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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
We Eat too much Of One Kind.

The nutritivs value and cost OF food Is dis
cussed at length In a bulletin OF the Agri-
cultural Department, based on iuvestIga-
tions made BY the Bureau OF Animal Indus
try. The results OF these studies, says the
bulletin. confirm the general impression OF
hygienists that our diet Is one sided and that
we eat too much. Owing to the large con-
sumption in this country Of sugar and the
use OF large quantities of fat meats, the food
which we actually eat has relatively too lit
tie protein and too much fat, starch and
sugar. 1t is found that the protein OF ordn.
ary meats, fish and milk Is readily and COM
pletely digested that Of vegetable foods Is
much less completely digested than of anil
NAL foods. One-fourth or one-third OF po-
tatoes, whole wheat and rye flour may escape
digestion and thus be useless for nourish-
mem. and one-sixth of the protein OF wheat
flower. corn meal, beans and peas may be
assumed to be undigested when cooked and
eaten In the usual way.
"0f the meat extracts In the market, con-
tinues the report, "some contain very little
and others practically no material which
builds tissue or yields energy. Animal foods
crafty the palate In many ways which the
vegetable foods do not, and what Is perhaps
OF greater weight in regulating the actual
usage OF communities by whose demand the
prices are regulated, they satisfy real need
by supplying protein and fats, which vege-
table foods lack"
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other heavy matter, and then the.
block should beput in the other end
and this should also be well nailed
An old piece of stove pipe, the larger
in diameter the better, q hickory sap-
ling, say eight feet long, q rod or bolts
for the axle and couple Of round
blocks of the same size as the pipe,
and an hours time will make as good
hand-roller as can be bought for 81
or S. at the hardware store. The
roller may be put in framework made
of old boards, and an old lawn roller
handle used instead of a.sapling. II
is we'll to paint the stove-pipe to keep
it from rusting. s5
Such roller is very useful when
putting in radishes, turnips Of any
small or light eeed. Figure A shows
how the handle is made with q sap
ling. Figure b shows handle made
of board with an old handle from q
lawn mower or something Of the sort.
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and ought to be kept in a warm, dry
room instead of a cellar. Keeping
section honey free from moth and anta
in Southern countries is sure enough
problem. But I have kept it nice
and good for years, by keeping it in
tight cases on benches or tables, with
the legs in water to keep ants from
getting in it. Preserves can be kept
free from ants the same way. just
place table in the centre of q small
room, for instance, or any room, and
keep the legs in pans of water. and q
little kerosene oil put into each pam
will make it all the better and surer,
as ants can spoil honey quickly, so We
cannot well be too careful.
Stone jars or crooks are splendid to
keep honey in for family use, but are
a little hard to keep covered tightly;
but !, can place beeswaxed cloth
over the top, then the cover. and is
does splendidly. / have kept green
fruit in jars for season by sealing
tight with beeswaxed cloths. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
English and American Postmen.

The difference in compensation be-
tween the postmen in London and the
United States is remarkable, the high.
est sum paid to London postman be.
ing $34 month and the lowest paid
to postman in the United States being
$50. The pay OF London postman
is only from eighteen to thirty -four
shillings, or from $3.50 to 81 week
in our money. But he rlay obtain
three good-conduot stripes, each OF
which entities him to one shilling, or
twenty-five cents, week extra. The
first stripe is given for five years faith
full service, the second fo- ten and the
third for fifteen. he receives full pay
when absent from duty on account OF
sickness, is provided with gratuitous
medical attendance and is awarded q
pension when be is too old or too dis
abled to work. He also is furnished
with two suits of uniform each year,
one for winter and one for summer.
Thus London postman cannot get,
even after fifteen years of faithful ser
vice, larger salary than 1892 year,
while the pay of an American postmsn
is $500 at first, then $500 and finally
$1,000.
The number of auxiliary postmen or
sssubs" in London is 1854, who man.
age to earn from six to sixteen shil.
Ilngs a week-that is, from $3.50 to
$4-sccording to the amount of work
they perform.
Twelve deliveries day ore made in
the downtown or business districts and
from six to eight in the residence sec.
ton. Postmen are employed for eight
hours day, but their work isnot con-
tinuous. It is made up of two or three
or sometimes four turns Of duty OF
two to four hours each. h.-Chicago Rec-
ord.
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STORING HONEY.

Mrs. Jennie Atchley, in American
Bee Journal, says the public, for some
reason or other, especially the con-
sumers of honey, have come to believe
it won't do to buy honey in large
quantities, thinking it will sour and
spoil. But it is a mistake, for good,
ripe honey kept in a good vessel will
keep for lifetime and be good. It
will no doubt solidify, but it can be
brought back to its liquid state by
melting it in boiling water. by plsc-
ing the vessel containing the honey in
another with the water, and let it re-.
main until all is melted; and the
honey will be as clear and as good as
the day it was put up.
I would keep the the barrels in the
cellar or some cool place, but a warm
place will not hurt it, only the barrels
may shrink, and eventually leak if
kept where it is too warm. But o
warm room will not affect the honey.
Now, the foregoing directions are
for keeping honey for home use, and
for you to tell your customers how to
keep their honey when they buy a
barrel or keg from you at time. OF
course I do not expect you to keep
your honey any longer than you can
find sale for it, and sometimes we may
have our honey engaged before we ex-
tract it. You may say that people
ought to know how to keep honey,
but tell you the public need school
ing, and they look to you to tell them
how, etc. Some bee-keepers fail to
build up honey (home) market just
by not schooling people about honey,
and being ready and free to advise.
Comb honey is somewhat more
troublesome TO keep than extracted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Twenty hens will give as much year
ly profit as cow. .;
Give the hen house good cleaning
up and whitewashing.
Fresh cut bones as poultry feed
are gaining friends every day.
Don't forget that ''green food" you
mean to feed daily now that the
ground is frozen.
In order to have plenty of eggs
fresh blood should be introduced into
the focks every year.
In breaking a high-strung colt, one
with nervous temperament, think
twice before you strike him with the
whip. .-.
Crowd the fattening stock with all
they can be made to digest and don't
wait too long before .disposiIg o., !.
them.
Short-necked horses never look
we'll, and when added to this unbecom-
ing feature is q big coarse head they
have no attractions at all
Regularity in feeding and exercis-
ing, together with good grooming and
proper shoeing, will prevent you pay
ing many veterinary bill
It is stated that horse can live FIVE
days on solid food without drinking,
seventeen days without eating or
drinking, or twenty days on water
alone.
If the hen house is SO cold as to
freeze water solid during the day,
give it twice day and little warm
at that-not 80 hot as to scald the
fowls in their eagerness to get
drink.
After the flowers perish, carry the
plants back, and keep them cool until
the weather in May and June allows
you to keep them out of doors. No
success can be- obtained with them
without careful watering.
Have you "banked up" the hen
house yet2 It is getting late and
fresh eggs are bringing good prices.
Hens don't lay eggs while they are
huddlsd up in q cold, dreary hen
house trying to keep warm. ....
The noble, intelligent horse will
not be lost sight Of in the advance OF
civilization. Relief from the heavier
duties will leave more energy for the
driving, of which every American citi-
zen of means and leisure is fond.
An eminent veterinary authority
says: "Bran stands decidedly fore
most as the food most generally IN
use for the working horse. 1t acts as
d laxative, is frequently tempting to
the appetite and easy OF digestion.
Flowering plants which may be in
troduced from time to time, but which
cannot be easily grown il the house,
are chrysanthemums in the autumn
and early winter, followed by cycls-
men, Roman hyacintn, paper-wnlte
narcissus, lily of the valley and canary
broom or cytisus.
Dutch bulbs, hyscinths, tulips mar
cissus and crocus can be grown as
home without much trouble. Ths
story is a simple one, but too long to
tell now. With the aid of cool eel
lar or o cold frame the windows filled
with the foliage plants named ABOVE
may be turned into gay mass OF
bright bloom.
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weather becomes damp. A plan is
shown in the illustration by which
the tools may be kept each in safe
place, and yet conveniently at hand
the moment one is wanted. Nails and
screws should be kept in boxes with
apartments for the various sizes, and
these boxes may also find place in
the closet at the head of the bench,
or, if desired, a drawer for nails,
screws, etc., may be made below the
bench.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
oUR SINS AS TIE eASDS,

A poor flsherman's wife came to the minis
ter with her hands full Of sand saying, "Do
you see2" Oh, my sins, my sins, as the sands
of the seashore for multitude, as the sands of
the seashore!" "Waere did you get it2"
said he. "Down by the beacon" go down
by the beacon and dig up pile OF sand as
high as ever you can," said the minister and
wait for the tide to come in." She went down
by the beacon and heaped up the sand. She
watched the waves as they crept higher and
higher and swept over her pile of sand, and
ir was gone ;then she clapped her hands for
Joy. 1t was q pantomime of the glorious
gospel. The tide, the crimson tide, rolls in,
which taketh away the sins OF the world.
SIT cleanseth me,it cleanseth me! Oh praise
the Lord, it cleanseth mel"
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Triumnh of Anti-ToXfne.

The first practical test At st: Louis, MO-;
OF tbe benefits OF tho recently discovered
anti-toxine as u cure for diphtheria was
made, few days ago, and was proved sue
cess.
The subject upon which the EXPERIMENT
WIS made Is the three-year-oll cnlio VI
F,ov,I Schock The chili's condition was
such that tracheo.o omy had been decided
M on as n last resort to save Its life. The
parents, However, consented to the expert
ment Of anti-toxine and Its effect was IN
siantly apparent The cntd oreathsd easier:
and in twelve hours all dlphtheritlo
symptoms had passed. away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
Low Prices of Living.

No. Oregon flour is selling at s2.75 per
bsrrel OF 200 pounds; canned tomatoes are
selling at seventy cents per dozen, though
Gamers say that the cans cost that sum,
without allowing q cent for the contents
dry eranulated sugar Is selling In New York
at AZ cents midiling splands cotton is
changing hands at New YoiS at so cents.
These are prices which have never been
paralleled; they command the thoughtful
attention Of oil who are eeucerned for the
futura.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
WORKBENCH AND TOOL CLOSET.

The ordinary workbench is too
often litter of tools, shavings, bits
of wood, nails, screws and other
articles, affording no little incon-
venience whenever it is desired to use
the bench, says the American Agri.
culturist. Tools are thus frequently
lost, and many of them made dull by
contact with each other, and with
nails and other hard substances. There
is frequent rusting also when the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09

might have been cropping in the depressing
shadows of Parseeism. q religion as inferior
to that which Is our inspiration In life and
our hope In death as Zoroaster OF Persia was
inferior to our radiant and superhuman
Christ, to whom be honor and glory and do
minion and victory and song, world without
and Amen
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
Wheeled a Mile In 1.21.

John J. Mclaughlin, a Columbia (Penn.)
bicycle rider, rode an unpaced mile over the
Irorvllle Pike, In 1.2! fiat. This beats the
paced and unpacad records held respectively
hy Johnson in 1.25 2-5 and Penseyer 1.5S S2-5.
McLaughlin's first attempt was made In
L96. Six watches were held on him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
CURIOUS FACTS.

Bermuda farms bear three successiv,
crops in one year.
Ahouse in Calhoun County, Georgia
has been struck by lightning thirteel
times.
A fair article of molasses can be
made from the stalks of the common
maize.
The Greeks had oats B. O. 200. bu
used them only as food for thei
horses.
The Russians make soup of sar
dimes. 1t is said to be as rich as the
Rothschilds.
Jefferson McKenley, colored, o.
Great Darlington, Mass, is 100 years
old and the oldest person in the State.
The ssMinistrY of Old Boots" cup
ply 30, 900 garments and 1000 pairs Of
boots to the needy ones OF Londor
annually.
There are about 100000 islands,
large and small, scattered over the
oceans. America alone has $500
around its coasts. 'n
A Minnesota sheriff spent $1,000 and
travelled 5000 miles to capture man
who stole $40 wheel He got the
man and the wheel.
Wet-ground snufs are always al.
lowed to ferment after grinding, and
various perfumes and essences are then
added to give the desired flavor. -
From 1857 to 1881 Russia sent 624,-
900 persons to Siberia, fully 100, ,O0O
relatives of prisoners having accom-.
panied the exiles Of their own &C.
cord. IT, ,. ,..
Edible BIRDS nest, prepared for use,
are worth from 81 to SIS per pound,
according to quality. There is con-
stsnt demand in China for all that can
be obtained.
Darius Hyatsspes in 4s0 B. @. in.
troduced system of assessment and
taxation of land, and made himself so
obnoxious by it that he was chilled
Darius the Trader. -
The Towers of Silence in Persia are
stone structures provided; with graf.
ings within on which bodies are ex-
posed to be devoursd by the Aocks of
vultures that always infest the local
ity. ~
Lemons are in season all the year
round, but March and April in the
spring, and September and October,
in the autumn, are the times when the
crops are gathered in large quan.
titles. .....
Grand Duke Alexis, OF Russia, q
brother of Alexander ILL.,, is the most
elaborately tattooed Prince in Europe.
A huge Japanese dragon extends al.
most from wrist to shoulder of his
right arm. G
In q hurricane at Bathurst, Aus
tralis, mass of timber weighing eight
tons was detached from the show
ground pavilion and carried 200 yards.
The timber in the pavilion was all
splintered Like mstchwood.
There is timber chute out in the
Oregon Mountains 1928 feet long,
where the logs come whizzIn2 down
the mountainside into Columbia River
with velocity of a cannon.ball and
make the distance, which is about
three-6fths of mile, in twenty Sec
onds. ~.
There are only $4,000 persons in
the State of Washington. IfthatState
was as closely settled as Switzerland
it would have $4,000, 900 persons as
France, about II, 900, 900; as Holland,
about 25, 900, 900; as England, at least
100000, 900, and as Belgium more than
$4,000, 900.
W. E. Page, of Netarts, Wash, is
exhibiting out there some samples Of
seal and sea lion leather, also shoes of
the same material, made by him. He
says the seals and sea lions are very
valuable for their hides and oil, and
that they are easily procured. The
leather is very tongh and soft and
takes fine finish.
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We may not all be able TO say with st.
Paul: 81 have fought good fight; 1 have
kept the faith" But, thank God, we can all
say with him: IL know whom I have be-
lieved. and am persuaded that he is able 10
keep that which have committed to him
against that iay"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
Cast Lots for the shrieyalty.

At Elizabethtown, Ky., the vote for Sheriff
In Larue County was q tie. Lots were cast
for the office and the Republican won. Hs
Immediately appointed his opponent his
chief deputy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-09
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
DOCKING PIGS TAILS.

The pigs tail is too small to be
of much service to it in keeping off
flies. Nor is the tail good for any
thing to whoever cuts it of. Most
old farmers, however, dock their pigs
when they are eight to ten weeks old,
thinking that the animal thrives
better for it. The story is that one
old farmer remarked that IL cost an
extra bushel of corn to maintain the
growth of the pigs tail, and at last
1t wasn't worth anything for any pur.
pose.-Boston Cultivator.
QUANTITY OF MANURE THAT MAY BE USED.
The quantity of manure used on
the land is regulated generally by the
supply of it. The quantity that may
be usefully applied has never yet been
discovered, for market gardeners who
have made use of ss much as 100 tons
to the acre have thought that they
might proftably have used still more,
and some have even used ton of
fertilizer on an acre in addition to
the manure. A great deal depends on
the method of cultivation, for it is
this that enables plants to make use
of more food. It is common thing
for persons who try to grow prize
vegetables to plant the seeds in actual
beds of manure, and the mammoth
squsshes and cabbages shown are
grown in this way, and by the help
of liquid manure as well. Thus it
cannot be said that the ultimate
quantity of manure that may be
proftably applied has ever been
settled by experience. New York
Times.
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Queen Victoria's Eyesight Failing
London Truth says that Queen Victoras
eyeslRht Is fa>Ing.
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to be.
But what an afternoon OF contrast In
Bombay we experienced! From the temple
Of silence to the temple Of hilarity. From
mourning to laughter. From gathering
shadows to cleaning lights. From obse.
quies to wedding. But how much OF all
our lives Is made up OF such opposites!
have carried in the same pocket and read
from them In the same hour the liturgy
Of the dead and the ceremony OF espousals.
And SO the tear meets the smile, and the
dove meets the vuture.
Thus I have set before the best of all the
religions OF the hesthen world, and have
done so In order that you might come to
higher appreciation OF the glorious religion
which has put its benediction over US and
over Christendom.
Compare the absurdities and mummeries
OF heaihen marriage with the plain IT will"
OF Christian marriage, the hands Joined In
the doctrine that the dead may not be touched
with as sacred and'tender and loving kiss as
ever given, the last kiss OF lips that never
again will speak to Us. Compare the mar.
row bridge Chinvat over which the de-
parting Parsee soul must tremblingly
cross to the wide open gate OF
heaven through which the departing Chris
tian soul may triumphantly enter. Compare
the twenty-one books Of the Zend Avssta OF
the Parsee which even the scholars OF the
earth despair OF understanding with our
Bible, 80 much OF 1t as Is necessary Ior our
salvation in language so plain that ia way
faring man. though afool, need not err there
In" Compare the "tower Of Silence" with
its vultures, at Bombay with the Green
wood, Of Brooklyn, with its sculptured
angels Of resurrection. And bow yourselves
In thanksgiving and prayer as you realize
that Il at the battles OF Marathon and Saia-
mis- Persia had triumphed over Greece in
stead of Greece triumphanting over Persia,
Parseeism, which was the national religion
OF Persia, might have covered the earth, and
you and instead OF sitting in the noon
day Light OF our glorious Christianity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-04
Tn Rebnlf of the Old Guard

The carnival and strawberry festival to
be given under the auspices of the Old
Guard at Odd Fellows Hail. on 7th street,
May IL to IS, is a gratuitous effort by the
staff officers of the organization to aid in
raising funds to defray the expenses Of
music to accompany the Old Guard to the
national encampment of the G. A. R. in
Louisville, KY, next September,
A committee of arrangements has been
formed, and is rapidly perfecting the nee
essary details. At a meeting of this COM
mittee held Thursday night in the red
parlor of the Ebbitt House much enthu-
siasm was manifested, especially by the
lady friends who had been invited to par
ticipate. They were present in force, and
promised their cooperation in contributing
to the success of the enterprise.
The cotfimittee is evidently in earnest
and has given an assurance that while the
entertainment will include some of the fea-
lures of bazaar. there will be freedom
from the annoyances of soliciting for votes
and chances. There will be dancing and a
change Of prog ram each evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-04

prompted by a desire to encourage and
stimulate the cadets to even a higher de-
gree of proficiency, the medal was offered
LAS many Of those who are boys now
may in few years attain positions of
honor and fame, they may look back, as
all of us do with pride to those happy
effaces, and, as a souvenir of this occasion,
part of the medal will remain the in
dividual property of the captain of the
winning company.
1T occurred to me-" continued Capt
Major. that while the boys would receive
the medal and the souvenir, the girls of
the High School were ignored. Therefore,
to give them an opportunity, at least, as a
reward, offered ten-dollar gold piece for
the best design, and s. for the second best
design for an original, unique and patriotic
medal. A committee was selected by Prin-
c1pal Lane, Major b. r. Ross and myself
consisting of Mr.. Louis u. Wine, Mr.. j. NJ
Hilton and Mr.. G. f. Pohl, to judge the
designs submitted, and from fifty or more
that of Mr.. Thomas Ridgway was decided
on, while second choice was in favor of
Miss Edna r. Wescott.
The design for the first prize was put
into practical shape by Mr. George r. Pohl
of the supervising architects office, and
submitted to the best working jeweler
artisans of the country. Mr.. F. X Zirnkil-
ton, formerly of Vienna but now of Phila-
delpha. who worked on the crown jewels
monds We're secLred through firm of
Washington jewellers, who We're Instructed
to purchase the finest and purest stones
that could be obtained"
The medal cost $500, and is generally con-
coded to be the hardsomest device of a
similar nature in the city. 1t comprises two
crossed rifles of gold, beneath which Is a
spread eagle. On heavy gold bar beneath
the eagle are the words. Allison Nailor
prize medal" Artistically wrought in this
device are two American ensigns. From
this is suspended a five-pointed star of
white enamel, with large, sparkling dia-
mond at each point. The letters H. S. c.,
worked in monogram. are in the center of
the star. On the reverse of the medal the
following is engraved: This medal is do
mated to the High School Cadets of Wash
ington, d. c., to stimulate them to a higher
degree of proficiency and skill in military
knowledge, by Allison Nailor. May, 1895.
and is to be worn annually by the captain
of its best-drilled company"
The medal will be presented to the win
ming captain at the conclusion of the an
nual company competitive drill of the ca
diets, In National Base Ball Park. Friday
afternoon, May 81.