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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

Charles W. C;ss. of New York City. Presi-
dent Of the Cass Realty Corporation, an i'm
purtant invesim company which invests
its clients money Of large or small amounts
exclusively in New York City rent-bearing
real estate, puts new meaning into the state
ment that "debt is curse. he saYS'
"Every dollar OF interest charge sooner or
later comes out oflabor. A merchant starts
business on $1,000 cash $4,000 borrowed
money. His interest is charged on the price
OF his goods. Every dollar OF public and
corporate and business debt is burden on
labor and takes toll from the product OF Ia
Dor" which should belong to the worker.
When the fixed annual interest charge from
all causes on q people becomes greater than
the annual increase of wealth, that civlllza-
tion dies. Hence, debt. public or private,
is curse. The Cass Realty Corporation,
are substituting ownership for dept. Ii IN,
vests money in Manhattan Island improved
rent-bearing. advancing real estate only
and in nothing else. Investors become CO..
owners of choice property. Guarantee fund
pays back money in part or in full when
needed. tenth regular consecutive dlvI-
dend at six per cent. has just been paid. In
vestmeDtS begin to earn profits at once. One
dollar or any amount is received any time,
and as often as desired. It pays six per cent.
because it earns more. The surplus is dis
tributed to investors by extra dividends as
shareholders decide. The surplus over six
per cent. 1894 was s2573 so; in 1895 a5S, 2S4 81;
In 1896 $50, ,794.52. The assets OF the Cass
Realty Corporation in 1894 were s2l5. s44 80,
in 1885 1854 ,C2O.74; in 1896 ssh, ,220. s3.
Parties interested may write or call for full
particulars to the Cass Realty Corporation,
2O9, Oil. 213 East Twenty-third street, New
York. The Corporation is certalnl ly new
opportunity to small and moderate inves-
tors"
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cavalry horse must be sound, we'll
bred and of superior class; gentle un-
der the saddle, free from vicious
habits, with free and prompt action at
the walk, trot and gallop; without
blemish or defect; of kind disposition,
with easy mouth and gait and other
wise to conform to the following de-
scription: A gelding of uniform and
hardy color, in good condition, from
15.1 to 16 hands high, weighing not
less than $50 or morethan 1150 pounds,
and from four to eight years old head
and ears small, forehead broad, eyes
large and prominent with perfect Wis
ion in every respect; shoulders long
and slopipg we'll back; chest full,
broad and deep; forelegs straight and
standing we'll under; barrel large and
increasing from girth toward flank
wlthers elevated, back short and
straight, loins and launches broad and
muscular, hooks we'll bent, and under
the horse, pastern slanting, and feet
small and sound. Each horse will be
subjected to a rigid inspection, and
any animal that does not meet the
above requirements in every respect
will be rejected. A horse under four
years old will not be accepted unless
he be an especially fine animal we'll
developed. Every accepted animal
must be provided with strong hemp
halter free of charge to the Govern
ment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
A "New Horse. "

Down in the livery stable of William
Simpson, Oh Central avenue, ls as
strange looking horse as NAL. has ever
seen. It far outrivals the famous fake
"wooly horse" that an old time show
man palmed off on an uasuspecting
public years ago, in that this new
equine wonder is very real, can trot a
mile considerably under three minutes
and bear the closest inspection of the
doubling and inquisitive.
The horse is the property of the lit
tie thirteen.year-old son OF Mr.. simp.
son, and while not exactly beautiful
beast to look upon, certsinly has e
unique style all it's own. In
stead Of the usual sleek hide
and flowing name and tail Of
the ordinary nag, this equine para.
dox has a coat Of tight, curling hair
and no name or tail worth mentioning
in a horse sale advertisement, unleas
the buyer was to be Snowman OF
oddities. The msre is well built and
sound in every particular, "kind,
. docile and easy to handle by woman
or child" as the advertisement would
say. She is five years old, stands
fifteen hands high and weighs about
ten hundred, and behaves like any
other being of her race. But her bay
colored coat is tor all the world like a
buffalo robe, in the curly, kinkiness
of it's hair, and where the hair has be.
come worn off on the head by the
bride or halters and on the shoulder
where burrs have been pulled out it
becomes very much in appearance like
an old moth eaten buffalo robe that
has just been pulled out OF some neg
lected, dusty closet for use in the first
sleighride of the season. The mare
can boast no name or fore5ock, and her
stump of tail is only spar sely covered
with short hairs. When she sheds her
coat according to The regular horsey
custom the tail is as bare IS rats.
This oddity in horseaesh comes OF
good stock, having been sired by ST..
Arnard, her mother being bay mar o
of good Hambletonian lineage. She
was bought up in Ontario by Mr..
Simpson simply as an investment, and
may become the property of some
travelling showmen or be exhibited IN
museums throughout the country. A
year or 80 ago she was clipped by a
former owner and travelled mile in
2.35 on the ice, driven by boy. In
trotting she curls her tail up like a
pug dog, so would hardly be an addi-
tion to any stable of stylish cobs o.
coach horses. s.-Rocheste Union.
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In His Own Bear Trap.

Abraham Wosterhouse, an old hun.
ter, known ell through the Pine Creek
district, of Pennsylvania, few days
ago was rescued by party OF deer
hunters in the Black Forest, more dead
than alive, after having been i'm
prisoned in bear trap for over five
days, with nothing to. eat, except a
sleeps head.
Wosterhouse left his home, near
Slate Run, taking an az, auger and
sleeps head with him. Going into
the Black Forest. he built bear trap,
set it and placed heavy stones on the
lid, crawling in to tie the sleeps head
as bait. The lid sprung, leaving him
imprisoned. He tried to free himself,
but all efforts were futile.
The rescuers came across the trap
by chance, and Wosterhouse's cries
caused the discovery. He will re-
over.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
cIsTERNS Under BARNS.

Every barn will shed from its roof
enough water for all the stock that can
be kept on the feed it contains or the
cattle it will shelter. If this water
is duly conducted into a cistern in the
barn basement, and filtered before
using, it is much the best water the
stock can have for drink. In the base
ment the water will never be down to
freezing temperature, which is an i'm.
portant matter, as every degree of
cold has to be warmed to animal heat
by the carbonaceous food that the
animal has digested. If it is milch
COW that has it's water thus warmed,
it detracts just so much from the but
ter fats which the milk Will contain.
That is about as expensive warmth,
even at low prices for butter, as the
farmer ever pays for.
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FEEDING THE SOIL.

The trouble with most farmers is,
they are eternally taking from the soil
and never adding to it. There are
many ways to feed it. Use all the
stable manure you can get, haul out in
November and plow under, SO that
it will not rot through the winter.
But there are cheaper ways of feeding
than with stable manure. The last
time you plow the corn, SOW COW
peas, cut and shock the fodder, which
makes good feed for cattle and horses,
just before the frost turn the pea vines
under. This improves the land greatly
for next years crop, besides having
ground in good shape next spring.
Follow oats with sowed corn. I'm
mediately after oats are cut. break the
ground, and COW about one bushel of
corn per acre, which will come up i'm
mediately and grow fast. Let it get
about waist high, put a good heavy
chain on your plow and turn under the
corn, which will soon rot. This can
be sown to wheat, or back to oats in
the spring, or to corn. Another ex-
cellent way is to SOW rye the last time
you plow the corn. This will make
one of the finest fall and winter past
ures. Plow under in the spring if you
want to plant back to corn. Or if to
wheat, let it get up ready to head out
and plow under. Be sure not to let
the seed mature, or it will ruin the
wheat. Trv some of the above plans,
and you will be we'll paid for your
trouble. le.-Coleman's Rural World.
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EGGS FOR HATCHING.

Eggs for Matching should only be
saved from strong, well-mated fowls.
Upon this, to a great extent, depend
the fertility of the eggs. and the vigor
of the young chicks. When the wealth
er is severe the eggs should be gath
cred several times day; an egg that
has been the least bit frosted won't
hatch. Eggs intended for Matching
should be carefully laid upon soft
cloth in o single layer and turned
every day, and should never be kept
over four weeks. Fresh eggs hatch
better and make stronger chicks.
There is an easy way of testing eggs
for Matching. Inside the large end OF
fresh egg there is a small empty
space about two inches in circumfer-
ence. This circle can be seen through
the shell by holding between strong
light and the eye. Ii the egg is sew.
eral weeks old, this circle is consider
ably enlarged, and if watery sub
stance can be seen in this enlarged
circle, when the egg Is moved, lay it
aside, for it is a spoilt egg 30 far az
Matching is concerned.
When necessary to order eggs to in
troduce new blood into the flock, it is
best to get them as near home as pos
sible. They ere less liable to become
damaged, and the express charges will
not bs near so high as when ordered
from distance. When setting valu
able eggs, it is a good plan to dis
tribute them among several hens;
then if one should leave the nest or
prove poor sitter, there will not be
an entire loss. New England Home.
stead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
SPRING TREE PLANTING.

Persons desiring to plant trees in
the spring will do well to dig the
holes for the trees in the fall or at any
time in the winter when the ground is
not frozen. Usually trees are planted
in clay soils. The freezing and thaw
ing fines the earth around the sides OF
the hole and also the earth thrown
out of the hole. If this is placed IN a
heap as it should be 1t sheds the water
and is dry enough for planting much
earlier in the season than earth from
newly dug holes. This plan also facil-
itates early spring planting. The
holes should be two feet in diameter
and two feet deep. Mr.. Vergon, who
has large orchards near Delaware,
pursues this plan in all his planting
and when going over his place few
weeks ago, I saw hundreds of holes
ready for spring planting. The soil
was in choice condition for the trees.
1t had been raining nearly all day yet
on examination we found the soil in
suitable condition for immediate
planting. If water is standing in the
holes when planting time comes it i:
baled out. Mr.. Vergon's orchards
have been planted in sod away from
the trees he has. He has succeeded in
securing nice thrifty bearing trees Of
nearly every tree planted. The 10TH
of December he had about 5000 bushels
of choice apples in his fruit cellars
Silver Knight.
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Lamps That Give Light Unto Feet.

Genius has given fashionable folks a
new plaything with which to amuse
themselves. It is in literal obedience
to the Biblical Injunction regarding a
lamp unio the feet, for that ie exactly
where the new light is to De worn. 1t
consists of tiny lantern With sides OF
very stout glass, mounted upon a STIR
rup which straddles the foot Of the
user. tongue resting on the toe OF
the foot, and acting as part of the
support.
There are several means of furnish
ing light for this curious lamp. Elec-
tricity and oil are the most common.
The former is likely to De tho most
popular method from the fact that
there is no danger OF grease leaking
out upon the shoe. A tiny storage
battery has been constructed to be
used in furnishing the light. 1t is
ordinarily carried in the pocket, and
a fexlble wire, insulated and covered
with chamois skin, passes from the
battery and through the pocket down
to the lamp.-Baltimor Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The most recent estimate of geolog.
ists as to the age of Niagara Falls is
nine thousand years. 1t wsss formerly
calculated at forty Thousand.
A new dental chair is 80 arranged as
to bring all the working parts of the
chair up to higher position for use
when a child is treated, and can be
again lowered to normal position for
larger persons.
Knowing the average diameter of
Jupiter, as we'll as that of the earth,
it can be shown by little calculation
that so far as bulk is concerned, not
fewer than 1890 globes, each as large
as the earth, = ould be role d together
into one to form q single globe as big
as Jupiter.
Not long ago Professor Verrill ex-
hibited to the members Of the National
Academy of Sciences in New York
some beautiful examples of mollusks,
dwelling in the Sargasso Sea, that imi-
tate not only the seaweed among which
they live, but even the parasitic
growths found upon the weeds.
At meeting of the Royal Society
Professor McKendrick described a
method by which it was possible to
stimulate electrically ths sensory
nerves of the skin $50 that some OF
elements of music-rhythm and in"
tensity-might be perceived and ever
enjoyed by those who hHd become
deaf"
Professor Simon Newcomb, in re.
cent paper, discussed the question of
stellar distances. He said the stars
of small magnitude were evidently not
as remote from the earth as their
faintness would indicate, and this fact
seemed to warrant the inference that
the visible universe has definite
limit in space.
The red.colored snow frequently
mentioned in scientific reports of
polar expeditions, and formerly
deemed OF miraculous origin, is now
known to be colored by q minute vege-
table organism, which is sometimes
found in enormous quantities, and
watch grows to perfection at tenn
perature below freezing.
A japanese man of science, Mr..
Muraoka, reports in German scien-
tific journal, the curious results OBJ
tanned by him last summer while ex-
perimenting with the light of glow
worms. He operated with three hun
dred glowworms st Kyoto, and he says
that the light which they emitted,
when filtered through cardboard or
copperplates, showed the properties
of X-rays, or Becquerel's fluorescence
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Sand SOap for BoyS-

One of the best things for cleaning
boys hands is sand soap. 1t may be
made at home, and so made is cheaper
and better than any which can be pur-
chased. Scrape or cut into small
pieces any pure soap and melt it. As
soon as the soap is melted take the
dish from the fire and stir into the
mixture clean, dry sea sand that has
been heated. Use nearly rs much
sand as you have soap. As soon as
the mixture is cool enough to handle,
roll it into balls between the palm OF
the hands and put the balls into a
dark, cool place to harden and dry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

A Solid Basis.

Gold Is O solid basis Of financial transac-
ton, and for business that's the best thing
for US. tits so in the physical conditions. If by
some carelessness or exposure to sudden cold
the muscles OF the back are contracted and
stiffened. we have at once lumbago, or lame
back, sometimes called "crick IN the back, y
which is disabling and units all who have II
for any activity. Now, to get back to solid
basis of health and strength, st. Jacobs Oil
should at once be used to relax the twisted
muscles and restore to their natural condi-
ton. 1t takes but short time to perform
the cure and the cure Is certain. The back
is then on solid basis for strength and work,
and nothing will bring about the change like
this great remedy for pain.
Boston is to have q grand spectacular
whist party, made up OF 5000 players.
CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe; lOc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
FouR WAYS OF FEEDING CORN.

The Vermont Experiment Station
has reported its test Of feeding the
corn crop to milch COWS to determine
the best method of preserving the
corn plant for winter use.
Four methods were tried: l. The
whole plant was run through the out
ter into the silos 2. The ears were
husked, cribbed, dried, and ground,
cob and all, and fed with the stalks,
that had been made into silage. 3.
The corn was cut and cured in large
shocks, and before feeding was run
through cutter, ears and all. 4. The
corn was husked from the fodder,
ground with the cob, and fed with the
stover that was cut as needed.
Analysis showed that the loss from
each method was practically the same,
except where the shocks were left ex.
posed as the winter progressed the
loss increased. In the silhge the ears
lost more of their value than in the
shock or crib. Time and money spent
husking and grinding the ears was
wasted, as better results were obtained
when the ears were left on the stalks
and all run through the cutter before
feeding. The sllage forms were most
relished by the COWS and the dairy
product greatest.
The experiments confirm the com
mon opinion that for dairy COWS the
corn crop in the form of silase is more
valuable than IN dry fodder and meal.
For steer feeding there is some evi.
dence going to show that steers feed
on shock corn run through the cutter,
ears and stalks, make better growth
than where the corn is husked and tbe
fodder and ears or meal fed separately.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
COOKED FOOD DOES NOT PAY.

Cooking of grain and meal for stock
is only profitable when it is done in
cold weather and the feed is given
while still warm. A temperature at
or near animal heat is an advantage.
as the stomach has to warm it to that
extent. But the heat required for
cooking carbonaceous food expands it
90 that the stomach can contain less
of it. If the digestion be good the
uncooked food will, in the same bulk,
have the most nutriment and do the
greatest good.
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ROyal Sportsman.

The Archduke Francis Ferdinand is
one of the crack shots OF Europe. He
prefers TO shoot with smokeless pow
der, and handles his weapon very
rapidly and with an extremely accurate
aim. The Austrian heir presumptive
is recently credited with having killed
over 4sO head of game in an hour and
II half. 10 perform this great feat he
kept three leaders constantly en-
loloyed.
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SHUTTERS FOR BARN WINDOWS.

A few clean windows on the sunny
side will admit very appreclaole
amount OF heat during a sunny day.
You may say there is loss of consider
able heat through these windows dur
ing cloudy days and nights. But
we have learned to prevent much OF
this loss in our house by means OF
double windows for cold weather. May
it not be true that it would be wise to
adopt the same expedient in our barns,
or accomplish the same end by means
of tight wooden shutters to cover most
of the windows when the sun does not
shine?-Dr. F. L. Russell, IN Massa-
chusetts Ploughman.
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Thought the Punishment MS

United States officers of SaleM
Portland, in Oregon, did not relish q
recent duty they were called upon to
perform, involving the arrest of
young woman o. Salem who had sent
out man dressed in woman's clothes
to meet man who had written to
her mother to meet him. The dsugh-
ter had instructed her emissary to
thrash the fellow whO was trying to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03
Elephant Obituary.

Jeanette, the oldest elephant in the
country, died at Wallace's circus quar-
ters, Peru, Ind. She was the only
female African elephant in captivity.
She was brought over more than
seventy-fve years ago, and has been
with many circuses. Chicago Chroni-
c1a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-03

TheSeattle Post Intelligenoer thinks
it would be good idea to follow up
the arbitration treaty between England
and the United States with others be.
tween Spain and Cuba, Turkey and
Armenia, Germany and France.
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Needle Mine in a PincusiIi0n.

A few days ago Mrs. j. e. Brown,
|of Haynesville, Me-, ripped open a
needle cushion which was filled with
bran, and had been III use fifteen
years. On emptying out the contents
she found $40 needles, all but twenty
eight being good ones.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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beware Of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

Isl mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
Emel and completely derange the whole system
when enteringit through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as tho
can possibly derive from them. Halls CatsErh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury and Is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying
It Is taken Internally. and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &: Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Over seventy years have elapsed
since the first railway in the world
was finished. During that time 4oo,-
600 miles of railway have been con-
structed.
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4 Fair Exchange.

In the year 1895 Switzerland had
2,68S, 104 native inhabitants and $780,
600 resident foreigners, while 29e, 600
Swiss were living in other countries.
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No.To.Bac for Fifty Cents.

Over 100000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
6gulate or remove your desire for tobaccoi
aves money, makes health and manhood;
lure guaranteed. 50 cents and SL00, at al
lruggists.
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Great Britain imports annually Sc, ,O0o, ,oOo
bushels OF oats. During 1886 the United
Estates furnished an unusually large proper
TN of these requirements.
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The Texas House has passed a bill pro-
Fnibiting Sunday baseball.
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CAVALRY HORSES.

The specifications laid down by the
Government unCer which cavalry
horses are bought are as follows: The
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FITSstoppcd andpermanentlycured. No
fits after first days use of DIR. KLlNE's GREAT
NERvEREsToRER. Free S2trial bottlea and treat
ise Send to Dr. Kline. 93l Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
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Experiments in Florida and south
ern Georgia make it clear that tobacco
equal to the growth in Cuba can ba
produced on American soil.
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The West Coast of Florida. the finest semi.
ropical country in the world. Illustrated de.
scTptiSe b9oS SEPT upon TScelps four fsnts
Agent, Plant System, 26l Broadway, NY.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma.
non. alfays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. q bottle