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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15

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simplicity and efficiency, wonder.
CORN MILLS,
PLANERs,
GANG EDaERs
and all wood working machinery.
LIDDELL AND TALBOT ENGINES
are the best.
Write to me before buying.
Y. G. Badham.
General Agent,
COLUMBIA, 8. e.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
Growth of Children.

The average child, in its fourth
year, should be three feet high and
weigh more than twenty eight pounds;
in the sixth year, three and q half
feet high, and weigh forty-two; in the
eighth year, four feet in height and
fifty-six pounds in weight; at twelve
years, five feet in height and seventy
pounds in weight is fair average.
Growth is very irregular in children
and young people generally; perhaps
two inches may be gained in two
months, and for the next ten months
not over an inch, even up to the age
Of ton OF twelve years. The Ledger
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
Farm and Garden Notes

Don't let the beets and squashes stay
out too long.
Drainage will greatly increase the
value of wet ground.
The silo will enable the farmer to
keep more COWS proftably.
Hailstorms are likely anywhere, ant
insurance against them is as necessary
as insurance against fire.
Eighty acres intensively cultivated
are better than 160 acres under the
too often loose system of farming.
For root TINT is such unquestion
able value to the hog, the articoke get.
more hard knocks than it deserves.
oyou allow smoking in the barn
ii you do, increase your insurance
That may not be exactly honest, bu
when man tries to burn his barn the
matter of honesty will not probabl,
worry him.
Large pieces of old sod form the Yer,
best winter protective material wher
obtaiuable. These heaped about tht
roses will protect the most tender from
severe freezing, aud they come out IL
the spring in splendid order. 1t i.
just MS good used shout any other hal
hardy plant,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
a Mathematics Generosity.

WILDER Scott Stratton, the newly
made millionaire king. came to the re-
lief of H. A. w. Tabt former United
States senator, and Colorado's first
millionaire miner, last week with a
purse of $4,000, which he begged Ia
Dor to accept as testimonial for what
he had done to develop the resources
| of the state.
For many months Tabor has been
on the ragged edge of fortune, and has
tried to recoup himself by entering the
prospecting field. He staked promis-
ing mining claim, but could not &c.
funds for developing it. Then he
thought of Stratton and applied to him
for loan.
Stratton had never before seen Ia
bor, but was familiar with his history
He promised to take the matter under
advisement, and five minutes later sent
a package containing the currency
with a letter requesting Tabor to ac-
cept the money as gift-New York
Herald
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

partial fondness for every part of the
Union. Florida has not been too
warm for it, and Massachusetts has
pleased. New Jersey has not es-
capped, and tho Pacific coast as far as
British Columbia has appealed to it.
The. scale, though appt ring only
recently, has evidently spe-t several
cons in preparing to descend upon
the world. It is microscopic insect
which pierces the green bark of the
tree with its proboscis and sucks the
sap. 1t has, doubtless with an eye
to this age o. germicide solutions,
rendered spraying an infested tree
useless, because it has scaly cover
ing which remains on the bark of the
tree or the skin of the fruit, and which
acts as an armor against such weap-
ons as washes. Fruit infested by the
scale is nnmarketable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
a. location OF Yards.

The location Of yards for the sue
cessful cultivation of fowls should be
elevated, and of such nature that the
natural drainage will at oil times pre-
vent the standing of stagnant water,
such as would ordinarily be denomin-
ated "dry location" The soil should
be largely composed of sand and
gravel, when possible, which of itself
acts as filter, and the health and COM
fort of the fowls will be. much more
easily maintained.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
GEORGIA
TO THR FRONT FOR TRUTH
.MM IGSdI
Falnifafion of fhe Hearfe

whenever onn becomes esnsIDIe VI 9;,TIo ~
~ he frirhtcned and imagine they hayo5
soine 20 SV form Of heart disease. Il they really
s0 SaYo palpitation , DE-. simaonssqu VINO:
Win Wind ia = certain cure for it, but in the,
majority Of such cases the nnlty SnSIe aTiass Tss
from some form Of gastric Sood 1,nsI and easeS,
viii % dcrange tho heart in some persons, persons,
While Will indigestion with its many variations ms
Is responsible for very many Sc. .calica m aears ~
troubles. The digestive organs nssa oDs 20 De
stimulated by the use OF Dr: N: c1sr,I "a: healIR
Wiilimpro7e and the heart renewits nosmsa
action.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
AGRICULTURAL.
1,rotect ,rrees.With Pine Tar.

To keep rabbits from injuring fruit
trees mix pine tar and grease equal
parts, warm and apply with O cheap
paint brush to the lower two feet OF
the tree trunks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
New DESTROYER of Fruit Crops.

Reinforcements to the seventeen
year locusts, the gypsy moth, the
browntail moth and all the rest of the
busy army of fruit destroyers are to
be found in vast quantities in the
"Sau Jose scale" The San Jose
scale takes its name, not from the To-
cality to which it confines its depre-
dations, but to the one in which it
first appeared. Since it made its de-
but in California it has shown an I'M
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
nriserx hx the Wholesale.

Is what chronic inactivity of the liver gives
rise TO- Bile gets into the blood and imparts
a yellow tint, the tongue fouls, and SO does the
breath, sick headaches. pain beneath the right
ribs and shoulder blade arc felt, the bowels
become constipated and the stomach disor-
dered. The proven remedy for this catalogue
of evils is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a
medicine long and professionally recon-
mended, and sovereign also for chills and fe-
Yer nerYousness and rheumatism.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
The Comb an Index.

The comb of fowl is an honest in.
dex of the true inwardness, and should
daily be consulted by. the fancier who
values the health and well being OF
his flock. Look at the comb of lay
ing hen or pullet. She is in the
height of health and strength, and car
ries her unfailing sign Of healthfulness
on her head, in the shape of blood
red, bright and full comb..-The Fan
cier.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
z}ss8ssk}:s2szss
The PINK CHINA ASTER.

By SOPHIE SWEET.

HE lilac has budded!
most time for the
cottagers," sa i d
Leah Trull ioyously.
She shaded her eyes
with her hand and
looked across the
strip of gray-blue
sea that divided the
island from, ''the
main" as if she
cou1d olrenf1y see
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
Building Wire Fences.

To assist in building wire fences a
new device has a frame on wheel.
with spindles to carry three or more
reels Of wire, so that all the wires can
be strung at the same time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
If we KNEW.
re knew the cares and trials,
Al, - - frorE. o11 u -,oi-. =


If we knew the cares and trials,
Knew the efforts all In vain. = r
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain
Would the grim, external roughness
Seem, I wonder, just the same2
Should we help where now we hinder?
Should We pity where we blame2
Ah. we Judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force;
Knowing not the fount OF action
Is less turbid at It's source.
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains OF good--
Oh, we'd love each other better
II we only understood.
Bessie W. Smith, in Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
A Remarkable Potato Crop.


The potato crop on the Cornell Uni.
versity farm at Ithaca, N. Y, for 1897
is attracting very wide attention, be-
cause of its high excellence at time
when rot and blight are eneral
throughout the Atlantic Coast States.
The yield at the University, OF indif-
ferent, grayelly and loamy soil, whic b
has had no fertilizer for four years, is
800 bushels per acre, absolutely free
from rot. The cost of the crop per
acre, literally estimated, is about $40,
in the following items:
Seven civilizations. ........@3 so $3.50
-Four a 100 400
Sixteen bushels seed.,.. 500
Flowing and planting.... 300
Total. $3.50
The only item which is liable to
much increase is the cost of seed, the
seed in this case having been bought
when potatoes were cheap. Now the
net price for the crop is sixty cents
per bushel, OF $3.50 an acre, leaving
S160 profit on each acre of the crop.
r. The land is of kind ordinarily pur.
chasable at about S35 an acre for farm
purposes. 1t is we'll within the truth
to say that this crop land others be.
fore it) shows that with scientific
knowledge 4 potato crop can be pro.
duced worth more than three times the
purchase value of the land it is raised
on.
The important points in this sue
cessful potato culture are stated by the
College of Agriculture to be- ~ prop.
er fitting of the land; (2) proper plant
ing; (3) proper aud sufficient cultiva'
tion; (4) proper spraying. The last is
specific against potato blight and po-
tato rot. In raising this enormous
crop, the college neglected fertilizers,
and did not select land best suited to
potato culture. Elsewhere on the farm,
these factors being added, the record
breaking yield of $50 bushels to the
acre has been reached. 1t should be
added that the potatoes are of uni
formly marketable quality, with no
waste. The average yield in this
State this year is estimated at not
more than sixiy-fve bushels to the
acre, aud the largest average yield the
State has ever known was 120 bushels.
The prevention of blight and subse-
quent rot by spraying with Bordeaux
mixture is an idea which is already
being taken up by farmers. The
usual method of using it, however, is
to wait until the blight appears, and
then spray. 1t is then too late. Atthe
university the potatoes are repeatedly
sprayed while green and healthy, and
the blight never appears. The report
OF this amazing crop Mt Cornell, to-
gether with the generally poor cropin in
the State, has led to great demand
for recent bulletin of the experiment
station treating of potato culture and
the prevention of blight and rot, and
thousands of copies are being mailed
weekly to farmers. York Post
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

Gould we but draw the curtains
That surround each others lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find 1t better.
Purer than we judge We should;
We should love each other better;
II we only understood.
Could we judge all deeds by motives,
See the good and bad within,
Often we should love the sinner,
All the while we loathe the sin;
Could we know the powers working
To overthrow integrity,
We should Judge each others errors
With more patient charity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
Two Occult Views.

"George describes the girl he is en-
gagged to as perfect vision" "Yes.
And his sister just says that she Is
perfect sight. Boston Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

You may not know it but there are 9a.tnr Large &c
h1iVSs N Wheat t. and dC Corn during the last few
months. nm nsAf There are equally good opp9Ethni-
ties now. Why should you not do SO: Henry
Mugridge g. Co., 50 Commeree Buildhing Chi Chi
cago make specially Of adylsiag W tbs tne,a
Gmssf Wrifs TO I them for full particulars All orders
filled on Board of Trade Floor. Bank Refer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
WRENS. GA.

Having obtained g. box Of TETTERlNE OF
Hunter g. Wright, of Louisville, Ga, which |
used on case of itching piles OF hye years
remedies and the skill of doctors, all for no
good. until got the TETTERINE. am now
we'll. Accept thanks" Yours, v
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

Three miles make one league; they also
make the legs of the man tired who has TO
yyo1Lr than
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

tits not considered profane to speak OF q
yail.mended stocking as being darned good.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22


We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold
by all Drugg. sts. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous,
ness after first days use Of DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer SS trial bottle and treat atisefree
DIR. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 3l Arch ST., Phila., Pa
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
Asthma medicine.-W. r. WILLIAMS, Antioch
Ills, April II, 1894.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Ignorance of the law should excuse law
yer from practicing it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22
HoU's Thisc

Wine is mocker and the label on the bottle
is usually mockery.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

Chew Star Tobacco-The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethine, softens the gums. reduces infiamma-
don allsyr paln. cures wlnd cole, sac, bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

Bymail for SOC. in stamps by J.T. Shuptfine'
Savannah, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
Druggists refund money if it failstoc &c
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-22

"No, that rug with the China asters
is not for sale, said Mrs. Trull, rmly,
to the summer visitors from the main,
who were going into ecstasies OF ad-
mirat1on over her handiwork. Eyes,
as you say, the pink one is real soft
and pretty. I'm keeping that rug for
wedding present to my daughter.
I expect she'll be Mrs. Nahum Apple
by, come Christmas. Yes, China
asters are real odd and pretty, but
that rug means sight more than
China asters to me. "-The Housewife.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-04

minds of all men. because it includes
the welfare of all men.
do not want new ideas coming into
the world that are not worth fighting
for ! don't want to be led by a pol
troon. Many man is willing to speak
about new idea quietly in parlor
who would not fight for il in public
The man for us to follow is the man
who is willing to fight for his ideas
Is not this the lesson of the life nj
Arr s+ror-2 Did he exDect every heart
20 beat in unison with his? Did he not
meet contradiction, opposition. dis
Couragement in making visible to the
world the idea that possessed him?
The man who wants things easy. and
expects to have his ideals realized
without a struggle. might as well have
been left out of the world. The man I
pity is the man who has no disposition
pity is the man who has no disposition
mind to struggle we lose the prize, and
what one man loses another man
gains. Conquest is the crown of his
liberty The only nobility is the no
bility of achievement Never a man
met with a success without sweat of
the brow of spirit. Never man
achieved anything without perfect
knowledge of what he wanted to
achieve
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-04
IMPORTANT RAID.
KAPPA and His Men Clean Out a
Notorious. Joint.

KAPPA and His Men Clean Out a
Notorious Joint.
Detective KAPPA and his men made
a raid on an opium joint above the
pork shop of zee Wo on King street,
about $50 last evening, and succeeded
in capturing nine smokers. together
with Young E, the proprietor. This
place has long been suspected by the
police, and several attempts to get in
to the joint have resulted in failure.
Not long ago Gus Cordes came very
nearly getting his head taken off by
one of the large barricaded doors.
KAPPA and his men went about it in a
quet manner, climbed up on the roof,
kicked in small boarded window, for
escape. in case of the approach of Off
GERS, and, jumping in. took the China
men so by surprise that they did not
even have time to do away with any of
their opium or outfits. They were all
arrested and locked up.
Young E confessed to the ownership
of the joint, and will probably plead
guilty to the charge of unlawful pos
session of opium in the Police Court
today. The others would say nothing
The joint was one of the most per-
fectly barricaded of any that have ever
been discovered in the city. There are
two rooms next to the roof. After go
ing up a flight of stairs from a lane
one is met by a heavy door. This is
bolted on the inside by means of a
heavy wooden bar. A hole about three
inches in diameter is provided with :
shutter, so that a man on guard may
see who is approaching. Up another
| fight of stairs one comes to another
heavy door with three heavy wooden
bars in front of it, and which can be
| locked by combination from inside
This opens into the smoking room.
proDer-two little bits of places hardly
large enough to move about in.
To the right of the last door is {
hole which, when the top is pulled up
looks down into the butcher shop be,
low. Through this the signals for Gus,
toners are given.
In one of the smoking rooms is {
large funnel arrangement connecting
with a cesspool below. Through this
the opium and outfits are thrown al
the approach of the police
KAPPA and his men deserve great
credit for cleaning out this notorious
joint.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-04

plications manifesting themselves. He
did not take to his bed, however. until
last week, and, with few intervals
when he seemed to rally for time,
he continued to grow worse. During
the last few days his breathing was
very heavy and for most of the time
he was unconscious. Today he failed
rapidly and his physicians abandoned
hope. Death finally came at $50
o'clock.
The death of Mr.. Milliken marks the
first break in the Maine delegation
that has occurred for long time, and
removes a striking figure from the
House. During the Recent Republican
Congresses Mr. Milliken has been been
the chairman of the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds. and his
work on that committee brought him
in contact with persons from many
of the important cities OF the country.
He was tall of stature, spare in build,
with hair that had been whitening for
some years.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-04
PERSONAL IND PECULIAR.

9,911 cases and 5000 deaths is the
plague record of Bombay
A baby wolf in captivity in the zoo
logical gardens in Boston has been
named Richard Harding Davis
A class of $40 girls will graduate
from the Philadelphia High School on
June 16 in the Academy of Music.
The Paris Academy of Science has a
standing offer of prize of $4,000 for
the discovery of remedy for cholera.
The newly reported revised statutes
of Wisconsin give legal definition of
the newspaper advertising square as
one inch in depth and the column
width.
The order for the building of forty
locomotives for the Nippon Railway in
Japan is reported to have been given
TO the Baldwin Locomotive Works, at
Philadelphia.
Paris is making the venture of laying
down mahogany roadways. The Rue
Lafayette has been pulled up and relaid
with real Brazilian mahogany of pc
culiarly fine texture and color.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
Ambassador to the United States, is
now SO years old. He will soon reach
the age when the rule of the diplomatic
service will require his retirement
President Mckinley has promised
Mrs. Sheridan. widow of General P. H.
Sheridan, to appoint her son, Phil
Sheridan, cadet at the West Point
Military Academy next year, when he
will be old enough.
Edison manages to spare time to at
tend to his hobby of fowl-raising. His
stock of fowls is said to number be-
tween 200 and 300, and the prices of
these valuable birds range from $50
to s125 and $50 apiece
The speed of the quick step" in the
French infantry has been reduced from
12S to 120 PAGES per minute The
"quick STEP dates from 1871, when it
was fixed at ninety PAGES. The First
Napoleon insisted upon it at drills and
parades.
In Bridgeport a league has been
formed against Sunday counting. The
Bachelors Club have issued a ukase
to the effect, six days thou mayest
keep steady company but on the sew
enth all manner of love-making must
be abandoned"
An, official enrolment of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor
shows the whole number of members
to be 2,S36,746. There are now over
1900 societies; 231 900 of the young
people connected with these organiza-
lions united with the different churches
during the year 1896. Since 1889 they
have received grand total of 1,04S, 235
members.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-04
Enaneled Iron
BedSteadS

with full brass trimmings,
are among the prettiest
novelties introduced in the
furniture line. We have a
half dozen styles, one pref
tier than the other. Full
width and length, made for
wear and comfort. Kings
sleep on the SI2 style, why
not you?
It's only fair to repeat the
notice we have had before.
We do reupholstering at a
trifle above cost of material:
this is an odd season and
we must keep our factory
men busy. 1t doesn't pay to
spend even a little money in
making over cheap furniture,
but it does pay to reuphol-
ster really good frames.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-04
Indigestion
Loss of Strength
And Appetite.

The testimony of Mr.. r.
Dennis, Adelaide, South Aus
tralia, who was cured by Ayers
Sarsaparilla, is like unto that of
many thousands of others. He
writes:
at is with very much pleasure
that 1 testify to the great benefit L
received from using your wonderful
blood-purifier. l was a sufferer for
years from Indigestion, loss of
strength and appetite, and constipa-
ton. My whole system seemed to
be thoroughly out of order. A friend
finally told me to take Ayers Sarsa-
parilla. 1 followed his advice, though
feeling discouraged at the fruitless
results of other treatment, and l am
thankful to state that few bottles
completely cured me"
The medicine that has cured
others will cure you.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-04
MILLIKEN DEAD.
Was Member of Maine Delegation

Was a Member of Maine Delegation
on Prominent Committees.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Seth l..
Milliken, representing in the House of
Representatives the Third district of
Maine, died tonight at $50 O'Clock.
For sometimes Mr.. Milliken had suffer
ed from a serious affection of the bron-
chial tubes, which refused to yield to
treatment Within a week more alarm
ing symptoms appeared, pneumonia
setting in and kidney and liver com