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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-29

The bullion from Comstock lode con-
tanned forty.fve per cent. of gold and
fifty-fve per cent. of silver. OF the so.
called base bullion from Nevada thirty
per cent. was gold. OF the whole pro-
duct of the State thirty-fve per cent.
was gold. It is probable that the yield
of gold and silver from all sources named
for 1879 will not greatly exceed S7O,-
0O0, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-29

A deputy sheriff at Richmond, Kyr
being unable to collect taxes from a
resident, got third party to admire the
residents false teeth and ask to be
shown them, then darting forward
seized them. After living on soup for q
few days, the resident paid his taxes and
redeemed his property.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-29

Indians in Utah have been induced to
lay aside their blankets and put on the
dress of civilization, and to go to work
with shovels on q railroad. They had
been accustomed to loiter around the
stations of the Utah and Northern road,
doing nothing. Negotiations were
opened with them by the builders of
the road through an interpreter, and
about q dozen were prevailed upon to
take up shovels and attack q sand-bank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-29

Martin Zabriskie, or, as he preferred
to be called Zborowski, whose will was
offered for probate in the New York
surrogate's Office recently, was o re-
markable character. He WAS direct
descendant of Albert Sobieski, q relative
Of King John III. of Poland, who came
to America in 1850, and settled on the
east bank of the aackensack river,
among the Delaware Indians. Martin
Zabriskie is said to have built his man.
sion in Upper Morrisania in 1888, at a
cost Of $67, 7,000.. He made large for.
tune by the rapid rise Of real estate
which he purchased in Morrisania. He
always contended against the payment
of taxes on personal property, even car
rying the matter into the courts. The
name by which he was called was always
matter Of importance to him, and no
one could anger him quicker than by
calling him, as the rest of the family
were commonly known, by the name OF
Zabriskie. In his will he takes pains to
say that his name is not Zsbriskie, but
Zborowski.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05
yAsyE,r-s HAIR.

Obi loosen the good that you wear. Janet
Let me tanRle Eand In your hair my pet;
FOR the world tosne has no daIntier sight
Than your browp heir behind your shoulders
As tangled hsnd in your hair, my pet.
n was brown. With golden gloss, Janet,
II was finer tIansiik OF the floss. my pets
TWAS o beautiful mist. falling down to your
twas thiing tosbe braided and iewelled and
kIsHed:
Twas the lovelieSt hair In the world. my bet.
NV arm Yves The srn OF clown, Janet,
II was slnewY, bisstled and brown, my pet;
But warmly andsoftly II loved to caress
Your round whSte neck and your wealth OF
Your beautiful rsenty of hair, my pet.
Your eyes had q Swimming gloss. Janet
Revealing the dezr old story. my petl
They were erays with that chastened tinge Of
when tie trout Gaps quickest to snap the nv.
And they matched With yeur golden hair my
Your lIpsohnt | say e no words. Janet
When the spril.g is young and the roses are
And they sultedsyoar gold brown hair my pet.
Obi you tanaledanyzllfe IN your hair. Janetl
But go gentle th6 bondage. my soul did fmplore
With my fingers e.lmeshed In your hair. my
~
Thus ever .drekm s,at you were. Janet.
With your lips gang your eyes. and your hair.
IN the darkenedsen& desolate years / moan.
And my tears fail If 4erly over the stone
That covers your golden hair. my pet.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05

but did not 20 off, and when the youth
was caught the capital charge was aban-
uoned and he was punished for INSIDE
m.eanor. He was not caught, however,
TIL some time after the attempt, and, in
Inc interval. the police stations OF Lon
Don and the. suburbs were filled with
hump backed boys arrested on suspi-
cion. A Few days later PeePs bill for
the better protection OF the Oueep's per-
son against minor offendersn was
passed, which provided seven years
transportation or Imprisonment with
whipping as the punishment In such
cases. 1t was effectual, for 1t was not Till
May, 10, 1S49, and under severe stress
OF political passion, that the Queen
was again alarmed. This time, as her
Majesty was driving down Constitution
Hill, at the point where Sir Robert Peel
thirteen months later was thrown from
his horse and killed, an Irish brick
layer named Hamilton fred a pistol
Loaded with powder at her. The Hon,
William Smith O'Brien, uncle Of the
present Lord Inchiquin, had been ex-
PEELED from the Commons the day be-
fore. On the trial Hamilton pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced to seven
years transportation. On the twenty
seventh day OF May, 1860, as the Queen
with her children and lady In waiting
were passing. out OF the gate OF the
Duke OF Cambridge's residence, in Pic
cadiily, Robert Pate, an ex-lieutenant
OF the. Tenth Hussars, who Thought
himself injured by the War ONCE.
struck her on the head with a cane,
bruistng her cheek and crushing her
bonnet. He was promptly seized by q
bystander and handed over to the DO
lice. On the eleventh OF July he was
sentenced to transportation for seven
years, the whipping being omitted ia
consequence OF Baron Alderson's belief
In his insanity. Since then, with the
exception OF some mysterious rumors
about o Fenian plot to assassinate the
Queen just before her visit to Switzer-
land in 1868. there has been no public
mention OF any offer Of violence to her
Majesty.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05

OF her younger sister that. after q ball
at the Schl0ss OF her father, Duke Max,
ne presented the simple young Bavarian
Princess, then mere girl OF sixteen,
with bouquet, telling her that she was
thenceforth Empress OF Austria and
Queen OF Bohemia and Hungary.
Channels hunting and Devastating
are the chief out door amusements OF
the court at Ischl. The heaters start
long before dawn, and the game is
driven past the Emperor and his party.
stated at given spots In the woods. The
courtiers, courtier- like, always yield his
Majesty the pas and leave him the first
shot, which may perhaps have some
thing to do with the numerous trophies
OF the chase which adorn the Kaiser
villa. With good glass the channels
can often be seen clambering high up
on the rocky patches among the pine.
covered mountains round Ischl. But a
solitary hunting expedition, with no
companion but his favorite .Jager, rife
In hand, deep into the wooded noun
tains and solitary valleys which stretch
round. the imperial domain in every
direction, Is more to the Emperor's
taste. Dressed In the rough costume
OF the Tyrol, they will often make ex.
cursions OF two or three days. duration,
syAI6 euO liz III hb 6Ouu6 uI6bAlU Cn0tGL.
where the only fare, but the game they
bring with them, is goat cheese and
milk, with black-looking bread. the
rank OF their guest being sometimes
quite unknown to the peasants who
give him shelter.
On wet evening, when the little the
atre Is opened, you may often enough
see the Emperor there. And q quaint
sight 1t is; the director OF the small
provincial company receiving the royal
party at the door with pair OF lighted
candles, which shake rather visibIy in
his hands, and an apology for evening
dress. There the Emperor, still hon.
ored with the lighted candles even In
his box, will sit for an hour or two lis |
tening to screaming farces and render
lngs OF "Trapezunt" and 'Gerolstein. !"
which would amaze M. jacques Often |
bach III he could but hear them, Some |
times he will drive with one of his |
eQuerries or the Grown Prince Rudolph |
the late Archduke Franz Karl. his |
father, was often his companion at such |
times) to some little out OF. door cafe. a |
mile or two from Ischl, and sit for half |
IN hour under the shady trees slipping
his coffee and smoking his long Virginia
,igar among the little throng OF chance
7isiters with all the gemuthljchkiet Ia
he word. He is saluted with quiet
aspect. for the Austrians never mob |
'oyalty like an English crowd. On Sun
lay the Court always attends mass. In
he pretty village church, and none
more devout than his Catholic and
Apostolic Majesty.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05
Old Clothes In Paris.
IN. 7. Tribune.l

That old clothes have q poetry about
them is well enough known. but an
agreeable Paris correspondent of the
London Telegraph has given additional
evidence In clever letter which he has
written to that journal about the
MGrche du Temple, the old clothes en-
porium OF this great city-its enormous
slop-shop." One stall Is heaped high
with ecclesiastical old clothes-once
splendid copes which might now serve
de compagne. Then there are aibs and
rockets, tunics and berettas. Next to
these is the cast-off finery Of the actors
the portentious jabot. the embroidered
doublet, the once splendid dressing
gown. the harlequin dress, pink satin
trunks, once the adornment OF the bal
letladies. The Carnival Is coming. and
there will be demand for all this tar
nished fnery and play-acting para
phernalia. One specially is that Of
comic trousers which once were good
Tor three rounds OF applause on the first
appearance OF the wearer on the stage"
trousers Of inconceivably absurd /
piaids. never before heard of stripes |
and sp0E5s pea green. rose pink, glaring
WHOM must always be too high in the
waist 9nd boo short In the leg. But the /
Temple trousers arc chiefly new-a sue
ceasful cognie aescr doe not like to part /
with bis garments. Lake Intage wines /
they a1s ME character VA 70. They
may be psGaaed aad repatc4 and the
raggeder they grcN he Ea0kS FIsible |
they become. r. Hriinr Winds MP
with 2 dron story ssz ~ troussTs
p palona.s Co ' 9 54.'s w ys1 n.
Euuate en- p1ve IA 1nyftaxfrr
TO q ball ~ Viife ia ISL
He took Epfion amonx hssl
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05

Makapan and his tribe had retired
add ensconced themselves In one of the
vast caverns which occur In the lime
stone formation in that part OF the
country. These extraordinary
caverns were towards of 1000 feet in
length by 800 or 500 feet wide, intersect-
ed by several walls. and 80 dark that no
one q could penetrate the gloom.
Eight days. close siege, however. did not
prove effectual. It was then deter.
mined mined to block up the entrances. Fifty
H OF oxen and about 300 friendly
mamrs were employed at this work. and
many loads OF stones and trees were
c cavown down into the openings of the
t YSreaH Vs.. At the end Of the
longer bear the horrible stencil Of the he
deao. both within and without the cave
ana frRtorius gave the order to ra;sa,
tne siege. The number of Kafflr s who
had fallen outside amounted to upw mr
OF 300: Those who had died inside mnst
have been much greater. Makapan and
his. tribe were well-nigh annihiiafaS a
and their village laid in ashes
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05
A Sea Slug That Restores Youth.
London Telegraph, December 1871

II
Rachel Levison, otherwise Mime. Ra.
chel, is, 1t may be assumed, too much
absorbed Ia the interesting occupation
| OF picking oakum, making coir mats OF
wringing out clothes In the prison
laundry, to devote her attention to her
once favorite pursuit OF making ladies'
beautiful forever" Indeed, were she
80 inclined to revert to her favorite
study. the governor OF the establish
ment in which the venerable matron is
spending her period of seclusion from
the maddening crowd" might per.
haps object to her experimentalixinp
on the countenances OF her fellow
detenues, or on those OF the female war
ders; Still. there are plenty OF lady
Cagliostros at large, and these occult
dealers In elixirs and cosmetics will
learn with much interest that there
exists simple and efficacious nostrum
possessing the specific property of max
Ing aged people not only look young.
but. Of positively endowing them
with renewed youth, as the tabled
Fontains dc .JOuvence was said to
DO. The marvellous specific is
the large sea slug known as
beche de aaer, a mollusc about the size
OF a cucumber. which is fished for in
very deep water among the rocks off
some islands in the Pacific. The extra
ordinary virtues OF this slug were mem
toned q few days since, lii q trial at
Jaw, by Mr.. Wills, @. o., who incidental
ly and humorously observed that beche
de pter was highly priced in China. not
only as deltcacy for the table, but for
Its rejuvenescent properties. He had
seen 1t, pursued Mr.. Wills. but his
friend Mr.. Hill had tasted 1t. and that
might account for the fact that, although
Mr.. Hill was his senior at the bar. he
looked 80 much younger q man than he
Mr.. Wills did. This, as bar humor
goes, may be held as very good Joke
but the question before us is how to sun. |
ply the London markets with sea slurs
capable OF making old people young. II |
D cargo OF becbe de mer could onlv be |
landed at the London docks, baskets of |
The youth giving edible should at once
be forwarded to all the aged celebrities
of the day, and all the old ladies who
we're once famous beauties. We should
have all our dear old actors, dancers.
painters. authors, back In their prime.
l. would be, perhaps, inexpedient to
END any teche de neey to the judges OF
England.judges, like port wine, i'm.
prove with age-but few sea slugs
night be adyantageously presented to
Illusion, just be limited that snail sonp ia
J very old-fashioned English remedy
or consumption, and that the super.
atural qualities ascribed to sea slups
China may be only an imaginative
xaggeratton OF the supposed efficacy
I the beche de naeg In pulmonary com.
laints.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05

trends and bought fine blick pair on
trousers at the Marche du Temple for
we've Irancs.very black and shiny.
aiasi uurlng the festivities he suffered
some punch TO trickle upon them. A
friend promptly produced a handler
chief and wiped them. A spot came and
10 grew at last brilliant red-the nat.
tern and hue OF the Royal Stuart tartan 4
me unfortunate reveller was wearing q
pair, 81 plaid trousers which had been
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05

When the late Mr.. McNab, curator OF
the edinburgh Botanical Gardens, yag
taken 70 see Dubufe's picture of Adam
ana Eve" he pointed out that the first
woman was tempting the first man with
2 pippin OF variety that was not known
unui the middle OF the present century,
One OF George Morland's pictures was
sslmlIariy condemned, because none OF
me pigs feeding In the farm yard had
snelr ieet In the trough, and the artist
remedied the omission. precisely a.
David corrected battle piece where a
cOachman pointed out that a horse was
u lather OF foam, though without a
Dit TO champ. One statue Of Nelson wag
reRarded az perfect, till an old sailor dis
esTered that the rope, which was an ac~
eeasory. was coiled the wrong way.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05

A Pennsylvania postmaster named Logan
fought hard but feloniously for his place at
the public crib. successor was appointed
and noticing the official communication adj
dressed TO him. Logan purloined It and forced
ing the appointment. Nj. Lo0an'a leftsr
should be addressed to him at the county.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05

A man named Written, WASHINGTON .,
fce-hunter, was on trial few DAYS since
charged with personating an army Officer
and drawing certain sum due that officer
de escaped conviction on the ground that tia
greater than the sum named Ia tha indict.
ment. That may be law, but 1t Is rascal;s
Smyrna times., 1879-08-13
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Georgetown is shipping as high as thirty
six carloads of peaches day.
There were nineteen fires and freman's
parade in Wilmington, last month.
Managers of the Dover Fair expect an
average daily attendance Of $4,000 persons.
J. w. Abbott & Bro, of Milford, have re.
Gently laid the keel of 750ton schooner.
The contract for building the St. Angus
tine bridge has been awarded to William
Bullock for $500.
From the canning factory at Houston
there were recently shipped to the city
10000 pounds of huckleberries.
The Deldware Gazette very irreverently
compares the new Dover postoffice that
cost $4,000 to barn in appearance.
The Steamer Major ReyboM broke her
main shaft on Saturday and is now being
repaired in Wilmington. The steamer
Perry took her place.
On Roxanna Circuit, Rev. j. Dare pastor,
quite an interest has been awakened in
Sabbath School singing and class has been
formed which meets weekly for practice.
Besides the regular freight trains, six
Peach trains were put on the Delaware road
on Monday. The average for the week was
nearly 100 carloads of peaches per day.
Somebody's dog went to Mr.. Denney
farm adjoining Dover, on Tuesday and de-
stroyed about thirty head of young turkeys.
Thos. Salisbury, west of Dover also had
twelve killed.
Peach pickers down the State are much
troubled by mosquitoes. The recent rains
have filled the orchards with grass and
weeds, which afford shelter for myriads OF
the energetic insects.
Political circles in Delaware are beginning
to show an interest in the fight for the
attorney. .generalship. Geo. Gray, of New
Castle, and John H. Paynter, ofGeorgetown,
are the rival candidates.
The reunion of the members and officers
of the Del. Legislature will be held at Re
hoboth on Friday, the 29th of August
Members will be furnished transportatin by
communicating with James W. Ware al
Wilmington.
The vestryman Of Christ Church, Dover
| (Episcopal) are negotiating with Charles
KINNEY, Esq, of New Castle for the pur'
chase of his large, two-story brick dwelling
house situated on State ST., in the northern
part of Dover, near the church for a Rectory
Fisk Townsend of the Stsser journal is
putting new life into his paper which had
so run down, and throws out to his oppo
nents challenge in the declaration, that II
necessary he will run it for pure cussed
ness" if he has to do it on bread and water
in garret.
The following elections for the coming
school year have been made by the Seaford
School Board: Principal, John I. Stephens
of Odessa; first assistant, Miss X. Rodney, oil
Georgetown; second assistant, William
Stephens, of Odessa; third assistant, Miss
May Prettyman, ofSeaford.
REHoBoTH.-The staid and orderly Surf
House has at last yielded TO the frivolities
that captured the Bright House and three
evenings a week the light fantastic toe il
tripped to the strains Of violin. Every
day about 200 bathers enter the ocean
many, of whom are ladies. An excursion
of 800 from the Presbyterian Sunday School
OF Snow Hill went there this day week.
They have preaching in one or the other
OF the hotels nearly every Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-13

on as favorable terms so large an amount
OF money in so short time as has been
borrowed by the United States within four
months after resumption, and the compari-
son with the enormous loans made by
France, which were at the time without
precedent, is very clearly and strongly
drawn. Important facts are stated by Mr..
Knox in connection with this point; for
example, that not dollar of coin has been
asked for by the holders of $500,O0O,0O0 of
bonds redeemed, and that "the man cannot
be found in all this land, who, since the
resumption of specie payments, has de.
manded dollar of coin because he lacked
faith in the issues of the Government or
the banks"
While all this is the case there is large
party who would go back to State Banking,
in opposition to the system that puts the
money of one bank on par with that OF
every other. In discussing the position
taken by Controller Knox the New York
Tribune says:
alt is quite true that the amount of coin
needed for resumption is the smaller
because nearly half of the notes outstand-
ing are protected by deposits of Govern.
ment bonds, as well as by redemption in
legaltenders but the people who hate
National banks are, as a rule, people who
are hostile to resumption also. Unques
tionally, the old State Bank system per
mitted double interest on capital invested
to much greater extent than does the
National system, but the precise reason fol-
wishing to break down the National system
with many men is that they may gain more
money, by the creation of wildcat State
banks, under the loose legislation of the
under the National act. To that point O
danger the address properly directs atten
| tion.n
Smyrna times., 1879-08-13

WISE LEGIsLAToR.-He is successful
because he has the manly courage to rise
above all personal motives or interests and
cast his vote and influence on the side of
measures which will contribute to the we'll
being of his fellow.men. The good of the
many, even though it proves injurious to
the interests of the few, is the maxim of the
wise legislator But certain men will never
admit the wisdom of this doctrine, any more
than some selfish private practitioners will
admit the superlative value of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, because these remedies
have injured their practice OF course, no
man in his right senses will pay physician
$500 for a consultation, bottle of bitters,
a few powders, and a prescription, when one
bottle of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery and bottle of his Pleasant Purga.
tive Pellets, both costing but $l.25, will
accomplish the same result, viz: cleanse the
liver and blood, regulate and tone the
stomach, and impart healthful action to
the bowels and kidneys
Smyrna times., 1879-08-13

Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
A long felt need, DeColes French Polish
for Furniture.
johnson is selling lot of odds and ends
in Shoes and Hats, very cheap. Call and
save so cents pair.
Fruit Growers should see Tschudy &
Cats Peach Basket before buying any
other.
USE DIR. VAN DYKES SULPHUR SOAP FOR all
affections of the SKIN AND SCALP; also for the Bath,
Toilet and Nursery. Sold by Druggists. apr 23-l0m
Smyrna times., 1879-08-13

Our BANKING SYsFEM.-The Association
of Bankers, which met last week in Sara
togo, gave Controller Knox an opportunity
to exhibit the workings of the National
Banking system which he did in an adj
dress of great clearness. The system which
we have in vogue is pronounced the best
that has ever been devised for govern.
mental use, and it is put down to the
credit Of the Government that while it
knows the minute affairs of every bank,
there has never been an instance where
this knowledge has been abused. On the
matter Of resumption it is shown that no
ether nation ever has been able to borrow
Smyrna times., 1879-08-13

THE " TIMES is published every Wednesday after
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Smyrna times., 1879-08-13

Paul Boyton, the amphibious tramp is
growing more and more adventurous. He
started from Long Branch at 3 o'clock last
Saturday to swim TO Manhattan Beach in
time to amuse the Sunday revelers. He
met with squalls and heavy winds off shore
was blown out to sea and was pursued by
sharks and only reached Coney Island,
Sunday in an exhausted and half dead con.
dition. The distance covered was only
twenty-five miles and the Captain was in
the water twenty.eight hours. 1t was the
hardest feat he ever accomplished