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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15
BORROWING FARM TOOLS.

There will occur times in the expert
ence of all farmers when there seems
to be necessity for borrowing and
lending for short time, farm imple-
ments and tools, and all true hearted
farmers take pleasure in this mutual
accommodation, but when it is done, rs
is frequently the case, to avoid the
purchase of the implement, and is done
continually, to the great Inconvenience
of the owner of the implements, to use
a slang phrase, it becomes IAN old
chestnut" Usually the annoyance is
increased by the continuance. for
while at first the borrowed article
would be returned, after a time that
obligation becomes repudiatcd, and
the owner is compelled to go for and
perhaps search for the implement, for
the:e borrowers of other peoples i'm
plements are extremely liberal and
will frequently lend to others. AS one
person expressed himself, he was per-
fectly willing to lend and did not ex-
pect the article to be brought back,
but he did like to have the borrower
tell him where he had left the article.
Now, if there is a borrowing reader
of the Farm, Field and Fireside (which
it is sincerely hoped there is not), If
he will but stop and think, he can not
but see what an act Of injustice it be-
comes when persisted in. Farming
tools and implements are the owners
property as much as his cows, oxen,
horses, sheep or swine, or even his
bank account, if he is sufficiently for
tunate to have one, and there is no
more reason why he should lend the
one any more than the other. 1mple-
ments are purchased and kept for the
service they are intended to perform
"A plow to plow the soil, COW for
the production of milk. But while
one, when he has piece of ground to
plow, will go and borrow plow, if he
desired milk he would hardly think of
going to borrow COW at milking time,
and yet it would be just as consistent.
The tax upon farmers for their own
wear and tear of farm implements is
sufficient without doubling it by lend
ing. If our implement is one only oc-
casionally called into use, then join in
the purchase, or what is better pay for
its use and then there can be no in
Justice done.
1t is matter of fact too, that the
borrowing mania is not always con-
fined to the sterner sex, but finds its
way into the kitchen, and the provi-
dent house wife is not unfrequently
annoyed by the request of some (so
disposed) neighbor, to lend two or
three eggs. little piece Of butter, a
part of a cup full OF sugar, a nutmeg
or something of that sort, and these
frequent calls came from class that
are possessed of tickle memories, and
they seldom remember that they have
borrowed anything, and if by chance
they should be called upon to lend,
are always little short of the articles,
or never ready to do by others as they
desire others to do by them.
Now, kind reader consider this sub
ject and act upon such decision as a
sound Judgment and a desire to be
just will dictate.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS,
CLEANING WATER BOTTLES.

To cleanse water bottles roll into
balls some soft brown or blottine
paper; wet and soap them; put them
into the decauters one-quarter full OF
warm waterS shake them we'll for a
few moments, then rinse with clear,
cold water; wipe outside with dry
cloth, put the decanters to drain, and
when dry they will be almost as bright
as new ones. Sawdust is cleansing
used in the same way; cranberries,
hawberries, mountain ash and holly.
berries are used by country house.
wives for the same purpose. New
York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15
SWINE PLAGUE.

In the report of the Department Of
Agriculture on the cause and preven-
tions of swine plague, the following
disinfection is recommended to be
used to purify the premises where it
appears. OF course, all affected should
be quickly separated from the healthy
ones, and carcasses of dead ones
burned:
1. Slaked lime in the proportion
of about five per cent. (one-half pound
of lime to gallon of water.)
2. Equal volumes of crude carbolic
acid and ordinary sulphuric acid,
mixed together, and then added to
water in the proportion of two ounces
to gallon of water.
8. Sulphuric acid added to water in
the proportion of one ounce to. a
gallon of water.
4. Boiling water.
5. Corrosive sublimate (mercuric
choride) in the proportion of one
ounce to a gallon of water.
1t should be borne in mind that
sulphuric acid and corrosive sublimate
attrac. metals, and that the solutions
should be made in wooden pals. AS
corrosive sublimate is highly poison
Gus, the solution must not he made
stronger than indicated above. The
lime is, on the whole, the best and
cheapest, but as it may not be de-
sirable to use it everywhere, one OF
other disinfectants may be substi-
tuted. Each of the solutions recon-
mended is more than strong enough
to kill both hog cholera and swine
plague bacteria. Farmers Home
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Look out for the single big weed. II
in bloom pull up and burn.
If one is in doubt about the worth
of a COW, milk her. The result will
speak more for or against her worth
than many words can.
Prompt action on the first appear
ance of an insect pest will often so ef'
fectually destroy it as to prevent its
becoming established.
A few oats, little bran or a little
oilmeal given daily just now to the
weaned calves in the back pasture or
lower lot will bring interest on the in
yestment.
If you cannot see any money in
growing wheat at the present price set
to work to find some other good crS,
to partly take its place. Navy beans
might be one adopted to the needs OF
many readers.
A well.bred fowl eats no more than
common one. But it will lay more
eggs md grow to marketable size
sooner. Then, of course, there is
more profit in it, and it is the best
fowl for you to have.
Soiled eggs do not invite customers
nor bring the best prices. If you will
arrange the nests so they may be
closed at night, and then close them,
you will do much to prevent the eggs
from becoming soiled.
Aconite or monkshood is perennial
weed. The root has been mistaken for
horseradish with fatal results. II
should be destroyed wherever found,
by cutting below the surface as soon
as leaf shows above it.
It is said in behalf of the English
sparrow that in the regions of the
seventeen-year locusts he puts in all
his time in killing them for amusement.
He doesn't seem to want them to eat.
1t is great card for the sparrow.
There is no reason why every
farmer should not keep bees. Honey
costs nothing, and is valuable
product, considering the price it usu-
ally brings, in comparison with the
small expense incurred in its produc-
tion.
The butter fat that is lost by care.
less setting of milk in private dairies
is enormous. Paying ten per cent. in.
terest on borrowed capital is nothing
| / Nf hn olyc in
dairying that cuts down the net
profits.
A simple way toremember the differ
ence between the Virginia creeper and
the poison ivy is this: If the vine has
FIVE leaves, corresponding to the five
fingers of your hand, you may handle
IL; if it has only three leaves, you may
not handle it.
Some men would feel very much
ashamed to be seen doing the churn.
ing, or carrying heavy jar of cream,
or washing milk pan, and about us
much as if their wives should come out
to pull few weeds out of the onion
bed, though they would let her spade
up flower bed if she wanted one.
Good butter can be spoiled with
poor salt, as we'll as by poor handling.
There are plenty of good grades OF
dairy salt, and it is a great mistake to
use poor salt because it is cheap.
Many creamery men have found this
out to their sorrow. A medium grain
is more desirable than a salt in which
the grain is very fine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
WHEN TO STOP WORKING CROPS.

The time to stop cultlvatlng such
crops as corn or potatoes is when it is
no longer possible to get throug b the
rows. But the cultivation should be
only on the surface. The feeding roots
of plants are near the surface and
should not be disturbed in any way,
and, this being the case, it is easy to
perceive now the shallow cultivation
of the soil must help the growth OF
crops by causing the soil to absorb the
greatest quantity of moisture. and to
hold it most tenaciously when it is alb
sorbed. New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15
GOOD BUTTER,

It might be said with somewhat oi
the appearance of truth that the sole
aim and purpose of technical instruc-
tion in butter-making is to teach in.
terested persons how to make good
butter. That is, without a doubt, a
desirable aim; but there is another
which is in greater danger of being
lost sight of-and so far as butter
making in private dairies in rural dis
tricts is concerned this other purpose
is much the more necessary, says w.
IT,, in London Dairy. In such dis.
tricts it is good thing to teach but.
ter-maker to produce a superior ar
ticle, but it is better thing to teach
others to pure lase and appreciate that
superior butter. Once educate the
public taste for butter in such dis.
tricts and bad makers will disappear.
was reminded of this fact by q
story told by friend OF nine, a we'll
known judge, of a butter-maker who
tried to pour ridicule upon the itin-
Grant dairy school. The school came
to her village, but of course she did
not attend, telling one of the commit
tee that she had made butter in her
old-fashioned way for pile of years,
and that her butter was always the
best in the village (by-the.by, she's
the first woman I've heard of who did
not think her butter the best in the
county,.
She was bit startled when she took
her next lot of butter to the local
grocer, who told her he could not
give so much by four cents per pound
as he had been in the habit of doing.
He had supplied his best customers
with butter from the dairy school, and
only the sediment was left for the vii
lage champion. That week the differ
ence between the dairy school butter
and the village butter was expressed
by eight cents per pound. By latest
reports this "old.fashioned' butter.
m aker was following in the wake of q
travelling dairy school, SO we may hope
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15

The heaviest rainfall is near the
equator, and diminishes steadily as
the latitude rises.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15

DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP Root cures
oil Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15

MEMPHIS (Tenn.) has prosperous Italian
colony.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15

A Dose in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Honey
of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache DropS Cure IN one minute.
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a Beautiful Souvenir spoon
Will be sent with every hottie of ~. HoTste'i
Certain Lroup Gprt. Ordered by mail, Iost'
uaid. so cts. Address. Eoysie. Buffalo, y. \.
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Karl's Clover Root. the great blood purifier.
gives freshness and cicarness TO the complex
ion and cures constipation p cts. 80 cts. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15

Over 200, 900 postal cards are used
every day in the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15

she will not be overtake,. by the fate
of those who "know not, and know not
that they know not"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15

Halls Cutarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-15
Fungus Stomach.

DR.. Brooks, OF Brooks Il Evans, promi-
nent dentist OF Portland, Me-, said: ~ am
an admirer OF Dr. r. c. Flower. I consider
him the ablest physician of the age. Why,
sir, he can tell a sick person his disease with
out knowing anything about him or asking
him question, just as easy as he would read
his name. He has most successfully treated
and cured me of very serious and danger.
Gus internal trouble which thre tened NOT
only my immediate health. but life tungus
of the stomach.) was almost incapacitated
for worI. was wasting away and rapidly los.
ing my strength. Under his treatment l
sprang intoahealth. have gained in strength
and flesh, and am now young again. Dr.:
Flower is to me q marvel, an unsolved
wonder. He is tie most fascinating and
genial man you ever saw. He is quick and
brilliant, and it makes on7 feel well anc
Young to talk with him."
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
Simple Cures for Grave Maladies.

We read SO much about the heroic
operations resorted to in cases of ap-
pendicitis that widespread alarm has
been occasioned among timid persons
VIII" imagine that they have swallowed
an orange, grape or a raisin seed,
and wait with terror the possibilities
of an obstruction in the appendix
vermiform. A Utica physician says
that olive oil will remove such obstruc.
tions in almost every instance, and
that resort to the knife is utterly uu-
necessary. Now, j observe, n Cali.
fornia gentleman insists that the free
use of prunes is n sure preventive of
appendicitis. He tells how the chill.
drcn In the Santa Clara Valley eat ber-
ries and grapes, cherries and other
fruits nearly the year round and never
think of splitting out small pits or
seeds, and are not troubled with in.
testinal distractions. He says this IL
because they partake freely and daily
of prunes, with tho laxative effects of
which my readers are, no doubt, ia.
miliar.
An old lady, whose good Judgment
is proverbisl, speaking in the same
line of thought recently, remarked ::
81 don't see where these new tangled
diseases like appendicitis come from.
We never had them III my younger
days. and | was nurse and physician
in village of a thousand persons for
more than twenty years. A good dose
of castor oil was always safe and re.
liable remedy in such troubles of the
stomach and bowels. We think too
much of the notious of doctors who
want to make new discoveries, and We
think too little OF the good old castor
oil, blue pill, herb teas aud onion
poultices. New York Mail and Ex
prega
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
Various Grades of Salt.

There is an old boarding house job .
to the effect that chronic grumbler
on leaving once said Co his landlaly
that she provided her boarders with
the very best sslt he had ever tasted.
This was supposed to be funny, but as
matter of fact there is much differ.
ence between different grades of salt
as between different grades OF sugar.
Because salt is nearly as cheap as sand,
people are apt TO consider that il is OF
very little Importance anyhow, but
the trade In it is avery extensive one,
although it does not yield much profit.
This universal condiment can be
bleached and prepared for the table
so as to make it quite ornamental rs
well AZ useful, or it can be served MP
IN shape unpleasant to the eye and
almost imperceptible to the taste =
st. Louis Globe Democrat
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
Chandelier OF Human Homes.

In the centre of the arched roof OF
All Saints Church, SedlitZ, in Bo
nemia. hangs chandelier constructed
entirely of human bones. The church
in which this remarkable object is sus
pended is decorated from the door TO
the cei ling with the blanched bones OF
human bodies Garlands of bones
stretch across the walls and hang from
she ceiling. Pyramids, topped with
golden rowns, are artistically y reared
from the ground with these whiteped
remains of the dead. The nltars are
literally Covered with skulls, among
which are hundreds of those which
had been pierced by bullets or crushed
by murderous blows from swords and
other weapons. denoting that these
griA roles OF humanity have been
gathered from adjacent battleieids.
Tradition says that these piles OF hu-
man bones we're gathered by q blind
rrinr of the Cistercian Order, who
stored them in corner of the church.
As they were fast changing into their
original elements, a man named Rint
devoted himself to the task of cleaning
and arranging them in the church.
Prince Carl. of Schwsrzenberg, took
strong personal interest in the res
toration and arrangement of the
church. and ordered all the repairs to
be done at his own expense. New
York Telegram.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
THE MoDRRN ORCHARD.

A change has come over public
opinion. The thick setting OF trees
in orchards has been largely aban-
doIsd, and wide planting is the
general practice. Such excellent re-
suits have been obtained from tho
change that many progressive far mers
have gone still further. Observing
that the trees at tho ends of the
orchard were always the most flourish
ing, they naturally set to work to dis
cover the cause for the difference.
The explanation was soon found in
the greater amount of air and sun tho
end trees received, and the more ex-
tended feeding-ground for the roots.
Nowadays the tendency among pio.
gressive growers is to plant a single
row of trees around a field, and a
double row directly across the centre
of the field. This gives each tree the
advantages formerly possessed by the
end trees alone. 1t also makes the
orchard less dispersed than it would
be IL the centre double row were
omitted, and offers facilities for Guilt
waiting and gathering the fruit as
speedily y as possible. 1t would seem
as though the day for planting trees
In blocks were past, aud that old
fashioned orchards were doomed. -
New York World.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
wisdom Tooth Of a Mammoth.

fossil curiosity in the shape Of a
msmmoth's tooth was found few
days ago in West Seattle by Joseph s.
Richards. The tooth was found at the
foot of the bluff, not far from thu
beach, AMI was covered with clay at
the time, indicating that it had been
unearthei by the breaking away OF the
hull. The crown of the tooth, which
was of an oval shape. measured seven
aud halfinches in its largest diane.
ter. three aud half inches i'm its
smallest diameter and eighteen inches
in circumference. The posterior edge
OF the tooth was four inches in length.
the anterior edge six inches, the largest
circumference twenty-five inches and
the weight nine and half pounds. II
is supposed TO be the lower back tooth
from the left side Of the Jaw. The
ridges have turned to chalcedony and
extend entirely through the tooth,
while the material between has The an.
pearance ofiron. Seattle (Wash) Post.
Intelligence,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
A Queer Idiom.

The other day I hoard 1uesr
ldiom which herewith present to col.
lectors of linguistic curiosities. The
speaker was one of the ladies in the
family OF Government official who
had been serving his country abroa I
FOR n si.ort time. "No." she said,
"We did not care for Europe; we
thought IT very dull. We we're not
bnnchcd once during our whole stay
abroad : The expression WAS SO .un.
usual that an enterprising listener,
bolder than the others, asked what il
might mean. What Do 7 me, ; by
"bunched?" repeated the first speaker
IN surprise. Why, no one sent us
any flowers. What else could m can q
-Kste Fields Washington.
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sickness or dangerous injuries "a it is
to employ the family physician at
times, II is we'll to know what to do in
emergency cases." when something
must be done in less time than it
would take to get the regular doctor
to the spot, says correspondent of
the American Cultivator.
O'e of these cases is that of chok.
ing, which frequently happens when
roots are fed without having been cut.
Ii the obstruction is not large and has
passed we'll down.. it is often possible
to move it further along by gently
pushing deSn with a stick. A whip
handle rounded little at the end Is
good instrument, for this purpose.
One person should hold the animals
head, so as to bring the mouth and
throat in a straight line. and another
should use the stick, and at the same
time work upon the obstruction from
the outside, rubbing it downward.
Fush firmly but gently on the stick.
Another method is to put stick
about as large as ones wrist across the
animals mouth like bride bit, and
tie it fast so as to oblige it to keep the
mouth open. This will sometimes
cause coughing, so that the obstruc.
ton will be thrown MP, or will facili-
tate breathing until mucous enough
has gathered around it so that it will
pass downward. If the obstruction is
not far down, the animals mouth may
be kept open by a horseshoe or by
blocks between the jaws, and one with
q small hand can reach down and
withdraw it. Unless something is
done soon the animal must choke to
death, and time is of more importance
than skill.
Cuts that produce profuse bleeding
are another sort of cases that need at
tenticn before q surgeon can be Sc.
cured. Ii the blood comes in Jets at
about the interval of heart beat it is
from an artery, and tight bandaxe
between the wound and body should
be applied, then stout stick placed
below and twisted until the blood
flows but slowly. If the one who puts
1T on knows enough Of the course of
the arteries to bring the knot directly
over 1T 1T will hasten matters, and this
should be part of the education of a
farmer.
If the blood flows in continuous
stream put wide bandage directly
over the wound to keep the edges to.
gether, drawing it tightly as can be
done with the ha83s. A handful OF
cotton, or even of green grass, under
the edges will assist, or one may hold
the edges together while another goes
for doctor. We have seen horses 8
life saved in this way when the leg
was badly cut by the moving ma
chine, and mans life saved by the
| first method when bullet had cut the
artery of the arm above the elbow.
In neither case could surgeon have
been brought in season. coleman &
| Rural World.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
BUSINESS METHODS IN FARMING.

Every crop planted on the farm,
every animal bought and every man
hired is an investment, involving
sound business judgment, in both the
planning and the management, TO in
sure profitable outcome. Too often
crops are planted, or stock raised,
simply because other farmers raise
them, without regard to the cost, the
market or the adaptability to The par.
ticular farm and its equipment. When
planted, no account is kept OF the ex-
pense, and not even an estimate IL
made of the cost, but the crop is sold
as soon as harvested for what il will
bring and the crop repeated the next
season. While it would sometimes
cost more than the crops were worth
to keep detailed set of accounts
with each crop, still simple business
like set of farm accounts will furnish
the data whereby the proftableness OF
particular crops, or stock. may be-
closely estimated, and thus furnish
safer basis than guess work for the
abandonment of the crop, or for
changing its treatment. Many parts
VI tuo eStinnhteS maue IOr one year or
field would answer for other years
and fields. Whether accounts ara
kept with particular fields or crops or
not, there should be an account
opened with the farm, and others with
household and personal expenses. BY
taking stock each year IL can be de.
termined whether the farm has been
profitable; whether the improvements
have exceeded the repairs; whether
personal pleasures have been too OK.
trava2ant, and whether the household
department has been economically
carried on. OF course there should be
an account for every person with whom
q credit business is transacted, for
everyone admits thst memory utterly
fails In keeping an accurate record OF
such transactions. Treat the farm az
o person and sec whether IL can be
credited with fair balance OF profit
sxsssr Sssssr, Ssln Asx veg Is fsrnins is;s busi
counts will pay. y.--American Agrieul-
turist.