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MAS WEEK.
Engagement Of
MIR. GEORGE &. BONIFACE.

VINO VIII appear
sunday Evening, December IT, 1878.
In his sublime creaton II
PIERRE ANTOINE"
Supported by q. L. GRAVES SOLDIERS
TRUST COMBINATION, composed Of popular
artists. carefully. selected for the numerous
roles OF this touching
STORY OF THE HEART
originally performed by the wonderful French
actor. Frederic Bamaitre. Mt Paris, undoubtedly
the grandest production Of Its Frenf h authors
Dumonaire and D'Ennsry. arranged In It's pres
ont successful manner and fully copyrighted
by Mr.. @. l.. Graves The management respect
fully announce that this beautiful and touch
Ing play will DO produced with the greatest
care and attention In all its details.
Entire New Scenery. by A. Bagnetto.
Mechanical Effects. by James Kegan md as
sistants.
Properties and Appointments. by A. Bourbon.
Presenting for the
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
81 drama constructed with great care connsctsd
In plot. increasing In intensity and interest as
i proceeds, full Of thrilling situations and NJ
fording opportunities for the picturesque dis
play Of emotions. entitled
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MOTHER AND SON,

st. CHARLES THEATRE.
Robert Strong. ............ lessee and Manager
J. Kittredge Bus. Man. =. Gleason ... Treas
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BANK NOTICES.
New orleans Canal ana Banking com

New orleans Canal ana Banking Com
pany New Orleans December 49, 1s7s-At
THE, day emi-apnual dividend o. THREE
PER CENT was declared payable on demand.
de24 15t Oh. JUMONvILLB. Cashier.
Mechanics ana Traders Bank, New Or
leans, December 21. 1s7s-The annual election
for Directors of this Bank to serve during the
house. No 2s Carondelet street. On MONDAY.
the twentieth Of January next. between the
de2i In JOHN II LGbWTGsEN, Cashier
state National Bank of New Orleans,
New Orleans, December y, ls7s-The annual
election n directors to serve the ensuing year
DAY Of January, twenty first proximo, between
the hours OF 10 O'Clock u ~ and o'clock =. m.
delstd CFIAS. y. g. DUPUY. Cashier.
Mutual National hank. New Orleans,
Decem Dor "A. 1878 The election for Directors.
to serve the ensuing year will take place nt tn"
bank ing house, JOG Canal street. on TUESDAY,
January u. between the hpurs # - a. ~. and
.. n. JOSEPH MITCHELL.,
Hibern,a National Bank, rev Orleans,
December y, 1919 Tho annual election Of d.
rectors Of this bank will be hold ut Its banking
house TUESDAY. january Il. 1872 between 10
O'Clock .. m. and nGl2 } Z. r.
de1std Cashier.
New Orleans National Bank New Or
leans December a. 1878 Tho annual election
for Directors Of this Bunk will be held ut tho
banking house on TUESDAY, January H. 1879,
between tho hours Of 10 a. m. aud .. IN.
del4td VIM. PALFREY. Cashier.
Citizens savings Rank.
"a bank for small savings.l
Corner Baronne and Gravier streets.
Six per cent interest paid on deposits.
ADVANCES MADE ON COLLATERALs.
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MIsCKLLANROUa.


A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY WANTED
~ Two or three gentlemen boarders 20 oc-
cupy rooms IN one of Y @ finest residences In
the Fourth tGardenl Distfict They will have
uninterrupted use Of ~ rlors sitting and bath
rooms in fact the general run OF the house
An agreeable party would do we'll to address
Lock Drawer No AL, ppetofflre mol II
WANTED A FIRST CLASS TIMER AND
w first class plumber None others mood
apply RaiereBrnS required. JAMES II. REY-
NObDH 80 BarOnne street de2t It
WANTED TO RENT-TOA GENTIEMA
w and his wife or two gon'lemen. rooms
furnished or unfurntshed with or without
hoard, IN = private family. Enquire nj 43G Maya
zine street. de22 81
WANTED A PURCHASER FOR A WELL
w established ana good paying manufactur-
Ing business. For further particulars inquire
ut y, Gsehuind o. st Charles street. or Binn-
Vile. de22 3tf
WANTED. CITY CANVASS ERs-CAN MAKE
W from ~ to 81 u day. for tho great com
bination" Hunters Perfection Rotary Flour
Meal Sitter etc. Specigl terms for agents for
ana and Georgia. Auply TO or address REY
NoLDs \ ARMSTRONG. No. 90 Baronne street.
del #
WANTED - SECOND HAND CARRIAGES
w and buggies Of Ill description. Parties
wishing to dispose Of the same will find ready
sale by sending the same to No. 81 Carondslet
street. Also offers a urge assortment Of now
work Of every description Mt very low rates,
MO cot - 4 L. T. MADDUx.
CT EO FOR PIANO TUNING BEST WORK
p NV $40 Magazine. ID. LEIGH. soiree
Pianist iyb1y
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

AttentiOn!-H. ID. &. viii meet mt tbs
Corner, December u. Mt 9 Z. m sharp. Exemp
members In good standing arc earnestly 70
guestad to attend
By order of the President. TOM.
dn14 H.
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TIHSSes Tor III HRes,
The public is invited to visit his store and ex-
anime his new stock to convince themselves that
all that is written above Is true. and he denes
competition. All articles guaranteed. Repairs
OF Watches Clocks Jewelry and SpeetacIes All
articles of Jewelry resilvered Church orna-
ments etc. Purchases old gold and silver.
de22 gu tn TIL 3m
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-12-18
A Minister'S Marrow Escape.

From one Of his brother ministers We
learn the particulars Of the recent e.
cape from drowning of the Rev. a. RS;;
Tadlock, OF Grayson county, KeEtucey.-
He had been with his wife and child yls7s
ting his father, Presby byterian minister
and president Of King college, Brissol
Tenn. On his way back by Pound Cop,
in crossing Clinch river at Rocky ford,
the high waters washed the horse from
his footing and overturned the buggyA
Mr.. Tadlock clung to his wife and she
to the child until it was washed from
her arms. He was manfully swimming,
although entangled in the lines. When
sbe shrieked at the loss of her child, he !.
succeeded in grasping it and retaining
his hold upon his wife. The horses.
meantime, was partly swimming and
partly washed down by the current,
dragging the buggy and the entangied
swimmer. The line now proved their
salvation. Reaching slack water the
horse dragged them ashore, the gallant,
husband and father still clinging to his
wife and child aud managing to keep
them afioat. The child vas unconscious
when the shore was reached, but was
revived and suffered no lasting i'll et.
fects. The buggy was torn up consid-
erably, but the shifty preacher. with Q
borrowed hatchet and rope, was soon
really to return to Bristol for new out
At and to be embalmed as the hero Of
one Of the narrowest escapes recorded
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An AlligatOr's Tidbits.

Aliigators must have singular habits,
remarks New York paper, Judging
from one recently killed in one of the
rivers of Florida. Having been dissect-
ed, there were found in his stomach two
gar fish, each three feet long, six flint
stones worn smooth as glass, two cy-
press knees, four pine knots, two frag-
ments of bricks, several yards of cot
ton cloth, two volumes of public docu-
ments and a small hand-saw. We can
understand why he might have been
hungry for Aint-stones, hand-saws, cy-
press knees and pine knots, but how he
could have bolted the public documents
passes comprehension. A whale, lately
on exhibition in Cincinnati, proved to
have swallowed a broken beer bottle,
the bottoms of two glass tumblers, an
old boot, a screw-driver, discarded
waistcoat and three or four jack knives.
But these are presumed to have inter
fered 30 seriously with his digestion as
to cause his premature demise. An
autopsy was held to determine the
cause of his death, which is no longer
mystery. It is thought that a mum.
ber of Cincinnatians, ignorant of nat
ural history, fed him with the articles
mentioned, under the impression that
the huge fish regarded them as delica
cies. They should remember hereafter
that both Cuyier and Button say that
much as whales in their natural state en-
Joy glass tumblers and screw-drivers oc
casionally, they do not thrive on them
when given as regular diet. The ALI
gator, on the contrary, fourishes OF
everything.
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Ruined by q Spider.

Spiders crawling more abundantly
and conspicuously than usual upon
the indoor walls Of our houses foretell
the near approach OF rain ; but the fol-
lowing anecdote indicates that some OF
their habits clearly foretell frost being
at hand. Quartermaster Disionval,
seeking to beguile the tedium of his
prison hours at Utretch, had studied at
tentvely the habits of the spider and
eight years of imprisonment had given
him leisure to be we'll versed iu its
ways. In December of 1894, the French
army, on whose success his restoration
to liberty depended, was in Holland, and
victory seemed certain, if the frost,
then OF unprecedented severity, con.
tinued. The Dutch envoy had failed to
negotiate peace, and Holland was de-
spairing, when the frost suddenly
broke. The Dutch were now exulting,
and the French generals prepared to re-
treat, but the spider forewarned Dislon.
val that the thaw would be OF short
duration, and he knew that this weather
monitor never deceived. BE contrived
to communicate with the army OF his
countrymen, and it's generals, who duly
estimated his character, relied upon
his assurance that within few days the
waters would again be passable by
troops. They delayed their retreat
within twelve days the frost had re-
turned-the French army triumphed,
Disjonval was liberated, and q spider
had brought down ruin on the Dutch
nation.
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An Explosive Letter.

At Zabrze, in Upper Silesia, letter
directed to O man named Pelka, to be
delivered into his own hands, was given
up to his wife. Being very large and
thick, and fastened with tape, it excited
her curiosity. On pulling one OF the
ends OF the tape for the purpose OF open
ing the letter, there was a frightful e1-
plosion. Frau Pelka was thrown down
and severely injured, and all the win
dows in the house were broken: As far
as has been discovered from the frag'
ments afterward picked up, it appears
that the letter contained some explosive
substance, either dynamite or nitro
glycerine, and cap and needle for its
ignition, with which the tape communi;
Gated, The author of the crime has moi
vet been caught but whoever he be, he
has not given up his intention to destroy
PeIka, for he hiss written letter to tue
latter's employer threatening to repsa
the attempt on his life il he is not q
once dismfseed. i 2. isa5. 80: - :
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Hades Where Darkness Reigns.

The natives of the Marquesas islands,
according to an American who has lived
among them for years and studied their
character, customs and creed, picture
hell as region of profound darkness,
no ray of light ever entering it except
on arrival of a spirit from earth. By
this ray the newly. condemned spirit is
guided to the special seat appointed for
him-or it-and there he remains in i'm
penetrable shadow until the next conner
brings a flash OF light. There is no
other punishment for the doomed. They
are, however, singed on entrance, be-
cause they are then obliged to pass q
huge demon, who flaps his wings and
exhales fire continually. Women, it
may be interesting to know, are seldom
sent to the Marquesan Tophet, owing to
the love and devotion they bear the
native chiefs and priests, who would be
inconsolable without them, even in para
disc. But women are not admitted to
the highest circles of the good place,
prepared alone for men, who can, how.
ever, descend to them when they wish to
enjoy feminine society. There are diff
ferent planes OF divine life for women,
the loftiest being reserved for those who
have loved and been loved most intense
ly in this world, and whose greatest bliss
will come from the visits Of the spirits
of the chiefs and priests.
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Grain in Europe and. America.

According to tho american Miller
Europe produces now OH an average
s, 200, 600, 900 bushels of grain, OF which
Russia produces cne-third, Germany
and France 520,000,000 each, and
Austria 500, 900, 900. The United States
produces !, 600, 600, 900 bushels, or about
the same as Russia. In order to ap-
preciate the advantages of the United
States, the population should be taken
into account; this is for the United
States 40, 600, 600, and, therefore, We pro
duce forty bushels PERI, PEI. head; d, %n;te Nn;te
Europe, with population OF qui.e
800, 600, 600, produces only sl1teen
bushels per head Russia twenty, SIX
bushels per head, and Great brita'n
only four bushels per head. AS the
average quantity of grain consumed per
head is fifteen bushels, we produce
nearly three times as much as we want
Russia scarcely twice its wants, Earope
on an average all needed, but Great
Britain not much over one.fourth. 1t
will be seen that the general production
far surpasses the consumption, but this
excess is absprbed by breweries and dis
tilleFies all over the world, which de
more to keep the price OF breadstuffs o
Ea hiah figure than anyshing else. ss
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A Reckless Man.

While a nurse girl was yesterday
drawing a babe along Alfred street she
was approached by queer-looking old
chap, whose mouth was working as it
he wanted to- bite somebody. He halted
the cab, chuckled to the child, and
finally said to the nurse:
"I used to be just such little angel
myself. Dear me, how I want to kiss
him !"
"But you can't" replied the girl.
"I didn't expect to for nothing, of
COURSE" he continued, feeling in his
pocket. "Here is twenty-five cents,
young miss. T used to have to pay half
o dollar for kissing 'em, but babies are
down now, long with everything else. "
She looked around, took the money,
told him to wipe off his mouth, and he
gave the child q smack which sounded
like dish pan starting for down cellar.
An old lady came around the corner as
he Strengthened up, and in response to
the sharp look she gave him the old man
explained: "Been kissing the baby
sweets honey-nicern ice-cream-pald
two shillings."
"What p she demanded.
He again explained, "Well, you
must have lots of money or else you're
lunatic I" she growled. "Pay two
shillings to kiss little young 'un like
that when you might have kissed my
whole family and the dog to boot fol
fifteen cents No wonder you have te
wear old clothes !"-Free Press.
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RealTs Farewell.

Written the day before he committed suicide. ]
De mortuis nil nisi bonum" When
For me the end has come and am dead,
And httle volu'le. CD .tteri,g 'lcws OF men
Peck at me curiously, let it then be said
In some one brave enough to speak the truth:
Here lies great soul killed by cruel wrong.
Down all the balmy days Of his fresh youth
To his bleak, desolate noon, with sword and
song
And speech that rushed up hotly from the
heart,
he wrought for liberty; till his own wound
(He had been s!abbed), concealed with painful
art
Through wasting years, mastered him and
he swooned,
And sank there where you see him lying now
With that word Failure" written on his
brow.
But say that he succeeded. II he missed
Worlds honors and worlds plsudits and the
wage
OF the worlds cef; lscqueys, still his lips were
kissed
Daily by those high angels who sssuage
The thirstings Of the poets-for he was
Born unto singing-snd burden lay
Nightly on him, and he moaned because
He could not rightly utter to this day
What God taught in the night. Sometimes,
nathless,
Power fell upon him, and bright tongues Of
fame,
And blessings reached him from poor souls in
stress,
And benedictions from black bits Of shame
And little children's love, and old mems pray
erB,
And Great Hand that led him unswsres.
80 he died rich. And if his eyes were blurred
Withthick Hlms-silence he is in his grave.
Greatly he suffered; greatly, too, he erred,
Yet broke his heart in trying to be brave.
Nor did he wait till freedom had become
The popular shibboleth Of courtier's lips;
But smote for her when God Himself seemed
dumb
And all his arching skies were in eclipse.
He was a-wesry, but he fought his fight
And stood fors simple manhood, and was
joyed
To see the august broadening Of the light
And new earths heaving heavenward from
the void.
He loved his fellows, and their love was
sweet
Plant daisies at his head and st his feet.
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Tn ENGLAND knowing fellows. when

In England knowing fellows, when
about to enlist, pay great attention to
the matter of uniform, which has con-
siderable pecuniary value. A life
guardsman at London or Windsor will
be paid by servant girl 81. rs for doing
her Sunday out with him, while horse
artilleryman will only be able to COM
mand eighty cents, and driver Of ar
tillery thirty-fve cents. The same plan
is carried on at Berlin and other capi-
tails. The luxuries that these men enjoy
are entirely paid for by their feminine
admirers, who, in the case OF handsome
guardsmen especially, are often OF a
much higher grade than servant girls.
Their fee for walking out with them is
quite independent of the incidental ex'
penses of day Of pleasure, which fre.
quently involves as much as ~ or 80 out
Of Mary AIMS wages. -: -
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TIgers and Cobras.

A writer says: Twas conyefsln4 M
C.'s with an Indian officer, who condKn1
ed the statement I had before heard
that the tiger will, almost as = xnle sssS ~
cape il he can, and only turns Nl1eI7
he Is wounded. He told me- sthzt the
weapon first used BY The aninal ia his5
paw, one blow ofswhich has been knoM1x
TO fracture the skull Of hisv victim whom
he then tears with tooth and claEs
Some tigers, he says, will 6ght 10 TBS
death: others. to use his own worde
twill die like q COW. 3 he also confirm
ed the account given 20 me by ny
friend, the late Sir Andrew sHitb the
distinguished naturalist and Aisicalfs
traveller, that the cobra, nhIikes otheIs:
of the serpent tribe, is the frst t0'
"show Hght. )" It has the power Of pro-
jecting itself to the slength 81 hall its
body. 8: ], :,
cobra is killed with the sbghtest blow
He was one day riding through o 5ungtA
when he saw acobra in the tangie, and
made q slash at him with his whip, bnt
missed him. when the snake made 81
dart, happily striking only the flap OF
the saddle. In reply to my inquiries as
to the serpent charmers, he expressed
his belief that the reptiles operated
upon were first deprived OF their tangs.
he said as much once TO 9 serpent.
charmer, who vehemently denied It.
The officer happened to have captureda
cobra, and the man readily consented foi
deal with il. Some Of the jugglers are:
so expert that they will catch a snakeb3l
the tail with one hand, and run the other
with the rapidity of lightning mp the
creatures body to his head before ne
has time to turn round. g. :.
Unfortunately, however, the expert.
ment failed in this case; the reptile
turned on the man, who died in twenty;
minutes. My friend said that. inXall
his experience, he had never known o.,
recovery from the bite of cobra in falt
health; and that in cases where the bits
had not produced death, the cobra had
exhausted or reduced the poison under
the fang by his having recently bitten
some man or animal. he told me that
he once had leopard's cub, q few daTs
old, and brought It up until it was near-
ly full grown, and was comparatively
tame. He was one day exhibiting his
pet to some friends, when happening 70
turn from the animal to speak to g Lady,
the brute made q dash at him with his
paws, and slightly wounded him through
his boot and trousers.
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Mr.. Longfellow, in his character of
poet, has had some curious guests.
There was the man who went to thank
him for writing "Break, Break, Break
the woman who had read his poems in
her girlhood and hadn't seen them
since; the man who "was one of the
few that read THE Pendulum" the
Frenchman who wanted to know if that
was the house where Shakespeare was
born, and the Englishman who
"thought that as there were no ruins in
America. he would gall and see Jon,
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Items OF Interest.


A man should be grateful for d fall
CRATE. q.
Partridges are among the things thai
whirr.
watchword Of the schoolgirl Hoo
ple.ahl 3
France has now 252 colleges and
eighty.si1 lyceums. S s. s.
Down in the mouth The young man
with an incipient mustache. ~
You can't tell the age OF an !" old
saw" by looking at it's teeth.
When you come to look for 9 spot on.
the sun you will find it's Sol nyoufs
eyes.
lie has no legs, and cannot stand !; !;
but it has wings, and Gan fy far and
wide. q;
You can never expect to have AL you
desire, 80 get what you can, and be-
happy. sS.S;ss| s;sS
Goal dealers, let the times be ever sos
hard, have weighof doing buainess on
large scale. KS ~ z
Fiesole is one of the few ItaiiaaN tuWu9l
which have right to create mobiles AZ
title of count can be bought there tor
500. ~. 80
Wrestling is the favorite public sport
in Japan, and o large number Of mem
make professional business OF appearSSj
ing In contests Of the ring.
French physicians continue TO ras
commend horaeaesh as the very bert
food for their consumptiye' pAttent q
Il is very common dish in Paris.
The question having been raised ~ to
how many kinds Of doctors there ares seA
have carefully investigated the snb5ect
and reached the conclusion that there
are two kinds-male and female. 1
Theophilus Thistleton thoroughly ttrsshed
Three tin unksrs travelling through Iotten y 5:
snce Theopilus Thistleton thorough thfs6h66 =
Three tin tinkers travelling through T0tten, Y; y
Tremblingly, travelling tinkers tread through
Totten. II 81
The small boy moans, rubs his eyes
and turns over In his slumbers at n3g},3s
now. But il isn't colo, mctheJ No
is dreaming about Christmas, 4zl
whether Santa Claus viii bring him
four-bladed jack.knife or = paixof -
topped foots. IS !|}z
An editor in one Of the northern cogi
ties has received 90 In an enyelope, 3
no writing except the words g
science money, written inS g trembl2
hand, as though the writer was at tou
die. The editor don Y know which qf
subscribers TO give credit TO to1 fh8 ! IS
and he has decided to give his tNQ hun
dred delinquents credit for q cent 1ple
-Burlington Hasoks5fe. s3}
The Manufacture OF fireworks on one
own hearthstone is attended With
degree of risk. At Cranleigh "a Slxxs <|S
England, alaborer, named 6hexlocks &
engaged in making fireworks IN HIS
tage at an early hour In the
when spark ignited the powder
cottage was blown to piec6a the
and aged father Of Sherlock Wer8
and his own recovery i cpnsla M
hopeless. sss,ss
A singular feature ii the marine land
scapes between Terra DEF Fueg0 end tlII
contiguous mainland Is The hoatine
dens Of seaweed. The paant IS:
grows to length OF between 8QQ Z
400 feet. It gives cover and pasttEt
to every species of crustacea great
small, while the intettangled nl4
swaying Like q pondarous curta e {hl<
water, efectual1y breaks the shock
the most tremendous rollers. 81 n ~ -