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MAMMALS DEAR CHERUB.
He Deserved Spanking and Got q Stran
ger In Trouble.

People never get encouragement for do
ing the good Samaritan act in the inter
ests of the public, as the man decided who
offered to assist distracted woman and
ameliorate tile sufferings Of lot Of people
on a suburban. cur. ''.
The boy who howls was in evidence, the
ourled darling of his only own mother and
the terror of everybody else, and he had
kept the car In state Of wild excitement
and exhausted the patience Of everybody,
including his doting parent.
"Oh, If your father were only here!" she
had said for the f1ftieth time as she tried
yainly to restrain the bowling terror.
At that he stopped bowling long enough
to beat the air with his small shins, and
the woman on the other side of him re.
marked audibly that cage was the proper
place for savages like him.
"Johnny, DEAR" asked his mother,
"won't you be good boyP"
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny.
"Oh, wish your father were here to
give you a good trounoing this very min
ute!' she walled as she struggled with
him. ...
Then it was that the philanthropist Of
the company asserted himself. BE had
been trying in vain to read his morning
paper ever since he started from home.
"Allow Inc, madam" he said blandly.
~ am father myself, and will be happy
to chastise your oherub in behalf Of his abb
sent parent" 49,.
"Oh, no, you won't; not If know it!'
said Johnny's mother, rising In. her wrath
like tigress. "There amt that man liv'
ing are lay finger on that boy-his own
father or any other ugly old catamount
who thinks he knows 1t ALI" And she
shut off debate by going into the next car
and taking the sweet infant with her,
Chicago Times-Herald. ..
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FOOD FOR THE SICK.
How to Prepare and Serve 1t In
Tempting Way.

Tempting Way.
AS the patient begins to regain health
and strength more solid food Is given
milk or cream toast, soft boiled or
poached eggs, cereal mushes, stewe6 or
sometimes fresh fruits or well baked
potato. Great care must be taken not
to overtax the digestive organs. Re-
lapses are often caused by too much in
diligence Of the patients appetite at
this stage. One must advance slowly
and with great care. A broiled bird or
q piece Of rare beefsteak or chop may
be given when the patient is in sutti-
ciently advanced stage Of recovery.
Oysters are almost always allowed and
are both palatable and easily digested
If perfectly fresh and not too much
cooked. When they are overlooked,
the albumen becomes hardened, very
tough and difficult to digest. Cook
them only until the gills begin to curl.
Cream soups are valuable, as they are
nourishing and easily digested, but
they should not be boiled too long.
A great deal Of attention should be
paid to the serving Of food for a sick
person. The faint appetite Of illness
can best be coaxed by the daintiness OF
the food. Serve the food on tray with
a fresh, white cover and be careful not
to put so much on the tray as to crowd
It. Better to serve too little and let the
~,k;oo+ o,1- For ,nora fbon to pl1t S0
much on at one time that the sick one
is Immediately discouraged. A flower
or a little sprig Of green laid upon the
white tray cloth Is often an incentive
to the Indifferent appetite. but do not
attempt vase Of flowers unless 1t be
very small and dainty one. Have the
tray set with the prettiest china and
glass obtainable, without too much col
or, so as to weary the eye. If the china
is all Of a single pale tint, the effect
will be very dainty and pleasing to the
eye Of the patient. 1t must also be
small enough to accommodate the size
Of the tray. Never let the tray or re-
mains of food served stand In the sick
room after the patient has been fed.
Let all hot foods be served imme-
diately after they are prepared, and 1t
seems superfuous to mention that all
hot dishes must be hot and all cold
dishes equally cold. However, this Is
not always done. Sometimes both the
cold and hot dishes are allowed to
stand until they reach the same tenn
perature.
There are great many simple, dain-
ty desserts which may be served to the
invalids, especially those made with
eggs and gelatin. Ice cream Is often
given and is very nutritious and can be
digested by some very i'll patients, and
it Is almost always relished.
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heart, and you would scarcely connect
him with philanthropy. And this
child, girl of IL, was half starved.
There were tears in the eyes of the
nurse as she looked at the frail little
body. 1t was the old story. A man
with a big family. He wouldn't or
couldn't find work, and the result was
hunger and despair. 1t was a case Of
appendicitis, so severe that there was
only one chance in a hundred for life.
The little girl was on the operating
table for two honrs. And she is get
ting we'll. The child of a millionaire
could not buy better treatment than
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-02-05
Wheel Tracks.

According to the statement Of the
president Of the Missouri Good Roads
association, the people Of that state
spent 100000 during 1896 for road
Improvement, while it cost them just
$500, 900 for roads supervisors. In 9TH
er words, it cost the state $1,000, 900
during the year for $490,000 worth Of
road improvement.
In France there are $4,000 miles Of
first class roads built by the govern
ment, and about an equal number of
miles have been built by the different
departments, as well as thousands Of
miles built by smaller divisions From
the beginning Of the work to the end
there is q system, and responsibility is
assured.
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No prayer and no petition urged in
simple iaith and humble acqulsseDce
in Gods loving will can ever be in
vain. -
A true Christian will be courteous
charitable, selt.denyiug, 1--we b devot'
ed life, ready to suffer if need be, in
every great aud noble cause.
Piety and virtue are not only de-
lightiul for the pfesent, but they leave
peace aud conlentment tehlnd them
He who cannot control bis temper
and deal humbly and trulblully with
his neig hbOr might as well keep sileh,
III the prayer meeting.
We live in a world where be man
who would be successful in serving
himself must at The same lime be Oc
cupied III serving other
The most SUCCESSFUL Man that evel
liveu OIL earIh was til. poorest anC
humblesL He 'hau no wheIe u 10y
his head"
God pity the man who says "no" tt
Christ aud speaks for The last time
and then cum.- to The place where he
has no hope and is without God III The
world.
To have no help in temptation an6
no com tort in the hour of sorrow, anG
no support in the day of death woulC
indeed be all awful thing.
The essence of gambling is the bel
lish lust of getting something for no
thing; 1t is cUpirivance Tor taking
money away tlom another, and ap
peoprIaiiDg it 10 yourself, without
giving any equivalent for it.
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A Muddy Road.

One day this week, as teamster was
slowly working his way through the
quagmire commonly known as coun-
ty road between the Cummings hill
and Fossil, he espied hat in one
of the ruts in front of him. As the
headgear appeared to be in fairly good
condition he dismounted to pick it up.
As he raised the hat he was astonished
to hear voice coming from under it
exclaim: "Hold onl That's my hat"
As soon as he had gathered his breath
and wits the teamster asked. "What are
you doing down there?" Which brought
forth the reply: 'I'm in big luck to be
where am. There's horse underneath
me. Fossil (Or. Journal.
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Convict Labor on Roads.

Convict labor in road building Is be-
ing employed in Duval county, Fla,
and in North Carolina. In the latter
case 2111a cents per day per head is said
to cover the cost Of food, clothes, medi-
cal attendance and guards, as compared
with 2S cents per day for maintaining
the same prisoners in Jail The Duyal
Good Roads association Of Florida ad-
vocates the use Of short term conyicts
on such work and makes the claim that
they would in this manner pay back
some of the money expended upon them,
and they would also stand better
chance of being called back to an honest
life than if they were made to associ-
ate with more hardened criminals in q
prison.
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Nice For Nervous People.

A party Of Cam bridge professors on one
occasion undertook, for scientific object,
to penetrate into the depths Of Cornish
mine.
One Of the number relates the following
startling incident of his visit: On his
ascent in the ordinary manner, by means
of bucket and with miner for fellow
passenger, he perceived, as be thought, un-
mistakable symptoms of the frailty of the
rope.
"How often do you change your ropes,
my good man?" he inquired when about
half way from the bottom Of the awful
abyss.
1--WE change them every three months,
SIR" replied the man in the bucket, "and
we shall change this one tomorrow If we
get up safe today, sir. "-Pearson's Weekly.
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Good Roads object Lesson.

. ~ : y M & 4 Il.
Four or five years ago the town OF
Hampstead, Queens county, n. =, voted
to spend .s4O0, 900 in road improvements;
Farms at the time were worth from $50
to $50 an acre. They are now worth,
several hundred dollars an acre and re-
turn good interest for those who purr-
chased them at that price. This has
been such an object lesson to their
neighbors that ] understand something
like 1000, 900 will be spent this year
in other parts Of Queens county and
neighborhood in building good roads,
This may seem large amount Of mon.
ey to be spent for the purpose, but ow-
ing to the character Of the soil and ~ the
fact that good road material must be
brought the cost Of construction is high
er than it would be in most parts OF the
state. ..s-, ~. I'd Il ~
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BAD ROADS TO BLAME. !.
why the Farmers In the East Find Their
Business Improbable.

Why the Farmers In the East Find Their
Business Improbable.
A highly important feature Of the
highways question is the effect good OF
bad roads have upon the local markets
and their sources of supply, says the
New York Tribune. In all the cities and
large towns Of the state there is a de-
mand for farm products and for the
bulkier and heavier products, such as hay
and straw and grain.
In many cases the surrounding ooun-
try is quite capable Of supplying that
demand; in all cases it should do so az
far as possible; in most cases it does not.
Instead, supplies are brought in by rail
or canal from far away, perhaps from
other states; while at the same time,
within few miles Of the market thus
supplied, are farms that have been
abandoned o. not worth working and
others whose owners are in chronic dis
content and despair at the apparent i'm
possibility of getting profitable prices
for their crops. The big farms of the
west, they say, monopolize the markets,
and so farming here no longer pays.
Now, one prime secret Of the trouble
lies in the bad. roads, which keep the
producer and the consumer apart by
making it difficult, if not impossible,
for the farmers to get their produce to
market. The farmer 1000 miles away
can get his crops to market by rail on
canal more easily and more cheaply than
the farmer only ten miles away can haul
his in over roads that are so billy and
rough and miry that half ton is a
heavy load for a horse to draw at slow
footpace.
It is not that farms in the east are no
longer productive, nor that the eastern
market no longer offers fair prices. 1t
is that the roads between the farms and
the markets are so bad as to make ship
ment unp1oftable. Good roads through
out the farming regions adjacent to the
cities and towns would do more than
anything else to restore prosperity to
the farmers, enabling them to get their
goods to the best possible market easily,
promptly and oheaply. Good roads
would mean good farms, good markets,
good prices and good times for all con-
Oarned. ...-
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General Grant Favored Good Roads.

Nearly 20 years ago General Grant
in enumerating necessary lines of pub
lie improvements, named the public
schools and highways. Once, when be
and General Sheridan were in remi-
niscent mood, the old commander said
to Little Phil" speaking of the latter's
famous ride to the battle Of Cedar
Creek: "Sheridan, if that battle had
taken place after prolonged rain and
there had not been a good pike from
Winchester, you would never have been
promoted to the head Of the United
States army. You would not have reach
ed the battlefield to cheer your men,
and there would have been great de-
feat for the Union forces instead Of a
great victory. That would have left
Meade and Thomas a long distance
ahead of you in the line of promotion. I"
New York Tribune.
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How to Cure insomnia.

It is now q generally recognized fact
that one of the most prolific causes OF
insomnia Is overeating, that practice re-
sulting usually In a disturbed condi-
ton Of the digestive organs If in moth
ing more serious. The remedy IN such
cases is obvious enough. Cases are
common where insomnia Of q protract-
ed and stubborn nature has yielded to
a period of fasting. There are few
cases of sleeplessness, in fact, In which
q little dieting may not be tried with
good effect. Copious drinking OF cold
water just before retiring Is often
highly eficacious. Deep breathing kept
up as long as possible by will power Is
a generally recommended remedy for
occasional sleeplessness, the main aim
being to keep the mind from thinking.
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How to Make Vino Whey.

One pint of milk heated to 100 de-
grees F., one teaspoonful Of prepared
rennet and two tablespoonfuls Of wine.
Stir the rennet and the wine into the
milk quickly, 80 that the wine may not
curdle the milk in blotches. Let 1t
stand in a warm place ION the stove
hearth, for instance) for half an hour,
then separate the curd from the whey
by straining. The whey Is excellent
for children with delicate digestion
who need little stimulant 1t is very
good also as q drink for invalids at
any time.
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STUDENTS Du,ELS.
How the German University, Men Are
Padded For the Fight.


My friend had vanished into the dress.
ing room, and st first glance l entirely
failed to recognize him in the padded
monster that now staggered clumsily into
the room, supported on each side by his
second and sword bearer. The thick armor
of leather and wadding with which he was
bolstered entirely protected his body and
limbs. His neck was rigidly incased in o
high, thick collar of silk and whipcord,
and his eyes wero protected by iron gog-
giles as large as small teacups, from which
a strap passed round the ears to be buokled
at the back Of the head. His second was
somewhat similarly equipped, and IN ad-
dition wore a leather cap with strong
iron peak. The other principal presently
entered the room and took up his position
at one swords length from Zimmerman.
He was closely followed by the umpire or
unparteiischer. This parsonage was q
chronic medical student Of ten years
standing-a mass of genial rotundity,
with fat, amorphous face in which fea-
lures seemed superfuity. He was duly
qualified for his responsible position by
an unlimited capacity for beer and the
glorious fact that he had never passed. an
examination. Enthroned on an armchair
q little in front Of the other spectators, he
divided his time pretty equally between
huge mug Of Munchener and long pipe
of which the painted china bowl rested on
the ground. He now proclaimed "Silen-
tiuIn!'' and proceeded to announce the
duel. 1t was to last for 20 minutes, ex
Guiding all pauses, and rs usual to consist
of short bouts or :'gangs," with brief in.
tervals of rest between each. The swords
long, nasty looking blades, sharp as ra
zors and flexible as riding switches-were
carefully wiped with disinfecting lotion
and handed to the combatants. The Sec
onds took up their position behind and to
the left of their respective men, and gave
the word of command in the following ira
ditional form:
"Auf die Mensur bindet die Klingen!"
(Cross blades for the duelD .. ....,-
"Gebunden sindl' Crossed they areD
"LosP (GoD ..-~,.,'..
The swords clash together in the pre-
liminary stroke. Then ensues brief hail
storm of blows so rapid that the eye refuses
to follow them and retains only confused
impression of flashing steel and flying
sparks. The head of each combatant seems
to be enveloped in halo Of cleaning
points 1t is impossible to realize that
each of these lightning strokes is deliber-
ately and scientifically aimed and as de-
liberately and scientifically parried.-Pan
Mall Magazine.
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Keep the Road Dry.

F. A. Dunham, who has been prom
inently identified with the farfamed
system Of modern highways Of New
Jersey, at a meeting Of the Connecticut
Valley Highway association, stated
that poor material well put together
can be made to produce better results
than first class material carelessly put
together. Nothing is more fatal to du
rability than the drainage Of the road
bed, and more particularly the sub
drainage, which is often neglected. A
macadam road cannot be left to itself
after a completion, but needs constant
supervision.
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GOOD couNTRY RI DADS.
The Burden Of Their Cost Should 3.
Alike on All the People. sISss

The Burden Of Their Cost Should Re-
Alike ON All the People.
It has been estimated that 500, ,00O,s
900 tons Of farm produce are hailed to-
market annually in the United STATED
and that the cost Of marketing 1t IL 42
per ton, or just about 81, GOO, 900, COO.
This is not money paid out but is the;
value of the time spent by farmers with
their teams in marketing crops or whaS
these men and teams would have earned
if they had been hired for cash to- do
this amount Of hauling. The secretary
Of the farmers national congress and
the United States department Of agrisS
culture agree in estimating that sbout
60 per cent Of this vast amount, or
$500, 900, 600, would be saved each yest
If farmers were able to do this hanling::
over good roads. II;
This, then, is the amount m the an;
nual mud tax to which we have been
submitting, says the Cedar Rapids Ga. j
Gazette. Railroads. telegraphs andg
steamboat lines have been assisted by
the states and subsidized by the govern
ment, but nothing has been done for
the common country road. The farmers
alone have had to build country roads,
without assistance from the ciGea from;
wealthy corporations or from the state.
Every citizen will be, benefited By the
construction Of good roads, directly and
Indirectly; and every taxpayer ahouldi
contribute his share to their cost. No
wonder the farmer opposes the good
roads movement, If he alone is to stand
the expense. He has rightly suggested
that he should be assisted through the
medium of state road tax, under q sys-;;
tenn Of state aid, as now employed IN
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachu-
noffa = - 81 ~ ,. - 49, ~ a.
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in an instant. He knew what to do
and how to do it. He tore off few of
his rags, leaped into the icy water,
grasped the child, and a moment later
placed the precious burden in her
mothers arms. He wouldn't wait for
thanks, or for dry clothing, or for
money. "lt amt worth making fuss
oAer'. he said. "Men don't do those
things for pay" And he disappeared.
Another incident. A child was TAX
en- to the home Of one of Cincinnatti's
great physicians. He Is busy man
and prosperous. If you would talk to
him he would carefully conceal his
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this penniless little one receives. She
has attention and kindness and SYM
pathy. She has good food in abun.
dance, and she lies on her cot and
sings for hours because of the happi-
uess that is in her.,
In the breast of every human being
there is divine spark that. is un-
quenchable, and it always operates for
good. 1t is greater then abversity,
grerter than prosperity. It shone like
a dinmond in the life of the outcast,
and its luster Is no less bright in the
life of the prosperous man of the world.
CINCINNATI Post.
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Manhood That Does Not Die.

The other day tramp, one of the
worst of his kindwas walking along the
streets of a Connecticut town. Dogs
barked at this human wreck. Indeed,
he looked more like beast than man.
He wasn't even clean, and was 40 low
down in the scale of life that when a
stone was hurled at him be did not re-
sent it. Then there was cry from
somewhere, a woman was seen weep
ing and wringing her hands. Her lit
tie girl had fallen into a canal and was
drowning. The tramp became a man
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!. HIGHWAY. 5! !c,oNsTRglcc.Tt!o: Rgl 3 4: 9.

The Employment OF, Free LabpS eases the.
s Best Resu1ts. Il
| Commenting on the employ ylnsnt q q
convicts on the public highways the
New Orleans Times. Democrat points
out that the best results have bean OBJ
tanned in road building when the bent
free labor only has been employed =
says:
Road construction is q science re-i
quiring q more careful study Of the sub,l
ject. than is generally imagined y The
prevalent idea that any one can build e
good road will not hold good The
matter requires study, care and thor
ough knowledge Of the soil and country
through which the road lis to be built
The department Of agriculture has Late
ly been doing good work by laying be-
fore the people exactly what is neces-
sary in road construction. 4
The employment Of conyicts in road
construction is very popular just noW,I
as Offering simultaneously q solutimm
the two. troublesome problems OF what
to do with our prison population and
how to improve our highways. In view
Of the fact that the conyicts Ia New
York, Indiana and other states are kept
idle, as the law,makes no provision for
their support, it is well that Louisiana
should take some steps to utilize hers
when it has them on its 1hands and
road construction seems an ideal em-
ployment for them.
On the other hand, the experience G
those states which; have been most suc-l
cessful with their roads is that only
the best labor (and convict labor Is NOT
the best) should be employed III their
construction and maintenance. No state
which has made any material improve
ment with its highways has employed
convict labor, and no state which has
employed that kind OF labor has secured
much improvement in it's roads The
best results have been accomplished BY
road taxes and the giving out Of cons
tracts. .3}g q y ~ &
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Wednesday, Feb. S, 1902.
Re.AppOinted.

Post Master Robert g. Link has been appoint
ed Pos: Master at Abbeville, and he may no"
feel safe In the Office for four years TO come
would be hard to lind. He gives universe
satisfaction In the conduct OF the office, ane
We believe all patrons of The office are pleased
Mr.. Link is most acceptaoly assisted IN w
office by Miss Jusie Lyon ard Master Eao''
Roche.
1t time for another outbreak against Nc
Laurin. He has given us q good postmaste
and Of course the Senator must nave tof
much Influence with the President u he cal
get 40 good a pOstmalier at Abbeville. Nc
Laurin will have TO be lynched. There Is NJ
other way out Of II.