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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-30
Setting Fire to Central Rark.

Officer Meaney recently, while on
duty in the upper portion of Central
Park. New York, espied large bonfire
blazing brightly in the woods. he ap-
preached the burning pile, and was as
tonished to discover a middle-aged man,
apparently immersed in deep thought,
standing with his back to the burning
brushwood. warming his coat-tails, and
seemingly unconscious of his surround
ings and position. In close proximity to
the bonfire was a curiously constructed
hut, built without any regard for archi-
tectural design, and composed merely OF
several freshly-cut branches of trees,
which, being entwined around the logs,
helped to support and brace them. In
this romantic residence, the interior OF
which contained neither furniture nor
bedding, the stranger had determined to
reside, at least temporarily, away from
the strife and busy turmoil of the great
metropolis: When the recluse was asked
by the officer for an explanation of his
conduct he failed to reply, and remain
ing perfectly motionless, with his eyes
glancing hither and thither and revolv-
ing rapidly, he appeared as if transf1ed
to the ground. Officer Meaney, after
extinguishing the fire, induced the
would.be hermit to accompany him to
to the Fifty-seventh street police court.
The prisoner gave his name as Martin
Anthony, and said he was of French de-
scent. The complaint having been
drawn up, the clerk handed it to Justice
WandelI, who, after perusing the con-
tents, speaking ironically, addressed the
prisoner thus "Well, Mr.. Anthony,
this is is a very serious charge. You are
accused of setting fire to the Central Park
and appropriatitg certain property
therein wherewith to build winters
residence. What have yos. say ?"
The prisoner, who looked as II he was
insane, feebly articulated something in
reply which was inaudible. Justice
Wandell came to the conclusion that
Anthony was out Of his mind, and COM
mitted him to the care of the commits
sioners of charities and correction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-30
Mrs. Henry's Monument.

A correspondent who recently visited
the old battlefield at Bull Run writes
as follows On the west side of the
house on the brow of the hill is the
grave Of Mrs. Henry. 1t is enclosed by
q picket fence, and large marble slab
has been erected by her children, bear.
ing the inscription: "The grave OF
our lear mother, Judith Henry, killed
near this spot by the explosion of shells
in her dwelling during the battle OF
July, 1861. When killed she was in her
eighty-ffth year, and confined to her
bed By the infrmities of age. She was
the daughter of Landon Garter, Sr., and
was born within a mile of this place.
Her husband, DR.. Isaac Henry, was q
surgeon in the United States navy on
board the frigate Constitution, COM
manded by Com. Truxton, one of the
six captains appointed by Washington,
in the organization Of the navy, 1894.
Our mother during her long life, thirty.
five years of which were spent at this
place, was greatly loved and endeared
for her kind, gentle, and Christian
spirit"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-30
An Appropriate Hymn.

The Rochester Express says: "The
story is told, and it is said to be entirely
true, that at the recent dedication of
Baptist Church in this county the
ceremony of immersion was performed
for the first time in that church by
we'll known Baptist minister of this city.
When he had entered the water, and
while waiting for the candidate, the
minister suggested that somebody should
sing an appropriate hymn. One of the
deacons who stood near by heard the
suggestion, and without thinking struck
up the familiar hymn, Pull for thu
Shore The hymn proved to be 80
suggestive that neither the minister nor
congregation could refrain from an audi.
BILE smile for some time, and the cere-
mony had to be postponed until the
preacher could recover his gravity"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-30
Penn's Message.

The Philadelphia Ledger says that
Gov. PENIS Message to the Gen sral
Assembly of Pennsylvania in 17O1 was
so brief that it may be quoted in para
graph, andit contains some good advice
He said:
FR1ENDs-Your union is what I de-
sire, but your peace and accommodating
of one another is what I expect from
you the reputation of it is something ;
the reality much more. I desire you
to remember and observe what I say.
Yield in circumstances to preserve es-
sentials, and, being safe in one another,
you will always be in esteem with me.
Make me not sad, now am going to
leave you, since it is for you as well as
your friend and proprietary and Gov
ernor. WILLIAM PENN.
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Victory or Ueathi

The Groesbeck (Texan Mev Era
says: The following singular conrtshlp
of a Prairie Grove gallant is an illustra-
ton that "faint heart never won fair
lady" He proposed, but was gently
refused. He W.T. second and third
time with the same result. But at
length he rode over one evening and
told her that he would neither eat,
sleep nor speak until she consented to
be his bride. She invited him to din.
ner; he shook his head. She talked
on he merely looked detected. Then
she requested him to take supper "a
negative shake of the head was the only
reply. She played, sang and chatted on
till bed time, when a servant showed
him a room ; negative shake. She
tripped away to her chamber he sat
determinedly still. About twelve o'clock
she came back and said: 81 don't wish
to cause the death of good officer, so
I will marry you" The released one
rose, and with much eagerness said a:
"My dear, have you any cold victuals
m hand ."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-30
The Last RedOubt.

Kacelyevo's slope still felt
The cannons bolts and the rifles pelt;
For a last redoubt up the hill remained,
By the Russ yet held, by the Turk not gained.
Mehemet Ali stroked his beard;
His lips were chnched and his look was weird;
Round him we're ranks of his ragged folk,
Their faces blackened with blood and smoke.
Clear me the Muscovite out = he cried.
Then the name OF " Allah ~ echoed wide,
And the fezzes waved and the bayonets lowered.
nd on to the last redoubt they poured.
One fell, and second quickly stopped
The gap that he left when he reeled and
dropped;
The seconds third straight filed his place;
The third and fourth kept up the race.
Over their corpses the living spraug,
And the ridge with their musket-rattle rang,
TIL the faces that lined the last redoubt
Could see their faces and hear their shout.
In the redoubt fair form lowered,
That cheered up the brave and child the
coward;
Brandishing blade with gallant air,
His head erect and his bosom bare.
"Fly. they are on u.s." his men implored;
But he waved them on with his waving sword.
ut cannot b, heidi It's no shame to go!'
But he stood with his face set hard to the foe.
Then clung they about him, and tugged, and
knelt.
He drew pistol from out his belt,
And fired it blank at the first that set
Foot on the edge Of the parapet.
Over that first one toppled; but on
Clambered the rest till their bsyonets shone,
As hurriedly fed his men dismayed,
Not bayonet's length from the length Of his
blade.
yield! !" But aloft his steel he flashed,
And down on their steel it ringing clashed;
Then back he reeled with bladeless hilt,
His honor full, but his life-blood split.
They lifted him up from the dabbled ground;
His limbs we're shapely, and soft, and round,
No down on his lip, on his cheek, no Shade
"Bismillah :" they cried. "'tis an 1nhdel
maid"
Mehemet Ali came and saw
The riddled breast and the tender jaw.
"Make her bier Of your arms" he said,
"And daintiy bury this dainty dead!
"Make her grave where she stood and fell,
Ga.nst the jackals scratch and the vultslre's
smell.
Did the Muscovite men like ther maiden fight,
In their lines We had scarcely supped tonight"
So deeper trench 'mong the trenches there
Was dug, for the form as brave as fair;
And none, till the Judgment trump and shout,
Shall drive her out Of the Last Redoubt
ALFRED austin in Cornhia Magazine.
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Wonders Of Greenland.

A lecture on Greenland was given in
London not long ago by MIR. Clements
Markham. His history Of the early dis
coveries included the voyage Of Eric the
Red and curious expedition of clergy
men in the thirteenth century from the
the bishopric of Gardar, in the south of
Greenland, towards the unknown north.
The Norsemen built churches and vii
lagos on the rare green strips up the
fords, but the savages destroyed them;
and for three centuries Greenland was
closed. Hall was the first Englishman
who laid his bones on the shore Of
Greeland. In 1721 Hans Egede, the
apostle of the Esquimaux, landed in
Greenland. It has been found impossi-
BILE to penetrate for any distance into the
vast interior. The natives believe it to
be inhabited by enormous and malignant
beings, 1t is 100000 square miles in
extent, the whole being mass of ice. A
Danish professor in 1920 made his way
for thirty miles inland, and described
the scene he saw. There is nothing but
a white world supporting a blue vault.
From far below ones feet there comes
moaning noise, the voice Of rivers fow-
ing far beneath. Occasionally there are
loud reports from the opening of cleft,
vast mass of water pierces it's way in
the ice down to the underlying granite
itself, for thousands of feet. At thirty
miles from the coast the height above
the sea was 1900 feet, and the ice was
still rising. A wonderful sight is that
of the colossal rivers, deep and broad,
which flow between tall blue banks, AID
pour at the end of their course down q
cleft with a mighty cascade, which is
conspicuous from distance by cloud
of mist which always hangs above it.
On the strips of the land near the coast
the Greenland fora, though scanty, is
very pleasant to the eye. Vegetation
covers the ground in thick masses, form
ing turf in the level places, while it fills
the chinks and crannies of the rocks and
creeps over the surface of the stone,
giving bright appearance to the land
in summer. The prettiest thing OF all
is the club moss, with it's graceful little
white bell flowers like miniture lilies Of
the valley. With it are generally the
dwarf willow and birch and the whortle-
berry, with it's red berry and glossy little
leaves. As far as Disco, but not farther
north, there are beds of lady's mantle
and angelica and masses sof Eolly fern,
the erect red blossom of the peoicularis,
bright little red AMI white saxifrages,
the dandelion potentillas and ranun-
culus, tue Arctic poppy, the sweet-smell-
ing ledum palustre, and the snowy, pur-
pie blossoms Of the epilobium alpinum.>
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Subsidies Before Congress.

The following are the proposed sub.
sidy schemes now before Congress
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-30

Grand total. .$2S, 100000 I
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We were popping corn,
Sweet Kitty and I;
It danced about
And it danced up high.
The embers were hot
In their fiery light,
And it went up brown
And it came down white
White and beautiful,
Crimped and curled, :,
The prettiest fairy dance in the world:
All many time are the embers hot,
And he human spirit can brook it not;
Yet radiant forth from the fiery light
Cometh transformed and robed III white.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-23
VARIETIES.

-"Whcn my pa wouldn't let mo go to
the ball, !" said merry young lady,"I just
sat down and had bawl at home"
The German Emperor keeps diary OF
everything he shoots. In 1919 his gun was
discharged by accident, and he entered,
"Forefnger right hand"
Wanted: delinquent subscribers to
settle up. p. SIN answering this adver-
tisement please state what paper you saw
it in.-CIn. Sat. Night.
The Kingston Freeman tells of young
couple, married recently at Shokan who
started on their wedding tour, tramp of
thirteen miles. No fear of that couple.
1t may he true that hundred cancel
ed postage stamps will buy Chinese baby,
but the fellow who had an American baby
left on his door steps for nothing wants to
know what's the use of gathering stamps
-F1ee Press.
"A witty Clergyman accosted by an old
acquaintance by the name of Cobb replied,
81 don't know you sir, ""My name is Cobb"
rcjoined the man, who was about half seas
over. "Ah, sir" said the minister, "you
have so much corn on that did not see the
cob
"A lady at sea, full of delicate appre-
henson in gale of wind, cried out, among
other pretty ordinations, eve shall 90 to
the bottom; mercy on us; how my head
swims J" "Madam, never fear" said one of
the sailors; "you can never 60 to the bot
tom while your head swims."
Making the best of it is good rule for
everybody. "What is the matter 2" asked
lawyer of his coachman. "The horses are
running away, sir" "Can You not pull
them up 2" 81 am afraid not" "Thcn,'
said the lawyer, after Judicial delay, "run
into something cheap"
1t was wish of Bryant, they say, that
he might die in June. We never thought
seriously enough on the subject to insist on
time, but so far as we have any preference,
to be definite about it, we have always
thought we should like to die on the 3Oth
of February Burlington Haaokeye.
Two men were disputing about the
pronunciation of the word "cithcr"-one
saying it was oo.ther, the other ither-
agreed to refer the matter to the first person
they met, who happened to be an Irishman,
and who confounded them both by declar-
ing: "It's nayther, for it's aythcr."
Now, Willie, DEAR" says Fanny, do
have a little courage when have a powder
to take, don't like it any more than you
do, but make up my mind that will take
it, and | do" "And when l have powder
to take" replied Willie, 81 make up my
mind that | won't take it. and l don't"
AS two ladies were walking along the
street, one exclaimed as the sky suddenly
darkcned "There's Il thunder storm COM
ing on. Pm so afraid of lightning !" To
which the other calmly replied: every
well, my dear; then let us step into this
car, which seems TO have a good conductor"
One of the most prominent physicians
of Hartford, Conn.,, the other evening order
ed his hired man to Harness up Buccpba-
lus,' his iavorte horse. Soon after the
doctor and II friend were greatly amused to
hear the announcement at the office door
"Erysipclas is hitched outside. "-Bost0n
Daily 1doertiSor. Not such bad mistake,
after all. Erysipclas is a certain thing to
itch Philadelphia Bulletin.
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when evening came was ready for another
nights work, We cut out the garment
and mother and made it, sewing it strong
and sure, and putting extra pockets beside
and we had it done three hours before the
sun was up. $50 that" continued the
good old lady, sin just 40 hours we had
taken wool from the backs of the sheep
and made it into a pair of good servicea-
BILE pantaloons. | felt no weariness-I
shed not a tear over my worl1-for l was
aboring for my dear country and for my
darling brother. But when that garment
was in my brothers knapsack, and his back
was turned upon us, l went to my chamber
and wept till my overcharged heart was
relieved"
And the aged matron's eyes were swim
ming as she closed her story. And when
she told us that that same brother was one
of Stark's soldiers, we did not wonder that
Burgoync found serious impeachment to his
very boastful plan ofmarching through the
heart of the American Colonies.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-23
Acreage Required for a Cow.
The Scientific Farmer says :

The Scaentstc Fdrner says =
How much land is required for the sup
port of COVE This question depends
for an answer so much on the circumstances
of the soil as not to admit of a very definite
answer. In dairy competition in Jeffer-
son county, of sixteen cows, was kept on
thirty acres of land; the second premium
dairy, of eighteen cows, on sixty acres the
third dairy of thirteen cows, on thirty
acres; the fourth, of twenty nine cows, on
fifty-fve acres the fifth, of twenty eight
cows, on ninety acres. Mr.. Schulz of Lit
tie Falls, New York, estimates that the
land in pasturage and hay requisite for the
support of n cow is three acres; and this is
the estimate of Mr.. Darlington for moder-
ately good dairy farms in England. In Bel
GUM ten acres of land support two cows,
one heifer, and one yearling cali but
when the calves are sold off young, and
COWS in full milk are only kept, the proper
tion is two cows to seven and one-half
acres Colman estimates three acres of
pasture as requisite for II cow in Berkshire
county, Massachusetts, while in some
towns two acres of pasturage are sufficient.
Mr.. harrington, in the report of the Ameri-
can Dairyman's Association, thinks that
on the average four acres are required per
COW, for summer and winter keep; while
Mr.. Y. A. Willard thinks that in Herki.
mer county, New York, one and one. half
to two acres ofpasture per cow will an
swer, and in some exceptional cases one
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-23
Poe I'll c al.
Oh, For a Swing In the Old Elm Tree.

Oh, For Swing In the Old Elm Tree.
oh for swing in thr Old elm tree
And breath from the clover fields
I'd give the state Of palace hall
And the spices that India yields.
To see again in The od.tme way,
The meadows and pastures | knew,
The hills and the valleys, the rocks and the frees,
And the woods where the wild-fiowcrs grew.
To lie once more in the thick, soft grass
With the sweet winds brushing by,
The world outside aud heart at peace,
Aud above the summer sky;
70 watch the clouds in their shifting lights
And the mists ON the distant hills,
And dream to the music of rustling leaves
Aud the voices of dancing rils;
To wade once more in the cooling stream
That wound by the roadside below,
Where the laurel bloomed, and the cglantine
And the maidcnhair used TO grow
To kneel again in the little church
Where prayed with a childish trust
Ere the haunting doubts of a later time
Had touched it with moth and rust
To sleep once more meath the moss-gr0wn roof;
My spirit would find again
The long-lost chord of that happy time
And take up the glad refrain.
My heart grows sick and my eyes are dim
For q sight of familiar things;
The grassy nook and the old elm tree
Would be more than the throne of kings.
All me, how the years have stretched between
What chances and changes they've wrought
What gains and what losses, what hopes and
what fears,
How little of promise they've brought!
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-23
Too Much Land.

We knew farmer who, ten years ago,
owned one hundred and fifty acres. and
was doing well; he now owns five hundred
and is worse off than before. And why 2
Because this large farm is great bill of
expense to him; he cannot afford to keep it
up in good condition, and n hangs mill
stone of care about his neck. His wife and
children, both sons and daughters, are
obliged to work hard to keep the great
machine running. We presume his boys
declare they will leave home as soon as
they are old enough; and the girls say they
will die before they will marry farmers
Neither sons nor daughters are educated
as they deserve to be; they cannot he spar
ed for this from work on the big farm.
Now, we declare that such farm is curse
to its possessor and his family, and an in
jury to the whole agricultural interest. II
that man wants to save himself and his
household, he should sell at least one-half
of his land, improve the remainder to make
it more productive, release his children
from bondage, and try to make his home
comfort. He will live longer, lay up as
good property, and will train up more
intelligent and happier family.-American
Farmer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-23

BIBLE TERMs.--Readers of the Bible
will be interested in the following cxplana-
tion of expressions frequently met with in
the Holy Scriptures. They are believed to
be entirely correct; A days journey was 33
and is miles. A Sabbath days Journey
was about one English mile. Ezekiel's
reed was II feet, nearly. A cubit is %
inches, nearly A fingers breath is equal
to one inch. A shekel of silver was so
cents A shekel of gold was $500. A
talent of gold was $4,000. A piece of
silver or a penny, was 10 cents. A farthing
was cents. A garah was cents. A mite
was II cents. A homer contained 70 gallons
and pints. Anephah, or bath, contained
z gallons and pints. A bin was gallon
and pints. A iirkin was pints. An
omcr was pints. A cab was 8 pints. A
log was one-half pint.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-08-23
A City in Two States.

Although Bristol is Il small and unim-
portant town Git is called city in the
South, it has two mayors, two municipal
governments, two bodies of police, and is
taxed in two States. 1t is in both Tennes-
see and Virginia, the centre of Main street
being the dividing line, and its peculiar
position causes no little confusion and
many droll incidents. Young couples
elope from Virginia, and by crossing the
street enter Tennessee, and are married
without hindrance. A man commits a
crime in Tennessee, flies to the opposite
sidewalk in Virginia, and defies the officers
of the former State. He needs to be very
guarded in his movements, however, lest
he cross the boundary and become amena-
BILE to the laws of the commonwealth he
has fled, or stepped, away from. Fugitives
are often pulled across the street by officers
armed with warrant, and so legally ar
rested. Not long since, fellow who had
stolen horse in Tennessee crossed the
boundary, by walking 90 feet-and seat.
ing himself on n pile of dry goods boxes,
laughed pursuing policeman to scorn.-
While so occupied II law abiding citizen
pushed over the pile ofboxcs and the thief
fell within the confines of Virginia, and in
to the arms of the waiting and watching
minion of the law. Women who prefer to
have their children born in one or the
other State, often live on one side of Main
street and cross over just before the com
ing event. There are several instances in
which eXpcctant mothers have been n lit
tie too late, and thus children designed for
Virginia nativity have been born on Ten
4 ~. 4. 4 ".
have clearly missed their destiny by being
enrolled in the census of Virginia. A
number Of mature Bristolitcs are still I'M
certain of their places of birth, having
vainly spent time and money to discover,
beyond doubt, whether they are Virginans
or Tennessceans. 1t is plain that some
thing should be done with Main street, and
at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-01

The loss of the Metropolis, following so
closely on the wreck of the Huron and occur
ring in nearly the same locality, is made
dsubly terrible by its own horrors, and by the
startling coincidence. The vessel carried en-
gineerS, labOrerS, etc, to work on the Madeira
and MamOre railroad, which is to develop the
resources of Bolivia and is an American VEN
ture. The loss of life seems from the latest
dispatches not to have been so great as at first
reported, as many as one hundred out of the
two hundred and sixty on board being saved.
But the Sufferings of the wrecked are brought
out with terrible plainnesS. According to dis
patches the Metropolis was unSeaworthy. 1t
is yet too soon to decide intelligently as to the
cause of the wreck but time and investigation
must be made to develop it, and to fix the re-
spOnsihility. 1t will be necessary for one
thing. To inquire why the Metropolis left port
when the indications of storm were positive.
Everything possible must be done to reduce
to minimum the chances of the occurrence
of such disasters.