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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-15
Pearls Cost More Now.

1t was two years ago that gen.
erous husband after a successful
transaction in business gave his wife
a pearl necklace. He paid the Fifth
avenue dealer $4,000. 1t seemed as
large as any necklace she would ever
want until, after another transaction
which had yielded him profit, the
thought of a larger one entered the
husbands mind. He took tho pearls
back to have them changed.
"Cost $4,000. I remember,' the
clerk said. Il sold it to you myself.
It's changed in value since you
bought it, however. Leave it here.
and 1 will estimate the present value
and let you know"
Two days later there came the COM
forting answer that the present value
of the pearls was $4,000 more than
it had been two years before. New
York Sun.
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prisoned in the upper floors, with the
regular means of exit cut off, it is Of
ten necessary to resort to extreme
measures. Under the stress of excite
ment persons in such a predicament,
especially women and children, lose
their self-control and leap from win
dows, regardless Of the height from
the ground. The apparatus shown
here was designed especially for such
emergencies, when there is not sufl-
cient time TO raise the ladders. 1t
consists of strong, yet flexible, net,
supported upon stout frame. The
entire apparatus is constructed to be
rigidly attached to wagon, and when
not in use folds up into a small space.
1t is operated by means of a crank
and handle, the turning Of the latter
spreading the net out to the right ten
sion. Obviously, it can be transport
ed to the exact spot desired. and per-
sons unable to escape from the flames
could jump from the windows into
the net with assurance that they
would be saved uninjured.
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Vines in the Barnyard.

The barn should never be built
near the house, and wherever it is,
it should be kept as sanitary as the
house itself A country barnyard
should be as neat and tidy as the
dooryard. There is no reason why
vines should not grow over the walls
and fences, and trees shade the in
closed animals. 1t is possible to have
lilacs and mock oranges growing
around the barn as freely as about
the shrubbery. The animals are not
any less happy, and one can pick
great punches for oneself and
friends.
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aunt, and cousins. and her father.
Captain. had all been informed of the
reason; and Priscilla hung her head
over the stocking, and could scarcely
see the stitches through her tears.
They were almost through supper
when Grandmother Elliot, Mistress
Hapgood's mother. came in. She
lived just across the yard. She spoke
to them all; then she looked sharply
at Priscilla.
What has the child done?" asked
She
Mistress Hapgood related the story
briefly. Grandmother Elliot looked
surprised.
"Priscillc did not leave the door
open," she said. ''I came over this
afternoon after your balm of Gilead
bottle. Adoniram cut his thumb.
and left the door open on purpose;
it was smoky in there, and l was
afraid it would make your new but
ter taste. l did not think Of the cat.
All the children were playing over in
the field"
Everybody looked at Priscilla.
Then her father spoke up, and he
could not have spoken more sternly
to the soldiers whom he commanded.
what does this mean, Priscilla?"
said he.
Priscilla bent her face quite down
to the blue -arn stockings and wept.
"Did you know that you did not
leave the pantry door open?" he con-
tinued.
"Yes-sir," gasped Priscilla.
After the company had gone her
father proceeded to deal with her
after the code of his day, and in ac-
cordance with his own convictions.
He took down the birch rod, with
which all the children were acquaint-
ed, and he bade Priscilla stand before
him.
II want you to remember, daugh-
ter" said Captain Hapgood, that
falsehood is a falsehood, for what
ever cause it may be told"
Then he brought down the birch
rod several times over Priscilla's
slender shoulders.
Priscilla covered her face with her
apron and cried softly. Captain
Hapgood, after ,e had put away the
birch rod, went up to her and drew
the apron gently away. He was not
man given to endearments, but he
kissed her solemIly on her fair girl
ish forehead.
The rod was for the falsehood,
daughter" said Captain Hapgood;
"and this is. for thy kindness and
self-sacrifice toward thy brothers and
sisters"
Mistress Hapgood was busting
around the hearth. Presently she
called Priscilla.
Draw up to the ;.:ble and have
your supper, child" said she.
Mistress Hapgood had baked a
fresh sheet of Johrny-cake that was
thinner and brewner than the others
had been; she had skinned more
cream and dealt out liberal dish of
sauce. Priscilla sat up and partook.
The taste of the food was very pleas
ant; her shoulder still tingled from
the birch rod, and the distinction be-
tween the right and wrong of doubt
full action was quite plain to her
mind.-Congregationalist and Chris
tian World. L.
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but gasolene engine the speed cannot
be regulated as perfectly for a railroad
car as for an automobile, and that the
addition of the electric machinery
makes control Of the running easier
than otherwise.
Nevertheless, few companies are
trying to make the gaSolene engine
alone do the work. One of the roads
on which that plan is being tested is
the Union Pacific. The first expert
mental car was built only about two
years ago, and several more have since
been constructed. The latest, No. 7, is
supposed to represent the lessons Of
experience derived from the others.
side entrance, instead of end doors.
The roof is twenty-four inches lower
than those of ordinary passenger
coaches, and steel frame imparts
great strength to the car. One Of the
most noticeable novelties is the
adoption of a round shape for the
windows. The sashes are said to be
air tight, water tight and dust tight,
and to be an improvement on the
double windows of parlor cars. The
seating capacity of No. Z is seventy
five. The interior is finished in Eng
lish oak. The weight is $4,000 pounds,
and the length fifty-five feet. The car
is especially designed for climbing
grades, and is not geared to as high
speed as some of the previous cars.
According to the Manufacturers Rec
ord, whose Illustration is here repro
duced, the new car was run around the
railroad yard at Omaha for few days
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The Difference in Hogs.

AT one of the western institutes
q speaker, in dwelling upon the sub
iect of how little difference there
was in the breeds of hogs nowadays,
said: so many people want to know
what is the best breed Of hogs.
There is no quarrel now upon this
subject because when the hog is
dead and the head and ears are
taken off, you can hardly tell one
breed from another. There is really
little difference between better
known pure bred hogs, but there is
a great difference between the pure
bred hogs and the razorbask. Do
not make friends with the razor
back"
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A New One just Finished For the
Union Pacific Road.

union racine hOaQ.
~ NE of the latest ideas in rail.
L way practice is to have cars
~ which will run independently
of a locomotive, and yet will
not rely on electricity as used by
trolley car-that is. taking power from
a distant station through an overhead
wire or other metallic conductor. Sew
eral different methods of driving these
cars have been tried. In England
steam engines are in favor, ON the Con-
tinent of Europe storage batteries have
a limited use, and in the United States
two other systems are being expert
mented with. One is very complicated.
A combination is made. consisting of
gasolene engine, dynamo Ito generate
electricity !and a motor Qike that on a
trolley car aXle) to use it. This would
seem a needlessly expensive plan, be-
cause if the power is to be derived
from a gasolene engine it might be
thought that the latter alone would be
enough without any electricity. 1t is
asserted, however, that with nothing
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Measles and Scarlatina.

An easy way Of distinguishing scar
latina from measles is to draw the
back of a finger nail pretty firmly
across the eruption. If scarlatina, a
white line will result and this will re-
main for one or two minutes. No
white line will appear if the test is
made in a case Of measles. 1t is very
necessary to distinguish between these
two disorders. A mild case Of scarla-
tina demands the presence of doctor.
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Dirty Dairy Conditions in Winter.

In addressing the members Of the
Vermont Dairymen's Association, j.
#. Conmern in speaking upon the
filthy conditions under which COWS
are kept during winter upon some
farms, said that very few of the
barns are provided with any means
for ventilation. and consequently the
air is impure, especially during the
cold winter months. The cows
quarters are not kept clean, or, at
least, not as clean as they should be.
During the winter months. when the
COWS of necessity must be kept in the
barn, many farmers pay little at
teation to keeping them clean. which
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Culture Of Vines.

The first point to notice in vine
culture is the difference between
permanent and temporary vines.
The woody ones like ampelopsis,
Virginia creeper and wistaria, which
ought to last a lifetime, are natu-
rally slow to start. They are, IN
fact, comparable to trees in this
respect as we'll as in cost and the
thoroughness with which the soil
should be prepared for them. Since
their roots are to go twenty or thir-
ty feet deep or more, the poor soil
to a depth of four feet should be
thrown away and replaced by good
soil, and the ground should be liber-
ally provided with well-rotted ma
nure or with commercial fertilizers.
If properly planted the permanent
vines will require no attention for
the first two years except little
pruning. After that time the strong
growers must be kept within proper
bounds. It is usually easy to keep
vines in good condition by cutting
them back a few feet every year.
Nearly all of the permanent vines
will stand any amount of pruning
except wistaria which does best II
allowed to grow year after year
without pruning.
The commonest mistake in prun-
ing vines is to allow them to grow
for five, or six years without any
pruning whatsoever. This is why
you see on porches everywhere vines
that are top-heayy, i. e., which have
a mass of foliage at the top and
scarcely any at the base. This is,
of course, absurd, for the purpose
of growing vines is to screen un-
slightly buildings and it also has the
disadvantage on a porch of furnish
ing a hiding place for mosquitoes
and of littering the porch with leaves
which fall before their time.
If vines are headed back from
one to four feet every year from the
second to the eighth year, it should
be entirely unnecessary to sweep the
porch every morning so far as fallen
leaves are concerned. The reason
why these leaves fall in July and
August is that a top-heavy vine is so
crowded that the sunshine can not
enter the mass Of foliage and ripen
the leaves. The vines bear more
leaves than they can ripen and 1t
is those imperfectly ripened leaves
that fall prematurely.
The next most important points
in vine culture are to determine
whether the vine needs artificial sup
mort or not, and, if so, Of what kind;
whether you want a foliage eHect
or a Towering effect, how high You
want the vines to grow, and whether
there is any danger of damaging
your property in any way.
For example, ampelosis requires
no support on any surface whatever.
II will grow a hundred feet high,
but it's flowers are inconspicuouS,
and since one usually wants color
on the porch it is not so good for
a veranda as a Towering vine which
does not grow so tall
Moreover, any vine that grows
twenty feet high Or more may cause
some trouble if it is grown directly
on a frame house. You may want
to remove the vines in order to paint
the house. You can do this easily
with any vine that requires artifi-
cial support, but it is impossible or
difficult with anything that is self
supporting like ampelopsis.-
dianapolis News.
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THE LAST TENANT.

Gone are the tenants OF that lonely hall,
Blithe Youth and lovely hope of .yester'
day,
And careless Joy went caroling away;
And Silence hung its banner on the wall
From tagging morn till eve the slow hours
crawl,
And sink. reluctant. to the tomb OF
night;
The stors diffuse faint. " certain light
And the moon flames out-rights mourn
full senechal!
Deserted dim, are all the easements lone;
fUnheeded springs the rank and spreading
grass;
There comes no sound without of sign OF
groan;
There goes no sound without of feet
that pass
Yet. in chamber lone, where ivies
cling,
Sits one within, named Love, remem
bering.
Evelyn Phinney, in the Atlantic.
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Stick to the Sheep.

A writer hits the nail squarely on
the head by saying: "To make the
most out of sheep they must be
kept for a series of years. Some
years they will return a much better
profit than in others, but it is hard
to sell out and buy in at the right
time"
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Those "Kicky" Cows.

It is rather poor policy to have
a kicking cow in the dairy, and un-
less she proves TO be something ex-
traordinary in the way OF milk
machine" the cow stable would be
much better off without her. and the,
mixers temper would certainly be
greatly relieved. The dairy needs
COWS, not mules.
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AppIy q Good Fertilizer.

The value of vegetables depends
largely upon quick growth, and if
crops are not growing we'll some
quick-acting fertilizer like nitrate of
soda, guano or poultry droppings,
should be worked into the soil close
to the roots. Frequent cultivation
of the soil with the cultivator, rake
or hoe will often be all that is neces-
Sary.
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FOREIGN.

A dispatch from Toxic, Japan.
states that fire at Yokohama July 20
destroyed 1000 Japanese houses.
The German Asiatic Company's oil
depot at Singapore was burned.
Three persons lost their lives during
the conflagration. The Governor OF
Singapore has ordered an inquiry
into the recent oil fires.
1t is reported that the foreign
steamship companies trading on the
Yangtse Kiang and in the China seas
are combining against the Japanese
steamship companies, which, it Is
said; with the aid Of their Govern
ment, are seeking to monopolize the
shipping business Of the Far East.
Phe Cars Government denied the
Dumas right to address the country.
Since the disastrous result of the
recent French elections as regards
Catholic interests more than S40,-
100000 in cash has been shipped
from France to banks in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Two syndicates have been formed
to exploit the petroleum deposits in
the Bethlehem, Boshof, Ficksburg.
Harrismith, Heilbron, Kroonstad,
Ladybrand and Lindley districts OF
the Or.nge River Colony in South
Africa.
Alfred Belt leaves property near.
Hamburg to that city, gives his pic
lures to various art galleries and
makes large bequests to educational
institutions. D.:
appropriation of state and crown
domains and church and monastery
lands has been approved by a COM:
missioner of the Duma appointed to
consider the agrarian problem. >.
No decision apparently has BEEN
reached to dissolve the Russian Par,
lament, though great alarm was
caused in the capital by the entrance,
of a number of regimen CT the
guard. Crowds stoned police and
troops who closed a newspaper Office
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of 50 miles per hour was attained on
this trip.
One Of the motor cars built by the
Union Pacific is in operation between
Houston and Galveston, Texas. Acct
ylene gas is used for lighting these
elicleS.
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Peanut q Root Plant.

The peanut is root plant: that
is, the buds, alter blossoming, bend
down, enter the earth and become
the nuts. The nuts, therefore, are
dug out of the earth like potatoes.
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= Keep Sheep in Condition.

When your sheep are in good con-
dition make effort to keep them So
It is an awful hard job to get run
down sheep in prime condition again.
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DOMESTIC.

Edward Michael Is the third VIC
tim of tetanus in less than two
weeks at Williamsburg, N. Y.
1t was said that friends OF STAN
ford White, in New York Cit9, agree
with Mrs. Thaw that the case should
be disposed of without trial.
Wabash and Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railroad interests signed an
agreement for joint use OF freight
terminals at Pittsburg.
Captain Richmond P. Hobson will
take the stump in October in behalf
of the Democratic ticket in the new
State Of Oklahoma.
The Executive Council Of the
Board of Trade at Providence, r. l..
decided to begin an investigation.
through committee, of the cause OF
the high price charged for Ice by the
three Providence companies ,.-.
Pittsburg police were detailed to
:. guard the Hartje children, owing to
fear of ikidnapers. - 49,. ~.
Walter NJ. Wilson was killed in an
automobile accident near Buffalo.
N. Y.
The new electric locomotives OF
the New York Central Railroad were
successfully tried over course at
Highbridge.
Winston Churchill made his. first
speech in his campaign to be reform
Governor of New Hampshire.
Professor H. K, Aimes, of the Col
lege of the City Of New York, sued
Mrs. Mary F. Strong for $4,000
worth of curiosities he says she took
from his country home as souvenirs:
Marshall Field, of Chicago, owned
property valued at s7,71S,310 in
New York State on which the inher-
itance tax will have to be paid.
Albert O'Brien, tax collector OF
Totowa, N. j., committed suicide
when accused of embezzlement.
George B. Winter, the English
tailor, sailed for home, having de-
signed "smarter" uniforms for tho
United States Army.
The New England Society in New
York City is divided over the cleo
tion OF officers, and the dispute has
been taken to the Supreme Court for
adjudication.
One hundred strikers took posses
sion Of the Government camp at Cor
bett Tunnel, on the Shoshone reser-
vation works, eight miles from Cody
Wyo., and created a reign or terror. =.
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Finally q Kind Word.

One thing can be said for the inSur.
ance companies under the old e1trava-
giant management. They gave away
good bIotters.-SomerVille Journal.
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Asa Dekluge, who has been chosen
chief of the Apache Indians to suc-
ceed Geronimo, is a graduate of the
Indian school at Carlisle, and has
great influence with his tribe.
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Equally important with the saving OF
life at sea is the rescue Of persons
from burning buildings. When i'm.
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&fE;zafszT dIfIXRg'

results in a condition of affairs bet
ter imagined than expressed IN
words. The manure is often piled
in such places and in such quantities
that the inevitable results Is the
contamination of the air in the
cows quarters. The barn yards are
often quaking quagmires that can
not be crossed unless one wears high
rubber boots or is on raft.
Look Out For Weak Fowls.
At this season of the year it pays
to look the flock over carefully and
to weed out any hens or chicks that
are not promising. One will find
many that are not sick, but are OF
a nature that grows slowly and are
not at all likely to amount to much
at the next laying season. See to
it that such birds are not sick, but
if they are in good health get them
by themselves and prepare them
for market in the manner that will
land them there at the smallest e4
pense, yet in the best rossible con-
dition.
They may need a little grain, but
it will pay to feed it and in enough
variety to give them good appe-
tite for the corn which is to fatten
them off. Too many of these birds
which will not amount to anything
are raised yearly, and the worst OF
the plan is that their eggs are used.
to a greater or less extent, for breed
ing, and a race of undesirable birds
perpetuated.- d.-Indianapolis News.
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By MARY E. WILKINS.

VINO lett the pantry door open:
repeated Mistress Hapgood. 1.-The
one that did must go without supper
,to-night.
The children looked at each other.
Uncle Silas and Aunt Prudence Beals
and two cousins were to sup with
them that night, and there would be
Johnny-cake toast made with cream,
plum sauce, and pound cake for sup
per. 1t was a good deal to forego.
Mistress Hapgood stood waiting, and
the great white cat that had made
all this trouble sat on the hearth
washing her face. She had been
showed out with a broom, but had
walked in again.
, At last Nancy. the Youngest girl,
broke the silence.
Il saw Thomas coming out of the
pantry" said she.
Thomas, who was the very young
est of all, broke into a loud wall,
and the tears rolled down his fat
baby cheeks.
Il didn't leave zee door open,' he
soDbed. Il didn't"
What did you go into the pantry
at all for?" Queried his mother with
severity.
But Thomas only dipped his dou-
BILE chin into his pinafore and sobbcI
harder than ever.
: Answer mel" repeated his moth
er, in a commanding tone.
Thomas checked out a word which
Name interpreted.
He says he went into the pantry
after pancake" said she.
Thomas, go and stand in the cor
ner," said Mistress Hapgood.
And little Thomas, still lifting up
his voice, trudged across to the con-
ner, and settled himself therein, with
a teary face, tO the wall.
"Now," said Mistress Hapgood.
f'when did you see Thomas go into
the pantry?"
"This forenoon" answered Nancy,
with dubious look.
This forenoon" repeated her
mother Haven't you more sense
Than that child The whole family
has been in since then. Now. stand
in a row"
The Hapsood children obediently
formed themselves into a line in front
of the hearth.
"Now. Priscilla" said Mistress
Hapgood, did YOU leave the pantry
door open?"
"No, ma'am," answered Priscilla,
after a little hesitation. Her fair,
soher face had troubled 1ook
"Pollv did Won leave the nantrv
door oneno"
mo, ma'am."-
"Isaac. did vo,9"
mo. ma'am
Nancy"
NO, ma'am,"
"Thomac, did YOU leave the pantry
door open?"
MO-, MANI" walled Thomas
from his corner.
And all the Hansood cbi,dron bad
denied leaving the nantrv door onen
The frown on Mistress Hanoood,c
face deeoened.
"One of Won left tbe nantrv door
omen" said she "Tbore &c No one
else who could have done If have
been avay and you children ware
alone in the bouse One of rou is
telling a wicked fiji"
There vas a dead silence The
children stole inouiring elancas 81
each other, and rolled eearfuI eves
in their mothers direction
"Very we'll" continued Nietr,cs
Hapsood. "If one cannot confess a1,
must suffer You mnst all On w;th.
ont vour sumner
Then Thomas. wal, deono,ed on6
some oe the others ioined IN Die,
ella stood stin looking at +bom
mistress Hapgood, with her Inns com.
oressed and stennine verv firn,1y
hrourht ont tho nopnd-oo1,o ona ~,
4 info souares and nor+iona5 o,,t ~,
Mum sauce The thin IobbnrSc.tas
were baking before the fro
Presently Priscilla went up to he,