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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-03
A Spider Keeps Time to Music.

At recent rehearsal of the Apollo
Male Quartet, of Coldwater, Mich,
large spider came slowly down his
silken thread to about the height of
the singers shoulder 8, where he hung
suspended for few minutes, then be-
gan to move up and down in front OF
the music rack.
The second tenor, who was leading
the air, soon noticed that the move
ments of the spider corresp onded with
the variations of his voice, up and
down the scale, and in perfect time.
They then began a series of expert
ments and found that the spider would
ascend or descend about foot for
every octave, and though the melody
was carried ever so lightly, and the
bassos thundered in their heaviest
tones. einsect could not be deceived,
but always followed the leading part
accurately and with the precision of q
directors baton.
All kinds of songs, from "Down in
the Cornfeld" to "The Bridge" were
sung to test the ability of this wonder
ful little being, and each time he came
OFT of the conflict not beat behind.
At last the four voices struck an awful
discord, and instantly the spider
scurried up his improvised metronome
aud disappeared in the chimney.-St.
Paul Globe.
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WINTER WORK ON FARMS.

Dairying will afford constant en-
ployment on q farm during all seasons
OF the year if it is properly conducted,
but all farms are not dairy farms, and
there is considerable lost time during
the season OF the year when the
ground is frozen and snow obstructs
operations. 1t is true that an enter
prising farmer can find something to
do every month in the year, as he can
repair the tools, buildings, fences and
get everything in complete order for
spring work but what the farmer
most desires is to engage in some en-
ployment on the farm that will bring
in cash returns. Unfortunately for
the large majority of farmers, they
will not accept the innovations on
present methods. With the staple
wheat, corn, oats and potatoes
which are cultivated by horse
power, any return to the hee, spade
or rake is not willingly done, yet the
farmer will have to use the tools which
enable him to derive the most from
his land if he expects to compete with
those who give careful attention and
hand labor to crops, which not only
pay well for the labor. but give a
larger profit than can be secured by
the usual method of farming by horse
power. There is use for the horse,
and staple crops must be grown, but
if farmers can grow something else
during the winter months they will
gain to that extent. nt.--Farm Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-03
Future of the X ray in Surgical Work.

Future OIL Tile a ray Ill SufSical WOTk.
The future development of the K
ray phenomena will undoubtedly be
IN the direction of surgical diagnosis.
It is as great boon to mankind as the
invention of the ophthalmoscope, and
just as the latter instrument has
proved it's worth from the first day to
this and has saved thousands of people
from total blindness, 90 will the X-ray
be beneficial to the human race and
save life and limb of thousands of suf-
ferers. 1t will, of course, need to be
greatly improved. The one essential
quality which so far prevents apply
ing it to the densest part of the body
with perfect success. is its propensity
for travelling in straight lines, piercing
or rather being entirely absorbed by
intervening bodies. Light rays do
not necessarily go through all sub
stances, as Is we'll known, end they
are not all absorbed, except when
falling on certain substances, which
are called from their appearance dead
black. 1t being practically impossible
to reflect X-rays to any great extent,
we might still resort to diffusing them,
that is, to allowing them to be thrown
back from any surface in more or
less regular way. Such a feat would
enable us to inspect special sections
of the body, which we are not now
able to inspect, with considerable ac-
cnracy.-NeW York Sun.
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A Tell-Tale Mirror.

Recently the governor of one OF oul
county prisons was greatly perplexeo
by the discovery that the female Grim
inals in his charge managed in some
mysterious manner to ascertain the
presence of every individual man on
the other side of the impervious divid-
ing barrier which separates the male
from the female worshipers in the jail
chapel, says writer in the London
Hospital.
One of the women inadvertently
made an exclamation showing that
she had suddenly become aware that
her husband was within the same
walls, although his presence ought,
according to the rule, to have been
completely unknown to her. None of
the officers could account for an un-
PERMITTED knowledge, which was found
to be shared by all other women. At
last very careful examination of the
chapel gave an explanation of the mys-
terry.
Although strictly divided, as we
have said, both the male and the fe-
male prisoners faced the altar in their
seats, and over it had been fixed
very large brass Cross against the wall,
30 highly polished as to form very
good mirror, and in it's clear surface
the women eaw the reflection of every
man as he passed to his place, and
had enjoyed the spectacle with impu-
nifty till the wife's affection overcame
her discretion. The brass cross in
Btant]y disappeared.
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THE GARLIC PEST,

The dairymen of Eastern Pennsyl.
vania bordering on Philadelphia are
annoyed by the ever increasing garlic
pest, writes s. r. Downing. It'affects
the sale of wheat and milk, tainting
-four, milk and butter. True, if the
herd is not allowed to Craze upon garlic
within q few hours of milking there
will be no odors and all trace will be
removed by the baking of -four. Still
it is nuisance even in the trouble of
trying to avoid it. We are now
ploughing lp q patch of it, turning
the bulbs to the surface, thus expos
ing them. to the frosts of winter.
When the rains fall and wash out the
roots I expect to see thick layout OF
white bulbs ready for the freeze and
thaw that 30 far as I saw in neigh.
boring experiment two years ago ex.
terminated it.
It seems good time to make the at.
tack when both last summers seeds
and nodules have sent their plants
through the soil into the air. The
sprouted seed is gone and the nodule
is spent. There are some bulbs with
nodules not as yet sprouted. These I
fear. Some say spread hot lime, but
there are little spots of garlic here and
there over the field, and thus the en-.
tire field should be lined Lime is
cumbersome and more costly than
would be Stag phosphate, which con-
tains fifty per cent. of lime, with
twenty-five per cent. of phosphoric
acid in addition. A ton and half of
the phosphate would equal 500 pounds
to the acre and cost but $24, whereas
forty bushels of lime to the acre
would cost $83. go. and there would be
missing the leading plant food. I am
not interested in the sale of Stag phos.
phate, never saw it, and know it only
80 far as official analyses and testimon.
ials 90. While we are disposed to
risk it, I do not presume to recon-
mend it to others.
Farmers still pull garlic, but with
little faith, as the patches increase.
The mother bulb is taken from the
earth, but tho infant bulbs survive
the separation healthily, and in the
coming springtime colony crowds
the ancestral spot. 1t is provoking.
for then it is that we hear from the
milk dealer or creamery man from
whom we dread to hear, excepting
when the bank check comes clean and
clear of complaint. New York Tri.
bune.
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THE LAW OF THE ROAD.

For the protection of the travelling
public, it IS necessary chat certain
rules regulating travel upon the pub
lie highways be generally observed.
Our statutes do not require traveller
to keep upon any particular part Of
the road, nor to turn out in any ceItain
direction, but it is universal chstora
in this country for vehicles and ami
mails Under the charge of man to take
the right side of the road when meet.
ing others, if it is reasonably practi-
cal to do so, A team should, in gen.
eral, keep the right side, whether
meeting another or not. Yet, when
two are going in the same direction
and one wishes to pass the other, he
should pass on the left side, as the
first team has the right of way and
cannot be expected to deviate from
his course upon the right side. One
passing another must use great care to
avoid a collision, as nothing but ne
cessity will warrant him in doing tins,
for both, going in the same direction,
belong upon the right side, and by any
deviation from his proper side one as
sumes all risk of the experiment. The
rule must be very strictly observed at
night, or when by reason Of storm or
fog it might be difficult to distinguish
others approaching.
A traveller on foot or on horseback
must give way to a vehicle, and a
lightly loaded team must give way to
heavily loaded one, but team with
heavy load ought, in certain cases,
to stand still so as to allow lighter
vehicle to pass. The driver of horse
must use ordinary care in it's manage
xent, and Is liable for all damage
caused by careless driving, and if he
leaves his team he must nse ordinary
care in hitohing it, for If horse lett
unhitched starts, and occasions dam
age, the responsibility rests upon him
who neglected to hitch il. But if q
team is hitched with ordinary care and
is frightened by some unusual distur b.
ance, as by a runaway team running
against it, and the team SO hitched
breaks away and in turn runs and
causes damage, no liability rests upon
him who carefully hitched his horse.
The movement of sleighs and sleds
upon the snow being comparatively
noiseless, it is customary to attach
bells to them or to the horses, and the
want of bells would render person
liable for damages. Bicycles are re-
garded as vehicles and are subject to
the same rules they must give way
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EeeDing 4 Wife ut Home,

At Oldham recently a man was
charged before magistrate with as
sauIting his wife, the consequence
being that she had black eye. The
husband made rather curious excuse
for his conduct.
81 am obliged to occasionally give
her black eye, your worship" said
the prisoner.
"Obliged!" exclaimed the magis.
trate. "What do you mean?"
"Why, it's this way, your worship, "
answered the prisoner. "My wife is
always gadding about the streets and
letting the home go to rack and ruin ;
but if she has black eye she If
ashamed to show herself, SO she stays
indoors, and does her duty to me and
the children."-Week]y Telegraph
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''As the conversation proceeded the
officer could see that Geronimo was
becoming pleased, and WAS beginning
tc regard with favor the overtures for
his surrender; and the feelings of
their chief was reflected in the faces
of his gaunt and hungry warriors.
Tomorrow, on your assurance
that I shall come and so in safety, 1
will 60 to Captain Lawton and talk
with him." said Geronimo at last.
"You shall take this message to him
that he may expect me-"
"This closed the interview, and
Lieutenant Gatewood walked out of
the camp with his mission accom-
plished, where an hour before there
was a far greater prospect that he
would lose his life. Next day Gero-
nimo had talk with Captain Lawton,
with the result that he agreed to go
northward with him to meet General
Miles, then at Fort Bowie. They
started The next day, Geronimo's band
and Captain Lawton's command
marching in parallel lines, and often
camping very near each other at
night. After marching in this man
ner eleven days they met, as Skeleton
Canon, General Miles. who had started
from Fort Bowie, and there Geronimo
and Natchez, with their band sof fol-
lowers, surrendered Internationally
to him with the single condition that
their lives be spared. Geronimo,
Natchez and two warriors were driven
in an ambulance to Fort Bowie, the
nearest railway station, the others
following on foot. From Fcrt Bowie
they were sent east to Fort Pickens.
A little later all of the Chiricahua and
Warm Springs Apaches remaining on
the San Carlos reservation were de-
ported to Fort Marion in Florida, and
the Southwestern country, for the first
time in its history, was freed from the
terrors of Apache warfare" )"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-03
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

4 few oats given to young calves or
colts daily will pay big interest on
the investment.
When cuttings are made during the
winter they should be taken from trees
or vines after a few days of warm
weather, and not cut when the frost is
in them.
Turnips are a natural feed for sheep,
and may safely be pastured, permit
ting the animals to eat all they desire ;
IN fact, root crops are always good for
any of our farm animals.
On old, thin land the cultivation of
the young orchard should begin sew.
eral years before the old one fails and
before the new one is set, by heavy
manuring, deep tillage, clean crop
culture and the growing of clover.
The sucking pigs may be growing
nicely, but do not cheat yourself with
the false idea OF the profits unless you
are also observing the mother. She
may be falling off as fast as her pro-
geny is gaining. Give her the best
food obtainable to keep up both flesh
and flow of milk.
Take good care that the pigs have a
sufficient supply of salt, ashes and
charcoal; keep it in box under shell
ter where they can help themselves,
and never let the supply entirely run
out. There is no danger of them eat:
ing too much, for their own cravings
will measure that.
The frequent trips made from the
house to the barn on most farms make
it desirable that the buildings be in
reasonable distance from each other.
On some farms good deal of valuable
time is spent in an Improbable man
ner trudging over the long path be.
tween farm buildings.
If your poultry house is so cold that
water freezes in it, it would be good
plan to give the poultry water three
times day. Have it slightly warmed
and after the fowls have drank what
they wish pour out the remainder. In
this way the hens will have full sup
ply and also be invigorated by the
warmth from the water drank.
We have frequently seen in papers,
says Homestead, where the writers
did not know what they were talking
about, that frosted grass is not good
for sheep. This Is all bosh. We
have pastures where sheep run during
the entire winter, and they will Craze,
even paving off the snow to get at the
blue grass. Some of these writers
heads are frosted over with gray, and
they ought to know better.
We may be very sure that many a
good lamb, and doubtless the eve, are
lost by the chilling effect of ice water
and snow on the inside. Loss of
lambs has been traced directly to ILL
ness of the ewes, directly after drink
ing cold water OF eating snow. Only
water from a deep we'll should be
used, and given fresh three times Il
day, and We should see that all the
ewes get drink; it is indispensable
to good digestion.
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Sarsapariila
A Moth a Foot Wide.

For the second time the Denton
collection of butterflies and moths is
on exhibition at the American art gal.
leries in New York. Lsst year this
collection attracted much attention,
and this year it returns nearly dou-
BILE in size, and including lep1doptera
from all parts of the world. In order
to obtain some of these specimens, tie
collectors braved the dangers of ex-
ploration in islands infected by can
nibals and threaded the jungles Of
India. One of the notable new speci-
mems is the owl moth of Brazil, which
measures more than foot from wing
tip to wing tip. Unlike the collections
of last year, this collection isssnot for
sale piecemeal. If it is not sold dur
ing the exhibition, which will last
three weeks, Mr.. Denton will take it
to London and exhibit it there. There
are about 1900 specimens, exclusive
of duplicates. Boston Transcript.
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KEEPING APPLES IN PITS.

Apples can be kept in cellars better
than above ground provided they be
not brought in contact with the soil.
This is sure to injure their flavor,
though it prevents either rotting OF
willing from contact with changing
air. There should always be some box
or barrel to enclose the apples before
burying them, and they should he
covered deeply enough 10 be near the
freezing roint all winter. If the ap.
Piles are sound when put in there will
be little or no rot when they are taken
out of their winter uarGers.
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Motor and Misery.

Compressed air as a motive power Tor
street railways vii! in time supersede cleo
tric wires and the trolley. Necessity and in
ventioD make rapid changes, but some old,
sure, unfailing methods will hold good for
all time. The nerves are the electric wires
of the human system, and often "iangle out
of tune" as when neuralgia slips the trolley
of the system and it glinds and groans with
pain. The old motor for the cure OF ;paln,
st. Jacobs Oil, will always act as electric In
fluence on the pain stricken nerves, ano will
send a current Of cure through the disor-
dered wires, and bring about perfect resto-
ration. Nothing new can improve upon what
Is known to be the best and surest In the
treatment of painful disea es.
pha raarr,latian Of Maine increasad hV
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Healthy Temperatures.

The temperature in work rooms and
living rooms, where the occupants are
busy at work, should range between
sixty.two and sixty-eight degrees
Fahrenheit. In sitting rooms and
parlors the temperature should be
about sixty eight and seventy degrees,
while the bathroom should be from
seventy-two to seventy-six. Of course,
the sunlight and it's stay in the room
should be taken into consideration -
New England Homestead.
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SECRET ABOUT POTATOES.

Ny secret in potato culture, writes
&c. ". R. lis to plant on ground that
was in clover the previous year and
we'll fertilized. Treat the seed with a
solution of corrosive eublimate and
spray the vines with bordeaux mix
ture. With this treatment I have
never failed to raise fine, sound pota-
toes and plenty of them.
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With local applications, as they cannot reach
: sthe seat of the disease. Catarrh Is q blood OF
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
It you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and ACTS a.
rectly on the blood and N ucous surface. Halls
prescribed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is regular prescription.
It Is composed Of the best topics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting dl.
rectly on the mucous surfaces; The periect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results In curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free:
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Props, Toledo, y.
Sold by Druggists, price f5c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
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to heavier vehicles, and foot passen

to heavier vehicles, and foot passen.
gers must in turn give way to them.
Massachusetts laws require bells to
be attached to all bicycles. As no one
is obliged to build fences next the
highway, the use of which is common
to all people who choose to travel upon
it, so drovers OF cattle and other ami.
mails are not responsible for damage
by their travelling herds, if reasonable
care be exercised in their manage
ment.-American Agriculturist.
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Beginning of American Methodism.

A tablet commemorating the begin.
ming of Methodism in this country was
erected recently in Baltimore, Nd, on
the front wall of the Merchants Club
building, which occupies the site Of
the quaint little Lovely Lane meeting
house, in which the Methodist Episco-
pal Church was organized 1l2 years
ago. Commemoratlon services were
held in the First Methodist Church,
which is the lineal descendant of the
Lovely Lane congregation, and inter
esting historical addresses were given
by DR.. Buckley and others.
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Bread Brings Luck.

The Swedish bride fills her pockets
with bread, which she dispenses to
every one she meets on her way to
church, every piece she disposes OF
averting, as she believes, a misfortune.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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WHAT TO DO.

There Is comfort in the knowledgeso often
expressed, that Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
he great kidney remedy, fulfllls every wish
in relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver,
bladder and every part of the urinary pas
,ages. 1t corrects inability to hold urine
and scalding pain in passing 1t, or bad effects
following use OF liquor, wine or beer, and
overcomes that unpleasant necessltyof being
compelled to get up many times during the
aight to urinate. The mild and the extraor-
binary effect Of ofswamp-Root issoon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful cures
,f the most distressing cases. Sold by drug
sists, price fifty cents and one dollar. For
sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free
BY mail, mention this paper and send your
full postoflce address to DR.. Kilmer l. Co.,
Binghamton. N. Y. The proprietors of this
paper guarantee the genuineness Of this offer.
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Oakland, CAL, which formerly paid
$500 a month to get rid of its garbage,
now receives revenue from its dis
oaoo1
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For whooping Cough. Piso's Cure is sue
cessfuI remedv.-M.P =. DIETER, O. ThroopAve.,
BROOKLYN. N Y, Nov. ID, 1894.
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JUST try l0c. box of Cascarets, candy ca.
htartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
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Over 100000 cured. Why not let No-To-B Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed. so cents and $l0O. at all
druggists. .f 20 =.
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The Chicago Dispatch says there are 8
500, ,OOU unemployed in the United States.
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WHEN bilious or costive, eat q Cascaret
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed: l0c., CSC.
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CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never scken, weaken or gripe; loc.
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lfafiicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Tho1np.
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at Csc per bottle
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HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common water glass with
arine and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
sediment or settling indicates diseased con-
Ition Of the kidneya When urine stains
linen It is positive evidence of kidney trouble.
Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the
back is also convincing proof that the kid
aeys and bladder are out of order.
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No.To-Bac for Fifty Cents.

The United States will this year export to
Europe, it is estimated, 80, 600, 900 barrels.