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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
Will Destroy the Messages.

The board of directors of the Western
Union telegraph company have been
anxiously considering the questions raised
by the recent demand upon the
company by the United States House
of Representatives for certain dispatches
that have been sent over the Western
Unions wires. The executive committee
of the board had meeting at which the
question was thoroughly discussed, and
It WAS resolved that all officers and em-
ployees of the company should be i'll
structed that they were not the custodlans
of the dispatches received for transmits
sion over the wires, and that they were
not empowered to take action regarding
their disposal. This duty and RESPONSE
bility the executive committee took upon
itself. The president and board OF dlrec-
tors were notified by the executive COM
mittee OF this resolution, and meeting
of the board was called.
The board fully ratified the action OF
the committee, and then considered fur
ther the question of the best mode OF
avoiding similar complication In the
future. The rule heretofore in force has
been to destroy all dispatches after a
given time, rs the vast accumulation OF
paper would render their preservation
impracticable even if desirable, but the
originals have been retained until the
current accounts were settled, as being
the only vouchers in the checking system
of receipts The time during which the
dispatches were preserved was formerly
two years, but lately it has been reduced
to six months. The board instructed the
executive committee to destroy the origl
nails in future as soon MS possible after
their transmission.
1t is authoritatively said that the com;
pany will even have messages destroyeu
on the day after their TRANSMISSION II thai
is necessary to securing privacy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
Given in Marriage.

The great opportunity Of marrying for
either sex, says al exchange, occurs be-
tween the ages of twenty and twenty-five;
the chances are not seriously diminished
for men in the ensuing five years, but
for women as they approach thirty there
is nowhere near half as much probability.
The fact that if people mean to marry at
all they should set about it in the earlier
years of maturity is very plainly en-
forced by these figures. At about the
age of twenty-five unmarried women
have lost two-thirls of their chances at
thirty, six-sevenths at forty, twenty-nine
thirtieths. When bachelor has reached
thirty years he has lost seven-tenths of
his opportunities at forty, more than
nine-tenths. Marriages in which there
is great disparity of ages seem to be
comparatively rare in Philadelphia !; the
old gentlemen of that city do not take
kindly to very young wives; in 1875
only one girl under twenty married n
man of over fifty years, and only
one woman under thirty married n man
of over seventy. October is the favored
month with people desiring wedlock,
but they are almost equally well satisfied
with any of the winter or fall months.
On the other hand, March, whether in it's
quality of lamb or lion, is considered n
wretched month for brillals and August
and July arc almost equally out of favor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
The Alabama Claims.

The court of commissioners OF Ala
bama claims has announced its final de-
cisions. The whole number of claims
fled before this court since its organlza-
ton. including those Of which it was
originally given Jurisdiction, as well as
those received under the act Of July g.,
1876, extending the time of the court
and slightly increasing its jurisdiction, IS
2OG7. The aggregate amount awarded
is about 50, 500, 900. The amount claimed
in the cases as presented is Sl44, 999, 5l6.
The Geneva award in round figures was
s15,50O, 900, gold. This was at once in
vested in United States bonds and the
increment has been very large, 80 that
deducting the amount awarded, So, 500,
900, there still remains over 80, 600, ,OOO
undisposed of.
For this amount there are at present
no claims except those known as the
"War premium and insurance claims.
The bill which passed the United States
House at the last session does not admit
the insurance companies to participation IL
this award, and there are at present
great many representatives of the differ
ent companies who suffered by the acts
of the Alabama who are anxious to oo
tain share of the money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
The Nineteenth Rule.

1t WAS noticed when the present ses-
sion of the United States Congress begun
that the sale of liquors Mt the House res
taurant, which used to be furtive busi-
ness. was conducted without any attempt
at conccalment, the bottles being plainly
in sight and the liquors being drank
without disguise or deception. On in
uuiry it turns out that the caterer exam
med the manual of Congress and found
that the restriction on his selling liquor
was contained in the nineteenth joint
rule, as follows:
"No spirituous ormaltliquors or wines
shall be offered for sale Or kept within
the Capitol in any room or building con
nected Herewith, or on the public
grounds adjacent thereto.
As the joint rules were no longer in il,
force the caterer inferred his right to sell
liquor, and hence the change above re-
fcrred to. An invitation to drink is now
worded as an invitation to ego down and
suspend the nineteenth joint rule.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
4 Love Song.

Och, Norah, so swatc, an so purity, the darlint
Snow;
An her chn--och, my heart, the dimple that's
in it =
An eyes that say Wis when her lips utter no.
Her form it is iIgant, trim like, an slnder;
An look at the flowers that are harkin' all
round
To hear is she comm, wild kisses so tinder
TO Civ her white fut as it touches the
ground.
An oft do mind the fust hour of our mectin-'
The baste nv dog, he had frightcd her so:
She sprung to my arms, her poor heart wildly
heatn'
Wid fear but i taith not bit did know
What it was ailin' mnc-sich stir an commo-
tiOn
Inside Nv my chist, where her purity head
lay
While my breath came in whirls, like the winds
NV the ocean,
An tripped up the words was wantin' to
say.
An here am waitin' an hour in the gloamin',
Wild cruel lone spells sinEin' down in my
heart.
Hist that is hcrsf now, so craftily comm
To tase poor lad wild her guile an her art.
But veil not git away, sure, my beautiful daisy ::
Rest here in the arms that ere loyin an
strong.
Kape still now, mavourncon ye'd betther be
aisv-
Some other big dog might be comm along.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
Something About Insects.

An old friend Of mine, an enthusiastic
philo-apiarian,. told me that being at q
friends house one dry summer, when all
the field flowers were nearly scorched up,
lie saw thousands Of bees busy Ill a
field of clover then III bloom.
ct wish my bees were here, said my
friend.
Probably they ore" replied the gen-
tleman.
"What, at forty miles, distance?"
eyes," said his friend. "On your
return home dredge the backs of your
bees with flour as they issue from the
hives in the morning, and we shall see.
This was done, and his friend wrote to
him him directly: "There are plenty OF
of your white jacket bees here in the
clover"
But whatever is the fact with bees,
ants follow their noses much more than
their eyes. In my garden saw train
of ants ascending III apple tree; 60, up
by one track, and descend by another.
As in ascending they passed between two
small shoots that sprung from the bole,
I stopped their passage with piece OF
bark. The ants did not see this obstruc-
ton with their eyes, but ran bump
against it, and stood still, astonlshed.
Soon a crowd of them had thus been
suddenly stopped, and were annously
searching about for passage. BY var1-
GUS successive starts forward, they
eventually got around the obstruction
and reached the track on the other side:
The line of scent was renewed, anu
thenceforward, on arriving at the barrl-
cade, they went, without moments
hesitation, by the circular track. l then
took my penknife and pared away piece
: of the outer bark on the open bole where
the ants were descending. The effect
was the same. The scent being taken
away, the ants came to dead stand, and
there was the same confounded crowd,
and the same spasmodic attempts to re-
gain the road, which being effected IN
the same way, the scent was carried over
the shaven part of the bark, and the
train ran on as freely as before.-'@.
Nicholas,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
Cow Music.

The COW has Mt least four tones OF lows.
First, there is her alarmed or distressed
low, when deprived of her calf or separ-
ated from her mates-her low of atfec-
ton. Then there is her call of hunger, a
petition for food, sometimes full of impa-
tience, or her answer to the farmers call,
full of eagcrness. Then there is that Pc
cuHar frenzied bawl she utters on smell
ing blood, which causes every member
of the herthto lift its head and hasten to
the spot-the native cry of the clan.
Whom she is gorged or in great danger
she bawls also, but that is different. And
lastly, there is the long, sonorous volley
she lets off on the hills or in the yard,
or along the highway, and which seems
to be expressive of kind of unrest and
vague longing-the longing of the i'm
prisoned TO for her lost identity. She
sends her voice forth SO that every god
on Mount Olympus can hear her plaint.
She makes this sound in the morning,
especially in the arring, as she goes forth
to Craze. --Gaiaay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
A Daring Conspiracy.

Two newspaper men formed conspir-
acy to burn the Baron de Palms body IN
Dr.. LIE Moyne's furnace at one O'Clock III
the morning, before the other spectators
could be warned They offered the fire
man at first 500, and afterward a gold
watch and diamond ring in addition, to
start ND the furnace but he was ncor
ruptibie and the plot fell through. The
object of the conspirators was, OF course,
to obtain IN exclusive report OF the pro-
ccss of cremation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
1t was Sold.

The old court house at Racine, Wis,
Was sold at auction for $50. An exchange
gives this choice extract from the allc-
tioneer's speech "To an antiquarian
fond of reveling in the lnusty past this
venerable pile is worth half fortune
These ceilings have reverberated to the
eloouence of great and noble men. OF
those who have stood conspicuous within
it's portals many are dead, some have adj
vanced to great wealth and fame; some
alas are in Congress, and a goodly mum
ber are in State prison. How much an
I offered for this building?" There wal
only one bid. Nick Miller offered $3(
for 1t. Nobody else wanted it,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
A Destitute Family.

A Baltimore policeman found afamiiy
in an awful plight. Every member had
been stricken with scarlet fever, and
three children had died, mot Of the
disease, but of starvation. There was
not morsel of food in the garret, and
every available article OF furniture or
clothing had long been pawned. The
wife was abed, unconscious, and the hus-
band had stretched himself on the floor
to die. This case has melted an organ
lied effort to s,1ccer the destitute persons
of that city. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
How Interest Grows.

A case fell under our observation
few DAYS ago wherein certain parties con-
tracted debt of $40, and from time &c
time the interest was added until the
amount was s2O9.52. Then a mortgage
of sixty acres of land was given to secure
payment. A few days ago the debtors
made sale of forty acres at s30O, anc
paid off the debt, which then amounted
to 1894. 66 which had grown from the
original one of $40. The party VINO helo
the mortgage was rather miserly IN hls
way, and the parties owing the debt may
certainly be thankful that they escapee
with even small part OF their former
home
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
About Moods.

Henry Ward Beecher, in the course Of
a Friday night talk, said: 81 have had
moods where 7 would have given the
world to have been able to have gone
into the pulpit and stated, not what [
thought, but what I felt. There are
feelings that cannot be expressed IN
words. When man says to his chosen
maiden: Il love You, do yon suppose
he tells the whole story? 1t is n story
that cannot be told. 1t is infinite, bound
less, supreme; n stream forever flowing
and never flowing away. And there is a
state in those that have gone to the
height of divine life which is wordless.
1t cannot be told"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
A Iihernl Editor.

Tn the way of n New Years present
the editor of the White House (NeW Jer
sey) Casket offers fifteen acres OF iand' @
and water power, as % New Years pres
e,t, to any respectable manufacturing
company who will establish at Whlto
House. N. j., a business that will en-
ploy 15N to 200 hands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24

The increase OF immigration from Rus
sia is looked upon with great favor by
the commissioners, as the immigrants
from that country have all been of a de-
siral,le class, most of them well provided
with means, and all calculated by expert
ence to better the community to which
they attach themselves. A mistaken no.
ton has prevailed that all the Russian
immigrants arc Mennonites, for many Of
them are Lutllerans, Catholics, etc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24

Two grand jurors are on trial in Balti-
more for attempting to blackmail man
against whom the district attorney had
asked for an Indictment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-24
The Arrival of Immigrants.

The report of the commissioners will
show that the number of arrivals at New
York during the year 1876 were 1O9, 592,
as compared with 5,O45 in 1875: OF or
the entire number of arrivals, 7O,S20
were aliens, as composed with 1850
aliens arriving in 1875. The number OF
immigrants arriving from three leading
countries in Europe in 1875 and 1876, re-
o,,oot;,,al,, ,vere 80 follows.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-18
She Knew Ills Whistle.

~That was n touching incident, last
week, at the death bed Of Mrs. Gaylor.
Her husband is an engineer on the Gin
cinnati road, and upon reaching Rich
mond found q dispatch announcing the
failing strength of his wife. The diff
Guilty among the railroads made it i'm
possible for him to get off. A second
dispatch arrived saying that she was
sinking fast. 1t was then that he de-
cided to run n locomotive to Dayton.
The dying wife, whose ears were fast
closing to all earthly sounds, listened
for the familiar whistle which she knew
he always gave as the signal of APP
proach. The hours flew fast, and the
sands of life were running very swiftly;
still she could not go without saying
farewell to him. At nightfall, when
the sun had set over her last day on
earth, when the chill of death was
creeping over her and the pulses were
falling, her ear caught the sound of his
coming. She alone heard it and she
said: "Will is coming; that is his
whistle" And he reached the bedside
in time to receive her dying message of
farewell. [Richmond Ind.) Independ-
ence.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-18
s~choolmarms as Wives.

There is some disagreement as to
whether schoolmarms are desirable
candidates for matrimony. Among the
ladies themselves the opinion seems to
prevail that as wives they would espec-
tally adorn homes and make happy the
lives of good husbands. They argue
that the very fact of their getting and
holding their places is evidence of their
intelligence and moral worth, two
things very requisite in a wife. They
say, further, that the familiarity with
the management of children which 4
teacher acquires will serve her in good
stead when she becomes a mother her
self; and that the development of her
faculties which she gets in the school
room is of just the sort that best
prepares a woman for the duties Of n
wife. In fact, they say that they are
the girls for young fellows to court.
[Grand Rapids Mich Eagle.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-18
New Advertisements.

@6G week In your town. Terms
WOU and IS outfit free. H. HALLETT s
CO., Portland, Maine.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-18
SATURDAY. AUG. IS, 1877.

@Advertisers ,cill make note Of Metact
Haf THE LEADER has q larger circula-
ton than any paper published in Wyo-
min9.-S
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-18

Corrected weekly by whippl & Hay, Whole
sale and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-18
Now is the time to advertise.
CHEYENNE MARKETS..

Groceries. Grain. Provisions Etc.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-08-18

rs SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS.
9Greater accuracy, greater safety, less recoil.
Especially adapted to Far West Trade. For
sale by all gun dealers. Send for list to ScHo
vERLING q DAILY, Box $3.50, New York.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-12
Southern Shoe Factory
or JOHN HANSEN,
20 and 81 Canal street, New Orleans.

TO ALL SOUTHERN CITIZENS.
am OF the same opinion as yourselves and
am determined to help build up the manufac-
turing interest Of our native State In order TO
help the laboring classes and keep the money
which would otherwise go to the North, at home.
About year ago started my Factory, and by
promptly, have been enabled to extend my
business and support 500 women and children
that wo9ld have otherwise left the State. In
order still to Increase my Factory, would
earnestly call upon the merchants, not only of
the city. but Of the whole country, to give me
their aid and announcement Come and see me.
deci4 " JNO. HANSEN.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-12
Notice to Sugar Planters.

beg to announce to my friends in the csrn--
try and 70 the sugar planters In general xnax1
am now prepared 10 carry on the. SgIAh
FACTORAGE and COMMISSIOE BUSINESS
on an extensive scale, and take pleasure liz
Offering them my services,
Liberal advances made ON crops.
Country CORES pondence .olicited.
LEON GOWJHAUX. {
81 and SO Canal street.
de1s an New Orleans
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-12
dnHFrtNai
A GRAND STATE PAGEANT
AyriynI of the King!

His Gracious Majesty will arrive on MON
DAY, February Il. at o'clock by the Mobile
Through Route" via special train kindly tur-
uiHhed by His Loyal and Loving snbiects, nav
ing charge of that excellent line OF TRANSPORTS
ton. He will be received by his Guard OF Honor
and esrortedi to His apartments at the st.
Charles Hotel. In the following order!
Escort.
His Majesty, King Rex and suite, in carriages
treasure and baggage of The King.
Route:
North side Canal to Rampant, south Canal to
Camp, to Calliope. TO Ut Charles and the City
Hall where The keys Of II. Ms chosen and be-
loved New Orleans will he delivered to the King
by tho Mayor of the city, whereupou His Majesty
and Suite wi ! repair to the Hotel San Carlos .
whore he will give audience during the after
noon to such subjects as may be presented Tor
that purpose by His Grace, the Lord High
Chamberlain.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-12

As already announced, no advertising vans
improper or indecent displays will be allowed
In the Pageant. The Chief of our Household
Troops, Col. Thomas Boylan, is especially
charged with the execution of this provision.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-12

All organized Bodies of Maskers. not yet as.
signed. viii Immediately report to the War De.
partment
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-05-15

ITO G. WARREN, DIN. HARRIS J.
- Philips: You are each Of you hereby
notified that we have expended in money
and labor for you, G.. Warren, the sum OF
fiftythree dollars; for you, d. NJ. Harris,
the sum of ten dollars; for you, J. Philips,
the sum Of sixteen dollars; upon your Sc
west extension, situated in Middle Boise
mining district Alturas county, idaho
Territory; and unless you pay to u tho
sum of money hereby demanded, together
with costs, on or before the expiration OF
ninety days, your interest in said mine
will be forfeited to as by due process Of
law, and will become our properly
JAMES DAVIS,
]. N. PEDLER
Atlanta, I. T. Och 27th, 1875 sm
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-05-15
CAR d.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscreions of youth, nervous weak,
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c,
wi, send q recipe p = that {, viii cure you
was discovered by raissionafyi South
America. Send ! self-addressed envelope
I pthe REY JosEPH T. INNAH, Station D.
Bible House New York CITY. - "
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Notice.

1870. Notice $3.50. !;
The following warrants win bsapaid on
presentation rat the County Treasures
office, out of the County General Fund "
Warrant No. 1851 .9.1......g. y. 8! .$26 80
448 ..... ~. s, 80. So 70
462 .............. SO rs
X. w. TOMPKINs,
Treasurer.
IDAHO O1rf, Jan Q, 1919.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-05-15

WHICH HAS STOOD THE TEST OF
10. YEARS g
THHRR 10 no soRH III Will xer HEAL.
ne LAMRNEss IT wTLLEoT CURE. NO ACHE,
NO PAIN, THAT AFFLIcTs TIE HUMAN BODY,
Or THE BODY or HORSE OR OTHKR DO.
MYSTIC ANIMAL. THAT DOES NOT YIELD TO
ITs MAGIC ToUoH. A BOTTLE COSTING 3ss,
see. OF 81 -. HAS oFTEN SAVED TEE LIFE OF
A HUMAN KE1Ne. AND RESTORED TO LIFH
UsWULNHss MAYA YALUABLH AoRsA
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