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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-10
How q Mohammedan Prays.

In the city of Algiers, in Algeria, is a
Mohammedan mosque of the regular
style. 1t has four sides of equal length
facing to the north, south, east and west;
in the centre is a small square inclosure
open to the sky, like court yard, and
in this little yard is fountain of water
in shallow urn. All the floor space is
covered with mating. From the CELL
ing hang numerous delicate chains ter
minating in an ornamental hook for hold
ing q lamp. On the side facing the east
is little niche reaching down to the
floor. A flight of stairs leads to q small
platform behind screen; here on Fri
days, the Moslem Sabbath, stand the
preacher, looking over the screen, but
the mosque is open for worshipers al
ways.
One day I saw a Moor come into the
mosque. At the door he dropped his
slippers from his feet, picked them upin
his hand, walked over the mating to the
open enclosure, dropped his slippers and
deftly thrust his feet into them and
stepped to the fountain; there dipping
his hands often in the trickling water,
he washed his mouth, bis eyes, his ears,
then his face and neck, then the arms to
the elbows, his hands, lastly his feet and
legs to the knees. That was to typify
the purifying of what he said, saw and
heard, his deeds and his walks.
Then he came into the mosque again,
and, dropping his slippers by his side,
stood facing Mecca-the niche in the
wall is to show which is the side toward
Mecca, the holy city If the Mohamme-
dams; they always turn their faces toward
il when they pray. Standing there, he
began to say words inaudible to us, but
we could see the motions of his mouth.
After few moments he kneeled down,
still speaking; after another little while
he bent forward, and, leaning upon his
hands, laid his forehead on the floor;
afterward he raised his body and head
erect, and then stood up as first, only to
60 through this routine for three times,
not interrupting his words, only chan
ging his position at regular intervals.
After he had finished his prayer he
picked up his slippers and came to the
door, dropped them on the threshold,
again thrust his feet into them, and
walked away.-Wide Awase.
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The Wonderful Boomerang.

The boomerang is weapon which,
from its peculiar motion when thrown,
has excited and astonished every one who
has witnessed the operation. 1t consists
of a fiat, curved piece of wood, and va
ries in size from eighteen inches to three
feet or more. 1t is cut from the natural
bend of a tree, either from the root or
branch. A curved block is first cut from
the tree, and then split and scraped down
to the required thickness, the edges be-
ing made sharp and the ends rounded.
The native Australian throws this in
strument with apparent case. He holds
it with one hand by the end, the other
pointing outward; then, running few
PAGES forward to gain impetus, he throws
the boomerang, as though aiming at an
object slightly above his line Of sight.
The boomerang at once assumes rapid
rotary motion and ascends to o great
height, occasionally suddenly taking op-
posite directions, or describing wide
circle in the air, at times appearing
stationary. 1t then returns rapidly
toward the thrower, who is now in a
dangerous position, and has to keep a
sharp lookout lest he be struck by it, in
which case it would probably kill him,
or, at least, break some of his limbs.
The boomerang gradually descendst to the
ground, skimming along the surface
thirty or forty yards behind the thrower.
The boomerangs used in hunting are larger
and heavier than those that have the
quality of rising in the air. They are
thrown so as to strike the ground, when
they roll along some thing like wheel.
Such is the force given then that they
will penetrate kangaroo, an emu, or a
black gentleman who belongs to rival
tribe. The boomerang is thus an imple'
ment of pleasure, of war and Of chase
Continent.
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ROADS AND LANES.

In England, writes E. S. Gilbert, where
they say the roads nrc so good, there
seems to be a broad distinction between
"roads" and '.lanes.n Nothing is ever
said about the track of the lanes; TO look
at the hedges, etc, is the correct thing.
Here all ways are public highways; all
equal before the law. In our town flour
by five miles there are forty-two miles
OF them; and when the average voter
reads, rs he does in every paper nova
dave, that our roads must and shall be
improved. he infers that it means all Of
them, AMI knowing thai in every town
there are miles of lonesome road, where
the "farms" arc not worth so very much
more than the road would cost, it tres
him awfu!lv. It would simply matters
to CLASSIFY roads end lanes; sixteen miles
of road could be so located in this town
that no one would be more than two
miles from it; then let the law cease to
coacern itself with the lanes; with no
formal tax to be worked out on them
yoa would get the habit Of making little
repairs when they are needed, instead of
letting everything slide till the year
comes round, as you do now. Hill-roads
nre easily kept, because less water is
used. have noticed that my horses
sweat freely Oh the valley road, but dry
of in climbing 500 feet Of hill, because
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Paraguayan Types and Manners.

At Rosario de Santa Fe we take on
board some rough recruits, under the
conduct of three dirty soldiers, accom-
panied by their women folk and children,
to whom quarters were assigned on the
upper deck abaft the beam. These re-
cruits are, l am informed, jail-birds and
criminals, who, instead OF being kept-iu
prison, are sent to do duty in the from
tier corps at Formosa, in the Gran
Chaco, and to keep the Indians at bay
when necessary. The soldiers, it ap-
pears, seize every opportunity of desert
ing, and the runsways now form bands
of hrigands far more dangerous than the
Indians. Several engineers whom met,
who had BEEN engaged in various rail-
way surveys and expeditions in the
Chaco, reported that they were constant
ly molested by these brigands, but very
rarely had any trouble with the Indians.
The system of criminal recruits is of
course bad, but perhaps it is the only
practical way of getting men for the
wild frontier service, where pillage takes
the place of pay. The recruits and
their escort formed picturesque group
with their varied costurc and their
more varied skins, ranging from white
through bronze to absolute African
black. The women were Indians, it be-
ing the Argentine usage in warfare
against the aborigines to kill off the
men, and distribute the captive women
as wives for the troops. The only bag.
gage that these creatures had consisted
of ponchos, a guitar, an accordion. and
several kettles and gourds for making
mate, or Paraguayan tea, which they
drank from morning until night. Our
English tourist and his wife were very
much scaudalized at the dirty ways of
these soldiers, and particularly at the
manner in which the women washed the
children, taking mouthful of water,
then splitting the water into their hands
and rubbing it over the faces. This op-
Grafton is constantly seen in South
America amongst Indians and cross
breeds. The idea is that only barbar-
Gus whites wash in cold water. Hold
ing the water in the mouth for few
seconds is the easiest way of warming it.
The Englishman's younger brother was
also greatly scandalized because the mil
itary officer who shared his cabin slept
in his clothes, did not wash at all, did
not even own a toothbrush, and carried
all his baggage in hat-box. "Cos-
tumbre del pais," explained to him
the custom of the country.-Harpsrs
Magazine.
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AN APPETIZING soUP.

An appetizing soup, called "Cream
of Celery may be made from the bits
of celery left over from dinner. The in
gradients are six stalks of celery, one
quart of milk, one tablespoonful Of
onion-juice, one of butter, three of flour,
one pint of boiling water and salt and
pepper to taste. The celery should be
cut into small pieces and allowed to boil
in the pint of water for half hour, then
pressed through a colander, the water
also being allowed to pass through.
This product aud the onion juice are
now added to the milk, aud these to the
butter and flour, which have first been
rubbed to a smooth paste. Cook this
until it thickens, stirring it carefully.
It should be served Immediately when
done and is sufficient, according to this
recipe, for family of six or eight per-
sons. It is rich soup and does not
require heavy meats in the following
course. se.-LNew York Ledger.
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ITALY's MACAR. ~ AND CHEESE.

Italy is the land OF macaroni, where it
is the national dish, eaten alike by lords:
priests and peasants. 10 prepare it as
it is eaten there, take half pound of
best macaroni, put it in deep saucepan,
cover with boiling water, season with
salt and pepper, and let it simmer gently
about twenty minutes.
Remove it from the water, drain in
colander, and put it back in the stewpan,
with two gills of good stock (free from
grease and let it stew slowly until the
broth is all absorbed. Stir into it an
ounce of grated Parmesan and one of
Gruyere cheese, and mix we'll by shaking
pan; when all the cheese is melted add
an ounce of good butter, and the same
quantity Of cheese as before, tossing it
lin the pan until thoroughly melted.
Should it taste too oily add about gill
of stock, stir we'll and serve in O hot
covered dish. --[New York Journal.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To give cream shade to lac. dip in
weak tea.
To stings of insects apply soda moist
ened or tobacco.
Rub sauces smooth with the back Of
the spoon, not with the tip.
Fruit stains will usually yield to hot
water en- persis.cntly poured upon
them.
A handy thing to have for the window
corners is tooth brush to take dust Or
dirt out.
Mix pepper in with -four used for
thickening sauces, instead Of adding
aiterward.
TO restore strong ham to its original
freshness, slice and soak over night in
milk, sweet or sour.
1t is said that sciatica may be cured
by applying coating of flowers of sui
phur to the affected limb.
It is fact worth remembering that
persons afflicted with acidity OF the
stomach should not indulge in cold
drinks.
Dates arc quite another article when
cut in two, the stones removed and the
fruit soaked in boiling milk with some
shreds of lemon peel.
In purchasing canned goods it is q
safe rule to observe whether the head of
the can is concave, bulginG appearance
being indicative Of decomposition.
1t is mistake to give glass of lime
q n
invalid takes Il dose Of calomel. The
action of lime water changes the charac-
ter OF calomcl.
1t is O curious fact TINT mayonnaisc
dressing will disagree with delicate peo-
pie, whereas the same ingredients put
togethe, without an egg (Frcnch dress
ing) will be easily digcsted.
Gold rope is ,,uch used for picture
frames. 1t should not be more than half
an inch in diameter, except for large
pictures. Hemp and MANILA arc also
used; bat hemp is better, for it is
smooth.
A tasty dish is made from half PITT
of cold boiled tongue minced and mixed
with cream and the yolks Of two eggs
we'll beaten. Let this simmer two or
three minutes, then spread on slices of
hot buttered toast. Eat at once.
A good plan for keeping butter cool
and sweet in summer is to fill box
with sand to within an inch or two of
the top; sink the butter jars in the sand,
then thoroughly wet the sand with cold
water. Cover the box air-tight. The
box may be kept in the kitchen.
Rattan and willow chairs should be
cleaned, like straw mating. with salt
and water. First thoroughly remove
the dust. Then wiring clean cloth out
of salt and water, rubbing chair or mat
ting dry with the other hand as You go
on, OF, at any rate, as quickly Us you
can, SO that it may retain none OF the
moisture.
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The Bagpipe.

The bagpipe is almost universal through
out Asia, though at present not so much
in use as it seems to have been in former
ages. 1t is used among the Chinese
musicians, and is met with in Persia,
where it appears to have been more
general in former ages than at present.
There is also Hindoo baggage, and in
Egypt it was used to some extent, but
it is now rarely met with. In Italy it is
common. It is said that the Italian
peasant believes that it is the best be-
loved music of the Virgin Mary; also that
it is the instrument upon when the shep-
herds expressed their Joy when they
visited the Savior. When the italian
peasant visits Rome on the anniversary of
the birth of our Savior he always carries
his bagpipe with him. The Romans arc
said to have been acquainted with this
instrument, and most likely the Greeks
also. In Scotland it is the national i'll
strument. but even there its use is dying
ont
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Ear Trumpets rs Cupid's Arrows.

With the marriage at steelville, Mo-,
of William J. D. Kelly to Miss Anna Nc
Donald, of Oakville, Canada, is con-
nected quite romance. The groom is
we'll known young man, living on farm
with his widowed mother, well-to-do,
though deaf and dumb. A year or two
ago he noticed in the papers recon-
mendation of some kind of ear trumpet
by the above named young lady who is
also deaf mute. A correspondence en-
sued, the tender chords of sympathy and
emotion we're aroused and an engagement
followed. The heroic young bride left
her far off Canadian home TO meet her
distant atfianced. For six days and alone
she travelled, but came safely through.
This was three weeks before the mar
riage, and the intervening time was
spent in forming each others acquain-
tance at ths groom's home, with the re-
suit that the nuptials were celebrated
amidst the congratulations of a host of
friends.--St. Louis Republic.
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FOWLS EATING FEATHERS.

When hens eat their feathers it is a
symptom that something is wrong with
their feed. Giving too much corn is q
common cause of this habit. The hens
grow fat at first from the excess Of car
bon or starch this grain possesses, but
soon become unhealthy and stop laying.
Even when more nitrogenous and miner
al food is given care must be exercised
not to ovcr-feed. The only way to
secure entire healthfulness with any
breed is to give them plenty of room,
and if of the lazy Asiatic breeds, that
dislike exercise, then force them to it by
giving them food mixed with straw or
chatf so that they must scratch to get it.
The fowls that pick over heaps of horse
manure for scattering oats may not be
engaged in very cleanly business. but
they do not become diseased as fowls
will that are coored UP and fed only on
clear grain. Boston Cu!tiyator.
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wH1TEwAsHING By HoRsEwoRK.

The Messrs. Geer are fruitgrowers, and
early this season they bought an outfit
for spraying, with the prescribed for
mulas, their vines, trees, ETC., to destroy
noxious insects. The sprayer is large,
and has been mounted in 4 barrel fast
encd in frame, on pair of short sled
runners, the object being to gain smooth
ness of motion, and to move it about
easily among the trees and vines. A
horse is the motive power. After the first
spraying of the vines a heavy shower
came on, but they were as white after
the rain as before. This set Mr.. Geer
thinking, aud from thought to action.
He prepared half barrel OF ordinary
whitewash solution in his mounted bar
rel, and driving up and down the picket
fences about the premises, whitewashed
all in few minutes. The fine mist or
spray penetrated every crack and crevice,
and dried out a beautiful even white
ness. The next morning he hitched to
his spraying outfit, and in one hour
sprayed stretch of paling fence $50 feet
long, leaving it when dry as fresh and
white looking as any hand whitewashing
could have made it. The next job will
be to whitewash the poultry houses, and
this work can be done, spraying them
inside and out, in few minutes. While
spraying the first fencing mentioned, the
sprayer, or "whitewasher," was turned
on the trunks of row of fruit trees,
and in few minutes they were thor
oughly whitewashed from the ground up
to their lower branches. Far
3ler.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
EPIGRAM OF LAMB AND PEAS.

Place breast of lamb in thick sauce.
pan with little stock or water, three
onions, one carrot, good stick of celery,
pepper and salt, parsley and any sweet
herbs that one likes. When cooked
enough to allow it, pull out all the bones
and put the meat between two disucs
with heavy weight on it. When cold
cut into small outlets, roll in egg and
cracker crumbs and fry nice brown.
Dry the outlets on brown paper in the
oven and arrange neatly on hot dish,
leaving the center OF the dish for some
French peas, which should be served
with the outlets. Chicago News.
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A New Process Of Healing.

Joe Jackson (colored), whose arm was
so badly lacerated by circular saw at
Blythe, Ga, that it had to be amputated,
is doing we'll. DR.. Barwick, who man
aged the amputation, applied new
process. After, the amputation he
wrapped the wound in tissue paper, a
new process, au I up to date, which has
been ten days or more, the man is i'm
proving. There is no fever or any un-
usual pain whatever, which speaks we'll
for the skill and knowledge of this
surgeon. -AtlGnn Constituti9-.
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August. s: 1 !.
Flower.

Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning Green's Au-
gust Flower. Well, we can't make
you. We can't force conviction inr
to your head or med<
Doubling icine into your
throat. We don't
Thomas. want to. The money
is yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
willing to believe, and spend the one
for the relief of the other, they will
stay so. John H. Foster, 1127
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says:
"My wife is a little Scotch woman,
thirty years ofage and Of a naturally
delicate disposition. For five or SIX
wears past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
Vonnit became so bad at last
that she could rot SIT
Every Meal. down to meal but
she had to vomit it
as soon as she had eaten it. Two
bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after many doctors failed.
She can now eat anything, and enjoy
it; and asfor Dyspepsia, she does not
know that she ever had it." g.
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Deafness Can't be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the car. There is only one
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in.
famed condition Of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in.
famed you have rumbling sound or imper.
deafness Is the result, and unless the infiam.
nation can bc taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
c Then ths oa an In
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
FIJI. CHENEY G. Co., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
THE THERMOMETER IN THE DAIRY.

The necessity of the thermometer as
guide 10 dairy practice is we'll known.
1t does not seem to be so we'll known
that many thermometers, especially the
cheap dairy thermometers, are not accu-
rate. We have known one of these
thermometers 10 degrees out, and few
are within one degree of the standard.
Again, therefore, we must urge the
necessity of each dairy worker having
his or her own thermometer, and know
ing that it is accurate, or at least what
allowance is required to pc made
iAmerican Dalryman.
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KEROSENE IN THE POULTRY YARD.

KEROSENE IN THE POULTRY YARD.
= The many uses that kerosene may be
put to in the poultry yard make it an al
most indispensable article to be charged
to the expense account, and no other ar
ticle will so enhance the profit Of the
poultry yards as kerosene diligently and
intelligently used. For painting the in
side of nest boxes for setting hens there
is nothing equal to it, rs it surely kills
all vcrmin with which it comes in con-
tact, and prevents other vermin from en-
tering the nest until it is entirely evspo-
rated. wAich. if the crude oil is used,
will give the hen ample time to hatch
her brood. A few drops in the drinking
water occasionally has good effect upon
the general health of the flock, and for
Gods or roup there is nothing better if
carefully applied. Scaly legs may be
cured by simply wctting the legs of the
fowls affected occasionally, and the crude
oil is best in this case also, as it takes a
much longer time to evaporate. When
the crude oil is not readily obtained.
some kind of heavy oil or grease should
be mixed with the kerosene to stay evap-
oration. As q remedy for cholera it has
been highly rccommended.-LFanciers'
Review.
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the road is harder, the mud never deep
on these grades, and if attended 10 as
the occasion arose, they could be kept
good with very little labor. This is at
least the way to begin; then lanes could
become roads from time to time, If de-
sired. n New York Tribune.
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A company has been formed in Chi
cago for the purpose of cutting mahog-
any, rosewood, lignum vite and other
hard woods from large tract of land in
Honduras. 1t is proposed to ship the
logs to Pensacola, Fla and there saw
them into marketable shape.
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When the grip was epidemic in Japan
it attacked only The rich folks. 1t was
quite the reverse with the cholera, which
chose its victims almost entirely among
the DOOR.
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Makes the
Weak Strong

The way in which Hoods sarsapnrilla builds mp
neopie in run down or weakened state Of health
conciuavely proves the claim that this medicine
snakes the weak strong" 1t docs not act Ike
stimulant, imparting fictitious strength from which
there must follow a reaction Of greater weakness
than before, but In the most natural way HOODS
sarsaparla overcomes that tired feeling, creates an
appetite pures the blood, and IN short gives great
bodily, nerve, mental and digestive strength.
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Vienna University had last term 4409
regular and 1911 irregular students;
3242 young men were there to study
medicine, and PIG to study theology.
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Last year the 10 street railways in
Pennsylvania carried over 6S6, 900, 600
passengers, or 100 times the total popu.
lation.