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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
KEEP BUST.

If you expect God to choose you for q
great work, be busy; he seldom selects idlers.
When he wished deliverer for Israel, he
went into the wilderness for Moses, who was
watching sherp; when lie wanted man to
save his people from the Midianites, he sent
for Gideon, who was threshing wheat !;
when he wanted a man after his own heart
to be king of Israel, he sent for David
who was keeping sheep. 1dlers 40 not
suit; the Lord wishes those who are not
only willing to work, but who are hard at
it. Idlers are too often lazy, and that may
he the cause Of their ideness. Such seldom
have enough ambition to take care Of them
selves, let a!ore caring for the Lords work.
But dlers suit Satan exactly. He likes such
as have no ambition. for they make the best
slaves. The devil wants slaves for his work,
but God wants something better. He wishes
men and women who have ambition, who
take an interest in their work; he wishes
servants who are anxious to rise, for he
mears to promote them some day. From
servants be adopts them into his family and
makes them his child-en.-[Forward.
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sALT AND ASHES FOR PIGS.

Every experienced farmer knows that
pigs are fond of ashes. But we are in
clined to think that comparatively few
farmers make it rule to furnish ashes
regularly to their hogs. When pigs are
running out in pasture, or have access to
the ground it may we'll be that ashes are
not absolutely needed; but when they
are shut up and fed or rich, concentrated
food, ashes are necessary for their health.
What the pigs find in the ashes that
agrees with them is not known; some
think it is the charcoal, and others the
potash, and others the lime. For the
present we know that ashes, whether
wood or coal ashes, are beneficial in some
way, and we should not neglect to fur
nish Q supply Of them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
CULTURE OF HOPS.

Hops require rich, loamy soil. They
are grown from root cuttings which are
purchased of growers who thin out their
vines in the spring or of seedsmen who
deal in them. The roots are planted in
hills seven or eight feet apart each way,
three or four cuttings being put in each
hill, and pole driven into the ground
for the plants to climb upon. The land
should be we'll manured and kept culti-
waited and free from weeds; if any fer
tilizer is used it should be rich in nitro
gen and potash with less amount of
phosphoric acid. For an average yield
of 800 pounds of hops the usual allow
ance of these various elements is 125
pounds of nitrogen, eighty-fve pounds
of potash, and fifty pounds of phosphoric
acid, which will be furnished by 300
pounds of nitrate of soda, 200 pounds of
chloride of potash, and 300 pounds of
superphosphate of lime, allowing for
the natural fertility Of q fairly good soil.
This quantity should be given every
year.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
SECRETION OF WAX BY BEES.

In producing extracted honey with
old combs, do not the bees secrete more
wax than they can use with proitf In
other words, is not some of the wax
wasted9 was query propounded and
answered RECENTLY in the american Bee
journal. Professor Cook replied: 81 do
not think so. I believe this waste Of wax
imaginary. Bees secrete wax when they
need it," A. B. Mason said: "My bees
do not secrete wax unless they need
it. The idea that bees have to make
wax, whether they want to or not, is a
humbug, I believe" The editor said:
GAS bees only produce wax when needed,
the chance for waste is iniuitesimally
small"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
A VAST ARMY OF LIQUOR SELLERS.

The number of retail liquor dealers In tho
United States, according to the official re-
turns Of the officers Of the internal revenue
for the year ending May l, 1890. was 1885, s68.
or one liquor dealer to every 275 inhabi-
tants, on the basis Of the census of $780, In
New York there was one retail dealer in dis
titled liquors to every 150 inhabitants; In
New Jersey, 1 to IT'S; in Ohio, to 230; in
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,, to 400;
in Indiana, to 1926; in Delaware, 1 to 100;
and in California, to rs. The average In
all the States. which have general license
laws is one dram shop to $50 inhabitants. In
Maine there Is one dealer in distilled liquors
to every $50 inhabitants: in Vermont, to
800; In Iowa, to $40; and in Kansas, l to
s0O
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
PAsTURING CATTLE DYING OUT.

In the farming of the future there will
be no pasturing of cattle. At present it is
cheaper to pasture COWS where land is
cheap, and on large farms, but it will
not pay on small farms, where the very
utmost must be made from each acre.
To use five acres for purpose for which
one will suffice is to lose the product of
four. The soiling system will eventually
change the present methods, and the
preservation of green food in the silo is
the first step in that observation-disclosures
sin AQriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

The growth OF most Of the German
,lties, according to the census lately
complete, is nothing short of marvel
BUS. It rivals, and in several cases ex-
seeds, the increase ofpopulation OF the
,bief cities of the United States, and lit
leaves all recent European prneedents
tar behind.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
TEMPERANCE
BEGINNING AT THE RreHr END.

- Scientific instruction on the evils attend
ant on the use Of alcoholic stimulants is now
given in thirty-three States. This is Begin
ming temperance work at the right end. All
that can be done to save the slaves Of strong
drink should be. done. 1t is better work.
however, to prevent souls from being thus
enslaved than to rescue those in chains,
Here, surely, in the effort to train the young,
Is an opportunity for common union in tenn.
perance work. To this all temperance
workers should direct their earnest atten-
tion.-New York Observer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
TOTAL ABSTINENCE IN INDIA.

Mr.. W. 8. Caino, of England, has re-
turned from his tour through India i'm
pressed with the temperance zeal that is
afame throughout the southern part Of that
country. A powerful propaganda Of total
abstinence principles has been set on foot,
the chief apostle being Hindoo ascetic who
has exchanged religious contemplation for
this more useful work, and promises in his
way to be as successful in eAccting conver-
sions to temperance as Xavier was In pro-
noting Christianity in India. In all direc-
tions guilds and castles are exacting the total
abstinence pledge from their members The
movement has brought together adherents
Of opposing religions, and everything proves
the remarkable progress already made. 49,,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
NASTURTIUM.

What is brighter and more attractive
than a bed of trellis of nasturtiumsa
If you wish to grow the plants in bed
it is necessary to get the Tom Thumb va
rieties, that do net grow over foot high.
It always seems to US, however, that the
nasturtium's essential beauty lies in its
climbing habits, and that the new hy-
;brid dwarf varieties are not as attractive
:as the vines. If the nasturtium seeds
are planted now in box of sandy loan
and set in a sunny window, and trans
planted when the ground is settled, they
will begin to blossom early in the sum-
mer. If you wish abundance OF BIOS
SONS you must pick off a great many of
tine leaves and never allow any of the
flowers to 90 to seed. A very beautiful
variety of flowers can be obtained by
planting "scarlet," dark maroon and
yellow nasturtiums together. They will
not always remain exactly as they were
planted, but the variety obtained in
specimens blotched and stripped with
the different shades is very attractive.
The leaves and some of the flowers of
the nasturtium, mixed with a large pro-
portion of lettuce, make very accepta-
Bile salad. If you wish to raise the seed
vessels for pickles it is better to raise
the regular vegetable garden vines for
this purpose alone. The seeds of the
new ornamental varieties are not any
better for pickles, and if the flowers are
allowed to drop and the seed vessels ma
ture it exhausts the vines so much that
they do not give such an exuberant
wealth of bloom as they do when the
flowers are picked off as so9n as they
fade -Neu York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
RELIGIOUS READING.

If.
fyour lips
Would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care;
Of whom you speak,
To whom you speak,
And how, and when and where.
you your ears
Would save from jeers,
These things keep meekIy hid;
Myself and /,
And mine and my,
Aud how I do or did.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

The principle OF the compressed
paper car wheels, which are SO widely
used throughout the world, is applied
h France to the manufacture of pull.
leys for power transmission. The
pulleys are said to be very light. cheap
Ind sergiceable In every respect. .> =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

SENATOR GoRMAN is most method1-
sal man. He rises at Just 6 o'clock
avery morning, sits just sixty minutes
At dinner, and never on any presext
permits an interruption of his meals.
He takes q walk Of o fixed length
every day, bathes OF the same hour
md never uses tobacco or liquors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

SOME smokers have an idea that ITO
bacco heartburn" can be cured by
swallowing the white ashes from thu
end Of a cigar, Chemists say that it
s merely faith cure. - -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

TALK about ability In women, amia.
bility makes up for good many de-
fects.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26

On Wednesday morning while forty
christians were assembled in one of the
buildings of the Methodist school, the
structure began to,totter and worship
pers fled. One christian and his wife
were killed, and two japanese were fa-
tally injured
Mr.. and Mrs. Vandyke and other
white persons were dangerously hurt
Out Of doors the city was in an uprosr
Wild shrieks and indescribable noises
filled the air, while every few moments
came terrible thunder from the angry
earth, Many streets were blocked
with fallen houses and others were
choked with fleeing people. A thread
factory and large brick building
caved in, killing hundreds of persons,
but the old castle, despite its four hun
dred years, stood firm. Loss Of life in
three towns, which go to make up the
city Of Nagoya, is estimated at from
750 to 1000.
Up to the morning of Friday Octo-
Der 80, 35S distincts shocks were report
ed, following that of Wednesday As
the wounded were brought into the
city from the surrounding
towns, the reports continued OF
the lives lost, damage done and stirring
incidents Reports were also received
of fissures in the earth two feet wide
and several feet deep, railway rails
twisted, iron bridges aud river en-
bankments sunk or crumbled and
fields flooded
A lake 600 yards long and sixty yards
wide was formed at the foot of the HUI
kusan mountain, in the Gifu project
ure, and cracks were formed in the
grounds beside the hills Gifu. Water
sprahg from the cracks in the ground,
and the water in the wells was changed
in color to abrowhish tint and was rend
cred unfit for drinking. The embank.
ments of most the rivers was destroyed
and in the city prefecture $50 miles of
embankment must be rebuilt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
A PEANUT PARTY.
An Enjoyable Evening at the Resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. q. X. Lide.

dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. N. Lide.
Mr.. and Mrs c. X, Lide, assisted by
Mrs. r. N. Penland, gave Peanut
Party at their home on Myrtle avenue,
Tuesday evening.
A large number OF invited guests en-
joyed the hospitalities and entertain
ment of their kind host and hostess
1t was an evening of social pleasant
ries, of music and refreshments. Sup
per was served about 9 80, and there
was everything that was pleasant and
refreshing to the party
A peanut party is somewhat pecu'
liar diversion from the usual social
amusements. Each guest is provided
with souvenir bag, and the peanuts
are hid in different parts of the house
A search is instituted by all present,
and whoever is successful in finding
the required amount first, is awarded
a present provided for the purpose.
]. w. Crumley was the successful
contestant, and he was accordingly
awarded a handsome gold pen. The
presentation speech was made by Miss
Margie Miller and was we'll suited tC
the occasion.
The social circle scarcely witnesses a
more pleasant and enjoyable evening
than was spent by the following par
ties who were present as invited guests
Misses Martha Wilder, Margie Mil
Ter, Neil Miller, Jennie Crumley, So
phia Faucette, Fannie Nugent, ForniC
Berkley, Eva Wilson, Efie Wood, Ret
tie Lyle, Cora Brown, of Alton; Ida
Reeves, of Jonesboro; and Clyde
Worth, of Creston, n. G. Messrs. j
W. Crumley, H. w. Lyle, Frank B. St
John, John Yocum, W. F. Martin, Jr,
T. E Hurst, B. F. Childress, r. S
Boyd, John Jones. Chas. Wofford, F
P. Burch and J. F. Crumley.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
WHOLE NO. 396.

in North Carolina. He was being
held there for the arrival of his father,
but the message reached the father
too late, and the boy is now roaming
in still wider latitude. The father
returned this week from fruitless
search for his wayward son.
The boy had been dealt with too
mildly by indulgent parents while at
home. On former occasions he had
shown signs of such life, but when
he should have been rebuked with
cowhide lash, he was upheld and pro-
tected by the ianate affection of his
parents.
Whether in his adventure he will be
successful, whether he will crown him
self with the laurels of blood money,
remains to be seen.
In all probability if he has the cour.
age to stand up for his purposes, he
will be caught in the act, and the as
pirations of his evil nature will be
forced to revel in narrow confines.
AT all events it may be safely said
that the standard Of "Jamesism" will
not rise to sublime heights in the
province of his ungainly conquest.
N. b r.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26

Sunday II 80 a. M, and leave Chatta-
nooga at 10 40 p. M, arriving at At
lanta 3 ;45 M, Macon AS a. m, Je-
sup u noon, Jacksonville 1865 p. m.
and st, Augustine 5 80 p. M, only six
teen hours from Chattanooga to the
Ponce de Leon.
The time made by this palatial train
will be over four hours quicker Than at
present between Chattanooga and st.
Augustine. Returning it will leave st.
Augustine $40 a. M, Jacksonville,
8 80 a. M, Macon z 20 p. m, Atlanta
10 80 p, M, arrive at Chattanooga 4 a,
M, leave 4 10 a. m., arrive Cincinnati
5 go p. m. This is the vestibuled train
the East Tennessee has promised, and
if you want to see something gorgeous
go to the Central Depot next Sunday
night at 10 o'clock.-Chattanooga
Times, Nov. %.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
The Situation.

The citizens of our sister town, John
son City, are elated over the prospect
Of the Sos railroad getting on its feet
again. 1t is said that the bondholders
have finally agreed on an adjustment
Of matters, and will lift one-half of the
Indebtedness Of the road. The re-
mainder will be arranged for. We are
truly glad to hear that the prospects
for the completion of this important
line of road are so bright. While we
are for Bristol and her interests first,
last and all the time, we are not so sell
fish but that we can rejoice at the pros
poets and prosperity Of other towns in
this section. There is plenty of room
and opportunities for all. God speed
the day when every town in this fa
vored section shall grow and flourish
as the green bay tree.-Bristol News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
A Magnificent Opening.

Yesterday was ]. c. Rogan & Co.'S
opening day, and their store, which is
known as the Johnson City Notion
and Novelty Store, was crowded with
visitors. A more magnificent display
could not be conceived. 1t was Christ
mas itself profusely decorated with
everything that the fertile brain of
Santa Clause could invent with which
to celebrate his great day.
The interior of the store was hung
with cedar and in the center stood a
Christmas tree ladened with choice
Christmas presents.
Last night the scene was even more
magnificent. Wax candles in minia-
ture shone brightly from an hundred
different points. In the front window
stood large, fine wax doll which Is
to be made a Christmas present to
some lucky person.
The display was enough to convince
that anything in the line Of Christmas
novelties can be had at the Johnson
City Novelty and Notion Store on
East Market street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
COMET SCINTILLATIONS.

Thousands of turkeys were picked
yesterday; they will be showed under
today,
The granolthic walks around Gen.
Wilders new building in Carnegie
are being laid.
After a day of thanks and pleasure
it will be diversion to hear Rose Os.
borne at the opera house tonight.
Miss Eliza Cooper, OF near Rose
Hill, in Unicoi county, died Tuesday.
The undertaking was in charge Of
Boring & Co.
Robert Mason is getting his new
grocery store opened in Carnegie. He
will soon be ready to supply customers
with anything in his line.
National Thanksgiving day this.
The turkey is before. Eat hearty,
grow fat and enjoy youlsef. There is
no better way to get in thankful
mood.
There will be services at the M. l..
Church, South this morning at 10 80
o'clock. 1t is the great national
Thanksgiving day, and the pastor is
anxious that there be full attendance.
The case of John Hall, charged with
fraudulent breach Of trust, came up
before Judge Hart yesterday and for
lack Of evidence was dismissed, Chas,
Peterson, the prosecutor being charged
with the costs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
A Change of Plurality.

A mistake in the official returns of
Hancock county, Ohio, has been dis
covered which gives Mckinley plur-
ality OF q .511 instead Of 21.501, as re-
ported in yesterdays COMET. This
changed the Enquiries $100 guessing
premium from Mr.. Rooney POSSIBLY
brother of Annie) to Fred Doerr, of
Cincinnati, he having gnessed within
two of the exact plurality.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
We have the Raw Material
in Abundance.
And Our Facilities for Shipments are
First Class.
CambridgepOrt Town Mills Closed by
High Raw Material.

The Gilmore-Eustis rolling mills in
Cambridgeport discontinued opera
tions today, and will no: resume. Mr..
Eustis, the junior partner, asserts that
the high cost of the raw material add
ed to excessive freights to the West
aud South, have ruined his business.
"There was time," he said today,
"when iron rails were plentiful and we
could buy them at fair price But ev-
cry railroad corporation in this coun-
try now uses steel rails, and if we get
any iron rails we have to buy them
abroad. The last lot we bought cost
us $672 a ton duty in addition to the
price we paid for the rails themselves.
This was when the same rails could
not be bought in this country at any
price.
ave are Just as badly off in the mat
ter Of pig iron. There's high duty
on that, too. If we buy pig iron
abroad we have to pay this duty, and
five buy it in Pennsylvania or Ten
nessee we have to pay exorbitant rates
for freight, There's no chance for the
IRON industry in New England under
the present conditions"
The Cambridge Rolling Mills were
erected in 1868 by Edward Page 4 Co.,
who carried on the business of rolling
Norway iron, which was used in manu-
featuring shoe nails. Later the busi-
ness changed to the working of short
iron bars. In 1879 the plant was
leased by Houdlett, Ellis & Co, and
the present owners bought it year
later.
The works employed about seventy
men.-New York World.
Why can the Cambridgeport Iron
Mills not be induced to come and To-
cate in Johnson City, the center OF
the Bessemer iron district of the south.
The iron, the coke and coal would be
on either side of them. There would be
no freight to pay. They could
have choice of ores-magnetic, brown
hematite, red hematite or chrome.
They would be located on two
trunk lines and would have the ad
vantage Of the various terminal lines
in getting their supplies. The great
3-C's is very soon to be completed tC
the vast coal fields, and by the time
they could erect their mills they woulC
have advantage Of new coke supply
1t is as plain as day that with oul
superior advantages any grade of iron
can be manufactured here at a reduc
ton with which no other place cal
compete.
There is no place in the South tina
offers the splendid advantages to irol
manufacturers that is offered here a
Johnson City, East Tennessee.
If the Campbridgeport Iron Mill
Company will bring their plant to thi
place o site will be given them gratis
The Carnegie blast furnace of thi
place and the immense furnace a
Embreeville, fourteen miles distant
can furnish the mills with all supple
necessary for its healthy existances a
well as to supply many other industrie
of like nature.
East Tennessee is the place for tn
iron industries henceforth, and Johl
son City is the center where its ric
deposits of coal and iron can mos
easily be brought together.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
PERSONALS.

Mayor Jobe has returned from
Nashville.
DR.. J. S. Stewart was up from Jones'
boro yesterday.
Mrs. Ida Peoples is visiting her
sister Mrs. w. G. Mathes.
Rev. T. B. Russell went down the
road yesterday morning.
P. E. Chenoweth went away yester-
day to be gone a week.
DR.. Berry, the express agent, went
down to Newport yesterday.
Frank George has severed his con-
nection with the Citizens Bank.
+. K. Mountcastle went down to
Messy Creek yesterday morning.
DR.. Hunter and DR.. Alexander were
down from Elizabethton yesterday.
Hon. A. A. Taylor came over from
his Chncky Valley home yesterday.
]. D. Lyon, one Of Telford's enter
prising merchants, was in the city yes
terday.
Rev. DR.. T. G. Carter, of Chatta-
nooga, passed through the city yes
terday.
Mrs. Charlie Campbell went to
Greene county yesterday to pay visit
to relatives.
Sam P. WINS has tided Houk over
rolled down his sleeves, and is once
more among us.
G. M. Harris, the new proprietor o
the Piedmont, went to Big Stone Gap
Va, this morning.
John Sanders, the lumber dealer
went up the E. 7. & w. N. G. roaC
yesterday morning.
| John Clark, jailor at Abingdon, Va
came down yesterday in compan!
with his sister and his niece.
Miss Ida Reeves, of Jonesboro, afte
weeks visit to Mr.. and Mrs. G. K
Lide returned to her home yesterda.
morning.
G. M. Beall, who was here as tn
agent of Prof. Holbrook, left yestel
day morning for Morristown an
, Middlesborough.
: A. G. jenkins, the popular travelin
: agent Of the Knoxville Sentinel is i
= the city. He paid this Office a we
e come call last night.
A. B. Bowman went down to Greene
vile yesterday to attend the funeral {
Hon. W. A. Allen, the deceased inte
9 nal revenue collector.
: James Henry, of Broylesville, was
4 the city yesterday and gladdened tn
Office with his presence. He is one
. THE COMETS best patrons.
n Rose Osborne has a strong compan
/. You should see her,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-11-26
Don't forget to attend Rose Osborne
Republicans Take Notice,

By invitation OF the Lincoln Repub-
lican Club, of Johnson City, the Hon.
A. A. Taylor will address them, and
all Republicans of the district, on
the great political issues of the day, at
Jobe's opera house in Johnson City on
Dec. 5, 1891. Let every Republican
turn out at Z O'Clock p. M, Saturday
the 9th day of Dec, 1891. n26-29-d3 5