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In response TO inquiries. Mr.. Hanna said
today:
People all over the country are con-
graduating themselves on the election. /
think there viii be "A large attendance on
the inaugural ceremonies The election
has had a good effect. and is restoring con-
fidenee. This is no time of year for
large volume OF business, bat confidence
has been restored. and the future .ooks
extremely hopeful"
do you think the business men OF the
country want any currency legislation this
winterg'
Il think business interests are looking
forward 10 the time when that question
can be taken up by congress In an intel
ligent and non-parsisan way" replied
Hanna. Party lines have been broken
down on that issue, and now II remains
TO be dealt with by both parties The
truth is. our currency matters are IN
pretty fair shape. think There Is noth-
ing alarming about the currency question.
There IS no question about the Repuollc-
ans OF the West wanting a conservative
tariff bill passed at this congress-
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CONGRESS TODAY.
Continued from Page /.

niittee on appropriations having in charge
the preparation of the pension appro-
pr.ation bill. yesterday substantially COM
pletea the bin and probably viii be able TO
report TO the full committee on Monday.
1t is understood that the bill carries the
s. me appropriation for the payment OF
pensions that the present law does
namely. $l40.Ooooco.
Speaker Reed arrived here last night
at 9 O'Clock and Immediately went TO his
rooms at the Shoreham. He was consid-
erably fatigded and denied himself 10
AL callers.
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This competition closed December Ist.
The entries we're very numerous.
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SO FOR A STORY.
SO FOR A POEM.

For the best short poem, not exceeding
100 lines, So In cash viii be given. Subject
of poem TO be the city of Seattle.
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Saving Power OF Marriage.

I I have noticed that a married man
falling into misfortune is more apt tc
retrieve his situation in the world than
a single one, chiefly because bis spirits
are soothed and relieved by domestic
endearments, and self-respect kept
alive by finding that, although abroad
be darkness and humiliation, yet there
is still little world of love at home, Of
which he is monarch. Whereas sin.
gle man is apt to run to waste and self.
neglect-to fall to ruins, like some de-
serted mansions, for want of inbabi.
tants. 1 have often had occasion tC
mark the fortitude with which women
sustain the almost overwhelming re.
verses of fortune. Those disasters
which break down the spirit of man
and PROSTATE him in the dust, seem to
call forth all the energies of the softer
sex, and give such intrepidity and ele'
walton to their character that at times
it approaches sublimity.
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Salt for Fruit Trees.

In your Fruit Grower, a correspon-
dent asks in regard to salt for pears and
other kinds of trees. Let me tell of a
sea captain who always had beautiful
pears, while his neighbors could not
raise any; OH being questioned in re-
gard to the matter replied: II salt
'em." Salt is one of the best fertil-
Zers known. | have used it many
years on all kinds of trees and on my
garden. Put it on so thick that il
looks like fail of snow. I have just
salted my trees and currents. Twenty
years ago I planted pear trees, and one
Bartlett would blossom full perfect
mass of white, but no fruit for four
years, and then applied the salt, four
quarts spaded in, and since then it has
been an enormous bearer. The best
fertilizer for peach trees is urine. The
best place for peach tree is planted
by a sink drain or pear tree. I have
the early and late Crawford each side
of my drain. twenty-five feet high,
that can't be beaten for fruit. Use salt
literally, and you kill thousands of in.
sects and the white grubs which are sc
destructive to the strawberry plant
Many farmers here use tons of salt on
their fields with great results. 1t is
cheap, easily applied and no danger in
the use. 1t is a great retainer of mois
ture. apply it bountifully among my
Cuthbert raspberries, it keeps the
ground moist and does not produce
weed seeds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-08
Praises the Bicycle.

It seems to be coming-scientiflc ap-
proval-in all directions. DR.. Cham
poniere, member Of the Academy Of
Medicine, has made observations on
Frenchwomen who have used the wheel,
and he finds they are better performers
than men, learning more easily and
with less purposeless expenditure Of
force. He finds marked increase in the
amount of muscle developed all over the
trunk of the body, especially about the
torso. The lung capacity is increased,
full, healthy action Of the heart is re-
stored and the deposition Of fat is avoid
ed. The doctor asserts that he can detect
infallibly the woman who uses the
wheel from her sisters when they CROSS
the streets. One proceeds with self con-
fidence and ease when the other lodges
and invites disaster. He then examines
the mental discipline afforded by the BIZ
cycle, and thence deduces his most strlk-
ing conclusions. He finds that the wom-
ans powers of attention and observation
are awakened in an extraordinary de-
gree, or rather that these powers, with
which all human beings are endowed at
birth, are saved from atrophy, which in
both sexes is one Of the most marked
defects produced by civilization. The
wheelwomen move with something OF
the freedom and dignity observed in
some Of the higher unciviized races.
The doctor disclaims any intention to
theorize, but at the close Of his article
permits himself to dream Of a new
Frenchwoman as the product Of the BIZ
cycle
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:, the Way Through.

"rh, good all the way thu" sait
it'll gro boy to me one day, asRe
onora q h' basket of apples for sale. \
'er, thoughts flew at once to Queen
,aiht y Eli THIS remark, when she felt sc
.te. M h~itT ~ the difference between the
OF nnep promise of her counsellors and
al II ., 55,Sters of State in the beginning, and
er, tifiailure and disappointment in the
al ~: Like a basket Of apples, fair
1nd1 ! beautiful on top, but withered and
sl. ted on the bottom" The little ne
y. o's words, "All the way through" "
lute.'e good motto to.live by.
ii A grocer, initiating new clerk into
lthe mysteries of his trade, seeing him
on the first day of work filling a peck
measure for a customer with potatoes
of fair size from bottom to top, said :
"See here, that won't do; we keep two
sizes of potatoes! Fill the measure
half way from the barrel of small po-
tatoes, and finish from the one con-
tanning the large ones the big potatoes
sell better than the small ones"
II PREFER" said the young man, "to
fill my measures with the same quality
all the way through"
His honesty lost him his place, but
not his reputation, which gained him a
better. Elsewhere it was argued that
the integrity which considered the
customers interest, would hold good
with the employer.
Two boys competed at school for a
prize offered for the best original essay
on a given subject. One studied the
subject with all the ability of which he
was capable, and then wrote the best
essay possible for him. The other
cribbed paragraphs and pages from en-
cyclopHdias and other authorities, and
strung them together with his own
words. The wise old professor, when
the verdict was given in favor of the
former supplemented it by saying:
1T is by no means the best essay, but
it is honest all the way through. The
other is not the production of the boy
who presents it, but q mixture of his
own and other peoples writing. 1t
cannot compete as an original essay"
Two farmers in the South sent bales
of cotton to market to be sold. The
cotton of one was sampled, and classed
good all the way through. 1t brought
its owner q price that gladdened his
heart, and repaid him for his toll. The
other had hid away in coating of fair
cotton an inferior article, which
brought the whole down to its own
valuation.
We know Of nothing the Almighty
has made which shows a precious out
side to hide fraud within. The earth
has buried in her bosom richer treas
ures than the shows upon the surface.
The ocean, so bare and cold above,
covers goodliest treasures beneath.
The lesson is a good one for US to
learn for when the superficial stratum
of good is exhausted; there is nothing
left but rottenness within.
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Christian EndeavOrers +!

Are you going 10 the Washington Convention,
July 7th TO 18th? You should know that the
Seaboard Air Line makes the quickest time
to Washington. That the Seaboard Air Line
operates the finest double daily service in the
Southern States day.
That the Seaboard Air Line with its famous
ATLANTA special" holds the palm for the
most Com Portable and Luxurious ,Nestibule
Limited Train, running solid, without change
from Atlanta TO Washington.
That the Seaboard Air Line will carry you
through the most interesting and picturesque
section of the South passing through Allan.
IA, Athens, Elberton. Greenwood, Chester
Clinton. Monroe, Charlotte, Hamlet, Southern
Pines. Raleigh. Henderson, Weldon. Peters
burg Richmond, Fredericksburg. Alexandria
That the Seaboard Air Line offers you what
no other through line can offer The choice
of routes, via Richmond or via Norfolk. Old
Point Com fort and Chesapeake Bay, either
route possessing attractions for the sightseer
not approached by less fortunate lines. And
don't forget that the Seaboard Air Line will
make you a half rate to Washington and re-
turn, from all points in the Southern States
Apply early for tickets, Sleepers and infor.
nation to Agent Seaboard Air Line or write
to T. ]. Andersen. Genl Pass'r Agent, Ports
mouth, Va.
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"Awful."

The school girls use of "lovely" to
express all the varied emotions of the
human heart is proverbial. The use
by matron, maid, and child Of "awfuW
aud lawfully" may not yet have been
made proverbial by general newspaper
comment, but it is none the less one
of the commonest cases of assault and
battery against the English language.
We corrected the children when they
said ut was awful hot in the school
house to-day;" Johnnie Barnes
cheated awfully at marbles ," 1.-THE
teacher read an awful funny story this
afternoon :" and they pleaded in ex-
cuse, Everybody says awful"
We kept partial record one day.
The neighbor who came to return a
sample of borrowed coffee, said, ut
was awfully good" And she was a
former schoolmisiress, too Another
neighbor came to see if we wanted one
of her kittens, "They were too awfully
cunning to drown" A caller said,
did you notice the mistake the choir
made last Sunday? Wasn't it awful?"
Another caller told US that the streets
were lawfully dusty" and that "Mrs.
Brown, the new milliner, had some
awfully stylish new hats" The SER
want girl thought the steak looked as if
it would be lawful tough" And so it
went on through the whole day. At
supper-time the big dictionary was
brought out and the definitions of the
obnoxious words were read and eX-
planned. Then, by common consent,
system of fines and rewards was
inaugurated as an incentive to reform.
Eternal vigilance" proved to he in
deed 1.-The price of success" but
watchfulness won the victory, and
"awfuW and lawfully" were soon sue
cessfully boycotted. The children
found little difficulty in supplying
appropriate adjectives and adverbs in
place of the Objectionable ones.
But what was the CONSERVATION of
mater familias, the chief reformer,
constantly to come upon lawful" and
lawfully" in the bedtime stories chosen
from the children's pages of different
religious papers and in the first-class
youths periodicals as well. Marking
the words for several weeks in differ
ent children's stories in papers and
books proved that the use of "aWful'
and lawfully" is well-nigh as common
in print as the rccord-keeping day had
shown them to be in general conversa-
ton.
The question arises, then, Does COM
mon misuse make that misuse allow
able IN spite Of Webster? DO these
story writers for children who use the
words put them in to follow the
realistic rule of the modern school,
Ito portray life just as it is'? And if
80 are they right in assuming that all
sorts and conditions of children las
the stories would indicate) do say law
full" and lawfully" with such tluency
and frequency? If other mothers are
instituting reforms in conversation
should not writers for children assist
them by not allowing their characters
to use adjectiveS so Unfortunately.
Or, if realism demands that some of
the characters must do so, can the au.
thors not invent child character who
will correct the little language icono-
clasts, not in a priggsh way, but as
real children in real life, often do cor.
rect one another's mistake?
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MAY BE SINGING FISHES.
A Phenomenon of the Sea Which Il In
teresting and Mysterious.


Here is an account Of phenomenon
of the Pascagoula river in Mississippi,
to which, although it is not generally
known, the attention of naturalists has
been called on account Of it's mystery.
At times very remarkable sounds are
heard at the mouth of this river. The
local fishermen say that it is "the spirits
singing under the water" 1t is a muir
muring sound, which rises gradually
and then falls to G lower tone. The
music ceases when the waters are dis
turbed, and when they are quiet it be-
gins again.
Several explanations have been offered
as to the origin and cause Of the mystic
rious sounds Of the Pascagoula. The
most satisfactory theory is that 1.-THE
sounds are produced by species Of fish
in some unknown way. Professor Il.
Brown Goode, who is an authority on
fishes and fish life, thinks that the drum
fish may cause the sounds in question.
Instances Of peculiar sounds being
heard at sea and ascribed to fishes are
not uncommon, as the following exam
PIES will show:
In 1924, when Lieutenant White Of
the American navy was at the mouth Of
river in Cambodia, he and his crew
were surprised by unusual sounds. He
described the noises as a mixture Of the
bass Of an organ, the ringing Of bells,
the cultural cries Of large frog and the
tones Of an immense harp. The natives
said that the sounds were produced by a
school Of a certain kind Of fish.
Dr.. Buist, 1s47, reported that party
Of people in boat on the waters near
Bombay heard strange sounds, which
the natives held to be caused by fish.
The we'll known English, traveller, Sir j.
Emerson Tennent, heard similar sounds
from the lake Of Batticaloa in Ceylon,
and here again the natives claimed that
fishes made the sounds Several CORE
spondents Of newspapers have reported
having heard sounds which were pro-
duced by fishes. One writer in the Lon
don Field, 1867, ayers that in the har-
Dor at Greytown, Nicaragua, he was
haunted at night by these mysterious
sounds. Another in the same paper tells
of musical sounds which he heard in the
Tavoy river. Other instances Of more
recent date might be mentioned.
From all the accounts given we may
draw some interesting conclusions.
Thus it seems that the sounds are al
most always heard on shipboard, though
Charles Kingsley once heard them at
Trinidad from the shore; that they are
usually heard in tropical regions; that
they are more often heard at night than
at any other time; that they are COM
monty heard at the mouth Of rivers, as
at the mouth of the Pascagoula, and
that they have been reported from far
distant places in America, Europe and
Asia.-Our Animal Friends.
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What To Feed.

Sunfower seed, it is we'll known,
is a good egg pronucing food for chick
ems it is also fine food to give the
plumage a glossy appearance for ex-
hibition purposes. The russian sun.
flower if very productive and may be
planted in fence corners or out of the
way places. When flesh is the desira-
BILE object to be obtained, feed the
grains which contain the elements that
make fat. Indian corn contains per
cent. of fat producing elements, while
oats contain only 6 per cent. But II q
thrifty condition is most desirable, feed
largely with oats, because oats contain
2 per cent. more of the albuminoids,
or muscle producing elements than
corn. Wheat bran and skim milk are
each chemically considered quite close
in resemblance to the white of an egg,
which fact suggests their use in the
food of laying hens.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-08
Pigeon Roosts Fifty Years Ago.

Pigeon Roost, Scott county, Ind, re-
ceived it's name from its being the night
ly rendezvous Of the passenger or wild
pigeon. These pigeons usually selected
some heavily wooded or elevated locali-
ty for their roosting, bordering on their
feeding grounds, which might be sever
al hundred miles in extent. The pigeons
usually commenced to arrive before SUM-
set and continued in increasing num-
bers until after midnight. At daybreak
the birds would begin to leave the roost,
and on swift wing depart for their feed
ing grounds, miles away, returning at
night, as stated. 1t may safely be said
that these birds ranged the forests OF
Indiana from the Wabash to the Ohio,
and extending far into Kentucky. So
large were their roosts that they became
localities of great interest. None was
more famous than the one in Finley
township, Scott county, Ind. hence the
name of the settlement early established
there-the Pigeon Roost.-Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-08
Servant of Small Things.

+ There is no more helpful! person in
any household than the one who does
the little things; the one who "picks
up'Nand puts things to rights general
My; the one who has an eye to neatness
and order, and who takes hundreds OF
Steps every day, doing the small things
ofIife. \
I4ave in mind girl of twelve years
who \is the \sweet and helpful servant
of smSll things in her own family,
There are several disorderly brothers
and brothers are apt to be disorderly
and not Very efficient when it comes to
picking up \things.\
No servant is kept in the family and
this little sister does, so many small
things, She goes about every morning
with a'broom and sweeps up scraps OF
paper, twine, thread, or anything that
may be littering the floor, ', She arran-
ges books and magazines neatly on the
sitting room table. She hangs up gar
ments in closets or wherever they
should be hung. She closes bureau
drawers and arranges things neatly on
the bureau or dressing case. She puts,
away any article that may be out. OF
place. She dusts mantels and runs
downstairs to get the morning paper
for father, and upstairs to get some.
thing for mother. Her feet are almost
continually running about in the serv-
ice of others, and her hands are con-
tinually doing small things-small but
necessary things that some one must
do or there will be disorder and dis
comfort in that household.
I sometimes think that these servants
of small things are the most useful SER
wants in the world, and that they are
but half appreciated. Think of the
confusion that would prevail if their
work were left undone.
There are 80 many small things to
be done in the service of God, and
there are so many good people who are
singularly blind regarding the necessi-
ty and the utility of these small things
There are hundreds of little words to
be spoken and little deeds TO he done.
The servants of small things have a
high place and high value in Gods
sight. His way o. measuring the true
value of their services is not our way.
The spirit in which we do Gods
work counts for more than anything
else in Gods sight. If we are filled
with his Spirit, we will gladly and
cheerfully be servants of small things.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-07-08
Drop Forgings.

The machinery for drop forging is
ponderous and expensive. The plates
that stamp out the forgings are in two
sections, one Of which fits into the bed
Of the machine, and the other is fas-
tened to the arm. Together these two
plates have an opening the shape of the
desired forging. The descent of the arm
on a piece of tool steel stamps out a
piece Of the requisite shape. After leav-
ing the forging machine the metal is in
q rough state apd has to be turned down
on lathe and bored out, each Of which
operations has to be carefully done, as
the finished article has to be exact in
every particular. Times-Her'