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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Feathered Weather Prophets.

A vet season is predicted by many,
based on the action Of, the robins in
selecting a covered or sheltered place
for building their nests. The birds
have sought localities under piazzas,
ave and in buildings rather than in
trees this spring, and people who hars
watched such things in the past assert
that the birds make no mistake, and
that every year when they have built
nests in covered locations there has
been an excess Of wet weather. Pine
Hill Optic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Farmers Taxes in Turkey.

A farmers taxes in Turkey are clas-
sifed thus: ~ one-tenth Of all crops
and fruits; (2) four per cent. of the
renting value of house and lands; (3)
five per cent. on every transfer; az
an annual cattle tax of thirty-two
pence on every sheep and twenty-onc
pence on every goat. The taxes are
vigorously collected
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Dog Whips an ALLIGATOR.

That a dog may best an alligator ap-
pears by the experience of Hon. D. B.
Stuart, of Victoria, Fla. His dog was
swimming in a lake there, when Mr..
Stuart, seeing a gator coming, called
to the dog to come ashore. The dog
started, but the alligator was gaining,
when the dog turned and seized it.
Both went down, but the dog came up
unframed, and the alligator with .
.lacerated lower law. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Two-shade petticoats are the very

Two-shade petticoats are the very
newest. The combinations are gener-
ally black, lined with a frail color or
blue and pink, red and lemon, etc.
Since all the town now runs to sport,
more people own wheels than UNI
brellas, and the progression, use and
abuse Of the former, is felt most keen
~ by pedestrians. Still doctors decree
that they are healthy, and the Ameri-
can girl to be Sin it" to-day, must be
an athlete. There is a pretty little
girl who wheels on one of the fashion.
able side streets, and her many Co.'S
tunes are quite the talk of her admir-
ers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
In Paris and London,

In Paris the houses are very high
and the streets narrow. In London
the houses are low and the streets
broad. The Paris cabman turns to
the right and the London cabby to the
left. The former sits always on the
box in front of his vehicle. The latter
is often perched behind it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
How to Make Tea.

Speaking to q member Of a large
China house, who was the faster for
his firm, I asked him the proper way
to prepare our tea. "Well," he re-
Piled, "the kettle should just reach
it's first boil, thepot should be warmed,
the leaves put in, and the boiling
water poured upon them. They should
stand from five to six minutes to
draw"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
An Electric Fire Truck.

The new electric fire truck which has
been made for Springfield, Mass, has
been given a practical test and was in
every way a success. It required one
and a half minutes to load and one and
a quarter minutes to unload a steamer
from the truck and it is expected that
this time will be improved upon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Invention of Gunpowder.

Gunpowder was invented by Berth
fdus or Michael Schwartz, q Cordeller
monk of Goslar, south of Brunswick,
lin Germany, about 1920. But some
maintain that it was known earlier.
Some say the Chinese and Hindoos
possessed it centuries before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

An italian peddler from whom a
New York policeman demanded a Ii
cense showed confidently a certificate
of discharge from Sing Sing Prison,
which he said he bought, believing it
was q license.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. a powder for the feet; II
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bun.
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tlght-nt.
cure for sweating, callous and hot. tired, ach-
ing feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. BY mail for Csc: in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen :. Olm'
sted. LIE Row, n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

It was in 1747 that O German chem
ist named Marggraf discovered that
sugar could be made from beets; but
the beet sugar industry did not begin
till half q century later.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

The annual consumption of sugar
per head of the population is eighteen
pounds in Germany, twenty-six IN
France and Switzerland, forty-four In
the United States and sixty in Eng
land.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

s. K. Coburn, Mgr. Clarie Scott. writes, v!
find Halls Catarrh Cure a valuable remedy
DRUGGISTS sell il, I5c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethiDg, softens the gums, reduclnglnramma'
lion. aliays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

After physicians had given me up, was
Gaved by Piso's Cure.-RALPH ER1EG, VIII
Pa, Nov. %. 1893.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd 1 Arch ST.. Phlla., IA.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

st. vitus' Dance. One bottle DR.. Fenner'
Specific cures. Circular. Fredonia, n. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

1fafaictedwith sore eyesuse DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at25c. per bottle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

Is the basis Of good health,
uRG steady nerves, mental, phys
-sJ ical and digestive strength.
o1OOu II you are nervous, enrich
and purify your blood with Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. If you are weak, have no appetite
and desire to be strong, healthy and vigor-
Gus, take Hoods Sarsaparilla, which will
tone your stomach, create an appetite and
build you up. Get only Hoods because
Hoods Ss psrina
Is the best-in fact the OneTrue Blood Purifier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-07-07

grams. Other new card cases have
for an outside covering MORE velour
silk, in royal purple and green shades.
The edges of the case are gold and
leather mounted.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
All in the Family.

A few nights ago prominent Evan.
stonian, who lives in handsome home
in Lake street, was working overtime
on the North Side, and when his bust.
ness was completed boarded a North
Shore electric car for home. He was
enjoying the last of his box OF Ha'
vanas and was contemplating how
much the next box would cost when
the conductor came out on the front
platform for fares. The thoughtful
man jammed his hands into his pock.
cts, and in his dismay discovered that
he had on y q counterfeit dollar, which
he had been carrying for months. Ten
miles from home, away from friends
and "broke" was the unpleasant
though that had fashe through bi,
mind. so he passed up the counterfeit
coin and received his change. Before
the car had travelled mile the con
ductor came around again with sus'
picious look on his face and said
Either you or lady inside gave me
counterfeit dollar"
1T was the woman, of course" re
sponded the embarrassed gentleman
they are always doing such things. y
The remainder of the journey wa!
not very pleasant to the man who wa:
"beating" his ride at the expense o
an innocent woman, but he buried
himself in thought and tried to forget
He left the car at Lake street, and hat
started for home on brisk walk wher
he heard footsteps behind him. Turn
ing, he saw his wife, who rushed III
and in the most mortified tones said
GLOW L wish had known you wer,
on that car. The conductor accused
me OF giving him 4 counterfeit dolla,
and made me give him n new dolla1
before all those people. Chicag.
| Times Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

According to report of the Horse.
shoers' Protective Association, the
horse is not only holding his own
against the bicycle, but there is actu-
nlly an increase in the number of
horses now in this country. It says
there are in Ohio 10, 900 more horses
than there were one year ago, 1900
more in Michigan, IL, 800 more in
New York, and corresponding in.
crease in other States. The statisticiar
of the association explains this by say.
ing that bicycles are used chiefly by
people who never did and never would
own horse, and that, while an occa.
sional man may sell his horse and
adopt the bicycle, the change is only
temporary.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Beauty of New york's Central Park

Its character, so wonderfully evolved
from stubborn material, is full OF
beauty, with all the simple pastoral
charm of natural scenery. Owing to
the conformation of the ground and
the various demands of the public it
was found necessary to make a number
OF small picturesque scenes, rather
than to furnish single broad expanse
of turf with groves OF trees. 1t was,
however, the efforts OF the designers
to furnish the largest open spaces
practicable, and at great expense pro.
truding masses of rock were blasted
out at the lower end, and the spaces
left were filed with loan. 10 this we
owe n peaceful meadow, with its vague
borders lost in the shady recesses OF
the tress, giving an idea of unlimited
extent by the glimpses oS grassy slopes
seen at intervals beyond, though the
| green contains but sixteen acres, and
the background only ten. In the
north meadows there is greater sense
of freedom and space, though only
nineteen acres could be secured even
there, but the disposition of the roads
and paths is SO skilful that the fields
produce upon the imagination the
effect of far greater expanses, and are
above all restful and satisfying With
their suggestion of secluslon and coup.
try charm. A distinguished authority,
defending it warmly from m unfavor,
able comparison, remarks, "In nc
European city, we can safely say, it
there park conceived ill so purely
naturalistic way and kept so free
from lnharmonious details as the Cen.
trail Park" Atlantic Monthly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Red Rocks Mark Her Grave.

In sight of the Erie tracks, between
Susquehanna and Great Bend, are the
cred Rocks" red cliff standing
above the Susquehanna River. Near
them can be seen traces of the grave
of beautiful Indian maiden, the
daughter of famous chief. She wai
betrothed to young brave, a mem.
Der of the fathers tribe, then en-.
camped near here. Her father de.
sired her to marry the son of the
chief of the neighboring tribe, and
the wish of the paternal ancestor
usually counted for something.
In consequence, she resolved to fly
to the "happy hunting grounds" and
one night she stole noiselessly from
her wigwam, and, with the death song
upon her lips, flung herself from the
high cliff, her life's blood staining the
rocks below, and to that day have re-
tanned the reddish hue which the rain.
and floods of a century have failed to
efface.
When the maiden's lover saw her
mangled corpse he retired to cave in
the mountains, and was never seen
alive again. Forty years later hi,
petrifed body was found in the cave
by wandering remnant of the tribe.
Under his body were found the long
raven tresses of the old chiefs daugh
ter.-New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Whoever has good temper will be
sure to have many other good things.
There is nothing so strong or safo
IN an emergency of life as the simple
truth.
1t is the biggest kind of an insult
to offer small sum of money as q
bribe.
A poor man with sunny spirit will
get more out of life than a wealthy
gambler.
The violence done us by others is
often less painful than that which we
| do to ourselves.
A mans domestic relations sci dom
trouble him as much as the relations
OF his domestics.
70 see plum pudding in the moon is
far more cheerful habit than croak.
ing at everything.
No soul is desolate as long as there
is human being for whom it can feel
trust and reverence.
1t is not wise to aim at impossible.
ties; 1T is waste of powder to fire at
the man in the moon.
When a man is ashamed to look in a
mirror it iS safe bet that that his
wife buys his neckties.
The epochs of our life are not in the
visible facts, but in the silent thoughts
of the wayside as we walk.
A coquette is like rose. Each lover
plucks leaf; the stem and thorns are
left for the future husband.
We take great pains to persuade
others that we are happy than in en-
deavoring to he SO ourselves.
1t pays better to tell the truth and
lose temporarily than to state false.
hood and lose permanently.
Many preachers are good tailors
spoiled and capital shoemakers turned
out of their proper calling.
After a woman has been married
three months she talks less about soul
affi nifty and more about her meals.
There are no greater wretches in
the world than many of those whom
people in general take to be happy.
If man is SO proud that he will
not see his faults, he will only quarrel
with you for pointing them out to
him.
To character and success, two things
contradictory as they may seem must
go-humble dependence and manly in.
dependence.
The only thing that can be compared
to good ad. IN working ability is
mortgage. They both work day and
night. rain or shine. The South. West.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

Less than eleven years ago there
were only six firms engaged in the
bicycle business. with an output of a
few thousand h:cl cles. There are now
more than 500 firms, with product
of 900, 900, end inuumerable smaller
ones, which will probably add 200, 900
more. As nearly as can he learned
more than 10000 bicy cles are al.
ready in use IN the United States, and
some authorities make the number
greater than this by nearly l, 100000
Evel the smaller estimates shows that
nearly one person out of twenty four
has already taken to the cycle as o
natter of business, amusement or
health. In France, where the number
is known because Of the collection of
tax, the proportion is only one in
each $50 of the population.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
The History OF Health,

To trace the history of the search
of the human race after health would
be almost tantamount to writing the
history of the race itself. A careful
examination of the position which
hygiene now holds will, we think, JUS
tify us in alleging that it has made
such advances as may fairly entitle it
to take its place among the progress
sive If not absolutely exact sciences.
Its literature has been said with truth
to be among the Oldest in the world.
We cannot doubt that in order OF
chronology the first rame to be hon.
ored is that of Moses, as the author OF
the most complete and detailed sys.
tenn OF hygiene in ancient times. We
may be pretty sure that the code OF
Moses was the outcome of the wisdom
and experience of long past ages Be
that as it may, however, we cannot
but admire the excellent precepts laid
down for the cleansing aud purifying
of house and camp, for the security OF
pure water, for choice of good and
wholesome food, for the isolation OF
the sick and the unclean and for the
destruction of refuse. 1t would not
be too much to say that fairly strict
adherence to the Mosaic law would
have preserved mankind from many
of the disastrous plaques which have
afflicted it. During the Middle Ages
the Jews enjoyed remarkable immu.
nifty from outbreaks of epidemic dis
ease-an immunity which still distin.
guishes them in our own time. New
York Iedper
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
The "Rote of the Waves"

1t is favorite theory with the fish.
ing and seafaring people on the north
east of Scotland that in storm three
waves are strong and violent, while
the fourth is comparatively weak and
less dangerous. This succession they
call ''rote of waves" Fishermen
returning from their fishing ground
often prove by experience the truth oi
their theory, and hang back as they
come near the shore to take advantage
of the lull that follows, they say,
pretty regularly after three big break.
ers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

line inscription which, when read by
the light of history, is most pathetic.
1t is from the hand of ''common
soldier" but he was one of the garri-
son of three left to hold the conuuesed
Zunis in subjection, and was slain by
the Indians in 100. This is the writ
ing:
Soy de mano Felipe de Arellena, 16 dc
Setiembrc, sodado.
Q am from the band of Feline de Arel-
lano, on the 10th of September, soldier.
One year later ''force" of six men
went from Santa Fe to Zuni, march
of 300 miles through deserts and over
mountains, to avenge the massacre.
This force left the name of its Captain,
Juan de Urribarri.
A plain and valuable autograph is
that of Diego Lucero de Godoy, an
officer who was with General de Var
gas in his expeditions and who was
noted for his bravery. He was with
Governor Ottermin when he hewed
his way through swarmlng masses of
Indians after the bloody siege of
Santa Fe and fought passage back
to Ell Paso.
On the north side of the rock are
found the longest Inscriptions. 1t was
on the north side that encampments
were made in summer, where the shade
protected the traveller from the heat of
the sun. The winter travellers usually
sought the south side, and it is there
that their autographs and Inscriptions
are to be found.
In addition to the hundreds of
Spanish inscriptions, there are many
old and few modern Indian hero
glyphics which arc as important in
historical sense as those of the explor-
ers. Many of these hieroglvphical
Inscriptions are now being deciphered,
and the results SO far obtained indi-
cate that the Indians, too, had their
stories 10 tell of invasion and con.
quest, and it is now believed that some
mixing may be obtained from these
old writings that will directly connect
the cliff and cave dwellers with their
mo1e modern descendants, the Pueblo
Indians, with the ancient races which
peopled Mexico and Central America
ages ago, when was builded the ruins
indicative OF such advanced civiliza-
tion as was not found on the continent
when first entered by white men,
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

There are a few men in New York
who are Directors of SO many corpo-
ratons that their fees for attending
board meetings would alone constitute
n good living income. Samuel d.
Bnbcock has the reputation of being
in more Directorates than any other
one man. Russell Sage is very close
second, and at one time Samuel Sloan
was good third.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Scarlet flowers stand dronnht hot!

Scarlet flowers stand drought bette,
than any others.
The camel has the most complicated
system of digestive organs.
The tires, the machine and. the
clothing of the cyclist are very liable
to become soaked with rain, affordire
an excellent conductor for the cleo
trical bolt.
The fastest locomotive ever con-
structed will not reach the speed oil
the frigate bird, which Will fly about
l25 miles an hour, or across the At.
lantic in one day.
Possibly some observing scientist,
watching the motions Of the bird, may
get at the secret OF it's great speed.
and reproduce it in some practical
way, which will make the air, instead
OF the earth and water, the great
medium OF communication from one
part of the world to another.
There are eight storage battery
roads IN Europe, four of which were
installed during the past year. The
largest system Of this type comprises
three roads in Paris, operating nine
teen storage battery cars, some Of
which have been doing duty since
1892, and the addition of a third road
last May seems to indicate that for the
conditions there existing the storage
battery has proved satisfactory.
Attention to curious property of
certain plants has been called by an
American botanist, e. J. Hill. 1t ap-
pears that the larger part of the leaves,
especially the younger ones, of
sllphium lacinatum and silphium
terebinthinaceum turn themselves in
north and south direction. Sir
Joseph Hooker, it is said, noticed the
popularity, and was able when travel
ing to tell when the train changed its
direction by looking at these plants
on the plain
In the Polar regions Dr. Moss found
that at temperature of thirty-fve
degrees g. a candle would not burn
regularly; for the wax would not
melt, being cooled at once by the sur.
rounding air. The flame then burned
feebly, and sank down into kind OF
tubular hollow; and on boring holes
into this the flame sank down SO rs to
leave tubular shell, which was &C.
tually not melted by the flame. The
continuous current OF very cod air
induced by the fame was not heated
sufficiently to enable it to melt the
wax above the flame.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

AT recent meeting of the Indiana
Tax Commission it was voted to secure,
ifpossible, the services OF Ex President
Harrison to make an argument in the
Supreme Court il the behalf of the
State of Indiana to enforce the pay.
ment or taxes assessed against the ex.
press companies. The commission
le .rned that he would not appear in
any case for fee of less than $4,000.
In the California irrigation cases he
received $4,000 His largest fee was
received two years ago from an In
dianapolis street railway; it was &25,
600. In the Morrison will case, al
Richmond, Ind, he received $40, 900.
so far as General Harrison is concerned,
the question. "What shall we do with
our ex-Presidents? is not hard to an
sw,r, comments the New Orleans Plea
yune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

The result of the last municipal
election in Glasgow, Scotland, is the
greatest single tax victory yet achieved
ut the polls. In city council
OF eoyenty.seven members there is a
majority of tweutythree pledged to
support measure deriving all munic.
ipal revenue from land values. Per.
mission from Parliament is still to be
obtained before the people of Glasgow
can do as they have voted but, nc.
cording to the Chicago Record, there
seems 10 be no donbt that it will be
promptly granted at the next session.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11

The new woman in London has Ger.
tajnly outstripped her rivals in this
country in adopting the customs OF
men, observes the San Francisco
Chronicle. At public dinner, on the
occasion of the opening of a new club
in the English metropolis, one of the
newspaper reporters was woman. who
calmly produced and smoked cigar.
cite when the dinner was over.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-02-11
Anti-F0Ot- Binding Movement.

The anti-foot-binding movement, in
augurated by the missionaries In
China, is distinctly gaining ground.
Many women have pledged themselves
not to bind their children's feet, and
some have unbound their own, though
tho latter procedure is of little value,
foot that has been bound for years
Jeing incapable either of recovering
its original shape or of performing
much useful service when deprived of
the support of the bandages.