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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
How's This I?

Weoffer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot BE- cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FIJI. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che
ney Tor the lat IL years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga.
tion m" de by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Oh o.
WALDING. K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall Catarrh Gun is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. P!ics, 15c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Electric Statistics.

According to statistics, the number
OF yearly telephone conversations in
the United States is $4,000, 900; of
telegraphic messages, $4,000, 900; of
arc lights, 1000, 900; of incandescent,
$1,000, 900, and several hundred thou
sand electric motors. There are 1000
electric railways. It is estimated that
to 100000 persons in this country
electricity contributes means of liveli-
hood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

many orchards cannot be fenced and
many owners of fenced orchards, even,
would like to have the pig confne
his efforts around the trunk of each
tree. To secure this have four fence
panels made and yard pig for a short
time in succession about each tree, as
suggested in the diagram.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Try Graiu.Ol Try Grain.O

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of Grain-O. the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. The children may drink
it without injury as we'll as the adult. All
who try IL like it. Grain-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. One-quarter the
price of coffee. Is cts. and 25 cts. per package.
Sold BY all grocers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Fortunes in Laces.

Large sums of money are repre-
sented by fine old laces. 1t is said
that the Astors own lace worth 49,
10000 and that the Vanderbilts
value theirs at 100000. The Pope
is content with only $4,000 repre-
sented in lace, and the Princess Of
Wales boasts a collection worth $780,.
mn
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

cred by the droppings-board if the
roost is also over the board. The il
lustration is design of a movable
roost placed over a droppings-board,
the board having legs of any height
desired to keep it off the floor. This
arrangement permits of placing the
roost and board at any desired loca-
ton in the house, and it and the nests
(which should also be movable) can
be taken outside and cleaned at any
time,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

One of the gill net fishermen of AS
toria, Oregon, caught royal chinook
. salmon that had hook in its mouth
and cotton line andhome-made spoon
such as Indians use attached. The
fish weighed thirty pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
The Pic and the Orchard.

The two go together we'll. The pig
stirs up the soil about the trees, let
ting in the sunshine and moisture to
tbs roots and fertilizing them, while
devouring many grubs that would
otherwise prey upon the fruit. But
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Sugar as q Cleanser.

Try washing the hands with little
sugar added to the soap. This greatly
increases the lather and cleansing pow
ers, and will remove dirt, chemical
stains, etc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
AN OPEN LETTER
From Miss Sachner, Of Columbus,
o., to Ailing Women.

To all women who are ill:-It af-
fords me great pleasure to tell you of
the benefit l have derived from TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. I can hardly find words to
express my gratitude for the boon
given to suffering women in that ex-
cellent remedy. Before taking the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Movable Roost and Droppings-Board.

When the nests are under the drop
ings-board there is greater liability
of lice multiplying, as the heat accu-
mulated in the nests from the bodies
of the hens is conducive to their pro-
pagation. They go up to the roost
and annoy the hens. The nests can.
rot be easily made movable when GOV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. S2trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. r. II. KLINE Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Phila. Pa.
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To keep needles from rusting, sprin-
kle little powdered lime in the pack
cts.
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sicians and gradually grew worse.
About year ago was advised by
friend to try Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative
Wash and Vegetable Compound, which
I did. After using three bottles of
the Vegetable Compound and one pack
age of Sanative Wash, I am now enjoy
ing better health than ever did, and
attribute the same to your wonderful
remedies. 1 cannot find words to ex-
press what Godsend they have been
to me.
Whenever I begin to ofeelnervousand
i'll, know have never:failing ply
sician at hand. 1t would afford me
pleasure to know that my words had
directed some suffering sister to health
and strength through those most ex-
cellent remedies.-MIssM MAY SAcHNER,
s4sN E. Rich St., Columbus, O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

Railway building has been carried
on with vigor Of late in the island OF
Ceylon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

Camden, Me-, manufactures more
ships anchors than any other place in
America.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only medicine for Coughs.-JESNIEPI PINCK-
ARD, Springfield, Ills, Oct. !, 1884,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

No specific for local skin ailments can cope
in popular favor with Gleau's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair &Whisker Dye, black or brown, Soc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22

In the house of deaf-mute brother and
sister, William and Julia Barnes, who have
lived alone on farm near Columbus, Mo-,
an investigating committee Of neighbors
found, after the death OF the brother at
seventy-seyen, money to the amount OF
$4,000 hidden about in all sorts Of places.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
What S1nn WILL Buy.

3mos. course in Woods New York School of
Business and Shorthand, Tuition. Books, Board.
The unlimited possibilities of securing good
positions. f. E. WOOD, jth Ave. and 18th st.
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Compound
/ was thin,
sallow,and
nervous. |
was trou-
bled with
leucor-
rhea, and
my nen-
strual Pc
riodS were
very irreg-
ular. I
-
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ITO ART PENMANsHIP CO.. Cleveland, Ohio, for
L Profitable Home Employment LCopyin:1, Write. WI
Sure thing, enclose &c. stamp. IN RELIABLE.
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"a Use our Metal Shingles. Fire
II sp Proof, Durable Catalogue Free
I0OOH tIv "a MoNTRoss Co. Camden. N. j.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19

weigh 100 pounds and it costs SO TO
transport the six cases by express to
the Chicago market. BY freight the
tariff is less. The time by express is
twenty-iour hours faster. Quite re-
Gently the express company has found
il necessary to charter n special engine
aud crew by which II train of strawber-
ries exclusively is rushed to Chicago Mt
high speed.
There nrc $50 people living in or
near Hammond who ship from one to
fifty eases of berries daily. Patches
run from one to five acres, though ten
acre fields are not unknown. Ben and
"Raz' Rogers were the pioneer straw
berry growers and shippers at this
point. They began fifteen years ngo
and acquired n fortune in the business.
They had formerly been engaged in
breeding goats. They were led by
chance to set ont some strawberry
plants which produced return com
pared with which goatllesh dropped
out of sight
The venture of the Rogers brothers
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.

May 10.-Jhe senate passed n large num-
Der OF bills through the different readings to-
night. but the legislation acted upon il Of lit
tie interest. The bill to provide for the
granting OF liquor licenses upon the basis OF
population was defeated.
: The house devoted the evening to passing
bills on second reading. Some Of tho Pitts
burgers thought that the Rodgers cnarter
would come up tonight, but 1t will not be
acted upon uniil Thursday.
May 1.-THE Keefer hllI, authrizing school
directors and controllers TO levy per capita
tax Of from II to ~ annually for school
purposes ON aliens oyer II years OF age, and
the Senate till TO provide for establishing
house OF detention for juveniles In cities OF
the first class, passed finally.
The hill to authorize cities OF the third
class TO make regulations for the licensing
Of stationary steam engineers In said cities
was defeated on third reading.
Tho following bills passed tho senate
finally:
An net to provide for lcvying school and
school building taxes on the city valuation
In cities or the third class where the school
district comprises the same territory rs the
city.
An act authorizing and recording OF all
releases, contracts, letters Of attorney and
other instruments OF writing which a mar
ried woman is or shall be authorized by Jaw
to execute without the jonder OF her hus-
INC tHti'ol VI tut shtlo
force and effect for all purposes as II unmar-
ried. and validating the records thereof
made prior to the passage Of this act.
An act furnishing the sending OF anony-
nous communications Of q libelous, detam-
atory, scurrilous or opprobious nature.
May 12.-The direct inheritance tax bill
having been restored to its original shape,
passed the Senn.e finally There are some
trifling amendments which will necessitate
its return to the House. 1t should be In
tho hands Of the governor within very
short time
bill was introduced by Mr.. Tilbrook, OF
Allegheny. appropriating $4,000 to the
Braddock Hospital association.
The Senate amendments to the Inheritance
tax bill were concurred Ia and the measure
passed finally by a vote OF LAT to 10.
The House concurred this morning In a
Senate resolution to adjourn this afternoon
until Monday night
May l3.-The House had large number
OF bills on second reading and met an hour
earlier than usual in order TO get through
with the business and adjourn ut 2 o'clock
this afternoon. Speaker Boyer called tho
House 10 order and retired leaving the chair
10 charge OF Mr.. Keyser, OF Philadelphia.
A communication wns presented by Mr..
Woodruff, of Philadelphia, from the Phila-
delphia board OF trade. protesting against
the bill permitting the deduction from the
assessed valuation OF property for taxation
the amount OF all bona ilde judgments and
mortgages.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19
Birds as ventriloqulsts.

When you are ont for country
walk, and hear the cuckoo's cry, just
endeavor, if he is not already in sight,
to place him by the sound. You simply
can't do it! It's been tried dozens OF
times, and always sunsuccessfully. And
if the cuckoo is calling quite near you
in thick wook, you will probably be
unable to tell even which side of you
he is. Nor is the cuckoo the only bird
which possesses this queer power of
ventriloquism. The robin, and, some-
times the thrush will alter their notes
in such way as TO completely puzzle
you whether they are twenty yards
away or nearer nifty, Above all the
''car-bird," little gray native of
America, will make you fancy Il young
kitten is weakly miaouing in the road
under your feet, while all the time the
little cnap is laughing at you from the
sumach-bush 100 feet away. Answers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19

new service was inaugurated by the
American Express Company, which
had not been attempted in other years.
Heretofore regular trains for berries
had not been put on until the crop was
well along in the season, the output
being handled by regular freight trains,
which, however, made fast time.
Recently George f. Nosler, formerly
connected with the American company
at New Orleans, was made general
agent OF the company al Chicago. He
interested his people in the berry bust
ness OF his former neighbors, with the
result that II special line of refrigerator
cars was put into the Southern berry
trade. The ears are of the most mod
ern type and fruit is packed in them
aud delivered from them in Chicago n.
the same temperature. Cars are left
Mt such towns rs Hammond, Amite
City, Tick Faw, Ponehatonla and Inde-
pendence. A freight train gathers
them up aud runs them to McComb
City, where the ears are reiilled with
ice and then hooked on the Govern.
ment fast mail. Berries picked on
Saturday morning may be on Chicago
breakfast tables ON Monday morning.
Six twenty-four pint boxes of berries
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19
A Champion lightweight.

Remarkable in many ways, the
"tule gnat" of the far West is the most
curious for it's almost total lack OF
weight. The little insect has nearly
microscopic body, but relatively huge
spread of wings, which gives it the ap-
parent size of mosquito.
In some parts of California "tule
gnats" swarm so densely about burn
ing lamps that several times during an
evening the dead must he cleared away
to give the light chance. In bright
ly-illumined stores the gnats are
yeritable pests, and it was in a Lake
County (Cal. drug store that curious
experiment was recently made. As
many gnats were collected as could he
heaped upon pan of the apothecary's
scales; the smallest weight in use ia
measure the most delicate drugs was
then put upon the opposite pan aud
was found to overbalance the mountain
of gnats. New Orleans Times-Demo,
crat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19

was noted and followed until even poor
Billy's back yard range was turned up
and set out in plants. Where once the
| combative William held sway among
discarded tinware and hoopskirts n
million Mitchell early's" bloom and
yield in the greatest abundance. A
Ponchateua woman who ran n large
farm bought the goat herd and she. in
turn. finally disposed of them in favor
of strawberry-growing ut "a n case.
The acreage here probably exceeds
1900 and it is increasing yearly. A
single day shipment has reached ms
high as five carloads and nearly the
entire output goes to Chicago.
Some of the growers have realized
big profits in the berry business.
James Gould is said to have made 500
from an acre patch in q single season.
Mrs. j.. F. Brown, whose place is
within mile of Hammond, told the
Record correspondent that she had
cleared $50 from her single acre.
This season has been too wet for
Strawberries. When shipped wet, in
which condition they have frequently
been sent away. the berries fail to stand
the trip to Chicago, and are little more
than an unsightly mass of pomace when
the commission men receive them. II
is said that there has not been four
consecutive sunshiny days during the
present season, and the growers have
been forced to pick berries wet or let
them rot
Whether or not people get wealthy
raising berries alone, it seems that they
do acquire n competency. The city
homes and the little adjoining farms
are models. There are no unpainted
houses in the community. Everything
is as neat and trim as new pin. The
house grounds are yeritable bowers
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19
Horse Breeding In Tennessee.

Blue grass, native to the soil, is
gradually predominating in State
where every square foot of open land
is covered with grass of some kind.
Watered by plentiful springs and rills,
this territory, where cattle need to he
housed only two months in the year,
affords ideal conditions for the culti-
vation Of live stock; and although over
three millions of acres of good pastur-
age in the State are unfenced and
scarcely utilized, Tennessee is famous
for the extent and perfection of its
stock farms. One establishment alone
for breeding race-horses, is valued at
two and o half millions Of dollars. its
oldest stallion at n quarter of n million,
and at its annual sales yearlings aver
age two thousand dollars head. Run
ming, trotting and pacing thorough
breds lead the industry; yet the num-
bsr Of registered kline in the State is
exceptionally large, and Tennessee
wool took the gold medal over all com
petitors at the Worlds Fair, London,
in 1851.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19

fresh and dainty without consigning
the entire waist to the tub at the ex-
piration of single days wear.
The style is well suited to all ging-
hams or organdies, silk weft zephyrs
and similar cotton materials as well as
inexpensive wash and India silks. As
illustrated the tie matches the collar
after the style that is most popular.
but il the latter be made attnchable
can be alternated with white ones
worn with a stock and so make great ar
variety. The range of choice in bo Ii
ties and collars is well night limitle ss
and second great advantage of the
detachable collar is the fact that it IL
lows freedom of selection in place Of
binding the wearer TO one style.
To make this waist for lady in the
medium size will require three aid
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19

Modern iceboxes on wheels made up
into trains We're sent northward on
fast passenger train schedule, Chi
cago to-day is really receiving its
Strawberries by fast mail, for the train
on which the Government transports
its North and South mails carries
berries by the thousand cases.
In the busiest part of the shipping
season the company runs regular
strawberry train from the South. Cars
are pickel up at all points where the
fruit is Gown, made up into one train
and sent through to Chicago at the rate
of fifty miles an hour.
During the first months of the year
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19
PiTH AND POINT.

The Cynic-" Men don't pnint their
faces" The Fair Observer--"And
women don't paint the town. Puck.
"Don't you think, Grumpy that Miss
Harshly is beautiful singer?" VERY.
But she can't sing. detroit FREQ
Press.
He-"You girls seem 60 he awrulv
fond of sweets" She-"And you seem
to he awfully fond Of sours. cornell
Widow.
She looming mp suddenly)-"Where
did that wave go?' He (coughing and
struggling)-'I swallowed it.'-Dub-
lin World.
Tramp lat dentists door)-"I'd like
my teeth filed" Dentist-"What
| with-gold or silver?" Tramp-(ea
erly)-"Oh, just plain bread will do. :"
Pick Up.
"When Fratters played Hamlet
down at San Frustino did the audience
egg him on when he reached his
heroics?" "Not exactly. They egged
him off Judge.
ds Becker-"I see by the posters that
| Footlights, the trngedian, travels un-
ler his wife's management. Decker
$50 do most men, only they don't adj
vertise it."--London Tit Bits.
Briggs-"I'm thinking of moving
over TO your clearinghouse" Griggs
-"What for?" Briggs-"My doctor
told me not to eat anything with my
meals. Detroit Free Press
They had been talking about the
Sandwich Islands. "Are you in favor
,f annexation?" the young man asked,
md the maiden replied coylv: "Oh,
George, this is 80 sudden!"--Twin-
kles.
"You don't even dress me decently, ="
| she cried. "Im going home TO papa. "
"All right" replied Doolits; "you
might say to him also that ! need n
lew suit myself " - Philadelphia
North American.
Shippers seems all broken
ip. | wonder what's the trouble;'
| Polk --"His wife has engaged in
iouble dealing; she presented him
with twins this morning "-philndel-
phia North American.
Every father should buy savings
bank for his children. It's possession
8 sure to encourage habits of economy
n them; and, besides, it is handy
place to 60 when he wants small
change. --Somerville journal.
Author-"You have no idea how
many stamps / use posting my mnnu-
'cripts to various editors" Critic
Very likely. | think there ought 60
5c excursion tickets for manuscripts at
reduced rates. London Tit-Bits.
He-"Do You remember when first
We met? The dew was ON the grass,
The air was full Of summer scents,
and" She--"Yes; and now there's
no summer, mo dew, no grass and no
sense. by the way, have you heard Of
my engagement?'- ?'--Detroit Free Press.
81 hurl my defiance into your very
teeth she exclaimed with heaving
bosom. "Ea. ha' sneered hey pcrse-
cutor. For hers was n crude age, and
women swere not rs yet received ut
those seats of learning where they play
basketball and things and become
adept at throwing. Puck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19
Nnrintinn In shlrt Mnis,s.

The ever popular shirt waist has
taken on still another variation. As
here shown the material is plain unfig.
ured gingham in pale leaf-green with
belt. collar, cuffs and closing box-plait
of II plaid combining the green with
ecru and lines of pure white. The dis
tinctive features are the yoke back and
full fronts. II is fitted closely to the
figure by means of shoulder seams and
an under-arm piece. The bias strip
that forms the plat is laid over the
plain goods and stitched into place.
Either studs or small pearl buttons can
he used rs n means of closing. The
fulness in the front is drawn well to-
ward the closing plat aud in the back
toward the centre. The sleeves are
gathered at the shoulder and nre sun
piled with pointed overlnps for the
opening II, the wrist If worn with
detachable cuffs they are gathered into
q straight band. Cuffs and collars can
he either attached or made separate to
be kept in place by studs. But the
latter method is preferred by most wo-
men as enabling them TO keep always
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19

with the most luscious fruit of the
South. Since last Christmas il has
been shipping strawberries to Chicago
and is now supplying the Northern
market with the pickings of the second
crop.
The great desideratum at the start
was to get the fruit to market quickly
In this matter the corporation which
began fostering the town at the start
came to the relief of the berry growers
by inaugurating and finally perfecting
refrigerator service that went far
toward filling the requirements.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-05-19

low the waist line forming stylish
pointed effect. The sleeves, of lntest
design, are PRETTY pointed and flare
deeply over the hands with bands of
passementerie and lace employed as
decoration. The tops of sleeves pres
cnt puff of diminished size daintily
caught through the centre with nm out
standing rufile composed of finely
plated mousseline. At the neck is u
close standing band of passementerie
with the indispensable and becoming
soft finish of lace above.
With this stylish basque IS worn n
,oque from Nirot composed entirely of
yiolets delightfully."- mingled with rib
hon shading from the polest lavender
70 n deeprich shade of violet, II hand
some rhine stone buckle ornamenting
! the front.
To make this basque for lady in tho
medium size will require three Yards Of
forty-four-inch material.