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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
An E~x.SenatOr's Fall.

A Washington correspondent tells
this story in the Philadelphia Tunes :
In 1874 there graduated from Harvard
university a young man Of wonderful
promise. He was twenty-five years
old, and the world opened bright and
promising before him.. He was, 1 be-
lieve, for a time a teacher in Harvard
and, subsequently, he founded a very
successful school in Massachusetts.
Some time afterward he went South as
the principal of a State normal school.
The war coming on he was driven from
the State and came North. Attic close
of the war he went back to the Southern
State as collector of internal revenue.
When the State was reconstructed he
was elected to the United States Senate,
and served with distinction for six
wears. He was chairman Of the COM
mittee on education and labor and a
member of the appropriations and other
important committees. He was q very
strong and pleasing speaker and stood
high among his colleagues. After MS
term expired he was appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury, and was at
times acting secretary. It was here that
he fell. He was courted and aattered
and used. Wine, cards and women did
their part to accomplish his fall. There
were some very crooked transactions
while he was in Office, and some way
the assistant secretary lost his office and
landed in Jail. He was speedily got out,
however, but he became w~retchedly
Door and got to borrowing ffty-cent
pieces of his old friends. 1t was q pitt
full sight TO see him about and know
what be had been. Finally somebody
bad him appointed to a $1,000 clerkship
(he wrote q beautiful HANDY, and it was
thought that he might pick up and re-
cover; but he didn't. He had got a
passion for gambling, and whenever he
could obtain any money he sought the
tiger and, of course, lost it, and soon he
lost his little clerkship. l understand
he now borrows a dollar or two when
ever he can, and goes into the lowest
places and plays until it is gone. If he
has no money, which is nearly always
the case, he will sit where the game is
going on and keep the score for the low
wretches that infest the dives he visits.
He once had q charming family Of boys
and girls, but the Lord only knows
where they are now If there is any.
thing strange or more revolving than
this in fiction I have never come
cross it. 49,. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
How q Bear Was Killed.

Two vaqueros, George Cornell and
Gus Richardson, who were driving cat
tie in Mohavc county, Arizona, saw q
huge cinnamon bear pl mt himself
directly in front Of the hert Cornells
horse snorted in alarm, m ! refused to
obey the spur. The other VI luero rode
a courageous little mustang who
put Richardson within ten YIN ds OF the
beast. Unstringing his lariat Richard
son threw it Mt the bear, but though
the aim was good. The bear caught the
rope in his mouth, and charged in
stantly. Richardson was caught. he
could get no further than his l'ssos
length from the savage brute, because
the bears teeth were strong, his hold
GOOD, and his anger reused. The mus.
tane's supple strength was equal to tho
OCCASION. however. He ran round and
round, the bear following, for ten
minutes or more. Cornell meanwhile
watching an opportunity to cast bis
rope. The opportunity came, the va,
ouero's coil shot through the air, and
| the bear was caught by one of his hind
legs. Then the real fun began. The
cinnamon, mad from nose to tail, let &C
Richardson's rope only to find himself
dragged backward by Cornell's ready
Workmanship. The men had left their
weapons at home, and 30 were puzzled
for some time to know how death could
be dealt. Richardson dismounted. and
began a fusillade with rocks. This
stunned the bear, and enabled the va
queros to kill him with a knife.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
Rubies and Sapphires in Georgia.

Itiuerant mineralogists and our own
citizens have been exploring anu mining
for rubies and sapphires during tile hse
four wears. The Sequah mines. owned
by w. R. Mcconnell, of this place: and
W. G. Strubbe, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
have Welded many precious Opaque AMI
translucent rubies, nearly all OF which
have found their way, through the late
Professor Bradley and Others, into Inc
choice mineral cabinets OF tue world
Only a few were found neatly transpar.
ent of from three to four carats, and these
have been set in jewelry by the present
owners. The proceeds arising from the
sale of these opaque and translucent
prisms have heretofore only paid the lex
pense OF mining, but in q short tlme,a
new method will be employed for wash
ing these precious stones out OF the al
luvial soils and gravel adjacent TO
Seouah creek. A few days ago Ulysses
Grant Ledford, q boy eleven years old,
found a large, deep blue sapphire, per-
fectly transparent in size, nearly m inch
square, but wedge shape, weighing
thirty.seven and one-half carats. the
largest ever found in America. w. q.
Strubbe, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is now.
the owner, by purchase, ofthis precious
stone, which according to Professor
+. D. Dana's method OF determining
the value of precious stones, Is worth
$751; 200. Boys and girls and grown per-
sons are searching tor others where this
was found. The sapphire is nearly
equal to the diamond in value and hard
ness. The largest known sapphire is in
Mr.. Hopes English collection of
precious stones, II 'crySla! formerly be-
longing to the Jardin deg pmnses, OF
Paris, Tor which he gave $500 Sir
Abram Hume also possesses a large
crystal. The composition Of a sapphire
is pure alumina. Blue Is the true zap.
phire color. When red it Is an orienta!
ruby; when green an oriental emerald;
when of other bright tints it receives
other names.-GaiaesuiM (Gn.) Eye.
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A Team OF Reindeer.

Each wapoos had under his or her
charge five deer, and, except on these
FIVE animals, they did not bestow a
thought, leaving the others to each cap.
ture his own individual five as best he
could. Even the old wapoos, Nilas by
name, did not offer to assist his better
half, nor did she seem to expect such
help. The animals having been speedily
got in order, the next thing.was to har-
ness them, which is done in this fashion:
The deer has a skin collar round its
shoulders, to which is fastened q long
strap, also of untanned skin, which, 60
ing between the legs of the animal, is
tied to o ring ut the Prov Of the poolk.
The single rein with which we drive is
made fast to the left eide Of the head,
and is held in the right hand. In
steering you must, if you wish to turn
to the right, cast the rein over the right
shoulder of the animal and pull or
rather tug q little. If you wish to 60
aster you a strike with the rein on
he animals sides and back, though II
YOU have q wild brute this is rather
dangerous, as it on being struck becomes
utterly unmanageable. and therefore II
is generally quite sufficient to raise IN
left hand rs if for q blow, which vii
cause the deer to rush off smartly
enough. The moment the foremost deer
starts all the others follow IN q long
line, winding in and out according as
the leaders tracks 60. All deer cannot
be induced to lead the way; in fact
very many are trained to follow only,
rs they then become much more easily
managed as baggage deer; " ~
ore never sees two deers harnessed to-
gether or with proper gear. In this
respect the samoyedes are far more
practical, and not only do tsey bring
the animal to the same state Of subjec-
ton as the horse with US, but they use
entire bucks for domestic purposes an
unheard-of thing in Lapland, where
eve does are considered rs too spirited
to be safely used.-Blackwood's Moea'
zinc.
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Earth.Eaters.

Many barbarous or semi-civiized
tribes are addicted to the custom of
earth. eating, and such a habit exists in
some parts of the northern island Of
Japan. The origin of this custom has
been ascribed to various causes, but it
seems most probable that, in the major
ity of cases, the habit has been formed
in times of great scarcity, when the peo-
pie ate the earth in order to partially
distend the stomach and soin a measure
allay the pangs of hunger, and that
from this the custom became a habitual
disease. In no case yet examined Of an
earth so used has any appreciate
amount of real nutriment been discov-
cred. In Java a fat clay is used; in
Lapland a similar earth, containing
mica, made into q kind of bread; in the
south of Persia q carbonate of magnes-
ium and calcium. Some negro tribes
and tribes of American Indians are also
earth eaters. Mr.. G. G. Love, of New
| York. has recently communicated to
the Chemical NeWs an analysis of a sam
pie of earth obtained from a bed several
feet in thickness in a small valley a,
Tsietonar, on the north coast of Yezo
and used rs food by the Amos. This
earth is of a l%ight-gray color and very
fine in structure; it is made into soup,
with lily roots and water. by the Amos.
1t is essentially n clay, similar to that
used by the Javanese, but richer in
silica; the sample examined contained
but u sma | amount OF organic matter,
which consisted of fragments OF leaves
possessing an aromatic odor and per-
laps Intentionally mixed with the earth
on that account. 1t is said that in
some parts OF Japan q red bole is made
into cakes and eaten by the women with
the idea and wish of giving themselves
elegant and slender forms. It is also
rumored that among the opposite sex,
not exclusively natives of the land. q
similar diseased, habit, arising from the
opposite wish to get fat, is not unknown,
An accurate analysis OF this dirt has not
yet been made, but its permanent nutri-
i've properties appear to be small
tapdn Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
An Interesting Puzzle.

In a storm at sea there was a Chris.
tian captain on board a vessel with ht.
teen seamen, who CHANGED to meet wi Il
a Turkish vessel with the same number
of scamen in her, who were in danger OF
being lost. The Turkish captain most
earnestly eatreated the Christian leap cap;
his vessel in order to save them from
the danger to which they were exposed;
The Christian captain consented and
took hiul and his men on board his yes;
sci, but, the storm still increasing, until
their destruction seemed inevitable, it
was then agreed by both captains to
place all The men on deck and cast oil
every ninth man, until half the men
were thrown overheard, in order to save
the other half. The Christian captain
performed this with such simplicity, &C.
curacy and ingenuity that, by casting
off every ninth man, he drowned all tue
Turks and saved his own men. Tht
question is, how were the, thirty mer
placed in linep
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
Medical Uses or Eggs.

For burns or sca:ds nothing is more
soothing than the white or an egg,
which may be poured over the wound.
It is softer as a varnish for q burn -han
collodion, and being always On hand
can be applied Immediately. 1t is also
more cooling than the "swces oil OF
cotton" which was formerly supposed
to be the surest application to allay the
smarting pain. 1t is the contact with
the air which gives the extreme dis
comfort experienced from ordinary acct
dents of this kind; and anything which
excludes air and prevents Inflammation
is the thing to be at once applied. The
egg is also considered one Of the best
remedies for ~dysentery. Beaten up
lightly, with or without sugar, and
swallowed at a gulp, it tends, by it's
emollient qualities, to lessen the int1am-
nation OF the stomach and intestines,
and by forming a transient coating on
those organs, to enable nature to assume
her healthtul sway over the diseased
body. Two, or at most three, eggs pei
day would be all that would be required
in ordinary cases; and since the egg is
! not merely medicine, but food as well.
Che lighter the diet otherwise, and the
anieter the patient is kept. the more
certain and rapid is the recovery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
More Wife than Country.

The other night, soon after a ward
meeting had opened, one of the electors
present began edging for the door as if
be meant to leave the place He was
soon stopped by a friend, who said:
Don't leave us now; | want you to
hear what that speaker is saying. Hear
that! He says we must triumph or the
country is doomed"
Eyes, I know, but I've got to edge
along toward home" was the reply.
"Homeg great heavens, how q you
talk of going home Until he mas finished
that speech! There he goes again! He
asks if you want to see grass growing
n the streets Of our cities-our fertile
farms returned to the wilderness-our
families crowding the poorhouses until
there is no longer room to receive IN
otherP"
"No, I don't know as I would, hut I
guess I'll sort o. work my way out"
. "Wait fifteen minutes-ten-fve-
wait until he finishes. There it is
again! He asks whether you are a free
man or a slavep He wants to know if
you have forgotten the patriotic princi-
Piles defended by the blood of your
grandsires-if you have forgotten the
| sound of liberty bellP"
Il don't know as / have, but l must
go-really I must"
Hear that-hcar that! He says
your country will bless you"
II can't say as to that" replied the
man as he crowded along; but I'm
dead sure that the old woman will if /
don't get home in time to put this cod
| fish to soak for breakfast"
"Great guns! but do you prefer cod.
fish to libertyp" exclaimed the otner.
II don't know as I do, but I git more
of it."
"And you will see this country ruined
see her 20 to destructionp"
I'D he kinder sorry to see her &c
down hill" slowly observed the de-
linquent as be reached the door, but
if you had a wife who could begin jaw
ing at ten o'clock and not lose a minute
until daylight, and then end up with 1
grand smash of crockery and q fit o
Mysteries, you'd kinder stand off as | dt
and let this glorious old republic
squeeze through some mighty fine knot
holes. "-DeroI Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
Prosperity of. the Diaries.

A New York paper says: The recent
dairy fairs held in New York have
brought to light a fact concerning
which most Of the people living in
cities were formerly utterly ignorant.
They showed that week there was
shipped from this port an enormous
quantity of the products ofthe American
diaries, and that the money value OF
cheese alone was something remark
able. o. late years the cheese industry
has steadily been increasing in its pro-
portions, until now persons in the trade
speak of q shipment of 10000 or $4,000
boxes in one week as o moderate
amount. A few years ago If the Eng
lish dairymen had been told that their
American cousins would ever be in q
position 10 Sc three -fourths OF what
they looked upon as one OF their staple
trades, the idea would have been con-
sidered preposterous. Now tue dairy
men of this country have not only
secured this great trade, but are en-
abled to keep their prices at q point
which not only gives them a handsome
living, but enables them to put q snu
little sum away for future contingen.
cies, There is no doubt whatever that
when cheese is bought in the country
t eight cents a pound the dairyman is
amaking a living" but when, as is now
the case, he can get from eleven 70
eleven and a quarter cents q pound II
ROSY side OF the farmers life stands out
in pleasant relief.
One great popularity of the American
cheese maker in previous years has been
that he could not, apparently, make
Wha. is called o line "hot weather"
cheese, that is, his June and July
"make" would be puffy" anu porous,
so that iii was exposed to the heat 1t
would burst the boxes, sweat freely,
and give out d bad odor. Ills was at
triputed to climatic Influences, and
wiseacres shook their heads and con-
tinually remarked that this was
where the English had the pull! on u.s.;
and that the Americans could never
make a cheese that would stand up
during the hot weather. But this theory
has been overturned this year. The
quality of the "make" has surprised
every one by its excellence. This can.
not be caused by cool weather. and
must be put down to the fact that Amer
lean manufacturers have learned some
thing during the last few years. and have
at last mastered the art of making a fine
quality of cheese in extremely warm, as
well as in cool weather.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
One of New FORKS Characters.

There is hardly O man, woman or
child in New York society who did not
know or know of Brown of Grace
church." For over thirty years he had
been the sexton of that fashionable con
gregation, and there WAS not a wedding,
chr listening, funeral or party Of any
social Importance where IL was not con-
sidered necessary to have Brown otfi-
ciate. Now his name is added to the list
OF dead. Isaac H. Brown was a native
of New Haven, Conn, and died at Bran
ford, about ten miles distant from that
city, aged about sixty-eight. He was
essentially one of the characters OF the
great metropolis. Even 80 many years
ago as the time of Burton's Chambers
street theater, where tho American News
company building now stands, Brown
had achieved such ~notoriety that he was
INCORPORATED in q local farce and repre-.
scented by Burton, the great comedian.
1t was said that young men paid him Tor
invitations to parties in the best New
York circles, and at n time the title
Browns young men" was quite com
MOI on every tongue. There is no doubt
that many of the stories told OF the old
sexton were exaggerated, but it is also
certain that lie swayed social influence
that was really remarkable. He was,
indeed, a figure entirely unique in
American society. He did not lay claim
to any special gentleness of manner or
breeding, but at church or private resi-
dence be made his presence felt by the
unmistakable air of authority which ne
assumed, and his apparent familiarity
with all corners, from high to low. he
seemed to possess the faculty Of knowing
who should and who should not De az
mitted to a public or private entertain
ment. He commenced life as a carpen!-
ter, and he died a comparatively rich
man. The secret of his success in life
may be traced to his never-failing bon
homie and his shrewd business tact.
which enabled him to drive q good bar
gain and compel others to adhere to iii
as strictly as he did.-New York ErpTess
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
or the Coasts Of Sleep.
A land I know, altar, yet near,

A land I know, altar, yet near,
Remote and dim, yet close and clear
A broad, rich realm, by man untamed,
Our very own, yet all unclaimed.
Ont rom Lies daily jar and fret
1t shines, in tranquil borders set;
Upon Its shores earth's burdens fall,
And fancy takes the rein DER all.
Dark closed the day; the twilight chill
In deeper gloom wrapped field and hill;
The angry wing howled loud and hoarse
And shook the walls with savage force;
The air with now and sleet was piled,
For winters fury gathered wild.
SpeAt with his wrath, I stole away
To greet a brighter, kindlier day.
Oh, soft upon that distant coast
The flashing waters leaped and tossed;
The white sails filed with halcyon air;
Green were the woods hung pictured there
Strange iruitage there the sun doth kiss;
Lapt in those airs It's rite with bliss;
Its subtle VINE my pulses stirred
Like rhythmic music family heard.
On sunny slopes thick set with gloom
The senses thrill with strange perfume;
More vivid, yet more Trail those flowers
Than any blown in mortal bowers;
They nod, they bend. they glow, they move;
They mimic human strife and love;
As all things meath those tar-of skies
Do gayiy mock our earthly eyes.
Freed from all trouble, pain and care,
Our hearts burst into blossom there;
Tongues are unloosed; the poets fire
Burns in each breast with new desire;
On wondrous harmonies OF song
The golden hours are borne along,
TIL soul and sense, trsnstused, seem one,
In new-n,ade forms OF life begun.
-Dora Il. R. Goodale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15

While three lads were walking on the
ton of the cliffs at Trouphead, near
Macduff, Scotland, a seagull alightcd q
short distance in front Ut them. One Of
the lads sprang forward and attempted
to capture the bird. In doing 80 he set
his foot on a projecting stone, which
gave way, and he fell over Il precipice
$50 feet in height. His body was liter
! ally dashed to pieces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-15
Washiugton's Appearance.

General Washington is IL tall, well
made man." said o writer in lI9S,
rather large boned, and has atoler-
ably Qenteel address His features are
manly and bold. his eyes OF a blueish
cast and very lively his hair q deep
brown, his face rather long and marEed
with the smallpox; his complexion
sunburnt and without much color, ana
his countenance sensible, composed ana
thoughtful; there is a remarkable air Ut
dignity about him, with q striking de'
gree Of gracelulness; candor, sincerity.
afability and simplicity seem TO De the
striking features OF his clara ter"
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Song OF the Mocking. Bird.
A small brown thing

A SINAI brown thing
Init and sing
Thro' the golden globes o. the orange.treess,
And I mock, and mock I
The birds that flock
To the north, like clouds in q southern breeze
The cat-bird's cry,
The small wren's sigh,
The swallow and the whip-poor.wllj
The screaming jay
All day, all dsy,
Find in my notes their echo still.
With eye askance
And wicked glance,
I nook them all; and cen at night
Give back 'tu whco",
To tn owls " halloo,"
When tho moon floods all my haunts with
light.
And every sound
That haunts foreground,
The looust's chirp, the hum-half heard
OF bee and ny,,
Imock, and cry:
"oh listen, earth, 70 the mocGng,birdp
Il. w. Baekus, in s.. NichsLas<