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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-11-15
SOME NEGRO GUTGaGE5.

While 10 negroes have been
murdered white men have. The
most notorious orc vas the sssas-
sination of DIR. G. Shell By negroes
in 1868. In this case one Of tie
assassins WAS convicted sNd hung,
and the others were permitted to
escape. Furthermore, ] have be-
fore me the story Of al attack by
negroes upon the residence o. Ar.
Harrison Scott. lie was absent
at the time, and his wife was most
hrnta!Iy treated, after doing which
the negroes robbed the house &HG
marched CT. An attempt Was a.
50 made Oh the life of 4 III. Shaw,
which, however. fortunately failed.
1t is not my purpose to say a",'-
thing harsh about the negroes CT
Laurcns county. All the whites
agree III representing The majority
Of them as orderly and we'll be-
havcI. and certainly the negroes
DO not compiain Of any jl!-lIc;;t-
mrmt at The hands CT I'll" whites.
DO not know that c:2 i;!-s-
trat2 the ohjec: Of Tie A& j!"S
better than by giving the words
Of negro to me- on Yesterday.
.n0s,." Said he. "uo i.u lax Mr
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-11-15

"!Iomo l;H!& &"-Petticoqt GOV
crnmcI t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02

A LARGE RoPE.-An account OF
the largest rope in the world, as de:
scribed in one of the daily papers Of
Birmins ham, England-the place Of
its, manufacture-will prove interes-
ting 10 the American reader. Accor-
ding to the details given, the rope is
l1,o00 yards long, measures five aud
one-fourth inches in circumference.
and weighs over sixty tons. Made of
patent charcoal wire, laid round a
hemp centre. the rope consists of six
strands, with ten wires on each strand.
Each wire measures 12,l60 yards, so
that the entire length Of tho wire.
reaches tho enormous total of more
than four hundred and twelve mics.
10 this is to be added the length OF
yarn used for the centre, namely,
twenty-sevcn threads, each thread
measuring 5000 yards, and
giving a total length of about
23O miles. Adding together the wire
and the yarn, there is grand total
of 635 miles of material-all going
to make monster wire and hemp
rope alittle under six miles long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02
Sherif's Sale.

va" III - NCE2V0
DY VIRTUE Of sundry wrts Of fcri
ID. facias to me directed, | will sci!
ut Abheville Court House. on the
FIRST MONDAY in JUNE next,
within the legal hours, ONE BUG
GY. levied upon as the property of
L. r. Dantzler, ads. d. Wyatt Aiken,
and others.
Terms Cash.
HENRY S. CASON,
. S. A. G.
fher.f''s Office,
May 5, 1871, 53t}
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02
SHERTFF'S SALE.

DY virtue Of sundry writs of Fieri
- Facias to ME directed, will sell al
Abboville Court House, Oh the FIRST
MONDAY in JUNE next, within tho
legal hours, all that tract OF parcel. OF
and, situate and being in the County OF
Abbcville. bounded hy lands of Samuel
Jordan, Enoch Nelst II, and others, Iey-
led on as the property Of Robert Keowen
ais. Samuel Jordan.
Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay for
stamps aud papers. -.
Fl. S: CASON,
s. A. G.
Sherifl''s Office, |
May ~, 1871. ! =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02
THE DAFFoDILS.

Down by the woodside, warm and low,
Their happy lives they spend; :
Beside them the waters leap and flow,
Above them the tall trees bend.
Around them the minstrel blackbird
sings,
The thrush calls loudly near.
And they reared their golden crowns
like kings
Fhe waves run bright with sunny How,
All down Though the hazel bowers; !;
sweetly and softly they sing as they
A song they have learnt. from the
flowers.
Summer comes on with her plenteous
gifts
White roses and hairbells blue.
And the stately crimson foXglove lifts
His head where the datodils grew.
The earth is fair and fowery realm,
And the west wind whispers low
Through the heavy boughs Of the thick
leaved elm,
And down by the waters flow
Down by the brook that all day long
Glimmers under the alder bowers;
But it singeth not now the old sweet
s6ng
That It learnt from the golden flowers.
The davs of Summer run brightly by,
But the waves have sad refrain,
which cannot be still'd, nor the place
he filrd,
Till the dafodils blossm again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02

R.P. spaulding, who has been men
toned as the Radical candidate for
Governor Of Ohio, openly declares
himself opposed to. the denomination
of Grant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02

Judgment Of Foreclosure and Sale.
HpY virtue of the order of Court Il,
Id this case, I will sell, at AbhcvilIt
Court House, on the first Monday n
JUNE next, within the legal hours
the mortgaSed premises described il
the complaint in this action, consistin:
of all that tract of land on which tll'
defendant, Thomas Robinson, resides
situate, lying and being on jobs Greek
waters of Long Cane Creek, in til.
County and State aforesaid, bounded b.
lands of Thomas Eakin, David Hannah,
Benjamin Eakips and others. contain
ing FIVE HUNDRED ACRES, more
or less.
Terms of Sale-Cash, purchaser to
pay for stamp and papers. "
II. S. CAsON, .
Sheriff Abbcvilie County.
Sheriff's Office,
May s, 1871. I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-02

aSsssSA GnviGgs tbat Is renion reoie re,ia,, is,
o'sszss:ssssss:z - Bic and far more Of.
fcctlal remedy than any other Those who have
tried il, know that it curel them; those VINO nave
not, know that it cures teirneighbors anu irlcnde
anu all know that what 1t does once 1t does al'
ways-that it never fails through any fault orneg-
glcct ofits cOmpos sito1. We have thousands upon
thousands ofccTtitcates their remarkable cures
Of tho following complaints, put sucn cures are
known in every Ieighborhood, and we need not
publish them. Adapted to all ages and conditions
in all climates containing neither calonei norany
dclcterions drug, they may be- taken with saiety
by anybody. Their sugar-coatlng preserves them
ever fresh, and makes them pleasant to take, While
being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from
their use in any. quantity.
They operate by their poWerill influence on ING
internal visccra to purify the blood anu stimulate
it into healthy action remove the ohstructlons
Of the stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs OF
the body, restoring crrrcgnlar action to health,
and Sn 5 onS my s sT!S
Minute directions arc given IN the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which these
Pills rapidly curc:-
For ny.prIaia or indigestion, Listlcss.
ness, LanGuor and Loss OF .AplseSisH, they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom'
ach and restore its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaint and its various symp-
toms, Eiliou. Headache, Sick Head
nCh1, Jauntlfcc or Green Sickncss, Dil.
tons Collie and Bilious Eevers, they should
be judicously taken for each case, to correct the
diseased action or remove the obstruchons which
cause it.
For Dysentcry. or Diarrhcea, but one
mild dose is generally required.
For Eaheuniatinm, Gouf, Gravel, Pal.
pttat!sn Of tho Heart, Pain in tho
Side, Fsack and Loins. they should be contin.
uousy taken, as required, to change the diseased
action Of the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For Brepsy and 1ropsical swellings
they should he taken in large and frequent doses
to produce the effect of drastic purge.
For Hupprekaion large dose should he
taken as it produces the desired effect by sym
palhy.
AS q Dinner Pill. take ono or two Pills to
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and nvigoratcs the system. Hence it is often ad.
yantaseous where no serious derangemcnt exists.
One who feels tolcrably well, often finds that 8
dose OF these PiUa makes him feel decidedly bet
ter, from their cleansing and rcnOvating effect on
the digestive apparatus.
DR.. j. C.. AVER d CO., Practical Chen,tsts,
LOWELL. MASS, q. s. Il.
For sale by Parker d Lee.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21
Savings for Old Age.

No one denies that it is wise to make
provision for old age, but we are not all
agreed as to the kind of provision 1t is best
to lay in. Certainly we shall want little
money, for destitute old man is indeed q
sorry sight; yes, save money by all means.
But an old man needs just that particular
kind of strength which young men are apt
to waste. Many foolish young fel ow
will throw away on holiday cerIain
amount of nervous energy which he will
never feel the want of until he is seventy,
and then how much he will want it! 1t
is curious, but true, that bottle of cham
payne at twenty will intensity the rheu-
matism at threescore.
1t is a fact that everlasting the eyes at
fourteen may necessitate the aid of spec
tacles at forty instead of sixty. We ad-
wise our young readers to be saving Of
health for their old age, for the maxim
holds good in regard to health as well as
to money. "Waste not, want n t." 1t is
the greatest mistake to suppose that viola
ton of the laws of health can escape its
penalty. Nature forgives no sin, no error ;
she let's off the offender for fifty years
sometimes, but she catches him at last, and
inflicts the punishment just " hen and
where, and just how he feels 1t most Save
up for old age, but save knowledge; save
the recollections of good and noble deeds
innocent pleasure and pure thoughts save
friends, save love. Save rich stores of that
kind of wealth which time cannot dimin-
ish nor death take away.-RurG Nov
Yorker
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21
THE LESSON OF THE BRIARS.

Charley Charleyl' called Ella to her
younger brother; "dont go near those
briars come over here in the gardenl"
Ho stay in the garden who wants to
stay in the garden" answered master
Charley with great contempt. 81 guess
you think l m girl to want to play where
it's ali smooth and everything. Ho"
THAT'S not it, Charley, but you know
we both have on our good clothes, and we
must be ready to run quick when we hear
the carriage drive up to the gate with
Aunt May and cousin Harry and Alice. ="
al know that as well as you do" said
Charley, pushing his way through the
hedge as he spoke. Girls amt good for
anything but to sit and sew. / mean to
have some fun. mean to cl-"
Ella felt like giving some angry answer,
but she checked herself and went on with
her sewing as she sat under the big tree,
wondering what made Charley break of
his sentence so suddenly.
ella, El-lar' cried a pitiful voice at
last, come help me! Pm getting all torn.
| O-o!"
Sure enough, Charley nds getting all
torn; some big thorns had caught his new
trousers and the harder he struggled the
worse matters became.
Hold still, dear" said Mary, 81 can't
help you while you kick SO. There! now
you're free. Oh! Charley"
Charley, clapping his hand to his trou.
sers, knew well enough what this Ohr'
meant. 1t meanta great big tear in his
new clothes, two cousins coming to spend
the day, and poor little boy sobbing in
the nursery until the nurse would stop
scolding and make him fit to go down and
see the company. The very thought OF all
this misery made him cry.
"Ohl they'll be here in a minute boo
hoo !" he sobbed; hat shall dor
"Why, stand still, that's all, said Ella
hastily threading her needle with long
black thread "stand just so, dear, till
mend it,"
"Mend I'll" cried master Charles, de
lighted. 60, EllGl WW your
Certainly will" she answered, very
gently, at the same time beginning to draw
the edges of the tear together you know
girls are not good for anything else but te
sit and sew"
90, Ella didn't say that"
81 think you did, Charley"
mot eractly that guess. II was awfu
mean, if | did. Oh! hurry; hear TIT
carriage"
DO be quiet, you little wriggler 7
laughed his sister, hastily finishing thu
work as well as she could, so that CHARLEY
in moment looked quite fine again
There we'll get to the gate before they
turn into the lane, after all"
Charley held Elias hand more tightly
than usual as they ran toward the gate
together. Ella noticed it, and stopped To
| kiss him.
"I'm sorry Ispoke So" he painted, kiss
ing her again right heartily. docs il
show?'
"Not bit; you wouldn't know any
thing had happened. Hurrah here they
are!"
"Hurrahl Howdy dor" screamed
! Charley.-Hearth and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21
Our Teeth.

HR Charms, omens, signs, panaceas, re.
ng TO the teeth, constitute quite form
Die Item in folk lore. In some parts OF
sex there 10 superstition that if you
On your right stocking, right shoe, and
nt trowserleg before the left, you will
er have toothache. To drink out Of
kuli taken from a graveyard; to take q
'h from such a skull, and wear it round
neck; to apply the tooth to your own
Y out aching tooth to put double
INTO your pocket; to pare your finger
u and toe nails, and wrap up the par
IN paper-all are charms against the
'nache. II you catch mole in q trap,
On one of his paws and wear it as q
m, you will "soon see the effect" pro-
~ right paw be used for left tooth,
wee eersa. When an aching tooth is
scted, mix 1t with salt and burn it.
ne Is at Norfolk custom Of calling
.ootache the "love pain" for which
:unerer is not entitled to any commits
.lon; whether he Tor she) fully assents
snis may perhaps be doubted. Many
"a lems OF tooth-lore have no connec-
with toothache. For instance: If the
are set wide apart, there will be good
snd plenty of travelling for the fortu-
psSessor. When tooth is drawn,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21

on horseback from Springfield, and to
orlhR that through that snow required
more energy than mail boys in those DAYS
were master of.
| say we had no railways in those DAYS.
But how little good they would have done
us II we had had them. am free to con,
Tess that my memory of the deep snow
produces in my mind to this day an un.
conquerable aversion to long journeys by
railway In the winter. Should such win
ter as that of 1880 81 occur az ain In Cen
trail Illinois. our railways would be as use
less to us for five or six weeks together, as
though they were buried thousand feet
IN the earth. The cuts would all be filled,
and they would I'LL again in half an hour,
behind any train that might dig lis way
through. 1t is consolation that such q
winter has never occurred but once in the
memory OF man. But what has happened
once may happen again. If it does we
shall have very definite idea how impor-
tant our railroads are to us, and We shall
be very glad that the snow is not over the
telegraph wire. cannot say, after all,
that in town there was any very serious
amount of suffering-we did get food and
fuel and good deal of fun and frolic out
of the deep snow, though at the expense
of not few frozen ears, noses and faces.
but the loss to the farmers in stock and
crops, was very considerable. Some va.
rieties of wild game were nearly EXTERN.
mated. Deer were entirely unable to pro-
tect themselves from the dogs and the
huntsmen.
l think, then, my audience will agree
with me, that the line drawn by this asso.
citation to define an old settler is very
definite and palpable one.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21

II you refrain trUn thrusting your tonpue
into the cavity, the new tooth to grow in
its place will be lucky one. Lady Went
worth, in letter written in 1913, to her
son, Lord Strafford, spoke of the efficacy
OF wolves teeth set in gold to assist chill
dren in cutting their teeth: "They are
very lucky things: for my twoe first one
did dye, the other bred his very i'll, and
none of We rest did for l had one for al
the rest" Bless the good lady! her gram
mar and her logic are about on par.
Why do some peoples teeth come out
more rapidly than others: The reasons
for this are probably many. About the
middle of the last century Peter Kahn, a
Swede, visited America and wrote sensibly
about what he saw. He observed FIRE.
quent loss of teeth among settlers from
Europe, especially women. After discuss
ing and rejecting many modes Of explana
ton, he attributed it to hot tea and other
hot beverages, and came to general con-
clusion that "hot feeders lose their teeth
more readily than cold feeders" Mr.. Cat
lin, who some years ago had an interesting
exhibition of Indian scenery, dresses,
weapons, etc, noticed that North Amer.
lean Indians have better teeth than the
whites. He accounts for the difference in
this strange way, that the reds keep the
mouth shut, whereas the whites keep it
open. The teeth, he says, require mois
ture to keep their surfaces in good work.
ing order; when the mouth is open, the
mucous membrane has tendency to dry
up, the teeth lose their needed supply of
moisture, and thence comes discoloration,
toothache, ticdoloreux, decay, looseness
and eventual loss Of teeth.
During the days of the resurrectionists
or body snatchers, when grave yards were
subjected to pillage for supplying anato-
mists with subjects for dissection, the teeth
from the dead bodies formed frequent
article of sale to dentists Sometimes
graves were opened for the teeth alone, as
being small and easily concealed articles
Mr.. Cooper, the surgeon, relates an in
stance of man feigning to look out for a
burial place for his wife, and thus obtain
ing access to the vault of meeting house,
the trap-door of which he unbolted; at
night he let himself down into the vault
and pocketed the front teeth of the whole
of the buried congregation, by which he
cleared fifty pounds. Mention is made Of
licensed sutler or cantineer during the
Peninsular war, who "drew the teeth Of
those who had fallen in battle, and plum
dered their persons. With the produce of
these adventures he built hotel at Mar.
gate. But his previous occupation being
discovered, his house was avoided, and
disposed of at heavy loss" He afterward
became dealer in dead mems teeth
Chambers ,JOuradk.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21
Is the World Round or Flat.

ABOUT year ago an eccentric phllpso-
pher of Loncon, England, named John
Hampden, having convinced himself be
yopd all peradven,ure that the world
wss fiat, not round, as commonly sup
posed, undertook the arduous missionary
W rk Of converting mankind to his way
of belief. Not making much progress by
following the ordinary methods If private
preaching, he resor,ed to the expedient of
offering bet upon the subject He made
public announceme mt, offering to stake
$2,500 agalnst $500, to b. put up By any
scientific man, that he could prove tina.
the earth was fiat, and not round, as every
b dy else be,ieved.
No one appears TO have taken inmeti
ate 1tlce Of this absurd offer, whereupon
Hampd.n came out with auother an
nnuncement in which he boldly declare d
that scientific men knew they were gu lty
of an imposition in propoundiDg the round
theory, and that, in cons quence, they
were afraid to lake up his challenge, and
stake ~ 500 as he proposed.
But the challenge having come to the
notice of Mr.. Alfred Russell Wallace, a
gentleman of high reputati n and mem
Der of several scientific societies, he &C
cepted the conditions, and pat up his g..
500. This amount, together with q SINH
lar am unit pu' up by Hampden, was de-
posted, b ect to tne order Of the r. fierce,
Mr.. Walsh, editor Of the Field newspaper
who was to pay over the $4,000 to the
winning man.
Tue mode adopted for settling the
ques ion was planned by II ampden, the
advocate of the fiat theory, and the ex-
pertinent appears to have been conducted
in all re poets as he desired. The ground
selected was six mile level, on the Bed.
ford Canal. Three long poles of equal
length were provided, and planted at
equal depths, and at distances of three
miles apart. A telescope was then en-
ployed, through which it was clearly and
Enthusiastically perceived that the central
pole was five feet above the level line oil
the telescope, which a. once proved tina
the earth was not fiat but round. Mr.
II ,mpden expressed himself satisfied that
he had lost the bet, and the money was &C
coriingiy paid over by the referee to the
winner, Mr.. Wallace
The experiment and the telescope were
level, but not so the head Of Hampden
He that's con sibced against his will, ID of
the same opinion STILL 1t was not long
before Hampden woke up to the mortify-
ing conclusion that he mad made blum.
der, or that in some way he had been be-
logged. His reason told him that the
earth was still fiat, not round, as that ly-
ing telescope and those flbbing poles had
affirmed. He concluded also, that Wal
lace was thimble rigger, pickpocket, a
liar, aud swindler, aud went about pro.
Gaining these libels in the most uDblush-
ing manner. This 80 annoyed Wallace
that he brought suit for libel against
Hempden, and the jury lately mulcted
him in $1,000 damages, making a sum
total Of $500 cash paid cut on account
of his theory that the earth Is fat Poor
Hsmpden is int.e martyr to science
Scientific american.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21
Suited TO q T.

Glow did your wristbands suit you
Frank" said Fannie Grey to her brother
Frank, young man just home in his first
college vacation. ~ stitched them every
bit myself, on the machine. Were they
nice 2 Did they fity'
"They were splendid, Fan. l told the
fellows they were done by an old lady OF
seven years. FitS guess they did. Fit
toa r. Thank youl"
And Frank Gordon pulled his coat
sleeve up little and showed the shining
linen, fitting his shapely wrist, much To
his little sisters admiration.
Frank" said Fannie, few moments
after, may ask you something"
"Of course you may, little one III an
swer if / can" And Frank clasped his
hands over his head, tilted back his chair,
and put his feet upon the table, and looked
down into his sisters eyes that were say
ing Just then, "as If there was anything
you didn't know, you splendid old fel-
low"
But aloud she said, "What do you mean
by fitted to TT I'm sure don't know
and want to"
"Whewi" wbistled the young man"
"What do I mean, sure enoughl Well, /
mean suited exactly, fitted perfectly, ! sup
pose"
"Yes," said the little girl in disap-
pointed tone; 81 know that; but /
thought, perhaps it came from something.
don't see the sense Of 1t, I'm sure. Suit
ed To r. 1t meant something else in
the first place, know"
"Well, I guess it did. pet" said Frank.
"I1l look 1t mp for you, sometime"
"Hell never think Of it again." said
Fanny TO herself, "but ! do wish knew,
Suited to r. II Is 80 funny"
The next day Frank came In with a
strange sort of ruler in his hand. 1t had
a cross piece at ore end which gave it the
shape OF capital T.
"See here, Fanny" said he, give been
to the carpenters shop in your behalf. !
hope I'll get you suited to at this time.
! failed to satisfy you, yesterday, you
know"
80 Frank placed the cross piece against
q perpendi cular line which he had drawn,
and laid ,'ne arm along horizontal line
that forrned the right angle.
"Yori see," said he, "this ruler Is called
a r GO aare, and is often used to test the
accuracy of lines and angles, as ! have
Just tested mine. For q wonder 1t fits
exactly. never did hit it 80 well before.
And 20 you zee it Is fitted or suited to q
t. And it 10 altogether probable that the
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21

Smith met Brown the other day.
Smith Is Browns new neighbor. And
Smith said: "Mr. Brown this Is your
wife's birthday, understand; won't you
allow me to make her little PRESENT."
"Certsinly, Mr.. Smith," said Brown |;
"you are very kind, but this 10 quite
unexpected you are quite stranger, you
know" "Never mind" said Smith |;
"that's no reason why we should not be
on friendly terms" And SO they went
into a convenient jewelers., and Smith
bought very handsome locket for $50,
which he presented to Brown to be pro-
sented TO his wife, with the congratula-
tons of neighbor Smith. When the lockst
came to be paid for the generous but abb
sent minded Smith had forgotten his
check book, but Brown was flush, and &C
commodated him. They parted . few
blocks from the store, TO which Smith no
turned, and was paid commission Of hve
dollars on the sale Of the lockes. He still
owes Brown the principal. Mrs. Smiths
birthday Is next week. Brown ID looking
for Smith to give him something TO take
home to hs wife.