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A Wonderful Family.

There are living to-day six brothers
and sisters whose descendants are al
most numerous enough to people
small town. The father OF these
prolific children was a man of the
name of Webb, the first settler in the
Cumberland district of Kentucky,
which is now almost entirely peopled
by his offspring. The youngest child
can boast total of l66 who owe their
existence to him. He has eleven
children, seventy. FIVE grandchildren,
fifty great-graudchildren and thirty
of the next generation. By blood
and affinity there are no fewer than
$4,000 people in Kentucky who are
included in this family fold, which is,
beyond dispute, the largest in the
world.
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When to Fatten IIons.

Fatten the hogs before the mercury
drops to zero. Better start in August,
even if little grain must be bought
until the corn is ripe. It will pay.
The weather for the next three months
is as rule moderate. If hogs are fed
as much as their stomachs can digest
and utilize, about thirty five per cent.
is first used for heat and body energy
in temperate weather. In extremely
cold weather they will use about sixty
TO seventy per cent. for heat and
energy. This will depend much upon
the age and condition of the animal.
We also learn from experience to
fatten with rapidity. Different feed
stufs are required. Corn is the prin-
cipal one for the solid ration. Shorts,
bran, ccttonseed meal is very good for
the protein it contains, and small
portion Of rye will fatten rapidly if
fed Alright. Never feed liquid and
solid feeds at the same time, for the
animals will swallow the solids unmas-
ticatcG. Feed at least an hour apart.
Some ad7ocate giving the feeds sep
arately, bat one directly after the
other. This is o safe rule for hogs
which are 1ot being fattened, but for
hogs thai are to be fed to their full
capacity, the practice is wrong. If
hugs arc given their fill of solid feed,
then slcp Immediately afterward, they
can drink int very little slop without
cYerloaiicg atiIeir issto,nachs and eaus.
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eoino FORA Lost Treasure.

"Treasure IslaHSl">is a romance
which is not likely in these days to
find counterpart. in the world of
reality; but IN intimation broughtt
our notice that an expedition is in
course of preparation to endeayor to
recover the gold which was lost in
the ship Genela Grant, under ez-
sraordinary circumstances, in May,
1866, seems to promise exciting times
for the adventurers who may partici.
pate in if. The story is that the Gen.
eral Grant was on her way from Mel
bourne to London with a number OF
miners returning from the Ballarat
diggings when she was becalmed of
the Auckland Islands, and q heavy
swell drove her on to the shore, where
she entered rift in the rocks and was
gradually driven into cave. Here
she sank, and of more than eighty
souls aboard not dozen were saved.
Several unsuccessful attempts have
been made to recover the gold. The
new expedition of which we shall
probably hear more later, has made up
its! mind to succeed.-London Chroni'
cle...l
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Swine Notes.

A variety of feeds is more desirable
for hogs intended for breeders than
any one feed. ...
Do not sour your feed for the pigs.
'sVinegar will not produce flesh. D.
Feed is sweet. -
Each family should at least own one
SOW to eat the waste from the orchard,
garden and table. 4. G5,$se,
Registered or high gradessare pre-.
ferred by all would-be Echasers.
either feeders, breeders orsPatkers.
Don't allow your sows to so through
the season covered with Toe. Use
grease or cotton seed oil and rit&hen
Of the pest. :
Remember the boar is half the her..
He should be kept in healthy, thrifty
condition to get such pigs ss you de-
sire to own.
Give the brood sows the feed anc
care that will keep them in healthy,
thriving condition and your services
will seldom be needed at narrowing
pen.
If there is hog cholera about, en-.
close your hogs in small lot, one that
is dry and drains we'll, receiving nc
other drainage,:' and disinfect : fre.
quently with Stacked lime and car
bolic acid solution.
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peak of the roof. Have these window

peak of the roof. Have these windows
arranged rs shown in the cut, and
they can be opened and closed at will
from the ground floor. The triangu-
lar pieces nailed to the sides of the
sash hold the window little inclined
inward, so that it falls open by its
own weight when the cord Is loosened
The same result could be obtained by
the usual sash that closes to perpen-
dicular position, but has a second
cord running from the outer end of
the iron rod down to the floor. Full
ing on this cord would open the win
dow, while pulling on the pulley cord
would close it, when the line could be
fastened below.-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
A Queer Wagon.

An up-to-date florist from New Jer-
sey, who has quite business in both
potted plants and cut flowers, has a
Unique wagon with which he visits
bis customers on the upper west side
u town. II is a miniature green.
puse on wheels. The frame, with its
Naked roof, is Of iron painted white,
old the sides and roof are made OF
=, 1all panes of glass. In the rear of
wagon is the door through which
E(pts are removed for delivery. Just
= de this door is a toy stove, not
~ kh larger than those used in a
Is house, and leading from it aud
,xsthg its nose out through the solid
yM panel of the house is o bit of
!, Pipe, from which q small cloud
4 pNIoke trails away in the rear as
Wagon moves along the street.
> : York Times.
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CiovsrsI IN Oroh

The fact that sclosep grating
I1crop, and almost iHd dispe ble ~ any,
general systen lea
mary.ssss eiieye ~ II 4 sea31alI|y
valuable IN hssef phnsi tSi !owsa
under the gSael ma q stlil Ills
heavy sod thaisl over W ! dl5 isI "a and
especially its drying o9 ae soh;
through the moisture sug py
clover roots and exhaisd thf5gh tht
leaves, is very iniurioi,s 10 yDung, tfsuit
trees. If they are planted inA .clossI
sod in spring, no mattet how, carefully
they are tended, most Of the Eees will
be dead by fall. The trouble with
plowing clover in orchards isfhat the
clover must grow until near midsum.
mer beforerit is much good for plow.
ing under: By that time most of the
mischief to the trees has been done.
AS the trees are then in full leaf st
this time all growth is checked$6Q
suddenly by, cutting off the rootsm:
plowing that fruit buds are often
formed. 1t also resnlts in q great
growth OF suckers under the tree,
The surplus sap, cut off from ascend
lug to the branches of the tree, finds
an outlet in small suckers, which are
often very difficult to eradicate.
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SAlection of Seed Wheat.

Like begets like in the wheat ielc
as we'll as elsewhere. If we SOW seed
that is not sound, we'll developed, well
ripened, or that has imperfections Of
any character, we cannot expect S
satisfactory growth and harvest. II
is q good deal of trouble to separate
the largest best grains from the small
er and inferior, and that no doubt is
the cause of so much poor seed being
sown. But we cannot get something
for nothing, and well directed efforts
on any line will prove profitable. II
is true that the tanning mills of to-
day will grade, and the seed from
them is much better than it was before
the introduction of such mills. But
no mill will do this work as it ought
to be done.,.... - &c..
As. a matter of fact only the grain
that grows on the lower half of the
head should be used for seed, but that
simple statement will be all that will
be necessary to disgust the average
farmer with the subject Of seed selec-
tion. He will not do it and we know
it. But because the average farmer
will not do it, those who are enter
pris;ng enough to do it can build up
o highly lucrative business by grow
ing wheat for seed. A farmer of our
acquaintance adopted this plan, and
he writes that he not only largely in
creased the yield but that the heads
are much longer and heavier, and the
grains much larger. An authority
once wrote that by persistent selec-
tion of seed q pedigreed variety
could be obtained. He said that
every farmer could do this, but that
few whuld. and that, therefore, those
farmeis that chose could make large
and Profitable business by making
the prpduction of seed wheat spec
ialty. !-William Pringle, in Agricul-
tural Epitomist. r.
Only Turkish flags are allowed in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03

ing disordered stomachs for q few
days. 1t will take careful feeding for
perhaps a week to bring them back to
q normal condition. Keep the pens
clean, not allowing filth heaps to pro-
duce disease germs. Also avoid damp
sleeping places. Do not care for the
hog according to its name, but give
care as though it were the hSrse, and
if attended thus it will return the
greater profit of the two. 4sG. W.
Harlacher, of Pennsylvania, ir\ Ameri,
can Agriculturist.
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Rye Should Not Follow Potatoes.

AS a rule small grains do not grow
we'll on q field which produced pota-
toes the previous season. Expert
ments have demonstrated that this is
due, not 80 much to the mechanical
conditions Of the soil as to the fact
that the potatoes have used large
amounts of available nitrogen. Ap-
plicatious of nitrate of soda greatly
benefit rye crops grown after pota'
toes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
Science Can Use GroN


Professor E. L. Jons\ OF oun
land, Nd, has discover ea a uss
the tails OF rats, or, mo Re piop
speaking, a use for thss Re senu1
with which the rat tail is aqg sSippeu'
These he employs as sui uSale''
catgut is employed for sewfe '
edges of wounds or deep incisl on'
the flesh after surgical operation y.
For many kinds of surgical wv
the ordinary catgut has been foun
be too coarse, especially for vi
which entails the delicate operatio>
in the region of the eye, and at time
of the eye itself.
.Pra'essor Jones has found by e11
pertinent that the rat tail tendon IL
particularly useful for eye work. He
says the tendons furnish a fine and
strong absorbable suture.
He has found it comparatively
easy matter to get an abundance Of
tendoas, six or seven inches long,l
from each grown rat.
They are easily secured in this man
ner: Cut around through the skin d
few inches from the tip of the tail,
and strip off the skin like glove
from the finger; with the thumb and
forefnger nails pinch between the
last joint and it's neishbor, and pull
out a nice little skein of four or six
tendons the length of the tail; if de-
sired each of these can be unravelec
into two or more.
With clean hands and preliminary
washing of the tail the sutures will be
aseptic to begin with, and can he kept
dry or put in alcohol.
There seems to be no difficulty
about their absorption and they thread
easily into the finest needles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
Rush For q Poor Office.

Some indication of the emoluments
Of English literature is given in the
fact that there are nearly 900 candi.
dates for the Secretaryship OF the
Cambridge University Library, the
salary of which is $1,000 year, rising
to $1500.-London Letter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
D,st,nenhhinr Sick Fowls.

When a bird is,sick the comb and
wattles usually change color, no mat
ter what the ailment may be, Tor which
reason the comb and watSes are the
parts of the fow! to examine ~ case OF
sickness. In health they shoula be
of bright scarlet color. When tfe
comb looks white or pale or black
something is wrong; even lice will
cause the comb to change color to a
certain extent. When there is q re-
fusal of food the birds are out of con-
dition, as no healthy fowl will refuse
20 eat if fed on variety Of food, un-
less already full. Thirst to great
degree is another sign, anda nervous,
uneasy look is o warning. Asick bird
often drinks to excess, especially
when attacked by cholera; but again
at other times itrefuses both food and
drink. 81
=, somssi hen will be moping
.abgu dropping wings, showing
no Other 81 gns Of aickh hsaeXer
the comb, however, does not show a
bright scarlet, and the fowl is not live
", it should be examined and treated
Immediately. Delay is dangerous to
the fowl, for sickness in q flock is
hard to eradicate if not driven off
early. A fowl may suffer for want of
certain food which it cannot get IN
confinement, and unless grati6ed will
show signs of sickness. For this rea-
son change of food often will effect
ure.-Farm and Fireside.,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
3 MRS, PEAB00Y's GRAPE-jEhhY. :
Observation-Disclosures

HE September sun
shine was flooding
the kitchen floor
like a river of gold.
Mrs. Peabody's
kitchen floor was
no mouldy, under
ground concern,
such as you some.
times see through
the iron rails of
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* AGRICULTURAL. X
NsEA1EN70XEzzAEAEAAGx7zA AGx7zA3z7iE0zzzk5HGN
Mixing of Squash and Melon

The probability of squashes and
muskmelons growing near together
becoming mixed or hybridized by
,ross pollination is infnitesimally
small, as they belong to different
genera, the squash being a cucut blta
and the muskmelon cucumis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
Vanity Of Youth.

N thing An eighteen-year-old girl
nl believe, and that is that her
was |j4st as good looking at
ke aee.l As a matter Of fact,
ices arc even that she was bet.
ag.-Atchison Globe.
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Ladder on Wheels.

I have often thought that bdder
like mine-call it a stepladd, E-on
wheels, should be in every orch@d Of
any importance. A man can m Ee it
around the outside Of tree anol get
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TO THE NlNETY.ANp.NINE.

For the one stray soul that must walk
apart.
Leave greatness and sadness and fame,
Perchance to die OF a broken heart,
That the world may remember its name
But We who are only the rank and file,
Whose fame is life-span long,
We may leave 70 earth the gift OF smile
As sweet rs the poets song.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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ventllating Z Farm Building.

Barns should have means of venti.
lation, but it should be ventilation
that can be controlled. One of the
best plans is by window in each
gable end of the building, up near the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
CURIOUS FACTS.

Laplanders drink smoked seawater.
The landcrabs of Cuba run with
great speed, even outstripping horse.
The wool on the back of sheep is
a shepherds barometer. The curlier
the wool the finer will be the weather.
Cannon are said to have been in use
as early az 1888, while artillery con
structed OF brass first appeared in
1885. =
A club is now being formed in Paris,
the members of which swear ever to
shake hands with any one unless wear.
ing gloves.
The Malay language is spoken by
more than 100000 PERSONS. 1t is
said to be easy to learn, as it has
almost no grammar.
A small packet of PEPPER was con-
sidered handsome present in the
Middle Ages, pepperfin those days
being very costly'eondiment.
Mummy photoa aaphs is the latest
form taken by, Ee French fad for
grewsomeness. TAe faces of pretty
women are placed on mummy cases.
fOmnibusesy were introduced into
Paris in 1920, and each was drawn by
tHtee horses. They we've introduced
ssinto London in 1929 BY shillaber, a
|. Henchman.
One OF the longest Lived birds on
record died recently in Ldedon. 1t
was parrot named Ducky, he prop
erty of the Prince of Wales, Apd was
said to be century and quar- Ter old.
The;gravestone over the buriaS place
Of John Foster, almanac makeF, in
,thebM burying ground at Dord fes-
teri Mass, bears the inscriptivo ION,
ssshiel was dictated byhimself: "Sk& III
n as ls. Cash ,, Y
g An pert las sAten to e1plain
that ff comes from a
diso Ied He argues from ]
81 taliS 'meditating pub.s
hould sbes careful Of
adHsfa foregh ghlarhabits.
Swennsson, tenacious
taS dIifting in q boat on the
liver, Kansass smoking a pipe.
S0a " entso over q Dam and cap
~ Eenns OF, kept HIS head above
water afi sirto shore, still smoking
his pipes
Being dared bya girl acquaintance,
William Grow, a young man of Louis.
vile, Kydived from the Big Four
bridge, ninety feet into the Ohio
River andwas uniniured. A week be-
fore Thomas H. Havey made the
plunge and was killed.
A New York man dreamed he was
attacked by burglars, and that lie de-
Tended himself valiantly, but received !
wounds from his assailants. He
awakened suddenly to discover that
be had badly slaahed himself with
knife, which he had seized while
asleep to defend himself with.
Complaints were made in Seattle,
Wash, recently that the fre-alarm
system OF the city was working very
badly. Investigation of the boxes
showed that ''ysllaw iacketsa had
,logged many.of them by deposits of
LAY, whiehhad hardened. The wasps
I'D crawl dthrongh the keyholes and
'uiIt fEs.PrOof houses.
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novshand economical met
lest royine,a large brick 5smok
vas Recently described in In
md III ION. The stack was 26G
,eiobt end twenty-one feet in
,er andk its removal was accomp
n ths b pllowing manner, The
vas ramS hYed from one side
,eight "a kabout three feet
yroHnd. m 1.-THE opening thu
slled with h ilt-up wooden bld
sween which Eere packe d tar, sa
md naraf;ne This material was
set on fire and caused the chimn!
crack and fall wlHthin space that
previously been m arkea On !ne eiJ
Not only wa, the d psS muol iess
II the brick had bel en 'efn u1Nn
there was also recov rea mucn III
al in good condition of iu'ufe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03

An extraordinary power of observa-
lion and q memory quite unlocked for
aave been observed by NJ. Semon in
the Eicheineis remora, a fish that
sometimes clings to vessels by means
If sucker on the head. Of the Aus
tralian coast many of these fishes were
seen seizing fragments OF crab that
oad been thrown overheard, and F
baited hook dropped into the wat
was at once taken. For the rest
the day none Of the fishes would
fragments or rthook. On othea
sions it was easy to capture one 8
men, but o second echeineis y
/ ot bite On the same day.
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.rt
The University of Michigan is to,
have new two-hundred- -thousand-dol.
lar general laboratory and science
building. The plan is to have it the
largest in the country and to combine
within it ten laboratories that are now
scattered about in cramped and insuf-
fcient quarters on the college campus,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03

IT has been found that an apparatus:
for killing animals with chloroform in
England would not work in India, be-
cause the high temperature prevented
the concentration of the chloroforn
vapbr. That this was the case was
proved by the fact that by placing
ice in the box the animals were readi.
ly killed. l..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03

Several vessels of the United
States Coast Survey are being fitted
,ut with special forms of observing
and recording apparatus, for the pur-,
pose Of determining accurately the,
deviation of the compass at sea. Fhe
great value of this kind OF work that
las been accomplished by the Survey
IN land lends particular interest to-
this latest undertaking; and as several
recent marine disasters have been at
;ributed to previously unsuspected
magnetic variation, the results to be
obtained will be awaited with eager
anticipation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03

Oh of the minor, but yet very conS
sider rable, demands for iron and steel
Of re cent origin, is that entailed by the I
use 6f metal tubing in mine shafts.
Most of the new pits now being sqnke
in England use q greater or less quanSll
:ity @f iron for this purpose, and thsss
use df iron in mines in this country
is al$o expanding. ~
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

The late discovery that aluminium
leaves o mark on moistened glass is
claimed to furnish sure test for the.
diamond. If the stroke with an alu-
minum point becomes glossy the
stone is paste.
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Only Turkish flags are allowed in
ConsHntinople. S
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THE obse, vations at the Magnetic
Obsef fvatory at Vienna have had to be-
discontinued on account of the elec-s
sFrlc tfamways and electric light wires:
Terrestrial Magnetism states thar the
lirec2o OF the observatory, Professor
Pernt' Ter, has submitted plan to the
Austrian Government for new OBJ
,ervaSory, to be situated some dis
;ance from Vienna, and to be provided
With instruments of the latest con-
,truction. .....
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A variety of feeds is more desirable
for hogs intended for breeders than
any one feed.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-03-03
500 Reward! 100.

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 is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in it's curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Ad-
dress, F. J. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 7sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-03-03

A prisoner, named Joe Eden, con
victed of assault to commit rape,
and under five years sentence, es.
capped from Deputy Sheriff Tim
'O'Connell of Lander county, last
Monday night near Reno, while be.
ing taken to Carson. He went To
the closet when about one mile east
of town and jumped through the
window. He is still at large and
as he has friends who are under Oh
legations TO him in this county.
Mason Valley might be good
place TO look for him. There is q
500 reward offered for his cap.
tnre.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-03-03

Ex-CoNsUL MACRUM is in Wash
ington prepared to prove his charges
that the British censor Mt Dnrham
in South Africa opened and detain.
ed official messages of the State De-
partment IT, MIN. He has in his
possession the official envelopes
with the p"stmarks Of the Washing
ton Office on them, containing also
the stamps If the British censor
and the evidence that they were
opened, detained and cl"sed by the
means Of sticking paper and after
wards forwarded t" him. This evil
dence il sufficient to damn any
American administration that will
not demand an explanation and
satisfaction National Workman.