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Cup Plates.

These cup plates assure us tbo+
this 1OO-year-old china service a. 49,
real thing" said an antiquary. aTbav
stopped making cup plates loo vaars
ago. 'AS
Cup plates" he went ON ashou,
how table manners change For y,
you know what they were for2 Tba,,
we're to hold your dripping cup Of tea
after you had poured a part Of Il
into the saucer to drink from-so that
the cloth should not be stained
Yes, in the past, everybody DRAM,
hot tea from the saucer. Kings and
queens, emperors and generals a11
with a gurgling sound, tilted the f,,li ~,
saucer with careful balance Il tha
lips. The cup, meanwhile, reposad N
the cup plate" ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
no WED GERMAN DlpLomAT.
Washington Belle Has Captured Heart
of kaiser's Representative.

A German-American romance which
promises to lead to an early and happy
contamination is that of Count Her
mann Won notwithstanding, coun-
selor OF the kaiser's embassy, and
MISS Isabel May, eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry May of Washing
ton.
Miss May is a handsome brunette
OF many accomplishments, and ad-
m1rably fitted for life in the diplomat,
1c circle. She made her debut in
London five years ago, and has been
under the chaperonage of her cousin.
Lady Bagot. An aunt of Miss Mays
Is Countess Luis fAndigne of France,
IN which country she has also seen
much social life. At home she shared
m the first season of Miss Alice Roose.
welt, served as bridesmaid for Miss
kathleen Nelson, now Mrs. Reginald
vanderbilt; also for Miss Alice Thaw,
now the countess of Yarmouth, and
mas always been in the front rank of
fashionable life. Through her mother.
who was a Miss Coleman of San Fran
cisco, she will inherit a comfortable
fortune, although Mrs. Mays income
is suffering temporary shrinkage by
reason of the San Francisco earth
quake and its attendant troubles.
Count Hartzfeldt is the second son
OF the former ambassador from Ger.
many to Great Britain, and although
possessing comparatively small means.
has an assured future in diplomacy
and Is very interesting and attrac-
i've young man. In the event of
Baron Won Sternburg's early retire
ment from diplomacy, which seems
probable, Count Hartzfeldt would like
~ remain as charge d'affaires through
the coming season. The announce
ment of the engagement has not vet
been made. Mr.. May, who is a cousin
not brother, Of the late Mrs. Viii.
liam e. Whitney, is now on a business
trip to California. On his return it
Is expected the arrangements for the
match will be concluded.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Materiailsm in childran-

It is perhaps not unnatural that the
growth of fortunes should bring the
facts of life early before the minds Of
children, and that, as a result. there
should be a tendency towards ma.
terialism in even childs point Of
view. Not long ago I heard two girls
of six and seven talking on a country
road. They were children whose mar.
ents were amply able to give them
whatever they thought best for them
to have. The first child said. "How
can. we make some money? / tell
you what, Mary, we must sell your
radishes as soon as they are riDe.p
Mary answered sadly, "I wish Amt
Susan were here; she buys radishes
like the dickens" Now these child.
rem at this early age were discomfort.
ed with their weekly allowance ana
finding that they could not get more
from their parents, decided to cell
to the neighbors; and their parents
wishing them to develop themselves
and to learn by experience, did NOT
prevent their doing so.-Louisa NJ.
Grady in the Atlantic.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
The Trolley
Caribou
Being the
"reminiscences
/. of a
Nature Fakir
By
4 John Kendrick Bangs
By
John Kendrick Bangs
<~ys dE
Copyright, by Joseph B. BowIes. !

Naturally bein' a fedral Office
holder" said the postmaster, plaster
ing the cut in his thumb with one
cent stamp, Il amt takin any side
In this here question as to whether a
hungry Chipmunk really could bite the
heart out O. Bull Moose or not. I'm
here to sell postage stamps, and to
see that no third-class matter goes out
that amt fit readin fer the young.
But | hev my opinion on the subject,
which, protected by the sacred conf
dence of these here gatherins around
the stove, don't mind sayin' is wholly
faV'rable to the president O. the United
States | don't believe the Chipmunk
could do it-not from the outside, any
how"
"Them's my sentiments" said 81.
Wotherspoon. I'm a Democrat, but in
this emergency / stand by the ad-
ministration"
What you talkin' about, Joe?" put
In the captain. at warn't a Chipmunk
an Bull Moose. 1t was a Wood
) chuck an a Caribou, an l say without
no desire to curry favor with the pres
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"A Mile a Minute"

rye tonic, and dilutin' it with a hand
full O. snow, poured it down his throat,
an he turned over an went to sleep
like baby.
well, sir" said the captain, ad-
dressing me after pause, from that
time on that Caribou was mine. Talk
about gratitood bein' a human virtue!
Ye needn't tell me that Caribous prop
erly treated amt got it strong. When
mornin' come an Sapphire walked up,
he come trottin' along to where I was
chopin down trees, an from that
time on We couldn't get him to leave
me; an useful! Gee, but he beat
everything! To begin with, when
we'd got cord O. wood all chopped
up, an ready to be hauled away, we
didn't have to wait fer the team.
We'd just pile the stuff up on Sap
phira's horns-a hull cord at time
an he'd sCoot along with it to where
the big sledges and stone boats was
standin' an dump it aboard without
losin' a, stick. Then we'd use, them
horns to hang things on. Dinner
pals, overcoats, hats-anything we'd
ordinarily hang on tree, so that
when it come time to eat instead of
haVin to hunt up the tree where our
things was hangin', we'd whistle to
Sapphire, an he'd come bouncin' along
like happy schoolboy playin' he was
workin' Except on one occasion he
was OF great help to Jim and me, an
considerin' how much he done for us
takin' the hull season through, we
forgive him his one little departure
from the paths of rectitude.
aye see when night come on, with
the thermometer registerin' all the
cold it could, an pleadin' for seven
or eight more inches O degrees to
git at the real truth, Jim an me used
to let Sapphire come into the cabin
an sleep on the floor 'longside of US.
An l tell We he was better n a stove.
The amount of animile heat he give
out would ha' turned a steam radiator
green with envy, an We didn't have to
keep tendin' to it either. No gettin'
up at four o'clock in the mornin' to
put another log in the stove. No
goin out into the woods after kind
lin to git things started No pipes
freezin' one minute, an Dustin the
next. All we had to do was to draw
up leetle closer to Sapphire an fer
git it twasn't summer. The only trou-
BILE was that Sapphire was alters hun
CRY, an one mornin' while Jim an me
was asleep he caught sight O. the
straw an hay stickin out of hole in
,Tim's mattress, and when we woke up,
he'd eat up pretty nearly all the
stufln' in Jim's bed. Jim was pretty
mad about it at first, an wanted me
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07

10 give him a good 1arrupin', an sort
% Mapped On it all day, but the next
night, when Sapphire eat my mattress,
too, he come down off his revengeful
perch an thought it was a pretty good
joke"
Amt it funny how the joke on the
other teller's alters a good one?" said
the postmaster.
Yes" said the captain Some jokes
is Alters funny, an some amt. How
somever, Sapphire stuck to us all win.
ter, and by jings if he didn't foller me
homo when come back, an for three
years he stayed there on my farm
dom more chores than any ten hired
men an team. He'd haul the pillow
for me just like a boss or an OK
When the hay was cut he'd go out an
toss it with them horns O. his like
he lad a dozen pitch-forks onto his
head Him an mo together could load
four wagons with hay while the hired
men was talkin' O. how to load one.
An patient! My goodness-that fell
Ter Job was victim of the brain
storm habit alongside O. Sapphire. My
wife used to make him stand out in
the sun for six to ten hours day with
tablecloths an sheets a-dryin' on his
horns, an he never even give
sign of not likin' it; and when my
grandson was born we used to swing
him in hammick between two O
Sapphira's antlers, and that there
Caribou would rock him to and fro
for hours, without stampin' his foot
or g;vin' an impatient Wriggle of his
tail. tell We, I'll never have another
pet like Sapphire, Caribou or dog"
But what became of him, captain?"
I asked. Il should like to see him"
$50 should l." sighed the captain.
"But I never will-nor you, either.
He's gone forever"
The captain bsushed the back of his
hand roughly over his eyes.
mo, sir, he's gone forever" he con-
tinued huskily. Eye see, the trolley
come through the next year, an
like a dern fool give 'em a right O.
way along the back O. my pasture.
They told me the track would attract
all the lightnin on my place, an my
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07

year after year with an old pump that
is out of order most Of the time, and
when it does work it needs a horse
to run it. A man to live comfortably
in the country must have some me-
chanical ability and some business
ability to keep everything in proper
order. Excuses are perfectly useless.
and they mean nothing. It is cheap
er as well as better to have a good
water supply properly put in SO the
pipes may be drained to prevent freez-
ing and an abundant supply of water
ready at all times for use just by
opening faucet, than it Is to depend
on pump and to carry water in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07

idcnt that the thing never happened,
because Woodchucks amt what they
call a gastronomic animile."
eve don't see many Caribou around
here these days." said 81. Wother-
snOon, as a sort of relief to the situa-
ton.
Many" laughed the postmaster. Il
CORY, We don't see none. | amt see
one for so long that I don't know s
I'd know twas Caribou if one of 'em
should walk in here an ask for a
plug O. terbacker."
"They amt been none for ten
years" said the captain, moodily.
"Sapphira was the last one"
"Sapphira?" asked ST. Wotherspoon
and the Postmaster in one voice.
"Yep," said the captain. Sapphire
was that pet Caribou of mine that
l used to keep out on the farm. He
was the usefulest animile l ever see,
an it's always been a wonder to me
that considerin their intelligence an
s'ceptibility to trainin' for the useful
occupations O. life they amt been no
scientific move to domesticate EN-"
Il never knowed we had a pet Carl
bou, Cap" said the postmaster, with a
wink at me. "Where'd We git him."
'T caught him young up in Penob-
scot" replied the Captain. "Lemme
see-I think it was in tn winter O.
1896 was up on the Penobscot loggin'.
1t was a terrible cold winter. The snow
was thutty feet deep most every
where's, an loggin' wasn't no game
fer a dancin' master, can tell ye; but
we had to do il just the same. | went
ND with Hez Wogley an old Jim Woth-
erspoon-Si's uncle up at Bangor.
Wogley he disappeared after the first
week, but Jim an me we stuck to it
all through the winter. | remember
It was somewhere's along about the
middle of January that l was walked
up one night by a terrific moanin'
goin' on in the woods. Jim heard it,
too. but he was for forgettin' it, an
goin' to sleep again. ! wasn't p'ticu-
1arly interested about gettin' up an
goin' out to help nobody myself, seem
as how it was snowin' feather beds,
an the th'momter so low We could
hear the mercry clickin' against the
bottom o. the glass bub. But | got
nm an went out just the same, fer the
voice sounded sorter like Hez Wog-
.Iav,s an thought mebbe he'd got
Ieetle 'shamed O. hisself for goin' of
AM leavin' us in tn lurch, an was
irwin to get back, an been overlook
Inv the storm. So, s | say, / got up,
al mt On my buds an went out with
5 Iantern calm out: Hez! O Hell
.T,aey wasn't any answer at first, an
eftar lookin all around I started bach,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07

when I was almost froze by a. blood
cu1dlin' groan from the distance. This,
time it KEEP Up, until was able to
trace 1T down the trail to place
Where the trees were thicker'n usual,
an there | found Sapphira."
Good name, that" said the post
master
How'd We know his name was Sap
phira" asked 81. He didn't hand We
mis- visitin' card, did he?"
No" said the captain, undisturbed
by the insinuation. Il named him
Sapphire myself because he'd de-
ceiVed me into thinkin' he was Hez
Wogley. But there he was. a pris.
oner. He'd ketched his horns in the
trees, an he couldn't get 'em loose, an
by slow degrees the heavy snow that
was fallin' was coyerin' him up. By
the time I got to him he was buried
up to his neck. An hour more, n he'd
been out O. sight"
Poor feller," said the postmaster.
sympathetically. You come along
just in time, as usual, didn't you,
Cap?"
Precisely" said the captain. Gust
IN time, for as l spied him he tainted.
His strength was used up, and he
was all in. The first thing | did was
to take out my saw an saw off the
branches that had ketched him by
the horns, an then I took my shovel
an dug the snow away, SOS when he
come to he'd be all right. When I'd
got that done, SEEM that he was
pretty nearly froze stiff, l built two
bontires out O driftwood on both sides
of him, dashed cup O. cold water in
his face, an put his feet higher n his
head, which is tn best thing to do
when anybody faints. 1t restores the
circulation O. the blood. Bimeby he
come to, an just sat there an held
his hoof in my hand, an patted him
kind of affectionate on his neck, an
scratched his forehead like We would
kittens, an the first think I
knowed he was purrin' away just like
he liked it. He actchally licked my
hand, an his poor tongue was so dry
it took the skin off, so pulled out my
flask full O Dubsworth unfermented
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07

and 1t Is one of the cheapest. But
you cannot use it year after year with
out emptying and reflling. When the
premises are fixed UP early in the
spring is the time to empty out the
old filtering material and put in new
stuff. The tank should be cleaned
out at the same time and the whole
water system put in thorough repair
It will then go along for another year
with very little attention.
1t is a great nuisance to keep house
in the country without satisfactory
water supply. 1t is astonishing to
see how many houses are occupied
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sitting and reception room during the
day, and it answers for reading room
and general living room IN the even
ing.
The bathroom is over the kitchen,
where it may be kept warm enough in
moderate weather with drum through
which the kitchen smoke pipe passes,
and water may be supplied with a
force pump from cistera at the back
of the house without going to a great
deal of expense.
In building house of this kind, it
Ia well to look into the newer mechan-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
New LIQUID Fuel.

Ergin is a liquid fuel which has
found much application in Germany.
It is obtained from tar by secret
process and is reported to have a
heating power of $500 British Their
NAL units per pound.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Says the Rucolic SAGE

Thar's whole passed. of peonla ~
In under the flag who fondly ba1,a Il,
that Wharmso never thar's law 80 -,
men 70 execute it. thar can't be no I'M
erty. Well, we've got to recko . -, ~.
that stripe of feller-cittzen, even - ~
set up at night buiIdin' jails an, 49, i. ~
In up the bylaws OF new chs,r
gangs" ssaa'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07

bucket each time that necessity de.
mands it.
The cost of this house depends very
much upon the manner in which it is
built, but it is better probably to build
it well, even for summer house. I'm.
der favorable circumstances from
$1,000 to $4,000 should build it com.
plete, with the exception, perhaps, OF
heating apparatus, gas and electric
wireing and fixtures.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-12-25
Notice to Liquor Dealer
Office of County Dispensary Board Il
Abbeville County. 8
Abbeville, S. c., Nov. 25, 19(

Abbeville, S. c., Nov. 25, 1907. /
\ Bids are hereby requested, In accord
ance with the terms of the DispensarI
law now in force, for the followiDt
kinds and qualities of liquors, beef
and other articles herein enumerated Z
be furnished to the State Of South Cast
olina for use of the County Dispensar
Board for Abbeville County, to wit =:
100 bbls. corn whiskey, give prot
and age. -saJs
80 bbls. rye whiskey, give proof an
age.
Is bbls. gin, different grades.
bbls. malt Whiskey. I
2 2bbls. rum.
2 bbls. grain alcohol. 81
200 bbls. beer.
Bids will also be received for aboCI
200 cases case goods, including ryl
corn and Scotch whiskey. brandy, gin [
rum and wine. Also two cars glassI
Cork and tinfoil. and other article
used for a county dispensary. t- !
All goods shall be furnished in com.
pliance with and subject to the terms
and conditions of the Dispensary Law
of 1907, and bidders must observe tht1
following rules I
l. The bids shall be sealed and theI
shall be no sign or mark upon the eni
velope indicating the name of the bid !
der.
2. All bids must be sent by expres]
or registered mail to w. T. Bradley
County Treasurer for Abbeville Coun5
ty, at AbbeviIle, S. c., on or before I
O'Clock of the 9th day of December
1907. The contract shall be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder on,
each kind, the Board reserving the
right to reject any and all bids and,
any parts of bids. The board reserves
the right to increase or decrease the
above quantities at the same price as
therein submitted.
8. All goods TO be delivered t. 81
AbbeviIle, s. c., freight prepa =
Terms: 70 be paid for within 90 !tlay
and subject to regauge at orr ware.
house. Bids will be opened in the Of
fire of the County Dispensary Board 3 /
Abbeville, S. g.
G. A. VISANsKA,
w. +. NlCKLES,
T.J. PRICE. .
County Dispensary Board for Abbe-
vile County.
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AGE NO BAR.
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J. w. Powell, proprietor of gen
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For sale by all dealers. Price SO
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LOWNDESVILLE.

Lowrdesville, s. c., Dec. 81. 1907.
IN compliance with the request OF the frese
and Banner, the writer SENDS the IepoIt ven
below on Saturday instead OF on MONDAY, lne
time at which the writer's weekly reports are
usually sent In. AS no report was sent 10 10
the above paper last week, some OF the news
contained in what follows Is nearly TWO weeks
Last Sunday was q week ago DR.. j. ID. Will
son went to Augusta on professional ousf
ness. ...
among friends at Anderson the latter part of
the week before last, Including part OF ias'
week. ,.,,
Tuesday was week ago.
Mr.. C, G. McAllister OF Latimer was In this
place Thursday week ago on bue mess.
DR.. j. Speer went to Charleston last week
and spent several days In attending as dele
gate from Roslin Lodge, this place; the meet:
Ing OF the South Carolina Grand Lodge OF
Free MasonR. He says that the meeting was
success. one OF interest and pleasure. Sndv from
the Sand Hills Of Augusta, Ga, who was
raised near Mt. Carmel and who is 90 years
old, hale and hearty.
the worst that we have had for sometime. a
number of our people were badly dlsappolnt,
ed because OF the bad weather as tney naa
planned to take drive to Iva TO near leo
Dixie Lyceum Bureau. OF Columbus, MISS.
He lectured IN this place several years ago
and his many hearers were pleaseu luueeu.
Mr.. E. j. Huckabee was in Atlanta seVeral
days last week on business.
Dr.. ]. B. Moseley and Mr.. j. NJ. Huckabee
went To Abbeville on Tuesday last.
Mrs. r. l.. Smith went to Anderson on tues.
day and came back the same day.
Mr.. w. M. Speer and Miss Christine Kay
spent Wednesday In Anderson.
Miss Eliza Kay went to Anderson lew
ago.
Mrs. E. ]. Huckabee left Thursday evening
for Greenwood and the next day accompanied
by her sister. Miss Louisa Barber Of the Ian Ian,
der Female College faculty, went to Sampit.
near Georgetown, and will spend some days
with the family OF their brother In law, Mr..
D. NJ. Bourne. w
Mr.. ]. Bruce Moseey went to Abbeville
then on 10 Ninety-Si1 Thuraday and spent
till the next day with the family Of his broth
or in law, Mr.. D. NJ. Lipscomb.
Mrs. Jas. W. Huckabee and Mrs. W. W.
Thompson went to Anderson Friday. As the
yuletide Ia near some Of our people are md
ing II necessary to visit the nearest larger
towns, that is. Abbeville and Anderson.
where the facilities are much greater for more
nearly supply ing their needs for the coming
festive occasion.
The Presbyterian parsonage lot and lands
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State of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville.

PROBATE COURT.
Henry Haddep, as Administrator of
the Est. of Lee Hadden, deceased,
and in his own right. Plaintiff,
against Nancy Hadden, ct al, De-
PENDANTS. - Complaint to Sell
Lands to Pay Debts.
Pursuant to an order of the Probate
Court, will sell at public outcry at
Abbeville Court House, on Saleday in
January, 1908, next, for the payment
OF debts, the following described real
estate belonging to the estate of Lee
Hadden, deceased, situate in said State
and County, to wit: All that tract or
parcel of lands, known as
q. Two ~ lots in the City of Abbe-
vile, fronting sixty-six feet each on
College street, with a depth of one
hundred and twenty-five feet, more or
less, being lots bought from Mrs. Ida
G. Jones.
b. EIGHTY-FIVE and THREE
FOURTHS ACRES, more or less,
bounded by lands of Bet Sharpe, John
Rasor and Mrs. Elizabeth Cox.
c. Also, that tract or parcel of land,
containing N1NETY-NINE ACRES,
more or less, bounded by lands OF
John Seawright, John Bonds, John
Gray, Jap Ashley and others.
d. Also, that tract or parcel OF land,
containing ONE HUNDRED and
EIGHTYY-ONE and 82-lO0 ACRES.
more or less, bounded by lands of j.
]. Bonds, Lalimer Estate, John Gray,
and J. G. Milford.
1t Is ordered that the said premises
be sold in the order above stated.
TFRMS-Cash. Purchaser to pay
for papers.
J. F. MILLER,
Judge Probate Court.
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