The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-10-22
TIMELY TOPICS.

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Agigantic engineering scheme is that
Of NJ: de Sainte Anne to bridge the En-
glish channel. AS proposed by him the
bridge would be about twenty-five
miles long. Itwould rest on at least l75
immense stone piers, built to q height
Of nearly one hundred and fifty feet
above the sea level.the piers in the deep
est portion of the channel extending
nearly two hundred feet below the sur.
lace OF the water. The cost is estimated
at 800, ,OOO, 900 francs.
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been purchased by COMPANY of East
ern capitalists for 5000, 600. Tie interior
will be illuminated with electric light.
and telepraph wires will afford com.
munication between alSparts of the cave
and the outer world. The walks will be
improved, new boats will be launched
on the subterranean river, and a restau-
rant will be opened in one of the cham
bers seven miles from the entrance The
railroad from Glasgow junction to the
cave will be completed. -
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rDr.J.W. Ross. of the United States
navv ia q man who. for his brave dis
charge of 3 DANGEROUS duty. which he
% hero last wear. altRoueh he had
never had yellow fever. he volunteered
for medical service at Holly Springs
Miss. and after working zealously for
two months. yery nearly died of the
disease -himself. This wear he offered
L;s serv;ces To the National Board OF
Heoith anG waa cent down to Memphis.
wbera be hoe heen working in the fnost
tbnrnu1b ] and effectnal yvav ~ -
Nv .''', -. -. ~, $50 ...r5 /.
mon IN ponnsv,vania noted for his
oon.rna;tv ~ % = 10 teIv had a1o, r0o left him
90 stH ionscv T Rsooara ~ ~ If ali manner Of
canses ro3d had and Indifferent. fiocked
rnon him so fast that Ile adopted the
Man If stating to- each the amount of
40 .nsI;cnt;ona tI;; @ r and T tbe inc ;non;rv IN v;ew
o oe aRph;oho, ~ u.s. aru ,,,roh hn o,,sht ~ be
y. rnao+ed am .'s, - n n;ve The tha annIicant The
p e1,nnnto tSen % snnl;ed for he noted down.
| anS NC nron;sed % an answer in s;x months
fron, @ the t;me he M rot his legacy. At the
end end of that neriod he added up The
@ ornonnts annl;ed for and found the sum
tosaI % tbereaf was S7O0 (1f)
'o'''A ''''-o ~ 1890,
r. 8, renoro,,v ,,o,i,red tbat n large
ortion ~ - 4 oan;tal onG considerable eng;r-
] $500 st;ii would ho rao,,;red to create
@ o, ;.isrd go COO 9n ihe fr;can continent.
a. a. fter ,u aevorei re' ernloret;ons W. however. M
% Donald MscLenaie boldly asserts that by
n;erc;no a sand- -har three hundred wards
fono and thirty feet deep. an artificial
sea NAV be created in the Sahara desert,
covering sixty Thousand square miles.
the ocean, he thinks the in-rush of water
would create a navigable channel. The
interior sea would occupy the great
basin of the Ell Joof. depression Of the
western part of the desert, two hundred
feet in depth below the level of the ocean.
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In the South the number of small cot
ton factories is increasing rapidly, espe-
cially in Georgia and South Carolina.
They are mainly run by water power in
neighborhoods where. there is q small
population which would lave no other
employment during certain seasons OF
the year. It has been found that colored
boys and girls are quite dexterous at the
spindle, and that where the little mills
are located there is much more peace and
order than in hamlets where there is no
industrial attractions for the idle. The
cotton is near at hand, the running power
S cheap, the workmen are attracted by
the novelty and by the opport unity to
labor under sheltering roofs, the warps
command ready market and the profits
relieved of much of the expense Of heavy
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It was in the reign of Alexis Mikhailo.
witch, father of Peter theGreat, about the
middle of the seventeenth century, that
Liberia received its first caravan of Grim
inals, and there has been a regular an
nual succession OF them since. Inc
yearly contingent Increased largely un'
der the late Emperor Nicholas, and IRON
about 5000 in the middle of his reign
the total number of transported persons
has risen to Is. 1000 or 19, 900 under Alex
ander n. or comnrising other countries
than Siberia. 10000. While portion
Of these ,convicts in Siberia are con
demned to hard labor another and much
larger portion simply hold the position
OF forced colonists forbidden to leave {
certain place. The slight barrier of tn,
Ural is easily passed by the fugitive con
victs. and distance is not of much &C
count IN q Russian. The police arres
annually a large number of the deseruers
More than ten Der cent. of the persons
cont cont every summer from Moscow to ST.
ber;a are fi1eitives being sent back
One of the highest compliments which
could be paid to the newspaper pres
was that of the Rev. DR.. Samson, O
Harlem, uttered a few days since in tn
Baptist Minister'S Conference. He gav'
it "a his matured and deliberate opinion
that "there is not a secular paper il
this city or country that is not ready al
any time to correct a report, if the editor
can be satisfied that such report is unfail
or false" There may be journals which
are an exception to the rule. says th'
New York Tribune. but it there be- they
are not likely to do anybody much harm
A character for persistent misrepresent'
alton renders them comparatively In
noxious. What newspaper needs, i
its conductors wish to be even financially
successful. is q reputation for speaking
the truth Mistakes will be made, but
thew cause at least as much annoyance
to ihe average editor as to those about
whom they are made. The Conference
showed its appreciation of DR.. Samson
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