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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-14
Pork and Peas In Colorado.

The cultivation of the lowly field pea
in San Luis Valley is said to have
solved the problem of profitable pork
production in Colorado. 1t is declared
that a drove of more than 100000 hogs
can be fattened in that district, and If
this proves true it will add to the agri-
cultural wealth of the State a sum eX-
ceeding Sc, 1000 annually. Already
large shipments into the valley have
been made from the northern part OF
the State and the Arkansas Valley.
The animals will be turned into the
pea fields and will live practically wild
until spring, when they will be, ready
for the market. Scarcely any attention
will be required for them beyond Sec
ing that they have sufficient water.
This introduction of the hog industry
on such a large scale will stimulate the
raising of pork all over the State. In
conjunction with the field pea, the su-
gar beet has been found to be q Won
derfully fattening food, besides max
ing the flesh firm and putting the ami
NAL in frst-class shape for the market.
Alfalfa also is discovered to be an ex-
ceptionally good food, but it is not all
suficient.-Denver Republican.
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Opposed to Self-Aealing.

Little Paul's grandfather is q
physician, and in Paul's eyes he is
the greatest hero that walks the earth.
Recently the doctor resolved to take
a trip to Europe for the benefit of his
health. Paul was almost frantic to
think that he was to be separated
from his idol, and tried by every
means within his power to dissuade
his grandfather from going.
g" don't see why you need to go
away for your health, grandpa; you're
a doctor!"
"Well, Paul." replied the old man.
lit is because I am a doctor that l
know what is best for my health. AS
a doctor I have examined myself and
found that I need a rest and change.
I have adviSed myself to take an ocean
voyage, and when a physician tells
you what is best for you, you ought
to obey his instructions, or else what
is the use of doctors?"
Paul sadly %pondered owe thif
weighty argument for a few minute'
and then his face lighted up and /
said eagerly:
"Why don't you try another doct
grandpa?"
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Matinee Day Candy Sales.

No fewer than a dozen shoppers were
thrown off their balance by the impet'
1lols onslaught Of the woman in gray
Presently she brought up with a grand
rush before the veil counter.
Dear me-" she said. "What'is this:
Why, you have made a change. There
was candy here last Saturday, and row
it's wells. Where's the candy-those
little ten-cent matinee boxes"
"They are at the other end Of the
store" the clerk explained. And as
the woman in gray fled in that direc-
ton the saleswonan explained to the
other shoppers.
eve keep candy near this door only
on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 1t is
moved I'd here then for the accommo-
dation Of the theatre crowd. Every
store located in the theatre district
has q special counter near, the most
convenient entrance for the Wednesday
and Saturday sales of candy. We sell
twice as much candy OF those days as
we should If the matinee buyers had
to go back to the regular counter to be
waited on."-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-14
The Literary Ignorance OF Girls.

The students were one year and a
half removed from their preparation
for entrance. Out Of 1SG, ffty-three
could not tell when Shakespeare lived,
although either the sixteenth or sever
teenth century would have been accept
cd as correct. Two students placed
him in the twelfth century; four in
the fourteenth; twenty in the eigh-
teenth and four in the nineteenth CEN
tury. Sixteen students did not attempt
to assign him at all. One hundred and
fourteen students did not know in
what century Milton lived. He was
assigned to the eleventh, fourteenth,
fifteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. Fifty-four placed
him in the eighteenth century, which
the student, by the entrance require
ments, is obliged to know better than
any other period. Etghty-seven did not
attempt to assign him to any century.
| One hundred and twenty-seven STU
| dents did not know who Samuel john
| sons biographer was, 103 not trying
| to assign a biographer, and twenty
four assigning the biography variously,
| mi with a bright idea to "Himself."-
Jeanette Marks, in the Critic.
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Mrs Bessie Mns/ey

To be such q successful wire, to re-
tain the love and admiration of her
husband. to inspire him to make the
most of himself, should be a woman's
constant study.
If a woman finds that her energies
are tagging, that she gets easily tired,
dark shadows appear under her eyes,
she has backache, headaches, bearing
down pains, nervousness, whites, irreg-
ularities or the blues, she should start
at once to build up her system by q
tonic with specific powers, such as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound
Following we publish by request q
letter from a young wife:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
"Ever since my child was born I have SUI
fered, as Ihopefew women ever have, with in
hammation, female weakness, b~earing-down
pains. backache and wretched headaches. 1t
affected my stomach SO l could not enjoy my
meals, and half my time was spent in bed.
"Lydia Z. Pinkhamis Vegetable Compound
made me O well woman, and J feel so grateful
that I am glad to write and tell you of my
marvellous recovery. II brought me health,
new life and vitality Mrs Bessie Ainsley,
Gil South 10th Street, Tacoma, Wash.
What Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every sick and ailing woman.
If O have symptoms you don I'M
derstand write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Fer advice is free and
always helpful.
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Keen All Tissue Paper.

The tissue paper in which parcels are
wrapped should never be thrown away,
but smoothed out and laid away in a
drawer for future use.
A small pad of tissue paper sprinkled
with m%ethylated spirit will give a brill
liant polish to mirrors. picture glasses
and crystal. The pad, used without
the spirit, Is excellent for Furnishing
steel, rubbing grease spots off furni-
ture, polishing silver. etc.
For packing glass, china and orna-
ments a roll of tissue paper is invalu-
able, says Home Notes.
When packing hats q wisp of tissue
paper should be twisted round all up
standing ends of ribbon, ospreys and
wings to prevent crushing. Dress and
blouse sleeves should be stuffed with
soft paper, and a sheet of it placed be.
tween the folds.
Silk handkerchiefs, ribbons and lace
should all be ironed between. q layer
of tissue paper, and the latter is a
fine polisher for steel buckles and hat.
pins.
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Tablet to n Brave Sailor,

There is a tablet in the sailors home
at Melbourne to James Mari. He was
a sailor before the mast on the Rip
On July Is, 1873, the Rip was caught
in a sQuall. Mari sat astridc of the
gait when 4 great wave broke ovcr the
boat and brought down the mainmast.
There was only one chance to save
the Rip. That was to cut away the lit
ter. But Mari chung TO the broken
spar, and to cut away meant 10 send
him overheard to death. So, looking
at him doubtfully, the men hesitated,
their axes in their hands. Mari, help
less, pondered. He saw that his death
would be the boats salvation. And he
shouted:
Cut away, mates! Goodbye"
Then he let himself fall into the cold,
wild Sea.-New York Press.
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Tho Onion in Sickness.

"I have implicit faith in the sanitary
properties of an onion" said a trained
nurse. "It is my custom to introduce
an onion into every sickroom where 1
am called in, hanging it up somewhere.
I believe it attracts all maladies and
affections to itself. Violets and roses
and lilies are very pretty in a sick
room, and the patient is doubtless
cheered when his friends think enough
of him to send them. but practical
friendship would dictate that a basket
of onions be sent. There is something
about them hostile to disease. The
juice of an onion is a cure for deafness.
a roasted onion remedies earache and
gumboils, and onions and holly berries
bruised together are a certain cure for
chi:blains. A pouitice Of onions and
cream is also good for bunions. Beau
Brummel was opposed to onions, but
Sairy Camp upheld them, and I always
considered her a more useful member
Of the community than the dandy
Milwaukee Press.
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& .WEIdnz5IW IS
HEjQl,FRHaRES So


Egg Sauce-Make smooth two table.
%spOonfuls of -four in the same amount
OF butter and add one cupful of hot
water and three tablespoonful of milk.
Season with salt and pepper and pour
into a hot tureen with slices of hard
boiled eggs.
Boiled Salmon with Egg Saucc-Pre-
pare the salmon, dip in cold water and
dredge with -four; wrap in a cloth and
place in a steamer to cook until tender.
Remove from the kettle; also remove
the cloth; place on a heated platter,
garnish and serve with egg sauce.
Apple Puffs-Beat four egSs very
light and add three t~easpoonfuls of
pulVerized sugar. a salt spoon Of soda
and two of cream of tartar, one cup
full Of milk, one and one-half cupfuls
of flour and one-Ealf cupful of finely
chopped apples. Beat the mixture for
several minutes and bake in gem pans
previously butterrd and heate!.
RaiSin Griddle Cakes-Into q cup Of
our milk and the same amount Of
sweet milk stir two cupfuls Of wheat
flour and one-half cupful of cornmeal,
a ~teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoon
fuls of melted butter, a teaspoonful of
soda and one-half cupful Of chopped
raisins. Lastly beat in two eggs and
have the griddle on which the cakes
are to be cooked as hot as possible
without burning.
Peanut Canapes-Pass a cupful Of
unsalted peanut meats through the
meat chopper as often as may be neces-
sary to insure there being no large
pieces. Put into q bowl, with a dash
of cayenne and another of black pep
per, a ~teaspoonful of salt, a couple of
sardines, and chop all together. Then
add enough good tomato catSup TO
make a paste. Spread the mixture on
slices of hot buttered toast and serve.
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Which Should He Have Usede

They were on the golf links when o
large snake was seen nesting in the
sand by the bunker. ,
30, kill it.! kill it" she shouted IN
terror.
"Wait q minute" he cried, as nc oc'
gan to take out n brassie.
The snake began to wrigsle.
"No, I believe the lofter would be
BETTER" he said, as the snake grew
more nervous.
"After ALL" he said, 81 believe
could do better with the mashie."
80, dear" she sighed; hadn't we
better 90 back and ask the instructors
When they returned the snake was
gonc.-IndianapOlis Star.
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REPORTING McKlNLEY's DEATH
How the Associated Press Worked to Civ
the World the News.

How the Associated Press Worked to Give
the World the News.
On tla afternoon of September 6.
1901, worn out by a long period of ex-
acting labor, I set out for Philadelphia,
with the purpose of spending a few
days at Atlantic City. When I reached
the Broad street station in the Quaker
City, I was startled by a number of
policemen crying my name. 1 stepped
I'D to one, who pointed to q boy with an
urgent message for me. President Nc.
Kinley had been shot at Buffalo, and
my presence was required at our Phil
adclphia Office at once. A message had
been sent to me at Trenton, but my
train had left the station precisely two
minutes ahead of its arrival. Handing
my baggage to 4 hotel porter, L jumped
into a cab and dashed away to our
office. 1 remained there until dawn or
the following morning.
The opening pages of the story Of the
assassination were badly written. and
l ordered a substitute prepared. An
inexperienced reporter stood beside
President Mckinley in the Music Hall
at Buffalo when CzoIgosz fired the fatal
shot. He seized a neighboring tcle-
phone and notified our Buffalo CORE
spondent, and then pulled out the
wires, in order to render the telephone
4 wreck, so that it vas q full half hour
before any additional details could be
secured.
1 ordered competent men and expert
telegraph operators from Washington,
Albany. New York and Boston to hurr5
to Buffalo by the fastest trains. All
that night the Buffalo office was pour
ing forth a hastily written, but faithful
and complete account of the tragedy,
and by ~daybreak a relief force was on
the ground. Day by day, through the
long vigil while the Presidents life
hung in the balance, each incident was
truthfully and graphically reported. In
the closing hours of the great tragedy
false reports of the Presidents death
were circulated for the purpose of III
iuencing the stock market, and. to
counterfeit them. Secretary Cortclyou
wrote frequent signed statements. CIV
ing the facts to the Associated Press.
From Melville e. Stones "The Asso-
ciated Press" in the Century.
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NInine,s Champion Elm.

One of the champion Gins Of Maine
stands in HalIowcll. It's g;rt;l is sew
entccn feet ten inches, and it has Il
spread of top, measured at right an
c.as. of 2OG feet by III feet. This elm
has 4 most magnificent and symmetri-
cal top, throwing out its branches more
than fifty feet in all directions.
Down in old York they have some
Gins Of which they are justly proud.
One, known as the Grant elm, has &
girth of seventeen feet eight inches and
spread OF top seventy-onc feet. An
other very symmetrical elm stands but
4 few yards from the York village
p~ostotlice, whose girt is fourteen feet
,an inches. spread OF top c~ighty-two
rcet.-t,ennebec Journal.
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OLD FASHIONED FARE.
Hot Biscuits, Griddle Cakes, Pies and
PuddinGs.

The. food that made the fathers
strong is sometimes unfit for the chill
dren under the new conditions that our
changing civilization is constantly
bringing in. One Of Mr.. Bryan's neigh
bors in the great State Of Nebraska
writes:
81 was raised in the South, whc7o
hot biscuits, griddle cakes. pies am
buildings are eaten at almost every
meal, and by the time l located in Ne
braSka l found myself a sufferer froni
indigestion and its attendant illS-diS-
tress and pains after meals, an almost
constant headache, dull, heavy sleepi-
ness by day and sleeplessn ess at night,
Loss of flesh, impaired memory. ETC.. etc.
"t vas rapidly becoming 'incapaci-
tated for business when i valued friend
suggested a change in my diet. the
abandonment of heavy. rich stuff and
the use of Grape-Nuts food. l fol-
lowed the good advice and shall always
: be thankful that 1 did 90.
whatever may be the experience
Of others, the beneficial effects of the
change were apparent in my case al
most Immediately. My stomach, which
had rejected other food for so long, took
to Grape-Nuts most kindly; in a day
or two my headache was gone. l began
to sleep hpalthfully and before a weeN
was out the scales showed that my LOST
weight was coming back. My memor!
was restored with the renewed vigor
that l felt in body and mind. For three
years now Grape-Nuts food has KEEP
me in prime condition, and l propose ii
shall for the rest of my days.
"And. by the way. my az gear Ole.
baby is as fond of Grape-Nuts as l am.
always insists on having it. 1t keeps
her rs healthy and hearty as they make
them" Name given by Postum co.
Battle CT, ok, Mich. There's a reason
Read the little book "The Road to
Wellville" in pkgs.
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Stated the Facts,

The editor of an Indiana paper be-
came tired of being called a liar SO he
announced that he would tell the truth
in the future. The first issue there
after contained the following:
"John BONN, the LATEST merchant in
town, made a trip to Bellville yester-
day."
John Coyle, our groceryman, is do
ing a poor business. His store is dirty
dusty and noxiously odoriferous. How
can he expect to do much"
"Rev. Styx preached last Saturday
night on Charity The sermon was
punk"
"Dave Sonkey died at his home IN
this place. The doctor gave it out rs
heart failure. The fact is, he was
drunk, and whisky is what killed him"
"Married.-Miss Sylvia Rhodes and
James Conham, last Saturday evening
at the Baptist parsonage. The bride
is a very ordinary town girl who
doesn't know any more than a jack
rabbit about cooking, and never helped
her mother three days in her life. She
is not a beauty by any means, and has
a gait, like a fat. duck. The groom is
we'll known rs an up-to-date loafer'
He's been living off the old folks all
his life and don't amount to shucks'
They will have a hard life" .
The paper had no ooner reached the
public than q committee was sent to
him bearing q petition asking him to
continue in the good old way, and
stated that they believed him to be
a truthful and honest man.-Burlington
News.
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Rush of tho Kraut GrowIer.

It has been an ~unequalled year for
the cabbage in all its perfection. 1t
has grown large, solid and white, with
leaves or petals that are firm and
tender. and consequently the kraut is
of the first quality. In the neighbor-
hoods where kraut eaters abound-and
they abound everywhere in the city
il you see a woman rushing eagerly
along carrying a wide, generously pro-
portioped pail, she may simply be go
ing for a pint or a quart Of sauer-
kraut. The grocers and ~delicatessen
dealers have never before had such
call for kraut.
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Ho,ne.Made Hanging Baskets.

A West Philadelphia woman has
made a pretty pair of hanging flower
baskets out of two nail kegs. Holes
were bored in the side of the kegs
through which the wires and Hover
bearing plants inside the barrels were
made to grow. TIE woman's HUSBAND
makes the criticism that the baskets
are rather too suggestive of kegs Dill
as 4 matter of fact they are SO MAIDEN
with vines and flowers that the crlti-
cism loses its Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
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To Baniah Cupid from Schools,

A fiye-year sentence of single blessed
ness is the doom Of all Normal School
students aspiring to teachers positions,
If the proposal of several members Of
the Chicago Board Of Education takes
tangible form. Those who would BAN
;sh Cupid from the school for five Years
declare that young women who obtain
benefits Of the normal education should
guarantee 4 part payment for their
cheap schooling b. submitting to the
"no marriage" rule. During the sum-
. mer thirty-four. women teachers sent
wedding announcements to "headquar-
terS."
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The Prince of Wales' Train.

The train that is to carry the Prince
of Wales over the East Indian Rail-
way is undergoing continual trials. 1t
the prince appears on scheduled time
he will have, perhaps, the most per-
fectly appointed conveyance the world
has ever seen. If he delays, the en-
CINE and carriages stand a fair chance
Of being worn out by continual work
on tiaI trips.-Calcutta Railways,
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ECZEMA FOR TWO YEARS

Skin Hulnor- Sleepless Nights For
Mother-Speedy Cure by Cuticura.
my little girl had been suffering for
two years from eczema, and during that
time 1 could not get a nights sleep, as her
ailment was very severe. L had tried SO
many remedies, deriving no benefits, 1 had
given up all hope. But as a last resort L
was persuaded to try Cuticura, and one
box. Of the Ointment, and two bottles OF
the Resolvent. together with the Soap, eff
fected a permanent cure. Mrs. /. B. Jones.
Addirgton, Ind. T."
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wby IT Hammered.

He occupied the seat; she was SWING
ing on a strap. She was trying 70
shame him into %politencss; lie woulant
shame worth Il cigarette. \ lurch OF
he car threw her against him and III
tho scramble she landed on his feet
with both heels.
you're on MY feet" he srGWlcd.
"If you had been on your feet, IT
never would have h%appencd,' said she
sweetly.-Detroit Free, Press.
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HAS YET TO MEET EXCEPTION
Writer Erred in Thinking Stranger
Proud of tiis Vocation.

Proud of Ills Vocation.
have yet to meet the man actively
employed at a vocation closely relat'
ing to the sea who has a good word
10 say for it. Once. to be sure, |
thought I had found him. 1t was on
the Fulton street pier, last year, on
the spot formerly occupied by the
present market. He was a small VEN
cradle old salt, not without consider
able dignity in his bearing. He stood
for some time absorbed in my work
before I began cautiously: That isn't
a bad sort Of life-eh?"
It was some time before he an
swered me. Then he spoke enthusiast
tically OF the life, its variety and ex.
citement. There was just a note OF
.yegret in his remarks. but in spite ca
my efforts to draw him cut, he was
always impersonai.
When I outlined our conversation to
Tom Bird, pessimist and involuntary
seaman of the bark Nancy. he squint'
ed hard at me, then spat upon the
ground, ard then Tom Birds great
frame shook from head to foot with
uncomfortable merriment.
"Say, jack" lie continued, dryly,
gradually regaining his composure,
"it's a shame to take an ammytoor
like you and fill him full O hot air. 1t
amt right nor it faint kind. That's
old Blinkey Doyle yous been talkin'
to-and it's a hot seaman he'd made:
Years ago, before he went nutty. he
used to run a canalboat on the Erie
Canal!"-Charles H. White, in Har-
per'S.
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personal experience I know Doan's
Kidney Pills will cure Inflammation
of the bladder. having experienced re-
lief the second day of using the medi-
cine.
(Slgned) J.. A. GOULDEN.
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster MiiburnrCo., Buffalo, N. Y