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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
Can't Miss a RattleSnake.

The writer saw al Indian kill rat
tlesnake in very peculiar manner
recently. The rattier WIS about ten
feet from the Indian, who WAS resting
the rifle on his knee, apparently TAX
ing AIN.
Whenever he moved the Weapon a
few inches the snake would move
around and get exactly in line with it.
Then to show how the thing was done
the Indian moved about the snake In a
circle, and the reptile moved as ii his
tail was pivot, always keeping his
head and body III line with the gun.
The Indian then agreed to bandaSe his
eyes and shoot the snake in the mouth.
The writer handagel the Indians
eyes, and. holding the gun hy hiH sldo
at arms length. the latter pulled the
trigger and the bali entered the snake 4
mouth and passed the whole length OF
it's body.
GLOW did you take aim:" was the
query.
"Ihe snake, he take aim, was me
reply.
; We have talkcI with an old hunter
On this proposition, and be claims that
rattlesnake will always range direct.
lyfn line with IL gun OF stick pointed
at 1t. Carson (Nev.j Appeal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

the latter. Twenty-four cases of toad
stool poisoning have attracted public
attention of late. 1t is more than
doubtful if any Of the many tests so
often recommended for the detection
OF poisonous mushrooms erc reliable.
The idea of detecting the difference
between the edible and non-edibie
species by means Of silver spaov is
not admitted by scientists. nor will
they subscribe to the statement that
salt sprinkled on the spongy part will
cause the latter, ii OF POISONOUS
variety, to turn yellow.
1t is much safer cor persons ignorant
of the different species to keep to the
ordinary mushroom, Agaricus caapes.
iris. This species ls most readily dis.
tinsnisheI, when of middle size, by
its fine pink o. flesh-colored gilis and
pleasant smell like fresh meal. Lster
the gills become chocolate -colored,
and it is in this stage that it is most
likely TO be confounded with the poi.
souous varieties.
The skin OF the edible mushroom
also peels off very readily.
Mushrooms are now quite an I'M
portant article Of commerce, and we'll
repay those who understand their cul.
ture. New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

"When our exhibit was being pre-
pared for the Worlds Fair it occurred
to me that this picture, if still in ex-
istence, would be valuable addition
to our display and worthy tribute to
Professor Draper. wrote to the
present Sir William Herschel. a son of
the one to whom the daguerrotype
was sent, asking if it could be loaned
to the University. A reply came that
no trace of the picture could he found
or record of its ever having been re-
ceived. I then had copy made Of
Sir Williams letter and sel.t it to his
son. Seeing the acknowledgment
from his father, Sir William renewed
the search and the dagucrrotype WAS
found among some long-forgotten
papers, still in a wonderfully good
state of preservation.
"Miss Draper is living, and sent her
photograph, rs she looks at eighty
five, to hang beside the one taken 60
long ago in which she has the honor
of being the first person ever photo
praphed."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
PITH AND POINT.

It is surprising how some mean men
got along.-Atchison Globe.
The softest of snaps is the click of q
well-flled pocketbook.-Puck.
Figures of speech-The stenogra'
piers notes.-Washington Star.
The slipper was probably the very first
home mission board. Galveston News.
Receptions of note are not all con-
fined to society circles. -Pittsburg
Dispatch.
In these days Of bank stringency it
takes an artist to draw money.-At-
lanta Journal.
"Downey is always borrowing trou.
ble." "Yes and I'll bet four dollars he
never pays it back"
About all the buried treasures most
people have are the good resolutions
they have put away.-Dallas News.
When man laughs ten times day,
nine of the laughs were inspired by
something he said himself. -Atchison
Globe.
sI never have any kind OF luck"
said Mawson. "That's luck enough"
said Dawson, who had been having
nothius but bad luck.-Puck.
Jagson says there is only one thing
harder to bear than the man who sings
CATER the Ball." and that is the man
who tries to. -Elmira Gazette.
A woman will tell her neighbors
that her husband is the best man in
the world, and then abuse him by the
hour in private. -Atchison Globe.
ssNow, lady, look beautiful and
happy" said William street photo
grapher to the young women. $50 ;
that's it. There. I have you. Now
you may resume your natural express
sion" Buffalo Courier.
Teacher (hearing arithmetic class
recite)-"Mike if you should see
seven birds on tree, and should shoot
three of them, how many birds would
remain?" Mike-''Nary one, mum !;
the rest O. them would be afther ayin'
away. Buffalo Courier.
''What has become of the handsome
young woman that used to be here?'
inquired the regular customer at the
dairy lunch establishment. (Which
handsome young woman?" asked the
blonde maiden behind the counter
haughtily.-Chicago Tribune.
81 don't see why it takes BERTHE so
long to learn to talk" said the young
mother anxiously. II spend hours
every day trying to teach him. B'ess
it's little footsy-tootsies! Doesn't muz-
zer dess do ever'sing she tan to det it
to talky-walky! Tum to it's muzzer
Popsy-wopsy doncy duckums! Widdle-
come, biddlecome, fddle-de-dee! Toze
it's pity little eyes now and go
sleepy !"-Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
A Life.Saring Contriyance.

This brcecnes buoy is simply round
life buoy, such rs are seen Oh vessels
everywhere, with two canvas legs drop
ping below like the legs OF n pair OF
breeches. Here at the drill the boy,
who has all the time remained below,
is now made 20 climb the spar into the
rigging, where the surfman lifts him
and slips MIN into the breeches buoy.
His body cannot 60 through, any more
than it can 60 through pair of trou.
sers. And if it could, there is the
buoy up under his arms; and he rides
back to the shore as safely as ii he
were in his bed 1T home. Indeed, he
cannot get out if ne wants to. When
he is finally hauled ashore one surf
man has to lift him, another one tilt
ing the buoy to get him out. The COLI
trivsnce has been used with excellent
results in a hundred wrecks 1t is not
fitted exactly for transporting women
and children, nor can sick or wounded
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

After knives have been cleaned they
may be brilliantly polished with char
coal powder.
Cold beef, veal, tongue or lamb
sliced thin and served with lettuce
makes good salad.
Lobster, crab and shrimp for salad
are cut into neat pieces, laid on let
tuce leaves and served with mayon-
naise.
Wrinkled silk may be smoothed by
sponging on the right side with very
weak gum arabic water and ironing on
the wrong side.
One pint of buttermilk, in which a
well-beaten egg is stirred, will break
up any fever in half an hour, II not OF
too long standing.
Glycerine aud lemon juice softens
and whitens the skin. Mixed i'll equal
proportions it is al excellent remedy
for chapped hands.
For potato salad the potatoes should
be sliced and an onion peeled, sliced
and scalded should be mixed with
them. Pour over them French dress
ing.
If mirror be placed where sunlight
or a very strong light falls directly
upon it, the quicksilver will be liable
to dissolve, leaving dark spots on the
glass.
A bit of butter we'll rubbed over the
top of loaf of bread as soon as it is
taken from the oven will give the crus:
that dark, glossy brown surface that is
SO appetiziDg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
First Person Ere- Photographed.

The University oi the City of New
York, in it's exhibit at the World's
Fair, had daguerrotype SO faded as
to be almost invisible, but in q certain
light the picture could still be seen to
be that of a fair woman quantity
dressed and wearing huge poke bon
net, the inside of which is filed with
roses.
Information regarding the picture.
given by Chancellor MacCracken, or
the University is as follows:
1.-THE daguerrotype is picture OF
Miss Elizabeth Draper, and wss taken
by her brother, John Draper, in lS4O,
when he Was professor in our univer-
sity. Previous to that time the French
man Daguerre had made experiments
in photography, or sun pictures, as
they we're then called; but he never
got beyond landscapes and pictures Of
still life.
ssWhen Professor Draper first tried
to photograph a person, his idea was
that the face should be covered with
-four, that the outlines might be more
distinct. After many failures he de-
cided to try one without anything on
the face, and this picture of his sister
was q success at the first trial. De-
lighted with his victory, Professor
Draper sent the picture to Sir Will
lam Herschel, the great English scien-
tist, that his achievement might be
known on the other side of the water.
Sir William acknowledged the gift,
and sent congratulations in letter
which was fortunately preserved in
Professor Draper's family.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
A PHYSICIANS Dilemma.

A physician of Ocosta, Wash, while
botanizing III the woods near that
place recently, stumbled across big
black bear, which got annoyed at his
presence and chased him. The rail
road was a few yards away, and the
doctor took to the track and sprinted
along it a few yards ahead of the
beast, until long trestle was reached,
when the bear halted and squatted
down to watch the doctor hop along
the ties. When he was third Of the
way across freight train appeared at
the further end. Out on trestle with
bear waiting for him at one end end
freight train coming for him from
the other, the doctor felt that the sit
uation was embarrassing. He dropped
to supporting beam, hung from it
while the train passed overhead, &,d
then continued his way across the
trestle and home by another route
New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
| Flower That Changes Its ColorS.

A flower lately discovered in the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec is white in
the morning, red ct noon and blue at
night, and is called the chameleon
flower in default of any botanical
name. 1t is probably species of the
hibiscus mutabilis. The colors do not
pass abruptly from one shade to the
other, but change gradually from tho
white of the morning to tho pink md
red md thence to the blue Mt night.
The Tchuantepoc tree grows to the
size OF a gSava tree and gives out q
slight perfume when the aowar is of q
red color.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

most useful, wonderful tree, the palm,
whose varieties also give US dates, and
coco, and cocoanuts, and fans.
This palm is not slim and graceful
like most kinds we see in tropical
pictures. It is about fifty feet tall,
with very thick trunk, enlarging in
diameter from the ground up to about
half it's height, und then tapering
again to the top, where its long leaves
spread out.
These sugar palms produce great
quantities.of sweet sap, which, when
boiled down, makes both molasses and
sugar of peculiar but delicious flavor.
On one estate the trees grew in such
numbers that once it was determined
to count them, but after counting sew
eral hundred thousand, and more than
half remaining uncounted, the task
was given up. 49,.
What 'larks" it must be for chill
dren when tsapping' time and "sugar-
ing off, come round! But the Chileans
dc not collect the sap in the way the
New England farmers collect sap from
the maple tree. No; instead OF bor-
ing small holes in the trunk the palm
is cut down and beheaded of its crown
of beautiful leaves, and then the sap
begins to flow from the upper end and
keeps on flowing for months Every
morning q thin slice is cut off te pre-
vent the wood from hardening and
forming crust through which the sap
could not flow.
A good tree will yield nearly 100
gallons of sap. A very queer thing is
the fact that the sap will not run if
the tree lies with its head downward.
1t will only run upwards st. Louis
Ppp,,b1ic
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
DELICIOUS CREAMY FRITTERs.

Delicious creamy fritters that may,
if one chooses, be served with currant
jelly for the sweet course. are made
from cornstarch pudding. Heat two
cupfuls of milk, and stir into it three
tablespoonfuls Of cornstarch mixed
with enough cold milk to make it
smooth. When the cornstarch is
cooked, add the beaten yolks of three
eggs mixed with half a cupful of sugar.
Stir this into the cooked mixture and
cook one minute, stirring without
stopping. Set in cool place; flavor
with vanilla, and cool in shallow pan.
When solid, cut with small biscuit
cutter, dipin egg and fine breadcrun1bs,
and drop into boiling fat. Drain and
set in the oven three minutes before
sending to the table. New York
Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
Obeying Orders.

Fullacash waking with stat media
nocte and hearing step sounds in his
bedroom)-"Who's there! Speak |!
Who's there?'
Hoarso Whisper From the Dark
ness-"For goodness sake, hush !
There's n burglar just gone down
stairs I'm policeman, and if you'll
keep quiet and hot strike light I'll
nab him in two twos."
FuliscaslI obeys, and the whisperer.
which Ms name is Skies, amhles a"wn
stairs anal out of bnck door with his
booty.-Pick Nc Up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
Toothache Robbed OF Its Terrors.

Toothache is no longer serious
thing to treat, and can now be stopped
in the course of two or three minutes
at the outside, and often in half
minute. The method is very sipnle.
Thoroughly clean out the cavity. take
small piece of cotton, twist it into .
small roll so that it will enter the
cavity, dampen the small end and
place upon that three or four granules
of cocaine, about the size of small
pin head, press these with the cotton
into the hole mp against the nerve and
the effect will be instantaneous. Every
throb will cease, and tbs suffer will
think in few moments he never had
the toothache. "a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
Catar rrh Cannot BE Cured

With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
it you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di-
fectly on the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not Quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one OF the best physicians In this
country for years, and is irregular prescription.
1t Il composed OF the best tonics known. COM
bined with the best blood purifiers. acting di-
rectly on the mucous surfacrs. The perfect
combination Of the two Ingredients Is what
produces such wonderful results In curing c.
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY Il Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. Drice nc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
"TdE GREAT COUNTRIES,

Death, for all thy graspins stealth
Thou dost convey
Lands to US of broadest wealth,
That stretch away
Where the sunshine hath no foil,
Past the verge of our dark soil.
Past the rim where clouds uncoil.
Mourners, whom thine avarice dooms,
Once gave space
In thy kingdom past the tombs,
With open face
See the smallness OF our skies,
Large, until mortal dies
And shrinks them to created size.
o the freedom, that doth spread,
When life is shown
The great countries that the dead
Have open thrown
Where, at our best leisure, We
With spirit may walk free
From terrestrial poverty.
Michael Field.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
In EIien 'liIilea

People overlooked the importance OF Tern !
nently beneficial effects and were satisfied
with transien9 action, but now that it is gen.
orally known that Syrup of Figs will perma-
nently cure habituai constipation, well-in-
formed people will not buy other laxatives,
which act for time, but finally injure the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

persons be conveyed from ship to shore
with it as comfortably as might be de-
sired. But women, children and In
valids have been saved with it. and
will again. For no quicker method is
known to the life saving service. Chi.
cayo Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
@'Gernlan
Syrup"

= Two bottles of German Syrup
cured me of HemoThage of the
Lungs when other remedies failed.
II am a married man and, thirty-six
years of age, and live with my wife
and two little girls at Durham, Mo.
II have stated this brief and plain so
that all may understand. My case
was a bad one, and shall be glad
TO tell anyone about it who will
write me. PHILIP L. ScHENcK, P.
%. Box45, April IS, 1890. No man
could ask a more honorable, bust
pess-1ike statement. q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
MuShrOOnls.

As there are many kinds Of poison
Gus fungi which closely resemble edi-
bic mushrooms, great care should be
exercised by all who attempt to gather
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

The Americans are generally agreed
to have surpassed all other Nations in
the invention and use of rapid-fring
guns. "a / 80 z
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

The Persians first gave cavalry the
Importance it held in all oriental armies
until the introduction of European
tactics.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

Beecham's Pills cure indigestion and const:-
patton. Reecham's-nn Others. .. cts. q boz.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

For Pneumonia, no other cough syrup equals
Hntch,s Universal. 25 cents at druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
A Erau,itul Souvenir Spoon

Will le sent with every iottle of IN. ItTit
Cridm CICHp Gre. Ordered by mail. Jost.
! aio, 80 cts. Address. hnxsie. buffalo, NY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thom--
sons Eye-water. Druggists sel at a5c per bottle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
The Sugar Tree.

The sugar maple CT New England
has a rival.
It crows in the Andes of Chile at a
height of from 5000 to $500 feet above
the sea. 1t is curious variety OF that
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
ALLtRUH DOWN.
Tired, SIeepless, Discouraged.
Swamp-Root Cured Me.

Amsterdam, N. Y. June 9, 1893.
DR.. Kilmer Co., Binghamton, n. Y,
Gentlemen-I ought to have written you long
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

ago Of the great good
your Syyamp-Root
has done for me- For
a long time I had
been troubled with q
Disordered Stomach,
Inactive Liver,
Pain in the Back
and across the kidneys
and was generally run
down had no ambition
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15
Il COLCHESTER .
Boots S
the BEST RUBBER BOOT ..

Ever invented for Farmers, Miners, r
R. hands and others. The outer or
tap sole extends the whole length of
the sole down to the heel, protecting
the shank in ditchinq, digging and
other work. Best quality throughout.
Thousands of pairs worn in 1892. On
iversally pronounced the best Rubber
Boot in the market. They cost more
than the common Rubber Boot, but.
are cheapest in the end. ASK YOUR
DEALER for them, and don't be put of;
with something said to be Just as good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-15

to do anything; in fact, my life was burden;
could not sleep nights, was completely dis-
couraged and gave up Of ever being any bet
ter. took SWAMP-ROOT and am now able
to do most Of the work as usual and feel like
different person DR. Eilmer's
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N Y n I'D

Or. Kilmer's U E. Anointment Cures Piles.
Trial Box Free. All Druggists 80 cents.
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SWamp.Ro0f Cured He.

It has helped me more than any other
medicine have ever used and beg of you to
accept my sincere thanks for the wonderful
benefit have derived. Mrs. H. Mabee Suits.
At Druggists, so cent and $1.00 size.
"Invaltds' Guide to Health" "free-Consnltation free.
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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Purely vegetable, mild and reliable Cause Per:
fect Digestion, complete absorption and healthful
regularity. For the cure or all disorders OF the
Stomach Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous
Diseases
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-07
STRIKERs AND CONSPIRACTES.

Public opinion is inclined to support
working men in all fair efforts to i'm
prove their condition, and commonly
looks with liberation even on their ex-
cesses, knowing that economical laws
will in the end correct most of them.
Employers, too, find their profit, as well
as their comfort, i'll agreeing with their
workmen whenever it is possible, rather
than in resolute opposition. But when
combinations of men, whether laborers
or not, are formed and governed for the
one purpose of promoting private inter-
ests by disturbing the public peace, by
backing the ways of commerce, by hold
ing in terror over their employers and
the community their power to do mis-
chief, the familiar law of conspiracy is
applicable, and must be invoked against
them. If the chief officers of the great
brotherhoods of locomotive drivers and
attendants are right in their reputed
avowals that these are the real purposes
of their unions, and that unless they
have the right to carry out these ends
their occupation is gone and they may as
well dissolve, then the sooner the. law of
conspiracy is applied to them the better
for the safety of the community
per's Weekly.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-07
CRINOLINE-NOT YET.

We indebted to the correspondent of
the Times in Paris, whose happy func-
ton it is to furnish artistic news about
artistic toilettes to readers (of the cor
respondents sexP), for authoritative in
formation that the reign of criuoline is
not yet This cheerful intelligence
comes from two very high sources, one
the supreme French dressmaker of his
time, and the other an Englishman of
equally undoubting Supremacy. 1t is
characteristic of their respective races,
perhaps, that the Englishman says that
crinoline will not be used, and cites the
decisive fact that twelve the
proud exactness of this mineral, not a
dozen, nor any vague expression of num-
Der, but precisely twelYe-"royal person.
ages" whom he has had the honor to
wait upon for instructions as to their
wardrobes have not mentioned crinoline.
On the otder hand, the Frenchnan says
with equal pride and authority, but of a
different kind, that crinOline shall not
be used. He will not permit it. Has he
net given his precious time and his in
valuable talants gradually AMI firmly to
lead the daughters of Eve to a style of
wearing appearal which, if not so simple
as that of their great ancestors, shall at
least not confuse and pervert the noble
lines of beauty inherited from her
And shall he now, in the hour of his tri-
umph, when feminine charms to the re-
hottest euds of the earth enjoy the aid
and enhancement of his art, submit to
see them subjected to this hideous and
monstrous defilement called crinoline?
Thousands of thunders and names of all
mentionable things! Jamaisl jamaisl
Both of which assurances we accept with
profound relief. If royalty, inherited or
earned, forbids crinoline, the common
sense of our republican women may be
left free to reject it. For the moment
we breathe more easily.-Harper's
Weekly