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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
A Poet and His Technique. .

He was long, slim man, with claret
colored hair and a superabundance Of
Moody and Sankey expression. He
meandered into the office with a free md
easy swagger and said:
care you the editor?"
II am" responded gray-headed
"Well, I want you to listen for a
minute while I sling you an ode:
"The leaves are turning scarlet,
The leaves are turning yellow,
The leaves are turning"
"Relp! watch!" yelled the editor
Justify, but the fend kept on:
The rose is kind Of lovely,
The phlox is kind of lovely,
The pansie's-"
"Great suffering Hornspoon! ~ scream
ed the editor 80 loud that the carpet
raised itself and trembled like the head
of an Ohio editor after he has been out
all night in the company of New York
paragraphers. But the tiend was not to
be squelched so easily. He raised his
finger and, in response, the editor be-
came silent and he went on:
"The COW is rather dappled,
The hop-toad's rather dappled,
The autumn leaf is dappled,
The"
"Stop!" yelled the editor, drawing a
pistol from his pocket and leveling it at
him, cor I'll rip the top of your head
off," a.,
"Don't you want to hear my ,poem?"
inquired the poet, as be folded the man.
uscript.
"You had better put your poem up;
Did ever run you down in my paper'
emo"
did ever say your grandfather was
q horse thief" -.
"No, not that know Of" ~,
Ibid I ever injure you in any Way"
IT don't think you ever did,"
"Then why do you attempt to read
that poetry to me? Don't you know
that I'm aquare?"
eyes; hut I don't want you to pub
lish it. | merely want you to know that
am poet, and that l write poetry, so
that you can testify if I ever murdered q
man, and then / can prove I'm insane.
| don't know that I'll ever commit mur,
der, but it's always best to look ahead
and be on the safe side"
The editor promised to testify. and
the poet walked smilingly out.-WheeL
ing Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
BY HUGH WILSON AND W. G. BENET.

slant; he rose almost simultaneo eously
and leaped on shore; he touched him
on the shoulder.
"Now' come" he said, "don't be fool
ish; we know all about it,"
The other turned on him like fash
Of lightning.
"What do you mean?"
But Tom was too quick for him; he
was on the other side, and took his arm.
"Come," he said, "don't let's have a
row."
The stranger raised himself to his full
height and shook off Tom with ease.
He then hit out right and left in splendid
style. Tom and Alf went down like
ninepins. But my blood was up.
scrambled on shore and ran into him,
lodged his blows, and closed. I am
pretty strong. He was old enough to be
my father; but found I had met my
match and more. I was like a baby in
his arms; he lifted me clean off my feet
and threw me straight into the river.
1t was a splendid exhibition of strength.
Tom and ALT, finding their feet, made
for him together, and, scrambling out as
best I could, followed suit. You never
saw such set-out. We clung to him
like leeches. The language he used was
awful, his strength magnificent; though
we were three to one, he was a match
for all of us. Of course the bystanders.
seeing q row, came up; they interfered
and pulled us off.
Here's W ere ) ,! pretty ct co." said one.
"Stop him! lay hold of him!". said
Alf; "he's lunatic."
GA what?" said the man.
"He's a lunatic, escaped From DR..
Rawle's asylum"
Instead of lending hand, the man
went off in roar of laughter, and the
others Joined. The stranger looked lit
orally frantic with rage. A gentleman
stepped out from the crowd. "There's
some mistake" he said; "this gentle
man is Mr.. Travers, of Tollhurst Hall. ;
You could have knocked US all three
down with a feather, l do believe.
Could it be possible? Could we have
been such consummate idiots as to have
mistaken sane man for a lunaticp and
that man Lillian Travers' father! /
could have shrunk into my boots; I
could have run away and MD myself in
Deu. lO Guluh Glldl Wo euOulu nave
dogged, and watched, and insulted the
man of all others in whose good books
we wished to stand-Lilian Travers'
father! Never did three men look such
fools as we did then! We were 80 con-
foundedly in earnest about it; that was
the worst of all. I don't care what you
say; you may think it first-rate joke;
but he must have been al eccentric sort
of elderly gentleman. Ifhe had behaved
sensibly, if he had made one sensible re-
mark, he would have blown our delu-
sions to the winds.
We rendered our apologies as best we
could to the man we had so insulted,
but he treated us and them with the
loftiest scorn; and we got one after
another into the boat amidst the gibes
and jeers of an unsympathetic crowd.
And rs we rowed from the wretched
place as fast as our oars would take US.
we each of us in our secret heart de-
clared we should never forget our ad-
venture up the river with lunatic.
And we haven't. From that day to
this have never seen Lillian Travers,
nor de- / wish to.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26

Holland, with its sluggish canals, its
obese horses, and its prevailing atmos-
phere of schnapps and tobacco. is said to
be the slowest old country in Europe.
But, all the same, to Holland belongs
the honor of inaugurating the system of
cheap kilograms. The new tariff went
into operation all over Holland and Bel
gium q short time ago, and it's working
may be thus described The minium fee
payable to the Office for sending q tele-
gram is six cents, and about half cent
for every word sent,
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rhe Turning Leaf.

The Turning LEAF.
The elm Is turning yello,n
The woodbine ricli With stain;
The frost hath fringed the maple
With crimson IRE again.
I hear the crisp corn rustic that's gathered into
sheaves,
And my heart stands stu moment TO think
OF what it leaves.
pick the honeyed clover
That blossoms at my iect;
All, me! long years are over
Since first I found it sweet.
Ihear the crisp corn rustic that's gathered
sheayes, ss4sf 81 ..
And my heart stands still Q moment to think
of what it leaves, ,,laa
The sadness apd the sweetness "a
Iponder DER and DER;
Nor signing nor the gladness
Is as it was before.
Ihear the crisp corn rustic that's gathered into
sheaves, 2.l-f
And my heart stands still moment TO think
Of all it leaves. ts2H -
:. s.. .s.t .rI.l--yNep Fork Eeening Poa.
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The magistrates of Zurich. Switzer.
land. have made q very energetic raid
upon the dealers who have been de-
tected selling falsified wines. Whole
barrels of such liquids were rolled dowI
to the lake, accompanied by policemen.
and amid the huzzaing of a crowd OF
onleokers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26

The Las Tegas (New Mexico) Gazette
saws that the old-fashioned way of
tramping out grain with horses or cattle
still prevails there. Goats are pressed
into service also. At this time OF the
year may be seen line of animals
tramping round and round pole like so
many four-legged contestants for the
Ashley belt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26

A Canyon City (Oregon) farmer be.
gan without a cent five years ago; ut the
age of fifty he took up a farm, and has
now fields, house, barn, orchard, health
and credit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
How Rich People Spend Money.

Awoman and a stranger wrote me
lately, saying she knew there must be
many rich women who had dresses to
throw aside which would be of use to
make over, and offering, if had any
such among my acquaintance, to pay for
such things in any way she could, by
pressing ferns, gathering moses, etc.
Pressed ferns and moses DO not have the
value in town which they seem to in
many places, persons who care for such
things having plenty of leisure to gather
for themselves. AS far as my expert
ence goes, the women who dress most
literally take more care and are more
economical of their clothes than any
other class. I have recognized a Co.'S
tune which cost at first $3.50, five years
afterward, made in fresh fashion and
worn by lady who spends thousands q
year on her dress, and / have no doubt
it finally went to one OF the children in
the nursery. AS a rule, those best off
arc most saving, though perhaps that is
the reason they are 50 well off and have
things to save. All my own personal
economies, in which I take no small
pride, as making dollar or scrap of ma
terial 20 as far as creation intended it,
were learned from the example of the
riri est and most cultivated people have
mt Shirley Dare, in Toledo Blade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
Eaahions in Milunery.

There is decided reaction in favor of
small bonnets, says the New York Her
aid, but they are of the quaint and pic
turesque order, and neither fiat nor COM
monplace. While the incoming bonnet
is small the hats are very large. Many
of the bonnets have very wide strings !;
the hats none at all. Large bonnets are
not tabbooed by any means, and the
"spoke'' shape has many admirers among
large ladies. For such they are much
more stylish than the small ones, and
next year may see a revolution in the
flaring, brims and wide-awake styles
which have been worn 80 long. Some
of the brims flare over the forehead. but
remain comparatively close at the sides;
while again there are varieties which
are both high in front and broad. The
latter slope off closely without much
display of brim at the lower part of the
face.
Other shapes are almost fiat on the top
of the head and rather wide. Crowns are
not conspicuous except at times by rea-
son of unusual breadth. The latter
quality is in such cases very noticeable,
as in general crowns are of such shape
as not to attract attention, and it may be
added that both square and rounded
are presented. A novel feature is the
mode in which they are sometimes
placed on the bonnet, being set very far
back, giving long expanse of brim IN
front at the expense of the same at the
back.
Stylish bonnets are made of black
velvet and satin, frightened by loops of
rich brocaded ribbon, in gold and high
colors, upon white. These hoops are
placed nearly upright toward the left of
the brim, forming an aigrette, which
give an immense amount of style by
very simple method.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
News and Notos for Women.

Female burglars are operating in
different parts Of Pennsylvania.
A woman's political club has been
started in London called the Summer
vile club. It numbers 1000 lady men,
bers.
Mrs. Catharine V. Waite, graduate
of Oberlin, has opened an office in
Chicago rs q real estate and financial
agent.
Frances Havergal. the writer of so
many beautiful and inspiring hymns,
died recently after a short but severe
illness.
In 1919, ninety young women were
imported from England, and sold to the
colonists as wives, at 100 pounds OF to.
bacco each.
In the circuit court of Beaver Dam,
Wis, few days ago, a superstitious
girl, whose father had suit in court,
sprinkled all the officials with salt.
Mrs. J. B. Wilson, of Canton, Ohio,
has made and sold twelve hundred hay
rakes this season, some of which have
been shipped to California, and some to
England and France.
Miss Rachel Sherman, the youngest
daughter of the general, is to make her
first formal appearance in Washington
society during the coming winter. The
youngest Miss Evarts, it is announced,
is also about to be introduced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26

Belgium suffers from an odd in1iction.
Owing to the immense number of con-
vents, rest at night, especially for the
inhabitants of the smaller towns, where
convent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS convent, has
become almost impossible. The COM
munal councils of some towns have in
tervened and forbidden this annoyance
of nocturnal bell-ringing. The convent
ual bell-riagers have gone to law with
these communal councils, and the court
of cessation has decided finally that the
councils were within their right by
protecting the inhabitants against such
an intolerable disturbance of their hours
of rest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26

There are said to be fully 200, 900 beg
gars tramping about the German empire,
and they are estimated to get as aims
money, ~ without % considering the value Of Of
foed and clothing given them. Many of
these beggars got into the habit of gain
ing their livelihood in this way through
the oppressive laws formerly in vogue
that required apprentices to travel lit
orally as journeymen, with view to
perfecting themselves in their respective
trades.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-26

Eminent German statisticians hav
recently published an estimate of the
total amount of capital invested in the
construction of railroads since Stephen
sons experimental locomotive first
glided over double rail, revolution
izing the transport system OF our earth.
The result of their calculations is the
amazing sum of seventy-6ve milliards
of francs. or Sl5, ,000, 200, 900. The event
that inaugurated the expenditure Of
such an amount as this-nearly fifteen
dollars head for every human being
inhabiting the terrestrial globe-is de-
clared by New York paper to be
worthier of celebration by jubilee cere-
monies than the anniversary of great
battle.
The New York herald., 1879-02-02
REMOVALS..

< -SANDAIINE -.
n .sANDALfNE ELIXIR AND sANDALiNE LOTION
NEVER FAIL TO RELIEVE AND
CURE, USED AS DIRECTED.
81 has removed to
"a Greene Al.
NOTICE OF REMOvAL-DR. r. J. JORDAN, LATE
N rs Jordan aud Beck proprietor of the New York Mu
ssum of Anatomy 6is Broadway wishes to inform his
numerous patients and those who dcruus of consult
nu him that he has from No Washington place
10 his residences and Office, 81 9th New YORK
city, where he may consulted rs usual
The New York herald., 1879-02-02

GERMAN LIEDERkRANZ.
(I 26th annual
MASQUERADE BALL. :.
Academy Of Music. Thursday. February ~, lsH
Tickets at $40 admitting eman and lady tby intro
ductonl can be had from the following gentlemen;
Sig. Kanfnann ~ Nassau ST. -. sx...-
j. Windmueer German savings Bank, corner of 9Th ~.
and 18th st.
Emil ungcr, No. so Park place.
Herman rhi, New Yorker Stants-Leitung.
John Won tsiahn No ~ Chambers ~.
Louis A. Grass, No. 13s Chambers ST.
Louis kaom nierer, No. 1t~ Grand ST.
H. a. y, Koch corner Of 10th st. and 0th Az.
a. F L. IIehenthat, corner of sd ST. and 80 av
Boxcs and tickets at Schmidt Curtius No. 80 Broad
ST. and william Stenway's III East 18th ST.
<yENTLEMEN'S SONS ASSOCIATION, 11IH WAND
10TH ANNUAL -.
GRAND INITIATION MAs9uERADE sAbi'
wEDXEsDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY >. 1879
IIRBREw CHARITY BALI.
Masquerade, 4.
under management Of the
Purim Association, - .
The boxes will be sold at public auction, on Monday
evening February at o'clock at the Temp'e Emsnuci
Lecture Room. 9th nv. aud 93d ST.
The New York herald., 1879-02-02
SALES AT AUCTION.

~ WEST iuTH ST.-wII.L BE SOLD AT AUCTION,
sat Exchange saesroom Thursday February q: house
% lot half block two aud half stories high
Particulars from the auctioneers ~ g. q. = BROWN.
80 Broadway
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-01-10

vans containing over Is, 600 horses and cam
els aud fifty elephants. In 1864 he visited
Cabul, the capital Of Afghauistan, for copper,
great quantities Of which are there mined and
smcltcd. His magnificent rotinue attracted
the attention Of the ameer, and he was invit-
ed to an audicnce-an honor never before re-
ceived by Christian. A present Of 100 of
his best horses and a thrce-tusked elephant
made the amcer his eternal friend When
yearly it was followed by similar presents, be-
sides camels and merchandise. John Hinton
had the monopoly Of trade from the submits
of the llindOo koOsh Mountains to the con-
fines of BeloOchistan, and in real power was
second only to the ameer himself. About
1870 he was made military commander of the
district Of Hcrat, and in 1876 suppressed To-
cal rebellion TO the great satisfaction Of his
sovereign. Trained in the arts of war among
the savages Of North America, and among the
superstitious natives of India, where he be-
came thoroughly familiar with British soldiers
and resources, together with his years of SER
vice as the idolized commander of the Mo
hammedan tribal armies of Afghauistan,
amounting to tens of thousands of half-civil-
lied men, he is to-day the ablest soldier in
Asia. Desperate from a knowledge of the
studied diplomatic chicanery of the represent
atives Of the empress of India, with whom
from fear Of treachery he refuses to treat,
and, as well as the ameer, bribed with mil
lions Of Russian roubles, he will lead the arm
les Of the followers Of the Prophet to victory
or to death PttsJurg TeLgrdph.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-01-10

WRITING FOR THE PREss.-For the benefit
of our correspondents we reprint from the
Boston Transcript, the following useful and
commendable suggestions:
l. Write upon one side of the leaf only.
Why? Because it is often necessary to cut
the pages into takes" for the compositors,
and this cannot be done when both sides are
written upon.
H. Write clearly and distinctly, being par
ticularly careful i'll the matter of proper
names, and words from foreign languages.
Why? Because you have no right to ask
either editor or compositor to waste his time
puzzling out the results of your careless sell
fshness
III. Don't write in a microscopic hand.
Why? Because the compositor has TO read it
across his case, at a distance of nearly two
feet. Also, because the editor often wants to
make additions and other changes.
". Don't begin at the very top of the first
page. Why? Because if you have written
head for your article the editor may want to
change it, and if you have not-which is the
better wayne must write one. Besides, he
wants room in which to write instructions to
the printer as to the type to be used, where
and when the proof is to be sent, etc.
V. Never roll your manuscript. Why?
Because it maddens every one who touchesit,
editor, compositor and proof-reader
VI. BE brief. Why? Because people
don't read long stories. The number of read
ers which any two articles have is inversely
proportioned to the square of their respective
lengths. That is, a half-column article is read
by four times as many people as one of doub-
le that length.
VII. Have the fear of the waste basket
constantly before your eyes. Why Because
it will save you vast amount of useless labor
to say nothing of paper and postage.
VIII. Always write your full name and ad-
dress plainly at the end of your letter, Why?
Because it will often happen that the editor
wants to communicate with you, and because
he needs to know the writer's name as a
guarantee of good faith, If You write a
pseudonym or initials, write your own name
and address below it, 1t will never be di-
vulged.
TX. "These precepts in thy memory keep"
and, for fear you might forget them, cut them
out and put them where you can readily run
through them when tempted to spill innocent
ink
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-01-10
Miscellany,


knOWnakcH
Airy, changefui hosts NJ suownakes
Past me nt, fit, fit,
As attentive TO the pageant with observant gaze sit
Noting how these wintry elves
Do dsport and blend thcmseyesi
Finding varied moods and fanciea
In each fake that near me chances
Here come wild, hilarious snownakes!
Riding fast, fast, fast,
Tightly cliugng to the bride Of the bitter northern
blast
In their cloaks Of leecy fur,
Plying whip aud rein and spuri
with q mad and reckless haste
Bounding DER the wntry Wasiel
There, some gathered timd snownakes
Lightly skim, skim, skim,
Down the icy, winding river they CO. catching at It's
brim
with half pause at every turn;
As questioning with soft concern,
How far upon the road they be
Toward evening and the distant sea!
Now. group of giddy ,nowhakes
Try waltz, waltz, waltz,
Not dancer seems reluctant, weakly hesitates or
hAlts;
Haud in hand they madly whir
France aud curyet, till twrl,
Ending in trip and fall
Sends them reeng to the wall.
Down band Of snownakcs, uuu.lisc,
Dumbly float float, float,
As might angels from some upper sphere too high and
too remote
For sympathy with common crowd;
with attitude attent and bowed,
These seek some dim, secluded place,
And kneel with rapt and hooded race.
Come some flakes with busy arJor
Now, to search, search, search,
Every corner, chink, and creyice, with brisE, I'M
pOrtant lurch.
Every puunce does plainly speak:
surely, here is what we seekn
But their object still unbound,
on they - with angry bound!
Others still, with iEcd intentness,
Downward drop, drop, drop,
With an earnest soulful purpose that can neither rest
stop;
whose wings seem heavy with the weight
OF some unknown and priceless freight;
These must be messengers that 60
To comfort faithful flowers below.
Farther out are other snownakcs,
Failing still still, still,
Lmurd against the s1mbre background Of the steep
and wooded hill;
These seem working hard to bury
whiring leaves that. brisk aud merry,
viii not fold their hands and keep
To their quiet winter sleep.
Now some cunning suownases silly
Past me glide, glide, glide,
Chasing htful gusts and eddes with Aswiit nsciev-
slidei
These are they that pry at will,
Under door sud wiudrw-sill,
That will push liue of snow
where none others think to 60.
Yet are these but vague outriders
OF a vast, vast, vast,
Aud uneudiug host Of snowflake, that st steadily
drive past!
That with silent, solemn power
Fill the measure Of each hour;
Aud with soft uuqu",tioning grace,
Fit themselves to any place.
=. q. Stone IN January Wide 4 rake.