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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
BOTTLE SEALED UP IN TREE.
Found in Heart Of Maple, Where 1t
Fad Been for Thirty Years.

Found in Heart of Maple, Where 1t
Fad Been for Thirty Years.
A pint bottle filled with rare old
whisky, the age of which is uncer-
tain, has been found here, imbedded
| solidly in the heart Of a maple tree
almost four feet in diameter.
President Graham, Of the Park
| Board. concluded that there were too
many trees in Bayliss Park, a breath.
| ing spot in the centre Of the city, 50
he concluded to cut out a number OF
the naples that were planted more
than fifty years ago, when Council
Bluffs was first given a place upon
the Iowa map.
One particular tree that was in the
course Of a new path that was pro-
posed was marked for the sacrifice.
The choppers felled this tree, finding
it solid from circumference to centre.
Saving the trunk into four foot
lengths, eight feet from the butt, the
saw just missed a long necked black
bottle. Observing 1t the choppers
carefully hewed away the wood, when
to their surprise, they brought forth,
tightly corkeo, a bottle of one pint
capacity, filled with liquor. The cork
was removed and the odor Of liquor
became apparent. 1t was sampled Ivy
experts, who pronounced it whisky Of
a most superior quality.
How the bottle Of whisky got into
the centre Of the huge maple tree is a
mystery that even the Oldest settler
is unable to solve. At no place about
it wax there any cavity, and counting
the rings of wood from the place
where the bottle was lodged, each
one of which represents a years
growth of the tree, it must have been
there thirty years. Besides this, old
settlers state that the bottle is of the
type in use from fifty to sixty years
ago. The bottle and contents have
been placed in the public library as a
curio. - Council Bluffs Correspond
ence Sioux City Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24

) The TRUTH ABOUT GOVERN.
; MENT JOBS.

Persons who do not reside in Wash
ington can form no adequate idea Of
the pressure brought to bear on Sen
,ators and Representatives for posi-
tions in the Government service. Men
and women, young and old, troop 70
the Capitol every day with this re-
frain:
II want a job, and I know you can
get it for me if you will only try"
AS a matter of fact, 1t is an ex-
trenely difficult thing to secure posi-
tons in the service, now that civil SER
vice is the rule in all the executive
departments. This, however, is an
advantage rather than a disadvantage
to the Office seekers. Especially is
this true of the men who make the
applications, for when a man goes
Into the Government" he practical
ly condemns himself to amount to
nothing for the rest o. his life. There
is scarcely an opportunity for any but
the slowest promotion, and a Gov
erpneLt clerk who gets more than
$500 q year is playing in line luck.
To one young man who was an
xious to get such a job a Western
CONGRESSMAN once said:
Young man, you will have more
chance for a future if go back home
and maui rails. You might as well
cast yourself into the sea with a mill
stone about your neck as to go. into a
Government department and expect
to accomplish anything"
Nevertheless, it is hard to persuade
the Office hunters of this. They ex7
pect to have easy hours and a COM
paratively easy wage. They get this,
but added to it is drudgery for life,
a treadmill existence unlighted by
the hope Of achievement or fame.
When they marry and rear families,
their former "easy wage" cannot
keep them out of debt, and this once
accumulated in Washington, remains.
From the Popular Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Tobacco For Sheep.

T%rainloads of tobacco are now be-
ing fed to sheep and lambs. It's no
longer, Twill tobacco prevent or cure
stomach worms, and Is it safe to feed
it," Let the educators and the ex-
perimentalists say what they will, the
tobacco treatment is doing the
work" all over this land. Tobacco,
either in the proprietary medicines
and foods or fed alone with salt, is
saving hundreds of thousands Of
lambs and that means the salvation of
thousands of fockmen, who had about
given up in despair their fight against
the stomach and intestinal pests.
Don't be afraid OF tobacco. Feed it
three times a week. Give it to your
horses and colts and your hogs. If
they are wormy or out of condition
you will note a radical change in
three weeks.-Farmers' Home Jour-
nal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
WORDS OF

More men fail from fears than from
foes.
The lowly heart finds the higher
life.
The great test is, can We bear the
little frets?
The lazy man is always proud of
his patience.
Many a man models his golden calf
before a mirror.
Many mistake a sealed head for a
sanctiied heart.
Life owes a living only to the man
who gives a life.
They who wait on God are never
found sitting idle.
1t is better to right wrongs than
TO revenge them.
More opinions are born in the stom-
ach than in the head.
It takes more than church fairs to
make a fair church.
You cannot get at a mans heart by
getting under his skin.
True saints never groan over the
growing pains Of grace.
The sins we wink at to-day are the
ones we work tomorrow.
Things do not work together for
good to the man who will not work at
all.
There Is a world of difference be-
tween the rule Of gold and the golden
rule.
You never can lift the submerged
SO long as you fear to soil your
sleeves.
It's easy to think you are standing
for public liberty when private Ii
cense is in your eye.-From Sens
tence Sermons" in the Chicago Trib-
une.
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Changes I'm the Horses Food.

There are few horsemen who have
not from dire experience learned that
sudden changes in q horses diet re-
suit d~isastrously. A change from
oats to corn, Or from timothy to clo-
yer, or blue stem to alfalfa, or even
from alfalfa to blue stem, often re-
suits in indigestion, with fatulence
or impaction. Even a bran mash on
Saturday night or Sunday morning
frequently produces securing if the
horse is worked next day.
Several experiments quoted by DR..
Fred Smith throw interesting light on
this question. Five horses were CIV
en- four pounds of oats, and four
horses were given three pounds of
oats, and all nine were destroyed
about four hours later. Four Of the
number receiving four pounds had
digested from two to three pounds OF
the grain, and three Of those receiv-
ing four pounds had digested approx
imately one and three-quarter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Wife and Country.

Paul D. Cavath, the noted New
York lawyer, said at a luncheon at the
Lawyers club: Vacation time Is
here, and already that dreadful song
about the wife gone to the country
Is being resurrected. But a variant
to the song was furnished by a con.
v~ersation l overheard the other night.
Hello, Smith, said one man to
another. I'm glad to see you back
at the club again, old fellow. Wife
off to the country eh?
"'No,' growled Smith. She's got
back"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Young Turkeys.

After the hens are through hatch
Ing lift the mother carefully from the
nest, take out the young turks, place
them in a box softly lined. Then
carry the mother and brood and put
into a large, well veStilated coop, al
ways putting in something to keep
the little turkeys from coming in con-
tact with the mother earth, which is
80 likely to give them cold. Now az
to nourishment, give small quantity
of egg and milk, cooked; then alter
nately feed hard boiled eggs and stale
bread crumbs. Feed every three
hours for several days. Place a pan
of fine grit and fresh water in the
coop. If the weather is suitable the
next afternoon let the mother bring
them out for a little stroll. During
the time clean out the coop, put in
fresh dry grass. Take the pan con.
tanning the last feed for the day,
place in a cnop, then persuade the
hen to bring her brood hither. BY
the next day the little one will re.
lieve you of that task. Let them out
every morning the weather is fit. At
ter the first week feed three times a
day. stale bread, esq bread and hard
boiled eggs. l greatly advocate the
egg diet, as nothing else will assist
nature in growing feathers so readily.
Now should your little turkeys
show any symptoms of having been
overfed, give one grain of calomel in
feed followed by m tablespoonful of
castor oil in next feed. This is the
proportion for twenty-five. Six years
ago l experimental with a flock of
fifty that hal been overfed. On
reaching the coop found several dead,
some gasping, and without an eXcep-
ton every one Of them suffering from
the same cause. Their eyelids were
drawn, eyes partially closed and res
pirations were very rapid. What
must l do? The thought, AROUSE
their liver" occurred to me. l i'm.
mediately proceeded 70 do so. Ten
CT the number died, the forty remain
ing ones soon developed into Iaomis.
ing birds. Have never lost n from
Indigestion since. - (Mrs.) Lem A.
Holt. in the Farmers Home Journal.
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Importance of Sheep Ancestry.

AS in the high standard class the
sire is the sheep, which above all 9TH
ers, brings worth, excellence and
quality, SO in this manner to the COM
mon locks of all possess a frame we'll
suited to the laying on Of flesh, not
fat, on the parts which furnish the
highest priced cuts. A good back,
we'll sprung ribs, a full chest, plenty
Of heart girth, short, strong neck, q
masculine head, with short lego, set
at the corners and all should be we'll
backed up are the general physical
evidences of good ancestry.-Epito-
mist.
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pounds. While the remaining one of
the first five had digested only twelve
ounces and the remaining one Of the
second lot had digested none what.
ever.
OF these two horses the first had
not tasted oats for eighteen months.
but the second, while he had been
used to eating oats, was placed in a
strange place for the experiment, and
was of a very nervous temperament.
No. l illustrates the results Of a
change of diet, and No. 2 shows the
results of unusual surroundings on q
nervous horse.
Further comment seems unneces-
sary.-I. E. Newsom, Colorado Agri-
cultural College.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Mixed Feeds.

All animals on the farm prefer
feeds that may not be relished by
some others. Advantage should be
taken of this fact to utilize all the
materials that might be wasted if
there were some animals that would
not accept them. A judicious use of
the feed cutter, mixing a little meal
or bran with the food and tempting
the animal with a variety will render
~serviceable even such foods as wheat,
straw and corn fodder. There are
several modes of serving corn fodder
that will make it acceptable, even to
dainty acknowledgements
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
For Spanish Lace.

1t is altogether possible to give a
new lease Of life to handsome Span
ish lace that shows signs of wearing
by transferring the figures to a new
net ground. If the lace is black and
rusty, freshen 1t by dipping lightly
In coffee or vinegar and water. Very
handsome lace should be dyed; then,
with the new, grounding, it is better
than new. Fill in openings with lace
stitches-they are not hard to learn.
Where time is. plenty and patience
abounds, something rather wonderful
may be achieved by holding a fine
gold thread around the lace figures,
of either black or white, and overcast
ing it firmly but sparsely with en-
broidery silk, either matching the
lace or the thing it Is meant finally
to adorn.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Keen the Field Clean.

: IF potatoes are to precede a spriAE
sowing of alfalfa, more than usual
care should be taken to keep the field
clean of weeds. Some farmers 90
well by sowing millet with the last
cultivation of potatoes, leaving the
potatoes in the ground until after the
millet is harvested, and when the
crop is dug the land is free from
weeds. Then it may be narrowed o"
aisked and seeded to rye for winter
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24

Plain Cake-One-third cup butter,
when melted, break in two eggs, fill
cup up with milk, seven-eighth cup of
sugar and beat all together and add a
little over one cup flour with heaping
teaspoon baking powder.
Rhubarb and Raisin Pie-Chop fine
one pound Of rhubarb and n and
one-half cupfuls Of seeded raisins.
Add one pint of sugar and two we'll
beaten eggs. This will make two
pies; make with top and bottom
crusts.
Frizzled Beef-Cut dried beef into
very thin shavings; put into a frying
pan nearly half full Of cold water;
set over the fire and let it come to a
boil; then stir in a large lump Of but
ter and enough -four to make a good
gravy.
Vermicelli Soup-Swell one-quar-
ter of a pound of vermicelli in a quart
of warm water; then add to it a good
beef broth (made from trimmings OF
beef with a pound Of sweet butter;
let the soup boil for fifteen minutes
after it is added.
Cornmeal Flapjacks-One quart Of
cold water is mixed with meal enough
to make a thin batter, n teaspoon
full of salt, one or two te%aspoonfuls of
baking powder having been stirred
in the batter. The addition Of one or
two eggs improves it. Cook on a
very hot pan, creased; scrape it after
each painful Is cooked, then only &C.
casional greasing will be required.
gr easing with a clean rag,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Tho Kaffir's Day Off.

When tile South African Kafir has
a day off" and sets about enjoying
himself one of his greatest pleasures
is to dress himself up in some extra
ordinary fashion and generally play
the fool.
The fete day umbrella and sundry
brought forth. Several hold up cam
dies, although it is daylight, to show
how civilized and up to date they are
Crude musical misunderstanding
that will make a noise--are greatly
to the fore on such occasions as these.
Wide World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Merely a Prevaricator.

A doctor relates the following story:
''T had a patient who was very i'll and
who ought to have gone to a warmer
climate, so l resolved to try what hyp-
inotism would do for him. l had a
large sun painted on the ceiling of his
room and by suggestion induced him
to think it was the u which would
cure him. The ruse succeeded and
he was getting better rapidly wher
one day on my arrival I found he wal
dead"
Did it fail, after all, them" asked
one of the doctors hearers.
NO." replied the doctor, "he died
lof sunstroke."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Mathematical Request.

Little Mary, seven years old, was
Saying her prayers. And, Cod" she
petitioned at the close, make seven
times six forty-eight"
why, Mary, why did you say that?"
asked her mother.
Cause that's the way l wrote 1T in
Examination in school today, and ]
want it to be right."-Lippincott's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
SEHgAHovsEHoLD RSR
9ahKR nAzTERS TNR
~e&a eap sn ~
A Hospitality Hint.

When I expect a guest from a dis
lance, said a reader, I purchase a
number of souvenir postcards of u
home town and after stamping them
place them on the desk in the guest
room, where they can be addressed
and sent back without any shopping
being done by my guest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Poultry Business.

Before going into the poultry bust
ness on a large scale it would be wise
to plan we'll. Study every detail Of
the business and do not overlook
chances for failure, for there are as
many in poultry raising as in any
other business. Many allow the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
A Simple Matter.

Charley, DEAR" said Young Mrs.
rTorkins, "the paper says that the Pro
F%hibitionists have trouble with boot.
leggers."
II believe So"
Men are so stupid! Why don't
they put a stop to it by compelling
Everybody to wear low shoes?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
AA Knew the Kind.

Little Edward, aged four, was an
only child. He was anxious for a
baby sister, and was talking of it one
day with a friend of the family. In
the friends family was a baby girl OF
lone year.. The lady said: Edward.
you may have my baby; she is pretty
and sweet"
oh" said Edward, II don't want an
old baby. ! want a bran new n wit
nofin on but tacum powder."-Red
Hen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
a Real Arqument.

They were talking about arguments,
not in the abstract, but as applying
to domestic happiness. What do you
think is the most unanswerable ar
gument you ever heard?" one bach
elor asked a married man. ,
That's very easy" lie replied.
when your wife says: If they can
afford 1t, we can,' there is no flaw in
that-and never will be."-Youths
Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot.Ease, the Antiseptic Powder.
It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Il
is a certain eure for sweating, callous and
hot, tired, aching feet. Always use i to
25e. Trial package mailed FREE. Addrea
Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
Hedging.

Clergyman-Win you take this W o
man until death?
Prospective Bridegroom-Isn't there
any minimum sentence?
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thoughts of success to o%vershadow
their cautiousness and frequently suf-
fer later. Poultry raising is a profit
able industry, and will pay as we'll for
the amount of money invested as any
other business, but it takes good
management and attention to- details.
National Poultry Journal.
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Generosity.

IT never deny my wife a wish"
~"1ndeed?"
mo; l let her wish. 1t doesn't cost
anything."-Life.
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At Rehearsal.

Q Fan-What happens when the bases
are full?
Mana discord.-Stanford Univer.
sity Chaparral.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24
MUNYON'S RHEUMATISM CURE
Tho Return of Ferguson.

Tho Return Of Ferguson.
A night clerk in a hotel sat doing
at his desk at about 1 q. M, when .
man in evening clothes came In as Il
l%aboriously trying to walk a crack,
and said:
I'm Ferguson; key to room A." 4
The guest disappeared in the direc-
ton of his, room, one fight up. 4Nsa
few minutes a man in his shirt sleeves
with a fiattened silk hat On the side OF
his head, and with inc shoe on q foot
and the other in his hand, came in and
said to the clerk.
I'm Fershon, key to for.for."
Mr.. Ferguson just took his key and
went up"
Mr.. Ferguson Just fell out window
n left key inside. Kindly lemms
have NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24

The grand knowledge for a man to
tnow is the essential and eternal diff
ference between right and wrong, be-
tween base and noble.-Mallock.
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Relieved BY Murine Eye Remedy. Try
Murine For Your Eye Troubles. You VIII
Like Murine. 1t Soothes. SOC at Your
Druggists. Write For Eye Books. Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24

No other man appreciates a helping
hand like q man in trouble.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy1upfor Children
teething, ~softens thegums, reducesinf1ar;Ta.
ron, allays pain, cures wine collie, 25cE bott'A
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The supply Of talk always exceeds
the demand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24

A nagging wife makes her husband
forget his other troubles.
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AN INSURANCE EXCEPTION.

Now" said the chronic quoter, "a
man is known by the company he
keeps" rs
"Say, I'm an insurance policy hold
er! Please don't class me with the
company I keep"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24

Tips you get are almost as worth
less as those you give.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-08-24

Many a budding genius has devel-
oped into a blooming idiot.
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Squilbob-That fellow over there
would make a splendid magazine poet.
Squilligan-A genius, eh?
Squillbob-No, but he has dyspepsia
so bad that he would't get SO hungry
living.
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A garden planned thus will supply a family OF Eve with summer and
winter vegetables in plenty. Numbers indicate rows or hills. The scale
in feet is shown at top and side-House and Garden.
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A PoLIcEMAN's EXPERIENCE.
Suffered for Years From Chronic Kid
ney Trouble.

Walter j. Stanton, 1889 Pear St.,
Camden, N. j., says: Kidney trouble
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