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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

hatcLing, they are contented with
that.
In this way some strains Of pure
bred fowl may have been so kept and
managed that they produce a less
number OF eggs IN a year than they
would under better conditions, and as
the chickens inherit the propensities
Of the parent and the grand parents
they deteriorate in productiveness, as
much as herd OF dairy cattle would
if kept in such way that they we're
not up to their standard in milk pro-
duction.
But because certain strains under
this management do not produce many
eggs, it does not disprove the state.
ment with which we began. Place
the pure-bred hens and chickens un.
der the care OF q good feeder, and in
three generations they can be made tc
produce more eggs than can be pro.
duced by any cross bred or scrub bred
fowl. By selection of eggs from the
best layers among them, this can be
brought about, and the poultry keeper
who expects to grow chickens next
spring should begin this winter te
feed his hens for egg production, and
should watch them to see which#to
save eggs from for Matching; We
have never attained the twenty dozen
a year mark, and never expectsto, for,
we cannot devote orr time 4osths
poultry yard. but we believe II be
possible and desirable and II
possible without losing anSesof the
fancy points called for BY the ponltyyy,
standard, though it might fske long
er time if We tried to combine the
fancy points and the egg production at
the same time than it would be if we
only selected the best layers without
regard to the markings, as. it would
limit our number to ,selecsfrom.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

foot. Z Tie trimming which finishes
the edge 80 effectively consists OF a
stitched miroir velvet band shade
deeper enriched along the centre with
floral appliques-esch and every petal
being cut out of the cloth and skill
fully applied. 500,
The bodice blouse, sleeves and all,
is tucked to correspond with the skirt,
and it is topped off by one OF the new
cape-like yokes with which nearly
everybody has fallen in love. 1t is OF
renaissance and the cloth appliques
on velvet, and the chic turn'up edge
is OF the velvet plainly stitched. Ap.
parently it is caught together in front
by creamy chiffon iabot edged with
tiny ruches, and held by beautiful
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Sure of HiInself.


Most men are quite convinced that
in a moment of sudden danger, such
as has lately demoralized some friend,
they should be perfectly cool and de-
liberate. Some would be, but that
this is not true of all, the following
incident bears witness.
There is in Chicago business man
who, above all things, prides himself
on being level-headed. He makes it
point never to ego off at half-cock, I"
under any circumstances. His Office
is in the top story of a rather tall
building, and when, one afternoon,
the alarm of "fre" was given, he felt
instantly and naturally quite uncom'
Portable.
His first thought was that the Office
books must be carefully locked up in
the safe, but just then q number of
people rushed through the entry past
his door, and the methodical man had
aconfused impression of having sought
in vain for the books for very long
time.
The smoke was rising slowly
through the elevator we'll as he dashed
into the hall and down the stairs. At
the foot he met his partner.
"It's all out said the partner,
"Where are the books?"
81 looked everywhere for them,"
said the methodicsl man, ''but they
weren't to be found"
They went back to. his private Office,
nd4here the books were lying open
athis desk. Strangely enough, the
msthoditsl man never fully under.
STOOD how II happened.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Practical Poultry Points.

The pure-bred hen will usually
lay more eggs than any cross of the
same breed, and many more than the
scrub hen with a mixture of half a
dozen different breeds in her make
up. If she does not it is the fault of
the one who cares for her. Some
breeders really know more about the
markings of the feathers and shape
of the comb than they do about feed
ing their poultry, and they care more
about having these points just right
than they do about the number of eggs
they receive, says a writer in the Cul-
tivator. II they can get eggs i'll the
snrinQ. when thev are w:rted for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Natural Gas utilized BY Tramps.

Two years ago we'll was drilled on
the Hays farm in search of oil. The
we'll was put down by some Eastern
company. Situated in a secluded
place along a little creek, very few
people ever knew that the we'll had
been drilled. What was found in the
we'll will never be known, for, as soon
as was completed, it was Immediately
filled up with rock and dirt. Lately,
however, gas has begun to issue from
the we'll, and now 1t comes forth in
considerable quantities. 1t is not far
from little station on the Santa Fe
Railroad, and this winter the tramps
have taken possession of the place.
They have piled rocks around the we'll
and turned part of an oil stove over
it, on which they cook. They have
put up shanty, and in the centre of
the room their stove heated it with
natural. gas. The advantage of
natural gas has made the place a
fayorite rendezvous for tramps for
miles around, aed they have quite
colony here.-Topeka (Kan.) State
journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
" AGRICULTURAL. *
Value or tl:c Separator.

The use OF the separator is doing
much toward masking winter dairylng
profitable. If it is properly managed
oil the butter can be taken from the
milk, or so near it as to amount to a
loss of about one pound in thousand,
while the old system Of setting the
milk in room where it might freeze
often caused a loss Of two or three
pounds in o hundred, and sometimes
the butter refused to come at all, or
was worth but little when it did come.
With separator and all the other i'm
proved appliances in the dairy room,
a knowledge of what is good food, and
all the other dairy information which
has been disseminated in the past
twenty years it would seem as if the
aairymen should have an easy and a
profitable business, much better than
we had twenty years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
HOusehOId Hints.

II there is one thing on which the house
wife prides herself, 1t is that Of having her
laundering done nicely, so that the wear.
ing apparel may be the admiration Of all.
The washing is small matter, anyone al
most can do that, but to have the linens
present that flexible and glossy appear
ance after being ironed requires u fine
quality OF starch.
&c. Hubinger's new laundry starch,
RED Cross" and "Hubinger's Best"
brands are his latest inventions and the
finest starch ever placed on the market;
not Il new starch made by new manufac-
turer, but new starch by the leading and
only manufacturer OF fine laundry starch
in the United States. =. :
His new method Of Introducing this
starch with the Endless Chain Starch Book
enables you TO get one large 1ec. package
OF cred Cross" starch, onelarge 1Oc. pack
nge Of "Hubinger's Best" starch, with the
premiums, two. beautiful Shakespeare
panels, or one Twentieth Century Girl cal
endar, all for SC. AK your grocer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
The Coat Didn't Fit.

In the days when johannesburg
was a mining camp, so the tale goes,
Dom Paul on one occasion was riding
through in very ordinary suit of
clothes. He unsaddled by wagon
belonging to a German, who, not
recognizing him, began to hold forth
on the reforms he would make if he
wer9 ruler of the State. Suddenly
MIR. Kruger took off his coat, and,
holding it toward the German, who
Was little man, said: "Friend, put
it on" "But," replied the latter, ''it
is too big" "Just so," said the
President with a grim smile. "I'm.
Paul Kruger, and it is not too big for
me-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
How Fertilizers Affect Potatoes.

Three years test at the Virginia ez-
neriment station seems to warrant the
conclusion that potatoes grown with
ont fertilizers contain the greatest
amount of dry matter. The addition
OF fertilizer tends to diminish the dry
matter in proportion to the amount
applied. Potatoes grown with sulphate
of potash contain more dry matter than
where muriate was used. The ash did
not appear to be affected to any appre.
ciable extent and the same is true Of
starch. Neither the kind nor the
amount of fertilizer seemed to have
any effect upon the percentage of nj
trogen, phosphoric acid and potash,
but the percentage of chlorine was
considerably higher when muriate of
potash was used and increased with
the amount applied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

don seems to be more and more the
trna mirror of fashion.
no. is figured silk gown, with
waist cut square and trimmed with a
broad DOLLAR of guipure lace and
rosettes Of black chiffon.
No. 2sis of light gray cloth with
over.skirt cut in Vandyke points, and
trimmed with narrow silk fringe of
the same shade. There is an ac-
cordion-pleated ruffie on the under
skirt. Lace revers are edged with
fringe, and the rosettes are made
of black velvet with rhinestone buckles.
No. 5 is a gown of pastel-blue cloth,
tucked from the waist to the hem OF
the skirt, and trimmed with deep
founce of heavy white lace. The
bolero jacket is OF lace and there is a
chiffon rosette at the left side.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all it's
stages, and that ia Catarrh. Halls caarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease. requires q constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the pa.
tient strength by building up the constitution
propfietors have SO much fa tn in it's curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials. Address
go. F. J. CHENEY g. Co.. Toledo, o..
Sold by Druggists, T5c. - ~
Halls Family pills are theh best. N -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
sIpeIe Same, DouDie Glazed.

One OF the ways in which poultry
and other stock suffer is from the
rapid radiation of heat from the win
dows at night. Double windows are
sometimes used, but these are expen-
siye, somewhat OF q bother to put on
and hard to keep clean.
The cut shows single sash, double
glazed, which a pouitryman has re-
Gently described. The sash is made
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
MaEnificent Service TO the Winter
1gS.s. Resorts South.

The New York and Florida Limited. finest
train in the world, operated daily, except
Sunday, between New York and st. Angus
tine, leaves New York at l2.4O p. NJ, composed
exclusively Of, dining, compartment, drawing
room, sleeping, library and observation cars.
New York to st. Augustine, also carrying
Pullman drawing room, sleeping cars, New
York to Port Tampa. Aiken and Augusta.
Connections made at Jesup for Brunswick, at
'Waycross for Thomasville. Ga, and Port
Tampa for Key West and Havana. The New
York and Florida Express leaves New York
daily, 1926 P. NJ, Pullman drawing room sleep
ing cars, New York to ! Jacksonville and Au,
gusta, connections for Brunswick and
ihomasville dining car service. Connection
at Jacksonville with Florida East Coast Rail
way for Palm Beach, Miami and Nassau. The
fast mail leaves New York at l2.10 tniyht).
Pullman drawing rooms sleeping cars, New
York to Savannah. jacksonville and Miami,
connections for Key West and Havana; also
for ointa on Plant System west coast or
Florida: dining car service. Particulars, sleep
irg car reservations etc. OF Alex. 5. Thweatt,
Eastern Pass Agt.. I'll Broadway. New York.
No fewer than 112 families OF Injurious
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
NEW YORK FASHIONS,
Designs For Costumes That Have Be-
come Popular in the Metropolis.

New YORK CITY tSpecial). Some
very simple but yet effective gowns
for bridemaids are now being made
for a wedding which is to take place
later in the season. They are to be of
that beautiful shade of pinkish lilac
called ashes-of-roses. The material
Liberty satin. The skirts, which
will have short trains, have three
ruffles of white null around the bot
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Elbow Protectors For Lace Sleeves.

Up-to-da lace sleeves may have
elbow protectors: They may not be
intended for that, but they will serve
the purpose. A light cloth gown has
long sleeves of lace. a piece OF the
cloth set in at wrist and shoulder, and
another, broad att the outside seam,.
with p6ints on either edge, the piece
growing narrower inside the arm. II
may not be 10 hides sharp elbow, but
it might be. o.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
The Box-Plcated Back.

The weight of your walking skirt
will be sensibly increased by loading
on to it a'hesvy box-pleated back.
Still, what will we not do to be fash.
ionable? After all, it serves US right
for choosing such heavy materials for
our street gowns. IT single box
pleat adds It's weight, what do you
think of the double or triple box
pleat? All very stylish, and therefore
desirable. The double and triple box
rleat are far and away more graceful
than the "single-ton."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

30 that the glass can be set on both
sides of the wooden bars, leaving a
half inch or more of space between.
This gives double window and the
cost is said to be not more than twen-
sy-fve cents extra per sash for the
glass and the labor of setting. Those
who are providing windows for new or
:emodeled poultry houses will do we'll
to experiment with this plan. The
glazing must be tight and carefully
done to keep out all dirt and dust from.
the inner surfaces of the glass. New
England Homestead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Tn BeautIful Hroadcloth.

Here is an illustration of one of the
cleverest dresses in that delightful
new shade, which is a softly pinkish
chocolate. Broadcloth is the material,
and the skirt is stitched down to be-
low the knees in double tucks. The
extra fulness is very becoming at the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
ga Poor Bicycle.

"Pa, my rubber tire has to be
,a1ed."
& SHOW. Sammy, what have you been
doing to your wheel this timer"
s'Well, Pa, it's no account; I jes'
rode it through three bonfres, an it
went an busted"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Long Skirts Are Fashionable.

Long skirts in the street, longer
skirts in the house, and it pleases
every one but the woman OF economi-
cal mind, There is sweep to the
train of extra length whish gives
pleasant sensation to o woman of
presence; she likes the feeling of the
swing OF the skirts. The dressmaker
can get better effects with the long
skirt; it&Rdws up the material to bet.
teradyantage. and: as it takes more of
it,. lis a,sstissaction to manufac-
fnrafa = = S. But that is
Sa voman who
SIS s. sss A long
81 81 i}ii }n 31iing, if any
tifan M it hasa
csrt ;lss insi Of 81 S s. 4 sieh;
mateFis & |'| s|as 4 | W bsing|
trimmed. ss55Ss E:E1s S.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

r~M1111oNs OF WOMEN USE CuT1cURA Soap exclusively
for preserving purifying and beaufying the skin, tor
cleansing the scalp of cruss scaes and dandru ana tne
stopping of falling hair, for softening whitening, and
healing red rough and hands, in the form OF paths
for annoying rritatons inammatons, and chafngs or
too free or offensive perspation in the form OF Washe
for Lucrative weaknesses and for sanatve antepc
purposes which readily suggest themselves to women and
especially mothers and for all the purposes OF the tohe
BATH and nursery. No amount of persuasion can induce
those who have used it to any other especially
for preserving and purifying the skin, scalp and hair OF
infants and children. CUTIcURA Soap combines delicate
emoient properties derived from CuT1cURA, the great
skin cure with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the
most refreshing of flower odors No other medicated or
toilet soap ever compounded is to be compared with it
for preserving purifying and beautfypg the skin scalp
hair and hands No other foreign domestic toilet soap
however expensive is to be compared with it for all the
purposes of the toilet BATH and nursery Thus it com
bnes in ONE SOAP at One PRICE, Wis., TWENTY FIVE CENTS
the BEST skin and complexion soap the BEST toilet ard
BEST baby soap in the world
EVERY HuMoR S2
and scas and soften the
asaon sd sec
SSaIs SET ha e % Pog
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

A crane having span of 15S feet
has just been installed in the erecting
shop of a certain locomotive works.
It will lift 100000 pound locomotive
forty feet in the air, carry it 336 feet,
ind set it down again in three min
ties and thirty-six seconds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Latest sstsls 81 Isss'

Collars are lhiig lity her ana
higher. One of The sn1e " stocks Id of'
white sill, tucked and shemstitche
and has two wide sleph hants, eata'::
ends standing up nt the back, Others
are cut with points .whic almost cut
eff the unhappy wearer' ears A
new feature Of the silk stock il. the
tab-like ends that hang On either side.
These are bead-embroidered, orseaged
with lace to match the stock, and they
ere not very pretty. Still, they are
:he latest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
tsHSadso,ne Combination.

Ruasian lace in heavy quality and
! fnsE Venetian laces are very much en-
B spfoydaafor trimming handsome cloth
aeyns IN the pastel colors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
I,rn. Gray. For Spring Wear.

Possibly the place of most impor-
tance as q spring tone may be given to
gray, the lighter The better. Perle,
argent, nickel and platine are the
four foremost tints:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

When q dog barks at night III Japan
the owner is arrested and sentenced
to work for a year for the neighbors
whose slumbers may hare Seen dis.
inrhe.l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
One of tile Seasons Sotslties.

Floral muffs are one tof the seasons
novelties. SHh enormousa and very
lovely one is composed entirely of vio-
lets, and finished with great Topping
frills of shaded mauve chiffon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

Handsome Negilsses For Milady.
Pretty little negligees are made of
panne velvet, plain loose-ftting little
jackets with lace trimmings. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

A Rack For Feedlss Corn FODDER.
Feeding unshredded corn fodder is
hard work, on account of the difficulty
of handling. There is also greater
part of the stalks that the cattle will
not eat. This accumulating under the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Three Striking Costumes.

Three stylish new costumes are
shown in the large illustration. taken
from Harper's Bazaar. This publica-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

The meat Of a sheep killed by dog
fatally poisoned Kalamazoo (Mieh.) girl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

~ Nov, Arc Your KidneysH
sparagus Pills cure al Hunsytfll. Sam
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

Msnse OF the telephone net In Berlin,
Germany, costs S45 year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14
Q10G Reward. sion.

No fewer than 112 families OF injurious
insects YeX farmers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

SOLO by Druggists, Ioc. = = - -lal. =
Halls Family Pills are the, best N x =
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-07
Likely to be Adopted.

London, Sept. 3.-The Associated
Press has official authority for an
nouncing that the American-Russian
proposal in favor of the withdrawal OF
the allied forces from Pelkin, with the
view of facilitating negotiations for
the conclusion OF peace, has not only
met with considerable favor at Euro
pean chancellories but is almost GER
tain to be adopted. In the meanwhile,
the question of employing Ii Hung
Chang, as an intermediary is meeting
with more and more favor and, as the
Associated Press has intimated in
recent dispatches, will in all proba-
bility be settled affirmatively as soon
as Ii Hung Chang is able to obtain the
necessary authority.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-07
UNITED STATES LEADS YET.
Clever Diplomacy Leaves The
Reins In Washington.
WINTER PREPARATIONS GO ON.

Washington, Sept. 3.-The Russian
note relative to the withdrawal OF
Russia from China and the United
States response thereto were maae
,public by the state department, after
the cabinet had fully considered the
expediency of SO doing. The CORE
spondence is unique in the history OF
diplomatic exchange. 1t may be said
to illustrate clever move by which
the United States government again
has assumed the lead in prescribing
the policy of the powers respecting the
Chinese trouble.
Respecting our own attitude, it ap-
pears that, while believing the best
course to pursue is to remain in Pekin,
our government is still willing to with
draw. Perhaps this means that II
there is to be separate action by the
powers in China, the United States
proposes to deal with the situation
with free hand.
1t may be noted, in connection with
our withdrawal statement, that,
whereas Russia proposed to withdraw
from China, our offer is to withdraw
only from Pekin. A significant fact in
this connection is that General Chaffee,
,who is we'll advised of the situation,
Having several days ago been directed
Ito prepare for just such an emergency
as that precipitated by the Russian
action, continues his preparations for
winteriug the Americans troops IN
China. Indeed, unless the men are
afioat and out of the Pei-Ho within the
next six weeks they are likely to re-
main in China perforce, being ice
bound. General Chaffee was further
advised of the developments in the
situation. compendious statement OF
the points in the Russo-American cor
respondence being cabled to him for
his guidance AS bearing further on
the prospects of the future, it may be
noted that the war department Off
Gals state that the government has
not considered the question OF the
evacuation of China
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-07
Afro-Amerlcan Council.

indianapolis, Sept. 3.-The Afro
American council in session here
adopted this:
"Resolved, That we realize that the
salvation of our race is in our own
hands; that the immutable laws of ma
ture know no color line. With thirty
five years of freedom we gladly accept
all the responsibilities which civiliza-
ton and citizenship place upon us, and
ask only fair field and no favor. We
plead no excuses, seek no particular
privileges, ask no special laws in favor
of ourselves or on account of our
grandfathers, but we do appeal to the
chivalry OF the nineteenth century that
If it be too busy to help us forward
that it will be too generous to push us
back"