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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
American Nervousness.

It is recognized fact that extreme
nervousness is more common to America
than elsewhere, owing to various causes,
climatic and otherwise. Long neglected
nervous exhaustion generally ends in
sleeplessness. When this distressing
phenomenon isreferrable to neurasthenia
it can and should be cured without re-
course to any powerful anodynes or mar
cotics. Other familiar sequences of the
same nervous malady are mental depres-
sion and the form of insanity known as
melancholia. A still more frequent out
come of nervous exhaustion is tenden-
cy to inebriety. The neurasthenic state,
excited exposure to heat, or developed,
as so often is, by the shock of bereave-
ment or the rack of financial anxieties,
may engender an irresistible desire for
Indulgence in alcoholic liquors or opium.
A curious sequel of nervous exhaustion
is hay fever, which, philosophically an
alyzed, is simply, we are assured, a nerv-
GUS idiosy sensitive to some one
ormany external irritants, of which pollen,
sunlight, heat, dust, foul air, and smoke
are the most familiar. For exhaustionof
the brain vigorous outdoor exercise is
indispensable; as regards food, abstinence
from starch and sugars, and in their
place the freest use permitted by the
digestive organs of fats and oils, is pro-
nounced a potent adjunct to the medical
treatment of nervous disorders. Indeed,
one Of the great wants of the day is an
increase of fat in our nourishment. Our
fathers could eat pork and digest it, but
since it has been, for the most part,
banished from the table, we are suffering
i'll all directions for want of fat. Arsenic,
cannabis indica, and citrate of caffeine,
ergot, are all useful medicines In the
treatment of nervousness.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

which cost us so much, should repay our
losses. We can, if we have control Of
the Government, recover our losses by
appropriations to be spent in the South;
if we get the power we will use it. And
SO say those who brought forward Han
cock and English.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16
No Faith in Banks.

i An old farmer living near Petrolia,
Pa, having made 100000 in oil, re-
fused to put faith in banks or to invest
his money. He kept the rolls of green
backs in his farmhouse locked up in
boxes and trunks. The money became
damp, widowed and moldy. When he
discovered the condition of his money
he took the notes from their hiding
places and spread them in the sun about
his orchard to dry. The spectacle of a
fortune lying loose on the ground among
the apple trees was witnessed by hun
dreds who were attracted to the farm by
the singular proceeding. The money
was thus exposed for two days, guarded
by the farmer, his wife, daughter, and
hired man. Then it was returned to
the boxes. Three nights after the green
backs were housed the farmer woke up
to find three masked men in his bedroom.
They bound The old man and his family,
and had discovered and secured 81, 900
of the hidden treasure when they were
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-16

It takes SOC, 900 pounds Of chewing to-
bacco q year to supply the United States
army. s ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
Life In the Polar Regions.

It is impossible to form an idea of a
tempest in the polar sea-. The icebergs
are like floating rocks whirled along q
rapid current. The crystal mountains
dash against each other, backward and
forward, bursting with a roar like thun-
der, and returning to the charge, until,
losing their equilibrium, they tumple
over in q cloud of spray, upheaVing the
ice-ields, which fall afterward like the
crack of q whip-lash on the boiling sea;
The sea gulls fly away screaming; and
often a black, shining whale comes TOR
an instant to the surface. When the
midnight sun grazes the horizon, the
floating mountains and the rocks seem
immersed in q wave OF purple light.
The cold is by no means as insupport-
able as is supposed, We passed from a
heated cabin at thirty degrees above
zero to forty-seven degrees below zero
in the open air without Inconvenience.
A much higher degree of cold becomes,
however, insutferable if there is wind.
At fifteen degrees below zero, q steam,
az if from a boiling kettle, rises from the
water. At once frozen by the wind, it
falls in a fine powder. This phenom-
enon is called ice.smoke. At forty
degrees the snow and human bodies also
smoke, which smoke changes at once
into millions of tiny particles, like
needles IF ice, which fill the air, and
make q light, continuous noise, like the
rustic of q stiff silk. At this tempera.
ture the trunk of trees burst with a loud
report, the rocks break up, and the
earth opens and vonits smoking water.
Knives break in cutting butter. Cigars
go out by contact with the ice on the
beard. TO talk is fatiguing. At night
the eyelids are covered with a crust OF
ice, which must be carefully removed
before one can open them.-Pr0fessor
NordeD skio1d.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
An Unfriendly Grip.

A writer upon the English railroad
system tells the following story in the
Boston Commercial Bulletin: While act
ing as a pilot guard I came very near
losing my life through showing the
green light one night instead OF the req.
But I was pushed for time and took the
chances. I was placing a number OF
empty wagons in a sliding which crossed
another at an acute angle. Seeing, a
passenger carriage not quite clear Of the
track which I was using at the point
where the two tracks intersected, !
turned on the green light and rushed
ahead to push the carriage clear: l
thought it was a single carriage, and as
these passenger carriages are light. they
are easily pushed by one man. But
there were forty more behind it, d fact l
did not not discover in the dark.
While endeavoring to push the car
riage I suddenly felt what seemed 10 be
a heavy hand laid on my shoulder. In
an instant I knew what was the matter.
The pressure frightened. Like Fitz
James, I was in nc maiden's grasp
The engine-driver had kept pushing on
slowly, the wagons had reached me,
and I was caught with my breast
against the bunter of the carriage I was
endeavoring to push away and the
bunter of the first wagon was pushed in
against my shoulder. 1 could not shout,
for my breath was being crushed out.
| Fire flashed from my eyes and my brain
seemed as if it would burst. The bun
ter slipped past my shoulder, then the
side Of the wagon began to tear my
clothing and flesh but I was slightly re-
lieved.
Just then the wagons were stopped
the engineer had brought the engine to Q
stand, having q presentiment that all
| was not right. His fears were realized
when he found me. The muscles of my
shoulder were lacerated, but I received
no internal injury. A month later
got out OF bed and went around some
time with my arm in a sling. The com:
pany kept my situation for me, but did
not avail myself of their kindness; ]
had had enough of ra%ilroading.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
Palm.Leaf Fossils.

MIR. f. F. johnson, the expressman,
brought into the Gazette Office some very
interesting fossil remains which he had
just discovered. In speaking of his dis
covery he said: "a year ago my son re-
ported that he had found upon the bluffs
northeast of town a petriied hsh-tail,
but imbedded in too large n rock for
him to carry. He has often urged me
to 90 with him and get it. l finally
went, and to my establishment found
that ne had discovered " very fine M
preston of q palm-leaf, and 1 soon
found three other perfectly-prlnted
leaves of the same variety. The leaves
were Of enormous size. the ribs diverg-
ing from the base just like pa%lln"fans,
but upon q very much larger scale.
The estimated size of enc leaf, calcu-
lated from reliable data furnished by the
ratio of divergence. is found to be eight
feet long by six feet wide" Mr.: john
son also found several sections of palm
tree trunks, one OF which he brought to
the Gazette office, together with the
impressions of the leaves Colorado
SDrInUs GGg.Ue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
A Monkey Hangs Himself.

At Goldsboro, N, c., occurred one of
the most novel suicides of the century,
the victim being a monkey owned by
Mr.. Rockwell Syrock. The animal was
quite a favorite with AL the children for
miles around, and knew most Of them.
For several years past Jocko's owner
has been in the habit OF visiting all of
the hangings in that portion of the State,
taking the mischievous animal with
him. The monkey always seemed to
take an especial interest in such horrible
proceedings. On the twenty-ffth OF
last June Alex. Howard, a colored man,
was to have been executed for the MUIR
der of an old man, but the governor
respited him. The gibbet made for
carrying out the sentence had been
erected before the executive interposed
his power and postponed it.. Syrock
visited the jail with the monkey and
examined these preparations. The ami.
NAL seemed to be unusually curious, and
watched the scaffold and trap with
earnest eyes. Since that time he has
been playing hanging in his masters
barn. One morning he was found dead,
suspended by a clothesline to n of the
ratters of tine building.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
The Haymakers.
In tho clover meadows

In tho clover meadows
S~harpcned scythes are swinging,
Ringing ont their merry music to the mowers
there;
In the noontide shadows,
Fading flowers are finging
Fragrant, dying odors to the fckle, leeting air.
Like the fading flowers,
And as grasses wither,
Leaving only perfume to the hooking morn
ing '~,reeze;
Let Us all the hours
Fitting, none know WHITTIER
Breathe cut lives Of sweetness, though they
be devoid OF ease.
Hither come the raker5,
Carefully to gather
Heal 8 OF dead and well-dried foliage tor the
winters store;
So should pleasure takers,
Not dispel, but rather
Treasure hopeless memorics-the w;thered
joys OF yore.
Only in the sunshine
Will our hay be making;
Greater its dead value than when growing
fresh and green;
So a mortal lifetime
Freed from all hcart-aching
Finds it iull iluition in the closing Of the
scene. IS. T. Clark.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
Vegetine
Puriaes the Blood, Renovates and
inyioorates the Whole System.
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent
and DIuretic.


vxar1xz b made e1clukJsty from Do juices o. eanr
fully selected BARK, roots I'D heros, and % 0oosp ~
eentratsd that It win ensctuG1J eradicate nom NE CSep'
every Atnt Of ScrofuIas Ncrofulous Humo''
Turner'S, Cancer, CaDcerous Humof, Ell
sipelas, Salt nheumo Syphilitio diseases,
Canker, Faintness q the Stomach. ma ~
diseases Inst n1ss from impure blood. sehaue.'
Infammatory and Chronic Rheumatasm'
NeuraIafa, Gout and Spinal Complaints. can
only be ~enectually cured tnIush the blood.
For Ulcers and Eraptive Diseases q oe
Skin, Pustulcs, Ptmples, Blotches, boiis'
Tctter, scaldhcad M RinRworm. VxskhS'
has never failed 70 effect . Bruanent cure.
For Pains In the Hack. Kidney Co"'
plants, Dropsy, Female Weakness'i Lon
corrhoa, arising IRON internal liberation, ana
uterine diseases and General Debility, VSes1Hs
acts directly upon ts esua8 Of thess eomplaanaLs I'M
v~igorates and strengthens % whole gsem, ses uponus
~secrettve organs, arlays inna natton, esrs uleefsaoa ~"
regulates the bovsA.
For Catarrh, Dyspopsia, Habitual cos'
tiveness, PaIpitatdoa u the Hear, heso.
ache. Piles, Nerveusness. sd Genera
Prostration Of the Nervous system, no
medicine has ever given ed perfect satifactoo = ne
vzerr1sx- Il purtdes - blood, eeanses N OF Ws
organs and possesses Q ooz1slling power over me nervous
system.
The remarkable cures Elected By vEazrnu hare
Induced many ~phydcsns nd spotheeares WON VIZ
know to prescribe and uss IA Their own families
In tact vxer1sx u the tcst remedy yt disooyeredIo
the above diseases and i Dc only reliable BLOoD
PURIFIER Ut placed Oefors ths pzhfk.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

The following figures show the nu-
merical strength of the foreign mission
work of the Presbyterian church: Min
listers, 2O9, of. whom eighty-three are
natives; licentiate preachers, LAT, all
natives; medical missionaries and
teachers, IL; American women, 209;
native teachers. Bible readers, ETC.,
SIG; communicates. l2,607; scholars,
1871, of whom, in boarding schools,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

Albert G. Mann, of Cottage Home, ILL.,, says:
81 have been Frustrated for three or more
years with Kidney Disease, at times I was not
able to put on my boots, my wife has often
pulled them on for me. I WINS not 80 bad as
that all the time, but I never knew what it
was to be without pain in my back until I
commenced using Hunts Remedy. Since I
commenced to take Hunts Remedy I have
bean free from all pain, and take pleasure in
saying that it is the best medicine that I ever
knew for Kidney and Liver Diseases" Trial
o;1a IL oants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

A CaIltOrnla IlerOl1p WHO TVcS upon
h er fathers ranch in Siskiyou county,
was recently introduced TO a bear in
The absence Of her father. She did not
close and bolt the doors and take refuge
under the bed. She summoned the
family dogs, and turned them loose
mon her visitor. Bruin made q mas
terly retreat to the nearest tree. Miss
Jennie took down her fathers Winches-
ter rifle, and walking to the foot OF the
tree, took deliberate aim and fired.
Fortunately, the first shot proved a
mortal one, and the bear fell from his
perch deal. Miss Jennie is said to be
a young lady of diminutive physique
and unusually quiet demeanor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

Some families in Brooklyn have been
poisoned by lemon meringue, which the
baker had prepared in a copper vessel.
Nothing of an acid nature should ever
be cooked in a copper vessel. The ace
tate of copper never agrees with even a
strong stomach,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

In the Persian gulf last year a million
and a half dollars worth of pearls were
found, and thirty divers were appropri-
ated by the sharks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

You can got an elegant photographic map in
six colors, descriptive Of the great trip across
the American Continent, free, by sending your
address 10 j. R. Wood, General Passenger
Agent c., b. & @. r. R., Chicago, Ill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

A rat poison is advertised that will
and die. 1t fills a long felt want.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

Music.-They had been to the opera and
heard the finest music by the leading talent.
They went home to hear the Baby's wild
solo until it was quieted with a dose Of DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup, which at once removed
the fatulence,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

The Voltaic Bolt Co., Marshall, Mich,
Will send their Electro oitaic Belts to the
afflicted upon 80 days. trial. See their adver.
tisement in this paper headed, "On 80 Days
Tria1.O
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

"There's music in the air." as the
man said when an ACCORDION iend fell
out of a third-story window just after
he had started on the thirteenth stanza
of the ''S vance River"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

VEaET1NR is not a stimulating bitters which
creates a fictitious appetite, but a gentle tonic
which assists nature to restore the stomach
to q healthy action.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

II the Liver is the source OF your trouble,
Won can find an absolute remedy in DE-. SAN
FoRD's LIVER INvIGoRAToR, the only vegeta.
bic cathartic which acts directly on the Liver.
Cures all Bilious diseases. For Book address
Dr.. SANFORD, l62 Broadway, New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

Rich in muscle-producing material beyond
all other foods and medicines are Malt Bitters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

The population of Leadville, Colorado,
is estimated at from 25, 600 to $4,000, and
it has nearly doubled in . year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
The Census In the Cities.

The following are the census returns from a
few Of the prominent cities, compared with
their population in 1870, and showing the gain
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

The London Times is grumbling at
the lack of public parks in the great
English metropolis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
THE MARKETS.

ESQ. buys a pair OF Lyons Heel Stifeners
and make q boot or shoe last twice as long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

Equally adapted to the feeble {: robust,
male or female, are Malt Bitters.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
CHINESE

The material interests of this coun-
try, the traditions of its settlement and
the sentiment ofour people have led the
government to offer the widest hospi-
tality to emigrants who seek our shores
for new and happier homes, willing to
share the burdens rs well as the bene-
fits of our society and intending that
their posterity shall become an undis-
tinguishable part of our population.
The recent movement of the Chinese to
our Pacific coast partakes but little Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

competitor. Our country cannot be III
dependent unless its people with their
abundant natural resources possess tn,
requisite skill at any time to c!othe. arm
and equip themselves for war, and in
time OF peace to produce all the neces.
sary implements of labor. 1t was II e
manifest intention of the founders Of tLc
government to provide for the comm N
defense, not by standing armies alone,
but by raising among the people n create!
amy of artisans whose intelligence ana
skillshould powerfully contribute to the
safety and glory of the nation.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
Fortunately for the interests of COM
merce, there is no longer any formidable
opposition to appropriations for tn in
provement of our harbors and great
navigable rivers, provided that the ex-
penditures for that purpose are strictly
limited to works ofnational Importance
The Mississippi river, with its great
tributaries, is of such vital Importance
to so many millions of people that the
SAT, ty of its navigation requires excep-
tional consideration. In order to secure
to the nation the control of all it's waters,
President Jefferson negotiated the pur-
chase of vast territory, extending from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean
The wisdom of Congress should be in
voked to devise some plan by which
that great river shall cease to be a
terror to those who dwell upon its
banks, and by which its shipping may
safely carry the industrial products of
IS, 600, 900 of people. The interests of
agriculture, which is the basis of ali
our material prosperity, and in which
seven-twelfths of Jul population are
engaged, as we'll as the interests OF
manufactures and commerce, demand
that the facilities for cheap %transporta
ton shall be increased by the use of all
our great watercourses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
This CIaim.Houss Established 1865.

Thh wondefRl oaboAns b eknowlsdgsd b. Phys
dam throughout rbs world to be the best remedy dc
covered for tie eurS Of Woundt Burma Rhe1naf@
that evsy soa may Try II, II Is put up n Is ADD - een
bottlas fr household ue. 0btAr Il frou your drrSIA
nnd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

yege,ine Is sela BY all DrusElsta.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-28
The Third Term Question.
st. Charles Herald.

The New York Sun either will not
or can not understand the difference
between a continuance in Office and
a fresh election to an office. The oh
lection to the former is that the nat
rnnage and power of government
might be used for a perpetuation of
such power, an argument that does
not hold against candidate who is a
private citizen and can't invoke such
advantages. There might be much
reasonable objection to continuance
in Office for three terms, but there
can be none to a third election when
there has been an interruption in of
fetal tenure, and the candidate for
the s,lasrases Of the people is fresh
from among them. In the latter case.
according to the spirit of oar govern
ment, it becomes again more of a first
term than third term. But with the
Snn any sort Of reasoning is goot! if it
tends to the defeat Of Grant.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-02-28
Scientific Miscellany.

An electric log for sailing vessels is
among the late practical applications of
electricity.
Dynamite has been tried at Monte
.Catillo, near Tiyoli, for pulverizing rock,
adapted to the cultivation of the olive,
and the experiment is described as in
dicating a satisfactory result.
The annual prize of $4,000 francs,
given by the King Of the Belgians for
works Of a scientific character, is now
offered for the yeaT 1881. 1t will he
awarded the aHthor of the best work on
the means Of improving seaports situated
upon low and sandy coasts-such as Bel
gian ports. Tho competition is an inter
national one, open to all. All works
must be sent to the Ministere dc TIn-
terieur," ut Brussels, before January lst
next.
The International Conference on Arc
tic Exploration, which has been in SEES
sion at Hamburg, advocates the gradual
establishment of a cham OF stations to-
wards the polar regions.
The inhabitants of the Andaman Is
lands carry necklaces composed OF frag-
ments Of the bones of deceased relatives,
.whilc the widows among them are stated
to actually wear the skulls of their late
Inns, a,,,1. &hn;, u, 4
lecture on ethnology, Prof. Flower ex-
hihitcd the skull of an Andamese man,
to which was attAehcd a very elegant
webbed sling by which it had been sus-
pended from the neck OF the widow.
Measurements Of trees, taken in Scot
land in the summer seasons Of 1873 and
1879, show Il growth from ten to forty
one per cent. less during the latter year
than in the former. The mean tempera-
ture of the summer of 1873 was fully five
per cent. higher than in tho correspond
ing period of 1879.
-Wasps' nests are frequently ignitcd
by some chemical action, supposed to be
that of the wax upon the paper-lil1e sub
stances of which the nests are formed
Spontaneous combustion Of this nature
is believed TO have been the cause of
many mysterious fires in Aaystacks and
farmers buildings.
In one Of q series Of photographs
Of the moon, taken by Mr.. George Ber-
wick on very sensitive plates, three we'll
defined rings around the moon are shown.
The cause of the singular appearance has
not been determined.
The rare and beautiful phenomenon
of the fata moryana was lately observed
ut Freibnrg, in Breisgau. While the sun
was shining brightly the fine pyramid of
the Cathedral tower was reelected in the
atmosphere Just above it's summit, Of
course with thc point downward.
M. la Ben, TIE craniologist. makes
some statements which hardly .bespeak
for him popularity among the gentler
sex. As tho result of his observations
and comparisons he finds the skulls Of
men To he, on the average, 172 Grammes
heavier than those of. women. lie as