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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Tie Sting OF Conscience.

II an Ohio town saloonkeeper was seen
hv friend walking hack and forth before
his saloon as if in deep thought. The
friend asked hin what was the matter. He
answered:
ooh, nothing"
The next day the friend saw him walking
the same way. anG a-aia asked him what
was the matter
"Have the crusaders been after you"
':No, but I have received postal si2ned
by three ladies. The husband of the first
is one Of my customers, and il rapidly BE-
coming Gr:nkard. A son of the second
is one of my customers, and is lust starting
in oa dru1kard's course. The husband
of the third was one Of nv customers and
died a drunkard. 1t cuts close, and can't
stand it,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
The Day of Small Farms.

Except in the Far West the tendency
Is toward the small farms, and 1t Is
certainly q step in the right direction.
In the East the majority of farms are
under 100 acres. and in many sections
more money is being made from thirty
acres than 100. Particularly Is this the
case where the farms are located near
cities or large towns. This same state
Of affairs will gradually come about in
the West as the population increases.
If one has large numbers of cows and
horses so that there is an abundance OF
fertilizer and plenty Of help to handle
crops which can be sold at a profit,
there is doubtless profit in the large
farm. but where it comes to the choice
between using the fertilizer for hfty
acres that Is none too much for twenty
acres. common sense teaches as that 1t
would be best to put the fertilizer and
labor on the smaller area, even though
the rest of the farm stood idle. Around
some of the great cities Of the country
are truckers farms, or, rather, gardens,
where the land value Is high, on which
are raised crops Of greater value to the
acre than are raised on ten acres OF
some of the large farms in the country.
These plots are evidences of what can
be done under the intensive system OF
farming. which Is based on the princ1'
pie of O small area we'll titled. II one
is located near good markets 1t will
certainly pay him to look into the SUBJ
ject of concentrating his energies on q
small area.-Indianapolis News.
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of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.
These balsas are made Of grass. an
aquatic plant, growing in the waters OF
the lake. The principle on which they
are constructed by the Aymaras In
dians proves their ingenuity. A bale of
hay naturally floats in the water, and
according to the quantity OF dried
grass used in constructing the boat DO
they control the displa cement or carry
ing capacity. These boats are likewise
fitted with mast and SAIL and in some
instances carry from eight to ten per-
sons. The Indians travel long dis
tances over this vast inland lake, the
surface of which Is on level with the
summit of the Jung Frau of the Swiss
Alps.-E. C. Rost in Scientific Ameri-
can.
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leave hollow space comprising about
one-third Of the width Of the block.
At diagonally opposite corners there
are projecting portions which comprise
a continuation Of each of the faces Of
the block. The method of laying these
bricks, as shown in the cut, is said to
increase the strength of the wall, and
the hollow construction results in q
very great decrease in the weight.
The inventor says that this form of
block Is capable Of number of varia.
tions, and the simplest design Is the
one which is shown in the cut. It is
also proposed to make the blocks with
a single extension instead of the double
and for the purpose of making q verv
close joint it Is further proposed to
supply them with recesses which will
register at the abutting surfaces, 80
that after the block has been laid in ito
place in close contact with its neighbor
the mortar or cement can be put into
the recess made and the pieces held
firmly together.
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Green Food For Pigs.

No one Is in position to grow pigs
with profit unless he can provide pas
ture or green forage Of some kind for
his animals. They need this from
spring to autumn, and then they go
to grain for finishing. In this connec.
ton the following experiment Is inter-
esting-the idea being to see whether
a portion Of the grass or fbrous food
fed In conjunction with corn meal was
not more healthful and. profitable than
the meal without any other admixture.
Taking litter of six pigs, five weeks
old, it was divided into two lots as
nearly equal in weight and thrift as
possible.
One lot was kept in pen and fed
upon corn meal soaked in water twelve
hours. The other lot was kept In
pen alongside and fed upon green
clover, cut short, and mixed with corn
meal. At first only one quart of this
cut clover was fed each pig, with all
the meal they would eat. This meal
being mixed with clover, the particles
were separated, and when eaten went
to the stomach In spongy condition,
80 that the gastric juice could pene-
trate the mass, as water does sponge.
This juice being able to come in con-
tact with all the food very quickly,
digestion is soon accomplished.
This lot of pigs. with the clover and
meal, were always lively. always ready
for their food, while the other lot, with
meal alone, ate greedily for a time,
then became dainty for few days,
showing q feverish state Of the sys-
tenn, contenting themselves for a few
meals with water. until, by fasting,
they got over their indisposition, and
went on feeding again. This was re-
peated many times during the FIVE
months that the experiment lasted.
At the end Of the time the two lots
were weighed.
The lot fed on meal alone scaled $50
pounds each, the other lot 21O pounds
each. or forty per cent. more for being
treated as grass-eating animals. Each
lot consumed the same amount Of meal.
The clover in this case was given IN
small quantity, and intended merely to
act as a divlder for the meal. The
amount never exceeded two quarts OF
cut clover at a meal.-AmerlcaH Gull
tiyator.
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Wine II q Mocker.

It is a well-known fact that when alco-
hol enters the body, one of the first or
gans to feel its influence is the organ Of
the mind. the brain. The perceptive facul-
ty is beclouded, the reason is dethroned,
aud the moderate drinker never knows
the exact mon ent when the scepter passes
into the hand of the arch.deceiver. In
fact. such is the Elusive nature of strong
drink that the driuker often imagines that
a proper and legitimate use of the same
stimulates and sharpens the intellect. We
find among friends aud supporters of the
liquor traffic very few total abstainers.
The moderate driaker on the other hand
is found characteriz:ag liquor as neces-
sary evil and apo!ogizine for the saloon as
the poor mans club, which goes to prove
that even temperate use. of intoxi-
c;es AID dangerous fallacies in the mind of
even a good lawyer, an able editor or an
eminent clergynan.-Unioa Signal.
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Our first view Of Manila as We steam
on a small launch up the Pasig River
to the landing stage discloses a pauo-
ramic assortment of shipping not
equaled for strange and Interesting
features anywhere. At times TINS
narrow river with its always rapid
current is so completely jammed or
choked with shipping that navigation
is attended with great danger.
Here We find the huge. heavy cassoes
In which merchandise and freight OF
all descriptions are transported from
the large steamer anchored in the bay
to the wharf. These casgoes are of
wood, about the size of an American
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b have a small tin can fastened direct
under the roof of these boats; into
bis the passenger dropped copper
bin. Shortly after the arrival of the
oops the discovery was made that
britain persons. instead OF dropping a
bpper coin into the can, would drop a
nall stone, or nail. etc. 1t was the
production Of this latter custom
hich at once caused the native boat
len to adopt the American method of
ffecting fares. In the river here we
e many canoes or dusouts passing
ok and forth: these are made by the
= tives from solid logs. which are dug
t, and they are impelled with pad
8. 1t is interesting to watch the ma
les pass up or down. with or against
swift current, in these small craft
hen with all sorts Of goods. produce
getables fruits, grass for fodder
had the good fortune to.travel south
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Loco Weed.

A bane to stock-raisers is an limo.
cent-looking plant which botanists
know as astragalus, a bunchy. herb a
foot or two high, with grayish-green
foliage and spikes of narrow, pea-llke
flowers. There are numerous species
in the world, and of those native to the
United States the great majority are
found in the region between the Mis-
slssippi and the Pacific, where they are
held in about as bad repute as q horse
thief, because Of the strange effect ex-
erted by some species upon horses and
cattle that eat them. Some principe
resident in the plant attacks the brain
of the animal and produces a sort OF
insanity. Gradually the horse or cow
loses flesh, strength and intelligence
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anced rock. The monolith, they say,
has grown larger eacL year, as the
Great Spirit has been more pleased
with the Sheepeaters. The enemies of
the tribe, the Indians declare, were
placed underneath the top rock. and
there has been no trouble since. AS
matter of fact. the monument-which
is of a granite-like hardness-has been
formed by the gradual wearing away
Of the softer rock formation surround
ing it. A more striking natural monu-
ment it would be difficult to find any
where in the worldwide World Mag
aZine
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QUEER CRAFT SEEN ON MY TRAVELS
IN The PHILIPPINES, CHINA
AND SOUTH AMERICA.

place had been burned by the natives.
The island is famous as being the
greatest sugar exporting centre in the
archipelago. Here are used the double
outrigger ferryboats which are one Of
the strangest sights in our far-off pos
sessions. These boats are made of
huge logs. also dug out or burnt out.
They are fitted with masts and carry
from two to four sails. On either side
is bamboo outrigger which distin-
suishes them from outrigger boats in
other parts of the Pacific. where only
enc outrigger is used. Bamboo being
hollow, intersected by many partitions
running crosswise. is practically tube
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ASouT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.
Pertinent Advice to Young Men-LesaonS
Drawn From the Failure of Many Bril-
liant Men to Attain the Positions TO
which Their Talents Eprttle Them.


Drawn From the Failure of Many Bril-
liant Men to Attain the Positions TO
Which Their Talents Entitle Them.
Some time ago, in prominent social
cub in an adjoining city, attended dis
tinguished gathering in celebration OF the
twenty fifth anniversary of a political
event During the evening a very well
known United States Senator, being called
iniscences of the time when this political
event had taken place. He recalled the
men who with himself had entered public
life shortly before that time-men of bril-
liant talents and high education. some OF
whom had been classmates with him IN
college, many of whom were members OF
distinguished families, who began with
high prospects and noble ambitions, and
then he said, almost al these men are
dead. and the majority of them died OF
drink" The remark was made in COM
pany of men who had been drinking: ana
some of whom were drinking in the inter-
walls of the talk. There were hundred
wine glasses around him, and unless my
memory is at fault, the Senator had a.
wine glass before him, if not in his hand,
when he said it, but it seemed to me that
I had never heard so strong temperance
lecture as that. These young men were the
flower of the community, the highest and
the best according to all our standards Of
selection, fit to join in society and public
life. fit to be useful for their fellow man
and their country. and with sincere plr-
pose to make the best of their opportunity
and of themselves-and the majority had
died of drink. Not one of them had ever
contemplated or dreamed of such a thing
when they began their career. Probably If
such an ending had been held up before
them they would have shrunk from it with
the utmost horror. Every one of them
would have resented with indignation the
suggestion that such an end could possibly
come to his career. But there was the aw.
full fact. the majority of them had died OF
drink The lights had gone out, the dia-
monds had turned. to ashes, the usefulness
to waste, the brilliant careers to disgrace,
the hopes of themselves and their friends
had been DESTROYED, the talents and the
education, the ability and the strength and
the manhood had been overthrown,
quenched in everlasting darkness. and bur-
led out of sight. The majority of them had
died of drink. 1t was not what they cx-
pected; it was not what they wished: it
was not what they deemed possible. But
this insidious foe had deceived them, and
the saying of the wise man comes back
with an awful significance. 'Wtosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise. BY Hon,
John I. Platt. o.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
AFoe to Missions Everywhere.

The Rev. Dr.. Brown. Secretary Of For
eisn Missions of the Presbyterian Church,
says:
'In my travels in foreign fields learned
that not only the customs Of the people
hinder missionary activities, but I found
the slime Of the pit as represented in the
American saloon, Lad been transferred to
those fields.
"There is brewery in Jerusalem. I,
"There is distillery on Mt. Lebanon.
There are American saloons in Danas-
Gus"
The saloon is the church's greatest foe
in its foreign missionary work The mis-
sionarv goes to Christianize, while the rum
shoo follows in his steps to DESTROY his
work-even to hurl the people back into
worse THAI heatten darkness.
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Groe Evolution.

Mr.. Headley. in his recent work on
"Probiems of Evolution" intilnates chat
drunkenness eventually improves the ply.
siquies of nation by wedding OFT al but
the most robust drinkers"
Commenting on this the editor Of the
Pittsburg Press says: There is food for
great deal of controversy in this suggestion,
and perhaps for some thought. But il
drunkenness weeds out feeble drinkers,
does it weed them out before they have
siuues to their -descendr 1ts? And does it
not, on the other had, impair the ply.
siques OF the hardest? The moral ard
commercial sentiment against intemperauce
is everywhere on the increase, and the lcw
can we'll afford to regard it with increasing
severity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
New Building Block.

The building block shown in the &C.
companying cut is of new design
for which many advantages are claimed.
In the first place. it permits of the con-
Of q hollow wall. the pas
sages Of which are intercommunicat-
ing and which can be made use Of for
wires and pipes. 1t consists
of body of rectangular and oblong
form cut away in the centre so as to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
Need Of an Aroused Conscience.

The Toronto Guardian, il summing Up
the results of tn, recent prohibition cam
paign il Canada, among other things savs:
1.-THE greatest need is an aroused Christian
conscience within the Christian churcic
Alcoholic drink il not necessary as bev.
erage. and it is ru.aous to health. home,
business and society. The traffic il a,co-
ho!ic c,rink is not necessary i: i5 tho
source of the greatest evils. The Christian.
churches have had it il tkeir power to
overthrow the traffic II alcoholic drink,
and to thus prevent much of It's evil effect.
The ve:y essence Of Christianity il self.
the salvation Of the irlperiled ard thc lost.
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until robbed of all that makes Its life
worth living, it finally dies premature
and miserable death. This dread dis
ease Is called in some parts Of the
West "grass staggers" and the term
"loco" given to the plant Is Spanish
for crazy.
. Cattlemen will tell you that like the
excessive use of narcotics and alcoholic
stimulants among men. the loco hablt
once established in an animal becomes
a ruling passion. A depraved taste
for the poison is developed and whole
some foods become distasteful to the
victim. Every one who has travelled
much in the rural districts OF the Far
West have probably seen a'"locoed
horse and perhaps been struck. by the
obvious parallel between the poor
beasts ragged coat, lack-lustre eye and
staggering gait and the condition OF a
man whom whisky or morphine has
brought to the gutter. So in Western
slang an intoxicated person is said to
be "locoed."
At the time of blooming, which Is In
the spring, the loco weed is believed to
be comparatively harmless, the poison
GUS principle developing most actively
when the seed pods are full grown. 1t
is interesting to know that Mother
Nature, whose kindly hand is prone
to bestow even in the midst Of things
evil some modicum Of good. has pro-
vided the astragalus tribe with at least
two species that bear edible fruit.
The pods Of these are succulent and
shaped. and in the old days Of
the prairie schooner travellers used to
gather them under the name of ground
plums and eat them both raw and
cooked.-Philadelphia Record.
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manapement of the Sitting Hen.

When a hen wants to sit, and I am
willing she should, I select a box or
nest in some dark corner, sprinkle
lime or coal oil over the bottom, to
keep away lice and mites. and put IN
fresh, clean straw. Just before dark
I place thirteen or fifteen eggs in the
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lives on these small boats; in fact,
they spend their entire time on the
water. For rudder a very long oar
is used and handled in an expert man
ner by the woman navigator.
The strangest craft l have ever seen
on all Of my travels were the balsas
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24

3om Manila with General Bateson on
memorable trip when he made the
bw famous bloodless treaty with the
I1ltan Of Jolo, who controls 100000
kople, who are perhaps the craftiest Of
! Filipinos. Our first stopping place
ss at Iloilo, Island Of Panay, which
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24
A CENTURY
PLANT
IN BLOOM.
By ARTHUR INKERSLEY.

The century plant" was so named
because of the popular idea that 1t
blooms only once in 100 years. 1t need
hardly be said that this idea Qike most
popular ones) is erroneous. In the ge-
NAL climate of California the plant
blooms in from fifteen to twenty years,
but in colder climates from forty to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24

Cuba's two principal export woods
are mahogany and cedar. Good ma
hogany lands may still be bought on
the south coast at low figure, but the
price Ia steadily advancing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24

with water or food, lay it on two
pieces, B B. half-lnch thick, and on
these put lid Of larger can. Invert
the whole quickly and the lid will
remain filled with water till the can Is
empty.-Richard Scheiderer, in Orange
Judd Farmer,
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Drinking Fountain.

The illustration shows very handy
form of. drinking fountain for young
chicks. This may also be used as a
feed trough, for which it has no equal.
In order to use it fill small tin can
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24

The natives Of India never allow a
fakir-ef whom there are 100000 who
live by beggings-to starve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-06-24

Blackpool claims to be the best
lighted town In England.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-17
SIZE FAIR.
Directors Appointed for the varl-
Gus Departments.

Louisville, KY, February 9, '03,
The Executive Committee of the
Kentucky State Fair Association
has organized for this years work,
prepatory to holding the State Fair
in greensboro, beginning September
21st. The committee announces
that in addition to the State appro-
priation of $4,000, they have Sc.
cured from SIS, 900 to $4,000 in addi-
tional appropriations from the Live
Stock Association of the country.
Secretary L. B. Shropshire makes
the following announcement of ad-
ditional sums secured, and of the
appointment of directors Of the va
rious departments Of the State FAIR.
The American Hereford Breeders
Association has offered $500. We
only got $500 from this source last
year. The Association of Short
Horn Breeders will give 81, 900, and
Aberdeen-Angus Association, which
gave nothing last year has prom
ised $780, The Polled Durham
Association, $500. There will also
be special appropriations from va
rious other sources,
The committee appointed the fol-
lowing directors for the various de-
partments:
Shorthorn .... IT. NJ. Hornsby |
Hereford ..........W w. H. Giltner
Aberdeen-Angus. j. w. O'Bannon
Polled Durham & Galloway ......
..............D D. L. Moore
Jersey ........."....R. w. Sewell
Horses and Ponies. w. L. Caldwell
Mules and Jacks. Jas. Taggart
Swine. ...... Caldwell Norton
Sheep. .... ]. c. Shropshire
Poultry, Pigeons, Belgian Hares.
Flowers and Plants, Womans
Department. Lafayette Green
Vegetables, Tobacco, Grain and
Seed, Farm Implements and Ma
chinery and Mineral Products. . .
......... w. w. Neal
Grounds and Privileges. GA. Birch
Each director will appoint one
superintendent for each depart {
nent. L
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-17
Hit by the rIachine.

The editor of the Clinton Gazette
is very much wrought up over Gov
ernor Beckham supplanting the ed
itor's brother on the board OF equal
ization with one in line with the
Frankfort machine. While we be-
lieve the editor of the Gazette has
good grounds for his complaint, yet
we know of no man IN Western
Kentucky who was any better post
ed on Beckham' S style of using the
governors Office for his own selfish
purposes, than our Clinton contem
porary. 1t is a notorious fact that
if Governor Beckham had a consta-
bic to appoint that he would first
sound the machine element ia that
county before naming the man.
Every appointment made by
Beckham has exhibited a policy
saturated with the essence Of util-
ling The high duties of his Office to
the erection and maintenance of a
political machine designed TO per-
petuate himself in office. Aud any
man who expected Preferment at
Beckham's hands was certainly
blind to conditions recognized by
every observant person in the state,
if he did not see that opposition to
the Beckham machine meant politi-
cal humiliation at the hands of the
young politician now at the head Of
affairs in Kentucky.
And from what we had recently
observed in and about Hickman
county we were of the opinion tina
some old friends had been discard
ed or forsaken for the new ones.
Here's hoping that the bitter les
sons learned in the school of expe
rience may rebound to the upbulld
ing and spreading of the good worl
towards putting men and not pun
politicians in office.-Paducah Regis
ter.