davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

In reading of such sweeping destruc-
tions of human life as that occasioned by
the famine in Egypt, by the yellow fever
epidemic of last summer. by the recent
famines in India and China, and by bat
tie, murder and sudden death, such as
are constantly reported by mail and tel
egraph, common reflection is upon the
Immense loss of wealth entailedx by the
loss to humanity of so much force. in
tcligence and strength. Attempts have
often been made to estimate the loses to
a community from an epidemic, and by
setting down fixed sum as the average
value of a mans production as a basis
of computation, an immense total may
be rolled up. But such estimates gen.
erally prove false and misleading. There
is nothing in which nature is more prod
igal than life. Although science cannot
explain its origin, yet its researches
show that lifeis most copious attribute
of matter. The swelling tide of life i'm
'mediately fills the gaps made by. death.
The death of one man makes place for
another, and the abundant energies of
humanity promptly expand to fill any
void. d. ..& 1 D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
! ITEMS OF INTEREST.

latail 1900 = sGs 5sssts4gs sug,,.rs Z
= Thereare more short young men than
tall ones. .szeas no Easo~ 70
TT To. Una ma,,egyonr collar last-Make your
shirts first. -, SO sI,,y,, ~
-Tha frso,,;o 70 sometimes called ;the
lodv,e d1 eardrnn agSG -
w =. ae,f,sm ~, ..g,r ,,,o,.,,, a. e.ch
/. = tva; 1 is; na anna NV " SSS'1g .s = " -
enu, 'sp passSs .s q !. AZ. 5d,.s,;.h of sor+x
9eSl y 9tss,, ioI,ip IaS - = s y - .
ieet az Oscr rtovss', :
y Y pto ;pta Ws%tssk Hpgas ~ SsS SsSs
Ion Joni sass5 t ~ 80 a1.s ,v..-. inf
Late 70 PED ana early D rSes Sss' weais o1pl ous
tne stronsesS eonssisaso
The army Biit-W;iliLllaImt ~ s, Lee Aecunsen
Sherman. -Bsgfato EaepTesssA
Eight hundred thousand base balls are
made in this country each year.
While a man has been sitting perfectly
still, we have seeGhis sidewalk.
The human skeleton consists Of more
than two hundred Distinct bones.
Two. chunks, Of lead, weighing half
ton, have been mined ct Washington.
Mo. ,,,,, "a 80 s.lt
IN how hitter a thing it is to look
into happiness through another mans
ewes. Fn' s's5'. S@'s5 's5 ' s''s ~
~ 4 sailor WHO spins yarn about
n{arrnw 4 ~ snass6in the aocean tells strait
story - f9tsea4 sais 5 ~, 5 70
s'u,s IL, c,.,,. vo;cs was, ca,led = hand
If ~ m,,s;c: Webster,s q trumpet; Cham
nine's a harp. E ,,ss 80. 80
NJ Haven 4,,rns mt 8 OO0 900 corsets
view ,,,, liafsi haif ~ of fSe connfry,s supply
alnliA.ly III - ~ - sttSi :, {,
comlrng on .nsi.i WI, ~ ,,
ACCORDING .Io gne stsncn a.mSLHp;I lo;aI
!t kleie p ssn:. - S;sts;n+s, .s,sasa
When you wake up at mgnt anu near
the baby crying. look soubsior DANGER
| for there is arock ahead. i.vsd
80 Snr;no "a here ,'iIas. the woodchuck
oxolo;ne3 when he found himself caught
=, the Lmnfer,s tran.--LnEe.,s.
~ sE....I I IILas,s s.s,s.oo,, -, old
h IN hat IS the, alHeEshef2 s lstHesn on wv
dame at the spinning Wneei anu y young
urchin chewing tobaccoe Sme slts anu
spins and the other spits ana SINS,
+ A New Jersey man has invented
paper stocking, intended Ito De worn
over the! cotton or woolen stocking,
thereby, excluding cold and dampness
from the feet. III !! 5,ss sI,oeo5
| The lockwood forests Of the Caucasus
| Armenia. and the shores Of. the Caspian
Sea ara ranidly disappearing under the
o,, coSstantiy tan increayirg demand for this
- ,,aI,s hie -SponI 70 sI's ~ ais .9g
'atuApie "o w. - I,,.,,.sh A
A cobbler mas an eVeL.Iss-tig 5e .ss t;a two uo
m!nISteI mn WEI an alm ,,.;ol, ,,,,teo rae;de
sLlii In = Ponndino ont sole
SnoenakSls S;rSs niIAS ! vaSs IL aTay when
leatnsI c;ns Sin@ s.tW t5sel;;,5 H. b olis Dem
ASKED % oins ~ 0lns al.H cen "s'e.ss ~ Ssss 49,
ocr~. rI., ron wn,rr.s 10 THE PRESS.
NsoA :" s. A..sAs - :, -. = go
Write upon pages Oh Q. aatin ng,e An ssm your y,
Gross az yoIs nnv ea ag your a lines be seen
1n.S Sns s;dao s aiIei NJ nonnce yerdant green.
Go,rsatv co- stuts e correct all that youwrite,
Ie Gud Ist your ink be blaok, your paper white;
For For sponey foolscap Of q. muddy blue
Betrnys mind Of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully; fof on this score
. Nothing proclaius the praotced writer more
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
- --=---------r---- -. 49, - ------
Three CuriOSities.


A BIRD THAT TURNS SoMERsAULTs.% #
There's pretty little bird that lives
in China, and is called the Fork-Tailed
Parus. He is about as big as a robin.
and he has red beak, orange-colored
throat, green back, yellow legs, black
tail and red-and-yellow wings. Nearly
all the colors are in his dress, you see,
and he is a gay fellow.
But this bird has a trick known by no
other birds that ever I heard Of. He
turns somersaults! Not only does he do
this in his free life on the trees, but also
after he is caught and put into Il cage.
He lust throws his bead far back, and
over he goes, touching the bars of the
cage, and alighting upon his feet on the
floot or on perch. He will do it over
and over q number Of times without
stopping, as though he thought it great
fun.
All his family have the same trick,
and they are called tumblers. The peo-
ple of China are fond of keeping them
in cages and seeing them tumble.
Travellers often have tried to bring them
to our country, but q sea voyage is not
good for them, and they are almost sure
to die on the way.
A PLANT WITHOUT STALK OR LEAF
There is very big flower with queer
name, RabFesiG ar1aoldi; but the oldest
thing about it is that it has neither stalk
nor leaf
I don't mean dead flower with the
stalk and leaves plucked away, but q
living and growing flower. The one |
heard of measured three feet across.
weighed ten pounds, and could hold
about two gallons of water. 1t was
found in the East Indian island of Su-
matra, but I'm told that others Of the
same family have been seen in South
America.
These curious flowers grow upon the
roots of other plants, seeming to sit on
the roots, and spreading up like heads Of
cabbages.
NATURAL ANNoN-BALI.s.-My friend.
the late Captain Hawley, brought me
from that wonderland, the far West, Il
very curious stone. 1t is black and per-
fectly round, as heavy as iron and looks
exactly like cannon-ball. 1twas taken
from Cannon-Ball river, q branch Of the
Upper Mississippi. This aforesaid stream
contains great quantities of these balls,
enough to fight our battles with for cen
turies. The geologists ought to be
ashamed of their ignorance. but they
haven't been able to tell whether these
cannon-balls were forged by the water
god OF the fire-god. A neighbor of mine
informs me that he has seen some of
these balls in the high clay-banks of Red
river, La, and that they were from six
to eight feet in diameter. Some of them
are formed ofiron pyrites though general
ly the balls are of clay-iron stones.-
"Juck-i,a-tbe- PxlpM." ST. Nicholas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
III

"Mr. Van Cleef," said the man-ser-
want, opening the door Of the drawing
room of No. % West 44th street, and
Frank was ushered into the cool rooms
and the presence of q tall, fine looking
man. whom he had never seen beforcl
his life, a blonde, matronly little woman
ct that's Marie" he thought-;md a
charming girl, in white, with great black
eyes, and mass of soft, black hair rolled
upon the small, clean-cut head.
For moment the situation WAS en-
barrassing. Then Mr.. Francklyn step
ped forward, and Frank said:
"There seems to be some mistake; |
must have namesake somewhere"
"Oh, no; we are cousins to your late
Aunt Miranda, who has just made you
her legatee, and as you have come home
at last we mean, now that you are here, to
make you accept a cousins place in our
house and our friendship" said Mr..
Francklyn.
1t is enough to say that the dinner was
perfect, the hostess charming, the host
ajolly good fellow and Bessie so betwitch-
ING that Frank was in love head and
ears before the dinner was finished.
The letter from my lawyers was at
the hotel when Frank returned, covered
with the postmarks. of half the New
Brunswicks" in the country, among
which it had Travelled while he was
waiting for it at the Hotel Brunswick.
The last murmur that he made us he
dropped off to sleep was, Found an
uncle two cousins and-and-" and he
was dreaming ,of black-eyed girl in
white in another minute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
Chain, in the hope that it would some
time attract the attention of some one
who could solve the mystery.

Mammal cried Bessie the next day
when, her confession made, she had re-
deemed her precious locket and was ex-
amining it, Mamma, this is not my
locket. This is the other one. This is
poor grandma's love token to her faith
less lover come back to her grandchild; :;
see, see." she ratified on in wild excite
ment. Mrs. Prayne looked sharply, saw
the reversed initials, and was as excited
in moment as Bessie, Cousin Tom was
dispatched to the pawnbroker's for in
formation. He learned but little more
than Frank, and so the mystery was
talked of and speculated upon for the
next week. Grandma's love story was
told over and over. Briefly it was this: :
Mary Emerson and Van Dyke Vedder
were lovers years before. They exchanged
lockets made for them. Vedder went
sailing away out into the west and mar
ried, leaving grandma, then young and
pretty, to soon console herself with an
other lover and husband. She always
kept the locket and a warm spot in her
heart, as every woman does for the man
whom she once loved. But she never
saw or heard of him again in life. Bessie
received her blessing, her little fortune
and the precious locEet from grandma on
her death-bed. And now, after fifty
years and without a clew, the lockets
were changed by some mysterious agency.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

Two months later Bessie and Frank
met again at the Franklyns' pretty house
at Newport. They had both forgotten
the lockets, and soon forgot the world in
each other.
One summer evening Bessie promised
to be his wife, and rs two little white
arms went up around his neck, Frank
was guilty of most unconventional pro-
ceeding. He actually was surprised out
of taking immediate advantage of his
newly-acquired privileges. Among the
lace about Bessie's neck rested the other
locket. The love- tokens were love-
tokens still. 49,.
Bessie told her grandmother's little
romance, and the initials were explained
to Frank. who exclaimed, almost with
awe: Evan Dyke Vedder, the faithless
lover of your grandmother, Mary Emer-
son, was my grandfather" r
In a handsome house in Fifth avenue
there hangs upon the parlor wall a velvet
case. In it are two lockets, each as like
the other rs can well be imagined-a
cameo surrounded by an enameled snake
with ruby eyes. Over them hang three
golden balls.-NeaU York Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

New Orleans is deterermined that its
filth shall not invite yellow fever to its
midst this summer. A sanitary asSocla;
of health, and by their joint efforts the
canals and cutters are being flushed,
garbage removed, and the cemeteries,
into which the city poor have been
crowded until the neighbors could hardly
endure the stencil, covered two feet deep
under river sand. Quarantine regula-.
tons will also be more strictly enforced
than ever before. ;a..a. 10, 80.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

The trouble in South America has cul-
minated in declaration of war against
Chill by Peru and Bolivia. The dispute
arose in the first place over the trade in
inter, in the conduct of which Chill
claimed that Bolivia had violated the
treaty bearing on the subject. Chill as
sumed the offensive and sent troops to
invade Bolivia and war vessels to block
ade her ports. Peru took sides with Bo-
livia not 80 much on account OF an
interest in the inter. trade as sympathy
for her neighbor. Peru has a better navy
than Chill and the united forces Of the
two countries may make it warm for
the Chilanos. To the other little wars
which are in progress in Asia and Africa,
we must add this one in South America.
The fight between Peru, Bolivia and
Chill is likely to last for some time. p
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

The phlegmatic clerk at the pawn
brokers' turned over two lockets appar
emily just alike and examined them
curiously, then put them back in their
wrappers and was about to put them
away when fellow-clerk approached
and also looked at them. They changed
them about little and then placed them
in the wrappers and in the safe. The
next day both lockets were redeemed.
They thought it curious at the moment,
but odd things are of daily occurrence in
the office of a pawnbroker, the theatcr of
the daily tragedy of woe and want, pov-
erty, hunger and dirt.
Frank looked at the locket when he
reached his hotel; it was the same.
There was the little bright spot where
the pawnbroker's acid had touched the
corner of the case, but the rest was the
same exactly. No-he rubbed his eyes
whereas when he took the locket to
the pawnbroker the initials on the case
had read:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
Goldie the naturalist. has found in New

Goldie, the naturalist, has found IN New
Guinea tribe who suggested to him the
origin ofthe rumors always current of a
race of tailed men in some corner of the
globe. These natives wear artificial tails.
they are entirely nude, except for the
caudal ornament, which is a plait of
grass fastened around their bodies by q
fine string, and depending behind to
about half way down their legs. '-.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

Mr.. Morris, Treasury special agent
says there are now enough American
citizens in Alaska, not counting the citi-
zens acquired by purchase, to entitle it
to q territorial form of government.
There will be this year two thousand ad-
ditional white persons in Alaska. Inc
tide of emigration is setting thither. The
Russians who elected to become citizens
of the United States were not serfs. but
free-born, and have been guaranteed all
the blessings of civil and religious lib
erty. He thinks Alaska presents mining
facilities and minerals superior to the
Black Hills of Arizona. '.r .! -,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

He puzzled over it for some time.
Then he went down in a cab and de-
manded of the pawnbroker an explana-
ton. The young man told him of the
two lockets, exactly alike, left within an
hour of each other on the preceding day,
each pledged for $40, each redeemed in
the morning, and explanations how they
must have been changed. The young
man hoped that there was no harm done !;
remembered that the other locket was
left by "young woman" really didn't
remember what She looked like, and then
went back to his work. Frank returned
home puzzled: 1t really didn't matter;
it was only chance purchase of a unique
trife in jewelry; he hadn't the remotest
idea whose the initials were, but he was
superstitious about it, and it troubled
him. That the locket had double in
New York there could be no doubt, and
SO Frank resolved not to tell the story,
but to wear the locket ON his watch
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
TIMELY TOPICS.

1t may be interesting for some people
to know that it costs twenty-five dollars
to take u dog across the Atlantic, and
that the animal is takenat the owners
risk, unless special contr ct to the con-
trary is made with the teamship COM
pany. One company will not take them
on any terms, neither will it take corpses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14

Of this he was perfectly sure; yet, here
now, they were plainly reversed, and
read: q.
Mr. F.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-06
Agriculture In France.

Hardly any art has advanced more in
France during the last forty years than
that of agriculture, which except in
few favored districts was in q miserably
backward plight up to the reign OF
Louis Philippe, Who, by creating conn
try roads and other improvem ente, gave
a decided stimulus to the cultivation of
the soil, which subsequently received
additional encouragement from Louis
Napoleon, to whom, whatever his faults
and shortcomings, there can be no ques.
ton that France il indebted for much
of her material prosperity to-day. She
now has q marvellous variety of agri-
cultural institutions. The CHEF of all
is L'ecole Superieure Agricole at the
Conservatoire DIES Arts ct Meters. A
number of special subjects have schools
devoted to them. as the Veterinary Col
lege of Abort, gardening schools at
Versailles, schools of draining and irri-
CATION in Brittany, schools for sheep.
raising, vine. growing, etc. Tho Vim
cennes farm and some others are de-
voted to experimental agriculture.
Farmers schools IRE located i'll various
parts Of the country kept by private
individuals at their own expense, with
a subsidy from townships for training
young men in several agricultural
specialties-Netv York Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-06
One Eye That Was Always Drunk.

An Allegheny physician, who. in his
way, is great wug, tells a story of a
North Side gentleman who for years
has suffered from periodical attacks of
what in medical parlance is known a.
superorbital neuralgia. Quinine proved
Of no effect, and the sufferer was almost
crazed With pain. A kind-hearted old
lady living in the neighborhood Of the
patient informed him that il he would
cut the affected nerve with o pair of
scissors or knife it would give him no
further trouble. It so happens that
the superorbital nerve is the one which
controls the action Of the eyelid, and it
further happens that, when . man il in
liquor, this nerve becomes paralyzed,
and it 10 this that gives drunken per-
son such q comical expression about
the eyes. The neuralgia patient no
sooner heard what he supposed the
welcome news from the old lady than
he repaired to his closet and, with a
jack-knife, parted in twain the offending
nerve. and he now greets his friends
with his right eye Is sober - Quaker
in quarterly meeting, and the left in
highly .intoxicated condition. It now
only costs half Is much q it formerly
did to 60 on . bendeE.-Piilsbtlrgh
Leader. ...::s -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-06

Sample Scene In Nevada Courtroom.
Billy Brown, . lad Of 10, was put on
tho stand and questioned.
The eourt-"Did you ever take IN
Boy (positively)-@No. mir; I never
took anything in my life"
Mr.. Hines (facetiously)-"What |
The spectators Uttered, and the
court. a. mad - q hornet, called them
TO order, remarkiDg: Il. want mighty
little Of this 'Pinafore' business in my
court" Just then the daughter of the
court, on the floor above, was heard to
disturb piano and sing, "l'm called
little Buttercup. dear little Buttercup."
Another laugh followed this incident,
and the court sent constable up stairs
to make the merry maiden stop her
vocal and instrumental exercises.
"Shut that girl off at once" was the
parting injunction from the bench.
The youthful witness was finally a.
lowed to testify without being sworn.
You see, " he began, II heard = racket
and went ont. The woman was chuck
in bricks and cussin' like thunder, and
the boys was runnin' about the yard.
The night before I went down town."
District Attorney-"Never mind about
that"
Witness-"Well I did 90 down town.
q can prove it by Patsey over there"
TO Patsey)-@Didnt We 60 down town,
Patsey?"
Here the room was called to order
again, and the boy put Oh the stand
Virginia City (Nep.) Chronicle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-06
The Waiter Caught Him.

When they serve YOU brandy in Pa ri
it is brought in little caraffe marked oil
on tie sides, so as to show exactly how
many glasses arc taken out. When you
come to pay, the garcon las only to look
ut the caraffe, AT d the amount remaining
tells how much has l'een used. This gave
an ingenious gentleman an idea. He
would drink three pe'itis oerses. then
pour in water. SO that it would appear he
had but one. HI thought nobody Oh
served tae mean trick.
After two or three days this customer
found the brandy very feeble, and he
called the garccn. -.
':Garcon,' he said, what Il the matter
With this brandyt" .5.z-.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-06
USEFUL INFORMATION.

REMEDY FOR Morn PArcuEs.-Saler-
atus dissolved in whisky, in the proper
ton of teaspoonful of the former to q
pint Of the latter, is said, by lady who
has tried il, to be sure remedy for
moth patches. After being we'll vet with
the preparation, it is asserted shat the
spots will rub of, leaving the skin as
fair and soft rs an infants.
10 REMOVE RUsT FROM SrEE1.-Thc
steel to be cleaned should lie washed
with a solution composed of onc,lmlf
ounce of cyanide OF potassium in two
ounces OF water; then brush with the
following recipe: Cyanide OF POTASH
UNI, ope-half ounce; CASTLE soap, one
ounce; whiting and water sufficient to
form paste. Cyanide of potassium is
. most violent poison, and persons u.s.
ing it should be particularly careful.
To STAIN WooD BRowx:--Gct an
ounce each of catechu ard bichromate
OF potash. Break the catechu-which
is blackish gum-like substance-iuto
small fragments, place it in a glass or
earthenware vessel, with a piece of
washing soda as large as a walnut, and
pour upon it pint of boiling water.
and stir until dissolved. Put the bi-
chromatc in bottle with pint of cold
water, and dissolve with occasional
shaking. Paint over the wood work
to be stained, first with the catechu So
luton, and let it dry; it will he of a
dull, dirty brown. When, dry go over
it with the solution of bicl,romate, and
it will turn to o very rich chestnut
brown. BY varying the strength of the
solutions. the depth of color will be
varied. When quite dry, apply shel'ac,
or other varnisl. Very cheap, easily ap-
piled and satisfactory.
HINTS ABOUT WATEE.-No water that
has stood in open vessels during the
night should be used for drinking or
cooking. By exposure to the air it has lost
its "aeration," and has absorbed many
OF the dust germs floating in the apart
ment. If convenience requires water
to be kept in vessels for several hours
before use, it should be covered, un-
less the vessels are tight. Wherever
practical, all distributing reservoirs
should be covered. Filtering always
adds to the purity of the water. Drink
ing-water should not be taken from
lakes or rivers on a low level. Surface
water, or water in lakes, pools or rivers,
which receive the surface wash, should
be avoided MS much as possible. DO
not drink much water at time. More
than two tumblerfuls should not be
taken at meal. Do not drink between
meals unless to quench thirst, as excess
OF water weakens the gastric juice and
overwosks the kidneys. Excessive Do
tations, whether Of water or other fluid.
relax the stomach, impair its secretions
and paralyze its movements. Bv
drinking little at time MI injury i
avoided.