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Asphalt q DeIuSiON.

If the cost Of all the horses that
have been injured on asphalt could
be collected from city authorities,
there is hardly a municipal treasury
that would have a dollar left to sup.
ply other improvements. Asphalt
under certain conditions is as greasy
as oiled glass. Flushing it with cold
water is a delusion ard a snare. II
hot water or acids are applied asphalt
rots or collapses the moment any abb
normal weight passes over it and the
substance c~rusheslike sawdust, to the
annoyance of people who ride over
it in vehicles provided with solid
rubber or pneumatic tires, invented
after asphalt came into vogue. Nc
sooner is asphalt laid than a troop
of navvies are employed to use blaz.
ing frepans and noisy engines and
steam rollers to make repairs. Often
the Eess is laid over Uneven and
poorly laid stones, in the belief that
it will hide a multitude of sins. Like
the lazy mans wire nail to substitute
q screw, asphalt is only an apology
for something better that might be
depended upon to last a century. AZ
for the rotten macadamizing and
other imitation surfaces put on roads
and highways in many parts of this
country, the whole business is a
standing disgrace. Under-drainage
is seldom adopted, subsurfaces are
hardly ever properly laid down; con.
sequently wheels and axles break.
harness carries away, horses strain
their legs and tendons, and are urged
till their hearts break, and mean.
while this great nation looks calmly
on and pays the bill.
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Driven Far by Storm.

Driven by the wind over an ocean
and half a continent, a West Indian
heron fell into the yard of James E.
Davis, 1888 Clay street. The heron,
it 10 thought, was carried from an
island in the West Indies by the hur-
ricane that swept the South recently.
and the edge of which hit Cincin-
natl. The bird was exhausted when
it fell into Davis yard, and lay on its
back for some time before it was dis
covered.
Davis carried the bird into his
home, warmed it and fed it, and as
soon as it was revived it struggled
desperately to be gone again. Davis
says he will keep the bird. The Nat
ural History Society pronounced it to
be a fine specimen Of the West Indian
heron. It's colors are green and brown,
it has a beak three inches long, and
when it takes the kinks out of its
neck that part Of it's body is about
two feet long.
The visitor from a far of land has
found a home on Clay street, where
a large cage is being constructed. for
it.-Cincinnati Post.
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Rest After Meals.

Hurried eating Of meals, followed
Immediately by some employment
that occupies the whole attention and
takes up all or nearly all Of the phy-
steal energies, is sure to result in dys-
pepsia in one form or another. Some
times it shows itself in excessive irri-
liability, a sure indication tiat nerve
force has been exhausted.
The double draught, in order to
digest the food and carry on the bust
ness, has been more than nature could
stand without being thrown cut of
balance. Nature does not do two
things at a time, and do both well,
as a rule. All know that when a force
Is divided it is weakened. If the meal
were eaten slowly. without preoccu-
patton of the mind, and the stomach
allowed at least half an hours chance
to get it's work well undertaken be-
fore the nervous force is turned in
another direction patients suffering
from dyspepsia would be compare
lively few.-Family Doctor.
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TIE
Exceptional
Equipment

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and tho
scientific attainments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir OF SIENNA, in all Of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal princip!eso of plants known to act most
benefcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup Of
California Figs.
AS there is only one genuine Syrup ct
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full mama
of the California Fig SyrupCo. is not found
printed on the front thereof
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CHOOSE right Soil.

"A house to BE healthy must be three
things. e., dry, warm and light,
and the two f4rne1 conditions depend
greatly on the nature of the soil on
which the house ifs built. The best
kind of soil toHF$ on is either gravel,
sand or chalk, because being porous
the rain is able 10 ~percolate through
the ground inst bad OF accommodating
as it usualkdoe8 5 on a clay soil. Un-
der no circllst knces is a clay soil de-
sirable f~orletble who suffer in any
way from astfhroat or chest, or who
at all addid Ito rheumatism.
A houss hi hg in a hollow should
also be anuhs&t, whereas n situated
on a gent s&bpe is most desirable as
it's situatin 4hsures its being dry, and
is at the sa1he time Of great assist
ance forfdrjaiaage purposes, says
Home Chat
Lights ALSO most important to the
inmates of a house, and though it is
we'll to hare trees close to the house,
they should not be too near or they
will dripoh the roof as we'll as make
the rooms dark and cherries. The
rooms should, ifpossible, get an equal
amount o. sunlight southwest as
pect Is the best to select.
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Snakes in Railway Carriages.

The railway station of Bragulia
(Servia) is 50 infested with snakes
that special precautions are taken
when trains stop there to prevent the
reptiles from entering the compart-
ments- An Englishwoman coming
from Constantinople was appalled, to
find a small snake coiled round the
handle of her travelling bag. The
consequent search resulted in the dis
covery of several other snakes among
the passengers rugs.-London Even
ing Standard.
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Cranberry Pie.-One-nalf cup rals-
Ina, m cup cranberries, one cup su-
gar, cne-half cup water, n teaspoon
! vanilla lchop cranberries (uncooked)
and r%aiIins together, add sugar, wat
a, van la, a little salt and flour.
Jelly APie.-Make a rich pie crust
and ne torate to prevent b%listering
and BAH; when cool fill (not too
FULL VIII grape jelly, spread gener-
,ously Wa}h whipped cream sweetened
and lavAed with vanilla; finish with
tiny bits of jelly laid lightly on the
cream.
Broilel Goldfish Steaks.-Have the
steaks aba 1T an inch thick, clean and
wipe theu well; into olive oil put an
onion CHOPPED till very fine, some
salt, white pepper and a little lemon
Juice; coat each piece Of fish thor.
oughly with this mixture; set away
for two hours in a cool place; take
out and boil ovc: a7clcar fire.
Currant Creamota.a.-Mash a sum'
cient quantity of ripe red currants to
yield two-thi5ds of a pint Of juice and
a sufficient amount of raspberries to
yield ~one-thifd; boil two pounds OF
sugar and three quarts of water to.
getkcr until al clear syrup is formed;
skim off any scum that may arise,
strain and set aside; when cool add
the pint Of fruit Juice ard freeze ia
the consistency Of mush. not solid. as
an ordins : IL Serve in tall glasses,
Rhubarb JaIh.-Taile the stalks OF
nice, fresh rhiEbarb and wash them
free from sand and dry them. Now
cut int pieces half an inch long, then
put into al chrthcnware vessel Oh
some kind with the same weight OF
sugar and setAin a cool place fol-
about thirtyf hours, then put into
a ~preservini and boil for about
thirty or minutes. Pour into
Jars andA Until cold before seal
ing. 5 very nice when flaw
orsl or ginger.
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Canning Fruit.

When putting up fruit in g:a Jars
put rubbers on first, then fuil'
Put top en- and screw just as Styht as
possible. Turn jar with toHioWn;
If any fuss or leak run knife around
the edge on top and turn dow again.
if it leaks, try knife again. III there
is still a leak, take off top jttry an
other lid, as fruit will notekeep IN
less perfectly alright. Ydl hear Sc
much about fruit not kef9ing, and
not being alright IS one tg trouble.
[ use new rubbers. / havS lost some
fruit, but hardly ever thin OF such a
thing now.-Mrs. J. F. Hfnter.
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nervous and all unstrung. l thought
1 tried every known medicine, but it
was not until l began using Doan's
Kidney Pills that l began to get help.
The pains slowly disappeared, the
kidney secretions cleared up and in a
few weeks my strength returned so
that I could work about the house
again. 1t is three years since then
and Deans Kidney Pills have kept
me we'll"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Nothing So WaSteful,

There is nothing so wasteful, SO
] discouraging and such a hard refec-
ton upon a community az a bad road,
says Sports of the Times. On the
other hand q good road is both a
money and time saver, a constant
source of economy and a townships
most valuable asset. The ancient
Roman roads are for the most part as
good to-day as when they were first
constructed. The Appian Way, that
stretches across the Campagna SOUTH
ward from the Eternal City was laid
out 212 years before the Christian
era began. The suburbs and villages
have long vanished, but the Via-Ap-
pia, bordered by crumbling tombs,
runs just as straight and as level as
it did when st. Paul t%raversed it to
preach the new faith, and when the
dead Emperor Augustus was borne
l~ifeless back to Rome. 1t has been
we'll said that the legions conquered
not so much by force of arms as by
the magnificent roads they con-
structed. While their language, Gus
toms and pagan form of worship left
little or no impression on the coun-
tries they e%nslaved, yet the races they
overpowered absorbed their methods
of road-making, and thus we now
find all over Europe and the British
Isles highways that bid fair to last
till doomsday. We have been voted
plagarists and eopyists in all else that
we have taken from the world that's
old, but we have still to adopt a plan
of construction for paths to tread on.
France, England, and in fact, the
smallest European hamlet can give US
cards and spades and a beating when
it comes to building a highway, a by
way or a paved street.
1t is safe to say that more horses
are ruined in a year in this country
on account of the awful condition OF
pavements and dirt roads than are
worn out in two decades on the other
side Of the Atlantic.
Aside from overloading-which is
carried to criminal lengths in all the
large cities Of the United States-the
footing provided, or rather not pro.
vided, for horses here is simply abom.
Unable. AS for asphalt, its inventor
should have a monument erected tc
his memory that will hold him up to
public ridicule for ages. Satan him
self must have devised it to confound
both man and beast. Every square
foot of the stuff spells graft of the
most pronounced brand, and there
was never a surer means employed
for the rapid eradication of the horse
as a motive power. However any
body of men OF municipal committee
with any claim to humanity in their
makeup could have approved asphalt
as a street covering is incomprehensi-
BILE to the disinterested observer. Flu,
ture historians will surely put us
down as a a. gone mad in the bud.
ding. The material is certainly not
cheap, nor has it anything like the
lasting quantities of roushened con.
crete blocks, graniteike wood pave
ment, or properly laid and cared fol-
macadam. 1t costs millions to lay,
and hundreds of thousands of dollars
are expended every year in cur cities
to keep it full of holes, SO that those
who have the contracts for relayine
make as much out of it as the original
constructors.
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The Table Silvk

Ivory and mother-of-I;ar nandles
for table knives seem have peen
superseded by silver.
Perhaps this is just II we'll Tor the
silver is more substantial and less
likely to be injured by constant use
Silver platters for Serving meats
are also much more ID use than for
merly. J.
They hold the HAT better than
china, so that there IS q sprer way to
serve the dishes piping hot.
In many places it is becoming more
and more the fashion to pass the sill.
YER as it is needed, for each course.
This does away with the imposing
display of tableware which formerly
confronted the guest at|the beginning
of a formal dinner.
The array of kniFesfald forks and
spoons often proved somewhat OF a
nuisance, getting in ones way, and
causing momentsd embarrassment
to absent-minded guests who were so
unlucky as to use THE wrong fork
Washington Star.
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Ut Had Fallen,

"The New York women r very
handsome" said the visitor from the
West, "but some Of them seem to be
a little deformed, don't they? Look"
and he pointed out a woman whose
uplifted skirt discovered an ankle a
little disfigured, true, by what ap-
peared to be a wen, or something.
"Sh-h-h!" explained the New
Yorker softly. "Her powder puff has
fallen down. is all."-New York
Press.
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Memorial to Newman.

The magnificent memorial church,
being erected in Birmingham, Eng
land, through the generous contribu-
lions of worldwide admirers of the
late John Henry Newman, is nearing
completion. 1t has been built outside
the old Oratory, so dear to the heart
Of the late cardinal
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When Windows Are Open.

Curtains may be kept from blown!
out of the windows, says the Ladies
Home Journal, il you place lead q
iron weights in the corners.
iron washers are good, as they are
heavy enough to make the cur ens
sag. They may be. covered witIs
same material and placed in dbhel
the hem or corners.
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WAGNER on Parsifal.

Wagner had finished the score OF
"Parsifal," and after whistlinG it
softly to himself a few times his face
wreathed with smiles.
There, by Ginger!" he said, sign
ing his name to the score. With all
due respect to the Society for the Sup
preston of Unnecessary Noises,
think that is pretty good stuff
New York Times.
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From Cycle to Trolley.

The famous elevated cycleway be-
tween Pasadena and Los Angeles,
Cal, which cost 100000, is being
RACED to make way for a trolley line.
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SiGNifcaECcS,

Father" said little Rollo, what
does a politician mean when he says
he is going to retire from public
life?"
He may mean one Of two things,
my SON; either that his pull has been
entirely exhausted or that it has
become too good to be wasted on a
Government salary Washington
Star. N. Y.-51
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Schools ID Turkey.

In Turkey there are 1900 schools
In which girlsreceive education. There
are forty secondary schools having
5000 girls on their rolls. The learn
Ing Of Koran Is compulsory, and arith-
metic, geography and elementary
science are taught.
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of weakness that ]
could do no work,
and the pains I suf-
fered would throw
me into spasms.
was dizzy, worn and
%sleepless, my back
ached terribly, I had
and was
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ACCOUNTING ITCHING
Eczema For a Year-Got No Relief
Even at Skin Hospital-ln Despair
Until C%uticura Cured Him.

II was troubled by a severe itching and
dry, scurfy skin on my ankles, feet, arns
and scalp. Scratching made it worse,
Thousands of small red pimples formed
and these caused intense itching. ] was
advised to go to the hospital for diseases
of. the skin. / did 80, the chief surgeon
saying: I never saw such a bad case Of
eczema But I got little or no relief
Then I tried many so-called remedies, but
I became so bad that l almost gave up in
despair. After suffering agonies for twelve
months. 1 was relieved of the almost un'
bearable itching after two oC three applica.
tions of Cuticura Ointment. | continued
its use, combined with Cuticura Soap and
Pills, and I was completely cured. Henry
Searle, Cross ST., Little Rock, Ark, Oct.
3 and 10, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston. Mass.
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Permanganate of Potash.
A Test For Fresh Meat.

Permanganate of potash is a most
useful di%sinfectant, and may be
bought in crystals for a nominal sum
Dissolve enough of the crystals IN
water to make a deep, claret colored
solution, and bottle it for use as re-
quired.-Everyday Housekeeping.
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RESTORES LOST POWERS. A weak
man is like a clock run down. MUNYON'S
VITALIZER will wind him up and make
him 60. If you are nervous, If you are
irritable, If you lack confidence IN your
self, II you do not feel your full manly
vigor, begin on this remedy at once. There
are rs VfTALIZER tablets in one bottle;
every tablet Is full OF vital power. Don't
spend another dollar on quack doctors or
spurious remedies, or fill your system with
harmful drugs. Begin on MUNYON'S
to feel the vitalizing effect Of this remedy
utter the first dose. Price, 81, postpaid.
Munyon, 53rd and Jefferson, Phila, Pa.
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Fruit From the Tropics.

A single fruit company exported in
1908 100000 punches of bananas
to Europe and the United States from
Central and South America and ia
maiCa.
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Within five years Uruguay will
have 100000 olive trees, capable Of
producing 100000 pounds Of olives
and $4,000 gallons of Oil
f.
When a division is taken in the
House Of Commons a, two-minute1
sandglass is turned to allow members
time to enter the house. Then the
doors are locked. ,a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-05

Young Lone Wolf, a Kiowa Indian
chief. is a Baptist minister. He is
Carlisle graduate and reads his Greek
Testament every morning.
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Greece has practically no coal dee
posts. Whatever electric power it
has comes from waterfalls. r.a
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Rheumatism and Neuralgia never could
get along with Hamlins Wizard Oil. Wiz
ard Oil always drives them away from the
premises in short order.
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Columbia University boys have
taken a step in the matter of reform
that will meet with commentator.
They have barred mustaches.
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A dental college has been added
to the University of Madrid, whose
graduates will be allowed to practice
in Spain without further examination.
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Helium is the ideal gas for all lighter
than air airships.
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Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
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About one-third of the human race lives
nn rina - , ..
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Great Britain owns more thar one-half
of the worlds ocean shipping. -
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IN CONSTANT TORTURE.
How o Severe Case of Kidney Disease
Was Conquered.

Mrs. Sherman Youngs, Schoharie,
N. Y, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills
saved my life after years of suffering
that ran me down to such a degree
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'"WnIie

At the La
were laughipI
just told them
willie" Collier, when soney
a spirit of banter, asked,
"'Willie,'" isn't that one4
ayes s~tories?"
mot yet" quickly answered will
lie. "-Lippincott's.
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The British Welsbach Company has
begun manufacturing electric lights.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softensthe gums, reduces inflamma-
ton. allaYs pain. cures wind collie. &c. q bottle.
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The Touch of Fortune.

"What do you think, my dear?
Such luck! We leave for Paris in
an hour"
Really"
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eyes, we're going to Pasteur's. My
husband has just been bitten by a
mad dog."-Bon Vivant.
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1900 On an average, to
rs ii Gwen years. In most
the standard is be-
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a few successful
to expect it, and
I'M milk be placed in
take to it." Feed
e the good if he can
hself that he is steal.
ever notice that?
them to eating pretty
Usually at about eight
breed the SOW if it is
to do so. Few sows
the piss are sucking
we generally pen the
pigs cannot get to her.
too hungry we turn
few minutes and then
egsin.
conditions d SOW usu-
lin three or four Gays
w usually keep them
he pigs thereafter, but,
it depends on the agsi1
Of the pigs. n
kim milk with dishwa
scraps should be. giva
iddIings (white shorg
added to the slo2, al
lave a moderate feedf
# exercise and DentYf
or develops so TeYas
continually in '%il-
you ever notice pa1
" shoats to root nTh If
gers. or r~immeR,&ere
nj. of course, III csc o.
ab-,ham in
armer.
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The Ideal Al.

the use OF typ9nd pic.
LIZ as possible, VIM eoo'
o-nrnan h5 the adj
having his cus'mc' face
. while the adTrtisement
i, w narsopal so ar as the
foo dppcerned. it an be per-
G the standpoint of the
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have also
[toes from
that not
marketed.
row a mar
w one that
but pigs or
hys greatly
BE hills Of
This and
tatoes from
Farmer.
Stock.
at the high
br all kinds
continue IN
Ind he Is of
big every ef-
dds per acre
he. II these
lt by better
ter drainag
ll and good.
is increased
pastures and
bf practically
horses, we
results will
in this direc-
the soil will
Its fertility in
lime, but even
bible to main
esulting prices
kecided change
a few years.
the production
bring about a
d any decided
supply would
harket price of
Last fall the
e of all classes
bave grain, has
bg prices on a
Not only were
pigs sent to the
nload, but the
very materially
of brood sows.
kiy result in in
<. With cereal
sduction may be
will drop amaz-
~'uction it may
No even catch
armers should
|rInind and not
btrterests to in
FGlction.
ices will swing
'ifed farming is
atan to-day as it
(otsarmer.
r..
henre think of
lre our minds
we had some
ed accident, or
knoyow to a
arnuisance at
[~susl:poked" of
lie b1se she is
ugh care for
trow mt" pigs,
runts good ones
Hers, e further.
NAL them by
aad {
somAculty in
|perly, f the sow
tae pig. so much
they t care to
and dTlop. That
~Pposit:oor when
awaym them
ve befdey will
les t~henonsider-