture, and if ac-
cep:ed the building will be carefully
taken down and sent to Chicago, there
to be put together again, fitted up as it
now stands and be on exhibition at the
Worlds Fair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17

called Puss in Boots, because she incases
her pedal extremities in cowhide boots
many sizes too large for her. She has
amassed fortune, and her rents in Lead
Vile alone bring her an income of $1,000
per month, besides a large amount of
real estate in Denver, which is of great
value. She is very frugal, indeed miscr-
ly in her manner of living; she seldom
buys any food or clothing, but her meals
are the remains from the tables of her
neighbors, and her clothing the cast-of
garments Of charitable Leadville ladies.
Rocky Mountain Kate's occupation is
working by the day-housecleaning and
the like--and it is needless to say that
her already large fortune is not decreas-
ing. The report at present in Lcadville
is that Rocky Mountain Kate contemplates
perpetuating her name by using her for
tune to build a church. Thus far she
has used none of her hard-earned money
for charitable enterprises, but doubtless
with the endowment of her church she
will allow her conscience to remain at
peace with all the world. Rocky Noun
tain Kate is a qucer-looking individual,
with her garments, which show plainly
that they were made for somebody else,
her old gingham sun-bonnet and her
cowhide boots.-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
Relic of Washinston, the Surveyor.

Before arriving at Capon, ". Va, says
the Charleston Is. CO. Neacs and Courier,
about half mile from the spring, mar
row way is seen leading directly across
the road, in one direction toward Win
chester, in the other toward the distant
Ohio. This way was made by the order
of General Braddock to facilitate the
march of his army during the late French
and Indian war, which preceded the Re-
volution. Washington was then on Brad
docks staff, serving with the rank of
Colonel. A tradition is carefully pre-
served that he and Braddock drank at
the Beauty Spring. which was well known
to the Indians, and deemed by them to
have great medicinal properties, especi-
ally for rheumatism. The Indian naidens
were supposed to be quite fond OF walk
ing in its waters on account of the silken
character which it imparts to the skin.
But the great curiosity Of Capon is the
tree, the only tree remaining, which has
the surveyors mark made by Washington
when he measured the Fairfax estate for
its ancient lord. Captain Vale, the pro-
prietor of the springs, on whose lands it
has stood for so long, on account Of an
accident which has happened to it, has
had it hewn down and brought to the
patch where it is to be set up with proper
marks for recognition. Such relic
ought to be in possession of the National
Museum at Washington. 1t is the only
relic of the kind which relates to the early
life of Washington, long before the era
of his fame, when he wandered through
the woods of Virginia intent only on the
practice of his profession.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
CONCERNING THE HAIR.

The falling out of the hair is sure
sign of q debilitated state of the system.
External tonics are of little or no
avail. The use of reliable internal
tonic is the only sensible course; by re-
moving the cause the effect will be
checked. At the same time strong
sage tea may be applied to the roots of
the hair. The herb can be procured at
any drug store, and, after sleeping and
straining 1t, the liquid should be rubbed
into the scalp with small sponge. The
sage tea is also said to prevent grayncss
and to darken the hair. Ammonia should
be avoided, Notwithstanding the claims
made in its favor. Borax is good, but
soap will make the hair stiff and uuman-
ageable. The hair should be washed at
least once week to prevent the aecumu-
lation of dandruff or that oily look which
is the despair of so many women. Brush
ing the hair has been advocated as long
back as the memory of women extends,
but it is astonishing how few women give
their hair the proverbial hundred strokes
morning and evening. The brushing
should be continued at least ten minutes;
it will do more good than all the reme-
dies and tonics you can buy. 1t has
been generally acknowledged that SINCE
ing is better than cutting split ends. All
the leading establishments have adopted
this method with great SUCCESS. 1t is
wonderful what a change little attcn-
tion will make in the hair. Lustrcless
tresses can be made glossy, thin hair
thick, while even the coarsest and most
rebellious locks will yield to care and
discipline. York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
A NEW FEMININE FANCY.

The new silver kid shoes are fruitful
source of discussion in feminine circles
in England, and there is good deal of
variety of opinion in regari to their
much -talked-of beauties. I believe that
it was at Mrs. II. NJ. Stanley's wedding
that they first made their appearance,
when the BRIDES shoes were eagerly CON-
mented on by those who had never before
seen "silver kid" Personally I do not
care about the new departure, though
probably they will be great deal worn
during the coming winter and next sea-
son. Gold kid has already appeared, but
it looks even more like tinsel than the
silver, which is something between tin
foil and Cinderella's glass slipper. Ex-
cept, perhaps, with metal brocades, if I
may use the expression, they look most
unsuitable, md another drawback is that
they make the feet seem larger.-Phila-
delphia I 7elegraph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
RouND-THE-woRLp WEDDING TOURS.

One of the latest fads in the ultra
fashionable world is for the newly mar
ried to extend their wedding trip around
the world-not for the purpose of giving
variety to dull honeymoon by getting
up sensation in travelling against days,
but allowing q years time to see the
points of interest around this globe Of
ours. 1t is sensible fad. 1t takes just
about one year after the knot is tied for
a couple to get acquainted with each
other. 1t is during this first year that
the ripplcs of discomfort or after-happi-
ness appear. BY the end of twelve
months these ripples may be gigantic
wave, drifting them farther and farther
apart, or a silvcry wave that casts a glim-
mcr over life and love that no outside in
fuence will ever dim. When these ultra
fashionables set foot on American soil
again after oil of those months of each
others society their hearts will surely
beat as one or else there will be no doubt
in their minds as to the necessity of
padding down ife's stream in separate
boats. The result would be enbarrass-
ing if they should come to a two-boat
conclusion when they were about half
way around on this late fad trip.-Chi-
cago Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
To Owners OF Horses.

Thousands + horses die yearly from collie.
This need not be. DIR. 1obias's Venetian
Horse Liniment will positively cure every case
If given when first the animal is attacked. The
cost is only trite.
Every owner Of horse should have a bottle
of it in his stable ready for use.
This Liniment Is no new remedy, but one
that has been used and approved o. upward Of
forty years by the first horsemen in the coun-
try.
Given to an over-driven horse it acts like
magic.
The celebrated Hiram Woodruff, Of trotting
fame, used it for years; the late Col. Philo p.
Bush, of the Jerome Race Course, gave a GER
tilcate, which can be seen at the Depot, stat
ing that after years of trial it Is the best in
the world" No one using this valuable prep
aration will consider their stable complete
without it.
Sold by druggists and saddlers throughout
the United States.
Depot 40 MURRAY ST., n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
FOUNDATION SKIRTS.

A firm in London make to any custom
er's exact measurement q foundation
skirt, which is sent home completely
finished even to the troublesome pocket.
These skirts are ready for draping the
material upon, ,and in all colors, and they
prove of great service to the home dress
maker. They also make tennis skirts,
which are very light and taut. Firms in
our own city have in readiness killed and
accordion -pleated skirts, with enough of
the material to make the bodice, which,
by the aid of skilled needlewomen and
steam-run machines, can almost be cut,
fitted, and finished "while you wait. -
Neu York Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
A GIRL AT THE FURNACE.

"When woman. wills, she will, you
may depend upon it" A bright-eyed,
handsome young American miss
has solved the question of woman's
sphere in a manner that is most becom-
ing aud complimentary to herself, says
the Chico (Cal.) Enterprise. A case in
point is that of q winsome miss in the
Sierra Lumber Mills, Chico. The young
lady's father is an assistant engineer
there. He has need of q fireman and
few days ago his sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter, who carries to him his lunch, over
heard the request for a fireman. She
promptly said that she would take the
position, and she did. An Enterprise
reporter was at the mill a few days ago
and saw the dainty miss, with barred
white arms, flashing eyes and natty air,
standing before the seething furnace,
smilingly opening and closing the doors
and throwing in the fuel The young
lady is surely winning her way and all
honor is due her for the commendable
manner in which she is solving social
problems.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
TIE GUINEA FOWL,

It true that the Guinea fowl is not
considered a valuable bird for either flesh
or eggs, yet in its proper place it is use
full to the farmer. Being ever on the
alert for coming danger they will answer
the purpose of watchman. 1t is good
plan to keep one or two pair, letting
them run and roost with the hens. The
hawks will not catch any chicks when a
Guinea is near; they give an alarm which
all chickens heed and know. They are
remarkable in beauty of feather, and few
fouls can in any way compare with them
in plumage. Guineas are nothing more
than ornamental fowls, and kept princi-
pally for display aud watch guards
among farm flock of fine poultry
Farm, Field and Stoclman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17

OH HS UtS7M
the consumptive who's not be-
reft of Judgment and good sense.
He's taking DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. If taken in
time and given fair trial, it will
effect a cure. Consumption ID
Lung-scrofula. For Scrofula, in it,
myriad forms, and for all Liver,
Blood and Lung diseases, the "Dis-
covery" is an unequalled remedy:
It's the only guaranteed one. If
it doesn't benefit or cure, you get
your money back. You only pay
for the good you get.
"Discovery" strengthens Weak
Lungs, and cures Splitting of Blood,
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, and kindred affec-
tions. Don't be fooled into taking
something else, said to be "just az
good" that the dealer may make .
larger profit. There's nothing at
all like the "Discovery." It con-
tains no alcohol to inebriate; NO
syrup or sugar to derange d.
gestion. As peculiar in its cura-
tive effects as in its composition.
Equally good for adults or children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
A Critics Rare Consideration.

George Meredith, the novelist, looks
younger than his years, which arc sixty
two. In addition to his novel writing
he is "reader" for a big firm of pub
fishers in London. He is the most in
dulgcnt of readers, and often enters into
correspondence with the ambitious all.
thors and gives them advice. He is the
more disposed to do this by reason of his
own sad experience, for when he began
his literary career ne encountered the
most terrible privations, being at one
time so utterly poor that for months he
lived upon oatmeal, being unable to
afford ary other food.-Chica0o Pest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
BEETs AS FOOD FOR COWS.

A bulletin of tic Ohio Agricultural
Experiment Station, now in press, gives
the result of an experiment in feeding
sugar beets to milch COWS, made during
the past winter, together with a summary
of two similar experiments, one made by
the station in 1889 and one by the farm
department of the Ohio State University
in 1879.
In the last named experiment eight
COWS were kept under test for eleven
weeks; in 1889, twelve COWS for eight
weeks, and in 1890, twelve COWS for
nine weeks, the COWS in each case being
weighed daily, as well as their feed and
milk.
In each of the three experiments the
COWS ate more hay and more total dry
matter when feeding on beets than on
other foods (hay, meal and bran in 1879,
corn silage in 1889 and 1S9O), and in
each case more milk was given from the
beets than frcm the other foods, but it is
not yet demonstrated that the increase of
milk was produced economically.
For twelve years records have been
kept on the farm now occupied by the
station, which shows that the average
yield of beets over this period has been
nearly sixteen tons per acre, against an
annual yield of about fifty-fve bushels of
shelled corn per acre.
But a crop of fifty-ive bushels of
shelled corn, with its fodder, will contain
nearly twice as much dry matter as six
teen tons of beets, and these experiments
indicate that, whether fed dry, as corn
meal and dry fodder, or as corn ensilagc,
the dry matter of the corn crop will be
found about as effective, pound for
pound, as the dry matter of the beet
crop
It is possible to raise much more than
sixteen tons of beets to the acre. One
crop of two acres is reported at thirty
seven and half tons per acre, and smaller
areas have given still larger yields, but
such crops require very rich land and
thorough culture. Whether it is posi-
BILE to produce pound of dry matter in
beets as economically as it can be done
in corn is not yet definitely settled, but
the probabilities are against it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Poor rations make poor hogs.
A squealing pig never grows fat.
Don't use Paris green on cabbage.
Profitable exercise-killing weeds.
Forest fires start easily; be cautious.
A well-kept lawn beauties the home.
A dropped match may burn the barn.
Allow no Canada thistles to Eipen
seed.
Good soil and culture make good
crops.
Don't forget that turnips are good for
sheep.
Spade up yards; keep the fowls
scratching.
Substituting one odor for another is
not disinfe:ting.
A tight barn is better than an open
one to keep hay in.
Don't pour water on your flower beds;
always use sprinkler.
Begin to get rid of your poor stock
and to prepare for winter.
twenty-five healthy fowls are worth
one hundred half-sick ones.
In laying drain tiles put them below
frost line and grade as evenly as pos
sible.
If you want to SOW turnip seed evenly
mix a pound of seed with a peck of
sand.
The farmer should buy labor-saving
inventions for his wife as well as for
himself.
A mixture of salt, bone meal and ashes
will do no harm if kept where stock can
get at it.
A dry, airy place is the best one in
which to spread potatoes until cold
weather sets IN.
"The man, the cow and the feed have
more influence than the SYSTEM" says
Professor Cook.
What is the use of getting rid of quack
grass, if you can't make something better
grow in its place2
Keep the weeds from going to seed if
you want to lessen the work of killing
weeds next summer.
Keep your chickens tame. They do
better in every way; besides, it is
great deal of satisfaction.
If you are searching your flock for the
good layers, select the pullets that have
large combs and long bodies.
When threshing take good care of the
straw. Bright, clean straw is better for
bedding as we'll as for feeding.
Sheep seem to need new pastures more
than bovine stock does. They nip closer
and tread the feed down worse.
Any grass land that will not yield
ton and a half Of hay per acre should be
broken up at once after moving and
planted with something; even crop OF
millet will pay better than neglect and
no late crop at all.
1t has been discovered that few hens
with young broods kept and fed in an
onion patch are an excellent remedy
for the prevalent maggot. A hen turkey
cooped with a score Of young ones will
clear all the flies and young maggots from
an acre of onions.
A Canadian farm paper says: "The
most profitable dairy COW does not belong
to any one breed, at least it has never
been demonstrated that she does" Thi:
is true, bat it is true as we'll that the
most profitable dairy cows belong to those
breeds which have been bred for dairy
purposes. One COW, or dozen cows,
from any one breed, does not settle the
matter.