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A Little Story of Daily Lille.

"AIost of the good stories get into
print said the commercial traveller.
Perhaps this one has been in types,
but I've new seen it. 4 travelling
man stopped at IL hotel in Monticello.
The proprietor told him he could not
lodge him, not 4 room in the house.
The travelling man protested. He must
have a room. Finally the proprietor
told him there was Il room, a little
room, separated by a thin partition
from a nervous man, 4 man who had
lived in the house for ten years.
He is so nervous said the land
lord, I don't dare put any n in that
room. The least noise might give him
a nervous spell that would endanger
his life
"'Oh, give me room,' said the trav-
eler. III be so quiet he'll not know
I'm there
well the room was given the trav-
eler. He slipped in noiselessly and be-
gan to diSrobe. He took off one article
of clothing after another as quietly
as a burglar. At last he came to his
shoes. He uniaced q shoe, and then,
man-like, dropped it.
THE shoe fell 10 the floor with 4
great noise. The offending traveller,
Mortified at what he had done, waited
to hear from the nervous man. He
took of the second shoe and placed
it noiselessly upon the floor. Then in
absolute silence he finished undressing
and crawled between the sheets.
HALF an hour went by. He had
dropped into q dozc when there came Il
tremendous knocking OH the partition.
"The traveller sat up in bed trembling
and diSmayed. 'Wh-wha-what's the
matter@ he asked. Then came the
voice of the nervous man:
blame YOU. drop that other shoc"."
indianapolis News.
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but is suited to all seasonablc mates
rails. AS q matter of course the trim
ming can be varied to suit individual
taste, but the little straps coming from
be-eath each pleat are e%minently styl-
ish and attractive.
The skirt is cut in seven cores and is
laid in backward turning pleats which
meet at the centre back, where the
closing is made. The yoke is circular
and is stitched to the skirt with cor
ticelli silk, the trimming straps con-
cealing the seam at sides and back.
AS illustrated, it is made in instcp
length, which is the prevailing one for
the incoming season, but can be made
still shorter whenever desired.
The quantity Of material required for
the medium size is eight and onc-half
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-09
Field Culture OF Cabbage.

Cabbages, which are often consid-
cred superior in feeding value to tur-
nips, are cheaper to grow than a root
crop, and constitute excellent food for
sheep and dairy cows. Deep, adhesive
loans are best, but the crop Is suitable
for the stiffest soils, provided they are
deeply worked.
Liberal manuring is essential, from
twenty-five to thirty tons Of barnyard
manure per acre being a good dress.
ing. This should be supplemented
with from 200 to 300 pounds superphos-
pilates. Top dressings of from 100 to
200 pounds of nitrate of soda are profit
able when the young plants have
we'll started, and again when the
heads have begun to form. The light
er the soil the greater the quantity Of
manure required. Seed may be drilled
in rows or started in a seeded. The
former method is both cheaper and bet
ter in the end. Drill four to six pounds
per acre. From one to two pounds
sown on a rod Of good seedbed will
produce enough plants fer an acre.
The rows should be about tw~enty-four
inches apart, and the plants a like dis
lance asunder in them. The enemies
Of the cabbage crop are in some degree
identical with those of turnips. The
cabbage worms cause great loss by
eating the leaves. Hand picking Is
the surest remedy, though it is cheap
err to spray or dust the attacked plants
with one Of the standard insecticides
used for soft bodied caterpillars.--B.
A., in the American C%ultivator.
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marry. Surely, you do not come In
either Glass;
NO" said the woman, refectively,
Il can't say that do. and yet
Perhaps" said the nal and now
his voice was very gentle, as though
he feared he might touch some old
wound unwittingly. there is in your
life some romance which 1 have not
guessed. Believe me. 1 would not
wound you for worlds, and 1 trust you
will pardon my clumsy speech
"Oh, 1 am not a blighted being, never
fear" this with 4 laugh that did not
ring altogether of merriment.
Then your refusal to marry me is
not based upon the ground that you
prefer some other man?"
NO. I am not in love-with some 9TH
or man."
'Theu. why not marry me:'
Il have given you the best of all a
woman'S reasons. because
But your refusal of me is final, l
may take it,"
"Yes"-the YES" with an almost in
audible sigh. a sigh so nearly inaudi-
bic that it did not reach the man.
He had thrown away his cigar and
stood for a moment gazing out toward
the trees. Then he began to speak, and
lis voice was harsh with feeling that
had been restrained.
Il think 1 quite forgot to mention
one thing III my proposal. 1 did not
say that I love YOU very dearly; that.
not wishing to be a beggar Of love. l
have waited all these years to be in a
position to offer you the things which
1 mentioned as rendering me eligible
for your hand. You, who are so cool
and calm. what can YOU know of love
and passion? Now, I know that I have
worked all these years in vain-no,
not altogether in vain-for I am going
to kiss you once, here and now. if it
means the loss Of the little that is left
me Of your regard"
He gathered her in his strong arms
and kissed her, not once, but many
times, on her forhead, on her eyes and
on her lips. and then released her,
with the full consciousness that he
had done an objectionable thing which
he did not regret.
But the woman held out her arms
to him and said:
"Oh. Jack. dear, why didn't YOU tell
me that you loved me at first."-W.
W. Hines, in San Francisco Call.
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MINOR EVENTSOF THE Week
= WASHINGTON. "

President Roosevelt removed from
office Robert S. Rode, Supervising In
spector Of the Steamboat Inspections
Service. !
While Attorney General Moody was
taking his customary morning exercise
on horseback he was thrown near the
White House, and had a narrow escape
from serious injury. His horse fell
with him, but Ill. Moody suffered only
a few bruises. 1
Robert Woods Bliss, United States
Consul at Venice, was appointed Sec
ond Secretary of Embassy at st. Pet
ersburg.
Montgomery Schuyler. Jr., secretary
Of the Legation at st. Petersburg, has
been made First Secretary Of Legation
and Consult General at Bangkok, Siam.
Paul Nash, who Is succeeded by Mr..
Schuyler. has been appointed United
states Consul at Venice, succeeding
Mr.. Bliss.
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Work and Poultry.

Give fifty hens n acre and they
will need but little help-not as much
as is required for q cow when she is
on the pasture. Why would not a
farm on which the hens can have plen-
ty of room pay? Then there IS the
work. If one attempts to avoid work
it is best not to begin. The hardest
work the farmer can do is to rise at
4 o'clock in the morning. milk the COWS,
Gin winter) ship the milk, feed the
cows, clean out the stalls. and repeat
the same at night. including Sundays.
1t is really inconsistent for a dairyman
to complain of work with poultry, as
the keeping of COWS to supply milk Is
hard work at all times.
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The Best Turkeys.

Always use as breeders turkey hens
over one year old. Be sure they are
strong, healthy and vigorous and of
good medium size. In no instance Sc.
lect the smaller ones. Do not strive
to have them unnaturally large.
. The male may be a yearling or older.
Do not imagine that the large over.
grown males are the best. Strength,
health and vigor, with well proper
toned medium size, are the main
points of excellence.
Avoid close breeding. New blood Is
of vital Importance to turkeys. Better
send q thousand miles for a new male
than to risk the chances Of inbreed'
ing. Secure one in the fall, so as to
be assured Of his health and yigor
prior to the breeding season.
No matter what variety Of turkeys
may be selected for keeping, they
should, above all things. be strong,
vigorous, healthy and well-matured,
but not akin. Better secure the fe'
males from one locality and the male
from another to insure their non-rela'
tionship, rather than run the risk OF
inbreeding. In all fowls it is well TO
remember that size is Influenced large
ly by the female and the color and
finish by the male. Securing over
large males to pair with small, weakly
hons is not wise policy.
A medium-sized male, with good,
fair-sized females Of good constitutional
vigor and mature age will do far better
than the largest with the smallest fe-
males.-G. E. Mitchell, in The Ameri-
can Cultivator.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Judge Robinson, of the First Circuit
Court, in Honolulu, has sentenced E. s..
Boyd, former Land Commissioner OF
Hawaii, to ten years imprisonment at
hard labor. Boyd was indicted last
April on the charge of embezzling pub
lie funds. Pending an appeal Boyd has
been admitted to bail.
Lieutenant Pritchard. Of the Philip
pine army, son Of ex-senator Peter G.
Pritchard. went insane and killed Lieu
tenant Deem and then killed himself.
A white man throughout the Philip
pines Is as safe in travelling or living
as in Arizona or Colorado or Montana.
He may go about with perfect freedom.
The Union party, of Porto Rico, has
nominated julio Larrinaga for the
office Of Commissioner to the United
States. /
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HODGE,; THE CAT.

Bury and big, his books among.
Good Samuel johnson sat.
With frowning brows and wig askew',
His snuff-strewn waistcoat far from new;
So stern and menacing his air
That neither "Black Sam" nor the maid
To knock or interrupt him dare
Yet close beside him, unafraid,
Sat Hodge, the cat.
"This PARTICLE" the Doctor wrote,
THE modern scholar cavils at,
But"-even as he penned the word
4 soft, protesting not was.heard:
The Doctor fumbled with his pen. .
The dawning thought took wings and
The sound repeated came again.
1t was a faint reminding New"
From Hodge, the cat.
"Poor Pussy" said the learned man,
Giving the glossy fur a pat,
"Ie is your dinner time, I know,
And-well, perhaps I ought to go;
For if Sam every day were sent
OFF from his work your fish to buy.
Why-men are men-he might repent,
And starve or kick you on the sly
Eth! Hodge, my cat"
The Dictionary was laid down
The Doctor tied his vast ~cravat,
And down the buzzing street he strobe,
Taking an often-trodden road,
And halted at n well-known stall;
"F~ishmonger," spoke the Doctor grutf,
sfGive me six oysters-that is all;
Hodge knows when he has had enough
Hodge is my cat
Then home: Puss dined, and while in s.eep
He chased a visionary rat.
His master sat him down again,
Rewrote his page. renibbed his pen;
Each 81" was dotted, each It" was crossed,
He labored on for all to read,
Nor deemed that time was waste or lost
Spent in supplying the small need
OF Hodge, the cat.
That dear old Doctor; fierce OF mien,
Untidy, arbitrary, fat,
What gentle thoughts his name enfold!
So generous of his scanty gold.
So quick to love. so hot to scorn,
Kind to all sufferers under heaven
A tenderer despot ne'er was born;
His big heart held a corner even
For Hodge, the cat.
Susan Coolidge, in Hartford Couranl.
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"Knickers" For School Girls.

For school girls plain serge and
Scotch plaids will be the favorite ma-
terials. Up to fourteen years the choice
of make is between the sailor suit
and the Russian-blouse frock. Girls
from eight to fourteen years wear
knickerbockers for school and play
time instead of petticoats under their
dress skirts now; the practical side OF
this fashion has recommended it to
most mothers who have the comfort Of
their children at heart. These knick-
erbockers are made to match the dress;
in winter of serge, in summer of ging-
ham or linen.-Fashion Number of
Harper's Bazaar.
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Dalrying OF the Future.

1t is possible, even to-day, although
the process, it Is confidently hoped
and believed, will be speedily further
perfected, to pass milk drawn from the
COW by the aid Of a milking machine
direct into the separator, which Is at
tached to a butter maker, /. c., a ma
chine which first skins the cream and
then churns it into butter-in a word,
to make butter practically direct from
the COW. Practical men. however, are
quite aware Of the ACCESSIBILITY Of wait
ing for q further development, when
the work will be more economical and
the results more satisfactory.
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, DOMESTIC.

Annual reports On the various Rock
Island systems were issued.
Philip Weinseimer took the stand in
his trial for extortion in New York
City. Mr.. Rand, for the prosecution,
attempted to show that the labor lead
er had banked $4,000 On a $1,000 sal
airy.
Miss Miriam Grant, daughter OF:
Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., was married to
Lieutenant Ulysses s. Macy, U. s. NJ.
in Grace Church chantry, in New
York City. ..
Firemen say that the fire in the tene-'
ments at Nos. Is and II Moore street.
Brooklyn, N. Y, in which six persons
lost their lives, was started by thieves
for purposes OF plumber.
The House of Bishops at the Protest.
ant Episcopal Convention In Boston.
Mass, approved of the amendment OF
the divorce canon %forbidding clergy
men to oficiate at the marriage Of any
person who has been divorced.
Charles Pfefferman and Cora Kip
ling were found dead in the Pfefer-,
man apartment in New York City af-'
ter Mrs. Pfeferman had qulrreled with
her husband and gone away. The man
and woman had been shot and the gas
was turned On in every room.
One man was killed and the lives Of;
many others were endangered in an,
elevated road accident in New York
City. /
Two New Jersey duck hunters were
swept to sea in a leaky rowboat and
tossed about thirty-six hours.
The paymaster of q contractor on the:
Buffalo, Rochester and Pttsburg Rail-
road was " ,unded and robbed Of $751;.
900 neal >Lbois, Pa. !
The Department Of Commerce and
Labor has stationed 200 mounted in
spectors OH the Mexican border to stop
suspected immigrants from" entering
the United States by way Of Texas. i
W. L. Douglas accepted the Democra-
tic nomination for Governor Of Massa-
chusetts. |
Paul Schmidt, a youth of nineteen.
whose parents in New York City ara
highly respected, confessed to the MUIR
der Of William Taylor at Shermans
Conn. He was surprised in o robbery
and beat his discoyerer to death. t
Run over by a street car at Mont
gomery, Ala, G. ]. Cassimus, q wealthy
retired merchant, was killed, his body
being fearfully mangled.
Burglars blew open the postofice
safe at Wabash, Mimi, securing about
$7O0 in cash and $500 in stamps.
Italian Day was observed at the st.
Louis Exposition, the exercises being
commemorative Of the landing Of Co.
lumbus. I
There was considerable rfoting in
Chicago, ILL.,, in connection with the
strike of the baggage wagon drivers.
Impeachment proceedings were fled
at Montgomery, Ala. against Sheriff
A. D. Rogers, Of Madison County, he
being charged with neglect of duty. 4!
Edward Van Wart. pilot Of the Gem
eral Slocum when she was destroyed
by fire, had his license restored to him.
General Chaffee issued an order CALI
ing attention to the law forbidding
army officers to receive gifts from SUI
bordinates, and announcing that it
would be enforced hereafter. !
Edwin o. Quigley, once q wealthy
broker, Of New York. was released
from Sing Sing prison, after serving
nine years, eight months and fifteen
days for forging bonds in 1885.
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Effect of Grooming.

The skin Of the horse, like that of
other animals, is an active excretory
organ. Supplied with almost an IN"
definite number Of pores, through
these, if kept open, q continual dls-
charge of watery fluid, and such other
waste matter as is carried there by
the blood, occurs. 1t also contains my
RAIDS Of minute glands, secretlng an
oily fluid that is essential for render
ing the skin soft and flexible. as we'll
as furnishing the nourishment needed
by the hair and keeping it soft n
glossy.
It will not do, therefore, for these
pores to get clogged, for in that case
the skin would soon become dry,
rough, hard and diseased; nor is there
much danger of it except when the
horse is hard at work, Then the secre-
ton of watery fluid is heavier than
when the animal is idle, and II the
sweat is allowed to dry on the skin,
dust will accumulate. mixing with 1T,
and. if not cleaned off, fill and clog the
pores. AS a result the skin will not
only become diseased, but the whole
system more or less deranged. The I'M
purities. unable to escape through the
skin, will accumulate in different
places and give rise to blisters, which,
if neglected, may lead to blood poison
ing, or something else nearly as bad.
By regular. thorough grooming. how
ever, all this will be prevented. the
pores kept open. and a healthier. thrift
Ter condition of the animal maintained.
A horse having 4 thick, tough skin
will endure a ~tolerably sharp curry
comb, which, used on another with Il
thin. tender skin. would be n positive
cruelty. Whatever accumlllations OF
dirt may be on the hair after the use
Of the skin should follow by the aid OF
a good brush.
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Killed Skirt With Round Yoke.

Skirts that are pleated below &
smooth fitting yoke are among the
smartest Of all smart things for the
coming season and will be worn for
all street costumes. This one is pc
culiarly chic and attractive and is so
arranged as to- give a plain effect at
the front, which is always desirable.
As illustrated, it is made Of cheviot
in mixed shades of brown and tan.
trimmed with handsome brown braid,
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First Motor Car in Pawn.

For the first time in the history of the
Paris Pawnbroking Department, a mo-
tor a was pawned with it the other
day. The proprietor drove his a
slowly into the courtyard of the pawn
broking office in the Rue Servan, and
after satisfying the Official that the
machine was really his w property,
and showing that it was in good condi-
ton, he was allowed al advance on it.
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Corn Well Dipcsted by Poultry.

Tests made in Germany in regard to
the digestibility of Indian orn by
chickens show that 92.5 Of the pro-
tein, S4.4 of the fat and OIL Of the
starchy material is digested, also 1873
OF the mineral matter. 1t appears that
chickens a digest grain more thor
oughly than the animals, hence the
grains possess somewhat higher feed
ing value on this account.
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In Brown Beaver.

A lovely brown beaver turban is val
uable in two ways, besides its beauty.
It shows that Paris has decided to
divorce brown and orange, and intro
iuces us to q new trlcOrne!
This charming tricorne turban is
LOUDLY three cornered. The crown in
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the first place is three cornered, the
beaver skirt being most deftly manip-
ulated. The brim is likewise shaped.
pointing we'll at the front. Folds Of
brown tullc cover the bandeau and the
edge of the brim is decked with two
tiny brown taffeta pleatings with three
rows of mat beads between them. The
two outer rows of beads are brown, the
centre one being, no, not orange, but a
delicate apple green. At the left front,
on the under side Of the brim, is a
brown bird, or rather, the fore part of
a bird. From this bird sweeps a splen-
did paradise plume which shades from
soft brown to delicate apple green.
1t is 4 chef d oeuvre.
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47bE ct T arm

green food Of some kind must be Civ
en- daily, and there must be a good
supply Of fresh, clean water, given sew
eral times a day.
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Ings left for the purpose and is closed

invisibly.
The quantity Of material required for
the medium size is five yards twenty
seven inches wide, two and three
fourth yards forty-four inches wide, OF
two and one-eighth yards ffty-two
inches wide, with one-half yards of
velvet and Il and three-fourth yards
of braid to trim as illustrated.
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For Breakfast.

A pretty matinee set seen recently
had the jacket made in bolero shape.
This. like the skirt, was trimmed with
quantities Of fluffy lace.
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yards twenty-seven inches wide, five
and one-fourth yards forty-four inches
wide, or five yards ffty-two inches
wide.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-03-04

Registered at the PoStofice in Union,
8. @. II, as second-class mail matter.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-03-04
IWO YOUNG REPUBLICS.

al" .rican occupation of Cuba is at an
emu On February 4th, the American
liV was lowered from the Cuban bar
.cks in Havana, and the last battalion
of American soldiers embarked for the
United States. President Palma said on
this occasion. "The United States re-
fleets upon itself everlasting glory in
keeping its promise to tie letter and in
making us proud of ourselves; for it.
means that nobody doubts our compe-
tence to govern ourselves, or our ability
to maintain peace and order and guar
antee the rights Of all inhabitants of this
island. This new government through
its Congress announces its intention of
paying the interest on the revolutionary
bonds and also the pridciple at as early a
date as practicable.
The warlike feeling of Columbia owe
the secession Of Panama and the canal
project seems to have subsidized So that
the new republic of Panama seems no
longer apprehensive of any trouble from
that source, and are busy with its new
constitution. The Cubans and the
Panamans are now happy in the posses.
sion of their own free ,and independent
government.
These two little republics are our
neghbors and doubtless feel safer owing
to their proximity to Uncle Sam, and
rest content within the shadow of our
banner of liberty, as the stars and stripes
cast loug and lingering shadows these
days under the pres snt administration.
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DISPENSARY LIQUOR TAXED.

The United States Court of Claims
has decided that the liquors sold in
South Carolina through the dispen-
saries are liable to internal revenue
tax. The case before the court was
one brought to recover and have re-
funded the special taxes paid by the
State for sale of liquors at the yeri-
Gus dispensaries. This claim was re-
fused and case dismissed by the Uni
ted Statee court, upon the ground
that the State dispensary law was
constitutional, as decided by the
United States Supreme Court, and
that the collection of these taxes was
in reality tax levied upon State off,
cials and upon the exercise OF a gov
ermental function and power. The
State of South Carolina is by this de-
cision classed with the barkeepers
and liquor sellers throughout the
United States. This seems to ns TO
De slam and lowering OF her dig
nifty as State.