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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
SHOULDN'T BE MISSED.
The Keely Motor Again.

John w. Keely, of Philadelphia, whose
motor has been the subject OF so much
adverse criticism for years past, now
claims to have completed his work, ana
that he has been able to satisfy the eX-
aminers that he has claimed nothing but
what he is able to fulfill. The generator
which he now has in use is capaoie OF
bearing pressure of 25,ooo Po1nas 10
the 50 uare inch. This machine holos put
one quart of water. In operating IT, lie
nuts in a glass of water and nothing else;
then moves a rod on the outside, when
onens and closes four-way valve, ana
Instantly projects into reservoirs connect
ed with the machine and with each other.
One quart and one pint respectively OF
the elastic substance produced at an
energy of 25, 900 pounds to the square lnch
and Without introducing any more water
eyhausts and reproduces this substance
without decrease of its energy for hours.
The substance produced is convertlbIe
into vacuum, and a vacuum must pe
produced before the machine can DC opci-
ated. Mr.. Keely gave practical aeilon
stration of his motor in the presence VI d
number of spectators. After pouring IN
the tumbler of water, he dlrrcte! atteh-
tion to a large scale beam. On this pealn
there hangs weights, which, when ralseo, eoc
would indicate a pressure OF l9,oVo
mounds. Or raising the lever OF the
machine the arm of the scale went up
with a bound, showing that the pressure
REQUIRED was already attained. Inc next
experiment was to produce what ~; MT.
Keelv denominated his motor gun. 1liiS
is simply pipe of steel about as long Is
an ordinary gun barrel and the breech
open. The breech is so constructed IiiaC
it can be screwed into q socket. ms
socket communicates with receptacle
from which, by the turning OF stop
cock. the mysterious power can be ID,
released. The gun was loadea
with large bullet, about half IN men
in diameter, and then Mr.. Keely placed
in front two pieces of pine plank, e:!cli
about six inches in thickness. and behlnd
them steel plate was hung against tne
wall. This was about eight feet from the
muzzle of the gun. "All ready" Crack!
The building shook with the shock;
the gun had been fired, and the fiattenea
bullet was picked off the floor bcl9" the
steel plate, against which 1t nag gone;
the pieces of timber, Several
similar experiments to prove the 'Nplo-
sive and expansive force of the motor
were shown, and always with the same
result. All this time no further power
had been made in the generator, but MI.
Keely now renewed his force by simply
turning the lever, but without using any
more water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
Words Of Wisdom.

Fear naturally quickens the fight Of
guilt.
Knowledgcis is more than equivalent to
force.
Tears are the gift which love bcstows
upon the memory of the absen and they
will avail to keep the heart from suffoca-
ton.
How many useful hints are obtained
by chance, and how often the mind,
hurried by her own ardor to distant
views, reglects the truths that lie open
before her.
Beware Of him who is slow to anger.
Anger, when it is long in coming. is the
stronger when it comes and the longer
kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
When fancy is the ground Of passion,
that understanding which compOses the
fancy qualities the passion; but when
judgment is the ground, the memory is
the recorder and this passion is long
retained.
Quit brooding over your troubles,
misfortunes and losses. A brave man,
with n soul in him worth anything, gets
out ofsuch pitiful ruts and laughs at dis
couragcmcnts-rolls up his sleeves,
whistles and sings, and makes the best
of life. The earth is not Paradise-you
are only on the road there, if you take
the right direction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
An International Postal Card.

The Postofficc Department ut Wash
ington has approved design for q new
international two-ccnt postal card pro-
vided for by the Universal Postal Union,
and the recent act Of Congress. On the
upper left corner are the words Uni
versal Postal Union, United States of
America" in English and French, the
Postal Union requiring that such in
scription shall be in the language of the
country from which the card is sent and
in French; and on the right upper corr
ner is the stamp consisting of head O
Liberty, copied from the gold double
eagle, surrounded by Il ribbon border.
with u monogram "U. s." ut the top
and buckle at the bottom, with the
figure "2" in octagon blocks on either
side. In the upper half of the circle are
the words "Postal Card" and in the
lower half, 1.-TWO Cents" The card
has neat border around the edge on the
address side. The plates will be pre-
pared as soon as possible, and forwarded
to the manufacturer of the cards
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
The Exercise of the Veto Power.

Since the foundation of the Uniteo
States government the veto power has
been exercised by the President of the
United States ninety-three times. Wash
ington sent two veto messages to Con-
greSs-one returning bill for the appor-
tionment of members of Congress, the
other returning bill to reduce the army.
The reason assigned for not approving
the bill first named was that its provis-
ions were impracticable. He vetoed
the bill to reduce the army because it
was inudicious and unjust. Madison
sent six veto messages to Congress.
Among the bills disapproved by him
was one comforting naturalization privi-
leges, which the President thought was
"liable to abuse by aliens" and one to
establish the United States Bank, which
was not approved, because the President
thought it "did not meet public require
ments." Monroe vetoed only one bill
to extend aid to the Cumberland road.
Jackson vetoed twelve bills, Tyler nine,
Polk three, Pierce nine, Buchanan four,
Lincoln one, johnson seventeen, Grant,
twenty-six, and Hayes three, namely,
the Silver bill, bill authorizing a
special term of the Circuit Court in
Mississippi and the Chinese bill. The
river and harbor appropriation was
vetoed by Jackson twice, and by Tyler,
Polk and Pierce each once. The seven
teen bills vetoed by johnson were of q
political character, and all were passed
over the veto except one, namely, a bill
to admit the Territory of Colorado into
the Union.
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In some mysterious way. girls accum-
ulate faster than men. What becomes
of the surplus women? Certainly they
do not all fit into the ranks: they do not
all marry; hundreds and hundreds must
exist in some way outside and beyond
all domestic ties. The inequality and
consequent pressure is far in excess of
that which might be expected, Judging
only from the mere nominal disparity,
the mere numerical difference. 1t arises
from the obvious circumstance that,
while practically speaking, every women
is competent to marry, the men, having
provided homes and the necessarics of
life, can only be said to present a few
who are eligible. There is always hope
for man; some chance may at any time
give him 4 lift; but it is to be feared that
to very many women there comes time,
and that early in life, when, though
without vanity they may call themselves
handsome, the hard facts of existence
crush out the hope Of ever fulfilling their
natural destiny. Some bear their fate
philosophically, and contrive to ex-
ract enjoyment from life; while others
60 on their lonely way the victims of
disappointed hopes.
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What nm Old Man has Noticed.

have noticed that all men are honest
when well watched.
1 have noticed that purses will hold
pennies as well as pounds.
T have noticed that in order to be a
reasonable creature. it is necessary at
times to be downright mad.
| have noticed that silks, broadcloths
and jewels are often bought with other
peoples money.
I have noticed that whatever is, is
right, with few exceptions-the left eye
and left leg and the left side of a plum
pudding.
I have noticed that the prayer of the
selfish man is, Forgive US our debts, !"
while he makes everybody that owes
him pay to the utmost farthing.
l have noticed that he who thinks
every man a rogue, is certain to see one
when he shaves himself, and he ought,
in mercy to his neighbor, to surrender
the rascal to justice.
have noticed that money is the fools
wisdom, the knave's reputation, the
poor mans desire, the covetous mans
ambition and the idol Of them all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
Introduction of Wheat into America.

Prior to the discovery OF this continent
by Columbus, there was no cereal in
America approaching in nature the
wheat plant. 1t was not until 1880 that
wheat found its way into Mexico, and
then only by chance. A slave of Cortez
found few grains of wheat in parcel
of rice and showed them to his master,
who ordered them to be planted. The
result showed that wheat would thrive
well on Mexican soil, and to-day one of
the finest wheat valleys in the world is
near the Mexican capital. From Mexi-
co the cereal found its way to Peru.
Maria D'Escobar, wife of Diego de
Chauvrcs, carried a few grains to Lima.
which were planted, the entire product
being used for seed for several success
sive crops. At Quito, in Ecuador,
monk of the Order of St. Francis, by the
name of Fray Iodosi Rixi, introduced
the new cereal, and it is said that the
jar which contained the seeds planted is
still preserved by the monks of Quito.
Wheat was introduced into the present
limits of the United States contempo-
raneouslv- with the settlement of the
country by the English and the Dutch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
"Referee in Cases of Incompatibility."

Mr.. Will Carlton, says Harper's
Weekly, should be appointed a sort of
general referee in all future cases of in
compatibility" The Chicago Inter-
Ocean gives an interesting account Of a
venerable-looking man who called upon
the city attorney for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning a divorce from his wife, with
whom he had lived forty years, and had
reared large family. There had been
no criminality, only q lively dispute.
Mr.. Tuthill, the attorney, talked kindly
with the old gentleman; told him that
most Illinois divorces were illegal, and
concluded by asking if he had ever read
Will Cartoons poem, Betsey and I Are
Out" He had never heard Of it. "Buy
and read it," said the lawyer it con-
tains a case parallel to your own" 1t
was done. A few days afterward the
city attorney received the following let
ter by mail:
my DEAR SIR:-I can never be suffi-
GENTLY grateful to you for your kindly
advice in relation to my domestic atflic-
ton. I acted upon your suggestion, and
it had the desired effect. We are re-
united, never again, l trust, to part un-
til the angel Of death shall visit one Of
us. God bless Will Carlton for his lit
tie ballad, and God bless you for making
it known to me! May you never know
anything but peace. Yours, gratefully.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
Measuring the Twilight.
BY MRS. L. r. sELOvER.

e.
1 am sitting in the twilight, with my face
against the pane,
And measuring the shadows with an aching
heart and brain;
They are deepening slowly, surely, and the
night is coming on.
VIII some bright star light earth's pathway
= when the gleam of day is gone?
How memory bears me backward to brighter,
fairer day,
When bounded through messy wood to join
some child at play;
Our hearts were free and merry then, with not
shade OF care,
Till the waning OF the daylight brought its
shadows on the cir.
1 remember then how fieetly through the lealy
grove I sped,
That my eye might catch the home-light ere
days glimmering light had fled;
And I minded not the shadows as, in all its
splendor bright,
Through the darkness on my pathway shone a
80 mothers beacon hight.
I've been measuring the shadows all along lfe's
many years,
Till my eyes are dim with weeping and my
heart is drowned in tears;
My feet are pierced and bleeding by the tholns
in liie's dark way,
And Pve found my sweetest treasures in my
- .clasping turned to clay.
For the light of home is sadly quenched in deep
funereal gloom,
The hand that led my youthful feet lies home
= 81 less inethe tomb
The kindred one where soul meets soul my
worship may not own,
And amid q world of busy feet walk the earth
alone.
LIES skies are deepening and the clouds are
gathering thick and fast,
VIII the star of hope shine once for me when
.. the rage is overpast?
The burden of my soul is borne upon the
.- -windless air,
And the twitter Of the night bird seems but
mocking my despair.
So Pm sitting in the twilight, with my tace
against the pane,
And measuring the shadows with my aching
heart and brain;
Oh, spirit of my mother, glealu upon my soul
. tonight,
Till have proved the promise mine, "At eve
it shall be light"
Bristol County Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
TERROR IN RUSSIA.
NihiIism Rampant and the Government
Almost PoyverIess--Stirrfng Scenes In
PefersLJrrr,

| NihiIism Rampant and the Government
Almost PoyerIess.-StirrfngS Scenes In
St. Petersburg.
The New York Graphic says: Few
persons have yet begun to realize what
martial law in Russia actually means
that is, how the honeyed phrases OF the
"ukase" will be carried out in practice.
That military force should be re-
sorted to openly in a depotism like Rus
sia means that the civil authorities the
innumerable police agents-have failed
to cope with the disorganizing elements
in society. It is simply incredible, that
were the Nihilists but small band, and
were they without support in society at
large, that the police could not success
fully put them down. The fact is. were
not the Russian people dissatisfied with
the despotism under which they have
been ground down and from which they
have lost all hope of escaping by peacea-
BILE means, Nihilism would cease to be
dangerous. Its real strength lies in the
apathy if not in the sympathy of the
bulk of the population.
A St. Petersburg letter to the Col
ogne Gazette gives a terrible picture of
the condition of the Russian capital un-
der the military terrorism. No one is
permitted to be out Of his house after
nine o'clock at night without certifi-
cate or pass. Arrests are numerous
every place is watched, and yet grenades
are exploded in the street every day
The Nihilists keep the police and the
troops in constant state of excitement,
hoping to weary them out in time and
lull them into q false security, from
which grand attack will rudely awaken
them. The letter proceeds:
"In the night between Friday and
Saturday seditious placards were found
stuck up in the vicinity of the theaters
and at corners of the busiest streets. and
although the city police and the detec-
tives at once hurried up and tore down
the manifestoes, they nevertheless ap-
peared anew, rs though conjured forth
from the walls by enchantment. Pas
sers-by stopped to read the bills, and in
one nj ght the police arrested upward of
$50 persons. Among all those taken the
police failed to find in Il single case as
much rs scrap of paper which ap-
peared to have anything to do with the
proclamation. The secret bill-sticker,
on the other hand, went on with his
work indefatigably, and the police could
not succeed in discovering him. The
alarm ut last became so great that two
companies, under command of Colonel
de Berg, marched out and were posted
at the entrances to number of houses
and in the street, but when the guard
had its attention called to the right bills
were posted up on the left, and after they
had been torn down on the left there on
the right again appeared the manifes-
toes Of the men of the revolution"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
Fashion Notes.

Surplice plating is used on the waists
of some of the summer dresses.
Linen costumes embroidered all over
are shown by some dressmakers.
Black-thread stockings, embroidered
in pale tints. are new this season.
Shirred trimmings will be found every
where and on all gowns this year.
Some new sleeves are SO tight that
they are buttoned from the elbow.
Dotted wells are in fashion again. The
eye doctors are full of enthusiasm.
Pompadour necks are now cut with IN
upward point across the lower edge.
Ladies are going into the pointed
shoe-toe business, possibly with the view
to being sharper than ever.
Monsquetaire hats will be worn for
summer with plumes three-quarters of Il
yard in length hanging down to the
shoulder.
Corduroy purses to correspond with
the color of your dress are new. We
believe there is no change in the color of
the money.
The "Copeau" or shaving fringe is
now superseding grass fringe; it re-
sembles a narrow tape crimped, and is
sometimes curled at the edges like wood
shavings.
New hosiery for summer wear is made
of fine Sea Island cotton in cream and
1nastic tints, embroidered on the insteps
and I'D the sides with colored embroid-
cry in jardiniere effects.
The new outdoor garments, mostly
of camel's hair, are made up rs mantil-
las, short behind and very long in front,
either square, rounded or pointed. The
trimmings are of fringe, plated lace
and passemcnterie ornaments.
Gallons and cmbroideries for sum-
mer suitsare in all colors. The galloons
are of cotton in al. colors, such us blue,
brown, or red, on ecru or white ground
ings. They are altogether in very fine
open work. Other galloons are Of beads,
in designs of leaves and flowers, and are
used to trim faille and foulard suits.
Some galloons are of cotton embroidered
in the shape of flowers, and also in open
work resembling velvet or chenille.
Old-fashioned scarfs, like those worn
about fifteen years ago, are again in use.
They are now made OF black satin, trim
med with fringe or lace. "Gorge-de-
pigeon silks are again in vogue. Whole
toilets have not yet been made of this
colored silk, but the first step has been
taken by making out of this material
some very pretty bonnets. One of these
consists Of small capote, composed of
diadem of plated garnet-colored vel
vet. with the drapery of gorge-de-
pigeon silk, and large bow forming the
crown of the bonnet. The ribbon of
this bow is taken down to form the
strings. On the left side is q bunch of
flowers, and toward the middle is a
small garland of fine flowers in the shades
of the taffetas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28

European infantry soldiers are uni
formed as follows: French, blue coats
and red pants; British, red coat and
blue pants; German, blue, with red
facings and a double row of buttons on
the coat; Austrian, gray coat and blue
pants; Russian, coat and pants dark
brown, with double row of buttons on
the coat; Turkish, an Oriental cap, with
tassel and tez, and blue coat and pants.
The uniform OF the United States in
fantry consists of French fatigue cap,
dark blue coat and light blue pants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
Area and Population of the United
StQtas

The New York Express Almanac has the
following tabulated statement Of the area and
population Of the United States by States and
Territories and geographical divisions, accord
ing to the estimated population in 1879, and the
number of traders in business. This statement
presents the matter in concise and clear
form. It is proper to add that the Territory of
Alaska is not taken into consideration in these
computations. The area of this Territory
brings the total area of the United States up to
1908, 1884 square miles.
States and Area Estimated Number IN
Territories. Square IlLes. Po5,lLation Business.
lsf9. 1879
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28

The ways of dressing the hair are very
varied. Young ladies dress their hair
in light puffs and crimps on the top, and
tied in torsades, which fall in the back
of the neck. The hair is not worn rs
much over the face as formerly, and
there are not rs many bangs to be seen
in the new coihures. Several methods
OF dressing the hair for different occa-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
A Silk Test.

A writer, speaking of the various
kinds Of black silk, gives the following
directions for detecting the spurious
from the genuine article: "Take ten
fbers ofthe filling in any silk, andif by
breaking they show feathery, di y and
lack-luster condition, discoloring the
fingers in handling, you may at once
ture of the presence of dye and artifi-
cial weighing. Or take a small por-
sion of these fibers between the thumb
and forefinger and gently roll them over
and over and you will readily detect in
the one gum, mineral, soap and other
Ingredients, and the absence Of them in
the other. A simple but effective test
of purity is to burn small quantity of
the fibers; pure silk will instantly crisp,
leaving only pure charcoal; heavily
dyed silk will smolder, leaving yel-
low, greasy ash. If on the contrary you
can never, or hardly ever break the
ten strands and they are of a natural lus-
ter and brilliancy, and fail to discolor
the fingers at point of contact, you may
be well assured that you have a pure
silk, that is honest in its make, durable
in its wear"
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sions are described as follows: For
young lady, the hair may be dressed
very high in the back of the neck. 1t
is crimped in front. and slightly putfed
in the back. A band of narrow satin
ribbon is taken around the hair, with
loops in the center. Another style is
called the coiffure caprice. It consists
of small bandeau taken over the fore
head and up on the side. The back hair
is taken from the neck up to the top of
the head and arranged in heavy
twists, fastened by bands of satin:
A coiffure for evening wear is arranged
by parting the hair on the side and
taking it across in q waved bandeau.
Then piece of hair is tied on the top of
the head. The remainder of the hair
forms a catogan in the back. The piece
on the top of tho head forms a large gor-
dian knot and loon. The back of the top
of the head is arranged in hair loops,
placed in variety Of ways. Curls and
sprays fall down the back. AN indt Or
coiffure consists of two or three crimp ed
puffs on the back of the top of the he'id.
theIn back is torsade, forming very
loose loops, falling down below the neck.
In front of the puffs on the top ofthe head
the hair is taken over the forehead in
small curls. A suitable way of dressing
the hair for an elderly lady is to part it
on the side, forming flat bandeau in the
middle of the head. On one side if
placed q ruby rose. A black lace veil if
taken from the top of the back hair down,
and fastened low in the neck with a
rose,
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6OO,973 l7,625,00O 240,933
Extra Women.

Grand totals. 2, ,s65,644 49,lS5,oOo 774,74l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-11-07

from that one mill. The Commits
siOner estimates that in five years
from 1879, or in 1884, the seed
Of this new and early variety of amber
sorghum will be so widely distributed,
and the cane so generally and extensive
~ cultivated, that the home production
of sugar will cause large decline in the
importation Of foreign sugars, and that
it is wholly practicable and within
comparatively short number of years,
to have produced in this country not
only all the sugar needed for home con-
sumption, but also to produce it at such
small cost, and in such large quantities,
that instead of paying out 800, OOO,O 900
coin year for foreign sugar, We will
add to our list of exports a large surplus
of sugar. Instead of maintaining
slavery in Cuba with our purchases Of
sugar, we will become producers and
exporters of sugar. Instead of buying
at a heavy cost sugar adulterated in ev-
cry form, we will have sugar-mills as
numerous as four-mills, and have sugar
and strip at prices admitting their con-
sumption in largely increased quantities.
Chicago Tribune.