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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
Keep Farm Records.

Every farmer is 10 a great extent a
manufacturer, and ought to keep q
record of his operations. This is the
key to success in any business. But
the soil tiller should attend to some
other matters in connection with his
accounts. A map Of bis farm, with
each field numbered, and its size,
quality of soil, etc., specified, will be a
great aid in heeping track Of the years
transactions. How many farmers
have such guide and convenience ?
Aud how many kept such memoran-
da the past year as will enable them to
tell the expense of each crop grown /?
And how about the domestic animals ?
If you keep cows, what have they
paid you per head in the aggregate I?
And what of sheep, swine and even
the chickens? How much did each
to your income, and which
was the most profitable?
Those who can answer those peril
nent questions which must be well
advised in regard to their financial
position and need no admonition, but
we fear many are utterly unable to
give any detailed account Of their
farming operations, or whether the
balance IL on the right or wrong side of
the l+dger. 1t is needless to say that
such management would soon wreck
any commercial enterprise, and hence
the frequent complaint tnat farming
don't pay" is not surprising. What
we write is intended to be suggestive
rather than admonitory. Keep an
account of your doing, and
you will not only be wiser, but ere
ong richer in consequence. In fact,
,esolve that you will know how you
stand at the close of another year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
AN English periodical calls attention
n tba faot that q preat nnmher of chill

An English periodical calls attention
to the fact that great number of chill
dren are seriously injured or suffocated
altogether while in bed with their par
ents These latter, weary, perhaps,
and probably very heavy sleepers, are
rest le,s and in rolling and tossing
about either strike the infant with
their arms and elbows or roll over up
on it and suffoeate it without being
aware of the fact. The same authority
says that among the working people
the most persistent efforts have made
to induce mothers oput their babies
in cribs at the he'd side, but through
selfis ness and desire to ever have
the little thing near them they fatty
refuse and the consequence is that the
child suffers. AS general PROPOSE
tinn. no baby will thrive as well If it
sleeps with its parents Their super
abundant vitality taxes it too much.
The father may be addicted to tobacco
and liquor, the emanations from his
body being the rankest kind of poison
to che sensitive little organization.
If u child is properly wrapped its
chances for life, health and symmetry
are infiniterly better if kept in crib.
One woman, with sense beyond her
situation in life, who had no means
with which to buy crib, and no room
for 1t had she been able to make the
purchase, drove some heavy nails in
the wall at the head of her bed, and
upon those hung strong basket, lined
with soft cotton and shaped cut into
comfortable nest for her little one. A
thick cotton comfortable was provided
and tied with string to the edge of
the basket. The child was dressed in
night clothes made bag-fashion. with
strings to hold the sleeves around the
wrists and neck and a cap made after
the shape OF the hood of cloak to
draw up over the head With the
little thing securely tucked away in
this cosy nest, the mother, who was q
very heavy sleeper and q rather stout
woman, felt no concern and rested
quietly, serene in the consciousness
that the baby was safe AS the child
grew older and was able to move
about, strong bands Of tape were sewed
to the little bag IN which it was
securely tied. These were fastened to
the sides Of the basket, and while it
gave the baby the freedom Of its head
and limbs. it could neither rise up nor
creep, cut of its comfortable environ
ment. This women raised five chill
dren in this way; as they increased
the baskets were hung around the wal,
and, up to eight or nine years, each
child was securely tied into its improv-
ised cot.
There is hint in this that well-to-do
mothers might take to heart. Physi-
clans assert that many of the deformi-
ties of children, the injuries to their
spines, the crookedness of the legs, and
various other unnatural conditions,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

The old story of ants indulging in
games and play was for long time
thought to be fable, but grave scien-
tific gentlemen of our day have seen it ;
and we shall have to believe ii now,
queer as it seems. The old story was
told by Huber, who "saw these ants
assembled on the surface of their nest,
and behaving in way which he could
only explain as Stimulating festival
sports or other games. They raised
themselves on their hind legs, embrac.
ed each other with their fore legs, seized
each other by the antennn, feet. or
mandibles, and wrestled, but all in
friendl'est fashion. Then they let 20,
ran after each other, and played hide
and eek. When one was victorious,
it seized all the others in the ring,
and tumbled over them like nine-pin~."
So much for the old writer. Now
says the new: "The players caught
each other by the feet or jaws, rolled
over each other on the ground like
boys playing, pulled each other inside
the entrance of their nest, only to come
out again, and SO on. All this was
done without bad temper or any spurt-
ing of poison, and it was clear that all
the rivalry was friendly"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11
To Remove Paint from Clothing.

You can remove paint from clothing
better with chlorotorm than by any
other means, but benzine will also do.
The chloroform is not inflammahle,
and may be used at night, benzine
should only be employed during day
light. as it is extremely dangerous
when EXPOSED to flame. Soak the spot
thr ugh The fabric and rub gently over
a piece of blotting paper or white cloth
using a white fabric as the rubber.
Turpentine will take paint out, but it
is apt to spread around the edge of the
stain, which chloroform does not do.
Use plenty of the liquid anddry in the
sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

are traceable to continual and heavy
pressure of the mothers body when
she turns and rests upon the sleeping
one at her side.
The sum of the whole matter Is that
while the mother may keep her baby
with her, and have nothing happen TO
it, the chances are so much against 1t
that it is scarcely worth while for
sensible women to take the risk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

The only conclusive evidence of
mans sincerity is that he gives himself
for q principle. Words, money, all
things else, are comparatively easy to
give away but when man makes a
gift'of his daily life and practice, it is
plain that the truth, whatever it may
be, has taken possession Of him.
1t has been observed that the man
who has the fewest failings is the most
tolerant of those of his neighbors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

A mountain top, says the Lancet in
noticing a recent death from lightning
storke, is always dangerous place in
q storm, for The protusion of the mass
of the mountain above the rest of the
earth surface attracts any cloud, more
especially one charged with electricity,
and any one crossing their area, like u
point on O conductor, is extremely like
~ to direc ion of the determine the
discharge through himself"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

I do not know that the dictionary
defines gossip better than he that said
"Gossip is putting two and two togeth-
rand making five.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

The people who live the longest are
those who sleep with the mouth shut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

While there are no complete statis-
tics available, careful estimates from all
possible sources of information make it
proable that at the time of the discov-
er> there were not more than 100000
Indians in all North America 1t is
claimed by some that there are today
as many Indians in North America
as there were at the time of the discov-
cry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

Buck wheat at. Aug. w. Smiths.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

When you want good stuff at moderate
prices go to Haddons.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28

An Three good Groom houses on Wells
VU. avenue II. One $3.50, one $500 and
one Sl0C0: $40 cash and $40 per month, or $50 and
So per month; once sold FOR $4,000 apiece
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
THE ROANOKE TIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER %, 1895
"A Wide Range.

A preparation which
enriches and purifies the
blood and assists nature
in repairing wasted tissue
must have a wide range
OF usefulness.
Such a preparation is
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites of Lime and Soda.
The uses of SCOTS Emul-
sion are not confined to
wastingdiseases like con-
sumption, scrofula or
anamia. They embrace
nearly all those minor all
ments associated with
loss ofHesh.
Scott & BOVINE, NY. All Druggists. SOC. and ST..
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
DEAN THIS LIST OF DlnNglMc
ntHU SPECIAL nANt7EINN

No. 1-Four.story brick residence, with ~
rooms, on Wells avenue n. e.; lot 5ox16O feet, to
whole Properly pert ' sasso s9 sSoo
No. 2-Two. story solid brick business house on
salem avenue, between Jefferson street and the
Of the building nicely t cd up with rooms Tor for
house and lot, 5000 This is the best business
portion OF the city and will pay handsome per
cent. on the Investment in the future.
.o No: s-eorner lot in West End Boulevard,
OF this lot: cold for $3.50 in 1880. Price Of lot
now, $400 all cash.
No; Large residence on Campbell avenue,
NO 1872. Price 2,336; all cash, 1886 cash, and
balance on time This house has 10 rooms and
all conveniences and large stable in rear OF lot.
avenue between Commerce and Henry streets;
sZe 25 feet front and running back to an alley;
No. 6eNice four. room cottage on n sixth avenue M
g. g.; lot 3lx100 feet, to alley; cost $500 to
, build the house; rented out now to a promptpay
Ing tenant, paying IS per mouth. Price OF house
and lot, S2SO, all cash; or $5C0, $50 cash and SO
No. 7-Business lot on Luck street, between
Henry and Commerce; size 3ox1O5 feet to an
alley; sold for $4,000 in 1890. Price 5000; all
No. s-Eightroom residence on Franklin road,
near Tenth avenue g. W house In good order
with all conveniences; lot 3s feet 'front.' ia feel
$4,000 in 1890. Price Of house and lot now 80 500;
$3.50 cash and s2o per month, with interest.
NV. '-NiCo I-TOOIu mouse anQ lou, ana vacant
lot adjoining, on Illinois avenue, Salem Va; best
residence portion OF the city. Price of whole
$yOo; SlOo cash, SIS per month, with interest.
Property cost over $4,000
NO. 10--Three-stcry brick business house on
Campbell svcnue west OF Jefferson street, occu-
pied by Thompson d Meadows; size OF lot 25xiOO
feet; the whole OF the two upper stories well ar.
ranged and cut up into offices. The property will
rent for about 81, 100 per annum. Price $4,000;
terest.
No. 11-Fiveroom twc-story house on HolIi.
DAY street 8. e.; lot 50xl30 feet; fronts on both
Holiday street and Roanoke and Southern rail-
road This property sold for IS 900 in 1890. Price
OF house and lot now $500; $3.50 cash and $16 per
month, with interest.
No. PA desirable residence on Church street
near Park street; corner lot, 40x170 feet, to an
alley. Price OF house and lot now. S2.750; $3.50
carh, balances on time.
No. 13-oix.room residence on Fifth avenue n
W.; lot runs through from Fifth to Fourth ave-
nue.; two fronts house coet about $3.50 to build It,
Prlce or houac and both lots now $3.50; $50 cash
and $lO per month. with Interest.
NO. l4-Nfnc-room Queen Anne house on Brook
street n. O.; corner lot, 50x1O0 feet; house In
good condition; contract price of house 81 600,
pfice OF house and lot now s, $50; $3.50 cash and
$l6 per month, with interest.
NO 1b-Seven-room story residence on Sew.
enth avenue; lotss33xl30 feet to an alley. Price
OF house and lot now i450; 800 cash. balance $40
per month. House cost over $1,000 to build IT.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28

No 1-Four.story brick residence, with n
an alley; stable in rear OF lot with eight stalls
cost OF building, residence and stable about
S4.VOO; Price of whole property, S2,250; $50(
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
EXTRA GOOD BARGAINS
REAL ESTATE.

The Tide in the Affairs OF Roanoke Has
Turned-ProsPerity is at Hand-Real
Estate Can Now be Bought at Prices
That VIII Bring the Judicious In
weston Splendid Returns Within the
Next Two Years-The Opportunity
May Not Last Long-Embrace 1t
While You Can.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
BUY A Nome.
Why Continue to Rent, When You
Can Buy Almost as Easy :?
Below See a Partial List Of
Our Bargains. We Have Many
Besides These.

AZ One OF the best business houses on
Nu. =. the best eide OF Jefferson street. for
SSvU1. on easy terms, now renting for over 10
per cent. The ground is worth more than the
price OF the property.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
"rhe Common peonle.n

AS Abraham Lincoln called them, do
not caro- to argue about their ailments.
Whet they want Is q medicine that will
cure them The simple, honest state
mont. II know that Hoods Ssrsaparilla
cured ane," is the best argument in
favor of this medicine, and this Ia what
many thousands Voluntarily say.
Hoods Pills are the best after-dinner
pills. assist digestion, cure headache,
csc.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
J.W. BOSWELL,
Real Estate and Rental Agent.
Moomaw Building, Jefferson St.,
ROANOKE, VA.

THE best CRATE coal in the city 10 the
semi-bituminous Red Ash coal, sold
only by w. K. ANDREWS s. Co., 219
Salem avenue. You may know their
teams by the bells.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28

BUY Brush Mountain coal from W. X
Andrews d Co 2l9 Salem avenue. They
will sell 1t cheaper than it has over beer
sold In the city. Look out for the belled
teamH.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28

price of the property.
No. sesnad avenue sTSon %ts %oa. Gn
sta a1s and large lot for 5O
5000 A great bargain, and will not be on the
market long at this price.
NO. st 1Eaies The On oh s5'Tst ans
good location and large lots. for $1,000 each; $l0
cash and $40 per month.
NO. avenue r. One ssso Ss one * $500 and and
IS per months once sold Tor $4,000 apiece.
Nh. IA good: houee near the West End
MU' rnund house, nicely located 5000;
slOJ cash and $12.5O per month.
Mn G Nice 4.room cottage on corner lot.
~: y Northwest, In good condition, for
$l,10J to build :.
yU. best part OF Eighth avenue 8. c.,
1920; $50 oash; sla per month.
NO. stleet dsaas ON Hnisbea
Modern improvements, S!,a5o; $3.50 cash and sac
n q Elegant 11-room house on Jefferson
many HseH Hca Sinssd sts Ssa asgS
s4.O cash and $40 year.
NY. U.-..good Condition, sl,O0U; sl5O
NO. n9 n % on bert i.ss to- Of rm
NO. houses on :, best R,,s Of Third
Nh ~ Groom residence. with so foot
HooJ, on easy terms. This is q fine investment, as
Thrust be busineas property como day.
an Groom dwelling with modern
W.. ~. improvements oa Dale avenue,
near in. $3.50.
MU. To- $40 cash and SO per month month s'0'
NO. 49, t es,S s dse Z, n:, Thea
Great Bargain In Truck Farm.
E ACRES highly improved land. new six room
and reservoir, from which III the land can be
electric car line. Cost $4,000. Price now 81 ,45O.
" Pippin Apple Land.
ia ACRES OF nice level land. twenty five
D acres OF 1t rich bottom; ono half the tract
in good timber. THE land lies on Back creek. in
large assorted sp,le trees. Price 81, $50 cash
This is q fine investment
w Also many other desirable farms in this
and adj dining counties
tW-Teams always ready to show any of these
I. W. SPINDLE & CO.,
104 jefferson Street. Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28

If you wish to get the best quality OF
coal and wood buy 1t from vi. X An
drews 81 Co., 2to Salem avenue. Listen
for tho jingle of the bells.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28

BIZ q Splendid Groom residence on
WU. 4 Seventh avenue g. W., with modern
improvements, stable and largo lot for 50, $50;
$3.50 cash. balance S25 per month. Former price
SOW A great bargain, and will not be on the
market long at this price.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28

Hn Three nice houses on Tazewcll ave-
NU. } nue.. two and the other Z rooms
good location and large lots, for 1900 each; SlU
cash and $40 per month.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-01-19
WOOLEN FACTOkIES.

There is no factor of development
equal to manufacturing industries
where city or town is properly situ-
ated for them. The Dalles has every
facility for manufactures, and there is
an opportunity to secure them. OF
course, the inauguration of any in
dustry will require finaucial outlay,
and some sacrifice on the part of in
dividual citizens But when fairly
started industries make towns indie
pendent, enhance the value of prop
erty and tends largely to develope
natural resources
For many years this city has been
the great wool market of the north
west. This prestige has been secured
because of our proximity to the wool
gro wing region and great advantages
in freight rates for shipment east.
These make it apparent that WOODEN
factory would be a payment invest
ment, if it could be made SO anywhere
in the Inland Empire.
In connection with this there should
be securing plant, which would give
sheep raisers the opportunity of send
ing their wool east free from dirt. and
not pay b cents pound on grease,
which brings them no returns. While
it is fact that there is less dirt in
the wool tributary to this market than
that sold at other points in E .stern
Oregon, yet the waste will average &c
per cent. That it would be an ad-
vantage to have this grease taken out
here before the product is shipped east
is apparent to every one; for the price
of wool is rated on the clean staple,
and the producer is forced to pay for
securing, whether it Is done at Pendle
ton, The Dalles or Boston. If the
is dore here the freight
charges on 66 per cent of grease is
saved, and this will add to the price
of the clip to the wool-growers
The proposition made by Mr.. Shaw,
published in anoaher column we con-
slider very fair one. and if our citi-
,ens should accept it we believe the
weolen and securing mill would at
;ract other industries, and be the be
ginning Of an era of development that
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-01-19

has not been known in The Dalles
during it's history. For long time
the location has received the attention
of capitalists, and If one enterprise
were started others would follow. We
are we'll aware of the tiehtness of
money IN all departments of trade,
and that a thousand dollars could be
raised as easily a few years ago as
hundred can new. But such favorable
propositions are not made during flush
times, and if advantage is taken of
them during business depression great
benefits will be derived when the turn
of the tide comes and trade resumes
it's former prosperous channels. The
present prospects are discourag'ng to
very many; but there is a WELL
founded hope that a bright future is in
store for this country, and especially
for The Dalles and vicinity when the
locks at the Cascades are completed
and freight charges will De at the min
hmm
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-01-19
TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
A Clever swindier.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 17-Mrs Annie D
B llah. probably the cleverest womsn
swlndler who ever obtained money on
fraudulent checks In the United States,
has been apprehended and taken to the
central police station and detained,
awaiting word from the police authorities
at Excelsior Springs. No, and elsewhere
Mrs. Brllah came to town Tuesday night,
accompanied by T. bright looking, we'll
dressed 12 wear old boy, and registered
rs Mrs DsnDison, OF B. timore, Ind. By
chance she was recognized In the hotel
corridor, and her arrest followed. Sne
admits ber identity, and says she will
fight the case In Excelsior Springs last
summer she became acquain wi III
Lemuel Lincoln, relative of Robert T
Lincoln, .on of the martyred president.
She told him she was preparing to write
history Uf President Lincoln aud his
descendants. He readi ' gave Mrs.
Bellah the desired information, and she
finally got Lincoln to cash bogus check
for $l25 tor her. With the information
obtained from bIm, she went to Platts-
burg, Mo-, and worked the same deal on
Mrs McMichael, sister of Lemuel Mrs.
Bellah then disappeared, and although
the police of scores OF fowns were hunt
ing for her, she managed to e!ude them
all. Mrs Belah is 40 years of age.
When arrested yesterday she was fash.
iouabiy dressed, and had $S4 in money,
besides several checks on Baltimore aud
Phiadeiphia banks, signed by Joseph T
Bel ah. but not dated>or filled out. She
is we'll educated. Chief Speers has on
file record of the woman, furnished
several months ago by the authorities 81
Boston, Msss., where the B.llahs, Js,epb
I and Annie D, were defendants in sev
erdl suits Instituted by persons defrauded.
The operations of the Brllahs ex'end
over five states. 10 default of bail Mrs.
Beilah was sent to Jail to await trial.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-01-19
WHY PRICES ARE LOW.

The wheat crop of the Argentine
Republic for 1894 is estimated at
1000. coo tons, or about 666, 600 GOO
bushels. OF this at least 499, 500 600
are for expectation. This augurs un-
favorably as to the price of wheat
grown in the United States, says an
exchange.
II it be true that wheat growing
does not now pay the United States
farmer, what are the most rational
methods of restoring wheat culture to
its former profitable state7 Plainly by
reduction of the wheat crop, or by
an increase of the demand for wheat,
or, better still, by both.
Reduction of the wheat crop neces-
states the cultivation of the dimin-
ished wheat area for some other crop.
For the farmer cannot let his acres lie
idle. Beet crops would be profitable
il beet sugar refnerIes were numerous.
But by repeating the bounty on Amer
lean made sugar the new tariff has
Iessened the demand for beet crops.
Flax would be profitable crop if
linen factories were numerous. But
by reducing the amount of protection
given to linen manufactures the new
tariff has lessened the demand for
fax. Wool used to he profitable
crop. But by repeating the wool du-
ties the new tariff has ruined the wool
industries.
The Democratic free-trade policy
circumscribes the number of crops
available to the farmer. 1t prevents
him from growing new crops in place
of the wheat that it has lowered in
price by sending American money
abroad in exchange for articles that
should have been produced at home.
For it is to be kept in mind that Europe
has not bought more from
US in proportion as we have
bought more from it. Large parts
of the profits that England has
made on our purchases of % nufact-
ured goods have been vested in the
develop nent of East Indian and Ar
gentine railways and wheat fields. To
get cheaper wheat and cheaper raw
cotton has been the steadfast aim of
Great Britain, and in some degree of
all western Europe. And we have
been aiding them to do it. United
States money has been spent, in the
last analysis of its expenditure, in en-
abling some foreign nations to buy
from other nations more cheaply .han
they can buy from us, Therefore
wheat is quoted at SO cents in mar
kets where it used to be cheap at 81,
and cotton sells at B cents where it
used to sell for 10 cents.