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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
Intelligence, Of Horses.

DR.. L., of the New York veterinary
establishment, says that generally horses
seem to understand that what is being
done to them is for their good, and they
will often bear bravely the infiction OF
necessary pain, even when 1t causes
their great frames to tremble in mute
agony. At times, however, they mani
fest as much nervous dread OF pain as
human beings show, and then it becomes
necessary either to control them by
powerful apparatus or to administer an
aesthetics. In the latter case, pieces OF
sponge saturated with ether or chloro-
form are inserted in the animals nos
trils. Frequently two ounces OF either
fluid will be found sufficient to plunge a
powerful horse into utter unconscious
ness, while again a pint may be admins
tered without procuring the desired de-
gree of angsthetization. Horses show q
keen appreciation of pleasant flavors,
and an excellent memory for bad ones.
They also have very fair knowledge Of
the flight Of time. When horse is 60.
inc through q course of medicine he will
show that he knows when the hours ar
rive at which he is to take dose almost
as well as his doctor does, and if he has
taken a dislike to the potion which has
been given him, he will stubbornly re-
sist any attempt to get more of it into
his mouth, while on the other hand, II
he has found it sweet or otherwise pleas
ant favored, or even simply tasteless, or
II he ia allowed to sniff at it and find
that il is not the stuff to which he OBJ
ieots to, he will open his big jaws and
take it down as gracefully as horse
can be expected to swallow drugs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
A Nervous Actress.

LAT ,rriere, says French journal, has
been playing "The Poor Idiot" in the
provinces. At one small town the stock
company was very nervous about play
ing with the great star, especially hap.
less woman who was cast for the mother,
and with whom Laferriere has the crack
scene of the piece. It is in the fifth
act, at the moment that the idiot begins
to recognize and distinguish the persons
that surround him; then she rushes to
him and, folding him in her arms,
shrieks:
"My son, I am your mother l''
At every rehearsal Laferriere encour-
aged her. "Don't be nervous" he
would say; "keep cool All you have
to do is to cry: MY son,'I am your
motherl' and embrace me-"
"Oh, yes but, M. Laferriere, I am so
frightened to play with you.
All went well through the first four
acts, and in the wait before the fifth
Laferriere went to the actress DRESSING
room to cheer her.
"Keep up stiff upper lip" he said,
cheerfully "you know what your have
to do. The whole play leads up to that
scene. reckon on you. MY son, I
am your motherl' and embrace me-"
eyes, yes; my son, I am your
mother 7 I shall not forget"
The curtain rose. Laferriere was
playing with even more than his furious
vigor. T.. ...
"Now, then," he whispered, encour-
agingly; then, taking mp his part,
yelled ~,
: "Who is this woman9 Who is she e.
"My mother; I am your son u
gasped the actress then she shrieked.
Laferriere had made his teeth meet in
1,o orr,, 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
A Modern Antique.

There is a millionaire here, Hu Kuang
Yung, says Centennial letter, who has
an exhibit of porcelain or chinaware that
is very, very valuable, because it is
very, very old. You must know that
cracked ware is now all the rage; do
not know why, except that it is supposed
to be very old when covered with net
work of cracks. A jar all crackles is
worth about $500 or $500. We had in
the family hideous thing-half bowl,
half pitcher; old-ever so old.older
than / am. Years ago it was laid away
among the archives I'VE keep them in q
barrel in the CELLAR because grease would
ooze out through the crackles. After q
day among tho chinaware at the Exhi-
bition, ToHfy, who is always diving into
the musty recesses of the past to drag
up some relic of kingly splendor, went
down into the cellar and fished that
bowl out. It was dark brown, and Gov
cred with ribs abont half an inch apart.
Toffy vanished it and painted the ribs
q yellow green. Then she set it in the
sun to dry. When dried, she placed it
on the front parlor mantel, where it re-
ally looks hideous enoughto be genuine.
Visitors come in, eye the monstrosity,
and soy
"What a-a-pecu]iar jar that isl"
Eyes; is it not It is very old and
rare. You may have seen them at the
Exhibition-in the Chinese department.
This cracked ware "-(taking it up care
fully, and showing the network all over
it," is very valuable, you know"
"Ah see; it is indeed remarkably
beautiful; the design is wonderful. !
had not examined any of them before,
but I can see this is very rare" =,
"Yes," replies Toffy, 1--WE prize II
highly as q specimen of the antique,
and then che replaces it cautiously and
resumes her conversation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
Burns and Scalds.

Burns and scalds are among the most
common of accidents, and perhaps there
are none for which moro remedies have
been suggested and employed. With
some of these remedies it is the duty OF
all of US to become familiar, that we
may know what to do in an emergency.
It is thousand pities to have the chance,
once in q lifetime, of playing the part OF
the good Samaritan and lack the SKI.
The first thing to be noticed is, that j.:
moving injured people great care sho!ld
be taken not to add to the effect OF Vn2
shock which the system has already ex'
perienced. In removing the clothes
there must be no tearing off of the
burnt or blistered skin, which affords a
useful protection for the injured sur
face. The next thing is to cover the
burnt or scalded parts with material
that will exclude the air. Flour answers
we'll. and should be freely applied. Or
common whiting, reduced by cold water
to the consistence of thick cream, may
be spread on light linon rag, and ap-
piled to cover tho injured surface. The
case it affords is instantaneous, and it
only requiras to be kept moist by occa-
sional sprinkling of cold watei. Cotton
wool, if at hand, may be wrapped
round the injuries, or lint, or linen rags
stepped in water may bo used. These
may be covered with oiled silk. A
mixture of linseed oil and lime water, in
equal proportions, may be applied with
rags laid over tho burns. The more OK
tensive the surface involved in the acci
dent, the greater care should be taker
not to expose it to atmospheric in
fuenee, which increases the pain, and
also adds constitutional depression
Should the sufferer be greatly exhausted
give brandy or other stimulant !; if the
pain be excessive and irritating to the
nervous system, ten drops OF laudanun
should be given until professional aii
can be obtained.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
Where Russia Stands.

The London Times correspondent at
Paris says there is no doubt OF complete
accord between Russia, Germany and
Austria. It can be easilyseen that Eng
land and France will not break their
neutrality. Therefore, Russia has only
Turkey to face. The only minister OF
the Ottoman cabinet who believed that
Turkey might defend herself and receive
European aid has fallen. The cabinet
are now convinced that Turkey cannot
count on the accord Of Europe in her
favor, and that Turkey cannot longer
maintain complete dominion Of the Bal.
kan peninsular. If they hesitate about
the six weeks armistice it is because
they wish to know the conditions TO
which they will have to submit. What
Russia wants is now known, and the
Ottoman cabinet will probably resign
themselves to it. Russia wishes the ao-
solute independence of Servia; the re-
coenized independence Of Montenegro,
with an extension of territory, and the
annexation of the port OF Spissla and
the political and administrative autono-
nv Of Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bu!ga'
ria. She wishes to strip of Bessarabia,
taken from her in 1856, and to have the
liberty of the Dardanelles established.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
The James Family.

Mrs, samuels, the mother OF the
James boys, the famous Missouri
marauders, has left Clay county, Mo-,
and gone to Texas. On leaving she
said "I hope I shall at last find peace
and rest in the new home hope to find.
I am very old now, and not the woman 1
was thirteen years ago, when trouble
came upon me and mine with the war.
NV husband was hung by the Federals,
and Jesse, then boy fifteen years Old,
was whipped by the same gang until
speechless because he would not tell
where his brother Frank was. As for
nv family, here is all there is OF it. Dr.
samuels is old and helpless. My little
bow is unable to make living yet. He
is the next to the boy killed by the de,
tectives at the time they threw In that
hand grenade. Then there is my daugh'
ter. She was brought home from
school to do the sewing for the family
when I lost my arm. Besides THESE
three helpless members of my family, l
have an old colored woman who mas
lived with US on the farm over there IN IN
Clay county for thirty years: She Will
never leave us; she is too old to do for
herself, and will not take her freedom:
Then i have an old paralyzed oolored
man belonging to the family. I must
keep him as long as he lives. And then
a little child adopted by me, and old
Aunty. make mp my family. There.
vou see, are eight of us, all helpless and
all harmless, and why we must be hunted
ont of the home we have lived In tor
thirty wears T cannot understand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
No Savey Sue.

Sansome street, San Francisco, re-
sounded to the echoes Of policeman's
whistle in the hands OF a miserable,
miserly looking old Chinaman. A
policeman hurried to the scene, and
found that the celestial wanted a citl-
zen arrested who owned him some
money and refused to pay it. 1t was in
vain that the officer tried to point out
With the legal acumen that the China
mans remedy was at civil law-that he
should sue the refractory debtor. No,
he wanted criminal process.
"Me no savey sue !; sayey, he got my
money savey, me want it back"
"Oh, come, get out of this, said the
guardian of the public peace, gently
showing him away from his debtor, who
walked quietly of.
"What you shove me for. Get me
back me money. Chinaman he no pay
white man money he go to prison :;
white man he no pay Chinaman he walb
off. You say sue, sue.' Me no savey
'sue.' Savey you alice same fool"
Here the officer made agrab for John
who effected his escape.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
Men and Women Cooks.

There seems to be more natural ditfi-
Guilty for the woman to learn than the
man. There is o sweet tooth running
through her sex which affects her taste
and renders her less trustworthy. She
is less exact, at least in the pursuit OF
this vocation, and does not reason as the
man does. If he fails he thinks and
tries to find out the cause Of the failure,
which she is less apt to do. He gives
pounds and ounces as to quantity where
she gives approximate handfuis. me
man is more particular about the food
which he consumes himself, which
makes him more careful about what ne
prepares for others. Many women are
content provided they have ice cream
and sweet cake, or something equivalent
thereto. Count de Najac, man OF some
authority concerning the table in Paris,
AYERS that the interest and traditions OF
the kitchen can only be confined Win
safety to men, and that If the women
Guests at a table were not under the eye
Of the stern sex they would begin dinner
with the dessert. AS may be conceived
this is u painful mistake for French
man to make, but sense OF duty douot-
less rises above all other conslderatlons'
Notwithstanding, even if men be su-
nerior to women in this calling, If any
widespread movement is to como about
the movement must come from them' Tor
the the kitchen is virtually in their hands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
The Tarantula's Bite.

Dan Sheppard, o workman on the
South Pueblo water works ditch, Colora-
do, some time since, the Denver Nea0s
says, was bitten by tarantula. Shep-
pard was sleeping in a cabin on the
Grayback ranch. He had made his bed
on the floor, and had scarcely gone to
sleep when he felt something pinch his
left shoulder and then run across his
face. He tried to catch it with his
hand, but it escaped him. Severe pains
beginning to shoot from the shoulder,
Sheppard became convinced that he had
been bitten by tarantuia. He then
ran up the railway track to NJ. I.
Robinson's, about mile distant, In the
hope of getting some whisky for use as
an antidote, but unfortunately Robinson
had no whisky on hand. He then re-
turned down the track and went to q
house near where he was bitten.
Sheppard is a stout, powerful man,
but by this time he was nearly exhaust
ed. The pain had passed from his shoul-
der down his left side, then into his
legs and up his right side, until his
whole body was affected, and he was in
state of tho most e1cruciating agony.
A neighbor Immediately mounted hls
horse and galloped to Pueblo, eight
miles distant, for a supply of whisky.
In the meantime Sheppard returned
to his cabin, and in short time, from
the action of the poison, he became al.
most insensible, and his body, head and
limbs became frightfully swollen. In
Just two hours and half from the time
he was bitten, the much needed whisky
was received from Pueblo.
Tho poisoned man was now in very
critical condition, unable to movo, aud
evidently at the very gates OF death.
The whisky was Immediately admins.
tered, and he speedily revived. About
quart was given him, when, rs Shep-
pard himself says, he began to feel him.
self the strongest man in Colorado, and
it was with difficulty that four men
could hold him. It soon became evident
| thai the whisky would prove all etfectual
antidote to the tarantula poison.
Sheppard is now recovering rapidly,
and though he is still weak, and has lost
some thirty pounds in weight, there is is
little doubt that in week or so lie will
be all right again. :,
It is a little singular that, although
the effects were so terrible, the bite it
self left mark 80 small as to be scarcely
perceptible. Although the whole OF the
rest OF the body was badly swollen, the
spot bitten was scarcely affected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
A Handsome Sum.

The report that Mr.. Delane will short
ly retire from the editorship of tho
London Times excuses reference to q
statement which has been going the
rounds relating to the births, marriages
and deaths column of the great journal.
It was said that those we're at first in.
serted gratis; but Mr.. Walter, the then
proprietor, thinking that a Benedick
might very well pay trile for the an
nouncement that he had volunteered
into the "noble army of martyrs" fix
ed a tariff of half crown upon each
epithalamium-tho money to 60 to the
printers. One morning at breakfast
Mrs. Walter suggested that tho sum
realized in this way would fit in very
nicely to her pocket allowance; and her
husband, seeing with the eyes of his
wife, diverted the revenue accordingly.
At the subsequent transfer of property,
it was found that the triple record OF
human weakness and mortality was
worth fully four thousand a year, ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
The First he'd Heard Of 1t.

A blacksmith having failed IN busl,
ness, friend, to enable him to start
once more. loaned him some lron'
which creditor attached at the forge.
The friendly owner sued tor ms
iron. Choate appeared for him, and
pictured the cruelty of the sherlts pro =
ceeding as follows {: CHE arrested the
arm of industry as it fell toward the an an
vii; he put out the breath OF MS pei
lows; he extinguished the fire upon nis
hearthstone. Like pirates IN gale at
sea, his enemie, swept everything py
the board, leaving him, gentlemen OF sne o
Jury, not so much-not so mucn as q
horseshoe to nail upon his doorpost 70
keep the witches of. The tears came
into the blacksmith's eyes at this af1ees-
ing description. One OF bus i1e1Es' II @Ss
noticing them, said to him WY;
Tom, what's the matter wltn 5, yoa g :
What are you blubbering abcgt -
had no idea" was the fepE IN. IN E E
Viii whimpering tone-"I had no idea l
bad been 90 much a-a.a-abused
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
The Turkish Capital.

The population of Constantinople,
with the suburbs, is now estimated at
800, 900, and the burden of vessels clear
ing the port at about 1000 tons. The
Ronmelian railroad connects the city
with the northern provinces, passing
through wonderfully rich but wretch
edly cultivated country, and before long
there will be more direct railroad COM
munication with Europe by line meet
ing the Ruschuk- -Varna railroad, and
crossing the Danbue at Gurgieye, to
ioin the terminus of the Roumanian
truck line. Pera, thanks to frequent
fires and foreign residents, bids fair to
blossom into a pleasant place for Chris
tian to dwell in. Two-thirds of it was
burned in 1870, when 1900 houses, in
cluding the British embassy, were de-
stroyed. It is not being rebuilt on the
former site, but large town is raising
around the spot where the old town
stood, and about Galata, covering o
wide area. A very important Christian
city is probably destined to grow up
here, under the auspices Of the embss-
sizes which cluster on Pera's heights.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
It was Very Warm.

At q dinner party there were two
sisters present, one a widow who bad
lust emerged from her weeds, the other
not long married, whose husband had
lately gone out to India for snort
term. A young barr!ster Presen1 was
deputed to take the widow down to din
ner. Unfortunately he was under the
impression that his partner vas the
married lady whosehusband had just ar
rived in India. The conversation be-
tween them begun with the lady's re-
marking how extremely hot it was. 2,
eyes, it is very ot," returned me
young barrister. Then a happy thought t
suggested itself to him, and ne adaea
with a smile: "But not 80 hot as the
place to which you husband has gone.
The look with which the widow an, an
swered this "happy. thought" will
haunt that young barrister till the DAY
of his death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
Only Four Hundred Miles.

We cannot conceal q sense of disap-
pointmept at the return of the English
north pole expedition without having
ACCOMPLISHED its direct object. Captain
Hall pushed the little Polaris, vessel
but poorly adapted to it's task, to within
four hundred and sixty. -four miles of the
pole, and the English expedition, under
Captain Mares, only reached si1ty-four
miles further in sledges. His advance
vessel-the Alert-wintered in latitude
eighty-two deg. twenty-seven seconds,
while the Polaris had wintered in lati-
tude eighty-one deg. thirty-eight sec.
Here is certainly slight advance; but
are we to consider that this is the limit 7
DR.. Hayes in 1850, with dog sledges,
explored as high as eighty-two deg.
forty-hve sec., or only forty miles short
of Captain Mares furthest. Parry reach
ed the same latitude north Of Spitzber-
gen in 1927, and Captain Scoresby, in
the Spitzbergen sea, touched eighty one
deg. thirty sec. in 1906, or within five
hundred and ten miles of the pole. The
efforts in the direction of the Arctic dur
ing seventy years, therefore, represent
a total advance of one hundred and ten
miles. No polar expedition went forth
so well equipped and under such favor
able auspices as that which has just re-
turned. Doubtless no pains were spared
by any person in the entire expedition
to accomplish all that could be achieved;
but We may here note our surprise that
q single winters experience was deemed
to establish conclusively their inability
to reach the pole. Why, for instance,
was not one of the vessels dispatched
south, after landing her stores, before
the ice closed, to return with the open
water bearing fresh suppGes2 The ex-
perience of all explorers who have
adopted the Smith sound route has
taught that the real effort begins at the
eighty second. parallel, and hence, if
Arctic exploration is not at an end, ar
rangements must be made in future e1-
peditions for a journey northward on
boat sledges of four hundred and eighty
miles. The terrors, the enormous diff
culties of such ajourney, are pictured in
the one fact that the heroic sledge party
IrOLu Uu0 dloIG COtuo uOt buthuC0 4QO1O
than a mile day. If this speed cannot
be bothered of course discovery north
ward is at an end. The contributions
to our knowledge of the Arctic regions
will doubtless prove considerable, the
tracing of the coast line of the American
continent two hundred and twenty miles
to the west of Greenland and consid-
erable distance to the east, in all, prob
ably, one-ffth of the circumference Of
the rim of the north pole being especial
ly valuable. Captain Mares declares
emphatically against Kane's open Polar
sea. Below the eighty-second parallel
animal life and the migration of birds
cease. Beyond all is ice, ice, ice.
"The impracticability of reaching the
pole was proved" he says. If that has
been fully demonstrated by one winters
effort We can permanently resign the
north pole to the romat GERS who have
had it so long. But has it been l-NeO
York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-29
An Army Examining Board.

Board of examiners and victim apply.
ING for commission:
Examiner-"Who was the greatest
general of ancient or modern timesf"
Mr.. Green-"Some soy Alexander,
some Napoleon, others General Grant,
but I think Moses was the greatest, be-
cause he carried an immense army with
women, children and baggage across an
arm of the sea, and didn't use a pom
toon train" :,
"Who is the greatest man in the
United States to-day2"
"Dr. Mary Walker"
"Who founded the city OF Sevas'
topol9"
"Excuse me, general"
"The city of Sevastopol, Mr.: Green.
"oh, yes sebastopol' Hannibal
general" "
"Now, Mr.. Green, suppose you were
marching your command through
hostile country, right in front. and you
we're hemmed in by the enemy on both
flanks, with an impossible river in front
and the sea in rear Of you, what would
you do"
"Well, I think I should sit down and
write to mother ;" and he passed-out.