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AGRICULTURAL.
Irrigation For Fruit.

I believe that apple and plum trees
will bear full crops every year if they
are amply supplied with water and
manure. Two years ago I put up q
wind pump for irrigating which raised
12O barrels of water an hour in a good
breeze. Having plenty of water at
hand I put 10000 barrels of water on
half an acre of plum orchard and about
the same amount on the apple orchard.
had large crop of both kinds OF
fruit that year. This season, where I
irrigated moss the previous one, l
had full crop of plums and where I |
irrigated least only few. Where l
did not irrigate I had nothing at all.
1t is exactly the same with the apples.
My orchard land is pure sand. In
dry seasons it suffers very much from
drouth, the plums and apples falling
off badly.-Henry Wade, of Nova
Scotia, in Orange Judd Farmer.
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Abstainers Made Better Soldiers.

The Haverhill Gazette has now and again
q good word to say OF temperance. Here
IS one OF its latest: "Public attention has
been repeatedly drawn OF late years to tho
fact that total abstinence Is necessary II
people desire to live long and lead useful
lives. In the experience Of the men just
returned from Cuba 1t is admitted that the
men who were total abstainers were bottcr
able to withstand the hunger and pri7ations
OF the service than were drinking soldiers.
OF the six members OF the Father Mathew
Temperance Society In Company D, Ninth
Regiment, Charlestown, oil returned In
better condition than was the case with
others who had been social drinkers"
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Notes of the Crusade.

One man In six in the British navy Is O
teetotaler.
Drunkenness is destroyer OF peace and
happiness.
Almost uniformly the percentage OF
deaths increases or decreases In ratio to
the per capita consumption Of liquor.
To make the individual happier and
better, and his homo brighter and mo:c
comfortable, are some Of the objects OF
total abstainers.
At this season of the yea. misguided
people In some circles Insist upon their
visitors accepting intoxicating drinks.
Hospitality, how many blunders are com.
mitted IN thy name!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
"A Portable Fence.

In locations where fences are neces.
sary for keeping pigs or sheep within
bounds or for enclosing small areas of
land the portable fence here illustra-
ted is o great convenience. This fence
is made of boards or Stats, and the
best material is cheapest both for posts
and stats. The panels are eight feet
long, nailed to uprights two inches
square. The tops of the uprights are
beveled 30 that they join closely
together when the spread at the bot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
Chalk For a Foundation.

There is a village in England built
upon all enormous bowlder of chalk.
This bowlder is half mile long, and
must have been carried coastward a
distance of twenty-five miles by some
great iceberg. 1t was dropped to the
bottom of the glacial sea, where it be-
came partly covered and surrounded
by blue-gray bowlder clay.-London
Answers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
Knows French History.

A curious character in Paris is a
man who makes his living by stroll
ing along the boulevards and making
waeers at the cafes that he can an
swer correctly any question that re-
lates to the history of France. He is
very successful.-London Spare Mo-
ments.
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He's q Teetotnler.

He tried everything he could hear Of,
winding up at an institute, but the drink
habit could not be eradicated. One day he
said he would try an original experiment
on himself. He would take a large bottle
with hir, for day, and whenever he
wanted drink would pour 1t into the bot
tie instead OF into his guIlet. He denied
himself nothing, but went the same old
rounds, glass OF rye here, glass OF
where else, cocktails everywhere. When
the day was done the bottle contained a
mess that looked so unpalata5le and
emitted 80 foul IN odor that the man got
frightened and swore off for life.-New
York Press,
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"Cannot Praise It Enough"

Mss GE8TIE DUNKIN,
Franklin, Neb., writes:
"I suffered for some time with pain
full and irregular merstruation, falling
of the womb and pain in the back. I
tried physicians, but found no relief.
: "Iwas at last persuaded to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise it enough for what
it has done for me. feel like new
person, and would not part with your
medicine. ! have recommended it to
several of nv friends"
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by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is By constitu.
honal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in.
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of the
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper.
feet hearing, and when it Is entirely. closed
Deafness Is the result. and unless the infiam.
nation can be taken out and this tube re.
destroyed forever Nine cases out Of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but IAN in.
Hamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can.
not be cured by Halls Catarrh cure. Send
for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. ....
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
rHE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

rhe Late Francis e. Wizards Poettcal
Temperance Pledge-Infiuence Of Pub
lie Sentiment Against the Excessive
Use Of Liquor-Drunkards Lose Carte
We will not buy,
We will not make,
We will not use,
We will not take
Wine, cider, beer,
Rum, whisky, gin;
Because they lead
Mankind to sin.
Francis E. Willard.
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A Chaplain's Personal Experience.

Perhaps no one is more competent to
write on "Prisons and Prisoners" than Rev.
Mr.. Horsley. His experience Of both has
been considerable, and he has devoted
much time and attention to the study OF
crime and its causes. The earlier chapters
in the present book deal with prison sta
tisties, education and crime, and 80 on,
and bristle with facts and figures we'll
worthy of the attention OF the social re-
former. But perhaps the most interesting
portions of the work are those in which Mr..
Horsley gives an account OF some'of his
personal experiences with members OF the
criminal class.
here are some particulars OF money spent
on drink gathered from prisoners who
came under his observation.
Coal-whipper was once teetotal for nine
months and saved $50, and makes from Slo
to $40 week, but spends up to even 80 q
day sometimes, on beer for himself and
others.
Sailor spent S165 in O month on drink,
with nothing to show for It except being
here;" once was teetotaler for eighteen
months when bluejacket, and saved s215.
Coachman, old soldier, had $1,000 savings,
but spent 1t all In drink between November
and March,
Man, twenty-eight, began at 6 a. m. with
rum, spent SITS of his own, then SOLD q
donkey to O sweep for s6.25, appropriated
the money, and had only seven cents left at
the end Of the day.
These are but a few typical cases. Tee
totalers also occasionally find their way to
prison, as Mr.. Horsley points out. but he
makes the startling statement that "in the
absence Of the liquor traffic, one police
court and one prison would certainty be
sufficient for the metropolis"
Lieut.. Hobson's Temperance Education.
At the recent hearing before the House
Committee on Territories, Mrs. Mary d.
Hunt, OF Boston, speaking OF the good re-
suits that had come from the enactment OF
other laws In behalf OF which she had at
other times appeared before Congress, re-
lated an interesting incident In regard to
Lieutenant Hobson. She said that after
the adoption Of course OF systematic In.
strnction In temperance hygiene and
physiology IN the Naval Academy at An
napolis, in accordance with law passed
through her instrumentality, she visited
that Institution on the occasion OF the
graduation Of a class, and heard Hobson,
who was a member OF the class, discuss, as
O part Of his graduating examination, the
damaging effect OF alcohol on the human
system. and particularly its relation to the
performance Of sailors duty under cir
cumstances OF exposure. To tho knowl-
edge gained by the instruction given at the
Naval Academy she attributed the fact that
when the last officer of the Texas going
over the rail of the doomed Merrimac ut
two O'Clock on the morning OF Hobson's
great exploit, turning, asked him: "Shall
we send you some breakfast, old man?"
Hobson replied: "No, we don't care for
breakfast, but send Us plenty of"-not
whisky, as any officer OF the navy would
have requested twenty years ago, but
"coffee." Mrs. Hunt attributed the clear
headed activity that made the desperate
venture Of Hobson and his companions
successful, to the absence Of liquor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

The great bulk of books in America
is published by about one hundred
firms in four chief cities. The output
is about five thousand titles, in edi-
tions of from 100 to 100000 copies.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
don, allsys pain, cures wind cole. 25c.a q bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
Feel the Influence.

Cold and heat alike aggravate neuralgia,
because the nerves feel the cold and heat
sensitively, but nerves are sensitive to
treatment and feel the influence Of st.
Jacobs OIL, which cures the ailment
promptly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
Makes the Spot Vanish.

A slight rap may cause q bruise, or a
slight blow a black one, sore and tender.
But 1t is easy to cure bruise by the use OF
St. Jacobs Oil, and make the spot vanish
and the soreness heal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

The great Homeopathic remedy for coughs,
colds and bronchitis. They will check any
cold when used promptly. 25 cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an A No.
Asthma R.WILL1AMs, Antioch,
Qls., April II, 1894. ..'. ,
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Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in 70 and 81
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
yerouS,
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The advantages Of Sulphur as q purifier
Glenn,s Sulphur Soap PLACES within reach ofal
Hills Hair Il Mhisker Dye, ,blnck or brown, 60c.
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VIII Get DOWn 10 Its
It is certainly true that as deeply imbed-
ded as the sciatic nerve is, st. Jacobs Oh
will get down to 1t and cure 1t. It is q
proof Of how penetrating and efacacious
are its curative powers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
Beauty, In Blood. Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Casearets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, BY
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm.
urtiSss ns. from the Sos SodS Ses gnb bsSy SdSSy to
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
yists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, 6oc.
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascsrets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
i0c, 25o. II G. @. c. fail. druggists refund money
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

Fruit trees are being exported from
Georgia to South Africa. p o.. .'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

In 1896 New York City handled fifty
one per cent. of the total foreign trade
of the United States. .--..-.-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

The trusts now in existence in
America have an sggregate capitaliza-
ton OF So 78S, ,773.900. -------.
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For Drying Fruit.

Fruit may be dried in the house
during the winter. Have shallow
box with wire netting bottom. Sup
port this against the wall back of and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

There has been an alarming increase Of
arsenic eating in the Austrian army.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

Knocks Coughs and Colds.
DR.. Arnold's Cough Killer cures Coughs and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

Typewriting is to be taught in the public
schools of New York City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
Take Hoxafe,s Disk

e A pneumatic corset, for the use OF women
learning to swim, has been invented.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18
Coughs Lead to Consumption.

The salmon catch in the Columbia fol
1898 was G, ,O1S ,022 pounds less for 1897.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

Japan with population of 45, ,0OO,-
900 has 22O towns that have more than
100, 900 inhabitants.
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above the kitchen stove by wire
arranged as indicated in the accom-
panying illustration. There is much
better plan than stringing each piece
OF apple upon twine thread.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your LIE Iwsy.

It is estimated that 5000 marriages ar,
daily performed throughout the world.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. loc or 2sc
II c. c. C. fail to cure. druggists refund money
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NInetythousand men in the British Army
have good conduct badges. s....... e:
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Blind men outnumder blind women bJ
two to one.
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To Cure a Cold I'm One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
Druggists refund money Tit fails to cure. 25c
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No.To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc. 81. All druggists.
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Amateur photographers In Russia ar
obliged to secure licenses. "
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

The skeleton measures one inch less thar
the height Of the living man,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-18

The population Of London increases by
about loo, 900 year.
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The city Of Besancon. France, will erect
! monument to the memory Of Victor
Hugo.
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VIII Get Down To 1t.

Eight thousand carrier pigeons are kept
for use in the German army. ..
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U0nr TOBACCO spit ana smoke I0uf Lie AWsye
TO quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic. full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bao, the wonder.worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, Soc or q. Cure guaran.
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
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The first marine insurance was the Royal
Exchange, founded IN 1f20.
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Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently
on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price rs and SOC.
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Deafness Cannot BE Cured

The island Of Cuba has an area about that
of the State OF Ohio.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Nine's Great
Nerve Reseorer. S2trial bottle and treatise free
DR. 3. II. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
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Lanes Family Medicine.

Porto Rico Is equal to Long Island IN
length and is twice as broad.
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The world uses over $500, 900 steel pens
q day. - ..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-11-15

The New York clearing house
banks have falleo below the legsl iimi,
OF cash reserves 10 relation to deposite
The demand for money throue ehous the
country 70 90 sharp that ths banks have
to borrow themselves to keep up their
reserves
The Russian ambassador to tho
Uoi'ed States asserts that "Hussis's"
commercial por, 10 China. Tslieu Wan,
s oow open to oil natioos alike" and
he expresses surprise at tho renewed
agitation of the open door question. )"
as "Russisn sod American interests in
China are the same" 1t is true tha.
Eogland. which started the scare about
the closing Of "tbc open door," has
abandoned it; but Count Cassini sho d
not DO surprised at ;s renewal by our
naturalization. 1t has become fashion
able in Austican foreign policy to put
on John Bulls cast. of olothes.-Tho
State.
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ELECTION NEWS.
Republicans Elect the Gov.
ernor In Kentucky.

Louisvills, Nov. 8.-No matter What
result the face OF the returos Of yester.
days State election shows, . contest is
very likely to occur. Additional
returns resolved today and tonight
continue 10 show Republicans gaios.
aud. basiog 90 estims.s upon the Cor.
NAL complexion OF The precin.s still
uorsported, indicate . plurality Of
$500 or 5000 for Taylor for governor.
The bslsssd returns are mostly from
moaotsin counties. ) which are stroo gly
Republican, The bill districs. which
10 1895 gave Mckinley q plurality OF
$4,000, 10 only about half represented.
Elsvso cut Of 10 counties 10 this dis.
triet give Taylor pluralisiss aggregasing
l2.060. indicating that the Repu blicans
have carried the district BY about the
ssms plurality % 10 1896
The Goebel people oliog to their
eIaiu Of plqrslity Of 5000 10 the
State. these 6gares being che estimate
made BY tho nominee.
At the Republican hsadqusttsrs in
this city Tsjlor's plurality 10 placed st
5000. 10 neither case is it possible, to
get the 6gurss upon whioh the olZms
are based. each eide evidently fearing
that giving publicity to che reports Of
its agents sbroug hous the State might
wcrk to the advantage Of its opponent
10 the event of Q contest.
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A rumor having gone abroad over
tho country that Mss. S,onewsll Jack.
500. widow Of the di..iog uished Coo.
fedsrs,s general. is absolutely pc % iless,
10 want sod hopelessly i'll sud blind.
Mrs Jackson has said TO q representa-
tive Of The Associated Press that these
s,a,emsnts are very much exaggerated.
Ii is true that sbc ia not 10 CON potency,
but hss always been above wsot. Her
health 10 somewhat improved and she il
DOT biiud. though s,ill suffering from q
painful dis ase. facial oeuraigis Ap.
pes's ssviIg been made all over toe
South for bcr relief. Mrs. jackson il
sOx,ous that the true state of the csee
should be koowu. - she is un willing to
accept My donstions ex-a,. those
offered - tsstimonisls Of love aud
admiI a'ion for her husbaod
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Wheaton's Expedition
Successfully Landed.
Official Report of Movements
of Our Forces in the Phil.
ippines.

Washington. Nov. 9.-The follow
ing oablegram has been received at the
war department:
Manila. Nov. 8.
Geo. Wheaton successfully landed
expedition at Lipgayen, vest of Da
gupau, afternoon Of The IT'D, agaius.
considerable opposition. Slight ossu.
alties. rough sea not permitting land.
iog at San Fabian north of Dsgupau
80 directed. He is moving eastward
Macarthur seized Mabalacot on rail-
road 7.h iost., Col. Bell taxing same
90 directed recon osissance slight op-
position. Gen. Lswton ct Cabanatuao
Troops beyond Tslabers and Alag.
have met With slight opposition. enemy
being driven back 10 ell Instances
Couutry still submerged but water
falling. Troops will move rapidly as
soon ss conditions permit. Hug hes
moved against Psuay insurgents today.
(Sigued) Otis.
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Germany and the Uuited
States Gather Them in.

Berlin, Nov. Sit was officially
announced this morning that an
sgreemsnt. subject to the approval of
the United States, had been arrived
ct between Great Britain and Ger.
many BY virtue of which the Samoan
act is repealed and the islands OF
Upolu. Savaii and the smaller ada.
cent islands fall to Germany as free
property, and the leland Of Tutuila
and the subsidiary islands 60 to the
United States Germany, it 10
added, renounoes any claim to the
Tongs islsnds and to Savage island
In favor Of Great Britain and also
Choiseur and San Isabel, the two
essterly islands Of the Solomon
group. with their ineular surroupds.
TO Great Britain The consular repre-.
sentatives OF the Two powers in
Samoa snd Tonga islands are to be
Withdrawn for the present. and Gee
man subjects are to have the same
rights az British sub jects 10 regard
to the free and uuimpeded enlistmen o,
Of native lsborers in the whole of the
Solomon group 10 the possession OF
Great Britain, including Choiseul and
San Isabel
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Spectacular Affair in Which
Navy Took Leading Part.

Manila. Nov. 10. SIS p m.-The
landing of the American troops at
Sac Fabian Tuesday was the most
spectacular affair of the kind since
Gen Shsfte Decentralization at Dai.
quiri. The cooperation of the troops
and the navy was complete The
gunbosts maintained q terrific bonn
bardmeut for an hour. while the
troops rushed waist deep through the
surf. under heavy but badly aimed
rife fire from the insurgeut trenches
and charged right and left, pouring
volley after volley at the fleeing
rebels. Forty Filipinos were cap
tured, mostly non commissioned off
GERS Several insurgent dead and
Eve wounded were found in q build
ing which had suffered considerably
from the bombardment The town
was we'll fortified The sand dunes
were riveted with bamboo 20 fee
thick which afforded fine cover.
When the Transports arrived in the
gulf thoy found the gunboats. Prince.
ton. Bennington and others waiting
After consultation with Gen. Wheat.
on, Commander Knox of the Prince
ton and Commander Sheridan Of the
Bennington, anchored two hiles of
shore The gunOoats formed line
inside the Helena, Callao and Manila
close in line.
With the first gun of the lombard