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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-09-24
Our Observation-Disclosures
4 MOST INTERESTING LETTER.

THE SAMPLE FAMILY.

Among the first settlers OF the lower battal:
ion OF the Saluda regiment, were Alex Sam
pie and John Nicely. Both were 1rishmen,
the former born In County, Antrim In the
year Ito, the birth place Of the latter not re-
membered. The impression on my mind Is,
that Sample first settled In Virginia, near the
C~nnninghams about. the year l750, and re-
moved with them, or BY himself through their
known, the attachment between classes and
Presbyterians In those Jays, the. facts suited
are not hard TO believe. Bnt whether they
come together, or first met on Saiuda, they
endcd o5iv with deati. md which was moi
%niienated Wholly by the issues OF the war OF
the revoiution. on which Ihcy differed- There
" 2 me .fa Snange y s ane nSlec' pnd s s sna IAN o one
cestor Of The Blake's. I heiieveJ OF the Wing
forces being caught on fnrionaR or foraaine,
,by the Command OF Major Wtllian or
i.Bloody Biir'Cunningham, we're beaten Be
ed Samples short time and released him, bnt
oftsred no nrofecuon To the other. who uu,s
further beaten and left for dead: but he was
taken mn by other comrade. and recovered.
revointinn frnm a -%rrInture nrod1oed nv fiis
Eict, ~ q horso and aI6ed ~ Ms Zoe was I'm.
fitted for a Soldier. and took nonctiye partini
the war. Ills settlement was IN the west side
and divided by the river. He owned q Gne
his sath venri nossed intn the nossessinn ~
her som AieSander and whose Seafh occmrred
IN 1904 when IT, was nnrchnsed bv lar" ~ the
snnS ~ The latter md aTier The 3eath ~ ons
~ tbor, .yas "t,n "A entiro,u hu tha S,her
,nhn snId T. aho,,t issz enT ray,ored i,yest"
viii re,mark bera tboto danso tS,atn n vsnes
a,,d oena IN Sam nias ,onS .yeo nra ~ TIE 10.
s amu = ~ ~ syatos W. n,n "u Yes ana n,an md
treats OF nla1or unninSnau ana nien, ana
naay yeaIs niser sne W.T. LUIS aiscoyery Was
iHaae ~ cieuItHG lor tvaiiJhi = Y
W SU - wa.rh y iT ~ Snas On - m az ,.as ne ~ hS
~ = 30 ,nIaal snd ~ isso' heInpt,gs 90 fnt,n ~
"a a. 1a Sii.np,es sa - ~ M, 1,So ~ ~.
sI,ccI In sIze To obtain OF wood.
being rotten in part and much Worm.eafen.
When foundi It was said to have been Ions
and marrow apdin a bad condition from Inc
Iomn afr md Iack Of sun which had befalle
itini ts ~mprisonmen WhenII last saw ID
~ 49,. 4. SEa 49,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-03

On Mail ana Express Train Sleeping Cars
run through to and from Jacksonville and
Savannah; also, Lucas Sleeping Cars run
through to and from Jacksonville aud Tai
lahassee.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-03
RAILROADS.
Atlantic and Gulf R, R,

N'NIOI" al superintendent 5 OmC6, }
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,
Savannah, Sept. I'd, 1879. }
On and after WEDNESDAY,
September Sd, Passenger Trains on
this Road will run as follows:
NIGHT EXPRESS
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-03

NO change of cars between Savannah and
JACKSONVILLE and Savannah and Albanv
sleeping cars run through to and from
Savannah and Albany. O-''
Passengers from Savannah for Fernan.
dina, Gainesville and Cedar Keys take this
tram. '''--0 'nA0
Passengers for Darien take this train.
Passengers from Savannah for Bruns-
wick take this train, arriving at Brnns-
wick 600 a. m.
Passengers leave Brunswick at 800 pm.
arriving at Savannah $50 a. IN.
Passengers leaving Macon at 715 q. m,
daily except Sunday connect at Jesun
with this train for Florida.
Passengers from Florida by this train
connect at Jesup with train arriving in
Macon at 6.25 p. IN. daily except Sunday.
falace sleeping cars run through to and
from Savannah and Jacksonville.
connect at Albany with passenger trains,
both ways on Southwestern Railroad to
and from Macon, Eufaula, Montgomery.
Mobile. New Orleans, etc. :;
Mail steamer leaves Brinbridge for Ap-
aIacnlcola every Sunday and Thursday
evening; for Columbus every Tuesday and
Saturday afternoon.
Close connection at Jacksonville daily
lSunday excepted) for Green Cove
Springs. ST.. Augustine, Palatka, Enter
PRISE, and all landings on st. Johns river.
Trains on b. and A. Il. X. leave junction,
gong west, ut 11.37 Il. M, and for Bruins
Wick at 4;4O p: NJ, daily, except Sunday.
through Tickets sold and Sleeping Car
Berths secured at Bren's Ticket Office, No.
y pull street, and st Atlantic and Gulf
X. T. assenger Depot
A(TO1fHEOnAT TON IT'D ATN Eoot.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-03
Miscellaneous.
For Sale.

dnO0nA MONTH guaranteed. S12
&.H(V a day at home made by the in
NpOOV dustrious. Capital not re-
uuired; we will start you. Men, women,
bows and girls make money faster at work
for us than at anything else The work is
light and pleasant. and such as anyone can
20 right at. Those who are wise who see
fhis notice will send us their addresses at
once and see for themselves, Costly Out
ALREADY at work are laying mp large sums
of money. Address True & CO.. Augusta
MaiHe. % 1l0'
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-03

Florida Central r. r.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA,
OCTOBER 5, 1879.
On and after this date Trains on this
" Road will run as follows:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-03

j. S. Tyson, Master of Transportation.
H. S. HAINES,
II i General Superintendent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
How to Kill a Rat.

A keen-eyed and gray.bearded rat in a
Rockville wooden mill had for a long
time evaded every device to entrap him,
but an expert took the case in hand, and
succeeded in beguiling him into the trap.
When the spring announced that the
cold General" was caught. the boys
crowded around and peered in at the
bright eyes and nervous movements of
old fellow, who was "streaking it" in
side. 1t was decided to put him in the
extractor" and if he survived that
treatment to let him 60. The "extract-
or" in a wooden mill is machine used
to extract the moisture out of the cloth,
the process being effected by putting the
cloth into basket that revolves swiftly
inside massive frame work of iron. So
the trap was fixed into the basket and
the belt run on.
Round and round went the basket,
lurching heavily from side to side, but
gradually growing steadier as the revo-
lutions became swifter. Steadily the
speed went up; 100, 200, 300 and 400
times minute. The eye could just see
dark spot in the basket, then there
was sudden jar, and a cry was heard
that the trap would fly of, the brake
put on, and the machine stopped. Was
"graybeard" dead? Not bit. He was
streaking it fore-and-aft in the trap, his
lively eyes as bright as ever.
Once more he took his place in the
basket. 1t was to be a ride to death
this time-a fast train that would whirl
him around at the rate of mile and
quarter every sixty seconds. The "old
General" seemed to have an impression
that affairs were nearing climax, for
despairing squeal was heard as the bas-
ket again started. One minute, two
two minutes, three minutes, and the bas-
ket was whirling around fully 700 times
to the minute A steady hum, instead
of the surgings, indicated the high speed.
Then the belt was thrown off and the
brake applied. When the machine stop
ped the ''old General" was no more; but
his was a painless death, without the
agony and distress usually dealt out to
vermin.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
Love at the Seashore.

Rye Beach furnishes the latest love ro-
nance, Miss. Sarah Brown, beautiful
Pennsylvania heiress, having become en-
gagged to Robert G. Miller, the son Of a
Rye Beach fisherman, and himself no
more than the skipper Of one Of the hotel
yachts. Miss Brown frequently went out
to sail in Roberts yacht, and he went
dead in love with ner. but kept the secret
to himself, only paying her great atten-
ton. In return the young lady was very
courteous. A few days ago Miss Brown
got a fish-bone in her throat, and her con-
dition became so dangerous that it was
decided to send to Portsmouth, ten miles
off, for doctor Robert insisted on being
the messenger, and mounting swift,
horse. started off at great speed, When
half way to town he unfortunately fell
rom his horse, dislocating his ankle and
breaking an arm, but with heroic courage
remounted and drove on, but tainted with
pain and exhaustion after delivering his
message at The doctors Office. The doc
tor, on reaching Miss Brown, quickly re-
moved the fish-bone but declared that
she could not have lived five minutes
longer, and that she owed her lie to the
heroism of young Miller, nanating the
circumstances here related. Miss Brown
thereupon fell in love with Robert. ard
is to marry him as soon as he RECEIVERS
sufficiently from bis injuries. So writes
correspondent Of the New York Com
mercial.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
A Book Agent Meets Her Match.

A very prepossessing young lady, can
wasting for popular book, stepped
into the Office of broker, and finding
him apparently at leisure, asked him to
look at her book. The gentleman in
formed her that it would only be waste
of time, as he could not purchase it. ooh,
never mind that !" calculated the viva
cious young woman, it won't cost any
thing to look at it, even if you don't buy.
l should like to have you read some
portions of it, and see what it is
The accommodating broker took the
volume, and glanced at the title page,
commenced a perusal of the introduction.
This finished, he began at the first chap
ter, and read carefully and leisurely
along 1t was about o'clock when he
commenced, and an hour passed silently
away, when the book agent began to
show signs Of nervousness, which were
apparently unnoticed by the broker, for
he never took his eye from the volume,
but read steadily on. Eleven o'clock
came, and the lady began to walk
smartly around the room, glancing occa-
sionally out of the windows. At noon
the broker was still reading, and the
agent wore decidedly troubled coun-
tenance. A few moments before one
o'clock the broker laid the book down,
leisurely donned his overcoat and hat,
and remarked: "That is a COOK book l
am sorry cannot read more Of it, but
! am obliged to go to dinner. If you
call this afternoon ! will continue read
ing it."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
History OF Yellow Fever.

The hsto of yellow fever in this
country shows that it has hardly been
the exception when the fever appeared
as an epidemic the year following an
epidemic. In 1S47 there were 2,259
deaths in New Orleans, and $50 in lS4S,
and 1871 in lS49. In 1853 there were
1870 deaths in the same city, and there
were 2,423 deaths in 1854 and 1910
in 1855. In 1858 there were 1889
deaths, but none the next year. In 1867
there were 1908 deaths, and none the
following year. In the same proportions
the fever appeared in the smaller places
in Louisiana and Mississippi in those
years. In lS4S, when it reappeared in
New Orleans, it came in June, while the
epidemic of lS47 began in August. The
great epidemic of 1858 began in May,
and the epidemic Of the year following
came in July, and in the next year in
June. The epidemic in North Carolina
in 1862 was followed in 1864, two years
afterward, by one of increased mortality,
but not in tho same cities and towns as
general thing. In 1897 Philadelphia's
death list was 1900: in 1898, $500 ;
and in 1899 there were 1000 deaths.
So it was in 1902 three-ffths when Phil
adelr bia next had the fever as an cpl
demic. In South Carolina it has been
almost invariably the case that the second
year brought an epidemic. Memphis
and all other points which were infected
in 1873 escaped the second year. In
that year the fever began at Shreveport
first, and did not come until the latter
part of August, reaching Memphis Sep
TENDER l4th. August has been the ia
vorite month for its inception. Last
year it began near the first of that month
in the South.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
The Correct Way.

Young man, when you see anything
you want, ask for it like man. If YOU
want to borrow FIVE dollars from a man
or if you only want to marry his daugh-
ter, don't slide up to him and hang on to
your hat and talk politics and religion
and weather, and tell old, stale Jokes,
whereof you can't remember the point,
until you worry the man into nervous
irritation. Go at him with full head
Of steam ON and your bow ports open,
like an ironclad pulling for a shore bat
terry. Snort and paw and shake your
head, if you feel like it, no matter if it
does make him look astonished. Better
astonish him than bore him. Go into
his heart Or his pocketbook, or both, it
amounts to the same thing, like brin-
die bull with curl in his forehead,
charging red merino dress, eyes on
fire, tail up and dust flying. Then
you'll fetch him, or possibly; he may
fetch you. But never mind, you'll ac-
complish something, and show you are
not afraid to speak what's on your
mind. And that's great deal more
than you would accomplish by the other
method. You needn't be cheeky, but
you ought to be straight forward
Hawkeye
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
" He's Only MY Husband"

Miss Nelson has made many conquests
in New York. Her parlors in the Fifth
Avenue were never without her admir-.
ers in seasonable hours. She had big
husband named Lee. He seemed more
of factotum. A New Yorker fell
madly in love with the actress while she
was playing as Rosalind and Amy Rob-
sart at Booths Theatre. Every night he
was in an orchestra chair, with big
floral emblem for her, and every after
noon, after having obtained an introduce
ton, came bearing more flowers. The
charming actress liked nothing better
than to loll back on the divan with a
rich bouquet to pick at, while the admir-
ing eyes of several gentlemen beamed on
her from ottomans and easy chairs about
her. The love-lorn young man was an.
noyed by the big fellow who used to sit
off in one corner, apparently distracted,
yet ever too near to permit any passion
ate declaration to be properly made. The
big fellow smoked his cigars, read his
foreign papers, yawned, looked at his
watch, but never left the room. He
was there when the lover came, and was
there when he went. Everything was
marked Miss Adelaide Nelson. Her
pictures were labeled Miss Nelson, and
the lover had never heard of Mrs. Lee.
One day, when he had spent enough on
flowers and presents to pay winters
board, he impatiently said to his adored
actress: "Miss Nelson, who is that
stupid fellow who is always hanging
about you? Why don't you send him
off" ooh, never mind him." answered
the actress; she is only my husband p
The lovelorn young man showed the top
of his opera hat OUT, bowed himself out
as graciously as he could under the cir
cumstances. and shot out of the ROOM
N. Y. Corr. Louisville Courier-J ournal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14

When The affectionate, self-sacriiicing
young wife awakes TO the conviction that
the man who was her slave before mar.
.iage is quite inclined to be her master
now, she is dismayed and disappointed.
In the old courtship days he used to say
that he was going 10 marry her to get her
out of this or that condition, away from
these or those people, to give her the
pleasure she ought to have-in short, to
make her happy; in these latter days. if
he thinks Of it at all, he would, compelled
TO frankness, say that he did marry in
order TO make himself happy. For that
Is exactly what it amounts to in this sort
Of marriage. Ii is, more frequently than
otherwise, the wife who neglects none Of
the little things. it is the husband who
forgets them every one. 1t is the wife
who tries to make home what it should
be, and herself as lovely an object as may
be in her lords eyes; who has the easy
chair ready by the fire, the slippers wait
ing. the pipes filled, the paper aired,
the appetizing dish prepared; and 1t is
often BY this little course Of hers that this
neglect has come about. She has PAM
pered him ill he forgets TO pamper her
in return. On the other hand, there are
some wives who never think of the ap-
petizing DISH or The armchair, or the
pipe, and who looked out for their own
case SO s,renuou,ly that there is no need
for any one else 10 look out for it; who
demand, and therefore receive, and who
seem 70 be entirely satisfied with that
state OF thngs-more. who satisfy their
husbands as well What is the moral TO
be gained from this fact. That wives
should be selfish and eSacling il they de-
sire 10 reain the specl and love OF their
husbands
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14

One of Marie Antoinette's finest points
was her hand and arm, and she greatly
admired similar advantage in others
One night at the opera Russian lady,
who sat opposite the Queens box, exhib-
ed a berutiful arm with a magnificent
diamond bracelet on it, and it was OBJ
served that the Queens glance was fire.
quently directed to that quarter. Pres
emily a gentleman, splendidly dressed,
came to say that the Queen Lad greatly
admired the arm and the diamonds, and
begged to be permitted to inspect the
latter. The lady, highly fiattered, at
once sent them. But he was merely a
member Of the swell mob, and she didn t
see them again.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
The Walking Fever.

Hear the San Jose Mercury mans
eminently correct structures on the walk
ing mania which is now spreading over
the land: at is said that over twenty
thousand people visited the Mechanics
Pavilion, in San Francisco, the other
night, paying four bits head, and all to
see half dozen tagged out tramps, with
sore heels, sprained ankles, and caved in
corporosities generally, hobble around q
sawduct track-'only this, and nothing
more We see thousands of people walk
every day, and think nothing of it--care
nothing about it. Then why should we
pay half dollar to see half dozen per-
sons doing exactly the same thing in .
very different and tired-out manners If
there were any particular novelty in
their walking-any new style adopted
calculated to make walking a more de-
sirable method of locomotion-there
would be of some sense in paying for the
privilege Of witnessing it. Even as a
matter Of novelty, if the walkers would
amuse us by walking on their ears, or
sliding around the ring on the cheeks of
their managers, twenty thousand specta-
tors might consider themselves paid for
visiting the show. We have had our
attacks of velocipede, of roller-skate
and of base ball; we have made periodic
fools Of ourselves in various WAYS; but
never till now have we demonstrated to
the universe exactly what double distilled
idiots we can make of ourselves as in
this last manifestation Of lunacy known
as the walking mania"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14
Oriental Beverages.

The Chinese have made beer from
peculiar kind of rice for over 1900 years.
Its inventor is said to have brought some
Of the new beverage to the Emperor,
who, on tasting it, remarked: "This.
liquor will cause great trouble in the En-
pire." To prevent, if possible, the full
fillment of his own prophecy, he banished
the inventor and forbade the manufac-
ture, but this early attemp, to nip the
liquor traffic in the bud failed, the secret
OF the manufacture was preserved. and
the Chinese ore still in enjoyment Of their
venerable rice beer. The rulers of the
Celestial Empire would seem 10 have
had more success in the suppression of
wine drinking, several Emperors having
gone to the root OF the matter, by order
ing the extirpation Of the vines. The
strong drink of the Japanese, known as
sacki, is also prepared from rice, and so
is the brom Of the Javanese, which is not
considered ripe until it has been buried
in an earthen vessel for several months
in the ground. The numerous tribes OF
Central Africa prepare malt liquors from
maize and millet, while the Kamschat-
kans have succeeded in extracting a spirit
from one of their grasses. Among the
agricultural races, cereals were not the
only materials from which alcoholic
liquors were prepared; the fruits of vari-
Gus trees were pressed into the service.
Thus, in vine-growing counties, dull
draughts of barley vine" gave place. at
least among the well-to.do classes, to the
more generous juice of the grape, while
palm wine or turf, from which our word
toddy is said to be derived, became the
iavorite liquor wherever The palm-teee
fourished. In countries too cold for vine
culture. but where honey abounded, the
latter seems to have been preferred 10
cereals for fermeniing purposes. Mead,
the liquor thus produced, was the favorte
drink OF our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, and
OF the people of Northern Europe gen.
orally, and it is still much used in Russia.
1t is possible owing to the abundance of
honey in South Africa that the drink
reappears among the Houentots, the
Caffres and the natives OF Madagascar.
Honey is 1os, however, the only animal
substance from which fermented bever-
age is Obtained. Among the purely pas
toral races, whose wealth consists wholly
OF their tlocks herds, milk has been turned
to account for this purpose. The Mon
gels and Tartars have from time imme-
mortal prepared an alcoholic drink known
as koumiss from mares milk. This is
placed in bottle-necked vessels made O
skins, and sour milk of the cows is added
as ferment. AS fermentation sets in
the contents of the skin are violently
stirred, and in few days the liquor is
ready. koumiss has long enjoyed the
reputation OF being a remedy for con-
sumption the tribes using it being, it is
said, remarkable free from pulmonary
diseases, and, with view 10 its applica-
ton incidentally for this purpose, the
manufacture Of the Scythian beverage has
recently been started in England. From
the Edinburg Scotsman, June a3d.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-14

just think of the Polar bear He
roams around all day seeking the sunny
side of an iceberg and at night rests his
weary head on a pillow of frozen snow.
He needs no fan by day or mosquito
netting by night. Neither does he have
to take his best girl out and treat her to
soda water and ice cream.-New Haven
Register