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scg~ The National Gold Medal was
awarded to Bradley IL Rlloison for the
best Photograph. in the United States, and
he Vienna Medal for the best in the world.
429 Montgomery street. San francisco.
, 1879-01-16

SNOW fell to the depth of about an inch
at Seattle and Port Gamble on Tuesday
night. There was none in Port Town
send.
, 1879-01-16

The PC. "Advocate" is complain,
ing loudly about the immoralities al.
lowed in Portland.
, 1879-01-16

WHAT is the matter with the "Olym-
pia Standard" 1t has not reached us for
two weeks.
, 1879-01-16
Local and News Items.

PEESoNAL,-Major Blake, of san Juan,
is in the city.
, 1879-01-16

SOCIAL dance in Fowler's hall tonight.
Admission, one dollar.
, 1879-01-16
COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL.
q. FRANK CLApP, Proprietor.

rTIIIS WELL-KNOWN AND POPULAR
l. House has been rcfurnished and reitred
IN nl its departments, and is now prepared to
furnish FIRST ciIss accommodations to its
patrons. Being eiSiDly situated ii is easy OF
access by the travelling public. Its table will
always ne supplied with the best the market
affords. Rooms for families, with board by
the day or week. Is
, 1879-01-16
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
Cases that are not Uncommon.

Arthur G.. Jennings merry round of
extravagant pleasures is over, and he
must pay the cost by eight years of i'm
prisonment. Jennings was the coniden-
tial bookkeeper and cashier of a Church
street wool broker. The employer lived
frugally, the cashier upon the fat of the
land. The cashier stole the employers
profits from the business-some sixty
thousand dollars. Arraigned for the Of
fence, all Jennings could plead was that
he took the money to appease desire to
entertain his friends in style.
Cases like Jennings are not uncom-
mon. Bank cashiers and tellers, book
keepers of business houses, clerks, mes
sengers and persons who are intrusted
with money figure largely in the crimi-
nal courts. For every one whose dis
grace becomes known to the public, per-
haps dozen are hushed up. In nearly
every instance dissolute habits or the
mania for gambling is at the bottom.
The young man who takes position or
trust gets along we'll until he falls in
with circle of young fellows who drink
and play poker in the early evening, and
make round of the dens in Capt. Will
liams' precinct after midnight: Then
he is in danger. The faro sharks get
hold of him, and he loses; tries to make
up the loss by a bold stroke in Wall
street on money taken from his en-
ployer, loses again, and is lost.-Neao
York SIN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
The Camera ObsCura.

One of the wonders of New York is
Central Park, and the wonder of Central
Park is the camera obscura "Octagonal. !"
1t is little eight-sided building. sur
mounted by a small turret furnished with
a movable lens. Directly under the tur-
ret is table about five feet in diameter,
with a highly polished surface, and on
it the scenery of the park and surround
ing country is reflected from the lens
with marvellous distinctness. Even the
country on Long Island, across the East
river, is plainly visible, as if one were
looking at it through telescope.
The room will accommodate about u
dozen people at time. It is darkened,
and the only light admitted enters
through the lens and is thrown on the
table. It is Il most marvellous sight.
One may see his friends in any part OF
the park. The slightest ripple on the
lake, or the movement of the leaves on
distant trees, is vividly shown on. the
table, and all the varied and beautiful
colors are preserved in the moving, min
iature picture. Detectives repair to the
"Octagonal when suspected parties
are supposed to be in the park. A man
or woman sitting or walking half 4 mile
away cannot escape the eye of science.
Among the many objects to be seen are,
Masonic Temple, the Catholic Cath
edral, the churches of upper New York,
and fhe Palisades Of the Hudson, each
Appearing in turn as the turret revplves.
When one wishes to examine particu-
lar portion ofthe park, the superintend-
ent gives. the machine q turn. and the
spot appears on the table, while the be.
wildered spectator thinks of Aladdin and
his lamp, and wonders why, if the days
of enchantment have really come. the
magician does not transform the dingy
room into palace worthy of such splen-
did scenes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
Wonderful Mirages in Arizona.

An imaginative correspondent, writ
ing from Arizona, says: "lt was only
q few weeks ago, between Gila Bend
and Maricopa, that witnessed a most
marvellous and exquisite series of
transformations reflected by the phe-
nomenon of mirage. The Sierra de las
Estrella mountain had entirely disap-
peared, and in its place was walled
city upon the margin of a beautiful lake.
All at once the city disappeared a cas-
tellated mountain rose in the middle Of
the lake and turned into palace, which,
after balancing itself in the air, toppled
over and sank into the bosom OF the
TRANQUIL waters. Then arose Il multi
plicity Of grotesque elevations, which
RAPIDLY assumed the character of fairy
islets, with lakelets within themselves; !;
then, owing to the unequal densities and
refracting powers of the adjacent strata
of air, the islets became transformed in
to castles, cathedrals, buttresses, cubes,
Notifications and other rock systems OF
architecture, which only survived. how
ever, to vanish on perfect completion.
Again rose an object which resembled a
magnificent opera house or cathedral,
with the requisite description OF gothic
windows and domes, balustrades, i'm
posing arches and doorways and many
colored lamps. This last picture gave
way to an immense tube, which seemed
to be suspended in the air, until shiv-
cred into almost infnitesimal fragments,
each of which assumed a variety of
shapes, with serrated borders, and soon
vanished or became truncated below the
horizon. Then arose an immense island,
in shape not unlike Alcatras; again, it
closely resembled Gibraltar, lifted in
the air, all the while presenting an as
sstrongholds s above named. Then came
the pyramids, and anon, the Casa
Grande, precisely as it exists fifty miles
away. Presently a broad white scarf
seemed to have been thrown over the
last named elevation, yet permitting a
formation like the picture of the "Rock
of Ages"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
Habits of the Florida Alligator.

The Savannah Me,Os says: Although
alligators are very clumsy, their quick
ness in some cases is remarkable, us
when in the water speed of from five to
eight miles an hour is made, and on
land they are able to throw themselves
over half q circle. using the fore feet tor
a fulcrum, striking their enemy with
their tail with tremendous force. In
getting food the alligator shows re-
markable degree of cunning. Fish is
acceptable, and to catch them anumber
of ailigators form in line, driving the
fish before them into q cove or inlet.
Then each alligator makes a rush,
catches fish in his open mouth, rises to
tho surface, tosses the fish in the air, at
the same time cxpelling the water by a
current of air drawn through the nose,
and is ready for the fish when it falls.
Owing to the formation of the teeth the
alligator cannot masticate his food, but
bolts it in small chunks. The gullet is
not large. Prey Of size is concealed
until it begins to putrefy, when it is
sought and devoured. The largest ami
mails are attacked if they get into the
water, dragged down and drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
The Use Of Lemons.

The lemon tree is a native of Asia,
although it is cultivated in Italy, Por-
tugal and in the south of France. In
Europe, however, it seldom exceeds
dimensions of the smallest tree, while in
its native state it grows to over sixty
feet in height. Every part of this tree is
valuable in medicine, though we rarely
employ any Of it but its fruit-that is,
the lemon itself; and every one knows
how to employ this, as in lemonade-to
squeeze the juice into cold water; this is
the shortest way; or to cut it in slices
and let it soak in cold water, or to cut it
in slices and then boil it. Either way
is good. Lemonade is one of the best
and safest drinks for any person, whether
in health or not. It is suitable to all
stomach diseases, is excellent in sickness
in cases of jaundice, gravel, liver COM
plants, Inflammation of the bowels and
fevers. 1t is a specific against worms
and skin complaints. The pippins
crushed may also be used with water
and sugar, and be used as a drink.
Lemon Juice is the best anti-scorbutic
remedy known; it not only cures this
disease, but prevents it. Sailors make a
daily use of it for this purpose. Iadvise
every one to rub their gums daily with
lemon; juice to keep them in health.
The hands and nails are also kept clean,
white, soft and supple by the daily use
of lemon instead of soap. 1t also pre-
vents chilblains. Lemon is used in in
termittent fevers, mixed with strong, hot
black coffee, without sugar. Neuralgia
may be cured by rubbing the part affected
with cut lemon. It is valuable also to
cure warts, and to destroy dandruff on
the head by rubbing the roots of the
hair with it. In fact, its uses are mani
fold, and the more we employ it exter-
nally and internally the better we shall
find ourselves. Natural remedies are
the best, and nature is our best doctor, if
we would only listen to it. Decidedly
rub your hands, head and gums with
lemon, and drink lemonade in preference
to all other liquids. This is an old doc
tors advice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
The Champion Fat Boy.

In a letter from Illinois to the Rome
IN. W Sentinel, David Navarro says Of
his son, Mr. David Navarro, Jr.: He is
now seventeen years old and weighs over
six hundred pounds. We don't weigh
him any more (or have not for more than
a year., as it gives him the blues. He
fears that he will get 50 large that IA +! he
size, and let others form their opinion of
his weight. The tailor has just finished
q suit for him. The vest measures seven
and half feet around, and the largest
part of the body measures eight feet one
inch. So you will see he is quite lad.
He has measured with men who weigh
more than three hundred pounds, and
they did not measure as much around the
chest as he measures around one thigh.
He is sound and healthy and growing
stronger as he grows Older. He can get
around better now than when younger,
but doors are growing smaller and car
riages weaker. He broke the bottom
out oftwo barouohes last season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
The Minister'S New Necktie.

He had recently purchased new
necktie and donned it for the first time
on Sunday morning. 1t was one of the
small black ties, with a villainous rub
ber loop. During the singing of the first
hymn it suddenly fell off, but before the
choir had finished it was safely back in
its place. During the singing of the
hymn preceding the sermon it fell into
the preachers lap. In vain he tried tt
get it back. The button lodged the loop,
and the rubber snapped at the button.
The preachers fingers trembled with
nervousness; the last strains Of the organ
faded way, the audience sat down pre-
pared for the customary Sunday nap.
To say that the preacher was nervous
gives but a faint idea of the situation.
In vain he tried to screen himself behind
the narrow desk; red and rcdder grew
his face, his fingers were dancing |
over his neck and throat trying in vain
to lasso the elusive button with the
elastic moose. The small boys snicker
reached his ears like the crack of doom;
the heads of the singers began to peer
over the choir rail to see the cause Of the
delay, while the preachers face glowed
ike scarlet and his fingers searched with
tremulous uncertainty for the evasive
and treacherous button. The audience
seemed to swell before him into multi
tude; q great sea of eyes watched his
confusion; the first patterings of the
great storm of laughter, that was surely
coming, began to fall upon his ear; the
rubber snapped in mockery, the gold
button still led the loop in a vain chase;
more and more the trembling fingers in
tertwined themselves in laundering
clumsiness; the contortions of the face
became more marked, the scarlet hues
deepened into the hot glare of a contlagra-
ton; existence became a burden, and
the preachers chair u greater instrument
of torture than the rack of an inquisitor.
At last the crisis came. Rising up,
holding the crumpled but triumphant
tie in his hand, the preacher asked to be
excused, retired to his private room,
where before the glass in single moment
the deranged toilet was adjusted. He
will buy his ties earlier in the week, and
will go on dress parade before compe-
tent official before venturing on the plat
form. His experience may lead that
parish to the appointment of a dignitary
who shall examine the ministers as the
wheel-rappers do the cars at the stations
to see if they can 60 in safety. One more
experience would result either in flight
or apoplexy.-Chrtstia7a Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
The SaWdust Magnates.

The wane in the circus business is
noted in the New York Mail, and the
whereabouts and occupation of many
once famous therein are given. Dr..
Spaulding is living on his money in
Saugerties, n. Y. Yankee Robinson is
in actor in Western thcatcrs. Ben.
Maginley, Tony Pastor and Frank Pas
tor, formerly clowns, are also on the
theatrical stage. Andrew Haight, once
owner of the Great Eastern Circus, is
keeping hotel in Chicago. Of other pro-
prictors, Joseph Cushing is farming in
New Hampshire, J. NJ. Nixon is manag-
ing theatcr in Chicago, Montgomery
Queen is interested in Brooklyn street
railroads, Levi North is also living in
Brooklyn, w. j. Mctchear keeps a hotel
in Providence. George X. Goodwin runs
two thcatcrs and a dollar store in Phila-
delphia, Eaton and Daniel Stone are
farming in New Jersey, r. +. j. Milas
owns a Cincinnati thcater, Burr Rob-
bins is lecturing in the West on temper
ance. and the Cooper of Cooper & Bailey
keeps Il horse mart in Philadelphia; Dan
Rice. after many ups and downs, is
building floating theater to run on the
Mississippi. Barnum, Forepaugh, Rob-
iuson and Lent are the only old proprie-
tors who are still in the business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
The Deceitful Reporter.
xpRcHAsr.

Kind reporter, I've important information,
Sing hey, the kind reporter that you arc,
About certain dry goods inundation,
Sing hey, the cheapest goods in town by lar.
The very cheapest goods in town by tar.
REPORTER.
Good fellow, in conundrums you are speaking.
Sing hey, the mystic merchant that you are;
The answer to them vainly I am seeking,
Sing hey, the cheapest goods in town by lar
BOTH.
The very cheapest goods in town by tar.
:.-' MERCHANT. ~ 80
Kind. reporter, on tomorrow III be going,
Sing hey, the boss reporter that you are,
To New York, and soon then I'll be showing
The biggest stock-but take you this cigar.
The very cheapest goods in town by lar.
REPORTER.
Good fellow, you have given timely warning
Sing hey, the thoughtful merchant that you
are; ..,. .,..-.
III whoop you up lively in the morning,
Sing hey, the merry ffteen-cent cigar.
BOTH.
The merry, merry fifteen cent cigar.
P. SIT was the reporter that got the puff.
Cincinnati Enquirr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
A Natural Conclusion.

We left the crowded city far behind,
And over hill and valley took our way;
1t was n morn in early June, and we
Were Off together for II holiday.
Now on hillside, in shady spot,
A cool spring overfiowed its messy brim,
And rippled down the vale, till, tar away,
1t faded on the meadows purple rim.
Still further on, we reached field OF corn,
With tender blades just springing from the
ground;
While overhead a flock OF noisy crows
Kept watch from trees, or circled shyly
round.
For, near at hand raised on q little mound,
An image stood, clad in habiliments old;
"The silly crows!' said Charles; "i they
were wise,
They'd recognize the cheat, and be more
bold!
"Yet confess the scarecrow, as it stands,
Is not i'll calculated to deceive;
Though it would make the pose more natural
To lower the head, and readjust that sleeve.
Think for one moment on that ancient garb!
That battered hat may once have crowned a
head
Within whose dome mighty genius reigned,
That moved the minds OF men, or armies
led.
"That sleeve, tricked in the semblance of an
arm,
Perchance has held within its warm embrace
The form Of some fair woman, fond and true,
With heart responsive to pleading face.
Would that the power were mine to summon
here
Him whom my fancy sees in that disguise,
Even as the marble warmed to conscious life
Before Pygrnalion's enraptured eyes"
The figure slowly turned its head and spoke:
"You are the chaps that run away, allow,
From the insane asylum in the town;
The keepers out a-lookin' for ye now"
Philip Morse, in Scri6ner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.

DO Right, Speak Truth.
Children who read my lay,
This much I have to say
Each day and every dny,
DO what is right
Right things in great and small,
Then, though the sky should fall,
Sun, moon and stars, and all,
You shall have light,
This further I would say;
Be tempted as you may,
Each day and every day,
Speak what's true !;
True things in great and small,
Then, though the sky should fall,
Sun, moon and stars, and all,
Heaven would show through.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21

Tissue paper napkins, with colored
ornamented border, are usedin the cheap
dining saloons of Berlin. They cost
about two dollars per Thousand. They
are used because linen napkins were 80
frequently pilfered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-21

A worm two inches long and in size
round as large as pin, was cut out of a
horses eye in Streator, III.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-27
FIFTH EDITION.
Mrs. ZeiOier's Story.

WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY ABOUT HEE
RUIN AND THE CITY HOSPITAL uA-
PLEAsANTNEss.
Mrs. Sarah ZeIgler, Of City Hospital
notoriety said TO GAZETTE reporter
this morning that she had 10 objection
to telling everything In reference TO the
unpleasant, ess between herself ami
Street Commissioner Lynch, and that
she did not desire TO withhold anything
bearing upon the side issues involved by
the Hospital t1pose.
Said she: Il will be twenty-five
years Of age next month went to the
City Hospital as a domestic on Nov. Isl,
1878, and remained until April 10Th,
1870. Shortly after went there Mr..
Lynch began to make improper advances
To me. He would come into the kitchen
where l would be at work, aud put his
arms around my neck
would r. sist him as well as could,
and, the first time lie came to me, said,
Lew Lynch, want you to go away,
you havo a wife and children" lie Of
ten came around TO the kitchen after
that, aud would avoid being seen by Mr..
Lee, the Superintendent. The first time
| yielded to his desires was near the lat
ter part Of November, af er l bad resist
ed him month. lie had made decla-
tions Of love 10 me IN way that could
not resist. ! yielded to him often, after
that, but no one else had criminal cou-
nection with me while was at the Hos
pital.
| al understand that that Mr.. Lynch
blaines a young man, who was an In
mate OF the hospital, Of being the guilty
party. He IN innocent, aad IN tell you
all about that On the day he Ly6cb)
SAYS he saw the young man coming out
of my bedrooms, (Which / deny.) | was
at my nephsw's funeral, and can prove
II. In the evening Of that day, which
was Sunday, the young man and myself
were talking about the funeral. in the
kitchen, when Mr.. Lynch came down
stairs, after sugar to sweeten whisky,
which he and some other officials were
drinking, and he grew suddenly i-al ous.
lie often got jealous of me any now. He
I went right up sfsirs aud wrote . uOte 70
Dr. Shorlhdge and gotthe young man
| discharged; after that he got me dismiss
| ed. Mr.. Lynch u III me afterwards that
he did not secure my discharge, and NJ rs
| Lynch told me the same thing at her
| house.
''ln reference to TIE affidavit 1 have
| hihho " fttlhG Ctfthln prominent gen-
tlemcn drinking at the Hospital, 1 have
but To reIeat that It Is correct. ! have
seen them there time aud again. don't
say that they we're all there every Sun
day, hut some OF them were there week
after week amt as a general thing the,
all got drunk. l deny that Mr.. Lyncl
met me not long ago aud that response
to his question, why do you not lay III.
blame on the guilty party" said
tonlJ not get any money out OF them.
did ASK Mr.. Lynch to befriend nee an,
he refused; that brought all this troubl,
upon him"
Mrs Ziegler is now stopping st No
1927 West Front street, having NOV,
from i2l East jackson street. Owing I,
his move and the fact that she did no
leave her present address with III
people she formerly stopped with,
reporter OF this paper WIS unable to flu,
her sooner. She IN rather a pless .n
looking woman of good address Sh
says she has besn married and W;
divorced some tune aSo.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-27
Il COtOruttO EIiterDyise.

DENVER, Col, October 25.-The Red
Hill, Fair Play and Leadvlle Railroad
Company organized here to-day for the
purpose of building railroad
from the end of the South Park
ioad to Fair Play and Leadville. 1t is
also proposed to construct a tunl eI
through Mo'quito Mountain, and com.
pany has been organized for that pui.
pose.
The capi al stock of the two compa
ll,es combined amounts to $l2,500, 600
me tunnel will be two miles ana n hal
.ong, a a contract has been let to .,av,
II built in year at a cost of $4OO. 600
ne distance by this way from Fair Pla,
20 Leadvilie Is 20 miles, while that b,
South Park is over 90.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-27

-'N--' ho-N w mn III llNu
LocoMolIvE-FArAL END TO A BAD
BUSINESS.
READING, Pa, Oct. 26, 1870
A fatal accident occurred OH the Read
ing Railroad early this morning, by
which one mas was instantly killed and
another SO badly Injured that he cannot
iccover. The facts are as follows:
Two youn, men, Timothy Hynenan,
aged thirty years, cigar maker by trade,
and Cyrus Wentzel aged twenty-six, a
tnsmlth, were stealing coal fIom car
at the lower end of the city, and while
thus engaged were run over by a shift
ing engine. Hyneman's neck was
broken, his right arm cut off and be was
otherwise mutilated. lie died in 1, W
minutes. He was unmarried. Wentzel
lad his thigh badly fractured, necessi
ating its amputation. lie is also injured
internally and will die. He is married
but has 10 children.
THE CoRoNER's VERDICT.
The Coroner held an inquest this az
ternoon and rendered a verdict In accor.
lance with tho above facts. The two
men were under the influence Of uol
u The time of the accident. They be
ohged to gang of men who make 1t Q
regu practice TO pick up coal on the
| 'ompanys tracks. This practice has
| however, beeh to great extent broker
| hp py the officials having special officer
fetal ed for this purpose. A coaltra,r
had become disabled about three o'clocl
TINS morning and II w. at this point th,
nen were stealing coal when the acci
ieut occurred.