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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-03

Poison Ivy or oak is Instantly relieved, and
speedily cured by mentholatum which you
will find In opal jars for 25cts at Speed Drug
Co.
Roup In chickens Is positively cured by
mentholatum at Speed Drug Go,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-03

~ Local train Tor Atlanta and all intermediate
points. Leaves Abbevie daily 3 22pm Ar AtlsDts
7aIn.
50 Local train for Clinton and all intermediate
points. Leaves Abbeville daily 10 O6 pm, Ar Clin.
ton 85pm.
N0ts.-tDaily Except Sunday.
Dining cars between New York AMI Richmond
and Hamlet and st. Augustine on Trains Nos. 81
and a..
tCentrsl time. aEastern time.
GEO. Mop. BATE, T.P.A..
Columbia, 8. c.
V. f. McBEE, K. E. L BUNCH,
Gen. Superintendent, Gen. Pas. Agt.
Portsmouth, Va.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-03

Milford Is up.to-date on school book .
when In need OF anything in that line ca
and see him. Phone I07.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-04-03
HOW ROADS OUGHT TO BE WORKED.

The roadbed shall not be less than 16 nor
more than 20 feet wide, exclusive of ditches,
county board OF commissioners. 1t shall be
| the duty OF each aud every overseer to work
the roads under his charge thoroughly as he
goes. arching the same to the centre, with
drain on each side to convey the water, and
| when necessary to protect such drains from
washing by placing in stone, gravel or other
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

more or less than seventeen elephants,
and 1t puzzled these three heirs how to
divide the property according to the
terms Of the will without chopping up
seventeen elephants, and thereby seri-
ously impair their value. Finally they
applied to a wise neighbor, Suen-punk.
for advice. Suen-punk had an elephant
of his own. He drove it into the yard
with the seventeen, and said:
Now, we will suppose your father
left these eighteen elephants. Fuen.
huen, take your half and depart"
So Fuen-huen took nine elephants
and went his way.
Now, Nu-pin," said the wise man,
'take your third and CO."
So Nu-pin took six elephants and
Travelled.
Now, Ding-bat," said the wise man,
take your ninth and be gone"
So Ding-bat took two elephants and
vamoosed. Then Suen-punk took his
own elephant and drove him home
again.
Query-Was the property divided ac-
cording to the terms of the will l?-Se-
lected.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Corn for the Sill,


There is a popular notion that the
ensilaging of corn adds sonething to
its value which is not contained in the
original material. This notion is wrong
and the greater the feed value of the
product put into the silo the greater
will be the value of the ensilage. Corn
should be planted for the silo but lite
II any thicker on the ground than it
should be planted where the object is
to produce grain. Corn is distinctively
sun plant. and if it is so thickly seed
ed that the SIN cannot reach all parts
of the growing plant there is produced
a product which is lacking in digesti-
bility and which is not relished by
farm stock.
A few years ago some experiments
were conducted by the Cornell expert
ment station, the object being to de-
termine what method of planting corn
produced greatest food value. Certain
plats were drilled in thickly so that no
ears would develop, other plats were
planted with the rows 40 inches apart
and with the plants close together in
the row, and other plats were planted
in hills from 3 to 31a feet apart. While
a larger quantity Of produce was OBJ
tained per acre where the corn was
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
How to Make a crossbsw,

Every boy has at some period in his
life had mania for shooting. Wheth-
er his father will give him rifle or
an airgun matters but little, for shoot
he must and shoot he will, whether it
be with an expensive Winchester rifle
or with the meanest slingshot. When
this period comes on boy let him
go into his workshop and make a cross
bow and he will be amply repaid for
his labor.
First, from piece of straight half
inch or inch pine, about thirty inches
long, cut out the stock S, as shown in
figure 1. If he is to use bow of UNI
brella ribs as his power the barrel
should be about sixteen inches long;
If rubber band is to be used it may
be quite little longer. Also with the
bowgun a projection P, figure /, should
be left about two inches from the end
of the barrel. For the trigger arrange
ment the slot Fl should be cut near
the hind end Of the barrel, and a wire
trigger formed and arranged as shown,
SO that when the trigger I is pulled
back the point of wire which projects
up into the groove cut the length of
the barrel is pulled down into or to-
ward the hole II.
The bow, if a bow is used, is formed
of three or four umbrella arms or ribs
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Down a Mountain slope.

The descent from the easiest pass
across the Blue Ridge mountains there
abouts, known as Smokers gap, to the
Shenandoah river, is long and steady.
At regular intervals a little elevation
of solid earth, also known as brake,
has been banked up across the road
to keep it from being washed away by
the heavy rains. A ferry, propelled by
the river current, carries the stage
coach across the Shenandoah, which
flows at the foot of the mountain.
One day the coach, well loaded with
passengers and their baggage, had at
tanned fair speed when an accident to
the harness occurred. The driver could
not turn the vehicle 10 against the high
banks on either side 7..ithout upsetting
it and perhaps manning it's occupants.
There was nothing to do but to ''keep
the horses on their feet and guide
them"
Every time he reached one of the
mounds across the road he had to exer
else the greatest skill in steering over
it squarely, but by GOODNESS and pre-
sence of mind he brought his load safe
ly, although at tremendous speed,
down the mountain. From long expe-
rience he knew where it WIS possible
to drive into the river without getting
beyond his depth, and, as he boldly
plunged his team into the stream an
effective brake upon its speed began to
operate. It soon came to standstill
and the terror-stricken passengers
drew long breath once more. Row
boats came out after them, the harness
and brakes were repaired and the
journey resumed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
CASE OF MIND CURE.

Imaginary Trouble Removed by an
Exercise of Imagination.
Nothing is stranger than the way in
which the body and mind may become
dominated by what is called a fixed
idea,' said physician of this city who
makes a specially of diseases of the
nerves. "What reminded me of the
subject" he went on, was a very curl
Gus case that came to my attention not
a great while ago. A 12-year-old boy,
the son of very respectable family in
moderate circumstances, who live ON
the lower side of Canal street, had
slight attack of infammatory rheuma-
tism last winter, and upon recovery,
some months later, found himself un
able to stra :ghten his right arm. 1t was
bent in such position that the back
of the hand almost touched the shoul-
der, and while there was no particular
soreness about it, the boy simply insist
ed that he could not move the elbow
and hold the limb straight. l saw no
reason why there should be any such
result from his slight rheumatic attack,
and was persuaded from the outset that
the boy, while no doubt perfectly hon
est, was simply victim of self-decep
ton. During his illness he had proba-
bly, found the arm more comforta bic
when bent, and gradually his mind had
become dominated by the fixed idea
that it was impossible for him to extend
it. In such cases it is useless to argue
with the patient, but frequently some
lucky accident will dissipate the illu-
sion.
Zone day last fall dropped in to see
the boy. and while 1 was in the house
an old negro auntie remarked in his
hearing that somebody done put
charm on dat arm, and that she knew
how to take it off, How would you
do it?' replied. I'D use a red charm
stone have at home she said; I rub
it on his shoulder an dat arm straight
en- out shorev could see the boy was
deeply impressed, and 1 gave the old
woman quarter and told her to be
around with the charm stone next af-
ternoon. 1 was on hand myself before
the appointed hour, and told the child,
with great show of telling him in
confidence, that l rather expected the
charm was going to cure him. The
magic stone turned out to be piece of
common red flint, but after the old
auntie had mumbled several incanta-
tions, rubbed his shoulder vigorously,
and worked him into a state of high
excitement, l took his wrist and sud
denly pulled the limb straight Why,
she's done it, sure enough!' 1 shouted,
working the elbow vigorously before he
had time to object; try it yourself!
Your arm is as good as ever!' He moved
it, cautiously at first, and then more
freely, and finally declared he was all
right. The last time saw him he was
perfectly sound.
ut was merely case of mind cure
that was all. AS the trouble was i'm
aginary in the first place, little imag-
ination was needed to remove it. The
old darky, by the way, got all the cred
it, and she built up considerable Glen
tele ON the strength of the episode y
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Poor Butter Versus Ru.terine.


Farmers, their wives, sons and daugh-
ters and those helpers on the farms
must decide whether butterine shall
have the preference to butter on the
tables of citizens of cities. Butterine
now has the preference to much of the
butter which is put on the market.
A good, even quality of butter can
be produced on every farm every week
in the year if pains be taken with the
cows, the feed. the milking, the milk,
the cream, the churn, the churning and
keeping the butter after it is churned.
Much of the spoiled butter is spoiled
after churning by being placed where
it can take up the odors from vegeta-
bles. meats or the tobacco smoke from
the pipes of men who sit and smoke
their tobacco in the kitchen while the
crock of butter sits in the pantry or
cupboard near by.-H. W. Phelps.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

1t is desirable that the ripening of
cream either naturally or artiicially
should be at temperature not exceed
ing Go degrees, and after the ripening
has been completed-that is. when the
Tactic acid has been well developed-it
should be reduced still lower before
churning, say not to be above 80 de-
grees, and some of the best butter has
been made at Al degrees. Cheese also
ripens best at low temperature. The
experiment stations have said that
cheese ripened at 65 degrees was bet
ter than that which was allowed to
stand in a higher temperature and that
ripened at SO degrees was much supe-
rior to that at 65 degrees.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Serving the Birds.

Cook Ito young mistress who has re-
ceived present of some game)-And
please, m. do you like the birds Ugh? :.
Mistress puzzled)-The BIRDS eye?
Cook-What l mean, mum, is, some
prefers the birds stale.
Mistress more puzz,ed-The tail?
decides not to seem ignorant.) Send
up the bird, pleased, cook, with the eyes
and the tai1!-London Punch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Growing Table Beets.

Upon a sandy loan land which had
been for ten years heavily manured and
cropped with table beets and celery, it
was found by the New Jersey station
that the use Of nitrate of soda in
amounts varying from four hundred
to seven hundred pounds per acre, in
three equal applications, fastened the
maturing of the crop. At the first pull
ing and making of two-pound punches,
there was 63 per cent. more on nitrated
plots than on those without the nitrate.
At a secold pulling, -four days later.
the uitrated plots gave 135 per cent
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Bail By Ear.

Prof. Stagg, the famous gymnasium
instructor and baseball coach of the
University of Chicago, has new way
to train the eyesight of ball players.
Boys who read this will do well to try
it.
In fielding practice Prof. Stagg has
his men turn their back to the batsmen
until they hear the ball struck. 1t takes
lively work to turn and locate the ball
in time to catch it. This greatly in
creases the quickness of the players,
and every boy knows that to be quick
is one of the first necessities to being
good ball player.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Notes for Peekeepers. q.

Drones do not live so long as work
erS.
Bees can endure dry cold, but not
dampness.
Good vinegar may be made from
honey.
More bees are lost in wintering than
by disease
Lack Of ventilation Is the cause Of
dampness in many hives.
Combs cost the bees about ten pounds
of honey for every pound of comb.
The life of the bee depends on the
work it does. When 1t labors most
To secure the best results In bee
keeping good movable hives should be
used.
its life is shortest.
1t is a serious mis- AXE to let colony
of bees become overstocked with
drones.
Guides for the brood frames and
boxes need not be more than an inch
in width.
Bees should not be moved during the
winter, nor should they be disturbed
or molested in any way.
All empty frames of combs should he
well taken care of during the winter
when not in use.
The worst enemy to empty combs in
winter is mice; if allowed access to
them they will destroy them.
Successful wintering of bees depends
to great extent on the right kind of
fall management
If colonies are found short of pro-
visions during the winter they may be
supplied with food in the shape Of
candy.
The entrance to the hives should be
contracted during the winter. Three
inches long and three-eighths wide is
sufficient.
Bees seldom, if ever, take fly while
there is much snow on the ground. II
they are in proper condition they will
not fly at all.-St. Louis Republic.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

The Belgian hare craze reminds me
of the carp craze Of twenty years ago,
when every man with a pond could
raise his own meat. But where are the
carp and the carp ponds now? Gone
glimmering. A hundred farmers in the
country where live had carp ponds.
There is not carp pond here now. and
the carp is execrated, cussed. Three
years ago more than 400 persons in the
country kept Belgian hares. Now not
half dozen keep them, and those who
did keep them could not be persuaded
to try them again. 1 write this as mat
ter of history. When foolish hare
breeders tell about the hares being bet
ter and more profitable than fowls,
they are digging their own financial
graves. The people can be fooled some
of the time, but not all the time.-J. H.
Davis, in Practical Poultryman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

"They are poor, you say, and Mr.. How.
ard is music teacher. Monsieur Du-
pres has just left me, and who knows but
papa can get Mr.. Howard to fill his
place."
When the subject was referred to her
father he said that he had liked the ap-
pearance of Mr.. Howard, and would, if
possible, find him on the morrow and en-
gage his services. The next morning the
sky was dark with angry clouds, from
which the rain was steadily falling. All
thoughts Of Mr.. Howard were given up
for that day, and as every moment Of
Mr.. Selden's time was employed for sew
eral successive ones, it was nearly a
week after Georges arrival before any
inquiries were made for the family. The
hotel at which they had stopped was then
found, but Mr.. Selden was told that the
persons whom he was seeking had left
the day before for one of the inland
towns, though which one he could not as
certain
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Excess of Women in Norway.

In consequence of emigration there is
a greater preponderance of women in
Norway than in almost any other coun-
try in Europe. The census of 1891
showed that there was an excess of
women over men of almost 10000,
while in 1876 this excess amounted to
only $4,000.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

drilled in thickly, yet it contained a
higher per cent of moisture and was de-
ficient in protein and in fat.
While the money value of the broad
casted corn is not very different from
the value Of that grown on the other
plat, this estimate does not take into
account the digestibility of the various
products.-Country Gentleman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

Because man is working for wages
on farm or anywhere else it is not
necessary to make him feel that he is
menial or a mere machine to be
wound up every day to run for so many
hours. l never worked as a farm
hand, but during some ten years or
more in business houses in the city l
only had one employer who gave me
to understand that 1 was nothing but
a machine to run ten hours a day. l
only stayed with him year; another
year would have killed me. Every
man in whose employ 1 was, this one
excepted, made me feel that 1 had
some responsibility outside of the gen.
eral routine of my work. These men
would discuss methods and ask advice,
and it was no unusual thing for me to
be left in full charge of the business
for weeks, and ir one instance several
months. In every day 1 was made to
feel that the success of the business
somewhat depended upon me. l was
not only to do a certain amount of
work, but was expected to have eyes
anu SdIo OpCn anu DS SNtl Ou lllS dleIl
to further the interests of the firm, and
that l succeeded in so doing is one of
the happy memories of life.
If our farmer community would ele-
tate the position of the farmland by
the same kind of treatment that the
successful business man of to-day en-
ploys toward those in his service there
I, q
the field, brainy, thinking, seeing
man about the farm in place of the
careless. shiftless. ne'er-do-well farm
hand of bygone days.-New York Trib-
une.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

According to the report of the United
States Commission of Agriculture. New
York State consumes as many eggs as
England, both disposing of $1S,00O,-
900 worth of hen fruit annually. The
United States yearly consumes $780,
100000 worth of eggs and poultry.
Canada exports $3O,OOO,O00 worth of
eggs annually. The egg industry is
worth $15O,OOO,000 more than all the
dairy products of this nation. The
poultry products of this country aggre-
gate more in year than any single
crop. OF all the country's industries
the poultry industry is most generally
pursued. Last year the poultry earn
ings of the United States amounted to
over $300,O00,0OO, being a greater value
by $52,000,O0O than our entire wheat
crop, $105,000,000 greater than our
swine brought us, $30000,0O0 more
than our cotton crop. more than three
times as great as all the interest paid
on mortgages during the year, $112,-
0OO,00O more than we spend for schools,
and yet there are people who think the
hen "small potatoes"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Horses Comm. Back.

Horses are again coming back in the
harness. "A big concern in Chicago
which invested heavily in all kinds of
horseless vehicles to do their transpor-
tation have abandoned them and gone
back to the horse. What with keeping
them in repair and the charges for
electricity, they found that the new
method cost twice as much as the old
method
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

more punches, and at third pulling,
three days later, there was 171a per
cent more, after which they produced
about equal amounts. The greatest
gain per acre by use of nitrate was
where they used seven hundred pounds
per acre. $27.1O more than where nj
trate was not used. This was due to
the higher price obtained for the earlier
pullings, and amounted to about So for
every dollar the nitrate cost.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Marke ting Farm Products, :,

Selling grain and hay from the farm
in bulk reduces the profit in two ways.
1t is expensive to handle and haul
and it takes away elements of fertility
that should be saved and returned to
the SOIL Feed hogs, sheep and cattle
and so market your product in the
most condensed form and in the easi-
est way, on the hoof. and keep up the
land while you are cropping it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14

The poet Campbell found that .Com-
ing events cast their shadows before
and "'Tis distance lends enchantment
to the yiew."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Charming New p,aytbirs.


| Our modern toys are as ingenious as
they are varied and pretty, but the
young people of Europe and America
have no monopoly in this regard, says
the Youths Companion. For centuries
the children of the far East have de-
lighted themselves with the very queer
and interesting contrivances known as
expanding water toys.
They come in small wooden boxes
similar to the little paint boxes that
are SO well known, and they look like
dirty shavings, broken matches and
dilapidated toothpicks. But throw one
of them into water, and the ingenious
little toy at once shows itself to be
something more than bit of stick.
The wood has been kiln-dried, and as
soon as it touches the water it begins
to absorb the same and to expand al
most indefinitely.
AS it increases in size it separates
and suddenly opens and becomes a
very pretty toy. One stick changes in
to a flower pot containing rose bush
in full bloom, another becomes a fat
mandarin carrying an umbrella, third
sea serpent ferocious in its tiny di-
mensions. A whale. tiger and a lady
of fashion taking her daily promenade
are all represented.
The figures are colored and present
an astonishing variety in design and
treatment.
How they are made and compressed
is one of those trade secrets which are
kept inviolate by the guild which
makes a livelihood by their manufac-
ture.
On rare occasions it is possible to get
larger and more artistic figures, histor-
ical characters and portraits of great
monarchs, poets and teachers, dwarfed
trees and tiny houses whose doors and
windows are full of inmates.
The ordinary kind cost mere song
but the finer qualities are often very
expensive. Expensive or cheap. they
have for long years given pleasure to
the children Of Kyoto and Canton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-14
Elehhant Prob.enn

A Chinaman died, leaving his prop
erty by will to his three sons as fol-
lows:
'.To Fuen-huen, the Oldest, one-half
thereof; to Nupin, one-third, and to
Ding-bat, his youngest, one-ninth there
Of
When the property was inventoried
it was found to consist of nothing