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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-04-14

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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-04-14

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-13
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Demand For War Relics.

'"The battlefelds Of Virginia and the
other Southern States have been pretty
we'll cleaned of mimic balls, slugs, old
bayonets and other evidences of the
late war;" observed a gentleman who
has done considerable collecting of
battlefield curios for various museums,
"and those who pride themselves on
their collections of that kind of ma
terial, and it can be said that the bust
ness is about ended. Time was when
collectors could purchase any amount
of this kind of stuff from farm hands
and others, but now a tour of the
country rarely pays its expenses, for
there is nothing in that line to be had,
it matters not what amount of money
is offered for it. Some rather clever
colored fellows in the neighborhood
of Fredericksburg turned a few dol
lars a couple of months ago by report
ing that they had made big find of
mimic balls. 1t transpired, however,
that they had nodded the balls them
selves. They sold them at the rate
of about one dollar a pound, which
was about ninety cents profit per
pound for them, for the lead and their
labor was not worth over ten cents a
pound. I have customers now for
about one hundred old war sabers, but
so far have not been able to supply
them, though have made considera-
BILE effort in that direction. Wash
ington Star.
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The Corn Harvest.

Harvesting the corn crop is being
made easier every year by improve
ments in labor-saving machinery and
devices. Large commercial crops are
cut, tied and left in straight rows by
the improved corn harvester, while the
bundles placed in shocks or stocks of
IL to 20 bundles to cure are then drawn
to the barn and run through the
shredder. Farmers who cannot afford
the latest and improved machinery, or
who have small areas of corn. cut by
sled, as illustrated below, or by hand
cutter. The armfuls thus cut have to
be tied in bundles, various materials
being used for that purpose, some u.s.
ing two or three cornstalks, others o
small handful of long, strong straw,
swamp grass or willows. But whether
cut by improved machinery or by hand
cutter, the large bundles, shocks or
stocks have to be securely fastened to
withstand the fall wind and storms.
To make a corn cutter, as por-
trayed herewith, make a platform with
runners six feet long and two inches
thick; the higher the runners the
higher it will cut; eight-inch plank
should mortise three crosspieces Of
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Sweet Singer as a Lire-Saver.

Patti has had the role of life-saver
thrust upon her by all old blind woman
who lives in the neighborhood of
Craig-y-Nos, Wales. When the latter
lay very i'll she insisted that her health
would be rest red if only the famous
songstress would sing to her.
Her friends, anxious to please her,
persuaded sweet-voiced young girl
from distance to come over to the
cottage to sing one song, and led the
blind woman to believe that Nine.
Patti had consented to grant her re-
quest. But the first verse was
enough.
"No, no, it's not herself" cried the
invalid. The deception had failed.
But I'll live now till I do hear her
again." she cried angrily. 81 won't
be done out of what I'd made up my
mind to!"
And she did live until long after her
wish was gratifed. "
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Our Hog Paws the Bills,

The hog grows cheapest on the pas
ture and beside the field that grows his
grains. He is most profitable as q
subordinate department., because he
cannot consume the coarse folders of
the farm. He furnishes the best mar
ket in which to sell the by-products of
the mill and dairy. He assimilates
more of the most concentrated feed
stuffs than any other animal on the
farm. Quicker returns come from him
than from horses, cattle or sheep. He
pays the rents in European countries,
lifts the mortgages in the Northern
States, and in conjunction with the
COW he will redeem the wornout cotton
tobacco fields of the South. Avoid
permanent residences for the hog;
move him about, so that his environ
ments may be clean and uncontamin-
ated by germs that develop rapidly
where they have suitable media. Avoid
close breeding, as it intensifies predis-
position to disease. Select your breed
ing from good mixers, as this is the
best indication Of fecundity.
No agricultural people thrive who
buy grain or meats and pay for them
with the price of other farm products.
We compete now, through improved
and cheapening transportation, with
all the world. The farmer is most in
dependent who finds at least susie
nance for his family from his fields,
hocks and herds. s.-Professo Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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Practical Points In Orcharding.

Practical Points In Orcharding.
Select the varieties that have been
found successful in the locality. Much
of the failure in growing apples results
from neglect The trees are generally
left in sod, unpruned and unsprayed,
and the loss due to this practice is
more than could be made from several
times the number of acres of farm
crops. Although my farming opera
tions have been fairly successful, I
have averaged for seven years from
forty acres of bearing apples trees, $50
per acre, which was more than came
from the other 200 acres in farm crops.
/ pillow the orchard in the spring and
SOW field peas, upon which hogs are
turned about August 1. They eat off
the peas, stir up the soil and devour
the wormy apples.
I spray with bordeaux mixture and
paris green and consider the gain from
that alone in 1895 equal to $500. In
gathering the fruit the windfalls are
first picked up, and then the apples
are taken from the trees and hauled to
the barn, where they are placed in
bins and packed and shipped as soon
as possible. Baldwins and Kings are
among the greatest favorites for ship
ment.-New England Homestead. :,
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How Tn Drink Water.

The effects produced by the drink
ing of water vary with the manner in
which it is drunk. If, for instance, a
pint of cold water be swallowed as a
large draught, or if it be taken in two
portions, with short interval between,
certain definite effects follow-efects
which differ from those which would
have resulted from the same quantity
taken by slipping. Slipping is pow
erful stimulant to the circulation-a
thing which ordinary drinking is not.
During the act of slipping the action
of the nerve which shows the beats of
the heart is abolished, and rs conse-
luence that organ contracts much more
rapidly, the pulse beats more quickly,
and the circulation in various parts Of
the body is increased. In addition to
this we also find that the pressure
under which the bile is secreted is
raised by the slipping of Auid.-Amer-
ican Cultivator.
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The Strangest Laboratory.

The strangest laboratory ever seen
Is that which, has just been inaugurated
in the Museum of Natural History in
Paris. Instead of rising from the
ground, it is buried deep under the
earth, and spreads its galleries under
the feet of visitors to the Jardin des
Plantes. It avoids the light with as
much care as others seek it.
This laboratory has been created
with the special object of studying the
evolution of animals, and of ascer-
tanning experimentally how different
species of animals are modified and
changed from one to another. This is
nothing less than the doctrine of ev-
olution proved by experiment.
We intend to deal with representa-
tives of all the animals. Already we
have insects, crustaceans, fish, ba-
trachians and mammals. Already the
latter-guinea pigs in This case-have
reproduced, and we have already one
generation which has never perceived
and will never perceive the light Of
day. We employ very feeble red
lantern when attending to them in
order to reduce to q minimum the
light used.
We do not forget that many of the
experiments which we are undertak-
ing will require considerable time,
centuries it may be, while others will
probably be completed in a few
months.
It is useless to add that this labora-
tory is absolutely closed to the public,
but will be wide open to men of sci
ence and investigators who wish to
work there. In addition to the exper-
iments in geological physiology which
we undertake, there are a number Of
others which could be tried with sue
cess, and Mr.. Milne-Edwards will
welcome all genuine Investigators who
wish to carry on work in our subter-
ranean passage. New York Journal.
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Putnam's Tree.

The stump of the tree to which Is
rael Putnam was once tied in the
French and Indian War is still stand.
ing in the little village of Crown
Point, a town in the upper part OF
New York. 1t was in the course OF a
skirmish near Wood Greek, at the
time of the French invasion in August,
1858, that he was captured by the In
dians and tied to this tree. While
the flames were soaring his flesh he
was. saved by Captain Molang, o
French officer, who rushed through
the crowd, scattered the frebrands,
cuffed and upbraided the Indians and
released their victim. Putnam was
taken to Montreal and presently freed
by exchange. A great many strangers
who go to the town and hear the story
chip off pieces of the stump as relics.
The tree is about three feet in diam
etcr
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Queer Things About Steel Ships.

A queer thing has been discovered
in connection with the big steel cargo
ships built recently in the Great
Lakes. The John Scott Russell, after
being loaded q few days ago, sank be-
fore she had gone mile from her pier.
It was found that many rivets were
missing from her bottom and sides,
and investigation showed that they
had been sheared off by the straining
and grinding of her steel plates caused
by her pitching when she was run
ming light. It is believed now that
the total loss three years ago of the
Gilcher and Western Reserve, both
steel ships of the latest type, was due
to the same fault.
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Chastity Plague Episodes.

/ Hindoos in the plague district are
employing many devices to elude the
officials seeking for plague cases. One
man who had died was set up at a
table with cards in his hands, while
mis- friends sat around him making be-
lieve that they were playing game.
The stolid expression on the corpse's
face led one official to put his hand on
its shoulder, when it fell over to the
floor. In Yella Reddi two girls were
dying. Their relatives cut their
throats and buried the bodies before
the coming of the officials.
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Dutch Belted Cattle.


Mr.. Orson D. Mum, one of the
editors of the Scientific American, is
Justly proud of the handsome herd of
Dutch belted cattle which are much adj
mired by the lovers of fine stock who
visit his place, Llewellyn Park,
Orange, n. J. At the New Jersey
State Fair out of thirteen head ex-
hibited seven took first prizes and to
two were awarded second. At the live
stock exhibition held in Madison
Square Garden in 1895 thirteen prizes
were awarded for the herd and separ-
ate animals composing it. A herd Of
sixteen Dutch belted cattle, it will be
remembered by breeders, was awarded
the highest per cent. of prizes OBJ
tained by any cattle exhibit at the
Worlds Fair, when there were prob
ably more cattle of various breeds
gathered together than ever before.
"The Dutch belted or blanket breed
of cows" said Mr.. Mum, "are natives
of Holland and are distinct family
from the Holsteins, with which many
confound them. Comparatively few
have as yet been imported into this
country, although the breed antedates
the seventeenth century. In Holland
they are owned and controlled by the
nobility. In color they are very black,
with a continuous pure white belt
around their body, which makes a
strikingly beautiful contrast. Their
form is usually very fine and their
constitutions most hardy, enabling
them to stand sudden changes in eli
mate and to thrive on any variety of
fodder. As milk producers they are
excellent"
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MARKET GARDENERS BARROW.

wheel extending inside. A cap was
fitted over this, inside the body, and I
found that wheeling was then much
easier. The new barrow weighed
forty-nine pounds. With 239 pounds
of sand there is a weight of ffty-six
pounds on the handles, while with the
ordinary barrow the weight is ninety
nine pounds. The handles are 5 feet
long, 13x14 inches at front and smaller
toward the back. The wheel is %
inches diameter with d 2-inch tire.
The barrow frame is 19 inches at front,
2 feet at back; the body is 8 feet by 13
inches, while the legs are 2 feet 10
inches from the front.-R. Bingham,
of New Jersey, in American Agricul-
turist.
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Left Him in Doubt.

He was in doubt. He didn't know
whether he should be angry or pleased
and great deal depended upon it.
They were sitting on the sofa to-
gether, and once, when the conversa'
tion seemed to drag little, he had
suggested:
Don't you think it is rather close
tonight"
"It might be Closer" she replied.
1t was a terrible predicament IL
which to place a man who was anx-
ious to make the best of his oppor.
tunities. Should he take advantage
of what seemed an invitation to get q
little nearer to her or should he be
angry at being termed an "it"?-Chi'
caco Record.
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HOMEMADE CORN CUTTER.

two by four into top of runners. Nail
boards on cross ties to make a plat
form 80 inches wide and nearly six
feet long. Get good steel knife and
make it very sharp, say % inches long
and five inches wide. Bevel the edge
from the bottom or underside. Have
rod made with an eye in the centre
and curved, in order to fasten either
end to runner and hitch O horse in
the centre. This rod should be of
one-half inch round iron, and
long enough to work nicely, as
shown at a. Bore hole in platform
or runner, and put in stake about
six inches high (b) even across with
the base of rod (c). Another stake
of the same size, but twenty inches
high, on the right side of platform
near the edge, and 81 inches from the
front of platform (d. Take rod of
five-eighth-inch iron 81 inches long
and weld a piece of fiat iron one
half inch thick and eight inches long
to the end of it, bolt the fiat piece to
platform (13 inches from centre to back
of platform) and bend the rod forward
II inches above the platform, as in e.
Bend the rod so as to have it extend
out over the edge of the platform, over
and back of the knife (h), then bend
the rod in so as to extend about two
inches over the platform at the centre
two by four cross brace (f). From
there bend the rod out to 6. Be sure
to have it carry the same height all
the time.
The bends in the rod are made in
order to bring in the corn and lay it
across the platform without the help
of man. In this way the danger of
standing over the knife is averted.
Nail small stick something like lath
from top of stake to the outside run
ner few inches ahead of the knife.
Bolt the knife to platform about 26
inches from back part of platform with
two bolts, and have the knife slant
back considerably. put scrap piece
of two-inch plank under the platform
at and h, to make the platform mere
solid where the large rod and knife
were bolted fast. The large rod from
to g should be with bends so inches
long. Directly across it is 4S inches,
thus using two inches for bends. The
large rod is outside of stake d about
five inches. Hitch on quiet horse,
hang the lines on d and ride on rear
of platform, and when large pile of
corn is cut and laid across the sled,
stop and shock it up.-Farm and
Home.
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The liverymen and hackmen may
have felt the effect of the change in
the new method of individual trans.
portation in the cities; yet the horse
is still in demand for the saddle and
for family carriages and buggies, and
this demand will increase just in pro-
portion to the common use of the elec.
trio car and the wheel.
Already ladies who do not like the
wheel have taken to the. saddle to gel
the exercise and the airing that the
wheelist has found so beneficial from
her spin in the country. This habit
will soon increase until there will soon
be demand for safe saddle horses fol-
ladies'.
The hustle and careless movement o1
cars and wheels on the streets require
for the safety of those in carriages
that their horses should be accustomed
to these things as we'll as to the sudden
noises which they are apt to hear in
the city. The horse to be used in the
city for family safety, either under the
saddle or in the carriage, must be
trained for city life. The horses, there
fore, which will be in special demand
in the cities must be trained for the
purpose. This will require selection
in the breeding, and especial care in
handling from their first years until
they are prepared for use.
The number of accidents which have
happenedin the last few years through
the frightened horse and the accom-.
panylng runaway has become alarming.
and calls for remedy.
This must be found in the proper
training Of the horses to be used. The
horse breeders who wish to secure
good prices for the horses they would
sell in the home market, will do vel!
to take note of the kind OF horse in
demand. Buyers for this kind of 6
horse are always plenty, and they dc
not hesitate to give high prices, wher
they can be assured that the horse they
purchase has the sense and the train
ing he needs to be perfectly safe in the
cities.
Good saddle horses and stylish and
safe carriage horses will always bring
high prices and can be as easily raised
as others. The. little extra care they
need in training will be we'll paid fo1
when they are sold.-Farm News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-13
No Monotony.

According to the statement of the
ten-year-old daughter of Massachu,
setts clergyman, there are ways OF
making an old sermon seem almost
new.
"Molly," said one of the friends OF
this young critic, "does your father
ever preach the same sermon twice?"
IT think perhaps he does," re-
turned Molly, cautiously, ''but think
he talks loud and soft in different
places the second time, so it doesn't
sound the same at all. "--Youth's Com.
panion.
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Sim Raward. &100.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis;
ease that science has been able to cure In all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being q con,
stitutional disease, requires q constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation Of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
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Utter Ingratitude.

"Madam," said. Meandering Mike,
"have ye another pie like de wan ye
gimme yestiddy"
care you hunTy?"
"Yes'm. But dat amt why I want
de pie. Dere's felly down de road
dat has punctured his bicycle tire,
and I fought I'd get i'm a piece O.
dat crust fur patch. "--Washington
Star.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Forestry commissioners and other
interested people have taken up the
subject and prizes are offered for the
propagation and distribution of insect
eating spiders in forests.
Professor Palazzi has made expert
ments which show that smoke kills the
microbes of various diseases in one to
four hours, and he therefore recon-
mends it as disinfe Giant superior to
gases.
Vandervyver, Belgian, states that
the length of exposure for photographs
through limbs of different dimensions
varies as the cubes Of their thickness.
NJ. Bondeard states that Roentgen
rays can diagnose pleurisy and similar
complaints.
Scientists measure by the contrac.
tion of petroleum ether temperatures
several hundred degrees below zero
Fahrenheit. At 80 degrees below
zero, the temperature at which liquid
air boils, petroleum ether remains in
semi-liquid condition and contracts
with the decrease of temperature.
Condensation is the result of chill
ing the air. The ascent of the lower
strata of the atmosphere into the high
er regions and the consequent expan-
sion and loss of heat is the most prob
able cause of rain, and it is not i'm
possible that the mir near the ground,
being made to rise bybeing artifcially
heated, might tend to, produce the de-
sired downpour.
Sudden and great fluctuations in the
level of water in wells in stormy
weather, closely corresponding to the
fluctuations in wind velocity recorded
by Professor Langley, have been OBJ
served by DR.. Rornei Martini. This
explains the popular tradition that bad
weather may be predicted from the
sudden rise and fall Of wells. Curl
ously, however, small and rapid
changes of barometer are more certain
to affect wells than large changes.
The applications Of the X-rays to the
study of phenomena invisible without
their aid continually increase in num-
ber. Some of the results are rather
curious than. useful, but substantial
additions to knowledge are being made
in this way. One OF the latest scien-
tific uses found for the rays is in re-
vealing the inner structure of flowers
and fruit buds. In some respects this
is better method than dissecting for
the study Of certain parts of plants.
NJ. Jansen, the eminent astrono-
mer, has left Paris to inspect his Mont
Blanc observatory. The scientific
caravan will start from Chamouni1
soon to take meteorological readings
at an altitude of $4,000 feet, the high
est station in the world. NJ. Perrotin,
director of the Nice Observatory, is
expected to join the party in order to
study the morning elongation of Venus
and to ascertain the period of the
planets rotation, now debated ques-
tion among astronomers.
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Discarding Torpedo Nets.

The French navy is doing away with
all nets, which were considered for a
long time as an efectual safeguard
against torpedoes. The Minister OF
the Navy has decided to remove them,
not only from the battleships in ser
vice, but also from all vessels OF the
French navy afloat. The nets will
probably be utilized for harbor de-
tense, as we'll as for strengthening
dams and for other industrial pur-
poses.