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Converting Light Into Sound.

One of the marvels of modern
science is the conversion of beam of
light into sound. The light ray is
thrown through lens on a glass YES.
sci containing lamp black, colored
silk, worsted, or other substances A
dish having Sits or openings cut in it
is made to revolve swiftly in this
beam of light SO as to cut it up,
making alternate flashes of light and
shadow. On putting the ear to the
glass vessel, strange sounds are hearo
SO long as the flashing beam is falling
upon it. Another phase of this re-
markable discovery is still more in
teresting. A beam OF. sunlight is
passed through prism. The disc is
turned and the colored light of the
solar spectrum is made to break
through it. If the ear be placed to
the vessel containing the silk, wool or
other material, as the colored lights
fall upon it, sounds will be given by
different parts of the spectrum, and
there will be silence in some other
parts. To illustrate, if the vessel con-
tains red wo1sted and the green light
flashes upon it, loud sounds will be
heard if the red and blue rays fall
upon it, and other colors make no
sound at all. Green silk gives sound
lest in red light. 1t is by no means
improbable that this discovery fore.
shadows q new law of harmonics, and
Remingt on's experiments in tone
color may possibly, by this new ap-
plication of sight and sound, result in
some prac tical theory which will give
us an entirely new scheme of music.
The thing is but in its infancy, but
the mere fact that such discovery
has been made cannot but forecast
important results. ts.-Invention.
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Tainted Blood
Hoods SarSaparilIa
A Remarkable Family History.

! At the meeting in favor OF Cuban
freedom in Chicago the other day the
Rev. DR.. Frank W. Gunsaulus, the
,well-known Presbyterian clergyman
of Chicago, said: II am a Spaniard.
The name Gunsaulus is the name OF
the Smith family in SPAN and Cuba.
Those of US who did not get into the
ministry went into the cigar business.
But while have Spanish blood in my
veins, every drop of it tingles with the
memory that one of my ancestors was
sent to a jail in Holland, put into 8
dungeon and kept there by the rapac'
ity of Spain until at last, inch by inch
and day by day, the water OF the river
let into that dungeon almost silently
rose to his hips, and as he died his
prayer was that no descendant of his
might forget the violence and the out
rage of wrong-headed Spanish Govern
ment. He was sensible enough to
marry the daughter of Puritan. Her
father helped to lay the foundations
of this Government in the first town
meeting at Plymouth, and that Purl.
tan grandmother has complete control
of this house tonight. New York
Tribune.
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GUM ON CHERRY TREES.

The gum which exudes from any
wounds on the bark of cherry, plum,
peach and other stonefruit trees, is of
the same character and composition
chemically as the common gum arabic,
which is derived from a species of
acacia. 1t does no particular harm to
the trees, is unsightly, and, as its ad-
hesiveness causes it to gather the
germs of the common black knot that
infests all these trees, it is desirable
to prevent the gum or remove 1t.
This latter is easier than the former,
and may be done by shaving off the
gum and applying little common
paint on the wound. The gum is
probably not the cause of the un-
thriftiness of the trees, but, on the
other hand, this may most likely be
the cause of the gum. The shriveled
leaves and immaturity of the fruit are
doubtless due to the presence Of
borers in the tree, near the root,
where, too, this gum will be found ex-
uding, as we'll as on the stem. The
borers should be kept from the trees
by painting the stems from few
inches below the surface of the ground
to three feet above it with q mixture
of lime, Stacked into a thick wash. and
cowdung to thicken it little, with
carbolic acid to give it perceptible
odor. The mere whitewashing of the
trees will be some protection against
these pests. New York Times.
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while birds at eighteen and twenty
pounds are almost unstable at greatly
reduced rates.
Of course there is some demand for
large turkeys for hotels and boarding.
houses, but the private family will
have none of them, for two excellent
reasons: First, the oven in the aver
age city house is too small to accom-
modate such a lordly bird, and, second
ly, the size of the family not being in
proportion, it's members would rebel
at the turkeys too frequent appear
ance at meals. It would be we'll for
the turkey-raiser to keep both these
points in view and regulate the size
of his birds accordingly. He will save
in feed and get better returns for his
flock. The day of the enormous COB
bier is past. New York World.
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TURKEY RAISING.

If it is proposed to market the tur.
keys by Thanksgiving it is time some
attention was paid to making them fat
and juicy. This should not be dif.
fcult task if they are in good condition
and have been kept growing. Some
check should now be put upon their
roaming tendencies and everything
possible done to make them take on
flesh. If quarrelsome they should be
separated. Three weeks before nar.
keting the fattening process should b.
gin. This should consist in giving
them all the cooked corn meal and
potatoes they will eat up clean for the
morning and MONDAY meals and
plenty of grain at night. A little
pulverized charcoal added to the morn
ing meal will aid digestion. Plenty
of pure water or, better still, rich milk
should be before them so that they
may drink at all times.
TO make q fair profit off the birds
in these days of keen competition it
is necessary that the marketing should
receive the same care and intelligence
that has been given to the raising and
fattening of the birds. TO this end
we some months ago CLEANED from
various dealers in New York certain
points as to the most snlable birds.
This article, which has since been go
ing the rounds OF the agricultural
press without credit is now reprinted
for the benefit of those preparing birds
for the full and winter market:
All commission merchants agree that
it is the medium sized turkeys that
sell the most readily and are the most
profitable. The birds should dress
eight, ten or twelve pounds, according
to tho proportion of toms and hens,
they say, and should look plump and
clean. These birds are the first Sc
lected and the others 60 off more slow
ly. At over fourteen pounds re-
duction in the price Is demanded:
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ASPARAGUS AND REUBARB.

One of the advantages with these is
that. they are ready for use early in
the spring when, usually, there is a
scarcity OF everything of this kind.
Another advantage is that. if properly
cared for, bed can be made to last a
number of years without replanting.
This is especially true OF asparagus.
but with rhubarb it will be best to re.
set the plants, dividing them up every
five years. On account of their start
ing to grow very early, and making a
rapid growth, it is very essential that
the soil be very rich. In fact there
are few plants that will stand more
\ coarse, flesh manure than these two.
In the fall is one of the best times
for setting out the plants. The ground
should be plowed in good tilth and
made rich by applying plenty OF
manure and working well into the soil:
In selecting place for them 1t will be
best to have on one side or end Of tho
garden 30 as to be out of the way OF
the other garden work. As more or less
cultivation is necessary, it will save
time and labor in cultivating. Make
the rows at least three feet apart and
set the plants three feet apart in the
rows. In setting out the asparagus
plants, care must be taken to spread
out the roots evenly and to press the
soil well down upon the roots. Three
rows each fifty feet long will furnish
all that any average family will need.
No cultivation will be needed in the
fall, but it will pay to give a good
dressing of manure late in the fall or
early winter. This will act as {. mulch
during the winter, and at the same
time add that much to the fertility.
This can be forked into the soil early
in the spring.
Considering the amount Of food
these can b. made to supply, and the
length of time crops can be harvested
without replanting, and the amount of
cultivation necessary. there are few
crops that can be grown more economi-
llv.-Journal of Agriculture.
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If the forehead be high, the hat is set
so we'll down that the start of the di-
vision of the hair is covered, and then
the locks appear in artistic slant down
over the ears and hiding the temples.
Then on the larger hats the crop of
plumes seems even more luxuriant
than it was last winter.
Velvet hats with brim in black and
soft velvet tam crowns overhanging
jeweled hand are made jaunty by
thrusting pair of plumes under the
caves of the crown and allowing them
to nod beyond the brim, this on both
sides. At the back the brim turns up
sharply, and through a pair OF slashes
ends of the ieweled band hang down
and make knot Of glitter against ihe
hair.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Lay in lot of cabbage for the hens
this winter. 1t is cheap and will help
along the egg business wonderfully.
Be careful and not crowd your fowls
too much. Better kill off some of the
poorest ones. You will be the gamer.
If you are bound to feed only one
kind of grain let it be wheat. Unless
you want to fatten fowls for market,
when corn should be used.
Bantam chickens were first brought
from the East Indies, and are sup
posed to have received their name
from Bantam, residency of the island
of Java.
Have you arranged for a scratching
pen for the fowls? If you can't do any
more than put dropping board IN
der the perches, and cover the floor
beneath with litter, chaff, cut straw
and anything that will make them
scratch for their living. You must
keep them busy if You are toget many
eggs.
The Department of Agriculture rec.
ommends growing more OF the legu-
minous crops, as they furnish the
cheapest food for stock and the cheap
est manure for the soil. They obtain
from the air nitrogen which is neces.
sary for both plant and animals and
which costs, in the form OF fertilizers
and feeding stufs, from fifteen to
twenty five cents pound.
Charcoal is the most beneficial to
potted plants if broken in pieces the
size of small chestnuts and added to
the soil in the proportion Of one part
to twenty OF earth. The application
of carb onic acid to the roots gives lux
uriant growth above the soil; charcoal,
if kept moist, combines with oxygen,
and emits carbonic acid. The best Of
drainage for the pots of the window
garden is two inches deep OF these
bits of chnacoa.
The reason why bees fill in small
slabs of comb between the frames,
says Gleanings, is due, many times, to
improper spacing and to combs that
are irregular. If combs are flat rs
board and spaced l. inches from CEN
ter to center, and if the top bars are
II inches wide there will be very lit
tie trouble. The building OF similar
pieces of comb in the sections can be
avoided by the use of separators in
connection with full sheets OF founda-
tion. In most cases separators with
starters are effective.
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Highest LeayenDg Power Latest u s. Govt Report
q! Rs,xasgI! RskiI2g
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Ouintessence OF PhIegm.

Colonel Mclaughlin, OF San Fran.
cisco, sent his Swedish foreman a few
days ago to do some work around the
mouth of an old mining shaft, and he
took green countryman with him as
an assistant. In couple of hours the
foreman walked up to the Colone)s
Office and remarked: ''Say. Colonel, !
want anndder man." "Why. what's
the matter with that man l sent out
with you? inquired the Colonel.
"Ob, he fall down de shaft bout half
an hour ago, an he don't come up. I
t'ink he jumped his yob. New York
Tribune. -
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of last season, reaching we'll below the
waist. Much jet is used for their
adornment and embroideries of all
kinds. An autumn model shown to
me wss made of black faille worked
all over with jet.
The trimming consisted of long tabs
of broad ribbon also wrought with jet,
and reaching to near the hem of the
cloak. The ribbon ends were oval
shaped, and the collar, formed also of
ribbon, was very high and framed the
face.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-20
A CHEMICAL DEHoHNER.

The best chemical dehorner is caus-
tic potash, to be hsd in sticks for 9
few cents at any druggists. When
the calf is few days old clip off the
hair over the horn button. moisten
one end of the caustic (hold the other
end wrapped in paper and rub it on
the button until the skin is very red
and highly infamed. When the scab
comes off, if the least trace of the horn
nut remains, repeat the application.
Put the caustic only on the nut or
button, as it burnsintensely. .-Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
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COLLARETTES.

Coll, ettes OF starched linen or stiff.
Fcned ii 9 cambria are equally unbe-
coming to many. Therefore large
>hapcs are available in gulpure and
irish laces. They frequently do duty
Cor epaulettes and collars. Separate
at lace bertha pieces are frequently
zen lying like collars over the should
crs; these are not always white, but
sometimes even Of dark russet color.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-20
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
GATHERING BEETs EARLY.

The beet root is more easily injured
by frost than any other. It should
always be harvested before severe
freezing weather. Nearly all varieties
of beets grow we'll out of the ground,
and if they are harvested before freez-
ing weather their leaves will make q
good deal of valuable fodder, that
must, however. be used quickly, as
when put in piles it is so full of sap
that it quickly rots.-Boston Guilt
vator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-20
ERocADE OF EVERY HUE.

Brocades of the purest silk take all
the hues Of the rainbow, with its deli.
cate shadings into aerial blue, rosy
dawn pinks. sunset purples and gold,
with moonlight grays and woodland
green's. These are highly appropriate
for dinner and evening toilet for some
matrons, with the fashionable jewelled
garnitures, and the simpler ones for
youthful dance dresses, carried out in
the ever-becoming silk crepes, gauzes
and chifons.
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Here Below.

"Man wants but little here below, and
wants that little long" and just as long as
he can get it. The words of the old hymn
have meaning, which, interpreted that as
the absence OF all pain is supreme happi-
ness, it is very little to ask to be freed from
n 4 short cur to the attainment OF this is
10 use st. Jacobs Oil. 1t is a little thing to
get, but the amount of good it does in the
cure of pains is something enormous.
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No Witches Ever Burned at Salem.

The same old blunder is always
turning up. Here is the Ohio State
Journal with an account of Salem,
which is described as the town "where
they burned witches in We olden
time" Salem never burned witch
either in olden or modern times
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT. "
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POPULARITY OF vELvETs.

Velvet ribbons have the appearance
of monopolizing the attention, for q
time at least, this winter. Skirts
will be more or less trimmed, and vel
vet ribbon will be largely that trim
ming. 1t will be put at the foot in the
shape of plain bands, sometimes in
graduated width, or in rows of three to
five.
Velvet will be the popular fabric all
winter. very largely used for sleeves
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CAPEs MUST BE WORN.

Sleeves show no signs of diminish.
ing in size, with the result that capes
are again to be worn this winter.
Large sleeves must always be enemies
to coats, for the latter, be they ever
so ample, will necessarily crush the
former.
The new capes are longer than those
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-20
NEW IDEA IN SLEEVES.

A new idea in sleeves shows a ruch-
ing made by gathering the top of the
sleeve couple OF inches from the
edge. A band of shirring is arranged
to fit the shoulders and this is sewed
on to the waist so that the ruching
stands up over the shoulder epaulet
fashion.
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in woolen gowns, for bodices to which
sleeves like the skirt will be attached,
and for whole suits, to say nothing OF
Jackets and wraps.
The rage for velvet will extend even
to the head coverings, and, for time
at least, they will all be made of vel
vet, pushing felt hats far IN the back
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-20

By act of Congress the enlisted
strength of our army, in time OF
peace. is limited to $4,000 men.
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DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP ROOT cures =,
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free
Laboratory Binghamton. n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-20

The poet Swinburne is devotee OF GRO
quet and Is apt to lose his temper II ne does
not win.
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How's This J

"Mark Twain" will deliver hundred lee
lures to the antipodean dwellers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-20

At the present time France has
about 1000 rabid Anarchists.
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MILLINERY HINTS.

MILLINERY HINTS.
Hats are still worn fairly on the top
of the head. with either the little cen.
tral curl or the bare forehead showing.
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have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfaiing medicine.-F. r: LoTz l5oo Scott
St., Covington, KY, Oct. !, 1894.
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ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispeis colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 30
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. DO not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA F1e syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, ca.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Gsw YORK. n.y.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ZION. aliays pain, cures wind collie 25c. q bottle
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EXPLOSIONS of Coughing are stopped by
Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-26
CORN CUTTER.

cred. There are machines that do the
work expeditiously by horse power,
but in many cases these are entirely
out of the question and hand-cutter
has to be employed. A good one is
shown in our illustration, taken from
the Ohio Farmer. The edge half of the
blade is corrugated-crim by being
passed fiatwise between two ridged
rollers-and the blade is ground to an
edge from one side only. The result
of this is an edge serrated and toothed
like a saw, but the cutting edge of
each tooth is smooth like that of a
knife, and the blade can be sharpened
on grindstone like any knife. The
advantage of this knife is that it sticks
wherever it touches. and it cuts, too.
1t requires only half as much effort to
cut a hill of corn with this cutter as
with the smooth cutters
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-26
ON LOOKOUT'S SIDE.
Tourists Rudely Shaken Up-Lost in =
Cave.

Tourists Rudely Shaken Up-Lost in =
Cave.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Sept. Clone
truck of passenger train on the
broadgauge road to Lookout Noun
tain. while coming down the grade
last evening was thrown from the
track and the cab dragged over the
ties for 200 or 800 feet. The passen
gers were badly shaken up and
bruised, but none of them were seri-
ously hurt. Senator PETER. Of Kan
sas, received a cut over the right eye,
which required few stitches by the
surgeon to close.
A report was received at the police
station last evening that three men
had gone into a cave under Point Look
out Thursday morning, and had not
yet returned. The cave had not yet
been fully explored, it is said. but the
galleries and passages have been PEN
etrated a total length of three or four
miles
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-26
AROUND THE FARM.


1IF rye is sown early it may be safely
pastured in the fall Itmakes profit
able pasture.
In addition to other merits accorded
to rye the fact that it is weed killer
is not the least.
THE orchard should be cleared of all
brush. 1t is not only unsightly but is
a harbor for insects.
THERE ought to be a. fixed place for
rubbish. Unless there is the premises
become Uttered with tin cans, old bot
ties, etc.
SELECT the largest and most early
maturing ears of corn for seed. thor
oughly dry and then keep them away
from the rats.
WITH horse slaug htering establish.
ment near Chicago and one in Oregon,
there is prospect that the scrub will
be wiped out of existence
1T is said Chicago parties are buying
up the creameries in Wisconsin. fact,
If it is a fact, that shows the substan-
tial prosperity of the dairy.
MINNESOTA farmers who have Rus
sian thistles are compelled by law to
destroy them, or suffer fine. The
county commissioners set a day on
which the work must be done.-Farm-
er's Voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-26
CHARLES lECLERO,
The Well-known English Actor, Sue.
cumbs to Typhoid Fever in Nav York.

The Well-known English Actor, Sue.
cumbs to Typhoid Fever in Nav York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Charles Lee
clerq. the actor, died of typhoid fever
Thursday night at the New York hos
pital. He was taken i'll week ago
last Monday. He grew worse and a
doctor was summoned, who found that
he had typhoid fever. He was re-
moved to hospital on Wednesday OF
last week, and on Saturday his friends
were notified that there was no chance
of his recovery.
Mr.. Leclercg was born in England
about fifty-four years ago. He be-
longed to a family of actors his only
surviving sister being Miss Rose
Leclercq, we'll known on the London
stage. His brother, who died several
years ago, was Fechter's stage mana
ger for a long time. and his sister,
Carlotta Leclercq, was also prominent
on the English stage until her death
recently. He was never married,
and his only relative in this country
is his nephew, Fuller NJ. Ellish, a
member of Sir Henry Irving's COM
pany, now playing in Montreal.
He had been a member of Augustin
Days company for the past sixteen
wears, and had become we'll known as
a player of character old mems parts.