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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-12
Biggest Depot In the World.

Contemporaneous with the RECONSTRUCT
ton of Broadway, New York City. is
the erection on that ancient Indian trail
and modern highway OF civilization the
largest and finest railroad depot in the
world. 1t will occupy the west side Of
Broadway between Thirty-seventh and
Thirty-ninth streets, and will extend
back across Seventh avenue to Eighth
avenue, being 400 feet frontage on
Broadway and 1900 feet deep, and 30 ar
ranged as not to obstruct any thorough
fare, as the floor of the depot will be
twenty feet above the street. On Broad
way the building will be seven stories
high for Office accommodation. This
gigantic depot is intended to accommo-
date the New York and New Jersey
Bridge Company, which is about to build
an eight-track bridge across the Hudson.
Recent circulations show that ESQ pas.
senger trains will cross the river by the
bridge at Seventy-6rst street during
twentv-four hours, which is more than
thirty trains an hour. The New Jersey
promoters of the scheme will unite with
the New York corporation, and as the
needed 81, 900, ,000in cash has been pro-
vided the actual work OF construction
will begin in the fall. The four blocks
in question are mainly occupied by
cheap structures of past era.-Phsla-
delphia Record.
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The Demand for Wild Animals.

W. W. Conklin, Superintendent OF
the New York Central Park and life
long dealer in wild animals, is now in
Denver. He talked freely to reporter
in regard to animals.
1.-The demand for animals" be said,
ISIS larger now than it has been for years.
This is true both Of Europe and America.
This state of the market is due to the
severe weather that was experienced last
winter. There was lack of proper pre-
paration for keeping the animals. Fully
one.half of those in every garden were
thus killed off. Another reason for this
extraordinary demand is the establish
ment of many new geological gardens in
America. Among the new ones are
Manhattan Beach, a like resort at Spling-
field, Mo-, one in Philadelphia and the
additions to the Cincinnati Geological
Gardens. All these combine with the
loss of last winter in making an unusual
demand for wild stock"
"Is there ever failure in the source
of supply of any of these animalsf'
eyes, indeed. For instance, it is now
impossible to secure any of the fine black
named lions of Southern Africa. They
are a finer species than their Northern
brethren, but they cannot now be pro-
cured. They have all been either ex-
tinguished or driven further into the in
terror. The North African lions are
more easily secured, but are not so valua-
BILE. They have short maacs and hence
do not have such prepossessing and
fine appearance as the black-maned
species"
"How many lions are there in
America now, to the best of your knowl-
edge9"
"Not more than 100, and there is not
one of the blsck-maned species. A like
difficulty is experiencedin the matter Of
elephants. The African elephants are
larger than those from other parts, but
they cannot now be secured. This is
owing to the recent war of England
with the Mahdi. All the native stations
have been destroyed, and until the line
of communication is again established
there will be no more receipts of African
elephants. There are now but three of
these in America. Again, the English
Government has stopped the expectation
of India elephants from the main land.
They wish to preserve them for military
purposes. The only elephants received
now are those from Ceylon. They are
tuskless and are not so large as the Afri-
can species. The European dealers will
no doubt soon get the stations in Africa
established. A good African elephant
is worth $4,000 in New York. An Afri-
can lion will sell for $1,000 in the same
market. Indian tigers are easily pro-
cured, as they are not wanted in the
country. Most of our tigers, however,
were secured as cubs and raised in cap
tivity. Tigers all 60 to London before
shipment to any other place. ."-Denoer
Republican.
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TURNIPS AS MANURE.

Upon q light, sandy soil we know OF
no better crop to grow for the purpose
lof plowing under as green manure than
the common white or fat turnip. The
seed is cheap and easily put in, four or
five pounds per acre, sown broadcast,
being liberal allowance, and much less
If sown in drills. 1t will grow upon soil
where clover will not, and it is very sure
to germinate upon any land, and it is not
killed by either wet or dry weather.
I Compared with clover in value, seven
and half tons of turnips might be
grown where three tons OF clover hay
could not, and the turnips would have in
round numbers los pounds of nitrogen
to 11S in the clover, III pounds of phos-
iphoric acid to 103 in the clover, and
;forty-eight pounds of potash to thirty
and one-half in the clover. Or in other
words the turnjps are very nearly one-half
as valuable as the clover, pound for
pound, for nanurial purposes, and they
may be sown at any season from March
to August, and plowed under at any
stage cf growth, or not plowed under at
all, bit allowed to remain until they
freeze and rot in the field, by which
process they enrich it nearly, but not
quite, as much as when plowed in.-
: Courier Journal.
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INSECT ENEMIES OF CLOVER.

! The Ohio Experiment Station de-
scribes three new insects that are doing
much damage to clover and clover hay.
The clover root borer is a small brownish
black, minutely spotted beetle, not one
tenth of an inch long. The eggs are
laid in the spring in the crown of the
plant. The larvs burrow downward
through the larger roots. Their injuries
are sometimes very serious, and the only
remedy is frequent rotation, not allow
ing the clover crop to stand until it be-
comes the breeding place for this insect.
Another, the clover seed midge, is a
small maggot that livesin the clover head
at the expense of the seed. Fields that
are infested may be distinguished by the
heads being green and dwarfed, instead
of red, at blossoming time. The clover
should be moved as soon as the midge is
discovered, and before any of the seed
has matured. A worm has been found
which infests clover hay in the barn and
stack. 1t makes net around the dried
stems and leaves and feeds upon them.
These worms will be most troublesome
where old hay is left over from year to
year, so that they have breeding place.
Clear out the mows every spring, and do
not stack new mows or stacks on old
foundations OF hay. Hay which is in
Tested with these worms should be
burned.-Neu York Mdepeadent.
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wAkM WEATHER SOUPS.

Soups for warm weather, says Mrs. E.
R. Parker in the Courier-Journal, should
be of the ightest and most delicate va
rieties, as the rich, heavy kinds are
heating and unwholsome in warm
weather.
Asparagus Soup Take several
punches of asparagus, cut away the hard
stalks and boil the heads. Drain and
put in cold water; pour through a COL
lander and put in saucepan, with two
pints of soup stock, and let boil. Add
the water in which the asparagus was
boiled. Season with salt, pepper and a
tablespoonful of sugar.
Cauliaower soup-Fry half an onion
in little butter; when brown add q
tablespoonful of minced raw lemon and
a quart of soup stock. Boil small
lead of caulifower in salt and water for
twenty five minutes; strain the contents
of the frying-pan into a saucepan.
Drain the caulihower, rub 1t through a
sieve, let boil up, set on the back of the
stove. Season; add tablespoonful of
butter and -four mixed together; stir
and take up.
Gumbo Soup--Cut up two small chick
ems, two slices of ham, and one onion.
Flour them and fry in butter. When
brown, fill uE the pan with boiling water,
stir and pour in soup-kettle with u
gallon of boiling water. Have three pints
of tender okra cut in thin slices, add to
the soup, and boil one hour and half.
Season with pinch of cayenne and q
little salt.
Pea Soup-Cut two slices of ham in
small squares with an onion, and fry in
butter until brown; cut Up one turnip
and stalk of celery, add to the ham
and stir fifteen minutes; put in kettle
with three quarts of boiling water, with
quart of shelled peas; add bunch of
sweet herbs, with pepper and salt;
strain.
Lima Bean soup-Shell a quart of
young, tender beans and put in q sauce
pan, boil slowly for forty minutes, drain
duu SIIdlu, poI pino VI h1i'N vi. w ooAA'
add the beans with stock; rub table
spoonful of butter and -four together,
stir in the soup; let boil up, and add the
beaten yolks of two eggs, with salt and
pepper.
Normandy Soup-Put a knuckle of
veal in a soup kettle with two white
onions and four quarts Of cold water; let
simmer slowly two hours; add three
slices of light bread, and let boil one
hour longer; take up the bone and strain
the soup; rub two tablespoons of flour
and butter each togethe stir in the
boiling soup; season with salt and pep
per and serve.
Tomato Soup-Put quart of stewed
tomatoes in a sauce pan with sprig OF
parsley, one small onion and quart OF
water; let stew fifteen minutes, and press
through a fine sieve; return the tomatoes
to the sauce pan, with quart of soup
stock, and put on the fire; rub a table
spoonful of butter and two of -four to-
gether, stir into the boiling soup, add a
pinch of soda, a teaspoonful OF sugar:
with salt and pepper ~ taste.
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AS TO MILDEw.

Very few persons seem to know there
is perfectly easy and simple way to re-
move mildew stains from cotton or linen
goods. Most houskeepers use butter
milk, lemon juices, chloride of lime and
similar articles, placing the discolored
fabrics in the sun or on the grass plot.
Such agencies, however, are Of little
value, and are likely to succeed only
when the stains ere recent and not at all
dark.
Mildew may be completely removed
without injuring the fabric, which will
be ali the whittier and clearer for the pro-
cess. To one pint of soft soap add half
q pint of water and teacupful of COM
mon salt. Beat this together until thor
oughly mixed, then rub and squeeze the
compound into the fibers of the cloth,
and spead upon the goods any that re-
mains. Place the article on the grass in
the sun, and with sprinkler keep it
quite damp, until oil traces of mildew
have disappeared Do not water too
freely, as this would wash the prepara-
ton out of the fabric before it could re-
move the stains.
In very obstinate cases itmay be neces-
sary to take up the article, wash it, and
make second application. While it is
better to apply the bleaching preparation
at once, it has been found efhcacious in
stains of long standing, even when the
article has been washed repeatedly
THE Ledger.
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Amxing the Great Seal.

The Secretary of State has no right
to afix the Great Seal of the United
States to any paper without "warrant"
from the President authorizing him to
do so. This warrant is always filed with
the document so sealed, and reads as
follows
authorize and direct the Secretary Of
State to cause the Great Seal OF the Unlted
States to be affixed to [whatever the docu'
ment NAV bel dated this day. and signed by
me, and for SO doing this shall be his war
want President or the Onleeo SIates'
The Great Seal is affixed to nothing
but treaties, proclammations, commits
sions, pardons and passports. The old
seal, which had been in use since the
foundation of the Government, was worn
out and replaced by new one in the
early part of 1886. 1t is curious act
that the old one which was used so long
was imperfect and never did answer tc
the description set down in the statutes.
Although using the seal is supposed to be
a solemn affair, and the penalty for its
improper use is so tremendous, it is left
in charge of clerk, just like any Other
piece of furniture, and it is doubtful il
the Secretary sees 1t twice year. Dur.
ing the early days of the Government it
was guarded with much vigilance, as its
appearance upon any document was
known to give that document the force ol
law, but now the people look to the
newspapers and not to piece of parch-
mcnt for their informatlon.-S. L0uA
PenuIlic
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ASPHALT Or TAR WALKS.

In making asphalt walks and pave
ments the foundation is of course broken
stone, and over this is layer of coarse,
clean gravel. The melted asphalt while
hot is poured and spread over the gravel
in sufficient quantities to ill all the IN
terstices, the finishing coat being com
posed of clean, fine sand, all cemented
together, with the asphalt compressed
iby passing heavy iron roller over 1t.
Coal tar has been used for making gar
den and other walks, but the prepara-
tions of sand or gravel used will vary
according to the size of the grains OF
gravel or sand used. All that is re-
quired is to have each grain of sand or
gravel thinly coated with the tar, and
then all compacted with the heavy
roller. Tar walks, however, have not
proved satisfactory, for they get soft dur
ing hot weather in summer and emit the
strong and disaereeable tar odor.-'He~
York Sun.
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How TO Make Gas.

To make coal gas is very easy. Most
school-boys know how to do it at few
minutes notice. Here is the process
which I tried hundred times or more
before was ten years old:
Get little bit of bituminous coal-as
much as the size of walnut will answer.
Pound it small, almost into dust, with q
hammer or cobblestone. Take an ordln-
ary tobacco pipe Zone with long stem
is preferable), and fill it with the pound
ed coal, pressing it pretty closely with
YOUR thumb-I should have said nearly
fill it. On the top press down some
tough clay, reduced to the consistency of
putty by being tempered with a little
water. Then insert the pipe, filled with
coal and closely covered with the tena-
cious clay, carefully between the bars of
the CRATE, so that the clay on the top of
the BOWL may not be disturbed. In a
minute or two the heat of the fire evolves
carburetted hydrogen gas from the coal
in the pipe.
If the covering be compact and com.
plete the gas flows out of the long stem
of the pipe, which projects out Of the
fire, and you can Immediately see and
smellit.
The smell is that of escaped gas
which is so unpleasant and unwholesome
when perceived and swallowed in room
and the appearance is that of a thick
smoke. Then apply a lighted match to
this vapor, which, being inaammable,
instantly is all aaame-burning brightly
until all the coal in the bowl of the pipe
has parted with its gas. When this Is
done there is an end of the fame.
Take the pipe out Of the fire, remove
the clay cover of the bowl, and the resi-
dunn remaining therein is coke!
Now, this is the distiliation Of gas
from coal, which lights our houses and
streets-only at the gas works the vapoi
is submitted to processes which purify it,
thereby producing clearer and brighter
light when burning. What is left after
making the gas has a commercial value.
-Weao York Recorder.
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Ten feet Will be quite high enough for
the story, and one story will suffice if no
straw is to be stored above except that
which is placed there to exclude the cold.
A few poles laid on the c.ossties which
bind the building together will sustain
the weight of the straw, while the straw
will exclude the cold and absorb the
moisture better than matched ceiling.
On the inside of the posts which have
been set in the ground cheap boards may
be nailed horizontally, and the space be-
tween these and the outside vertical board
ing may be filed with straw, thus max
ing a dry and comfortable wall. The roof
should be steep and can be made OF any
material that will shed water. When
the posts set in the ground decay they
may be sawed off and supported by plac-
ing fat stones under them. Such build
ing will be inexpensive, reasonably dura-
BILE and serve as place for deposltlng
manures, shelterinS animals, etc. An
other plan suggested is the addition OF
"lean-to" to au existing stable. Into
this covered receptacle the manure can
be thrown and preserved until it is loaded
on wagon outside of it through doors
arranged for the purpose. Where no ad-
ditional shelter is required for the Stock
aud the only object is better preserVa-
ton of the manure from waste when 1t IS
net hauled directly from the stable to the
field where it is to be used, the latter
construction seems to be one that should
come into very general use.-Ns~ fors
World.
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As che enters

40 OSeV SsssNS y
womanhood, every young girl needs
the wisest care. Troubles beginning
then may make her whole life mis-
cradle.
But the troubles that are to be
feared have a positive remedy. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription builds
up and strengthens the system, and
regulates and promotes every proper
function It's a generous, support
ing tonic, and a quieting, soothing
nervine-a legitimate medicine, not
beverage, free from alcohol and
injurious drugs. 1t corrects and
cures, safely and surely, all those
delicate arrangements, weaknesses,
and diseases peculiar to the sex.
A remedy that does cure is one
that can be guaranteed. That's
what the proprietors of "Favorite
Prescription " think. If it doesn't
give satisfaction, in every case for
which it's recommended, they'll re.
fund the money. No other medicine
for women is sold on such terms.
Decide for yourself whether some
thing else sold by the dealer, is
likely to be "just as good" for
you to buy.
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SAVING CABBAGE FROM WORMS.

A lady told US last week how she saved
cabbage from being destroyed by worms.
Early in the morning when the dew was
on the plant she sifted little flour over
them. Twice during the year was all
that she found necessary. The moth that
lays the eggs in the plant would fly
around over the plants but not light on
them, and she had no trouble from worms
and raised fine cabbages. She used o
common hand sitter and turned the crank
Just enough to let little flour sift over
the cabbage plants. 1t is a simple, in
expensive remedy and is worth trying;
aud as the LADY who told us of the ex-
pertinent is our mother, of course we
know it worked like charm in one in
stance at least. .-AarysoiRe (Mo.) Demo.
crdt.
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THE BEST "sHEEP DIP"

Acorrespondent A of the Country Gen.
tleman says that about week after sheep
shearing the lambs should be "dipped"
in some solution for the destruction OF
the ticks which by that time will have
left the short-clipped old sheep and
taken refuge in the longer wool OF the
lambs. The best sheep dip IS crude car
bolic acid mixed with soap and water.
In "dipping" care should be taken to
keep the lambs ears, eyes and nose out
Of the preparation.
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A Strange Well.

On the farm of Colonel W. B. Wors'
ham, at Henrietta, Texas, there is a re-
markable we'll. 1t usually contains about
eight feet of water, but when the wind
blows from the nth the we'll goes dry,
and remains so until a change of wind,
when the water again flows IN and re
su.ncs its normal height. This strange
phenomenon has been observed for seversJ
nauths-Neu Orleans Picdyuns.
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A COVERED RARNYARD.

= With view of inducing farmers to
change former wasteful methods of han
ding manure, Director I. P. Roberts, OF
the Cornell Station, N. Y, gives in bull
,letin No. 81 plan and specifications for
70 cheap and easily constructed covered
yard. The area Of barnyard to be COW
cred is 24x4s feet. Long posts eight in
ches in diameter at the butt are set in the
ground two feet deep and six feet apart.
Upon these are spiked 2x4 scantllngs
about four feet apart for mailing girts,
and splate 2x6 is nailed on the top OF
the posts. which have previously been
sawed off to line after the girts have
been spiked to them. Round poles fiat
tened ut the ends, or 2x6 joists doubled,
spiked to the heads of the posts, will tie
the building together.
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WASHES FOR FENCES AND BUILDINGS.
a good wash may be made from one
peck of liue and a half pound each Of
sulphate of zinc and common salt. Slake
the lime first, then add the other, and
thin with water until it spreads easily.
Stir often, and if it gets too thick reduce
or make new. 1t is a hard wash, and
adheres well, not rubbing off on the
clothing of those who chance to touch
it. If kept we'll mixed it will not scale'
unless the wood is so wet when it is ap-
piled that it does not strike il, or it has
been reduced until all the zinc is gone.
Crude petroleum is said to be better
wash, and some like it much better be-
cause it has not the glarlng white color
which the other has. They are about
equal in value as presccvatives OF the
wood, with perhaps the weight of evi-
dence in favor of the petroleum, but this
NAV be due to the ease of applying q
larger amount, which fills the pores of
wood. The petroleum cannot be easily
+; obtained in small towns.-Boston CuIti-
Gator.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
EFFECT OF SALT UPON FRUIT TREE:

EFFECT OF eALT UPON FRUIT TREES.
Salt is rarely used as a fertilizer for
apple, pear or plum trees. 1t may not
be useful and as far as is known 1t will
probably be useless, but it is not prob
able that it will be injurious. To wash
the stems of the trees with salt brine has
been found to remove moss and scale
lice from the bark and greatly improve
the appearance of the tree.-NeD f0rS
Times.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
SECRET OF FRENCH COOKING.

The great secret of French cooking is
a knowledge of the variety of food to be
had, plenty of time to prepare the food,
and a slow fire. American cooks are in
so much of hurry that, when they pre-
pare a meal, they imagine that what is
necessary is plenty of fuel and roaring
hot fire. With meats this simply bakes
or incinerates the fbres, instead of per-
mittlng the juices to perform their
proper functions. And this "hurry up"
system is what is slowly perhaps, but
surely, making of us race of dyspep.
tics.-Boston Cultioator.
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German
Syrup

4Sk S1333S2SAA - AAA~A@
A Cough cine should be abso-.
,d c., lutely reliable. A
"''' >'o mother must be able to
Medicine. pin her faith to it as to
her Bible. It must
contain nothing violent, uncertain.
or dangerous. It must be standard
in material and manufacture. It.
must be plain and simple to admin
ister; easy and pleasant to take.
The child must like it. It must be.
prompt in action, giving immedi-
ate relief, as childrens' troubles
come quick, grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise in a very short
time. Itmust not only relieve quick,
but bring them around quick, as
children chafe and fret and spoil
their constitutions Under long con-
fnement. It must do its work in
moderate doses. A large quantity
of medicine in a child is not desira-
bic. It must not interfere with the
child's spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
we'll as young folks, and make Boz
schee's German Syrup the favorite
family r,nd;r;ne. ~... o