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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-22

Don't use thick pillow. Don't use any
If you can get along without it. A thick
pillow cramps the neck and chest muscles
and gives them no chance to recover from
the fatigucs of the day. Crooked necks
come from high pillows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-22

If any one cares to live long, let him or
her marry. Almost all the well authent1-
Gated cases Of longevity have been of mar
ried people.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-12
CATERER.
COOKED MEATS
ZOE A NICE LUNCH try

=: B. j. BERTELS so:
Cooked Ham. Beef and other Tongues,
Corned Beef fine German Bologna, the
best kind Of Frankfurts and other Sau-
sage, with Potato salad or Sauer hraui,
Pickles and Olives. All kinds Of Imported
ana Domestic Cheese OF the best variety.
We out % our own Horse Radish and
Mustard. Agent for Holbrook 5 new Imp.
Table Sauce.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-12
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IliarrnrnrnA ssatsar

800 Main St. Worcester. Mass
IevveirS, of all kinds made and
repaired at reasonable prices All
work guaranteed done at short
notice
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
JEFFRlES THE VICTOR.
He Knocks Out Robert Fitz sim mons in

lie n nOcks Out ROBERT FttZ ~ IN nOns n
tlevcn ounds.
James J. Jeffries won the championship
of the world Friday night from Robert
FitzsimmOns. A knockout blow in the
eleventh round ended the big fstc battle
in the Coney Island Athletic Clubs arena.
In almost every round Jcffries had the
better of it. The result did not come sud-
denly. The Californian had outfought
Fitzsimmons from start TO finish, and the
Australian was fast weakening when the
blow on the jaw put him to sleep. Fitz-
simmons, as he frankly admitted after the
battle, found his opponent too big and
strong for him. Time and again a blow
from his opponent knocked him down, and
when il was all ended he had no excuses
to make.
The contest was pulled off without
wrangle and was probably as devoid Of
the brutal elements as would be possible
in a prize fight. Jeffries fought from a
crouchng attitude that was hard to get at.
He held his head low, his back was bent
down and his left arm extended. He kept
jabbing away with the left, and found no
trouble in landing it. 1t was there that
his superior reach told. That giant arm
served as sort of human fender to ward
off danger He showed an excellent de-
Tense and the ability to use both hands
with skill. He is game. too, for he never
shrank from his punishment. Those who
saw IL claim il was q great fight to watch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
killing n Weed

1t does not pay to make any false
motions in hoeing, especially IL killing
weeds is the object. Above all, do not
either cut off the leaves of a weed or
allow others to do so before uprooting
it IL you want to kill it. We had hired
man once who persisted in spite of all
we, could tell him In striking twice
with his hoe to destroy weed. With
his first blow he struck the weed, just
at the surface of the ground, cutting
off all the top. Then he struck deeper
and turned up the root Invariably IL
a rain or cloudy weather came that
weed grew. 1t was simply transplanted
under the best conditions for growing,
much root and little top. We let the
man go after a few days trial to re-
form him, but without effect He was
too stupid to know how to handle a
hoe.-American Cultivator. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
CLEVELAND CARS TIED UP.
Strikers Completely stop Traffic on
Fourteen Lines.

What promised to be a long and bitter
contest between the Cleveland, Ohio,
Electric Railway Company and its 800
employees was inaugurated at o'clock
Saturday morning by strike which tied
up all the fourteen lines operated by the
company. These lines reach all sections
Of the city and they form the only means
of transportation for more than 100000
persons living in territory five miles long
and three miles wide at the south end.
There were several riotous demonstrations
Saturday, but none of really serious ma
ture, except one on Ontario street in the
afternoon, when William Steffen, division
superintendent of the Big Consolidated
road, was seriously injured by being hit
on the head with bottle thrown from the
crowd while he was trying to move a car
which had been disabled by q mob. The
wounded man was taken to his home in an
unconscious condition. Jacob Kratz was
also struck on the head by a stone thrown
from the mob and is in serious condition.
The strike is mainly for the recognition
of the union, and the men have been pre-
pairing for it for several weeks. Presi-
dent Henry 4. Everett says he is willing
to concede all the other demands of the
men and will adjust all other grievances
when presented by his employees, but he
declares that he will never recognize the
union, whose demands he characterizes as
tyrannicol
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
FIERCE WIND STORM KILLS.
Tornado Spreads Death and Ruin In
Iowa and Nebraska.

-Four persons were killed, one fatally in
iurcd and several others seriously hurt by
a tornado which swept over part of Da-
kota County, Nebraska, and Woodbury.
County, Iowa, late Sunday afternoon. The
storm, after demolishing several houses in
the outskirts of Salx, Iowa, passed on to
the southwest, uprooting trees and laying
waste all in its path.
This is the sixth tornado which has Wis
tied that section since winter. 1t missed
the thickly settled portion of Salix by
only few hundred feet. as 1t was, de-
bris frvm the wrecked buildings was scat
tered through the town, adding to the
CONSERVATION which the approach of the
funnel-shaped cloud spread among the
residents. The Maloy family was at sup
per when the cloud was first seen and
Dick Malloy told his parents to go to the
cellar. lie ran to the home of Mrs. Has
sell. n widow, across the road. to warn
her and her seven children. He took them
10 the cellar a moment before their house
was whirled away and all escaped injury.
He had to hold one hoy by the leSs as he
was being drawn up by the suction Of ii
wind. The members Of the Ma'loy fan.i
only remained in the cellar ahoa. Eve nil
utes. the father suggesting thar ;hc c.o"
meant nothing more serious than i RI
All came up and IN an instant ihe !, =.
was demolished and fo.r % ~" fa'a
killed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

A Boston woman had a servan,
named Norah, a rosy-cheeked girl, who
received frequent calls from young
man. Of whom she often spoke as my
brother" The CONSERVATION of hel
mistress may be guessed when one day
Norah announced that she was soon to
marry the stalwart Tim"
what do yon mean, Norah" de-
manded the lady, feeling that a pool
trick had been played upon her
you've always spoken of Tim as your
brother to me-"
"Yis, ma'am." said the blushine
Norah. Il always thought of him SO
ma'am, while he was maxim up his
mind; but he's been so bowld as to re-
mind me, ma'am, that he's only me
brother-in-law's brother, afther air.
Youths Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
NATIVE ARMY FLEES.
AMERICAN MOVE SURPRISES
AcUINALDo'S TROOPS
Fierce Fighting Marks the Advance
to Paranaquc-Two Officers Killed
and Twenty-one Soldiers Wounded
Insurgent Loss Is Very Heavy.

Manila advices say that Gen, Lawton
has occupied Paranaque and the village Of
Malibay, to the north, and Las Pinas, TO
the south, preparatory to moving upon
Bacoor, whence the insurgents fed during
the night. The natives deserted Para
naque and the trenches south Of Manila,
finding the Americans behind them, and
escaped along the coast. Only alleged
amigos were found in Paranaque.
An American force, $500 strong, Satur-
day drove the insurgents from the entire
district between Manila bay and Bay lake,
from San Pedro Macati to Paranaque.
The natives resisted the advance, attack
ing the United States troops while they
were crossing a swamp and fighting from
well-bult intrenchments, but were routed
with heavy loss. In one trench fifty dead
Filipinos were found. The American loss
was two officers killed and twenty-one sol
diers wounded. The extreme heat and
rough country added to the difficulty OF
the movement. Many of the United States
soldiers were forced to drop out exhaust
ed. -Four warships, including the monitor
Monadnock, shelled the town of Para
naque, driving the natives out.
The overpowering heat made the days
work more difficult, fully 40 per cent Of
the force being exhausted when a halt
was called at noon. Many prostrations
were reported. The movement took the
natives by surprise, the American column
leaving at daybreak and pressing forward
with all possible haste during the early
hours of the day. Gems. Lawton, Whea-
ton and Ovenshine commanded the Unit
ed States forces, which by noon were
within few miles of Paranaque, their
objective point. 1t was scarcely dawn
when the troops in long, silent process
sion wound up the hillside behind the
American trenches and formed a skirmsh
line. Concealed in the jungle, the advance
insurgent outposts fired few shots be-
fore being seen. The opposing forces oc-
cupied two ranges Of crescent-shaped hills.
The natives made no response from the
hills and the Colorado men cautiously adj
vanced through the thick grass until they
were confronted by trench, from which
a few weak volleys were fired. A spirited
response followed and a charge into the
trench found it to be deserted. Gen. Law
ton pushed his entire command south,
through the center Of the isthmus, until
a few miles south of Paranaque, when he
swung around and halted on account of
the heat During the march Americans
were Frustrated on all sides owing to lack
of water and exposure to the sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Clay Soil for Pears.

1t Is universally agreed that heavy
clay soil is best for the pear. There are
various reasons for this, the principal
one being that clay soil is always rich
in mineral fertilizers, while sandy
or gravelly soil is deficient in this kind
of plant food. But the clay soil, though
rich in phosphates and potash, may
not have them in available form, and
may need dressing in spring of these
minerals in available form. Trees on
clay may need dressings Of available
potash and phosphate in the years
when the tree is bearing. On sandy soil
the pear tree always needs these man
ures. The pear roots deeply, so that it
is never affected by droughts, and in
clay soils it doubtless draws mineral
fertilizers from the subsoil below where
the roots of grain and other crops usu-
ally grow. 1t is great mistake to
allow the tap root of pear tree to be
cut off before it Is transplanted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Artificial Fertilization.

A scientific investigation demon
strated that the failure of some of
the California fig orchards to bear
fruits was due to the failure of the pol
len to reach the female flower. Arti-
fetal fertilization was attempted and
pollen was introduced into the flowers
by a blowpipe at the proper period of
growth. The trees so treated produced
excellent fruit. Agents of the Cali
fornia fig-growers who were sent to
Smyrna to study the methods used in
that country, where the best and larg-
est supply Of figs come from, found
that the trees were fortified by a curl
Gus bee, which carried the pollen from
flower to flower. The Smyrna fig
growers would not sell any Of these
bees. The California agents obtained
some secretly, however, but they died
before reaching Los Angeles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Sea Fishes Need No Protect

cea FISHES Necu NO frOtcCt1Ou.
While NEWCOMERS have organized a
club to prevent the destruction of sea-
fishing in the vicinity of the metropolis,
it may be timely to call attention to the
result of a gigantic experiment ON the
resources of the sea which the Scotch
authorities have been conducting for
nearly fifteen years. 1t had been al
legged by commercial interests that the
netting Of sea fishes by TRAVELLING, in
the North Sea and up and down the
Scotch coast, was destroying all the
spawn on the bottom, killing immature
fish, and running the sea fisheries. A
commission built gigantic Enclosures
within which sea fishing was forbid
den for several years, and the whole
Of the Scotch waters within the three
mile limit was closed by law against
the trawlers in 1889. The fisheries
board from year to year examined the
waters to discover If the fish had be-
come more abundant, and after q series
of experiments, spreading over a num-
Der of years, they find that there are
no more or less fish on the preserved
ground than when the travis were
daily dragged across the bottoms of
the bay. They have proved that the
balance Of nature in the neighboring
seas is steadily maintained, and that
there is need for no anxiety concerning
the continuance Of every species Of
good fish; that life in the sea is not
dependent on what takes place near
the shore; and that 1t Is difficult to de-
stroy sea fish by mischief done near
the coast, as the pelagic eggs are shed
in deep water and float in untold
millions out to sea.-Leslie's Weekly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

EkXkKyN

about half as deep as the hole. If a
couple or three joints of old stovepipe
are at hand, place them in the trench
with the upper end coming out under
the box near the center. An old elbow
joint makes this an easy thing to do.
The other end Of the pipe is to enter
the hole. Then cover the pipe over
with the loose dirt thrown out. Also
bank up the smoke-box and calk all
cracks possible. There will be enough
smoke escape at best to insure the re-
quired draught.
When ready for the fire, start one In
an old kettle or pan. Cobs make the
best material, being easy to handle and
keep well. When a good smoke Is go
ing, set it in the hole prepared for 1t,
and cover over with boards, or better,
a large piece of sheet-iron, tin or some
thing of the kind. Bank this up so as
to keep the smoke from escaping, and
you are in fair way to soon have
some first-class bacon. The box will
smoke from two to three hundred
poupds at a time. 1t is inexpensive,
easy TO construct, and what is most
essential, success.-Ohio Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Mrs. Mckee Rankin. ore of the fore
most and best known character actresses
and stage artists OF this generation, in
speaking of Pe-ru-na, says: mo woman
should be without a bottle of Pe-ru-na in
reserve.'-Mrs. Mckee Rankin. Mrs.
Eliza Wike, 100 Iron street, Akron, Ohio,
says: II would be In my grave now il it
had not been FOR y6dt God-sent remedy,
Pe-ru-na. l was a broken-down woman,
had no appetite; what little did eat did
not agree with my stomach. 1t is now
seven years past that used Pe-ru-na and
! can eat anything. Mrs. Eliza Wike.
Every woman should have a copy Of
DR.. Hartman's book entitled Health and
Beauty" This book contains many facts
of especial interest to women. Dr. Hart
man has treated more ailments peculiar to
women than any other physician in the
world. This book gives in brief his long
and varied experience.
Send for free books on catarrh. Ad-
dress DR.. Hartman. Columbus. Ohio.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
No Grass for Working Horse..


1t seems almost cruel not to give
horses feed of grass occasionally,
even when they are hard working at
this season, when grass and clover are
at their prime. Yet every farmer
knows that II allowed to run to grass,
even for few hours. the working
horse will lose his appetite for the solid
food that gives him strength, and be
incapable for several days thereafter
of doing full days work. Horses are
exceedingly fond of grass and clover.
Sometimes, II old hay is scarce, the
farmer tries to economize by cutting
some clover. and after drying II nearly
into hay feeding II In place Of the hay.
But even this has TO be given very
carefully or It will work injury.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
small emokc-House.

The great difference between the
price OF homegrown pork and store
bacon makes 1t paying job for a
farmer to smoke his own meat. at least
for home consumption. A smoke
house is a fine thing on any farm, but
like many fine things, is something or
q luxury. There are many farmers who
cannot afford a well arranged smoke
house. For the benefit of these we
give below the sketch and description
Of a smoke-box which will supply the
farmers table with bacon at no ex-
pense and little trouble.
1t Is made Of a box about 5x3 feet
and feet high. 1t is without bottom.
The door for putting in and tending
the meat is put in the side of the box
next the top. This Is about foot
wide, with hinges on the lower side.
Staples are driven in the ends of the
door "a, Fig. ~ with hooks OBJ to slip
into the staples and hold the door In
place when closed. For hanging the
meat, bore holes through the top of the
box, far enough apart so that the
pieces will not touch when hung. To
hang the meat take stout cord or plia-
BILE wire, fasten one end into the meat
and run the other through the auger
holes after forming loop of 1t. Run
a stick through the loop and your ham
is secure.
A fire put in the box would make 1T
too warm for the contents. To guard
against this, the fire that furnishes the
smoke is some distance from the box,
being conducted to 1t through cover
ed trench or several joints Of old stove
pipe. For the fireplace, dig a hole a
foot or so in depth, a short distance
from the box--6 feet is far enough
and connect it with the box by trench
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Try Aliens Foot-Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen,
nervous and hot, and get tired easily. II
you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures iEgrowing
nails, swollen and sweating feet, hlisters
and callous spots. Relieves corns and
bunions Of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial pack
age FREE. Address Allen s. Olrsted,
LeRoy. n. Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
suna,wers es Bean POLES.

The selecting and cutting of poles for
the vines of the bean to grow on is no
easy task, even where timber is plenti-
full, and in a prairie country 1t is a
problem. have found substitute for
the pole in the oldfashioned sunfower,
one stalk for each hill. They are orna-
mental, the seed is good for the poul-
try, and the stalks make fine kindiing
wood. Some may claim that the sun
flower will take the strength of tAe
ground from the beans, but my expert
ence does not agree with this. The
finest beans 1 ever raised were grown
with sunfiowers for poles.-J. l.. Irwin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
It Works Lake a Grain Binder

The only way to bind corn is the rea-
sonable, sensible, horizontal way; that is.
as nearly after the principle Of a grain
binder as is possible. Those who have
used the Deering Horizontal Corn Binder
know that binding corn by machinery is
no longer an experiment. This machine
has roller and ball bearings, it is light
for two horses and free from side draft,
and it does not scatter loose ears all over
the field
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
A Question Settled.

Something is the matter with Ed
CARS BRAIN"
what a relief that must be to his
worrying friends!'
"a relbefT
Eyes, to know he has any BRAIN
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

The United States a Power for Good.
A distinguished historian writes, while
referring to our advent as colonizing
power, that our influence for good over
European spheres will be immense. This
result was just as inevitable as is the cure
which follows the use of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. 1t cures indigestion,
constipation, and tones up the whole
system.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
What He Said.

Artist-Pm sorry was not in when
old Milyuns called. Did he notice my
allegorical painting of Liberty"
Scramble did, sir.
Artist-Ah! And what did he say?
Scramble said: "Oh, Liberty!
How many crimes are committed in
thy namew
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Other Martyrs.

"Oh, Harry, listen to this: In ST.
IBERIA they chain convicts to their
wheelbarrows"
swell, Harriet, you know very well
you'd chain me to the lawn mower If
you weren't afraid the neighbors would
blow about It."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
thinning Early Apples.

Wherever the codIing moth Is abund
ant that will attend to the thinning OF
the early apples, which begin to ripen
even while the moth Is at work In its
first brood. Very few early apples es.
cape the worm. and many fall before
they are fit for any use. But one OF
two entire failures of the apple crop
have so reduced the codling moth that
we think ii will pay to go through trees
of early apples and take out one-quar-
ter to one-third. according to how plen-
tifully the fruit has set. So soon as
the fruit begins to turn a further thin
ming may be made with profit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
How TO Irrieate crops.


One of the best short cuts in water
ing all crops planted In rows Is the use
Of small tubes or boxes made of lath.
They are made by saving common
plastering Hath in three pieces, sixteen
inches long, then rip one piece in the
center and nail together with two or
three penny nails, so the tubes will be
square, the width Of a lath, about ~
Inches on the outside, and little less
than three-quarters of an inch on the
inside. This will also allow a stream
of.water sufficiently large for ordinary
soils. These tubes should be placed
one at the upper end Of each irrigation
furrow, connecting it with the feed
ditch. Have the feed ditch as near
level as possible. If the feed ditch has
too much fall the wash will fill up the
ends of the tubes. 1t can be remedied
by placing checks or sluice boxes at
proper intervals with gates sufficiently
high to back the water up far enough
to make the water stand nearly still.
Occasional cleaning of the tubes with
a small switch Is all that is necessary.
With this arrangement all that Is re-
CURED to irrigate field Is to turn the
water into the feed ditch and let it
run until the ground is thoroughly
soaked, which is a saving of a great
deal of time and attention.-F. S. CAL
kins, in St Louis be-Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Keep Young Hovs Growing.


There is an impression among farm
ers that hogs in summer at pasture can
get enough with the swill from the
house and what they can get in the
fields. This was all right so long as
skim-milk, one Of the best foods for
growth, was part of the swill, and I'M
eaten refuse from the table was also
thrown in. But in many places the
skinned milk is now sold in some
form, while a better use for table re-
fuse is found in giving it to the poul-
try. So the pig is starved in summer,
which is the time he ought to grow
the fastest, and is the poorest prepara-
ton for the heavy corn feeding that
will begin in September and continue
until the pig is turned over to the
butcher. A half-starved animal loses
the power of digesting hearty food, for
the stomach, like every other organ of
the body, needs to have something to
do to keep in good health and strength.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
An Experiment.

Dusenbuck-Going to the same place
fon the summer this year?
Bustenbroke-Yes. Last year all my
girls brought husbands home from
there and Pm in hopes they'll take 'em
back this year and leave 'em where
they get 'em.-Philadelphia North
American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
A PROLIFIC Writer.

Mr.. Wabasb-What poet do you like
best?
Miss Olive tof st. Louis)-Oh, don't
know. ME-. Exchange seems to be
turning out some pretty good stuff
nowadays.