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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Funeral Etiquette in Switzerland.

In Switzerland death is attended
oy a custom which calls upon all char
table and Christian people to show
their sympathy. A notice edged with
wide black line appears in the daily
papers setting forth the day and hour
when sympathizers must;assemble be-
fore the houselof the deceased. At
the time named little cloth covered
table supporting a good-sized jar is
stood before the house-table, cloth,
and jar all being of sombre, ebony
hue-and into the latter small mourn
ing cards, bearing the name and ad-
dress of their owners. are deposited.
The day the funeral takes place is the
day selected for the exhibition of the
jar. No women are allowed to follow
at a Swiss funeral.--Pittsburg Bull
letin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Hepairin. a Gunboat on the Nile.

Repairing a gunboat on the Nile is
an undertaking of some difficulty. Re-
Gently the HAIR in her passage through
the cataracts had several plates stove
in. Berber at the present time does
not boast of dockyard, and to effect
the necessary repairs the boat had to
be hauled high and dry on the river
bank. To do this 800 men were en-
ployed under the direction of Com
mander, Keppel, r. n, and in the
course of two hours the ship was out
of water
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Save the Nickelss

From saving, comes having. Ask your
grocer how you can save 15c by investing
SO. He can tell you just how you can get
one large 1Oc package Of "Red Gross"
starch, one large loo package Of "Hubin.
gers Best" starch, with the premiums, two
beautiful Shakespeare panels, printed in
Twelve beautiful colors, or one Twentieth
Century Girl Calendar, all for &c. Ask your
grocer for this starch and obtain these
beautiful Christmas presents free.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Electric Tramways.

Holland is a country of short dis
tances, and it ought to be an idea
location for tramways. There are two
electric tramways in operation. One
is from Walls on The German frontie,
which is only half mile in length,
and the line from The Hague to Schev.
eningen is somewhat over six miles.
The cars are actuated by accumula'
tors, as the trolley system is forbid
len.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
steam.Power I'm the Transvaal.

Stehm. Power IN tnB 1IaHsEHHs
From 1898 to the present year tn.
number of steam boilers in the Trans
vaal has increased from 1071 to 1882,
three of the gold fields alone employ
ing no fewer than $50 dynamos, sup
;plying 14OO motors and 93, 900 lamps
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Florida, Cuba. California and the
South.

The Southern Railway announces for the
winter season the most perfect service ever
offered to the winter resorts of Georgia, Flor
ida. uba and California. Operating from
New York the most elegant vestibuled train
every day in the year. with dining, library,
observation and drawing-room sleeping cars
to the principal winter resorts of the country.
Excursion tickets are now on sale good to
return until May 31st 1870. II you are think
ing OF taking trip, write 20 Alex :. Th = eatt,
Eastern Passenger Agent Southern Railway,
27l Broadway, New York. tor full particulars.
In addition to the perfect through ca, ser.
vice 70 Florida now in effect, the New York
and Florida Limited, between New York and
st. Augustine, the most elegantly appointed
yestibuled train ever built by the Pullman
Company, will resume service January 10th,
1850. composed exclusively OF dining, library,
compartment. observation and drawing-room
sleeping cars New York to st. Augustine.
Also attached TO the train is Pullman draw
ing room sleeping car New York to Tampa
via sanford and Winter Park, and to Aiken
and Augusta.
Wooden legs are used by over ] 1,C00, 900
English -sDeakinp man
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
ANTI.sCRATcHING DEVICE.

The fiat end is bent around the hens
leg and tied with some strong thread.
It drags behind when they walk, but
when they go to scratch they sit down
and seem quite surprised. Heavy
wire would furnish good ones and are
more easily made. W. Shorter, in
New England Homestead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
What DO the Children Drink ]

; Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GaA1N.O2 1t is delicious and nourishing,
and takes the place Of coffee. The moro
CRA1N-O you give the children the more
health you distribute through their sys'
TENS. GRA1N-O Is made OF pure grains,
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades OF coffee, but costs about
Il as much. All grocers sell 1t. 15o. and 26c,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
ran,Iv Names In Combinations

In Chile and other South American
Republics the custom of allowing
man to take his wife's name for bust.
ness OF social requirements when such
proceeding is profitable has oh.
tanned for several years. A son takes
both his fathers and mothers names,
joining them usually with the in.
evitable hyphen, the fathers coming
first.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! FARM and GARDEN.
xN~KNNENEER~
Right Place for the Orchard.

At o recent farmers meeting sue
cessful fruit raiser claimed that the
ideal place for an orchard was on the
top of hill.
The advantage of the hill over a
plain was that the trees wer more
open to the light and air, which gave
better color and flavor to the fruit,
and gave the land o better natural
drainage and freedom from frosts.
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Birds Nests in Telegraph Poles. !.
Max;co haa q claver bird ca1Iad Sht
eosYaar, .sss ur ,,x paeerla oAnst1 co. elselxsn

blrus Nostb In AoiekIaph foioss
Mexico has q clever bird called the
melanarpes, which has discovered Q
new use for the telegraph pole. AZ
the foot of the post this bird makes 9
large hole, in which it rears it's flm-
lily; somewhat higher up the post il
makes an observatory, from vhich
bored holes permit it to observe the
horizon in every direction; still higher
this sagacious bird makes its storo-
house, and thus the pole serves o
its house, fortress and warehouse.
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Cure for Scratching,

My hens bothered us some by dig
ging in the garden and flower beds
until I fixed what I call a poke and
fastened it on their leg. 1t is made
of a piece of white ash, about six or
seven inches long, Aattened at one
end and sharpened on the other.
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haps we can find a corner for hemp and
sunfowers. Then we must have some
vegetables for winter. Cabbage and
artichokes come first. Watch the
biddies eat raw artichokes if you be.
lieve they don't like them, and see the
chicks devour them. Then we may
raise some carrots to cook and mix
with bran for biddie's winter breakfast
to make her lay. We can cook them
and mix with corn meal to fatten the
poultry quickly for market. Probably
no vegetable we raise gives less trouble
or is more certain to yield we'll than
sugar beets. Then the :beets keep
we'll, which is more than we can say
for carrots in this locality. We put
the beets through the bone cutter and
feed raw.
The hens greatly relish the raw
vegetables and the ducks must have
them il you wish eggs in January.
The mustard will stay green long after
frosts, and when it is gone begin Oh
the beets. The mustard will not ap'
pear the second year nor in any way
resemble the old fashioned sort. A
great many spaces where the yeget'
ables have been taken off may be sowr
to the mustard for fall feeding.-Hat'
tie Byfeld, in st. Louis Planter.
The Use of a Temporary Greenhouse.
In many States of the Middle South
temporary greenhouse to be use6
for few months during the coolest
weather is all that is necessary to en-
able trucker to produce all kinds OF
vegetables the year round. The fool
plan of such greenhouse is shown in
the accompanying illustration. Ithas a
forty-foot front and the arrangement
is shown in the plan. The ridge OF
the highest portion of the greenhouse
is nine feet high and the house is
heated ordinarily by means OF two
wood stoves with a third to be used
in extremely cold weather when the
thermometer is from twenty degrees
above to four degrees below zero. Mr..
Snyder, of Talbot County. Maryland,
the owner, says that he has never lost
plant by frost in this house. 1t is
held together by small wire nails and
is rot intended to be permanent. The
glass for the roof is laid on weather
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

Nearly $4,000 deaths from snake
bite were recorded in India during the
rear 1898. The efficacy of the new
serum treatment is now fairly we'll es.
abished. but the price of a dose-$1-
puts it beyond the reach of most o.
:he victims.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward TO-
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ]. Che
ney for the last l5 years, and believe him per-
feetly honora BILE in all business traneactiop'
and financially able to carry out any obliga'
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo
Ohio.
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 Druggists. Testimonials free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
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Guarding the White House.

The White House and grounds are
guarded by a detail of twenty-toui
policemen under two sergeants. The
detail is divided into three squads,
each of which is on duty eight hours,
day and night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

Russia's Asiatic possessions are
three times the size of Great Britain's,
but hold only 70, 600, 600 inhabitants,
as compared with England's 297, ,000,-
900 subjects.
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RADWAY'S READYRELlEk
- Will Ad-ard luafnuf RaaA.

NTERNALLY-A half to ateaspoonfnl in nalf {
tumbler Of water will ina few minutes cure Clmp&
Spasms, Sour Stomsch, Nausea, Vomiting. HaakA
burn, Nervousness. Sleeplessness, Sick HeadaciAI
Diarrhea Collie, Flatulency and all internal patss;
There Is not remedial agent In the world th1
will cure fever and ague and all other malartouS
bilious and other fevers, aided by RADWAYSN
PILLS, 50 quickly AZ RADWAY's READY
RELIEF. ;
so Gents per Bottle. Sold by Drugaists.
BE SURE TO GET RADWAY's.
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! London enjoys greater area OF
open spaces than any other capital in
the world,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

Piso's Cure cured me of Throat and Lung
trouble Of three years standing.-E. CADYt
Huntington, Ind. Nov. II. 1884.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

The fly lays four times each summer, ana
eighty eggs each time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Recipes.

KNUCKLE OF VEAL WITH RICE.-Bol!
q knuckle of veal, two turnips, one
onion, six peppercorns, head OF
celery and a cupful of rice together
very gently for about three hours,
skimming occasionally and adding a
little salt. Serve with q border OF
rice. Save the stock in which the
veal was boiled for soup.
MOULDED BREAD PUDDING. But.
ter a border mould. Sprinkle over
with currants. Nearly fill the mould
with stale bread crumbs. Beat four
eggs q little; pour over them one pint
of milk, and add three-quarters of a
cupful of sugar and one teaspoonful
of vanilla extract. Pour this over the
bread crumbs and bake in moderate
oven thirty minutes. Let cool. Turn
out on o platter. Serve with fruit
sauce or cream.
RICE GR1DD1EcAKEs.-T two
cupfuls of flour, one cupful OF cooked
rice, two and one-half cupfuls of milk,
one teaspoonful of baking powder,
three eggs and salt. Beat the white
and the yolks of the eggs separately.
To the yolks add the rice and the
milk, and after these have been stirred
together add the flour and the baking
powder. Finally, beat in the whites
Of the eggs and the salt.
SPAGHETTI BALLs.-One pint OF
boiIed spaphetti THAT which is left
over will do nicely. Chop into bits
a half.inch long and mix with a half
cnpful of thick cream sauce, seasoned
with a half teaspooniul of salt and a
saltspoonful of paprika. Add table,
spoonful of grated cream cheese and a
pinch of pulyerized summer savoy.
Make into balls, roll in grated cheese
and fry in deep fat. Place the
chicken on a heated platter, surround
with the spaghetti balls, garnish with
parsley and serve hot. >-----
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13

Malleable glass was made in the Nile VAL
..ey years ago and the process lost.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Grain Heating In Bins.

6r6ln
In all the eastern portion of this
country there is usually rain enough
to prevent grain from being thorough
" dried out before it is gathered into
barn or stack. Owing to the general
desire to thresh early, much of this
grain is damp when threshed. If put
into large bins it will heat aud become
mouldy. It is best to defer all large
Jobs Of threshing until the grain in
the straw has gone through the sweat
ing process, which is really heating,
the warmth causing the moisture to
come ont of the grain, straw and
weeds. This is the fastest way to dry
grain. But if the threshing has been
done, q sharp lookout should be kept
on the grain in the bin. Thrusting a
long pole to near the bottom of the
grain pile, the temperature may be
easily determined. If it feels warm
to the hand, it is above 100 degrees.
The grain is in danger and should be
taken out OF the bin as quickly as pos
sible. When it is put back have some
thoroughly dried brick and put them
in occasionally as the grain is thrown
in. A dried brick will absorb more
than its weight in water. If any one
doubts it, let him try to fill a brick 80
that water will stand on the surface.
The wettest grain may be safely put
in bins, if this precaution is used.
There is nothing in the brick to- fer
ment, and the water in the grain is
absorbed until the grain is dried. In
winter all grain dies out by freezing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-12-13
Sour Milk Best.

Professor w. w. 'COOho uuoo pno0
pigs do better on slightly soured milk,
containing only Tactic acid. than they
do on sweet milk. He says the prob
able reason is found in the fact that
when the milk sours the milk sugar is
broken up in the Tactic acid, but
this change takes place without any
loss of solid matter. One particle of
milk sugar merely absorbs some
water and splits up into two parts OF
Tactic acid. Recent experiments in
Germany seem to show conclusively
that Tactic acid, in common with sew
eral other vegetable acids, is digestive
and has a real feeding value. There
fore the Tactic acid being IN the same
quantity as the milk sugar, it is fair
to presume that it's feeding value
would not be much reduced.
If milk is alloweL to stand for many
days this lactlc acid breaks up into
butyric acid and carbonic gas, the
latter passing off and becoming GER
tainly dead loss. 1t could not be
said from our experiments that skim
milk could be kept indefinitely and
still not lose it's feeding value, but it
seems probable that there is no loss in
feeding value in the first change OF
souring and lobbering.
AS to why the sour skim-milk
should have done better than the
sweet skim-milk we cannot tell, un-
less the answer is found in the greater
relish with which it was eaten, or un-
less it is q fact that the acid during
the hot weather helps by keeping the
digestion of the pigs in little better
condition.-New York Weekly Wit
ness
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HOw,s ThiSl

The largest starch factory inthe world Is
In Oswego, N. Y.
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Flower Vases for the Table.

The day of heavy floral decoration
of massed green and ribbon bows has
passed, and simplicity is now the de-
sirable effect. The flowers which
decorate the table are now arranged
in tall, slender Bohemian glass vases,
extremely effective in shaded green
aud pink. Two of these vases are
placed at either end of the table, and
are charmingly filled with long.
stemmed; pink rosebuds or pink
tulips. To complete this arrange
ment, in the centre of the table is a
low jardiniere of pink Bohemian glass,
made with An adjustable zinc lining,
filled with moss, and overgrown with
the delicately colored and sweet
scented sweet peas, or waving mass
of pink poppies shading to deep red.
For special occasions, when elabo.
rate decorations are desired, there
may be used garlands Of the princess
evergreen festooued about the table,
giving charming effect against the
white cloth, and if one lives near
where it grows the dining-room may
be trimmed with it also.
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Arrangement OF the Dining. Room.

Arrangement OF the Dining Room.
Women who are the delighted pos.
SCISSORS Of large, low.ceilinged dining
rooms, old oak furniture and precioua
china are the envy Of their less for
tunate sisters. A psrlor never appeals
to woman as a dining.room does.
She is always concocting some scheme
by which her dining-room can be
made more homelike. As the dining
room is' frequently the living room
also, it should receive all possible
care. If it is fairly large, has hard.
wood floor and deep window or two,
it may be made thing of beauty.
The floors hould be polished or
waxed, preferably dark. and strewn
with bright rug or two. The furnl.
ture should match the floor, although
lounge and chairs upholstered in
blue and white cretonne are desirable
for comfort and cheer. The lounge
must be broad and low, with several
durable pillows.
Wallpaper in Delft blue is most ef.
fective, although the color scheme
may call for different style. In the
windows have a few growing plants.
Let them be vivid green's and reds.
They add much to the cheeriness OF a
room. One or two carefully chosen
pictures may hang on the walls. Their
choice is apt to be a nerve-racking
operation unless the housewife has
confidence in her good taste. Copies
of fruit pictures, game and fish are
permitted and an old family portrait
in oils. If one is in doubt about pic.
lures the walls may be covered with
Delft and Spode ware or even less pre-.
tentious china, strung on wires and
arranged in rows on hanging shelves.
The sideboard is spread with frlnged
damask doilies, and set with the treas.
ured silyerware and cut glass. In
the china closet-one with swinging
doors and dark velvet linings-is dis.
played the choice china. The contents
must be arranged with care. Do not
place toget ther the heavier and daint.
ier wares, but grade them gently, &c
as to give the best effects. Between
meals the table should be spread with
8 blue and white denim cover, set With
the dish. This adds home-like
touch to the room and destroys the
formality which a set table gives.
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"Do If and
Stick to IT."

IF you are sick and discouraged 1'ih IN
pure blood, catarh or rheumatism, take
Hoods Sarsaparaza faithfully and persis-
tenily, and you vM soon haze cure.
This medicine has cured thousands Of
others and It eM do the same for you.
Faithfully taken,
Do41yo1abaM
Cla2;I2Z 3:l22:|l,E.
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Wooden legs are used by over 100000
Enclish-speaking men.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
You Are Going to the Pacific
Gn0sn

Don't complete arrangements until you
have secured information regarding the
personally conducted excursions to San
Francisco. Los Angeles and Portland
via the Union Pacific. These excur-
sions leave Chicago, Minneapolis and st.
Paul every Thursday, and Omaha every
Friday in elegantly upholstered Pull
man Tourist Sleepers; illuminated by
Pintsch light; heated by steam. Bag
gage checked through from starting
point to destination. Prompt and salts
factory service. Many hours quicker
time than any other line.
For full particulars call on or address
j. w. TURTLE,
401 Walnut Street.
Des Moines, la.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-16
Compromised with "Cyclone."

I Cyclone" Johnson's appearance in Police
Court yesterday morning, after being fined
the day before on a similar charge, was a
surprise to Judge Cox, who was on the
bench. As he did not wish to try the case.
Judge Cox was arranging to have 1t con-
tinued. but before doing so suggested to
Johnson's attorney that he nave a conference
with superintendent of Police Quigley. The
superintendent had a talk with Johnson. in
which it was agreed that Johnson should
hereafter preach the gospel, which he adj
mitted not having done, in a triangular
space at Fort Wayne avenue and Alabama
street. Johnson told Quigley that he had
not been doing right and had been Influenced
in his actions by the advice of irresponsible
persons who had pretended to befriend him.
but who permitted him TO spend two nights
In the police station. Quigley told Johnson
that detectives would watch his meetings
one his meetings would again be stopped.
Judge Cox thought that nine dogs kept
in one place were sufficient TO disturb the
Quietude OF the neighbors, and, therefore,
81 and costs on a charge of harboring howl
ing dogs. Conflicting testimony was intro
duced TO the extent OF the disturbance. The
case was appealed.
at Rex Faulkner with intent TO kill. was
bound over 10 the grand jury after a pre-
liminary examination in Police Court.
Faulkner said that he saw a revolver in
Pages hand when he stepped from the al
ley. and that Page merely said: Now here.
-" and Immediately fired. Page said
that Faulkner made a movement toward his
hip pocket. as II to draw a weapon. Pages
further. admitted that her companion was
retreating when her father shot.
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