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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-05
Why His Hair Turned White,

Among the excited crowd that be
sieged the Office of the Helena Mon
tana) Independent for news concerning
the Ute outbreak, there stood q tall,
handsome youth of twenty-three, the
strange whitencss of whose hair became
at once 4 matter of comment. This
young man was John L%aefarr, who not
long ago hired himself as a ranchman
with Charles D. Hard, three miles out
of Helena. Laefarr was importuned by
nm Independent reporter to tell " the story
of his gray top-knot." He, at the age
of nineteen years, was n of the seven
packers who left Fort Lincoln to ride
with General Custer along the Big Horn.
When the fight of that bright but dis
astrous summer morning opened, Lac
farr, with his companions. happened to
be three miles away from the command.
In q few moments after the sound Of
the combat reached him, a band Of
Sioux sprang from the grass within a
few feet of them. Laefarr noosed a roop,
placed it in the mouth of the nearest
horse, and leaping upon the animals
back. plunged his spurs into the tanks.
AS lie Rugged his horse he saw his six
companions ~. uO"L3 OAC dlLCL UliS
other. One bullet out of the hundred
that followed him tore through his
neck, another cut a deep furrow across
his cheek, n third Embedded itself in his
thigh, and u fourth killed hie horse.
The desperate boy shot an approaching
Indian and ran for II belt of timber a
half-mile distant. Barefooted, weak and
faint from loss of blood, he outran his
pursuers and reached the woods. where
he hid for three days. He was ut last
found by three friendly Crow Indians
and taken by them to Fort Lincoln,
where he told of the massacre. 1t was
not until he had reached the fort that
he knew Of the change in his hair.
which before his terrible suffering was
as black as a ravens wing. Laefarr has
since been living at various points on
the plains. He does not like to 60 over
thessstory of his wonderful adventure.
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Consumption.

There has been, and there still is, such
an abundance of consumption In the
Northwestern States that it is often
thought that those States enjoy some.
thing like a monopoly Of the disease.
Unfortunately, it occurs all over the
world, although it j. frequently men.
toned IS a specific disorder of this
country. 1t is exceedingly widespread,
occurring in I'LL lands and in all climates,
var as we'll rs cold. Australia
Canada, Ireland, India, and other coun-
tries have been claimed to be exempt,
but the claim is i%ll-grounded, It has
been calculated that one-quarter to one.
half of the mortality in all large towns
is due directly or Indirectly to con-
sumption, and, deducting the deaths in
infancy, prominent British physicians
have asserted that one-half Of the NOR
tality Of England comes from tubercu.
lous aillnent. Although most common
between the ages of twenty and forty, it
occurs at all periods from babyhood to
old age. It is generally supposed that
consumption is slowly but steadily de-
creasing in consequence Of improved
hygienic conditions. and the like; but
the bulk of medical testimony indicates
that, on the whole, it has u tendency to
increase, unless great care be taken 10
remove causes unfavorable to public
health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-05
A Great Engineering Work.

A few years ago an American engineer
directed the attention of the Russian
government to the feasibility of connect
ing the Caspian and Black seas by a ca
nal, and the important results that
would follow its execution. Russia has
had many matters to occupy her atten-
ton of late, but this project has been
duly considered, it appears, for recently
works have been commenced by NJ.
Danilof, an eminent Russian engineer,
by which it is intended to unite the
Black and Caspian seas by the aid of the
Don and Volga rivers. The Caspian
Sea is located in a great basin below the
ocean level, and for ages the great rivers
Volga and Ural have deposited in the
Caspian the soil of the vast regions
which they drain. Hence the dimen-
sions of the sea have become contracted,
and large areas of what remains are
growing unnavigable. Moreover, the
Surrounding country is. in consequence
of the diminution of the water-space
available for evaporation. becoming
sterile, and commerce diminishes. AS
the Caspian sea is much lower than the
Black and Mediterranean, ifa communi.
cation were opened between them, the
water rushing in would eventually
raise the Caspian to a level with the
Black sea, and in the former there
would be a magnificent harbor, secure
from enemies. Thus, also, there would
be opened a direct highway for steamers
from Odessa to the northern shore of
Persia, greatly to the commercial ad-
vantage of Russia. This enterprise will
be one of the vast engineering works OF
the age, and will require many years for
it's completion.-Hc7per's Bazar.
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High Liyers.

The 'Moquis Indians, OF Arizona,
numbering 100, live in seven villages
on the top Of three cliffs or headlands
that rise more than 600 feet above the
plains. Why they choose these un-
handy places is a mystery. On reaching
the villages, says a recent visitor, one
finds ones sell on a fiat ledge of bare
rock, which extends out from the main
cable nearly half a mile in length and
from ten feet to perhaps 300 feet in width
The sides are almost perpendicular.
The most populous of these villages,
Wal-la-pi, is on the extreme ends of the
rocks, where the width is not over loo
feet. AL the water for all purposes is
carried in earthen vessels on the backs
of men and women from a spring neal
the foot of the mountain, a distance o1
nearly q mile, while the wood is brought
eight miles. Here these people have
lived longer than they can tell, even
from their traditions, and hitherto they
have been averse to q change Of loca-
ton, Notwithstanding the difficulty o.
obtaining their necessary supplies and
the distance from their fields and herbs
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A Cribs Awful Fate.

The horned singer OF the Staked
plains is one Of the most deadly snakes
in the world, though luckily it is seldom
to be met with. It is very quick in its
movements, and is said to be provided,
by way of defence, with a sharp, venom
Gus tail, which it brings in contact with
any object which arouses its anger. Of
this reptile the Fort Bend (Tex.) Snag
tells an awful. and improbable story, one
too horrible to be repeated were it not
for the circumstantial account given,
The facts as stated are these: While
gathering berries, a young woman of
eighteen. daughter of David Slicer, of
Dutch Cross roads on the Little Big
Sandy, was attacked by ono of these
snakes. Terrified, she fell to the
ground, when it fastened itself to her
face, and vibrating its deadly singing
tail compelled the persons who had now
come to the poor girls assistance to kesp
away. The reptile is then stated to
have then made it's way, right in the
presence of two or three horror-stricken
people, into the girls mouth and rapidly
disappeared down her throat. Of o
death ensued in a few minutes.
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AThiet's Poor Haul.

One of the cashiers of the French
treasury department in Paris, on being
informed Of a serious error in some Of
the accounts, rose hastily and quilted his
bureau, leaving IN open cash-bo1 con-
tanning, in notes of 90, Is. 100 and 1000
francs, the sum of l36,665 francs. He
was not away three minutes, and his two
subordinates never left the room in his
absence, yet on his return he found the
cash-box empty. It is supposed that an
agile thief slipped through the crowd,
and creeping in a STOPPING position be-
hind a partition, got within reach of the
cash-box and secured its contents. It is
thought that the only person who could
have committed the theft was a man of
strikingly handsome appearance, wear
ing a white waistcoat and an unmis-
taxable air of distinction, who was seen
about the place. The feelings of this
elegant parsonage on reaching home and
examining his plumber might form a
subject for novelists. All the notes be
had captured were condemned as worn
out and destined to be withdrawn from
circulation. Every one was stamped
with the words which cancel q French
banknote. He had stolen only a bundle
of worthless papers. Here let. us draw
the veil, as the story books say.
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His New FLYING. Machine.

An enterprising saloon.keeper on
Grand River avenu is always on the
lookout for any novelty that may draw
customers, and perhaps this fact may
have been known to a bland-faced old
man who entered the place the other day
and confidentially began:
IF I could draw a crowd Of 100 men
to your place here what sum would you
be willing to give me"
"What do you mean?" said the
saloonist.
eff it was known that I had in my
possession = fiying-machine. and that it
was to fly from your door here on a Ger
tain day and hour, wouldn't the novelty
be sure to collect thirsty crowd?"
"Yes, l think so. If you have a
iying-machinc and want to show it off
here tomorrow night I'll give you a
dollar, and if the machine is a success
perhaps I'll buy it,"
"Well. sir" continued the old man in
| a whisper, 1--we got the boss! She flies
from tile word go! All I've got to do is
to toss her into the air, and away she
sails. It'sright down fine and no chance
for failure, and I'll be on hand at seven
O'CLOCK GO-UlOTTOW ulSlG.
The matter became noised about, and
next evening there were fifty or sixty
people in and around the saloon to wit
ness the experiment. The old mar ar
rived on time, having some SORT of a
bundle under his arm, and he collected
his dollar of the saloonist and secured
several TREATS" from the crowd. When
everything was finally ready he stood
| on the walk clear of the spectators and
said:
"Gent,emen, ! warrant this thing to
fly. I didn't invent it myself; but l am
now acting as State agent to dispose Of
county rights. Hundreds of men have
spent wears of anxious thought and
thousands of dollars in seeking to invent
| fying-macbines, but this one leads
them all. She will now fly. Please
stand back and give her a chance to
rise"
The crowd fell back and the man let
fall the cover hiding his bundle, and
gave an old speckled hen a toss into the
! air. She uttered dismal squeak, sailed
| this way and that. and finally bumped
against q telegraph post and settled
down on the roof of an old shed, cack-
ling in an indignant manner at being
turned loose in a strange neighbcrhood.
It was a full minute before the crowd
was sure that it was a hen, and during
that minute the old man is supposed to
have u a distance of seven blocks. A
few tried to overhaul him, but it was no
use.-Detrot Free Press.
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Tho False Notions

Exist in the minds OF many otherwise intelli-
gent people as to the requirements of a disor-
dered stomach or liver. The swallowing OF
nauseous and powerful drugs is the way to en-
courage, not to cure dyspepsia and liver com
plant. Nor can a constipated or otherwise
disordered condition Of the bowels be remedied
BY similar treatment. That agreeable aud
thorough stomachic and aperient, Hostetter's
Bitters, which is the reverse OF unpleasant,
and never produces violent effects, is far pre-
ferable to medicines OF the class referred to.
It infuses new vigor into a failing physique,
cheers the mind while it strengthens the body.
and institutes a complete reform in the action
of the disordered stomach, bowels and liver.
Appetite and sleep ore both promoted, uterine
and kidneys affections greatly benefited BY
its use. 1t is indeed q comprehensive and
meritorious preparation free from drawbacks
~ opy Lind
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| The Largest Sapphire In the World.

A Paris correspondent says: l nave
recently been favored with the sight Of
one of tho famous jewels in the world
q stone that has its history and its pedi-
gree, and is celebrated in the annals of
the trade and in the annals of the noted
gems of Europe; I have held in my hand
and admired beneath the rays of the
sunlight the finest sapphire that is
known to exist. This beautiful and
well-nigh priceless stone combines in a
singularly perfect degree the leading
qualifications of size, shape, color and
water. In form it is fiat oval, being
about two inches long by an inch and a
half wide. It is cut slightly en- ca6ochon
on top and into a multitude of small
facets beneath. Its hue is perfect. being
a warm, lustrous Marie Louise blue, not
so dark as to show black beneath the
gaslight, but having all the velvet soft
ness and purity of tint that is required
in 8 really line gem of this description.
Its weight is three hundred karats, and
it belongs to a noble and wealthy Rus
sian family in whose possession it has
been for the past two centuries, and it
has been placedb by its owner in the hands
of one of the great diamond merchants
of Paris for safe keeping. One Of the
Rothschild family has offered for it no
less than $500, 600, but the offer has been
refused. I asked the courteous gentle
man in whose care it has been left as to
tue actual value of the stone. He told
me that, being, as it was, perfectly
UNIQUE, no precise value could be set
upon it, but that he was inclined to esti-
mate it at some $500, 900. Healso show
ed me a string of enormous graduated
pearls of extreme purity and fineness (the
center n was as large as small cherry
and he told me that the necklace belong
ing to the noble Russian vas composed
of six similar strings of equal beauty and
exceptional size. The great sapphire
was mounted to be worn as a brooch,
being surmounted with large diamonds
of some twenty karats each. Its guar
dian informed me that the pendant be-
longing to this brooch was composed of a
large pear-shaped sapphire weighing
sixty knrats, and set in diamonds. The
whole collection of jewels belonging to
this one family is worth over 50, 00o, 900.
"There is no such sapphire rs that largest
one," continued my informant, "even
among the crown jewels of Russia. /
furnished myself two verv fine one to
the empress, each weighing sixty karats.
but they do not compare with this mag
nifcent gem" The gentleman who
spoke was we'll qualified to give an opin-
ion, as he is n of the few great dia-
mond merchants of the world, and is,
moreover, a noted expert He it is who
was recently sent for by the Russian
government to 60 to St. Petersburg to
make a full estimate OF the value Of the
crown jewels, and he furnishes what
ever ornaments in precious stones are
purchased by the members of the impe-
rial family.
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Falling.
The last leaves are falling,


The last leaves are falling,
Failing and flying,
Along the dark air
The tempest is crying,
The trees are all bare.
With its voice Of despair
Winter is calling
The leaves to their falling.
How tnir was their budding;
Their golden unfolding;
Their verdurous gloom,
: And delicate splendor,
More lovely than bloom;
With tracery tender
And emerald plume
The wide forest studding.
How bright was their dying!
What rashness Of glory,
The rainbow defying,
On mountain sides lying,
In valleys reposing!
What wonderful story
Their bravery told
In scarlet and gold;
But wan with the cold
They are falling and flying
Yet, once despairing,
A low voice is singing:
"They have their repairing;
Far down in the earth
Is springtime preparing
Her wonderful birth,
Her ever upspringing,
Reiterant mirth
But tor thee, but for thee,
Sole Leaf on the tree,
AL gone before thee.
What spIingtime shall be?
There remaineth for all
That thou TALL"
Rose Terry Cooke
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Americas Great Fires.

At Boston, Mass, 1879, all the ware
houses, eighty dwellings, and vessels in
the dockyards, were consumed, loss ST.
OO0, 900; 1850, fire caused loss Of $780,
600; 1857, lou buildings destroyed; 1874.
ninety-siX buildings burned; 1872, great
fire November 9 and 10, the richest part
of city destroyed, IN area Of siXty-five
acres burned over, 776 granite and brick
buildings consumed, loss $4,000, 900.
Charleston, S. c., ITS, fire caused the
less of $500, 900; 1876, 800 houses burned !;
1888. one-half of city burned, loss 49,
OOO, 900. Savannah, Ga. 463, buildings,
loss 81, Zoo, 900. New York, 1885, $50
buildings in business center OF city de-
stroyed, ifty-two acres burned over, loss
SIS, O0O, 600; lS45, 300 business blocks,
thirty-iv persons killed, loss 81, SOC, 900.
Pittsburg, ls45, 300 buildings destroyed,
loss $40, 900, 900. Albany, 1913. 600
houses burned. loss $4,000, 900. St.
Louis, May II, le49, fifteen blocks,
twenty-three steamboats,, loss S3.000,-
600; May 4, 1851, three-quarters of the
city burned, $500 buildings, loss SILL
OO0, 900: same year, 600 houses. loss 49,
600, 900. Philadelphia, 1850, July 9, 400
buildings burned, thirty lives lost, loss
1900, 900; 1865, fifty buildings burned,
20 persons killed. loss $500, 600. WASH
ington. 1851, part Of Capitol, and whole
of Congressional library burned. San
Francisco, May 4 and s., 1851, $500
buildings and a number of persons
burned, more than three-fourths of city
destroyed, loss $4,000, 600; June, same
year, 500 buildings, loss estimated ~
So, 900, 900. Chicago, 1857, fourteen
lives, $500, 900; 1871, the greatest fire Of
modern times. October 8 to 10, 2,l24
acres, or 81 square miles, burned over in
the very heart of the city,, $50 lives lost,
90, 500 persons made homeless, and l7,430
buildings, ne-third in number and me
half in value of buildings in city con
sumed, loss estimated ut $3.50, DOC, 900.
Troy, n. Y. 1862, nearly destroyed by
fire. Portland, Me-, 1866, great fire
July 4, one-halt of the city burned, fifty
buildings blown up to stop the progress
of the fire, loss $1,000, 900. Quebec,
lsl5-l6, 1000, 900; Ie45, May %, 1850
houses burned, one-third population
made homeless. loss $4,000, 900; an
other fire June %, 1900 dwellings, 5000
persons made homeless loss $1,000, 900;
1866, 2, 500 houses and seventeen churches
in French quarter burned. St. John.
n. B., 1887, January Is, lis houses and
nearly all the business part of the city
burned. loss S., 1000, 900: 1877, June 81,
200 acres burned over, 1850 dwellings,
eighteen lives lost, total pecuniary loss,
Sl2, 500 600. St. Johns, Newfoundland,
1916, loss $4,000, 900. Montreal, 1850,
June I, 200 houses in finest part of city
burned; 1852, July 9, 1870 houses
burned, 10000 persons destitute, loss
$4,000, 900. Santiago, South America,
fire in the Jesuit church, 1000 persons
persisted -Firenmn's Journal.
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Lies Rig Lie

Not so fast, my friend; for if you
would see the strong, healthy, blooming
men, women and children that have
been raised from beds of sickness, suf-
fering and almost death, by the use of
Hop Bitters, you would say, Truth, glo-
rioils truth. n-SentineL.
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The largest block of granite ever quar-
ried in New England has been taken out
at Woodbury., Vt. 1t was 2so feet long,
thirteen to eighteen feet deep, fifteen feet
wide, weighed 1850 tons, and required
e73 wedges with fifty pounds Of powder
70 start Il.
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The midnight marauder should not be ban.
ished from our dwelling any more quickly
than should a cough or cold OF any kind be
driven from the system. DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup quietly yet positively places all colds
under ito control. Price as eents.
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Mfg Co., 81 Maiden Lane, n. Y

Probably there is no better Judge OF musical
instruments, or of the opinions of musicians
respecting them, than Theodore Thomas. he
saws the Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs ale
much the best OF this class Of instruments
made, and that musicians generally agree in
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HnAne for R0nraNi1.

By sendingthirty-dv cents, with age, height
color OF eyes and hair, you will receive by re-
turn mail q correct photograph Of your future
husband or wife, with name and date of mar
riaee. Address W. Fox, P. O. Drawer 81
p,,ftony;I1a N v
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W. Johns' Asbestos LIQUID Paints arc

H. W. Johns Asbestos Liquid Paints are
the purest, finest, richest and most durable
paints ever made for structural purposes.
A saving OF IS to SO per cent. Of customary
OUTLAWS Gun DO effected by use Of the Asbestos
Liquid Paints. Samples OF sixteen newest
shades for dwellings sent free by mail. H. W.
Iohna, NRu Co 81 Maidan Lane. N. y.
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Thirty-fve milk trains every morning
find their way to New York city.
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Nothing is uglier than a crooked boot o.
shoe. StrHighten them with Lyons Hee! Still
oners, and they will never run over again.
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ChBwJHcK9z5T 3Ut oWHHI 1<HVV 1uo"ro0
When neglectiul Vi the duty assigned to it
by nature, That OF secreting the bile, the liver
should bo disciplined with DR.. Motifs Vegeta.
BILE Liver Pills, which will speedily remedy
its inaction and stimulate it 10 a vigorous per.
Torrance OF its secretive junction. Constipa'
ton, which is al invariably accompaniment,
of liver disorder, is always overcome by this
great anti-bilious cathartic, and indigestion,
chronic and acute, is completely cured by it
Druggists sell it.
Sudden changes in the weather are produc.
tive Of throat diseases, coughs and colds
There is no more e~ffectual relief to be found
than in the use of "Brown's Bronchial
Trochcs." twenty-five cents a box.
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As n Cure for Piles.

Kidney-W Wort acts first by overcoming
in the mildest manner all tendencies to
constipation; then, by its great tonic and
invigorating properties, it restores to
health the debilitated and weakened
parts. Hundreds of certified cures, where
all else had failed.
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ChswJacksOn's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco

The immense printing establishment oil
Hessrs. Harper and BIO. is painted with H. W.
Johna, a sbestos Iinuid Paint,