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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

Present HrTy.-T he way to max
easy ,imesis clear us daylight. !
Let every man or woman wh'
owes ,m,oney;pay it at once If it j
possible.
BE wi.ling:to make q sacrifice ii
order to meet promptly III Jour Ell
gagemerts.'
Stop .grumbling at the faults OF
mistakeAof others,:and attend faith
fully to,ynur own stairs: - ...
Deal fairly, leniently, and cheer
failywith all persons who owe you
Oh asciif peeuniary trouble:
aRat hoard your money; but loan
s. Oh usB' to relieve the needy, on
tue sang principles as yon would
sIva breaa se thc needy in a day q
DE what you can in every way to
rehese pecuniary distress, to check
tie oGfneat III, financial cmbarrass-
Tass public confidence.
! IF you ares spk officer OF .direc-
tor, don't be crSss .ninutc. Smile,
is a Christian duty, from morning
Till night. Give>an encouraging word
if possible, toall, and hy all means
strain every nerve to help all who
need.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

WHEN WATER Is Coon. An En-
glish technical per:odical points out
ah easy way of testing whether wa
ter is good and fit for general use. 1t
says: ..... ... i....3 ....... -" ...
"Good water should ibe free flom
color, unpleasant odor and tas.e, and
should quickly afford lather with q
small portion Of soap. If half q
pint of the water be plaocd in. a per.
tectly clean, colorlcss, glass.stoppered
5o:rle, q faw grains Of The best white
lump sugar added, and the bottle free.
ly exposed to the daylight in the
window Of q warm room, tho liquid
should not become turbid, even after
exposure for week or ten days. II
the water becomes turbid it is open
to the grave suspicion Of sewage con.
tamination, but if it remain clear it
is almost certainly safe. We owe to
Hcisch this simple, valuable, but
hitherto strangely neglected test
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25
A Nrrr .Inn., ,poi,r EoVvETS 49,

"A New IDEA ABOUT COMETS. - A
paper was read before the Hackney
Scientific Association, on January IL,
by Mr.. Reeves, advancing an entirely
new theory with regard to comets
and by the use Of diagrams, he show:
ed that the part of the comet termed
the tail, being always in a direction
from the sun and therefore as often
in advance as-behind the nucleus, IL
not really tail. That rs comets arc
transparent, and all matter is known
to be either solid, liquid, or gaseous,
com Its must be The latter, for solids
and liquids are Opaque. That the
only known power by which this gas
eous matter can be held together is
gravity, which must necessarily have
u center, and every part of tho body
being f. &C to move, resolves itself
into sphere, the center of which is
in many cases exceedingly dense,
gradually Alternating towards the
circumference. That the rays of the
sun are rcfractcd in their passage
through the spherical comet, thus lu-
minating the portion beyond the cen
ter or. nuclcous, which illumination
forms the tail. He then explained
how all the various and peculiar phe-
nomena of comets, such .as their
shapes, colors, horns, nucei, as well as
their being with and without tails,
etc, arise; and that they are entirely
in accordance with tho universal laws
of Nature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

IMPROVEMENT IN TANNING-Mr
B. Picard reports a new system oi
tanning skins which is carried
through without acid and in q much
shorter time than is required by or
dinary processes. Ilc first boiis tho
tan down in water, making u com
plete extract, and then frees the de-
coction by dccantation from all resi-
due and foreign substances. The
strength of the essence thus obtain
ed is regulated according to the quail
ity, thickness, etc, Of the hides to be
treated, weakening it when necessary
with pure water. is placed in the
pits in cold state, and the skins are
Immediately thrown in. The latter
arr lifted and their positions changed
three times during both the first and
second days, twice during The third,
and once 4 day aftcr~ards. ,Ordina-
rily, eight days suGces to complete
the operation, and the, inventor states
lhutthc proportion Of about@E pounds
to 22O pounds Of skins gives excellent
results. ...... ...-- -
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WHAT- AN. OH .MAN.t;NoTIcED. -
have noticed that purses will hold
pennies az well as pounds.
have noticed that in order to be
s1a.;reasonable creature. it is necessary
at times to be downright nrad. o.
I have Noticed that some men are
So honest that necessity compels them
to be dishonestin the end.
I have noticed that silks, broad.
cloths. and jewels-are often bought
with: other peoples"thoney.
Lhave noticed that Whatever is is
/ Erieht,with a. few exceptlons-the left
eye, the left leg, and the left side OF a
plum pudding. ..o, o,,.s.
| I have noticed that the prayer OF a
selfish man is, "Forgive us our debts.
while he makes every body who owes
him pay to the utmost furthing.
Ihave noticed that he who thinks
every man rogue is very certain TO
see one when he shaves himself, and
he ought, in mercy 10 his neighbor
to surrender the rascal to justice.
! have noticed that money: is the
fools wisdom, and the knavc's reptlta
Ton, the poor mans desire, the covet
ous Mans ambition, and the idol o1
all. ........
have noticed that all men speak
we'll Of all mems virtues when they
arc dead, and that tombstoncs arc
marked with the cpitaphs of the GOOD
and vittuous. Is there any particular
Gem etert where the bad ones arc
buried? 49,. ..... H..
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Fertilizers-:MllIapures.

..Our opinion has beenask led about
the best manures; !, and ferti ilizefs.
We have bad q personal expert
ence of but one year in the uses Of
cotton seed,meal, and as a single
article, for all,purposes, we give no
other preference among CONNER
cial manure or fertilizers. We
know that cotton seed has shown
its effect as manure for some ten
wears, and we believe the same
quantity Of cotton seed meal will
bring equal results. We have been
urging this for the past three years
this the fourth. Although we had
cautioned others, and perhaps all
we had talked or written to, yet we
were caught. Last season we had
land prepared (rather late before
we could get ready, and directed
our white employees not to drop
|cotton seed meal on or near enough
to potatoes to heat, yet from that
and other causes there was failure.
A friend who procured q parcel
through us was cautioned and he
lost his first planting, but q second
crop on the same. land, made.
Our use of such articles was to
drill in mannre bv q machine some
five or ten days before planting
anything. Thcu the planting caus.
ed mixing of earth and manure
besides: Il week lying in the earth
and severed had given time fol
some fermentation at least. Our
potato tailnre gave us three tons by
weight Of excellent crab grass hay:
and perhaps the acre about paid uS
as well; at least it was a lesson
that did not cost us much money
for the seed, manure and labor die
not cost what the hay sold for. We
believe that the meal (190 pounds
per acre as nearly as we could tell
by weight and calculation) has paid
for itself, and as much more, be,
sides there is a large residue in the
earth for the ensuing crop. We
urge upon every grange i'll oul
country to test at least one acre
say 200 pounds per acre. 1t would
be better to test accurately 100.
200, 800 pounds per acre, and be
able to say the yield of cash and il
the crop is benefited, say s1.50
per acre for 100 pounds, double for
200 pounds, and so on. Cotton
seed meal ought not to leave our
country; our South needs it all for
stock and land. We think no man
can afford to sell cotton seed and
buy fertilizers, especial y when the
former sells at 50 per ton and the
latter at $40 10 S100. Again, seed,
33 pounds to the bushel, &c bushels
to the ton, five tons at $40, is $50.
We say keep seed dry, crush them
and use as cotton seed meal.
Twenty bushels crushed will be
about as 200 pounds meal, 1900
pounds seed given 700 pounds or
near of meal. Try it, and let us
husband our own resources
Southern Farmer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

An old farmers employed a son
of Erin to work for him on his
farm. Pat was constantly mispla-
cling the end boards of the cart
the front board behind and the tail
board in front, which made the old
gentleman very irritable. To pre-
vent blunders le painted on beth
boards a large "B," then calling
Patte him and showing him the
boards, said, "Now, you blocklread,
you need make no mistake, as they
are now both marked. This (point-
ing to one board) is. .'B' for before,
and that Gndieating the tail board)
is B' for behiAd,'' &hereupon tue
old gentleman marched off with
:great dignity. .;sro. e.. ..4.t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

A Western paper says that the
way to kill off the poets who offer
to write pieces gratuitously is to &C.
cent their efforts, hand them to the
worst composition, and let the proof
reader correct them according to
bis own ideas Of prosody. This is
warranted to destroy the strongest
poetical fever in three weeks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

There is a Rabbinical tradition
that when Noah planted the vine
Satan attended and sacrificed a
sheep, a don, an ape and a hog,
These animals were to symbolic
the gradatious of ebriety. When a
man begins to drink, he is meek
and innocent as the lamb; then be-
comes bold as the lion; his courage
lis soon transformed into the foolish.
ness of the ape; and at last he wal.
lows in the mire like the hog. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

NARROW EscApE.--The Hudson
has dam at Troy over which the
water goes down an incline of thirty
feet. Above the dam ice is cut for
the city's use. Six men were at
work when a space of nearly half an
acre upon which they stood became
detached. 1t fioated rapidly toward
the fall, to the horror Of the six men
and of the spectators on shore. Over
tLey went, and were neither drown
ed nor seriously hurt. The ice was
not badly broken in the shoot, as the
water on the incline ran very smooth
and high, and they were easily res
cued.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

DR.. J. Lawrence Smith, expires
ident of the American Science AS,
sociation, has joined with his wife
in the present Of a valuable lot OF
land, in Philadelphia, to the Young
Woman's Boarding Home. The
present is estimated to be worth
$4,000.
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-A&$-

A young lady says that gentle
man oughtneyer to feel discouraged
when the" ."momentous question is
ncgatived by the object of his
choice, for in life, as in grammar,
we always decline before we conju-
gate. .".'.'... O.. ....... -"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

In the City Council, Kansas
City, horse railway ,hili, providing
that "no single person. should pay
of fare more than five cents, was
amended, on motion of Alderman
BLACK, to include also married peo-
pile, and passed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

Gen. A. g. Darlington, of AT,
lanta, Ga, has been chosen by. the
students Of Wohord College to de-
liver the annual address before the
literary societies at commence
mcnt. "... a. -. ..r'''I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

Messrs. George W. Williams I
Co., the Charleston bankers and
merchants, head the list with sub
scription of $4,000 to the Spartan
burg and Asheville Railroad.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

The State Treasurer, during the
present week, will pay the County
Treasarers of tue, State; in the
proper proportional l-amounts,$ $780,
200, for the schools fund of each
County, for the fiscal year ending
October 81, 1874. ....a. ..l i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

The Airline Railway authorities
are erecting at Center Station, in
Picksus County, a hotel, eighty.hy
sixty feet, and three stories high.
This is the central point between
Charlotte aud Atlanta. ~. .. n..-..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25
TIGHT
BY. TITUS A. BRICK.

I dreamed that sat on comet,
My legs dangling over in space, s.
And daIting alonE like q bomb,lt "a
.joiu'd the bright worlds III their race
On. On. throuc', the limitless ether, -
- With count, .air planets in VlewSs
The moon a,.Q-- sle duh earehsbsas&tf
Soon lad aSay ID The Dius.
we rushed by SO close to bright Venus
Is fhres her q kiss from my lips !,
srfgefe scarcely S stones throw ne
tSo seen suffered eclipse.
letl past he terrific Satu
All MS his il1s,ils rings
StSf y hat siat q tei Y H. =
lls ii, her pate moon ane ~.
,,assed every bril- gl,t canste ellation,
Regardless of risk sy tllcil We're ~ ils
And i feItit my greatsss vexatIon
THAT none had a share in the fun.
BGshorroplI feel a strange action!
know that my .wild race sdones!
saTa have gSt in the grasp of attra ction
4knd rush like the light, to theSslin.
Crash. wake! Wfitta terrible dizziness
My blood beunded fast as the come
did; .s
s z felt that my stomach cunt business
So : turned over qutckfy !, and Iva:
very unwell, indeed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

A malicious person says that cotton
sheets and newspaper sheets are
alike in the respect that q great
mauy people lie in them. - :: -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

A gentleman in New York has
contributed fifty dollars to make
Charles O'Conor a life member of
the Southern Historical Society.
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G, E. BRUCE, u
Boot and Shoe; Maker,
Colhral {. Wils0li's;s france. lI}.'...' 8

WOULD respectfully inform the public
that he has;ppsnedla spp!in Abbeville
at the above location, where he has pro-
'vided himself-with the best material,
and is now prepared tp execute all work
in his line wifi Heatffess and dispatch.
He, gnaranteesl .sstiafac.ipn in -quziity
and pEice, and will be pleased to IeceiSe
the patronage Honf the public" ,s,.stt. n
Sept. "a, 1873, 24-tf f'''t' '"''s ~.
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SCRAPS.

l'ou'Ioe'
eff you are counting girl" say
n"California pape., stick to he:
no matter how large her father
1%"et are.
When ourancestors wanted a no
,pHnch, they said so without evasion
they did not call it ''kettled-rum.
The captain remarks that steer
age passengers ought to be very
well behaved, they have so mucl
deck DER 'em.
An Oswego woman advertise:
that she has purchased a shotgun
and will shoot any man who give!
her husband liquor.
There are over ten million womer
in America, and yet Tom Hutton
Of Georgia, hung himself on &C
count Of girl fifteen years old.
The Wyoming Journals fees fo1
marriage notices are cas- high rs tho
.ecstacy and liberality Of TIE bride
groom may prompt"
A two-cent piece was taken from
the throat of a boy in Portland
Maine, recently, after having been
lodged there for six months.
John Reeves said to, his boy.
when shaving proved a difficulty
"John, I wish you would not open
any more oysters with my razors. "
Mrs. Green, a Kansas widow
wants to marry again, and, as {
recommendation, she says she has
used one broom for fourteen used
y French paper points out how
the passion for gambling is shown
in this country, so that even III
wedding notices it is necessary tc
STAKE that there were emo cards"
Mr.. Marrowiat rather snappishly
raa, r,,.cd to his wife, last Sunday
Int q man can't always be thinking
Of lis immortal soul. lie must
have time to eat his meals.
A malicious politician says the
Changers in Illinois turn out to dig
the graves OF deceased brothers,
thus preventing extortion on the
part Of that "miGdle-man," the sex
ton.
At the laying Of the cornerstone
of the new capitol of Iowa, no
speeches were made, except a: few
remarks by a workman who got his
fingers pinched, and theyMere Brief
and to the point:
That was practical woman who
wrote to .he Evangelist Hammond,
at st. Louis, asking prayers ito lift
the mortgage on her farm, that she
and her little ,oties may mot be
thrown out; s;of a home. S
Honorable n1entsp;l gnlaae OF q
:sersaa girl who !. ls Is s W ysng her
g g ~ g b s. 81 q luz
ga same fS.s 'e t IS 81 :
9: II. .s.sa. -
s fssfs er s sSsi Biesssa otn sSsli
l. spasSer pSib;;iishes the;f9IsSxi ng|
notices ! Iaost IS; 6r Grade Hoe tBe1
scriibef as shep,e all Ssar ;e Viii tos4onel|
leg was black aud hsi.sff Sd lliis l + B65J; s5al
all persons shall eceaye one
to bring hira He Wss 9 SIZE got
An Ifsiinfa /, 4 recent sS tSf
o,f;zed a,Fhat as,yaste 81 s 5 sIMifas3 M sVf BssF
II bny mate wIs ss voul a sSlknoyS # 81
half Of t is bone: N e:Eiieii II ysi3sssS
sncnd il for rum that hasn { q boissf
IN ;to
-.
80, - fasa;a 80 +bn1,o,nnor bottoma1
~ 49,, % ia Sovses win shact
,lie VT 3o,l.or,s VI ho - tho same nor
'eaa. iea''pS : ,,.h;+o ti % beol,h;r1 i l" pt ~
son VINO saw " :,.n "n'.o o.S;Mo''" o"t;;,n "a W
a WOODEN ii'ies'o''' '''s
=, y.
The Cinclnnnatl hn4ulreF oners 70
bet tVe hEnaTeu ao.iafs, U.s. s'aI ~, no
tashlchaole iaoy ese; sIes ~ ,,,oee oeo
wit a,tho&s sina pI' s i9oR W;jEna to or risk the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-03-25

ANACT to- RgqluSa'h 'r5a5G
=, ton of all Legak and R,thea aAo.
i.Itices. ~ = @'r'!2'" ~ u; i'ci '!itI"
Hcrr6y I, BE epasated aats X by irtji,gi tbsagsa,
ate and House, Of REPRESENTATIVES, 9f1ths
State OF South Carolina, now met ant
sitting in General Ass. rb!y, and by thu
authority, of the same, It shall be thu
d0tynf the Attorney General the Cnm p
troller General, and by the secretary ,t
State, conjointly, to designate, by pub
lie notice linI one or more Iewspape rs
in this Stale, in which all legal notices
advertisements, or publications rxtht
State, of any and every CHARACTER requir
ed Ivy law to be made public, shall bt
published; and said Attorney General
Comptroller General, and Secretary O
State, shall have power TO make sucl
changes and new designations, from
time to time, as they may judge thai
the public interest requires.
Sac. 2. All State and County Officers
and other persons are hereby required
to furnish to the newspapers designated
under this Act, for the State and for the
representative counties, for publication.
all legal notices, advertisements and
publications. of amy and every characte,
required by law to be uads.public; and
no legal notice.; advertisement or publ;
icatien required by la@ to be made pub.
lie shall have any valid force or effect
unless published in the newspapers dss,
ignated under this Act; and no publ.
cation, of any character in any newspa:
per not designated under this Act,i shall
be paid for from the funds Of this State,
or of any County: Provided; That the
said officers mentioned in Ssction one
shall have power, in cases requiring un-
usual publicity, to order publication in
such newspapers, in addition to, those
designated under this Act, IS by and
with the advice of the Governor they
may select; and bills 80 incurred shall
be audited and paid in the usual mau-
ner.
Sec. 8. All Acts and parts of Acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect from
and after passage. jan. q, 1872.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-10

TRANSMISSION OF BLooD.-At the last
sitting of the Paris Academy of Sciences,
an interesting paper was read on an opera
tion of TRANSMISSION of blood. At the time
the operation was decided upon, the patient
IA woman) appeared to be on the brink of
the grove; the pulse was imperceptible,
her weakness such that she was unable to
move, her eyesight all but extinguished
she was unable to speak, and nothing
would stay on her stomach. DR.. Behier
performed the operation in the presence of
a number of Students. He said it was
highly important the blood to be injected
should be pure and in it's natural state,
without being deprived of it's fibrine or al
lowed to cool. Such preliminaries had
been considered necessary in order to pre-
vent coagulation in the vein; but there was
quickly effected. The blood should not be
dead, but living. One of the obstacles that
had hitherto caused TRANSMISSION to be
looked upon with disfavor was the difficulty
of introducing the nozzle of the syringe
into the vein. The late DR.. Nelaton had
proposed to obviate this by an incision of
the skin an inch long, in order to bring the
vein into a view. DR.. Behier prefers open
ing the vessel with the lance, as in blood
letting; he recommends the injunction to
be performed slowly, to prevent the sudden
repletion of the right ventricle of the heart, |
which would cause aspbyxia and death. |
The quantity of blood administered in this
case was not more than eight grammes. |
The possibility of success is now proved |
beyond a doubt after a controversy which |
has lasted upward of two centuries.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-10

] his gentleman had been a member of the above
society only five months and had only paid g
previous to his being taken sick when he promptly
paid Sis compensation for ninety eight days loss
time This speaks for itself and shows the great relief
afforded thu, sick. and to those who become
of this Benevolent Society. The payments small
place it's great benefits within the reach OF all
Female well as male members will be received.
As the sickly and yellow fever season approaches
person should become member OF this society
and thus provide means with which to pay nurses
phi, sicians and board during sickness
Had the citizens OF Shreveport and Memphis have
had the benefits of such society during the last cpl
demic, their dreadful suferings would have been
greatly aeviated.
Active reliable ard consideration agents wanted in
every Mississippi and Louisiana.
For further particulars apply to the undersigned.
G W. TERRELL,
General agent and Manager WidoHs ard Orphans
Friendly Society. 81 Carondelet street (up stars)
New Orleans, La. apl9 im5p
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-10

A clergyman being annoyed by some of
his audience leaving the church while he
was speaking, took for his text, "Thou art
ing" After few sentences he said, "You
will please pass out as fast as you are
weighed"