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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
ETERNAL REALITY.

God Is not hypothesis to account for the
phenomena of nature. God is the eternal
reality. As President Hyde. OF Bowdoin Col
lege, has we'll put it, God is not hypothesis; I;
He is the hyspostasis. He is not thesis, an
opinion. a theory, supposition, created to
account for phenomena; He is the great un-
derlying reality OF which all phenomena are
the manifestation. Do you remember that
beautiful image in Plato's Republic OF man
sitting in cavern, various figures passing
behind his back, and he unable 10 turn abou.
and look upon them, but the bright light
streaming upon them and casting their
shadows on the screen before him? So we
sit in chains in life We look at the shadows.
Unseen is the divine and eternal reality that
cast them. All the beauty Of flower of sound
of literature, and all the beauty of men, all
the beauty OF home life. all that makes life
true and great and noble. are but shadows
that He, the invisible and eternal God, casts
on the screen. that we look upon them.
When Samuel lay upon the couch trembling
and the voice called out in the darkness.
samuel. Samuel" God was not hypothesis
to account for the voice; God was, and the
voice was the witness of his presence. So the
secret voice that speaks in the soul OF man is
the witness Of God that is. The ideals are
realilies.-Lyman Abbott, D. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Though timothy is usually sown in
the spring, there are those who SOW IN
the fall and with good results.
To rid lawn of ants punch holes
down into their nests, pour into them
a spoonful of bisulphide of carbon,
and quickly stamp the soil tight above.
The fumes of the bisulphide will
usually smother all the colony.
The cheapest and best way Of build
ing up a flock of sheep on the farm Is
to select the best of the ewes and
breed best suited to your purposes.
Yearly select the ewes in this way,
and yearly infuse the blood from
new ram.
The too common opinion in regard
to sheep is that they are but soaven-
gers, and fitted only to consume the
weeds and other waste on the farm;
but out of nothing comes nothing. If
there are no proper food, care and
shelter provided may be expected to
pine away and perish.
In evaporating apples, says Michi-
gan Farmer, the skins, cores and waste
20 together; they are dried and sold
to jelly manufactures, and from them
is made some of the jelly that is for
sale in pals in the grocery stores,
marked currant jelly. It is supposed
the boiling process removes all the
worms and dirt from the cores and
skins of the apple. And We hope this
is true.
Here is o new wrinkle in feeding
sheep. The whole corn crop is run
through threshing machine or shred
der, tearing the stalks, husks and
leaves into fine feed with the grain in
termingled or sifted out, as wished,
as with other grain. A flock thus fed
left timothy hay untouched for 1t,
which shows them to be wise sheep,
and mixed with clover hey the sheep
did remarkably we'll.
Early maturity means the largest
proportion of muscle or lean meat for
the least food eaten, as well as the at
tainment of this condition at the earll'
est possible age. All growth is made
from what IS eaten in excess OF the
amount necessary to support life, anc
the quicker it reaches the stage oesi
fitted for food not only will 1t have
cost less per pound, but it will have
developed the tenderest and the larg'
est amount Of lean meat.
It is good time to dig and dry .
big lot of muck to keep the stable'
dry and sweet all winter, and vastly
increase the manure pile ard farms
fertility. 1t is not best to draw thi
muck long distances before it ha
dried, but when sun and wind have
reduced it to powder one team can
haul large quantity. Its own fertiL
izing value is not great in most in
stances, but as veuicle for carrying
aheld the riches of stable liquids II
has no equal for cheapness and effect
| iveness
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.

All evidence relative to the effects OF alco-
holic beverages and the non-value OF alcohol
in the practice of medicine Is both interest
ing and important. The most valuable. per-
haps, is that furnished by the hospital re-
ports Take, for example, that OF the ply
sicians who had charge OF the cholera
patients at Hamburg. They made special
efforts to learn the previous habits OF the
victims Of the epidemic In the matter OF food
and drink. The physicians found the NOR
tality especially heavy among inebriates.
One of the daily reports said: "Ihe deaths
of elghty-nine heavy drinkers, twelve OF
them women, have been reported. and
among the fresh cases q corresponding in
crease In the number OF Incorporate persons
has been noticed" When cholera broke out
in Hamburg the newspapers printed IN
Vulnerable warnings against the excessive
use of beer during the plague but the warn
ings passed unheeded in the lower districts
where the epidemic WAS worst While the
consumption of. all liquors, except wine,
practically ceased in the midde-class popu-
lation, beer was taken in exceptional quantl-
ties by the poor.
In the harbor districts the drunkenness
among the unemployed exceeded anything
before seen there. Families spent their last
coppers for liquor 10 still the pangs OF hun
ger and their apprehension, scores paying
for their ignorance, folly or addiction to
their beer-drinking habits with their lives.
An investigation at one Of the great public.
hospitals in Paris recently showed that OF
eighty-three patients who suffered from cpl
lepsy, sixty were children Of drunken par
ents. A more pleasing hospital report Is
that Just issued by the National Temperance
Hospital OF the United States, located in
Chicago. 1t shows that the non-alcoholtc
treatment OF disease is meeting with in
creased success. While, during the pre-
vious year, the mortality had been four per
cent, a lower percentage than that OF many
other hospitals, it has during the past
Twelve months, been reduced to two and
quarter per cent. There were, doubtless,
many contributing causes for this extremely
low death rate, but 1t is none the less most
satisfactory one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
BITTER PAYS ALL THE TINE.

If we want to make our farms self
sustaining we must keep more COWS
and less steers and other stock, as the
COWS pay for their keep and leave q
fair profit, while it costs as much to
raise two steers as we can get for three
if we sell to the butchers, writes B. F.
Wiley. Therefore, I should advise
farmers to keep COWS, make butter
and feed the milk to pigs. Butter al
ways brings fair price, with the least
change in price, during all of the
panic times We have had. Butter is
the only farm product that has not
been down to ruinous prices. There
fore, let US keep all OF the good COWS
that We can get fodder for. This can
be grown right at home on the farm
in the form of grain crops, ensilage.
with all of the grain, such as wheat,
barley and oats, that it is possible to
raise. Then our farms will be self.
sustaining. Rural World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
MANURING PASTURES.

Good barnyard manure applied right
after the meadows and pastures are
mown in the summer gives very bene-
fetal results. It can be hauled out
from the yards and stables in August
or September, and spread over the
stubble. The earlier after the meadows
are mown the better, and where they
are cut in early July, the work can be
done proftably then. Thin pastures
can be greatly improved by midsum-
mer manuring, and where the grass
has been very thin at cutting it is an
easy matter then to apply the manure
where most needed. By following
this method up systematically patchy'
meadow land can be made even and
regular.
Even the strawy manure that has
not been entirely composted will give
good results. The straw protects the
roots of the grass from the hot sun,
and helps to retain the moisture in the
soil after each shower. About ten
good loads OF manure to the acre ap-
piled several years in succession will
make such a difference, in the yield
that one will be surprised.
Manure apple in the fall, and then
narrowed over lightly, will tend to
make new grass seeds sprout at once,
and on the whole the pastures seem to
be benefited by this narrowing, es-
pecially if rain follows right after
1t. By applying the manure in this
way late in the summer it does not in
terfere with the next seasons crop Of
hay, but rather tends to increase its
yield. Of course it keeps the cattle
off the pasture for time, and this
certainly should be done for few
weeks in midsummer any way. Pastur-
ing stock on the meadow right after
moving, when the soil is dry and the
sun very hot, is the surest way to run
out good piece of grass land. After
moving the land needs rest and q
little stimulating then will help mat,
ters great deal.
By handling our hay field in this
way we can crop them more years in
succession than if we neglect them.
Six successive crops of good timothy
is something unusual, aud yet that is
just what this system will do every
time. The question is whether the
labor of spreading the manure in late
summer will not pay if such results are
obtainable.
This year hay is apparently going
to be high. Already prices are tend
ing upward, and holders are keeping
their old stock for further advances.
The coming crop will not be large
one unless more rain falls. We have
had for that matter number Of years
lately when good hay paid as well as
any crop on the farm. live but han
die the grass land properly we will
find it the most remunerative on the
farm. Good timothy hay, however,
can be raised only on land that is en-
riched. Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


Every drunkarI was first moderate
drinEer.
The path OF misery leafs from the door Of
the saloon.
Plenty of bee: in tho summer means little
flrein winter.
The prosperity OF thn liquo- tra:fl, means
degradation to homes.
Saloon keepers are recruiting officers for
the army Of drunkar1s.
The saloon is the foullest blot on tho fair
pages Of Americas history.
The saloons virtually say: "fou furnish
the boys. We do the rest"
Four-ffths Of the deaths OF men in Belgium
are attributed to alcoholism.
When drinking leads a man to commit
crime it is serious question whether drink
ing itself be not crime.-Judge Carpenter,
Hartford, Conn.
"Never, under any circumstances, take
opium or any other toxic drug unless pre-
scribed by an intelligent physician" says
William Rosser Cobbe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
BREAKING MULES.

BREAKING MULES.
When a mule gets to be three years
old he is then at the proper age to be
broken; but he should not be worked
hard until four years old. When you
take him in hand to break him DO not
be rough with him; be sure to fasten
him so that he does not get away, for
if he once breaks loose he does not
forget it, and it renders him more diff
fcult to manage. Mules should al
ways be broken to a wagon with a
horse or mule that has swift walk ;
they may be broken to walk swift or
slow at pleasure by accustoming them
to either gait at first. The female
mule is considered preferable to the
male, being more tractable and some
say of greater endurance.-Maryland
Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
BUsHEL BOX.

While basket is undoubtedly the
most convenient method of handling
q bushel of potatoes, apples, etc.,
there are never enough of these meas
ures on form. a convenient substi-
tute can be readily made which will
save time and annoyance in searching
for a basket and emptying out the
contents. This substitute, which ia
represented in our illustration, is q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
DRINK WAS THE CAUSE.

Noticing rather forceful looking man do
ing menial service on a steamboat and In.
uuiring of the mate about him, was told
that the man a little while ago was drawing
a salary OF $15 week for skilled work.
Now he was getting only that much month
for work that the most common tramp could
perform. On asking the cause the answer
was: Drink reduced him. and I know many
more lust such cases, men Of ability who
once held good positions but are now doing
the cheapest kind of labor" 1t Is indeed
true that many Of the men whom you may
meet in society's most degraded level were
once men of place andinhuence. Their deg
radiation has come through drink. Surely
all sentiment that looks to the destruction OF
the liquor traffic shouldbe earnestly fostered.
Methodist Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
GOLD AND COAL IN ALASKA.
Result of the E1a m ination Of the Fields by
Government Biologists.

Government biologists.
DR.. George F. Becker, geologist in charge
of division Of the United States Geological
Survey. has returned from Alaska, where he
has been making survey OF the gold and
coal fields along the shore line. He was ac-
companied by DR.. William H. Dahl. who
went to make a special report on the coal
fields. This is the first work that has ever
been done by the Geological Survey il
Alaska.
DR.. Becker says there is no doubt that
Alaska is going to be an active mining re-
giou, but he does not believe it will rival the
California mining belt. The veins are not so
large ami we'll developed as they are in that
State. There has been quite an eXtitement
this summer among the placers IL the heao
If Cooks Inlet. but the amount OF success
thus far achieved hardly warrants tho
amount ofinterest exhibited. The pro!itnb!e
waahiass thus fnr are confined to Il lew
miles oa Bear Creek which emptlea into
Turna%aa Arm.
As - the coa! deposits, Tn" nEivcoal found
tras seems likely to be ri commercial value
wa, ut Cooks Inlet. II taxes a5lIlt twenty
tons to TO the work Of Jne ton y! Vancouver
Island coal. Coal chahi 1r economically
mn;d i! rhn WORK wa l"nc on large ;taie
and with as mich system as the Goa! mines
Ct Western pcuESYivunia are WORKED.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
CIRCULAR COW BARN.

Here is one mans idea OF q model
barn. 1t has room for COWS and horses
both, with lofts overhead for grain.
Tie objections to basement stables
ure as nearly obviated here as they
could he anywhere.
In this barn, or any barn, the ami
mails should all head outward, so as to
get the air and light. The neat ven
tilator at the top shows that the
animals get fresh air IN winter. The
greatest objection to basement stable
is that the moisture from the animals
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
A Bicycle for n Princess,

A bicycle manufacturing firm in New Eng
land is constructing machine for the
Princess Maud, Of Wales. that is to be ono
of the handsomest products of the wheeling
craze. 1t will be silver mounted aud the
appointments will bp Of the richest rharac-
ter. A special messenger will accompany tho
bicycle to England whose duty it will be to
see TO it that the Princess receives tho ma
chine uniniured
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
TEMPERANCE.
CARDINAL mANN1Na's TEMPERANCE POEM

CARDINAL MANN1Na's TEMPERANCE POEM
I promise thee, sweet Lord, that l
Will never cloud the light
Which shines for me within my soul
And makes my reason bright;
For never will lose the power
To serve Thee by my will,
Which Thou hast set within my heart
Thy precepts to fulfll.
On, let me drink as Adam drank,
Before from Thee he fell;
Oh. let me drink as Thou, dear LORD,
When faint by Sychar's well.
That from my childhood, pure from SIN
Of drink and drunken strife,
By the clear fountain I may rest,
OF Everlasting Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
A Bicycle for i Princess.

A bicycle manufacturing firm in New Eng
land Is constructing q machn" 70: tho
Princess Maud, Of Wales that is to bo ono
Of the handsomest products of the wheeling
craze. 1t will be silver mounted and the
appointments will be of the richest charac-
ter. A special messenger will accompany the
bicycle to England whose duty it will be to
see to it that the Princess receives the ma
chine uninjured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
EIGHT YEARS WITHOUT A SALOON.

It Is stated that Cambridge. Mass, has
been eight years without saloon. Its popu-
lation is over $4,000. The secret bars have
been rooted out, and it has long been diff
cult to procure intoxicating liquor In the
city. Meanwhile, the valuation Of the city
increased from s5s, s,7O3.OOO to s76, ,2s2, 900,
and the same rate OF taxation produces
$13O, 900 more than formerly. The 122 sa-
looms have been turned into stores or dwell
ings.-Our Church Helper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
aoER1ETY Is TRuTHFCLSESs.

A recent decision OF a court was that man
with three drinks in him was not to be be-
lleved as against a man with two, a man
with two as against man with one, man
with one as against man with none.
Courts OF justice generally observe the rule
that sobrlety is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Penn Index.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
WOMEN T1ppLERs IN EDINBURGH.

Drinking, both moderate and immoderate,
is much more common in the British Isles
than In the United States. On holidays 1t IS
not uncommon to see the saloons half full OF
women Of the lower classes. About two
thirds OF the grocers in Edinburgh sell liquor
with their groceries,; this has greatly In
creased the habit of liquor drinking among
women.-Union Signal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
BEER DID 1T.

A short time ago the country was Mortified
by the report of railroad accident on the
Grand Trunk in Canada in which nine per-
sons were killed and twenty five seriously
injured. 1t will be remembered that num-
Der of pilgrims were proceeding to pay their
deyotions at the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beau
pre-. They filled two trains, and while the
first was waiting at the Craigs Road station,
the second crashed full speed into 1t, with
the result that nine pilgrims, including two
priests, lost their lives, and very large
number were seriously. though not fatally,
wounded. At the inquest evidence was ad-
duced showing that Mcleod: the engineer,
when the train stopped at Arthabaska sta
tion had gone into hotel and bought can
of beer; of this he had freely imblbed, and as
a result there was the railroad horor. 1t was
beer that did it; what matters it? the Gov
ernment licensed men to sell the beer
National Temperance Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
Once having tasted of His grace the soul

never willing to be parted from its Lord.
And as the years roll on and the shadows
lengthen. the cry. abide with me" becomes
more pathetcaly intense Blessed the man,
as the mists gather around his feet and the
sun is going down, who still yearns for this
company. Blessed is he who from past eX-
perience knows that if Christ be with him,
even the chilIs OF death shall never cXtin-
guish the heart OF fame.-(i. G. Lorimer,
ID D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
Cats Driven to Harness,

A F-ansh boy has h.3ken two black catsto
harness. He drives his pets in single rs we'll
a. double la. ness up and down tho street
every day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
The Needs OF Nebraska.

The three great nee Is OF Nebraska are fr
rigation. immigration AMI colonization.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-25
rises through the floor above and
penetrates the hay and grain stored
upon that floor and often molds them.
On the whole, however, this barn Is

built on an excellent pattern. One
more convenient for the storing and
distribution of food for live stock
could not well be devised.-Connecti-
cut Farmer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-03
THEY SAVED THE DAY
The GrayS Plucked the ShamrOckS in
a Hot Game.
TEN INNINGS TO DECIDE 1T
An Exciting Battle on the Diamond
Field-About 800 People
Were Present-The
Score.

The Anaconda crlnks who had but few
opportunities to shout during the morn
ing base ball game fully made up for
those lost, during the game in the after
noon when the Anaconda Grays redeemed
the reputation of the town, by beating the
Shamrock of Butte in a closely contested
match.
The game began in raw chilly rain,
the ground was slippery and the winds
cutting.
Salisbury was prevailed upon to do duty
as umpire a second time, but he was not
so fortunate in satisfying the crowd in
the afternoon as he was in the morning
and narrowly escaped being mobbed for
a d, cision which in tho eyes of the crowd
favored Butte. At another time an en-
thusiastic Shamrock rooter wanted his
life but he still lives and will probably be
reckless enough to umpire again some
day.
Anaconda won the toss and went first to
the bat, and took four runs as starter.
Butte's scored three in their half of the
first. Wild throws, passed balls and
fumbled balls were the features of the
game for the first part of it. Then both
teams were warmed up by the sun which
came from behind a cloud and the play
ing was better.
AT the end of the seventh inning the
score stood II to 10 in favor of the Grays
and in the eighth IL to 10. During the
ninth the Butte boys worked hard and
ran in four tallies. two of which were
given on an error by an infield Gray. This
tied the score and another inning was
called.
Greene took up the willow for the Ana
conda team, and he knocked sky
scraper to the Shamrock shortstop, which
was dropped. Travis made base hit
and landed safe. Morrison sacrificed
and moved the base runners along. Ma
roney at the bat knocked a two-bagger out
over the right fielder and brought in the
two runs. Mulligan got just the ball he
wanted and did not stop till he reached
third base, and then stole in home on a
passed ball. Malloy flew out at shortstop
and Maroney was put out at the home
plate.
Mob responded to the call for batter
up for ButIe. He tapped shortstop an
easy ball, but a bad throw to first gave
HIM his base. Alternately was given first
base on balls and German struck out.
Noble landed safe at the home plate.
Brecken undertook to bring in Aber-
nathy, but he drove q hot ball straight at
the pitcher who froze to it, and retired the
Wis tors.
The batteries we're for the Shamrocks,
Harrington catcher, Lynch and German
pitchers; for the Grays, Mulligan catcher,
Christie and Morrison pitchers. The
score by innings:
Shomrocks. ......3 o 1 0 o 1-15
Grdys.............5 o 2 3-17