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W. W. SEARCY, Esq, has been in
vited to deliver the fourth of July
Grafton at the Germania park. There
will not be an grafton in German.
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Save your Chickens by feeding
them Jensen's Chicken Powder.
Warranted.
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For Rent.

Cottage on West main street
apply to W. E. SLOAN
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Mud Cat Schooners.

Largest in the state, at MURpHY's.
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HAVE YOU tried Kiber'ssP Phosphate
Soda.
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Farmers and aIiIlers, Attention.

~ W . n '' II'IOI
1 have just received 1909 Bushels
white corn, in sacks.
j. B. KEMP,
Brennan, Texas.
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Try Kiber's Phosphates in soda
and Vichy.
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GRAPE Juice Soda, a delicious drink
at Kiber's.
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Momaia, Peaberry, Rio, Java, Mo
cha, parched or Green Coffee.
Jacob Il Eldridge.
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SO REWARD,

l will give SO reward for the
Brennan BANNER" for the years
of 1870, 1872 and 1874 from June
lst till Dec 31st of each year
mentioned. Address
J. G. DAVIDSON,
Pub. Herald, Plainview, Texas.
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The "Our Crowd" club had a
party on Friday evening at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Sarah Lusk.
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HE preparations for the fourth
of July celebration at the Germania
are moving grandly forward.
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CHOCOLATE Ice Cream at Kiher's.
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REFRIGERATORS.

Ice CREAM Soda at Kiber's 5cts.
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j ACoB q ELDRID5E.
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OUR WHITE LAWNS.
Our Gross Bars.

eceent Table Cloth White three yards long,
which bought In job and will close less than
Manuactors
An eleganne Towels and Towen Bed Spreads and Napkins
The prices which offer goods
take notice that it is strictly for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-05-28
A Dog OH Trial for His Life.

A dog was actually tried for his life in
the Boston Municipal Court recently.
The defendant was handsome setter
named Towser. His master retained
able counsel. The dog was placed in
the prisoners box, and amid the litter
of the spectators and the smiles Of Judge
Curtis, the trial began. A man sworc
that the prisoner had bitten him, and he
therefore wanted him killed, according
to law. On cross-examination witness
admitted that he had provoked the pris-
oner by teasing him. Several witnesses
for the defence testified as to the good
character of the accused. The latter
was then brought forward in his own be-
half and furnished testimony as novel as
it was effective. At various commands
he played dead, walked on his hind legs
about the room, stood on his head,
shouldered arms, whined dismally in
imitation of a song and wound up by
marching up the steps to the Judges
desk on his hind legs and shaking paws
with his honor. The Judge, without q
moments hesitation, said, amid cheers:
"Towser, you are a peaceable and or
derly canine. I give judgment in your
behalf and dismiss you, the plaintiff pay
ing the costs" Leaving the room, the
dog received an ovation.-Utica (N ~
Herald
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STARTING WITH POULTRY.

/ The questions, how many fowls to
keep, the best variety to begin with, and
how to manage proitably, come up to
the farmer with his first thought upon
the subject of keeping poultry. He
should not enter new field of enterprise
hastily, anticipating more than he can
make his stock produce for him. Il he
has suitable accommodations, one hun
dred, or even fifty blooded fowls are am
pie. They can be made to pay a larger
net profit than double the number of
ordinary dunghill stock. For the farm,
the Light Brahma, Plymouth Rock, Wy
andotte, and White Dorking are among
the best. The white varieties look better
about the barn. The Barred Plymouth
Rock, Langshan, Laced Wyandotte, and
Java are also excellent. A farmer who
carefully studies the best ways Of hand
ling his poultry is taught by his own OBJ
servation and experience how to man
age them pro6tably.-Ameriea@ Agr'-
culturist.
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The Astonishing Spread of Leprosy.

According to DR.. Morell Mackenzie,
leprosy, the scourge of the middle ages,
has not become practically extinct among
Europeans, but is really spreading. 1t
has between 1000 and 1900 victims in
Norway, is also found in Portugal, ,
Greece and Italy, and is rapidly spread
ing in Sicily, in the Baltic provinces OF
Russia and in France, while the British
islands are not exempt from it.
In the United States, cases have been
found in California, in some of the States
of the northwest; in Utah and in Louis
lana. Many cases exist in New Bruns-
wick. In the Sandwich Islands the dis
ease first broke out in 1853, and there
are now 100 lepers in the Molokai set
tlement alone. The disease is extending
in the West Indies. Chicago Herald.
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Snakes as Pets.

Mr.. Conklin, as superintendent of the
Central Park menagerie, is curiously op-
timistic with regard to reptiles. He not
only shares the biblical sentiment con-
cerning the wisdom of the serpent, but
says that it is more docile and easier to
tame than any other member OF the brute
creation. He has number of pythons
which are kept the greater part OF the
time in an improvised box on an upper
floor of the Arsenal, and he visits them
frequently, apparently finding as much
pleasure in gazing upon the dull hucs of
their sinuous folds as if each scale was
fraught with beauty. The largest of the
pythons is loathsome creature some ten
feet in length, on which the aftectionate
appellation of "Tom" has been bestowed.
When the keeper lifts Tom from his box,
Mr. Conklin goes up to the Kissing mon
ster and strokes him soothingly, much as
he might do to dog or horse. The
Superintendent says that young women
frequently come to him with the request
that he will allow the keeper to instruct
them in the manner Of handling snakes;
and that once the first loathing is over
come, these enterprisipg young women
rapidly acquire the knowledge they de-
sire. What their object is in gaining it
is not clear, but Mr.. Conklin thinks that
it is to gain the attendant glory, or
that in some cases it is the initial step
toward becoming professional snake
charmer.-NeaO York Commercial Adper-
fiser ~
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HEAyEs CAN ONLY BE ALLEvIATEp.

There is no cure for heaves; it can
only be ameliorated or lessened in extent
by feeding on nutritive material in small
bulk, and more frequent rations. All
voluminous and coarse food should be
avoided, such as timothy, millet and
clover hay, and only the best of wild hay
given in small quantities, preferably
finely cut, mixed with mill feed or
steamed food. Food and water should
be consumed at least half an hour before
such an animal is used for work. 1t is
but natural that such horse will be-
come weak and faint when driven or
worked hard all day, for such a one is
only capable of performing slow and
light, and it is cruel to use him otherwise.
We could not decide the nature of the said
stiffness in the other horse; it may be due
to chronic rheumatism, in which case
the best course would be, in proper
season, to give him liberty on good
pasturage during two or three months:
Meanwhile avoid exposing him to cold
drafts or wet weather, especially during
night. Farmer.
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two bushels per day to 100 sheep at first,
to be increased to about three bushels
later on; but this must be regulated by
their inclination, choosing to feed little
under, rather than over, and throw them
of their feed. They are fed but twice
day. A hospital pen should be pro-
vided, where any ailing ones can be cared
for. There will be underling ones in
every pen, so modest they will relinqulsh
their places at the least insinuating nudge
from another. These should be given
plenty of room, with others OF similar
disposition. Sheep are fed sixty to ninety
days, and lambs sometimes longer. The
limit of greatest weight is soon reached;
beyond that they only hold their own;
yet, the prospect of increased prices later
may warrant holding longer; ten to
fifteen pounds head is the average gain.
The profit lies in the advance of price per
pound on what they cost originally.
Many feeders do not use pound of hay,
feed straw instead, and they turn out
heavy sheep. 1t is we'll that sheep are
now more generally fed on farms where
raised; but conveniences must be pro-
vided, or the attempt should not be
made; also an aptitude for the business
must be possessed-a kind of under
standing of sheep-nature--else effort at
fattening will prove abortive.-Ne~ York
Tribune.
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RECIPES.

Johns Cold Slaw-Chop the cabbage
very fne-the finer the better. To a
bowlful of the chopped cabbage add a
heaping teaspoonful of sugar, and salt
and pepper to taste; then stir in half o
teacupful of rich cream. Stir it well,
then add half cup of vinegar.
Green Gage-For green gage jam, skin
and stem ripe green cages. Make q
syrup, using three-fourths of pound of
sugar to pound of fruit and just enough
water to keep the fruit from burning at
first. Put the fruit in and boil quickly
three quarters Of an hour, skimming and
stirring often.
Beet Pickles-Wash them clean; but
neither cut nor scrape them. Put them
in boiling water and let them boil until
tender. Take off the skin when done.
Save all the nice slices to pickle. Take
the tops and small ends and hash them
up and season with salt and pepper,
butter and vinegar. Serve hot. Pickle
the nice slices in strong vinegar with a
spoonful of sugar stirred in.
Tomato Soup-Take one pint of canned
tomatoes. Let it cook sufficiently to 60
through sieve easily, and put it through
with a potato-masher. Return to the
stove, add q small half sdltspoonful of
baking soda, a teaspoonful of flour moist
ened with water, two-thirds of cup of
milk. Season with salt and pepper. Let
it boil, and the soup is ready to serve.
If thicker than desired add little wster.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-05-28
ABOUT COOKING EGGS.

The albumen of an egg coagulates at
100 degrees of heat, and when the boil
ing point, 212 degrees, is reached it be-
coined insoluble. At 160 degrees the
albumen whitens, but remains tender and
delicate and perfectly digestible. An
egg properly cooked, then, is one which
has not been subjected to too great heat
"a point by which very few cooks are
governed. The simplest method of cook
ing them is boiling, which is best done
by pouring boiling water into a sauce
pan, then drawing to one side of the
range or stove that it may not quite boil,
and putting the egg in, cover and let
stand ten minutes. The heat will thus
thoroughly penetrate the entire egg and
make it thick and creamy like custard.
-Wushingt0n Star.
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HOW TO HAVE GOOD HONEY.

As rule dry season is less favorable
to bee-keepers than wet one; but on
the other hand too wet a season IS not
desirable. In very wet seasons the plants
produce honey so rapidly that it is coarse
in flavor, and the honey when prepared
for market is not as fine in flavor and
taste. The plants are unduly forced in
their growth by the stimulating powers
of the moisture, and their products are
not as fine and so we'll matured as those
of slower growth. The bees sometimes
change the color and quality of the honey
if they are in good condition physically,
but as rule the honey that is placed on
the table is not much altered from that
taken directly from the plants. Bees fed
on sugar syrup will thus store away sugar
in the combs, and when the honeyis sold
it will look clean and white. So at
tractive is this to the eyes of many that
they will purchase it in preference to
the strained honey, which is much
superior. There seems to be
general prejudice against dark honey,
and it never sells until all of the
white honey is disposed of. The clear
amber probably sells better than either
one. Dark honey made from buckwheat
is inferior in quality, but dark chestnut
honey is of superior flavor. But ap-
pearances 60 along way toward selling
an article, and bee-keepers should re-
member that good dark honey will not
bring its fair price. In planting for bees
it is just as well, then, to plant only such
crops that produce the light, or amber
colored honey. Buckwheat may also be
sown, but too much of this gives decid-
edly dark color to the honey, and an in
ferior flavor. One should have the am
bition to make the honey product of the
farm as we'll known for its quality as the
fruits, for in this way better price can
in time be obtained for it. There are so
man! compounds called honey in the
market that the genuine article becomes
Iswamped, and no fancy price will be paid
for it unless the purchaser is assured that
it comes from certain apiary; noted for
ITS fine honey production. A name of
sending nothing but the best honey to
market is worth something to the apiarist.
-Boston Cultioator.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
TAPIocA.

Upon your pantry shelves good supply
OF tapioca keep unfailingly;
For many dainties wholesome, rich or rare,
You from this starchy product may prepare.
First then ambrosia, food meet for the gods;
They neer partook of it, but what's the oddsf
One cup of tapioca soak DER night;
Then, when you're stirring with the morning
light,
Place it where it will slowly cook till clear;
A double kettle is of value here.
Add now one cup of water; and meantime
Have one nice pineapple chopped very fine.
On this the boiling tapioca pour,
And stir together; twill need nothing more.
Pour into moulds which shall the shape pre-
serve:
When cold and firm with cream and sugar
serve.
This delicate and always welcome dish
You may prepare with peaches, if you wish,
Or other fruit; soft, ripe or even canned;
Such rs in season may be at command.
If apples you would use; best pare and core
Enough to fill your baking dish, no more.
The space of cores with sugar fill, and spice.
A dash of lemon juice is very nice;
Bake till the apples tender grow; then pour
The cup of warm soaked tapioca DER,
And bake till clear. Most surely you will
deem
This about right, serVed warm with sweet
ened creaT.
A little salt the tspioca'u need,
As almost every pudding does indeed.
For tapioca cream, in water swell
Four tablespoonfuls; only cover well,
Then with quart of milk you'll set it on
And gently cook till sure It is well done,
Four eggs; the yolks with sugar you will
A cupful will not make the cream too
sweet,
Stir in with care and edda little ALT;
Vanilla flavor will not prove faxlt.
Lastly, the whites well beaten. Serve when
cold,
And how acceptably need not be told.
Or, these two recipes you may combine
In apple pudding. if you so incline.
Apples to fill your dish you'll peel and core,
Filling with sugar; then bake as before,
The tapioca you will soak and swell;
Three tablespoons, or four, will do quite well
Mix with it custard; made of milk, one quart
Three egg; vanilla flavor, Or some sort;
A cup Of sugar. Ger the apples pour;
Bake till the custard is well set; no more.
A custard pudding baked is very nice
With tapioca; or with this and rice,
The first, proportions as Tor cream Will DO;
Cocoanut added may be something new;
Three tablespoonful with your yolks you'll
beat,
And sugar: twill look good enough to eatl
The tapioca soaked, and as before
In the milk scalded, you to this will pour.
Lastly, the whites, that all may be well done,
For frosting beat; and in the oven brown.
For invalids jelly may be made,
Quite palatable, too, so it is said.
The tapioca you will cook till clear
AS for ambrosia; no fruit needed here
Except lemon; juice and grated rind.
A simple nourishment you'll surely find.
-E. B. Sanford, in Good Housekeeping.
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FACTS ABOUT SHEEP FEEDING.

Feeders usually get their supply of
sheep from the farmers. They select
wethers that have been shorn twice, dry
ewes in good thrift, and large, likely
spring lambs. Latterly, however, farm
ers are beginning to feed their own sur
plus, and the large feeders often seek
range sheep at the Western stockyards;
but they are still likely to meet trouble
from this class of stock, for it IS some
times afflicted with scab. When pastures
begin to fail the sheep of each kind are
assorted into two or three grades and
placed in pens of twenty to thirty each, in
comfortable sheds or barns. The racks
for fodder are Slated up and down with
six-inch boards, six inches apart, and the
feedtroughs are attached to the racks near
the ground. Those who feed their own
surplus strive to have a "deck-load''
(half carr, which is from eighty to 100,
because buyers will pay little more for
sheep in such convenient punches; be-
sides, it is little more labor to care for
this number than less. 1t is requisite
that the feeding place be warm, dry and
we'll ventilated, preferably by slide win
dows. Water is given in tanks or
buckets, and these, as we'll as their feed
troughs, should be kept scrupulously par
ticular, for these animals are particular,
|and will not eat or drink wh.re they have
stepped foot. They should be fed regu-
larly, at stated hours, and by the same
person. At all other times they should
be unmclested.
The fodder is given frsti when that il
consumed the troughs re swept clean
and ,yhellcd corn supplied, at ths rate of
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and did it because she looked 50 hand
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Good night"
An unhealthy woman is rarely, if ever,
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unsightly pimples, dull, lustreless eyes and
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the restoration Of health comes that beauty
which, combined with good qualities of head
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positive guarantee from the manufacture
ers, that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded This
guarantee has been printed on the bottle
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wrapper and faithfully carried out for
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leucorrhea, painful menstruation, unnatural
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womb.
As regulator and promoter of functional
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from girlhood to womanhood, "Favorits
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It is equally valuable when taken for those
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
TO GROW LARGE PUMPKINS.

To prepare ground for growing large
pumpkins, first have seed of large vari-
ETY. to plant. Have the ground rich and
mellow. Plant six or eight seeds in each
hill six feet apart each way. Have some
manure in bottom of each hill. When
bug time is over thin the hills to three
stout plants each. If you wish to raise
just few specimens for prize exhibition
or seed purposes we would, after the
pumpkins are nicely set, pick all off each
vine but the best two, and if the season
was any way dry water them. If house
slops or liquid manures are used so much
the better.
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THE CARPET BEETLE.

The carpet beetle may be prevented
from damaging carpets by filling the
cracks IN the floor with mixture of
putty, oil, and plaster. The insects fol-
low the cracks and cut the carpets into
strips. Carpets should not be tackled
down, but left loose at the edges and
some inches from the base strip, so they
may be turned up and swept about
New York Times.
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Two hundred young Hindoo women
are studying medicine in the medical
schools in India, and some of them excel
the male students in application and
skill.
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A Georgia laI, ten years of age, has
an unusually large head. He wears No.
ST hat, and it is difficult job to find one
large enough for him in any Of the stores.
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FITS stopped free by DIR. KLINE{s GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No Fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and $2 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline. 3l Arch ST.. Phtla-, Pa
II afflicted with sore eyes use Or. Isaac Thomp-
tons Eye-water. Druggists sell at25c. per bottle
Rich! fragrant fine! are the expressions Of
those who smoke "Tansill's Punch" &c. Cigar.
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Syrup OF Figs,

Produced from the laxative and nutritious
Juice OF California figs, combined with the
beneficial to the human system, acts gently on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, effectually
cleansing the system, dispelling colds and
headaches, and curing habitual constipation.
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Sir NoreJs Free, sent By Cragin g Co.. Phils.,
Pa, to any one in u. S. or Canada, post paid.
upon receipt Of 25 Dobbins's Electrical Soap
wrappers. Seeli5t Of novels on circulars around
each bar. This soap for sale by all grocers.
A LARGE firm in Ottawa is preparing to go
into the business of buffalo raising on an ex-
fan
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Confidence Bcgot of Success.

So successful has DR.. Pierces Golden Medi.
cal Discovery proved in curing CHRONIC nasal
manufacturers now sell it through druggists
under positive guarantee of it's benetiting or
curing in every case, if given a fair trial, or
money paid for it will be refunded. Consump-
time, is also cured BY this wonderful medicine.
For CONSTIPATION or Sick Headache, use DR..
Pierce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One dose.
A SPECIAL Ministry Of Education has just
been created in Portugal to watch over and re-
strict public meetings and entertainments.
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KISSED ANOTHER MANS WIFE.

you scoundrel," yelled young Jacob Green
At bis good neighbor, Brown,-
You kissed my wife upon the street,
I ought to knock you down."
"That's where you're wrong" good Brown replied,
In accents mild and meek;
II kissed her; that I've not denied,
But kissed her on the cheek