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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
SODA sHoRTENs THE TIME.

Soda? Why, that's the most i'm
Fortant thing in the whole kitchen. 1t
just halves your work-only don't let
it get into the laundry. For example,
you put a lump of it in among the
dishes when they are to be washed
after breakfast.
You'll notice those nice paper dish.
pans-that's why cups keep their
handles in this kitchen, and why a
dozen glasses last more than week
you don't bang them against zinc or
iron.
With all the dishes gathered of the
kitchen table into this light dishpan,
o lump of soda laid on top and the hot
water cock turned on full for minute,
just turn or two of the mop makes
things clean and ready for the towel.
A lump, or even a pinch, of it in each
pot cuts the grease out as if by magic,
and with us pot washing has no terrors.
More of it goes into the water with
which the table is scrubbed, says Har'
per's Bazaar. and is used in the water
for mopping the floor, washing the
windows, scalding the refrigerator,
and before you 90 to bed at night pour
a little hot soda water down the waste
pipe of the sink, for there grease is
apt to clog and grow rank, and make
disease and bad smells.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
CLEANING DEL1C ATE WHITE LACEs.

Delicate white laces may be cleaned
with calcined magnesia after receipt
of Madame Modjesks's, SAYS the La
dies Home Journal. Spread the lace
on a sheet of writing paper, sprinkle
it on both sides with magnesia. place
a second piece of paper over it. put
away between the leaves of book for
three days, then shake off the powder,
when the lace will be found perfectly
clean. Laces are given a creamy hue
by putting strained coffee or pow
dered saffron in the rinsing water un-
til the right cream or ecru tinge is
procured. White silk laces are soaked
in milk over night, then soused in
warm soapsuds, rinsed and finally
pulled out and carefully pinned down
while damp. Laces must be soused,
gently squeezed and clapped between
the hands until dry or nearly So.
They may be whitened by letting
them stand covered with soapsuds in
the sun, repeating the operation sew
eral times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
WHEN BUYING A CARPET.

When buying carpet get On extra
quarter of a yard for ravelinga to
mend with later. After a carpet is
laid, if there are any places where the
seams pucker in matching the figures
or stripes, wet these places with cold
water and they will generally dry
smooth. This is especially helpful in
the case of rag carpets, which are
often 1naccurately striped. Buy q
yard more than is necessary for a
stair carpet; the position can then be
changed occasionally, and thus is
saved the wear on the edges of the
stairs. The extra length can be
smoothly tackled under the carpets at
the top and bottom of the stairs. Cut
a section from an old bedquilt a very
little narrower than the width of the
carpet and long enough to 60 the
whole length of the stairs. Tack this
in place before laying the carpet
American Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
IMPROVED DUST BATH.

sential that the dusting place be kept
absolutely dry, as otherwise it will soil
tho plumage and the fine bird in which
you may pride yourself will look very
dingy. The rooted box in the sketch
will give an idea of how birds may be
provided with dry dust bath in near
ly all kinds of weather. Some poultry
raisers allow.their fowls the liberty of
the sheds where the farm machinery is
housed and here they get fine dust
ing in all sorts of weather, but if the
birds roost on them it does not i'm
prove their looks nor the working of
the farm implements. Better keep
them out, and assign them to quarters
more fitting. The cost of cleaning
machinery of hen manure on some
farms would build palatial abodes for
the hens, and make them profitable
part of the farm.
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onion plants, when rain bas fallen
upon the land already prepared, we
use small dibber in place of the in
dex finger of the right hand for max
ing the hole. While I am on this SUBJ
iect will illustrate new style OF
dibber, that may come very handy for
transplanting onions. The idea was
given me by Thomas Hiday, of Ander.
son, Indiana. The dibber is made OF
hardwood, eight or ten inches long
the point covered with tin. The
gauge is simply piece of wire bent
with a square angle and inserted
through hole in the dlbber. 1t can
be set to mark different distances as
desired. The wire makes the mark for
the place where 70 set the next plant.
We usually have onion plants three
inches apart. The kind and amount
of fertilizer to use fol, onions and cab
bages depend on the character of the
soil. For my land prefer old COM
post to anything else; but l also use
potash (asmuriate of potash), nitrogen
in the form of nitrate of soda (espe.
cially valuable for cabbaRes), and per
haps phosphoric acid in bone. High
grade, complete vegetable manures
may be used. They supply all neces-
sary plant foods. For 500 pounds you
will be asked to pay about $40 or
more. Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
All Circus Rings Alike.

A circus is a circular arena of four
teen yards nine inches in diameter,
surrounded by benches, says the Inter-
Ocean. Fourteen yards nine inches
is the regulation size. The uuvarying
dimensions of the arena respond to a
double necessity-the exigency of the
man and the exigency of the animal.
The performer is instinctively nomad,
both through disposition and interest.
It IS therefore most important that,
although he continually changes his
locality, he should find the scene of
his performance UNMARRIED.
This rule is extremely, convenient
for men, but it is indispensable for
animals. A performing horse must
find in whatever spot he appears be-
fore the public ring of fourteen
yards nine inches, sanded to depth
of three inches and a quarter, sur
rounded by palisade opening in two
places only and low enough to enable
it to walk around with the fore hosfs
on the red cushion and the hind legs
in the arena. This is in Difference to
the horses one great faculty of mem
ory, which dominates all'the methods
of the trainer in handling him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
GRATING WAX.

There are many formulas for graft
ing wax, but the best we have ever
used, and one that avoids nj hard
Jumps in it is the following: Take
one pound rosin. three-quarters of q
pound of beef tallow and four ounces
of beeswax. Melt the rosin slowly (it
is apt to harden on exposure to the
cold if the melting is too rapidly done) ;
add tallow and beeswax and stir till all
are well mixed; turn into cold. water,
and when it can be handled pull like
candy. The wax should be carried to
the field in pailo warm water, and
the hands must be creased when using
it. The old method of covering the
gratis with clay made plastic by work
ing in the hands when wetted and
binding it over with cloth strips is also
good, but tho wax is more cleanly and
neater. New York World.
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dissolved in hot water be added 10 it.
This solution may be applied to oil
plants attacked by fungus diseases.
Another formula for making Bordeaux
mixture has recently been tried in
France With marked success, and it is
thought to be an improvement upon
the older one. It consists of equal
parts of lime, sulphate of copper and
common molasses. All three ingredi-
ents are dissolved separately, then
mixed and intimately stirred together.
By adding molasses saccharate OF
lime is formed on one hand and soluble
saccharate of copper on the other.
Saccharate of copper is formed only in
presence of an excess of lime, and Its
formation is indicated in the mixture
when it assumes greenish tinge. In
either mixture the dissolved lime
should be strained through coarse
cloth to remove all Jumps and foreign
matter usually present in lump or
stone lime. If this is not done it will
be difficult to use the mixture with an
ordinary spraying apparatus. New
York Sun.
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Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the Public Eye Today.
Prominently in the Public Eye Today.
Costly Postage Stamps.

4 remarkable auction sale of post
age stamps took place recently in the
rooms of the Philatelic Society in New
York. The attraction was the collec-
tion of Louis Levison, of San Fran.
cisco, which consisted mostly of
stamps of the United States and Brit
iah colonies. The prices realized are
all record breakers. An 1861 British
Columbia 2td. imperforate sold for
S125. 4 Canadian I'D, unused,
brought $53.25. The New Brunswick
3d., yellow, of 1851, unused, brought
S76, and the Is. stamp of the same
date S226.5O. newfoundland stamps
sold at the following figures Six:
pence, orange, S76; 4d.. scarlet, S1O0;
3d., scarlet, S194; Gid, scarlet, 1888,
and the Is, scarlet, S2S2, said to be
the highest price ever realized for any
stamp in this country. Nova Scotia
stamps brought the following prices:
Six pence, yellow green, unused, S26;
3d., dark green, s45; and three copies
of the 1s., $102, $50 and S142, respec-
lively.
Among the other high value stamps
were the following: The State De.
partment S. for S91.50, and the $40
for S35. so.
Stamps OF the Confederate States
sold as follows: Athens (Ga.), $40;
four varieties of the Baton Rouge (Ls.)
&C., 81, SIT and $50, respectively;
Macon (Ga.), two varieties, for S63.50
and Sill; Lenoir IN. C.), SS2, and
Mobile &C., black, S42. 50.'-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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Spring Makes Me Tired

cause it makes pure, rich blood. 1tgives
strength to nerves and muscles because
it endows the blood with new powers
of nourishment. It creates an appetite,
tones and strengthens the stomach and
digestive organs, and thus builds up
the whole system and prepares it to
meet the change to warmer weather.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is medicine
upon which you may depend. 1t is
the only true blood purifier promi-
nently before the public eye today. 1t
has a record of cures unequalled in
the history of medicine. 1t is the med
lcine of which 80 many people write,
"Hood's Sarsaparilla does all that it is
claimed to do" You can take Hoods
Sarsaparilla with the confident expec-
tation that it will give you pure blood
and renew health. Take it now.
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Can You Keep Your Hand Stilr2

Thought provokes action. Thirk OF
doing something and (unconsciously,
perhaps) you begin tc do it.
In the University OF Wisconsin Pro-
lessor Jastrow has an instrument called
the automatograph, which shows very
clearly and precisely the automatic
movements of the hand.
1t consists merely of piece of glass
resting on three movable metal feet,
or, in other words, it is a small car.
riage which will shift it's position at
the slightest movement.
At the end is needle fixed verti.
cally, and in contact with a roll of
paper covered with layer of lamp
black. If the apparatus moves, the
movement is traced on the paper by
the needle. Both paper and needle
are hidden by screen.
Professor Jastrow tells you to rest
your hand upon the glass and keep it
perfectly still. This appears quite
easy, but when you think that your
hand is quite motionless you find to
your surprise that the needle is trac.
ing lines on the paper.
The fact is you cannot keep your
hand still. Unconsciously and invisi-
bly, it moves with your thoughts. Look
at that pair of scales, watch how the
rod goes this way and that way as the
scales move. Now look at the black
paper. You will fud that your hand
has been moving exactly in agreement
with the movement of the rod.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
THE BORDEAUX MIXTURE.

Bordeaux mixture is made by dis
solving six pounds of sulphate of cop
per and four pounds of quicklime in
from forty to fifty gallons of water,
preparing the mixture as follows ::
Dissolve the sulphate by putting it in
bag of coarse cloth and hanging this
in vessel holding four or five gal
Ions, SO that it is just covered by the
water. Use an earthern or wooden
vessel. Slake the lime in an equal
amount OF water. Then mix the two
und add enough water to make about
forty gallons. 1t is then ready for
use, but will keep long time without
losing its strength. When to be
applied to plants with very smooth
leuves, like those of the peach, pear,
cabbage and beets, it will adhere bet
Ter if about one pound Of hard soap
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
CROPS FOR FEED DURING DRoUTH.

The first thing on every farm should
be to SOW one or more extra crops, to
be used as a soiling crop. Many who
keep but one or two COWS and hire
them pastured, find that the COWS
have little more than bare yard as
the dry weeks of August come on,
while farmers who keep a herd Of
dairy COWS will find a good crop of
some succulent fodder to be a paying
one. If the crop is not used as taken
from the ground, it may be cured and
housed for winter, thus furnishing
some extra feed that will not come
amiss. Peas and oats sowed early
will be in good heart by the last Of
July, and if two or three lots are
sown, a succession may be had that
will last for some weeks. Hungarian
millet may come along at the right
time if sown about June l, and when
fed with thep peas and oats will be much
better relishcd by the COWS than if
either are fed alone for any length of
time.
To succeed this may come sweet
corn fodder. A succession of this
crop may be had by planting q strip
of some early variety, followed by a
medium early and then by Stowell's
Evergreen. If one has more corn fod-
der than can be used to advantage,
the silo will keep 1t in fine form until
it is all fed. A crop which, it is
feared, .dairymen are not providing
themselves will. as much as they should
or as tie crop is worthy OF, is barley.
By sowing it July Is to 80, it may be
harvested during the first week in
August, and will furnish good succu-
lent food long after the stock should
be in winter quarters, as the frosts do
not injure barley. Good COWS and
care are indispensable to make the
dairy pay, but good food and a plenty
of it is the handspring. New Eng
land Homestead.
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Mountains on Fire.

A communication from Aveyron,
France, says: '"The village of Gran
sac is surrounded by burning noun.
tains. The Montet, which, according
to local chroniclers, has been on fire
for more than a century, has now the
aspect of o veritable volcano. From
its crster-like summit an intense
volume of smoke rises during the day,
while at night q multitude of vari-
colored flames furnish the glorious
spectacle of a mountain on fire.
Actuated doubtless by the strong
winds Of the last few weeks, the fiery
element, which has been consuming
the entire Montet Mountain proper,
has spread to the rauge,. and has
assumed proportions which are very
grave. During the very dark nights
the blaze Eliminates the horizon as
that of great conAagration. At
times blue white flames shoot up to a
considerable height, giving the effect
of lightning during storm. A
curious fact about the burning Mon
tet ia that whenever a period of very
cold temperature ensues the mountain
fire seems to grow in intensity. All
efforts to extinguish the blaze, or even
to retard its progress, have been in
vain. All that has been done to
smother or quench the fire appeared
to but increase the fury of the devour-
ing element. Its progress is increas-
ing, and the blaze never was as fierce
as it is now." This fire is the sequel
to a conhagration that broke out in
the coal mines of Fontaines and Mon.
tet many decades ago. Joanne men
tions the burning mountain in his
Geographical Dictionary of France,
1S41," as having been on fire. a long
time.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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Tomany people Spring and it's duties
mean an aching head, tired limbs and
throbbing nerves. Just as tho milder
weather comes, the strength begins to
wane and ''That Tired Feeling" is the
complaint of all.
The reason for this condition is
found in the deficient quality of the
blood. During the winter, owing to
various causes, the blood becomes
loaded with impurities and loses its
richness and vitality. Consequently,
as soon as the bracing effect of cold
air is lost, these is languor and lack
of energy. The cure will be found in
purifying and enriching the blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the greatest
and best spring medicine because it is
the greatest and best blood purifier.
It overcomes That Tired Feeling be-
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AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
TIE BUCKEYE STATE CONTRIBUTES
THE STORY OF A VETERANS
SEARCH. .."a. E

How Fred Taylor, Member Of the GAL
liant 1ssth N. T., ". l., Finally
Found What He Has Sought
Since the War Closed.
CFrons the Astta5ula, Ohio. Bedc6n.)
Mr.. Fred Taylor was born and brought up
near Elmira, N. Y, and from there enlisted
In the 1s9th regiment, N. Y, '. l., With
which he went through the war and saw
much hard service. Owing to exposure and
hardships during the service, Mr. Taylor con-
tracted chronic diarrh9a, from which he has
suffered now over thirty years, with abso-
lutely no help from physicians. BY nature
he was wonderfully vigorous man. Had
he not been, his disease and the experiments
Of the doctors had killed him long ago.
Laudanum was the only thing which Afford
ed him relief. He had terrible headaches
his nerves were shattered, he could not sleep
an hour day on an average, and he was re-
duced to skeleton. A year ago he and his
wife sought relief in change Of climate and
removed to Geneva, Ohio; but the change In
health came not. Finally, on the recon-
| mendation off. ]. Hoffner, the leading drug
gist OF Ge..eva, who was cognizant Of similar
cases which Pink Pills had cured, Mr.. Taylor
was persuaded to try a box. Gas q drowning
man grasps straw, so I took the pills, !" says
Mr.. Taylor. "but with no more hope Of
rescue. But after thirty years Of suffering
and frlitless search for relief at last found
| It IN DR.. Williams Pink Pills. The day afterI
took the first pills commenced to feel better.
and when I had taken the first box was In
fact new man." Fhat was two months ego.
Mr.. Taylor has since taken more OF the pills
and his progress is steady, and he has the
utmost confidence in them. He has regained
full control Of his nerves and sleeps as we'll
| as in his youth. Color Is coming back to his
| parched veins and he Is gaining flesh and
strength rapidly. He is now able to do con-
siderable outdoor work.
As he concluded narrating his suferings,
experience and cure to a Beacon reporter
Mrs. Taylor, who has been his faithful help
meet these many years, said she wished to
add her testimony In favor OF Pink PILLS.
ITO the pills alone Is due the credit Of rails
ing Mr.. Taylor from helpless invalid to the
man he is to-day" said Mrs. Taylor. Both
M and Mrs. Taylor cannot find words to ex.
press the gratitude they feel or recommend
too highly Pink Pills to suffering humanity.
Any inquiries addressed to them at Geneva,
O., regarding Mr.. Taylor's case, they will
cheerfully answer, as they are anxious that
the whole world shall know what Pink Pills
have done for them and that suffering hu-
manity may be benefited thereby.
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the ele-
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are for sale by all druggists, or may be
had by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for so cents
per box or Elk boxes for $3.50.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

The time to sell is when the other
fellow wants to buy.
Bees can be kept in the city, where
there are houses with no yards, on flat
roofs.
Be careful to watch out for leaks in
hive covers. Dampness is generally
fatal to colonies.
Poor mares and cheap stations
makes a mighty unsound foundation
for breeding.
No fruit has paid better of late
years than the ounce, and none has
been more neglected.
If large, showy-colored plants are
wanted for bedding-out slips they
should be started now. AS soon as
rooted they will need some sunlight
to make them strong and to bring out
the colors.
It is we'll to be on your guard
against rodents of all kinds. They
seek the hives for the warmth of the
bees and their stores. They have Il
stencil that bees do not like, and will
eat the combs.
Spring is the time to cultivate bees.
When the weather begins to g& warm
they will work hard. Anyone who is
thinking of investing in bees would
find it best to read up and get all the
information they can.
In some localities in the South
breeding commences in March. Care
must be exercised not to let the bees
become destitute of provisions.
Should the weather be favorable for
breeding, supplies disappear as If by
magic.
Don't wait any longer. Plant some
fruit trees this year. You will add to
the value of your farm, make the home
more homelike and your family more
happy and contented. There is also
substantial remuneration IN dollars
and cents.
The feet of foals very seldom re.
ceive the care and the frequent in
spection so necessary to their future
perfection of form and soundness.
Horses feet, from this cause alone,
frequently become deformed, defec-
tive and unhealthy.
1t requires good judgment to buy
horses successfully, and it requires
just as good to sell them. Farmers
should seek to know what kind OF o
horse is wanted, and then if in their
stock they have such a one to spare
they can sell at profit.
The worst way in which brood sows
can be managed is to keep them con-
fined in small pens and feed them ex-
clusively on corn, bringing them
through to the spring excessively fat.
Under such treatment, both mothers
und offspring are liable to disease.
A beekeeper comes to the defense of
sealed covers. He has used them for
thirty years, and been successful. He
covers the hive with an inch board,
then puts over that straw four to SIX
inches deep in the upper chamber,
throwing the straw away in spring.
The best thing to grow IN an
orchard, beside the trees, is clover or
COW peas, whose roots will enrich the
ground by their gathering of nitrogen.
It will be bettor if the crop is left on
the ground to cover the surface, pre-
serving the moisture, and really
adding most useful contribution Of
food for the improvement Of the
land.
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More Haste, Less Speed.

There is natural and very strong desire
in the spring and early summer to get rid Of
underwear and overwear, 30 that the fresh
air may thoroughly refresh. But the worst
colds of the whole year are taken, and espec-
tally at open windows, where the drafts are
strongest and chill the surest. 1t is there
where lumbago sets in. 1t is just the condi.
tion and circumstance to make such an at.
tack sure. 1t is just the time also when st.
Jacobs Oil should be handy for immediate
use. 1t is a time, too, when it makes its
surest cures. For lumbago it is certain
remedy.