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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
A Frightful Fall from q Tower.

A fearful accident happened at the
high school building in Evansville, Ind,
one forenoon recently. Workmen had
been engaged for several days in repaint-
ing the school building under contract.
Theodore Gerald, aged forty-fve years,
was occupied in painting the cupola OF
the tower, which rises in front of the
building to the height of about fifty
feet above the roof. The cupola is
thirty-two feet from the roof, and upon
this Gerald was painting. He was
standing upon a ladder which was set
against the tower, and it is supposed
that the ladder was not given enough in
~clination: he attempted to move it in
some way, when the ladder slipped, and
Gerald upon it tumbled headlong down
from the dizzy height to the steep roof,
about forty feet below. The roof, which
is very steep under the tower, is covered
with slate. The unfortunate man struck
the slate upon his head, about two feet
from the edge of the gutter, and but for
q marvellous accident would have fallen
over the edge and to the ground below,
q distance Of seventy feet. His head,
however, struck the roof dead, crushing
in two Of the slate pieces, into which the
head and one of his arms were entangled,
and there he lay with his lower exJremi-
ties dangling owe the edge of the
house.
Nobody saw him fall, but the ladder,
which went crushing down with him,
fell over to the ground and attracted the
attention of other workmen, who at once
ran up to the roof and discovered the
peril of Gerald. He was Immediately
drawn up into the cupola and messengers
sent for n physician.
DIR. Achilles soon arrived and ex-
amined the wounded man. He was
entirely unconscious and bore several.
frightful wounds in the head, made by
the rough edges of the slate through
which lie had broken in the fall. For
tunately there was no fracture of the
skull and no mortal injuries apparent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
A Well.Trainel Mouse.

The New Haven CUonn.) Register has
the following: 1t is n curious yet his
torical fact that prisoners who are
sentenced for life often train some insect
or animal, which becomes the one solace
of their prison hours. One of the most
curious cases is that OF Anderson, the
murderer, now in our county Jail,
awaiting a new trial. He some time ago
caught a nous in his cell, Gagged him,
and has carefully trained him. Anderson
will hold IL string suspended from his
fingers and in broken English command
the mous to cup, like a sailor"
whereupon the little animal will lay hold
of the string with his feet and climb to
the prisoners hand. The mouse will
also sit at command on his hind legs on
o tea cup, will crawl up the prisoners
face through his mustache and over his
nose, and finally Jump from the mans
head to his hand, completing the per-
Torrance with a graceful bow. One Of
the most interesting things concerning
the history OF this little acrobat is the
great love it has for the prisoner. When
Anderson was moved q few weeks ago to
another and aidarker cell, the mouse was
lost, and though carefully sought after
by the keeper could not be found.
Anderson was deeply grieved over the
disappearance Of his tiny companion,
which he feared had been killed, and
ever the prison officers expressed regret
that the little creature should have
dropped so completely and mysteriously
out Of the usually dull routine of prison.
life. Great was the Joy, therefore, of
Anderson and of all, when n day the
mouse made its appearance at the door
OF Anderson's new cell, and running in,
resumed its accustomed place by the
prisoners side. It is said that the little
animal seemed rs greatly reioiced as its
master over the reunion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
The Origin Of Steam Printing.

It is remarkable that the steam engine
was not called to the aid Of the printing
press sooner than it was; but it had long
been used in many Of the industrial arts
before it became the handmade to the
art preservative OF all arts" The first
printing by steam was on the issue of
the London Times for November %,
1914. The improved hand-presses of
that day could only strike off from two
to three hundred impressions an hour
with one man to- ink the types and an
other to work the press. At that rate a
very large edition of a daily paper was
simply Impossible, for one days work
could not be completed before the next
days must begin. The Times then
printed from three to four thousand cop
les daily, and Mr.. John Walters, the
proprietor (the second of that name),
began as early as 1904 to consider
whether the work might not be e1pe-
dited in some way.
In that year Thomas Martyn, a COM
positor in the Times Office, got up a
model of ~self-acting machine for work.
ing the press, and Walters furnished the
money for the continuance of his expert.
ments. As usual in the early history of
labor-saving machinery, this attempt
met with bitter opposition from the
workmen, who supposed their craft was
in danger. Martyr was in fear Of his
life because of the threats of the press
men, and partly on that account, and
partly because Walter had small capital
at that time, the scheme was given up.
As soon, however, as Konig's printing
machine was invented, in 1914, Walter
consented that it should be tried on the
Times: but for fear of the workmen, the
experiment was made, not in the regular
printing Office of the paper, but in an
adjoining building. Here KONG and
his assistant, Bauer, worked secretly for
several months, testing and perfecting
the machine. On the twenty-ninth of
November everything was ready for
actual work on the paper, and the result
is thus told i'll a biographical sketch of
Mr.. Walter, which appeared in the
Times in July, 1847:
"The night on which this curious mn
chine was first brought into use in its
new abode was one of great anxiety and
even alarm. The suspicious pressmen
had threatened destruction to any one
whose inventions might suspend their
destruction to him and
his traps They were directed to wait
for expected news from the continent. It
was about six o'clock in the morning
when Mr.. Walter went into the press
room, and 'astonished it's occupants by
telling them that the Times was already
printed by steam, that if they attempted
violence there was q force ready
to suppress it; but that if they were
~peaceable their wages should be con-
tinued to every one of them till similar
employment could be procured. The
promise was no doubt faithfully per-
formed; and having 80 said he distribu-
ted several copies among them. Thus
was this most hazardous enterprise IN
dertaken and successfully carried
through, and printing by steam, on a
most gigantic scale, given to the world"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Amuselnents in a Cossack Camp.

A war correspondent of the London
Times writes: Then came a new dance,
and when it was over we had out some
horses of different breeds to look at
ugly little beasts, some of them, but
showing good points-evidently animals
that endure much work. On speaking
of the riding of the men and the training
of the horses, our host offered to show
what the Cossacks and their horses can
do. In about a minute q straight run
vas cleared, a fur cap thrown down, and
instantly a string Of horsemen charged at
full gallop. As they neared the cap each
in turn swung himself round in his sad
die SO as to reach the ground with his
hand, and snatch at the cap. There
were many misses, rs there are at tent
pegging, and some tremendous falls;
but whenever the rider fell, though he
rolled over like a ball, he kept hold of
the bride and his little horse stopped
short in full career. I threw down a lit
tie forage cap that I was wearing and
offered a piece of money to the man Who
should pick it up. 1t was missed once
but seized by the second rider and held
up in triumph. r.
Then We sat down outeide the 0oloneis
tent to drink wine and te~, apparently
without any reason fcs n or the other
except that the S'enlng was warm ard
that the ter md wine correct each other.
There rere not many of us, but somehow
or other we succeeded in finding the
bottom OF two small casks of wine amid
o good deal of excited talks and healths.
Always the men danced and sung out
side. A Cossack officer attached to the
headquarters of the grand duke arrived.
We drank his health, and the men pick
ed him up bodily and threw him into
the air several times, always catching
him again. He was big and burly, but
the arms beneath him were strong, and
he rose and fell like a shuttlecock, till,
at q word from the colonel, they set him
down again.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
A Lesson in Punctuation.

Punctuate the following SO as to make
it true :
Every lady in the land
Hath twenty nails upon each hand;
Five and twenty on hands and feet,
And this is true without deceit.
Make sense out of this
Lord Palmerston then entered on his
head, q white hat upon his feet, large
and we'll polished boots upon his brow, o
dark cloud in his hand, his faithful walk
ing stick in his eye, a menacing glare
saying nothing.
And see if punctuation will make the
followidg poetry any less absurd:
Isaw a pigeon making bread
saw a girl composed Of thread;
saw Il towel one mile square
saw q meadow in the air
saw o rocket walk a mile;
/ saw q pony make a file;
saw a blacksmith in q box;
saw an orange kill an OK
saw a butcher made of steel
saw a penknife dance q reel;
Isaw q sailor twelve feet high;
/ saw q ladder in a pie;
I saw an apple fly away
saw q sparrow making hay
saw o farmer like q dog
saw a puppy mixing grog;
Isaw three men who saw these TOO
And.will confirm what tell you.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05

A MA1DEN's ADVENTURE WITH A SNAKE.
A Calaveras (Cal.) paper says: Miss
Getchell, while sitting out doors a few
days ago, fell asleep when she woke
up she found herself unable to move,
and looking around noticed a large snake
lying on one of her arms, making a low
kissing noise. For some little time she
was unable to move, and felt q peculiar
thrilling sensation ; she finally however,
moved one of her arms, and the power
being broken she got up. The snake
still lay there, but she says she could
make no exertion to kill it, and turned
and left il. The snake made 10 effort to
hurt her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05

The SEVEN WISE MEN OF GREECE
The following are the names Of the
seven wise men of Greece, and the motto
of each: Scion, of Athens, "Know thy
Chic, of Sparta, Consider the
end" Thales, of Miletus, "Who hateth
is sure )" Cleobulus, of Lin
dus, "The golden, mean or avoid ex-
tremes ;" Pattacus, of Mytilene, "Seize
time by the forelock :" Perlander, Of
Corinth,s Nothing is impossible to
industry"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Plain Facts for Advertisers to Read ant
Consider. --

Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly
give their Endorsement to the use Of the Graef-
enberg-Murshal's Catholicon for all femsle.
complaints. The weak and debilitated find Won
derful relief from a constant use of this valu-
able remedy. Sold by all druggists. $3.50 per
bottle. Send for almanacs, Graefenberg Co,
New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05

81 an very particular abont my
hath;nG-drcss, for there Is everything i'll
:: hath %snit," remarked 4 spare but hea'l-
tiful belle to an mlmirer at Atlantic City.
eyes, was the d>y reply, "and very
little sometimes" Tableau.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05

Purity, Strength, Economy.
These three requisites are combined in
Dooley's well.known Yeast Powder. A few
trials will convince you that it is not only the
best, but also the cheapest. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05

The Cheapest and Best Advertising.
to reach readers outside Of the large cities.
Over ,OoO newspapers, divided into six different
lists. Advertisements received for one or more
lists. For catalogues containing names OF
papers, and for other information and for est
mates, address Beals & Foster, Al Park Bow
Times Building), New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Pond,a Extract.

"The Vegetable Pain Destroyer never fails
to afford r..lief from pain. Try it once, and
nothing could induce you to be without it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
pon,r Poison Your System

Don't Poison Your System
With such hurtful drugs as quinine, calomel, or
blue pills. but take instead that safe, prompt
and agreeable substitute, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which, whether It Is used to remedy or
prevent malarisl fevers. overcome general de-
bility, or to correct torpidity Of the liver and
bowels, will in every case be found fully ade-
quate to the wants Of the sick and feeble. It
entirely removes dyspeptic symptoms, and by
stimulating the flow Of gastric juice, facilitates
digestion and insures the conversion Of food
into blood, whereby the system is efficiently
nourislicd and rrgains its lost vigor. This
great vegetable restorative has received the
Endorsement Of men Of science, the press has
repeatedly borne voluntary testimony to Its
excellence, and the public has long Since given
it the preference to every medicine Of its kind.
Plain Facts for Advertisers to Read and
The Springfield Massachusets) Daily Union
has a larger circulation in Springfield and
within q radius Of twenty-five miles, than any
other journal.
The Springfield M~assachnseas), Weekly Union
has a larger circulation, local and general, than
any Other aceekly newspaper in Ne,o England,
outside of Boston. The Union is not only the
best advertising medium, Int also the cheapest.
For terms address Clark W. Bryan & Co.,
Publishers, Springfield, Msss., or write or apply
to any Of the leading advertising agencies in
the United States and Canada. Sample copies
Of either the daily or weekly Union sent free.
The Portland daily press., 1877-04-16
DQnnRaliC marl eta

NEW YORK. April 14-Evening.-As unchane.
ed with moderate trade at 90 for pots Cotton is
ordinary uplands and Alabama 91i-16c: do Nav New
Orleans and Texas 13-16c; do stained at 95.1sc:
middling nplands and Alabama at 11se; do New Or.
contract 400 bales futures opened easy closing firm
at to points advance. Four-receipts 1882 bbls:
market &c g 1Oc higher, business only moderate for
q 6 90; Superfne Western and State at 65 "a 6 95:
common to good extra Western and State 90 "a 90;
good to choice Western and State att % 4O COM
mon to choice White Western extra Is a 8 3O Fan
cy White Wheat Western extra at IS q 10 Is; COM
mon to good extra Ohio at Z O5 a 300; common to
choice extra st Louis at 25 q 90; Patent Mime
sofa extra good to prime at 90 a 10 25; choice to
double extra at 10 SO g II co. including 300 bbls low
grade extra at 90 25; 1900 bbls medium extra
$500 bbls City Mills extra for West Indies at rs "a
25 the market closing strong and quiet Southern
flour shade irmer with tair inquiry sales 1850 bbs;
at 65 a 10 25. Rye -four is firm; sales 375 bbIs At
q 35per Dbl for superfine Corn meal is oniet
and very firm sales 90 400 sb Western Jersey
Wheat-recepts 10000 bush 1.-THE market is lac better
with moderate export and limited milling demand;
144a for old Chicago Spring; Sc for No 8 Milwaa,
kee in store and to arrive; 60 q 63 for No Mil
waukee in store; 800 fol- inferior Winter Red Wes-
scarce and firm at So q $50 for WESTERN 80 "a 95c tor
Jersey and Pennsylvania; 97c q 90 for State. Bar
ley without decided change; 10000 bush ungraded
Canada at 80 soc, latter heavy. Barley Malt dnIl
and unchanged. Corn-receipts 1890 bush: the
market is active and excited, a sc higher sales of
100000 bush; 50 q 63c for ungraded Western Mixed
623 9 63c for New York No steamer Mixed; 62 40
CSC for New York No q 64c for steamer Yellow: sac
for Yellow Western in store. including $4,000 bush
old Western Mixed for export at 65c in store also
10000 bush steamer Mixed for April at Gil a SIC;
10000 bush for May at 81 q 611c; last evening 1OO-
900 No for May at 60c. Oats-receipts 13O5O bush;
market frmer and fairly active; sales $1,000 bush
q "a Sc for Mixed Western and State; 4S "a sc for
White Western and State. including New York No
White at 4sc; New York No 2 White at SOC; New
York No at SIC; New York No White at 5Ssc;
extra sc a 561; Mixed Western at 43a q 4ic White
State at So a &c. Hay firm at 70 for shipping Hons
firm at q 1Oc for yearlingss @ l3c for new Eastern
and Western: 10 q lie for new New York; u a tic
for new California. Cofee-Rio Is unchanged with
l6 2lic gold for job lots, Sugar frmer and in fair
The Portland daily press., 1877-04-16
THE ST. LOUIS FIRE.
Still Searching the Rims - Several Sup
posed Victims turn up Safe,

Still Searching the Rains - Several Sup.
posed Victims turn up Safe.
ST. LOUIS, April 14-No more bodies have
been taken from the Southern Hotel ruins since
yesterday. The search progresses with great
vigor. and will not close until every particle of
the debris is turned over. Several articles Of
jewelry with initials of 81. j. Clark and wife
were found this forenoon near where their
bodies were discovered, thus completing their
Identification. Three more of the unaccounted
for guests telegraphed their safety this forenoon
Catson and Porter, of Indianapolis, and Adolph
s. Cheewnd. Of New York. 1t is also known
that r. e. j. Miles, of Cincinnati, is safe, and
S. Monroe. of New York, whose name was tel
egraphed last night, is believed to be S. W.
Morrison, of the same city, who is safe and now
at the Lindell Hotel.
Another body, supposed to be that OF a man,
was taken from the ruins this evening so badly
burned as to be unrecognizable. Considerable
property in the shape of jewelry, silver ware.
etc., has been unearthed aud restored to the
owners One of the guests, N. w. Watson, re-
ports from Indianapolis, having left before the
fire.
Chief Engineer Russell, of the hotel, says
that the fire department was summoned too late
to beIof much use in stopping the fire.
The body found this evening was so badly
burned it was impossible to distinguish the sex,
but it is believed to be the remains of coored
nurse girl of Mrs. Clark named jackson.
About three-quarters of an exceedingly valua-
BILE diamond necklace belonging to Mrs. Mum
ster. was among the jewelry taken from the
ruins to-day. Seven of the fifteen unaccounted
for guests, whose names were telegraphed last
night, reported by telegraph to-day.
New York Herald's Special Grin Welsh,
Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, tells strange story
in connection with the Southern Hotel fire.
He occupied room 119, just over the store room
where the fire is supposed to have origi-
mated. He entered his room at six o'clock in
the evening" and found it filled with smoke.
He summoned b bell boy and asked the cause
of the smoke. The boy supposed it came from
CRATE somewhere in the hotel. Mr.. Welsh
There was then a strong smell of fire in the
room, and more smoke than before. Not being
able to sleep, he went to the night clerk and
had his room changed ia the fourth floor, where
he was sleeping when the alarm was made.
The Portland daily press., 1877-04-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.
Burned TO Death.

Burned TO Death.
Especial to the Press.]
RocKLAND, April 15.-Yesterday at Clam
Cove little Jameson girl, six years of age, was
so severely burned while playing round a brush
fire that she died today. A.
Fire in Bangor.
To the Associated Press]
BANGOR, April 15.-Fire broke out in O. M.
Browns dry goods store at II 10 this morning.
in the upper story. 1t is now under control.
Insured for $1400.
Run Over by Train.
PENNINGTON, April 14.-Jack McCarty of
North Leeds was run over by a passenger train
near North Jay tonight. One arm was crushed
and he was badly cut about the head. He died
soon after.
Instantly Killed,
LEWISTON, April 14.-This afternoon John
Donovan, aged 81, who was employed by
Messrs. Nancy on stone work at the bleachery,
was crushed by falling stone, caused BY the
breaking of derrick rope. Death was instan-
taneous,
Death of n Former Resident of Maine.
BOSTON, April IA Hon. Lorenzo Sabine
died here today, aged "a. He was author of a
life of Commodore Preble, ''The American
Loyalists," Report on the Fisheries" and
"Notes on Duels and Duelling" He was a
| member of the Maine legislature from Eastport
for three years and held the position of deputy
| collector of the district of Passamaquoddy. At
| ter he removed to Massachusetts, he held the
position of confidential agent of the U. S.
Treasury Department, and was chosen member
of the Thirty-second Congress.
Postal.
WASHINGTON, April 15.-Post office estab-
lished at Prentiss, Penobscot county, Maine;
John Thompson. postmaster.
The Portland daily press., 1877-04-16
LOUISIANA.

The Troops TO be Withdrawn Probably.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Up to one o'clock
today no additional instructions had been
prepared for the Louisiana commission. 1t is
positively stated in very high official quarters
today, that the Presidents policy in regard to
Louisiana will not be different from the policy
already adopted concerning South Carolina.
The Reply to the Commissioners.
NEW ORLEANS, April 14.-The Presidents
answer to the commission was received late
last night. 1t fully endorses the plan proposed,
which will be Immediately carried into effect.
A One-sided Democratic Proposition.
The Democrats in caucus tonight, it is un-
derstood, agreed upon the proposition they will
organization of all members elected by the
parish commission returns. but this action
shall in no way interfere with the legislation
already perfected The seven or eight mem
bers who were seated subject to the contest will
submit their cases for final decision to the full
legislature when assembled.
Note-There seems to be very little compro.
mise in the proposition, as the Packard legisla-
tors who were elected could at any time during
the past three months have taken their seats in
the Nichols legislature if they had desired to
have done go.
New York Herald's Special
Abiding to the proposition of the Democratic
caucus, the Herald correspondent SAYS it is now
generally believed that Packard's consent has
been privately obtained to the arrangement be.
fore it was inaugurated in the present form.
AT all events the commissioners appear thor
oughly relieved from anxiety today, and wear
an air of having accomplished their work. II
is supposed that before yielding to the inevita-
BILE, Packard will issue proclamation, and
from the present prospects all will be concluded
before Wednesday.