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EpwOrth Orphanage.

l,owndesville will give an open air enter
tainment OF music and recitat0ns on school
house lot, on Saturday Sept 18th, from five to
nine Where refreshments will be served for
the benefit Of the Orphanage. Everybody in
yiled.
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Cotton Weigher.

MILL. Hill will weigh cotton this Fall at
the same old stand. Bring him your cotton
and he will weigh 1t at the same price as last
wear,
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The Custom of Putting Blinds on Horses

The Custom of Putting Blinds on Horses
The custom of putting blinds on horses
indiscriminately is a great error, says
Col. j. G. Battersby in his treatise on
practical horsemanship. Following are
in brief some of the statements made by
him on the use of blinds on horses:
Carriage horses look well in SNOWY
headgear and handsome blinds are great
improvement to the style and general ap'
pearance of real we'll set up carriage
horses. But for buggy, cart, car, stage,
wagon, truck and general travel they are
wholly unnecessary, and as regards safety
they are detriment rather than an ad.
vantage. Horses, like ourselves, want tc
see where they are going, and the horse
that SHES proves that he wants to keep
out Of danger by the very fact Of his shy
ing. We must consider that a horse
leading IN artificial life like ourselves,
walking in 1he dark in strange place,
don't see what is around him If he has
blinds op, and is, therefore, naturally
timid and careful If horse is too care.
full and takes too wide circuit in shying,
it is with the best intentions from his in
stincts. But because he does a little toe
muCu uo SuOulu uOG UC dUooCo, Ooc opOhSA
to softly and kindly.
A shying horse and sulky, balky horse
are different. Shying is not vice; it is
more habit than fault. There are times
when shying horse would save life-i1
he would only shy at the right time and
place. Our course is to chastise or cor
rect a horse, if necessary, for doing
wrong, and encourage him for doing right
To give horse the advantage of seeing
around him we would use a headstal
without blinds. But we would make ar
exception of the carriage horse, for We
want him for style, park show and excus
able vanity, and to indulge this harmless
ambition we will admit that the carriage
and coupe horse, for this reason, should
have OH blinds and let the driver look out
for danger.
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A Convenient Feeding Bin.

The arrangement shown in the accom-
panying illustration appeared not long ago
in Rural New Yorker, where it was de-
scribed as a convenient feeding bin that
had been used with much satisfaction.
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we are offering very cheap. Special figures
made on large quantities. w. Joel Smith i
Sons.
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Black belts with sterling silver buckles at
81 so can be had at Il. G. Bernau, the JeWeler.
Ruby Liniment will cure lame back or q
pain In your side try 1t. For sale only ny
| Harrison g. Game.
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OIL Mill Stock.
Mail Hours.

You can buy few shares OF AbbeVllle vi
mill stock at n bargain. Address "Owner,
care Press and Banner, Abbeyille, S. T..
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CHEAP TRAVEL.

Abbeville Baptist ASsOciatfOns An
nuaI Meeting at LOwndesVille, >.
g., OH September 18th, Isth ana
18th.
Augusta, Ga, August 29th, 1865.
The p. Il. & w. &. Rail way will sell rounu
trip tickets ior the above occasion on sept
ember 10th and 18th good to return on ayn
train until September BIRD, at rates OF neVlo
VIM. j. Caig,
General Passenger Agent.
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new BRBECH LOADING GUNS
in this County. Write for catalogue.
j. I. Chipley & Bro.

For 25c Won can get a bottle Of Ruby Lini-
ment. Itneyer fails in relieving, rhunauon,
neuralgia sprains. bruises and acees ser,s ~, Oh
kinds made only b. aafrison
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A elg LOT OF boys ready made pants lor Il
eea "a at Aug. W. Smiths.
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HINTS ABOUT POULTRY HOUSES.
Tho Importance of Ventilation without
Dranchts-A Good Floor.

| Tho Importance of Ventilation without
Dranghts-A Good Floor.
Of all points connected with the plan
ming and building of poultry houses, that
of ventilation receives, perhaps, the least
consideration. though it is oneof the most
important. as every one is ready in gen.
eral way to acknowledge The most
usual compromise for intelligent ventila
ton is to make few holes in one end Of
the house and let the air get in and out
as best it can But such method is to
be avoided. neither should any holes be
made near the ground or anything done to
create draught upwards, as when this
occurs there is great danger of the fowls
having to roost midway between two
openings Ventilation must be procured
without strong draughts. The plan Of
forming a small chamber In the roof Of
the house and inserting ventilating traps
ut each end Of this chamber will be found
a good one
The floor Is another very important
item 1t ought not to be less than six
inches above the ground outside. so as to
prevent water running into the house,
which it will do, if below or upon level.
Of all the floors that may be laid down in
poultry house the following is one Of
tho best: First. dig the ground out to
depth of twelve or fifteen inches and
then fill up half of this with broken
bricks, gravel, burnt ballast, coarse stones
or Stag, which must be well beaten
down. A compost Of coal ashes,
fine gravel, quicklime and water must
next be made, well mixed together and
spread over the other so as to raise the
floor to the required height above the
ground. This, when hardened will be
perfectly dry floor, one upon which water
will not stand, and yet it will be hard and
firm in it's nature, as we'll as warm and
comfortable. 1t is easily cleaned and in
expensive. Of course ashes or soil must
be always thinly spread over it, as they
should be upon every kind of floor, and
renewed every day or two.
The question of size is one that must Of
necessity be ruled by the inclination Of
the owner. We mean as to whether he
prefers to have one house or several scat
tered about. A house 10 feet long by 8
wide and or feet from the floor to the
caves will be large enough to accommo.
date fifty fowls.
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Hours that the mails close at the Abbeville
Post Office:
ll.25 81. m. l2.lO p m. IUO p m.
go m. 425 pm. 5.50p.m.
Robert s. Link, p. NJ.
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Brass kucks 2, 35 and 50 cents pair.
% carts Is cts box. 49, 49, 50 3s, So 6O Gus. oo4'
Clippers, Sl.00 to $3.50 pair.
Large assortment OF razors & pocket knives;
100 Second hand Guns and Rides 70 be soIo
for repair charges. Repairing on GUNS, hr
VOLNERS, BICYCLES and LOCkS. IL yEu
have safe you want opened or any lock >
write US.
Largest line of
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Six (6) Pianos for Sale.

SCHOOL FURNITURE.
20 Andrews school desks for children $500 each
desks, larger size 225
2 Recitation Seats. $50
Globe Us inches diameter) 400
Physiological Chart.
Relief Map U. s..
Set Roller Maps In case.
Calisthenic outfit, consisting OF 58 wanda, So
rings and "a dumb bells. $500
We invite correspondence in reference to
Pianos and School Furniture.
MRS. l.. M. BONNER.
II. E. BONNER.
Sept II, 1895. 2t. Due West. 8. G.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-23

Fifteen sheets Legal Paper, cents. Twenty-Five good Envelopes, cents. Ladies Black Hose, cents up to 5S cents Ladies Vests, cents Up.
 Full line of Towels. Napkins, Table Covers. Handkerchefs, Shoes, Pants, Gents Furnishing Goods, Piece Goods, Tinware, Mating, Etc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-23

i Buttons, all sizes, from 4 cents per doz u d Button; small size, 4 cents per gross. 5l Silk, 3 cents.
 l-hole Twist, cent. 'roidering Silk, seven spools for 5 cents.
 ting Silk, E cents per spool. ks Cotton, seven spools for 2 cents. $ CottonY cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-23

Cocoa Castle, three for 10 cents. Good Box Paper, 4 cents. Box Paper 24 sheets paper and 24 envelope
 good quality, cents. The same. decorated, 10 cents. A better grade, Decorated, I4 cents. Extra Fine Royal Wedding. 20 cents. Fifteen sheets Foolscap Paper, cents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-08-08
The ORIGIN of Ginger"

A correspondent sends the following
derivation of the term ''linger:' EARLY
in the forties there moved from YER
mont to one of the then flourishing COT
ton manufacturing villages Of New
Hampshire a man with large family
Of children, to keep one of the corpora
ton boarding houses. He was tall,
Slank dyspeptic. There was but one shoe
store in the village; in the rear of the
store was a room for making and re-
pairing Shoes Here was a Frenchman,
and lover Of mischief. One day the
tavern keeper entered the shop and said :
Hello! Are you shoemaker Yes
was the answer, and linger at it. The
Frenchman caught on, and in q day or
two there was hung outside the build
ing, with other store goods, probably
|. the most uncouth, bunglingly made pair
sof shoes ever seen on the continent,
labeled 'Lingers. There they hung un-
til every man, woman and child in the
village had looked them over. From
that day the members Of the dyspeptio's
family were known as fingers. And
the word was applied to everything as q
superlative, to a fine yoke Of oxen or q
big fish. "-Boston Journal :
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THE NATIONAL EMBLEM. /
More Than Two Years Of WarlArs With
s$sta sSf out q Flag. sta h

More Than Two Years Of Waf1ars With
ss3s$a II {5&&Si out . Flag. u
IA national ensign was not adopted
till June, l777. A glance at the pro-
miscuous banners under which the dit
ferent American forces campaigned dur
ing the first two years Of the Revolution
will be found Of interest at this anniver-
sary Of the birth Of the nation.
The 6rst regular battle OF the war
was Bunker Hill It is not likely that
there were any colors carried BY the few
militiamen who were hastily got togeth-
er at Concord and Lexington two mouths
before. But after the skirmishes at
these places each Of the colonies set up
its own flag, Unfortunately descriptions
of these flags We're not preserved, and
the information we have is very vague.
The most definite information as to
American flags we get is in foreign jour
nails at ports where American ships at
that time touched. There is no satisfac-
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MIGHT FIRE GREENWAY.

= Governor OF Manitoba Said to BE Consid-
ering tho Matter.
WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 5.-Sir John
Schultze, governor of Manitoba, trans
mitted to Premier Greenway commu-
nication from the Dominion govern
ment asking Greenway just how far he
will go in compromising the Catholic
school difficulty. Sir John, after trans
hitting the communication. took the
train for Banff,i in the Rocky mountains,
where Sir Mackenzie Bowel, premier
of Canada, now is. In Winnipeg
the startling rumor is freely circulated
by politicians that if Premier Green
way persists in his refusal to remedy
Catholic grievances he and his minis
tiers will be dismissed from Office by
the Manitoba governor. Of course the
governor has the power to do this, but
such high handed course would be
calculated only to intensity the trouble
and bitterness. Certain it is, however,
that the Dominion government is con-
templating some decisive move.
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The Spent Cannon BAH.

General Sherman's "reminiscences Of
wartime are very entertaining. One Of
the most magnificent specimens Of man
hood ever saw, said he, was a soldier
who was constant laughing at the poor
fellows who became fatigued by long
marches or who sank under seemingly
trif1ing wounds. His courage, health
and strength seemed invincible. One
day a heavy projectile from the enemy,s
cannon what we call a spent ball
came rolling along The temptation to
put out ones foot to stop such a ball
was irresistible. The soldierI have mem
toned yielded toit. With merry smile
he put out his foot, and in an instant it.
was cut off, and he sank to the ground;
MANNED, shattered cripple for life,
weeping like child at his awful mis-
fortune. :; r. s 4, .}.is.5
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DETECTIVES STILL AT WORK.
Moro Evidences Of Murder Found in thu
' Holmes Castle.

Moro Evidences of Murder Found in tho
' Holmes Castle.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Human blood has
been found in Holmes Castle, bespat-
tered from one room to another. Sci
ence aided Detectives Fitzpatrick and
Norton where other agencies had
failed and uncovered more startling
evidence against Holmes and Quinlan
than has yet been found in the Castle.
There was found in the Castle by
the detectives and a medical expert a
trail of blood leading from the door
way Of the diningroom Of Mrs. Julia
L. Conner to the sink in the same
room; from there into the dark cham
Der where she and Pearl slept and
from there to the inside. of the door
opening into the bathroom where the
secret trap door was located and Z
~ Down the Secret Staircase
which led to the false elevator shaft
and thence to asthe basement The
blood was human. Az !
In.Pat Quinlan's private rooms were
found two trunks Of the theatrical
type, one being purchased from Meeks
il Denver. On both trunks were the
initials I'M. R. W. The initials are
those Of Minnie R. Williams. Pat
Quinlan stated, after his being taken
into custody, that both of the trunks
belonged to him. Detectives Norton
and Fitzpatrick have now the truth
that both trunks belonged to Minnie
Williams. 80.
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asRs s.'s;'1 aE,s DEATH
y 81 was Dus 10 Nervous Prostration Of
d %SB I.on4 etaudiug. E5 S$s

~ a NO. ~ q 81 ave
l II wa Dus "a Nervous Prostration q
,s3S Long Standing. n
NEW YoRK, Aug. 8. The death Of
\ Mira q. Dewitt Talmags, which co.
CURED at 4 Danville, N. =, Monday,
Was due to nervous prostration. Since
the burning Of the Brooklyn tabernacle
last year. Mrs Talmage has suffered
from nervous prostration, and she has
never fully recovered from the shock
sustained then. a trip to Europe was
tried, but proved Of little benefit.
While DR.. Talmage was absent on
q lecture tour in the West last week,
he received telegram summoning him
to his wife's bedside. He at once can.
celed oil his engagements and fastened
back, to find that there was very little
hope for the patients recovery, and he
remained with her until the end came.
Y The deceased was the second wife of
DR.. Talmage. His first wife was
drowned whilo boating in 1862, leaving
daughter, Miss Jessie, and ason, who
has since died. About two years after
wards, the doctor married Miss Susie
Whittemore of Brooklyn. She became
the mother of five children, Rev. Frank
De Witt Talmage. Mrs. DORM, Mrs.
Mangan, Miss Maud and Miss Daisy
Talmape
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tory information as to the standard used
by the colonists at Bunker Hill, fought
on June II, 1775. Indeed it has never
been proved that they had any stand
ards, though one writer says "they were
as various as the troops were motley. :"
There is a picture Of the battle in the
rotunda of the capitol at Washington,
painted by Trumbull, the celebrated
American artist of that day, in which
the Americans are pictured fighting I'M
der red flag having white canton
bearing a green pine tree. Warren is
said to have reminded his troops Of the
motto on their standard, on one side Of
which was, "Qui transtuit sustinet'
(He who brought US here will sustain
us), and on the other, can appeal to
heaven. This appears to have been the
Connecticut motto. An old lady told
Mr.. Losing, the historian, that her IA
ther was at the battle and assisted in
hosting the flag. He described it to her.
The ground was blue, with one corner
CHARTERED by the red cross of st. George,
in one section of which was pine tree.
On July 10, 1775, standard was pre-
sented to Washington bearing the motto,
IAN Appeal to Heaven" On Oct. 20,
1775, plan was suggested for Revo-
lutionary flag, which was a white
ground and a tree in the middle bearing
the motto, "An Appeal to Heaven" It
was the flag Of American floating bat
teries. This was undoubtedly adopted by
Massachusetts,, and it was used on Amer
lean ships.
In September, 1775, Colonel Moultrie,
in South Carolina, had flag made
which was blue, with a white crescent
in the corner: On June 20, 1776, this
flag, with the word Liberty" inscribed
upon it, was raised on what is now Fort
Moultrie This was the first American
flag displayed in the south.
The colors Of the American feet (July,
1776) were ID stripes, with rattlesnake
across, bearing the motto, Don't Tread
on Me-. "
In Paul Jones' flag the stripes were
alternate red and blue. The rattlesnake
was favorite device among the colo
nists. In 1775 an old device used in the
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ARE GROWING UGLY.
Some of the Ishpeming Strikers Trying to
Mako Trouble.

Some of the Ishpeming Strikers Trying to
Make Trouble.
IsHPEM1Na, Mich, Aug. g. The
strike situation is rapidly changing
front, and from being the most orderly
on record, there is general apprehen-
sion of serious trouble.
The majority Of the strikers are Or
derby and wish to remain so, but the
turbulent spirits are getting from un-
der control, and it is hard to see how
trouble can be averted unless troops are
sent here at once and in strong force.
Mayor johnson has received a tele-
gram from Governor Rich urging the
prevention of interference with any
person engaged in legitimate pursuits.
The Ishpeming strikers, after a meet
ing in the rain at the Midway park,
went to Negaunee and held joint
demonstration.
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THE rhouehtful Chauncey.

A good story is told on Chauncey De-
pew. He received letter from a young
married friend in Albany asking for q
pass for his mother-in law, who was
coming to make him visit, and closing
with the delicate hint, Don't forget to
have the return coupon attached Mr..
Depew is nothing if not worldly wise
and sympathetic, and in sending the pass
he wrote, II have not neglected the re-
turn coupon and have limited it to three
DAYS. ''-Minneapolis Journal
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/ GENERAL THOMAS.
He Might Have Been Southern Soldier
,.'..-G-' = but For His Wife. ~ 5* "

He Might Have Been Southern Soldier
:. rs. :. .gy..s. but For His Wife. WI (:
General William Malone Of Virginia
sat in Chamberlin's, deeply interested
in a we'll bound volume Of substantial
size. To reporter who ventured to ask
the title Of the book, the general cour-
teously said: :.s-.s s., s. II s. .t.ss
lit is made up Of Papers Of the Mill
tary Historical Society of Massac husetts'
and contains critical sketches Of some Of
the leading Federal and Confederate
generals. I was at that moment engaged
on the sketch devoted to General Thom-s
as. It is very fair and interesting &C.
count of his character and services.
IT knew Thomas personally, for he
was born and reared in my section Of
West Virginia. He was military man
Of excellent parts, rather slow to act, 4
but never able to grasp the idea that he
had been whipped. His bulldog tenacity
was strong characteristic. s2s
II know good deal more than this
book about Thomas prediction for the
southern cause. In passing through the
state on his way from Texas to New
York at the time that the legislature
was celebrating on the question Of Sc,
cession, Thomas said,, with emphasis,
There is nothing for the south to do
but to fight. It was well understood
that his sympathies were with the peo-
pie Of his native section. .s; ;
IT was empowered by the governor
of Virginia to offer him an important
position created for him and rendered it
with the full expectation that it would
be accepted. : He married Miss Marcy
Of New York, and it is no doubt true
that his wife's influence had much to
do with keeping him on the Union
side Washington Post <%& a.s5
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1T is USELESS.

Hill Further Than Ever From Accom-
plishing Consolidation.
New YORK, Aug. 3.-President Hill
and Vice President Clough of the
Great Northern have been in this city
for a week past in constant consulta-
ton with J. Pierpont Morgan and with
Edward D. Adams, chairman of the
Northern Pacific reorganization COM
mittee. They have made no progress
in the scheme for obtaining control Of
the Northern Pacific road through the
organization of third company. It is
safe to say that Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Nor
gan are now further apart than at any
time since the consolidation project
was preached last May.
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French and Indian war was revived,
being rattlesnake cut into parts. It
was adopted by the newspapers to rep
resent the separate colonies and with
the motto, "Unite or Die. -
On the 9Th of February, 1776, Colonel
Gadsden presented to congress standard
for the commander of the navy. 1t was
yellow flag, with rattlesnake in the
middle coiled ready to strike, and the
motto, "Don't Tread on Me-" At the
equipping Of feet committee was ap-
pointed at Cambridge to consider flag.
The result was the union jack, coupled
with Is stripes. This was the close of
the year 1875. The flag was hoisted on
the I'd Of January at the Cambridge
camp. At the battle Of Long Island,
Aug. &c, 1776, the British captured from
a small band of Americans red damask
flag, with the motto, Liberty" At the
battle Of White Plains, Oct. 20, 1776,
the Americans carried flag with a
crossed sword and staff, with a liberty cap
on the end Of the staff and the motto,
Liberty or Death. - ....
The earliest suggestion Of stars in an
American flag is in a standard of the
Philadelphia Light horse (1774-5),
though it is not probable that this inau-
enced the design of the national flag. 1t
was on the 14th Of June, 1777, that the
American congress decided on a banner.
1t was on that day resolved 'that the
flag Of the 10 United States be 13 stripes
of alternate red and white; that the IN
ion be 10 stars, white in a blue field,
representing new constellation" This
design was at once promulgated, and the
vast number Of colonial flags bearing
rattlesnakes, pine trees, union jacks and
other emblems and notices disappe ared,
md the remainder Of the war was fought
Tut under the stars and stripes.
s. W. SAVAGE. !
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stevenson's Ply For Beggars.

e. Stevenson's pity was a very marked
quality, and it extended to beggars,
which is, I think, to go too far. His op-
timism, however, suffered q rude shock
in South Audley street one summer aft
,ernoon. We met stalwart beggar,
whom refused to aid. Louis, however,
wavered and finally handed him six
pence. The man pocketed the coin, for
bore to thank his benefacto tor, but fixing
his eye on me said in. a loud voice,
.'sAnd what is the other little gentleman
going to give me?' In future, = said
Louis as we strobe coldly on, - shall
be the other little gentleman. -
Personal Memories of Stevenson, !" by
Edmund Gosse, in Century.