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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-19

is letter in the Paris Temps, which
gives circulation to the report that the
British Government is on the point of
making loan to the Republic of Iii
IBERIA. although that state is very
much i'm debt.
From the above circumstance the
writer of the letter says at may
therefore be expected that England
will take a preponderant place in Ii
IBERIA, to the detriment of the United
States, Germany, the Netherlands and
France"
Whether the letter is to be believed
is doubtful The source it comes
from is not a good one, but it is n
straw showing what interest is taken
in things African and how even an un-
healthy scrap of country like Liberia
is considered in the grand scramble
for territory. Perhaps, if the United
States fleet, which the Argonaut dep
recates so much. sent a vessel or two
to Liberia, American prestige might
to be kept up in there.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-19

CASTLE. & COOKE, Ltd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Nicely of Etiquette.

A true gentleman usually feels that
it is as essential to be courteous to the
least as to the greatest, but etiquette
does not always recognize this. The
famous Talleyrand is reported to have
used q graduation of politeness in ask
ing his guests to take beef at dinner
party that he gave. The grade ran
thus:
To prince of the blood: "May
have the honor of sending your royal
highress little beef?"
To a duke: "Monseigneur, permit
me to send you little beef?"
To a marquis: Marquis, may I
send you little beef?"
To q viscount: "Viscount, pray
have little beef"
To baron: Baron, do you take
beef?"
To an untitled gentleman: ''Mon'
sieur, some beef?"
To his Private Secretary: ''Beef?"
But there was yet an inferior per
sonage present, and to him Talleyrand
uttered no word. He simply looked
at him, and made an interrogative
gesture with the carving knife. But
if the meat were good, some of us
would not trouble much how we were
invited to it.-Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Under His Own GRAPEVINE.

A. Hospe, Jr., who lives at Seven
teenth and Davenport streets, has a
unique roof garden attached to his
residence. Several years ago he built
a brick one-story addition to his home.
Afterward he planted a sprig of wild
grapevine at the southwest corner OF
the house. The vine grew and con-
tinued to grow until the growth be-
came wonderful. Itcovered the south
side of the house, including the brick
addition. It then sought to continue
its meanderings over the roof. Mr..
Hospe put some frames on the roof OF
the addition and covered them with
lattice wire, forming canopy eight to
ten feet high. The vine took advan-
tage of the opportunity offered it and
covered these wires with its thick
verdure, leaving vacancies only where
the wire has been arranged to accom-
modate entrances to the bower and
to furnish light. The vine is so thickly
entwined over the frame that it fur
nishes shade and cool resort in the
warmest of weather.
Mr.. Hospe put a slat floor over the
tin roof of the addition, placed cot,
rustic chairs and other comfortable
seats within the bower, fixedup nook
for his pet parrot and other birds, and
has almost Babylonian comforts on his
own homestead.-Omaha (Neb. Bee.
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Hoods Pills sSEs ssusnsss nnsssa 1FRassss!on' FTass st.
A Cooking Box Of Wood.

SoSAAsS
The various experiments made with
solar engines by the French in Al
gria, where the sun shines at all
times and with great power, have
been attended in some instances with
marked success. The best apparatus
is stated to be simple arrangement
Of boiler and concave mirror, the
steam generated being condensed in
coiled tube rurrounded by water,
this being intended for distilling
water merely. But in India an in
yentor named Adams has contrived
some machines by which more varied
results are accomplished. One of
these is what is termed a cooking
box, made of wood and lined with re-
fecting mirrors, at the bottom of the
box being small copper boiler COW
cred with glass to retain the heat of
the rays concentrated by mirrors upon
the boiler. In this contrivance any
sort Of food may be quickly cooked,
the result being a stew or boil if the
steam is retained, or, if allowed to
escape, it is a bake. The heat, with
this device, may be augmented indefi-
nitely by increasing the diameter Of
the box.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Holding the Fort.

Paris, the home Of unique happen
ings as well as unique ideas, has re-
Gently been treated to laughabie'
little contest between an agent and Q
tenant, in which the latter was fortu-
nate enough to win. u
The owner of q large block Of flats
decided to tear town the structure to
make way for new one. he notified
the tenants to vacate by October 18th.
but later decided to shorten the time
to July 18th. All the occupants OF
the building consented to move upon
the payment of 5000 apiece, with the
exception of one man in the rear Of the
third floor. This tenant resolutely
held out to the original date, October
18th, as his just right.
The gas and the water in the, con-
demned structure were cut of, and all
the floors above the third were
demolished; the complacent man pro-
tected his damaged ceiling with tar
paulin. When the staircases were re-
moved a ladder answered for the obsti-,
nate gentleman's means Of entrance
and exit. To add to the humor Of the
the situation he inscribed Comfort
able fat to sub-let" across the front Of
his fiat.
Finally. the contractor was obliged
to stop work and the proprietor was
forced to come to the tenants terms,
by the payment of over $4,000, which
sum was claimed for the breach OF the
original contract. sE.5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Frozen Turnips.

Turnips are so hardy that the light
early frosts do the crop no injury. In
fact, as these frosts generally kill many
weeds that interfere with the turnips,
the latter grow all the faster when they
have the whole ground to themselves.
We have often thought that after the
tops of turnips were lightly touched
by frost that the roots were sweeter
and had less of the harsh flavor than
before. But it is not good plan to
leave turnips long enough to freeze up
in the ground. They may be there a
long time before thaw comes to make
it possible to harvest them. When
the thaw does come it makes the
ground wet. and the gathering Of the
turnips becomes q dirty and disagree
able job. But worse than this may
happen if the turnip itself be frozen.
The part above the ground will rot if
it be at all touched by frost. The
rule with frozen turnips is never to
handle them while the frost is in them.
If they thaw out in the soil the root
may look all right, but it will turn
pithy much sooner than a root that
has been kept from frost and covered
with damp earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Rheumatism in Hogs.

The hog is. less protected by hair
than any other farm animal, and is
therefore more liable to rheumatism
than any other. This disease is known
by producing stiffness in all the joints
and general indisposition.to come to
the trough to feed. If the hog has
been where its bed was damp from
rains move it at once to better shell
ter and give plenty of dry straw or
leaves. Then for medicine we have
found nothingi better than two ounces
of cod liver oil mixed with its feed and
given two or three times day. Gen
orally this will restore the animal to
health, and the cod liver oil will, be-
sides it's medicinal value, help to i'm
prove the hogs condition. A dose of
of oil, either vegetable or from animals,
is good for making hogs thrifty. They
are always fed on concentrated food,
and need an occasional dose of physic
to clear their stomachs, and thus i'm
prove their appetites. Oil can be given
to hogs more easily than other medi-
cine, and will do no injury, even if it
does not help them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Prices Paid to Modern Authors.

Rudyard Kipling commands the
highest price of any living author,
according to the Pail Mall Gazette,
which says that it paid $3.50 for each
of his 'Barrack Room Ballads" and
that "The Seven Seas" brought him
$1,000. He has received fifty cents
a word for 10,000-word story. An
thony Hope charges $3.50 for maga-
zine story, reserving the copyright;
Mr.. Gladstone's price for review is
$1,000. Conan Doyle received $35, 900
for Rodney Stone," Mrs. Humphry
Ward $40, 900 for "Robert Elsmere,"
$4,000 each for "David Grieve" and
"Marcella," s75, 900 for "Sir George
Tressady," and $4,000 for "Bessie
Costrell." Ian Maclaren has made
$4,000 out of ''The Bonnie Briar
Bush" and "Auld Lang Syne." Rider
Haggard still asks from .$75 to 800 a
column of 1900 words and will not
write for less than $40, 1000.
The highest price ever paid for a
novel is 100000, which, the Pail Mall
Gazette says, was handed over to
Alphonse Daudet for his :Sapho:"
Zola's first fourteen books netted him
1920, 900, and in twenty years he has
made at least 9375,000. Ruskin's
sixty-four books bring him in $20, 600
a year. Swinburne, who writes very
little, makes $4,000 year by his poems.
Rrowninp. in his later years, drew
$4,000 year from the sale of his
works, and Tennyson is said to have
received $780, 900 year from the Mac
millans during the last years OF his
life. Mr.. Moody is believed to have
beaten all others, as more than 81 $780,
900 has been paid in royalties for his
hymns,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Caro- of the Teeth,

It is certainly injurious to the teeth
to subject them to an extreme of tenn.
perature, and, although most persons
eat of frozen foods and drink iced water
freely, it has become question whether
hot water, so often recommended fol-
dyspeptics as an ante-breakfast bever.
age, may not hurt the teeth. It can,
at any rate, do no harm to take it
through tube or a straw.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08

Like Lincoln, this man had been 8
wood chopper, fact to which his his
torian gave prominence.
Don't say he was a wood chop.
per-" said the spokesman for the
family. "That will never do"
"What shall I say then?" asked the
author.
"Say-let me see, now; just say that
he was connected with the lumber
business. boston Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
The Honest Eskimo.

Rev. DR.. Stevenson, who, in 1890,
went to Point Barrow to establish q
school and missionary station under
the auspices of the Presbyterian board
of home missions. returned from the
North recently and is stopping at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel. He is accom-
panied by three native children he is
taking East to be placed in school
for advanced education.
"The school was established the
first year T arrived here" said DR..
Stevenson, "and it has continued with
the most gratifying results. The ma
tive took great interest in it and, in
fact, in every thing we tried to do for
them. They are an intelligent people
and it did not take them long to real
ize that our efforts were for their ben
eft and they became attentive and apt
scholars. The school had an average
attendance of forty daily. Along with
the school religious services were held
and on Sunday mornings from 100 to
ITO were at the meetings that were
at the meetings that were held in 9
room not over sixteen feet by twenty
five feet. At the evening services
there would be about 100 Of the ma
tives, and at the Wednesday night
prayer meetings from 125 to 140.
''The Eskimos," he continued, '"are
the most honest people that can be
found, Locks are unknown among
them, and, in fact, such articles are
not wanted there. I often left my
house for days at time, leaving the
door wide open, ard, though the ma.
tives walked in and out as they pleased
and examined articles that were valu-
able in that country and lying about,
none of them were taken. I was al
ways we'll treated by them, even BY
the tribes that, were said to be cruel
and fierce. carried no weapons and
never had occasion to use one. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
WORDS OF WISDOM.

It is always a mystery to woman
why her husband doesn't seem to pity
old bachelors more.
The fountain of beauty is the heart
and every generous thought illus trates
the walls of your chamber.
Help somebody worse off than your
self, and you will find that you are
better off than you imagined.
Civic virtue is a good text for the
preacher always, but better thing for
every citizen to guard in his daily life.
A good life is the best philosophy;
clear conscience is the best law
honesty is the bestpolicy, and temper
ance is the best physic.
Scientific truth is marvellous, but
moral truth is divine, and whoever
breaths it's air and works by its light
has found the lost paradise.
Consciousness of error is to certain
extent, consciousness of understand
ing; and correction of error is the
plainest proof of energy and mastery.
We can never see this world in its
true light unless we consider our life
in it as state of discipline, condi-
tion through which we are passing to
prepare us for another state beyond.
A life in any sphere that is the ex-
preston and outflow of an honest,
earnest, loving heart, taking counsel
only of God and itself, will be certain
to be life of benefcence in the best
possible direction. G. Holland.
We should ponder the particular
characteristics which are needed to
encounter manfully all failures in life,
and secure from them whatever bene-
fit they are capable of bestowing, for
these are very different from the quail
ties which enable man to ride trium-
phantly on the tide of success.
There is no quality. however admira-
BILE it may be-, which does not need
some other quality to balance it.
Humility and self-respect must join
hands, or the one will degenerate into
pusilanimity and the other into pride;
Justice and kindness must qualify each
other, or the one will be stern and the
other will be weak.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Whole Corn Fodder For Cows.

As corn is the principal crop in H.
linois, I last winter put the cows into
feed lot adjoining the barn, writes
Ralph Allen. Three pigs for each
cow were also placed in the lot. The
COWS were taken into the barn twice a
day, fed ear corn broken, and after
being milked were turned into the lot
and given unhusked corn fodder. In
this way each COW received II bushels
of ear corn per week, and one bushel
of corn in the fodder. The pigs, in
addition to what they picked up, were
given buttermilk and some skim-milk.
In return for this feed I received At
pounds of butter and ten pounds of
pork per week per COW, or about two
pounds of butter and four pounds of
pork per bushel of corn. The cows
were provided with good shed and a
thick layer of straw to lie on. They
grew q thick coating Of hair and from
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Left In the Lurch.

[ simultaneously a young Cornish
lady had three suitors, representing
the church, the army and the navy.
The reverend gentleman had great
advantage over his rivals, being al
ways con the spot" Referring to his
rivals in conversation with the lady on
one occasion, he made the highly
interesting observation that there
were '1and rats and water rats" "And
cu-rats," retorted the lady. Need
less to say the parson had to look else
where for a wife.-London News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Strawberries.

Nitrate of soda is valuable fertiliz-
er for strawberries and raspberries; it
should be applied with powdered
phosphate Of lime. This application
to strawberries will sometimes treble
the yield. The berries are larger in
size, handsomer in color, more solid
and finer in flavor. Ordinary manure
will not produce such results, as it is
not converted into plant food until
after the demand of the fruit. Nitrate
of soda and powdered phosphate of
lime are assimilated by the plant at
once, and appropriated at cost of less
than ten dollars per acre, using four
hundred pounds of the mixture, which
contains the three Ingredients consid-
cred necessary to use for feeding
plants-nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
an alkali. li.-Andrew H. Ward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Apples For EyaporatinS.

There is great difference in the
amount Of solid matter that the differ
ent varieties Of apples contain. Some
are extremely tender and juicy to
eat, but when evsporated they leave a
very small amount of dried fruit. The
Russet is probably the most solid ap-
pie grown. But if grown in dry eli
mate the Baldwin is not far from it.
The apples grown in New England
are more tender and juicy than those
grown farther West. 1t may be, how
ever, that the latter will prove best
for e7aporating, at least so far as
quantity is concerned. But we have
always noticed that the poor green
fruit always affects the quality Of the
dried product. It is likely, therefore,
that Western evaporated apples will
only sell where those from New Eng
land cannot be had.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
An Ancient Chinese Invention.

Many things have been deemed new
inventions which have been afterwards
credited to the Chinese. And m An
glo-C Chinese paper now claims that
watertight bulkheads in ships were
invented by the Chinese centuries
ago. Long before the idea struck the
West the trading ships of the Celes-
tials were divided into compartments,
separated by bulkheads of three-inch
planks, caulked with substance hard
ening on contact with water, and
which was gum mixed with lime and
threads of bamboo. 2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Modern samson's Domestic Pupils.

Sandow's devotion to physical cul-
ture had an amusing resul! the other
day. He insists that all his employees,
from secretary to charwoman, shall
try his system. A new charwoman
kicked against the dumbbell exercises
and was dismissed. The present hold
er of the post is now able to lift eighty
five pounds above her head with
one hand. A pleasant lookout for
the next employer of this invaluable
creature should they disagree on the
question of perquisitesl-- London
News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Slaves at Cane Town.

Although the slave trade is not
tolerated in the British Empire, it
would appear from statements in the
Cape Times that something very like
q "slaye mart" has been definitely es.
tsblished at Cape Town. The Bechu.
ana prisoners are offered their free
dom on condition that they will work
on farms, and consequently these
prisoners are examined just like bales
of goods or herds of cattle, and the
farmers quite enter into the spirit Of
the thing and go around the market
scanning the men, and "sorting out
those of the larger SIZE"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Natural Blue Grass Land.

Blue grass, which is close cousin
to what is known as June grass in the
East, is one of the most nutritious of
all the grasses. Its roots are strag-
Cling and run near the surface, there
fore it is rich in early spring, when the
suns rays do not warm the soil deeply.
Some land seems to grow up in June
or blue grass whenever left uncropped.
It will run out most other grasses as
the latter fail. One reason why this
grass is nutritious is, perhaps, ex-
planned by the remark an old farmer
made, that he had always noticed that
the natural blue grass land was a
strong limestone soil. Boston Guilt
yator,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
A SensaftOn.

That the world is coming to an end sudden
ly at given time is not what is here referred
to. There are different kinds Of sensations,
as very many people know who feel sharp
twinges Of pain'in the big nerve'of the thigh.
Scistica Is very painful sensation, and the
torment OF 1t makes one think something is
come to an end. But just at the first sensa-
tlon or twinge is the best time to use st.
Jacobs Oil. The less pain the more easily
It is cured, and the OIL prevents its develop
ment by soothing the nerve. At any stage
it will cure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
A Pyrensean Republic.

Andorra, the little republic on the
border Of France and Spain, is going
to give up its picturesque isolation,
It now has a telegraph line connect
ing it with the French system, and g I
carriage road is being constructed To-
take the place Of the mule track over
the Pyreness, which for ages has been !
the only means Of access to the town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAucHTER.PRovoKINc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Her Frown-Left bv the Wayside-The
Ouarrelsome Fellow-A Bleak Pros
pect-Deep Grief-valid Excuse-Busi-
ness Expedient-Fully Explained, Etc.
I kissed her on the peachy cheek;
She frowned, as could see;
ooh, maiden" said I, prithee, speak
And say you pardon mel"
She turned her pretty face away
And bit her finger tips,
And then I heard her sweetly say:
"What's the matter. with my lips?"
Chicago News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
RuSiness Expedient.

Superintendent-"Mr. Centum,
don't know what we are going to do
with that last lot of stockings. We've
marked them down again and again,
but nobody seems to want them"
Just mark them up ten
per cent. above the original price and
put them on the bargain counter. -
Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08

A Partisan chemist announces that
q solution OF one part of picric acid to
seventy-fve parts of water will remove
the pain from burns and scslds al
most instantly and prevent blisters or
sores.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Those Klondike Stories.

Eagerly-"And these stories about
the fabulous wealth of Klondike
they exaggerations?"
Klondike Liar-"Believe me, yes.
Why, you can travel two or three
blocks without seeing gold, except q
few nuggets here and there. "-Phila-
delphia North-American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
Telegraphing to Ships at Sea.

Experiments in wireless telegraphy
have resulted in messages being trans
mitted from shore to ships afloat, at
distance of twelve miles, and the
United States Government have de-
cided to adopt the system for use in
the Navy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
sbould She Expect Them I?

"You never bring me lovely flowers
and candies as you used to when we
were engaged, pouted Mrs. Mcbride:
'No dear" replied her husband. Il
didn't buy SIS bonnets and $50 dresses
for you then, though. Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08
A Noyelist's Storehouse,

The way Sir Walter Bcsant pro-
ceeds when he wants to write novel
is to consult the pages of his large
collection of notebooks, in which he
has jotted down his best ideas for
many years. He is, therefore, never
at loss for what is technically called
"mstter."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-08

It is pleasant to know that the man
who discovered the American Beauty
rose is worth $50, 900, all Of which he
made out of the peerless flower, which
unites all of the qualities of perfect
rose.