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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
Dog and Crane Fight 1t Out.

In the fall big white crane got IN
the habit of stealing fish from Mrs.
Myra Hooker's carp pond in Sickler's
Creek, says Scranton Penn. letter
to the New York Sun. The long
legged bird was 80 handsome that Mrs.
Hooker liked to look at it, and as
there were good many more carp in
the pond than she could make use OF,
she let the crane come around and
help itself to fish as often as it pleased.
Before long the crane saw that Mrs.
Hooker meant to be friendly, for. in
stead of stealing up to the pond as it
had done at first, it alighted near the
pond as though it had right to,
waded in leisurely, and soon sailed of
to the swamp with carp Topping in
its strong jaws.
Within fortnight Mrs. Hooker's
mongrel dog, Dick, began to take a
dislike to the big bird, and one morn.
ing he laid plans to nab it. He hid in
some woods, and when. the crane
alighted he sprang out at it, and met
with the sorriest surprise of his life.
Dick made miss, and the spunky bird
hammered him on the head with his
long bill, licked him in less than D
minute, and sent him bowling to the
house with his left eye badly bunged
up. Mrs. Hooker saw the lively spat.
and went to Dicks assistance. She
began to doctor the wounded eye, but
her tender nursing was in vain, for
the cranes bill had pierced the centre
of the optic, and the sight was de-
stroyed.
Dick kept away from the pond and
did good deal of thinking while his
wound was healing. He must have
made up hismind to have revenge on
the crane, Mrs. Hooker said, for as
soon as his eye had got we'll he crawied
under root at the edge of the pond
one morning and concealed himself
till the crane waded in. raised one
foot and pretended to be doing,
when he made a spring and caught it
by the neck. The crane kicked and
Topped it's wings, but Dick had good
hold, and he hauled the strangling
fish thief out of the water, dragged it
around the meadow on canter till he
had choked it to death, and then
snaked it to the dooryard, where he
danced and barked around it IN trl-
umph that he had killed the enemy
that had put out his eye.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
KEEP STEADY.

KEEP STEADY.
Keep steady, young man. keep steady
Nor waver when put to the test.
When Satan assails, be ready:
Defeat him by doing your best.
With plausible words he advances:
With cunning he strengthens hischances
He does all his planning with care;
He's willy and wicked. Beware!
Resist all his sly approaches
Yield never an inch to the foe.
Whenever that foe encroaches,
Resort to resolute No!
With flattery. cunning, he plies you;
With sympathy, artful he tries you;
His wiles he keeps we'll out OF sight;
He comes as an ''angel OF light!
Let truth be your watchword ever,
Let right be the law of your life.
With these for guides you never
Will suffer defeat in the strife.
Give battle to vices that tempt YOU
Your virtues can never exempt you.
Temptations will come but be strong;
Give battle to all that Is wrong.
Don't falter, young man, don't falter,
But trust In the arm of the Lord.
No infldel SCOTS can alter
The glorious truths Of His Word.
The God of your fathers defends you;
The Spirit most holy befriends you;
The Saviour from heaven came down
To give you robe and crown!
Then steady, young man, keep steady,
Whatever vain worldlings may say.
For labors of love be ready
The calls Of the Master obey.
Unworthiness freely confessing,
Stand fast on Gods promise of blessing
The world with its favor or frown
Is naught to the robe and the crown.
JOHN N. MORSE in New York Observer.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.

ABUNDANT DRINKING WATER FOR STOCK.
Hogs and sheep are often sufferers
from lack of water. Hogs especially
are liable to be shut up in pen or
pasture without water and kept there
for weeks with nothing to drink ex-
cept the swill and slops at feed time.
A lack of water induces feverish and
unhealthy condition of the meat and
makes it unfit for food. Lack of water
is a cause of ewes not owning their
lambs and of sows eating their young.
It checks growth, and it is cause OF
a weak and uneven fiber IN wool. Pure
water is as necessary as good food fol-
the best results. American Agricul,
turist. D..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
HOW TO DRIVE A HORSE.

The health, length of life. and USE
fulness of horses depend largely upon
the manner in which they are treated.
At the start it is important that the
owner or driver should thoroughly un-
derstand the disposition, condition
and ability of the animal that he
drives. Some men can drive horse
thirty or even forty miles at good
rate of speed and have the animal in
better condition at the end than
another after driving re same horse
i've miles. 1t is not by any means
driving fast that Injuries a horse so
much as improper driving. Often
more strength and vitality are taken
out of a horse in two miles of fretting
through the mismanagement of the
driver than in going several times this
distance with proper care.
Some men cannot drive without a
whip in their hands, whether it is
needed or not, and while there is no
doubt but that in some cases the whip
is necessary, yet it is often the cause
of more fretting on the part of a lively
horse than any other one thing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
In Terror OF Siberia. /.

Sigmund Massakowsk, a Russian refugee,
committed suicide iu Chicago q few days
ago, rather than run the risk OF being extra
dited and sent to Siberia. He had been an
officer In the Cars army, and about four
months ago was suspected OF being mixed
up in d political plot and fed from the
country. He had hoped to be able to bring
his family from st. Petersburg. but the kns-
sian Government forbade them to leave the
country, and, as the unfortunate man under
stood. put spies on his track. and he was In
constant fear OF being arrested for extradi-
ton. Death, he told countryman In Chi
cago, was better than Siberia.
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The driver who thinks thst becsuse1
his horse is fresh he can staud it tot
be driven fast at the start for several
miles, and then given chance to ress
Icy going slow, or one who drives fasst
for awhile and then slows down to q
walk in order to rest up ready for an
other squirt, viii not get the best
speed out of horse with the leass!
waste Of vitality, especially in going
long distances. i
It is q steady gait that counts moss
and wears the horse least. Give him q
chance to get warmed up first, and'
then let the gait be steady one.
Another item is not to feed too
heavily before driving A Light feed
of oats will be far better than at
heavier feed of more bulky grain.
Exercise or action too soon after eating,
retards digestion, and the animal thaal
must travel at good gait with a
loaded stomach cannot but show thaf
effects, and if driven rapidly for eveas
short distance after eating q hearty
meal there is considerable risk OF the
collie.
Watering properly is fully as I'M
portant as feeding. When horse hI
being driven on the road he should NOT
at any time be allowed to overload hi,
stomach with q large quantity Oh
water. So far as is possible the ruhI
should be- to give water frequently,
and, while he should have all that b,
win drink, it should be given in srnalE
doses.
A horse in good health can stand
more work and more driving without
injury than one that is in any way ouit
of condition, The feed and cars
should be such as are best calculated
to maintain health and thrift, and
then, when on the road, care must b.
taken to use this strength and vigor t1
the best advantage. ~
The good driver can tell by the wsY
his horse goes the amount of work hs
should have. Louis Republic.
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supplies TOR inc Snfpwrecked:

DR.. John B. briggs, a medical missionary
81 the Episcopal Church, who for five years
has been tho only white resident OF Point
Hope, Alaska, has written letter to the
church's board of missions asking 1t to lay
before the United States the advisabllity Of
keeping at Point Hope considerable store
of provisions for the use OF crews ship
wrecked in the Polar seas, who succeed in
reaching there. He says that the town never
has more than two weeks supply OF provis-
Ions at time, and that any considerable ac-
cession to the number OF mouths would
speedily reduce all to state Of starvation.
This was the fate Of crew which was
wrecked there three years ago. Forty men
succeeded in getting to the shore, but Of
these only eight reached San Francisco. The
rest persisted Of starvation. go,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24

Only in the sacredness OF inward silence
does the soul truly meet the secret-hiding
God. The strength Of resolve. which after
ward shapes life and mixes itself with action,
Is the fruit Of these sacred, solitary moments
when we meet God ulone.-Frederick William
D>ta
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
A HOLY TALE

A missionary some years ago, returning
from South Africa, gave description OF the
work which had been accomplished there
through the preaching Of the Gospel. Among
other things he pictured little incident OF
which he had been an eye witness.
He said that one morning ne saw q con-
verted African chieftain sitting under palm
tree with his Bible open before him. Every
now and then he cast his eyes on his book
and read a passage. Then he paused and
looked up little while, and his lips were
seen to be in motion. Thus he continued, al
ternately, to look down on the Scriptures
and to turn his eyes upwards towards heaven.
The missionary passed by without disturb
ing the good man, but after q little while ne
mentioned to him what he had seen, and
asked him whyit was that sometimes ne read
and sometimes he looked up.
This was the Africans reply: 81 look
down to the book and God speaks to me.
Then look up in prayer and speak to the
Lord. SO we keep:up, this way, holy .alk
with each other"
AS read the account Of this touching little
scene, the words of Psalms xvii. 8. flashed
over me. This picture is but mirror to re-
feet the eighth verse of the twenty-seventh
Psalm: :.When thou saidst, Seek ye my face;
my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will
seek"
First God talking to us; and then, our
talking to God.
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I SAW HIM DO IT.

I saw laborer returning weary from his
work. I saw him stoop and take stone,
that lay IN the pathway of passing wheels,
and cast it out OF the road. That sight did
me good. That stone might be struck by q
passing wheel, to the discomfort. perhaps, OF
The traveller. and possibly the injury OF the
vehicle. It was kind in the man to remove
1t.
':What trife. that, for a newspaper para
graph" says q captious one. Not 80, my
friend. The act was small, but the motive
noble-the act small, the principle on which
1t was based of unspeakable value to the hu-
man race.
1 love to trace things, especially such things
to their fountain. That man had emotion IN
his soul when he stopped to remove that
stone. He felt or he would not have acted.
He feltright. 1t was kind IN him. have q
right to think that act was but one OF the
links Of chain-and never was achatn MADE
Of better material-love for the welfare OF
others. Such chain is all gold. Inc man
had done Just such things before. and would
do Just such things again. 1t cost him some
thing to do this, for there was pelting storm
Of sleet, and he carried On umbrella, and ne
must pause in his rapid walk to do 1t.
Well done, my humble friend. II every
other man would stop and pick out OF the
path of his fellow-trayeler through life the
things that vex and annoy them. how many
sunny faces there would be in place OF seowl1ng
ones s!-Drops make a shower ;give us enough
Of them. Such acts as this man's-give us
enough ofthem-and how great the shower
Of blessings! How much misery would be
prevented.
1 shall not stop here. The man that will
do such thing will do greater things. That
will show what the fountain Is. He has
kind heart. He will remove larger stone
than that from the pathway OF human LIE.
Give me that man for my adversity: he VINO
has honored the small draft will honor the
greater. His good will was not all exhausted
by that effort.
It was trife was it? Please then think,
my friend, 1t can then be but trife for you
to do such thing. DO every such sort OF
thing-any thing that will remove obstruc-
tions out Of the path Of human happiness.
Give your neighbor q jog to do so too. Per;
haps be will pass the jog along, and we snail
Jog some of the selfshness out OF the human
heart,
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KITCHEN SCRAPS FOR CHICKENS.

From the kitchen come many of the
very choicest titbits which find their
way into tie cspacious craws of the
chicks, and it not only relieves the
monotony. Of grain food, but it turns
to profitable account what would
otherwise be cast out and lost. Bits Of
bread and meat, the crumbs from the
tablecloth, the bits of celery and scraps
of cabbage are all reished by the
fowls. .,-. j..
While the fowls will greedily take
these just as they come from the
kitchen, there are many other things
which could be proftably used as
chicken food if but o little care and
time be bestowed d pom its prepara-
ton. There are the potato parings,
which are usually consigned to the
swin tub or thrown out where they will
be of no account except to become a
nuisance.
These can be readily utilized by boil
ing them few minutes, and while still
hot mixing few handsful of fine corn
meal with them, after which they can
be set away to steam. When they are
cool the mess can be fed to the fowls,
and they will soon clean up every par
ticle. They can also be used without
the cornmeal. Turnip parings can be
similarly treated.-Poultry World
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24
HOUSE PLANTS.

House plants are as easily grown as
onions if once the knack of taking care
of them is learned, says the Orange
Judd Farmer. And it is well worth
while to become acquainted with their
habits, for there is no situation in life
to which growing plant will not add
cheer. There are plants suitable for
every kind of indoor decoration
trailing vines and lovely palms for the
bay window, lilies and hyacinths for
the psrlor table, begonias and gersni-
ums for the dining room, and hun
dreds of graceful forms for baskets,
corner shelves and out-of-way hooks.
Give those which are not in an &C.
tive, growing condition little water,
but as soon as there are signs of
growth increase the supply, keeping
in mind the fact that many more
plants are injured by overwatering
than from being kept too dry. Apply
no manure of any kind to plant not
in condition Of growth. Some per
sons, when they see that plant is not
growing, dose it with stimulants and
Fertilizers, and in most cases kill it.
All plants are sure to be injured by an
application of this kind unless in a
condition to make use Of it. Turn
them frequently to keep symmetrical.
If this is neglected the young and
growing branches will be drawn TO-
ward the light, and in time the plant
will become one-sided. A little care
at the proper time will prevent this.
More healthy plants would be seen
in sitting room windows if they were
given air daily. Many seem to get
the idea that they do not require much
air, and do not recognize the necessity
of their obtaining fresh supplies. 1t
is we'll to open q door some distance
from the plants for some minutes
daily and let fresh cold air mix with
the warm before coming in contact
with the plants. If you can change
the air from time to time, can regu-
late the temperature, keep the at
mosphere moist, and can have plenty
of sun, success is assured. Roll up the
shades, throw back the curtains, and
let the light come in. Your carpet
may fade, but the plants will take on
enough extra brightness to make up
for all losses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-24

TO achieve livelihood You can 60 through
any community and find good people with
more than usual mental caliber, who never
have been able to support themselves and
their households. They are mystery to us,
and we say, IT do not know what Is the
matter of them, but there is screw loose
somewhere" Some of these persons have
more brain than thousands who make a
splendid success. Some are too sanguine OF
temperament, and they see bargains whers
there are none. A common minnow
Is 70 them gold fish, and quail fla
mingo, and blind mule on toHpath Bu-
cepnaius. They buy wnen things are high.
est and sell when things are lowest. Some
one tells them OF city lots out West. where
the foundation of the first house has not yet
been laid. They say, "What an oppotun
ity!" and they put down the hard cash for
an crnamented deed for ten lots under
water. They hear OF q new silver mine
opened in Nevada, and they say. "What
chance" and they take the little money
they have in the savings bank and pay
it out for as beautiful 4 certii
cate OF mining stock as was ever printed
and the onlything they will ever get out Of
the investment is the aforesaid Illuminated
lithograpb. They are always on the verge
of millionairedom and are sometimes worried
as to whom they shall bequearh their excess
Of fortune. They invest in aerial machines
or new inventions in perpetual motion. and
they succeed in what mathematicians think
impossible. the squaring OF circle, for they
do everything on the square and win the
whole circle of disappointment. They are
good honest. brilliant failures. They die
poor, and leave nothing to their families but
q model of some invention that would not
work and whole portfolios OF diagrams
nf iuonhscihIp heir
but like them, because they are go cheerful
with great expectations. But their children
are bequest to the bureau Of city charities.
Others administer to the crop OF the worlds
misfortune by being too unsuspecting.
Honest themselves. they believe all others
are honest They are heeced and scalped
and vivlsected by the sharpers in all styes
of business and cheated out OF everything
between cradle and grave, and those two
exceptions only because they have nothing
to do in buying either OF them. Others are
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-01

1T is the duty of all Americans, men
and women alike, to watch for and stead
ly resist any and all attempts to besmirch
cur common school system with the mud
Of partisanship, or TO introduce therein
the bias Of sectionalism, or the taint of
sectarianism, Pure morality, upright
honesty and ardent patriotism are the
ethics which should blend with practical
tuition to mould the hearts and minds OF
young America. Thepolicy which makes
a teachers position the reward of political
service or political'pulp must be sternly
,ebukod. School directors who hold office
by virtue of partisan services, who val uC
their positions according to the perquisites
they afford must give place to honest,
patriotic men, who can appreciate grave
responsibilities, though they may be un
able to discern publishers bribe wheI
dhrust before them.
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this season is the unclean cellar and the
defective plumbing The stored vegeta-
tion that remain Of the winter supply is
too often left to decay in moist and
noIious corners, in cellars, and thence to
spread deadly exhalations throughout
the house and its neighborhood. The
collected garbage and miscellaneous
domestic refuse that are thrown carelessly
into empty boxes and barrels too frequent
ly stay there day or a week too long,
thereby Fastening the approach of an
epidemic.
II would be uninteresting to catalogue
the many ways in which winter careless
ness leaves big and little heaps of menac-
ing waste all about the home; It is enough
for present purposes to call attention to
the general need of a complete cleansing,
followed by thorough fumigation and
freshing Of cellars, drainage ways, gar.
dens and lawns.
This need, although general, is perso
nal one to each householder. It isone that
appeals simply to individual enterprise
common sense and discretion. 1t is
merely clever device by which to econo
mize on doctor bills and funeral expenses
and an effective aid to wholesome living
This is the time for the good work to be
gin, and If you have not already started
it do 80 at once
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-01
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Nearly all the Cinnamon Of San Fran.
cisco have obeyed the registration law.
The bill for the disestablishment of the
Welshgchurch passed its first reading in
the British house Of commons.
The tug Nathaniel p. Doane sunk an
unknown fisherman i'm Boston harbor. 1t
is not yet known whether the crew of the
fisherman escaped,
The grand jury brought in an indict
ment against William ID. Lohmann, the
defaulting cashier of the Brooklyn excise
department, for grand larceny.
Dick Stone, the man who murdered Var
Dingess at Huntington, w. Va, last De
cember, and who has escaped the author
tiles since, was arrested at Kenova yester
day afternoon. Mr.. Dingess was one o.
the most prominent men in Logan county
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-01
A BREEZE IN HE SENATE


Mr.. voorhees, Denies Ucportcd Change
I'm the Tariff Uill.
WAsHINGTON May 1.-The Democratic
side of the senate was goaded almost to
desperation yesterday by the eXPsperating
prodding of the leaders of the opposition.
The Republicans, led by Senator Aldrich,
assumed the aggressive at the outset,
using the current newspaper reports of
radical changes agreed upon by the Dem.
ocrats in secret conference as weapons with
which to harrass and irrtate them.
Senator Voorhees,, chairman of the
finance committee, was finally driven to
making IA statement, in which he utterly
repudiated the reports about radical mod
ifications of the bill, and declared himself
unHlterably hostile to any further conces.
sions TO the protected interests, especially
to the various trusts that are seeking in
creases. He declared positively that the
income tax would remain Toward the
close of the high tempered debate the lie
was banded with a freedom that was
quite startling in the dignifed senate, and
the climax was reached when Senator
Turpie, of Indiana, launched a terrific as
sault of a most personal character against
Senator Aldrich. The latter, although
apparently intensely aroused, only replied
by suggesting that he did not think the
senator would have made the speech h'
| did under the circumstances.
just before 5 o'clock, after almost si1
hours spent in this manner, the senate go
| down to business, and Mr.. Quay resumed
| the speech began some weeks ago, Within
few minutes, however, a motion to ad
| jouTn was made, and the Democrats sud
denly found themselves without a quo
rum. Mr.. Harris threatened to order tn
sergeant-at-arms to send for absentees !
this occurred again, and Mr.. Cockrell CAV
notice that the old law of 81 to dock
senator's salaries would be enforced t.
compel attendance. On the whole it wa
a very interesting, and at times exciting
day.
The house spent most of the day in CON
mittee of the whole on the army apprc
priation bill, The resignation of Congress
man Caldwell, Of Ohio, was presented.