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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
Our Bodies After Death.

Within very near approach to truth,
the human family inhabiting the earth
has been estimated at l,00D, 600 900; the
annual loss by death is lS, 100000. Now,
the weight of the animal matter of this
immense body cast into the grave is no
less than 634 1000 tons, and it's decom-
position produces 100000, 900 600
cubic feet of matter. The vegetable
productions OF the earth clear away
from the earth the gasses thus generated,
and decomposing and assimilating them
for their own increase. This circle of
changes has been going on ever since
man become an occupier of the earth.
He feeds on the lower animals and on
the seeds of pants. which in due time
become p part of himself. The lower
animals feed upon the herbs and
grasses, which, in their turn, become
the animal; then, by its death, again
passes into the atmosphere and are ready
once more to be assimilated by plants,
the earth or bone substance alone re-
maining where it is deposited, and not
even there unless sufficiently deep in
the soil to be out of the insorbent reach
of The roots and plants and trees. 1t is
not at all difficult to prove that the ele-
ments of which the living bodies Of the
present generation are composed have
pissed through millions of mutations,
and formed parts of all kinds of animal
and vegetable bodies. and consequently
it may be said that fractions nf the elc-
ments of our ancestors form portions
of ourselves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
Aural Disturbances from Bathing.

huI "a DloCuA O0hCCo YIN DdGHkuS.
The frequency OF attacks OF aural in
aammation from bathing demands more
than q mere mention, for complete deaf
ness may result from the injuries to the
ear from this cause, and partial impair
ment is frequent.
These injuries from bathing arc
mainly due to the fact that man is not
afforded the protection to the ear which
amphibious animals possess, and hence
the water may act in]uriously in vari-
Gus WAYS. In surf bathing the mere
force of contact, when the water flows
into the ear, may injure the tympanic
membrane, Ind when an incoming wave
dashes against the face, water may
freely enter the mouth or nose, and thus
he driven into the ears through the
Eustachian tubes. The presence of cold
water for long time in the canal lead
ing to the ear, Us when much diving is
done, may set up inflammation in the
canal or in the tympanic membrane,
which may extend to the drum cavity
itself. III effects may be produced by
allowing the ears, head and body to
dry in current of air after coming out
of the water. Sea-water is probably
more obnoxious than fresh, on account
of its comparatively low temperature,
and the large quantity of salt it holds in
solution. A long continuance in the
water should be avoided. The Russian
bath should not be taken without pro-
tecting the ears when the cold plunge is
used. Diving, is, however, the most
dangerous practice connected with bath.
ing, for it is difficult to keep water from
entering the ears or nose and mouth.
In diving, the pressure of water on the
tympanic membrane from without may
cause vertigo. Even Swinging the ears
gently is known in some instances TO
occasion decided dizziness.-Dr. !Gnuel
Sexton, in Harper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
Coffee In Typh0fd Fever.

DR.. Guillassee, of The French navy, in
n recent paper on typhoid fever, says
Coffee has given us unhoped-for
satisfaction; after having dispensed it,
we find to our great surprise that its
action is as prompt rs it is decisive.
No sooner have our patients taken u few
tablespoonfuls of it than their features
become relaxed and they come to their
senses. The next day the improvement
is such that We are tempted to look
upon coffee as Il specific against typhoid
fever. Under its influence the stupor is
dispelled and the patient rouses from
the state of somnolency in which he has
been since the invasion of the disease.
Soon all the functions take their natural
course. and he enters upon GONZALES
cence." DR.. Guillassee gives to an
adult two or three tablespoonfuls of
strong black coffee every two hours,
alternated with one or two teaspoonfuls
of claret or Burgundy wine. A little
lemonade or citradr Of magnesia should
be tak,n daily, and after while
uuinine. From .he fact that malaise
and cerebral symptoms appear first the
doctor regards typhoid fever as nerv-
Gus disease, and the coffee acting on the
nerves is peculiarly indicated in the
early stages before local complications
arise
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
He CouIdn't Miss tho Chance.

The other night, when certain De-
troit club had gathered in its hall, a
member announced the serious illness
Of one of the officials. A second mem.
ber at once moved to the platform ana
said:
Gentlemen, no one can regret this
sad news more than do. IL seems to
me that the occasion calls for a few re-
marks expressive of sympathy and con-
dolence. / do not wish to occupy your
valuable time, but feel it duty to say
of tho ailing brother" :,
Here a member came upstairs and
announced that the person was dead.
He had just heard the news on the street.
Every we'll, then," continued the
speaker, remarks eulogis:ic of his
many virtues are certainly in order
after this announcement, apd l can 60
ahead without fear OF tiansgresslng
upon the time of the cluo. We all
knew the deceased. We were familiar
with his many noble traits Of character.
A brother has died and q liking has fallen.
1t will be long ere we"
Here another dilatory member put in
an appearance and announced that the
person referred to was not dead or even
i'll, but was in perfect health. With
out the least change of courtenance the
speaker continues:
THAT being the case, l deem it my
duty to indulge in a tew remarks on
the happiness we I'll must feel at know
ing that our dear brother still lives.
Life is but span. and man cometh up
like 4 flower and is cut down. Tbs
familiar faces beside US to-day may rect
in the grave tomorrow. Death comes
so silently and swiftly that
Here the person himself entered the
hall. having been detained beyond his
usual time by some occurrence on the
street. The speaker didn't seem in the
least put out, but waved his hand
around the hall and said:
II certainly am not trespassing upon
the valuable time of the club when | say
that we all rejoice to see our brother
here. am now more than ever con-
vinced that l should indulge in a few
remarks: / will 60 back to the begin
ming and"
But the club r, SO up as one man and
choked him off. and the meeting opened
for the dispatch nt basiness.-Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
From Boston for Australia in Small
Boat.

Included in the " free list" Of passen-
gers ON board the steamship City Of
Para, which arrived in New York from
Rio Janeiro, Brazil. a short time ago,
were Herbert Burrill and Andrew 3.
Coombes. These two men, at P. NJ,
on July 9 last, in boat nineteen feet
long, five feet tour inches beam, and two
feet six inches depth of hold, ! l4-l0r
tons capacity, the hull built of cypress
wood and decked over with white pine
and schooner rigged, sailed from Boston
for Melbourne, Australia, where they
hoped to obtain s. fortune by exhibiting
their boat and themselves ut the worlds
exhibition. The boat was named the
Golden Gate. and with supply of pro-
visions, mostly canned meats, and three
tanks of fresh water, they hoped to
reach Melbourne without making any
stons, excepting in the Straits of Ma
gellan.
watches, and they succeeded very well
in their voyage, having moderate
weather, until they reached the Cape
de Verde islands, fifty-eight days from
Boston, when. feeling tired and partially
exhausted, they put Into St. 1ago, where
they remained twelve days to recruit
their health and replenish their supply
of provisions. They sailed from St.
Iago September II, and soon atterward
encountered stormy weather. which con-
tinually increased in violence. The
floods of water which came into their
boat damaged large portion of the pro-
| -, - x-hsnh than pnn1npllQ6 IN
throw. overheard. They worked for sew
eral days without relief, and then, rs
their provisions were fast becoming
short, they eagerly scanned the horizon
for some friendly craft.
With disappointed hopes they con-
tinued on until they had gone nearly Us
far south as Cape Colony, and close to
the west coast of Africa, when their
canned provisions being entirely gone
they determined to make for the island
of St. Helena. For twenty-five days
they subsisted on cocoa, and then find
ing that the adverse weather would pre-
vent them from reaching St. Helen a
they concluded to make for the Goa OF
Brazil. The two adventures bythis,
time were completely disheartened and
nearly prostrated with exhaustion. As
they were about to give up all hope
they sighted land, and their boat was
run ashore in few hours afterward at
Tore, about eighty miles north of
Bahia, Brazil.
They then secured passage for them
selves and their boat to Bahia on a
schooner, and left that port on the City
of Para. The two men thought they
had had a tough experience, but be-
lieved they would come out all right.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
A Sad Story Of the War.

In the midst of the great events of
the war, such incidents as the following
were comparatively unnoticed, and left
to be long afterward related in print:
Miss Annie Pickens. daughter of the
governor of South Carolina, was to be
married on April %, 1863, in Charleston,
to Lieutenant Andrew De Rochelle.
The wedding party was assembled in
the Pickens residence, and the clergy
man was asking the bride if she was
ready, when shell from Union gun
in the harbor broke into the room and
burst Nine persons were hurt, but
only Miss Pickens' wound proved NOR
tai She bore the pain with wonderful
fortitude. and was unmoved when in
formed that she had only an hour or
two to live. De Rochelle said that he
would like to have her die his wife, and
the poor girl smiled sadly in assent.
The guests remember the scene as far
more pitiful than they can describe.
The bride lay on a sofa, her white dress
dabbled in blood and her hair dis
heveled, while her pallid face was SO
wrung with agony that her efforts to
smile became futile. The ceremony was
hurriedly performed, though the brides
Yes was in a faint, labored whisper,
ard her lips hardly moved in response
to her husbands kiss. She died imme-
diately afterward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
FOB THE FAIR SEX.
Heels and Eyes.

Speaking of the torturing high heels
set in the middle of their feet" which
young ladies wear, a Boston CORES
pondent writes: By the way, now | am
on the subject of these wicked heels, l
want to tell o story that ought to scare
every one of these pretty little sinners
out of her insane fancy. The story was
told to me by one of these girls who had
a foot small enough not to be tempted
into the French heel folly. One of her
companions, however, not 80 wise, went
one day to an oculist with trouble
with her eyes that threatened all man
ner OF frightlul results. She was already
in state where reading was out OF the
question, and other entertainment was
fast becoming q torment. II can walk
and ride and drive and do anything
with my strength; if it wasn't that my
eyes are in such condition I could en-
joy 80 much, and now l can enjoy moth
ing" was her woeful complaint. The
oculist looked at her with his profess
sional wisdom, asked her various ques-
tions, and then suddenly amazed her by
asking her to put out her foot. This
sounded like the most extraordinary re-
quest. Had the good doctor lost his
wits9 and. thinking something of this
kind. the foot in the smart kid boot with
the wicked tall little heel the young lady
was so proud of, was thrust forth. The
doctor eyed it a moment with a s.olid
face, then-"Go home." he said. land
take off those heels-keep them off for a
and then come to ME again, and
we'll see how the eyes are!" In q month
the eyes were well, and the young lady
learned by her experience and a little
wise talk how near she had come to
having no eyes at all. It may not fol-
low that all young women equally de-
voted to wicked heels will be affected in
a like manner, but it serves to show
that there is the possibility, and always
the certainty, that with that instrum ent
of torture constantly at work in the Gen.
ter of the foot, where all those delicate
nerves and tendons lie that are 80 inti-
mately connected with all the other
delicate nerves of the body, there must
presently come some disarrangement
and disease that may work fatal mis-
chief with the health, and consequently
with the enjoyment and good looks, of
the wearer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
The Greatest Tunnel in the World.

The practical completion of the Mount
St. Gothard tunnel under the Alps
makes the following account appropri-
ate and timely: In 1870 Italy, Ger
many and Switzerland signed a conven-
tion guaranteeing $l7,0O0,000 to the
Gothard railroad and tunnel. Italy
giving $9,OO0,000, Germany $4,00O,OoO
and Switzerland $4,000,0O0 The origi-
nal estimates of S37. 400, 900 proved under
the mark, and it was found that $751;
800, 900 would be required insread. Ger
many added $4,000, 900 to her subsidy,
Italy $2, ,0OO, 600 and Switzerland 81, $780,
600. The work was begun in the au-
tumn of 1872. The tunnel begins at
Goeschenen, in defile where the river
Reuss dashes beneath the famous Devils
bridge, and ends at Airelo, where it
overlooks the pleasant pastoral valley OF
the Ticino. It's length is nine and a
third miles-4s, ,936 feet, to be exact; it
is nineteen and one. half feet high and
twenty-six feet in maximum width.
Twenty-six hundred men have been
employed-Italiaps with few excep-
tions. The rock, which has varied
from hard granite gneiss on the Swiss
side, to gray ell. sand and pebbles on the
Italian, has been operated upon in a
similar way to that followed in the Gents
tunnel, dynamite being used in blasting
operations. Owing to the greater homo
geneity and the absence of water, more
rapid progress has been m ade in tun-
neling through the harder rocks than
in dealing with the softer material
when the excessive infiltration of water
necessitated special drainage arrange
ments, besides retarding more or less all
branches of the work. Thus, in piercing
a bed of schist, water was discharged
in torrents, and often the work had to
be carried on under liquid jets descend.
ing with the force of those from fire.
engine pump.
The St. Gothard tunnel is only one
section of a railroad running from Lake
Luzerne, in Switzerland, to Lake Mag
glore, in Italy. Besides the big tunnel,
there are twleve others. the shortest OF
which, Warren, is l, '"c yards long,
while the longest, the Olb re-, reaches
2,O27, yards. The total len 9Th of these
twelve tunnels is very nearly ten miles
-l5,57S meters. Then there are five
tunnels between 220 and $50. and twenty
five between ITO and 22O yards, making
in all fifty-two subsidiary tunnels of an
aggregate length of sixteen miles. Be-
tween Immensee and Goeschenen there
will be thirty-three tunnels, between
Airlo and Giubiasco seventeen
The line will be carried over
sixty-four bridges and viaducts, the
longest of which, that of Cadennazo, in
Tessin, will consist of five arches each
having span of fifty-fve yards. The
total length of the Gothard line will be
ISL miles. seventeen per cent. of it being
tunnels ana one per cent. bridges and
viaducts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
Properties Of the Hemp Plant.

1t is known to many, though not per
haps q matter of general knowledge,
that the hemp plant supplies Asiatic
natives with cheap intoxicating stim-
ulant. Mohammedans, Hindoos, Sikhs,
and others whose religion forbids them
the use of alcohol, find in this plant o
substitute so perfect as to reconcile them
to keeping the letter of their law; not
caring much in this or any other respect
for the spirit thereof.
Hemp has nothing pleasant in it's taste,
and therein it lies at a disadvantage
with many forms of alcohol; and when
mixed with tobacco and smoked in the
hookah, it has an exceedingly unpleas-
ant smell, that clings for some time to
buildings. Its effects are very different
from those of alcohol, acting powerfully
on certain parts of the constitution when
taken in excess, but being less generally
injurious, though in extreme cases it
produces temporary madness.
It mNy also be takei. in dccoction, or
in solid form is put into sweetmeats.
In ordinary doses it is merely gentle
and pleasant stimulant, and excites none
of the brutal coarseness produced by
alcoholic excess, though quarreling
sometimes results from over indulgence.
Probably there is nothing 80 powerful
as hemp for annihilating fear.
1t is very generally taken by the
sepoy of India before entering into
action, and Mohammedan fanatics brave
death under its influence. This latter
excitement has been common in Afghan
istan lately. Afghans believing that
paradise awaits them if killed while
fighting the infidel, have deliberately
intoxicated themselves with this drug
and ru' he'd into British camps-to which
the country people were allowed en-
trance for tha purpose of selling pro-
visions-cutting down all who came in
their way till they were themselves
killed, or taken alive to be tried by
drum-head court-martial. In English
petty wars with the hill tribes in that
region, determined rushes have often
been made by small bodies of men SINH
larly deadened to fear by the free use of
hemp.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
Answer Him Softly.

Answer him softly. You cannot know,
In the depths belo y,
How sharp was the struggle, the light 10
made,
Ere the price he paid.
And yield ed his soul to the tsmpters power
In hassy hour.
Answer him softly; for it may be-
Like the sturdy tree,
Which tested in many storm its strength
10 be rent at length
BE struggled full oft, and resistea wei.
Though at last he fell.
Answer him softly, lest you be tried
On your weaker side,
And fail, as before you so many have dono,
Who in thought had won;
Fail, too, ere temptation had ,pent Its ioree
In its subtle course.
Answer him softly; for none can tell.
When the storm-clouds swell,
Whose bark shall weather the tempest, or
whose
Its venture shall lose.
Speak gently; the weakest may stand inc
gale,
Tho stoutest may fall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
The Reporting and Typc.Setting OF tne
Future.

In the London Emesnewspaper once,
one of Edison's loud-speaking tel pho1n;eS p1;
is to he used. The reporter ~ pr, pShaa- No.,
ment; in place OF going with ms snGrt- I;r-
hand notes to the office, ana reading
them them to oI the copyists, reads them before
travel, while at the other ED OF the la,i l,ne
in the office the copyIIst h:ars ~ ~ WI Wi,
hi him. A. Now we expect that il will come me
close eI s'S to the oper*t"r of type.sssttin;s
machine, so that he caa hear ". Wfst sa1s Is
spoken, and by manipulating MS SS Tbo
board it is at once setup in type. Inc
Speaking may be looor 1000 miles "a aws;y; wy;
W way a. nj night It spsceb3 adc in Congress in
Washington wS be s"s up in tnsy type n'e IN
snoIen. and /lrinrrd within the same.
hour. Wcfisk tn" uroohery that it will
be so,-ITlcticnl Amerirn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24
Remembered and Forgotten.

What shall we remember;
What shall we forget!
Seems the vexing question,
Over which men fret,
TIL the shining angel,
Charity by name,
Points to her white record,
Known to earthly fame.
What shall we remember?
Every kindly thought;
Every well.tought battle;
Every good thing wrought;
Every thoughtful saying;
Every honest deed,
Done by friends and neighhors
For each others need.
What shall we remember
Nothing that will harm;
Nothing that will scatter
Trouble and alarm;
Nothing that will foster
Hatred in the heart;
Nothing that will make us
Act the vengetul part.
What shall be forgotten!
Everything that mars;
Ever. thing that brings up
Old forgotten scars;
Everything that rankles;
Everything that stings-
Making room tor treasures
And all beauteous things.
What shall be forgotten
As We pass along?
Every jealous feeling;
Every grudge and wrong.
If we close our journey
With our faults forgiven,
What shall be ,torgotton :
Everything but heaven.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24

Tt is now about five hundred years,
according to the best information OBJ
tainable on the subject, since the first
clock was invented and put into opera.
tion; and for more than two hundred
wears their manufacture WAS carried on
onR upon 60 limited Il scale that kings
and mobiles alone ceuld purchase them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-24

There are in the United States 727
paper-mills, making 1900 tons day of
all kinds of paper, but the writing
paper used is not 200 tons daily.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-07

THE Waco Telephone says,
it is a pity the unfortionate Tan
ner, after starving-with a bonan-
"a in view, of course-for forty
long weary days and nights,
can't manage TO gather togeth-
er a sufficient number of inter-
ested individuals to hear him
relate his trying experiences.
At Hartford, Conn, a few nights
ago, his agent sold only three
tickets for his lecture, which
had been announced, but the
doctor concluded that the aud
fence was too exasperatingly
select, and so he failed to ap-
pear. The love of good eat
ing, and plenty of it, is too
dedply rooted in the system of
this country for starvation lee
lures to become either popular
or profitable.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-07

ACCORDING to the Dallas
Times John H. Reagan told N.
A. Taylor that he had met near
Iy all the big guns of the green
hackers. but that Wash Jones
had more brains than the whole
party combined, whereupon
the Times exclaims; Surely,
ali, surely judge Reagan is not
acquainted with Mr.. Kearby,
colonel Payne and Clark, of
Hutehins." We suppose that
these parties are Columbiads Of
the grcenback party in north
Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-07

PROF. RILEY reports having
reached stage in the manage
ment of the cotton worm where
there is no excuse for loss by
its ravages, and with the result
Of this years work he has meas
urabiy accomplished the task OF
securing a thorough and ac-
curate knowledge If the habits
of different insects affecting -"e
cotton plant and how to con-
troll them. He says the cater
pillar and boil worm will soon
cease to be the cause of ankle
ty to intelligent and enterpris-
ing planters.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-07

An Indiana special to the
News says that governor Hub
bard, of this state. has about
completed a remarkably sue
cessful canvass in Indiana, of
nearly a months duration. He
IS the only democratic canvass
or from the states south of
Kentucky and Missouri. 1t is
estimated at headquarters that
Indiana will go democratic by
5000 majority or more.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-07

VICTORIA appears to be one
of the most willy Of the Indian
chiefs. A few days ago he was
to have been surrounded by
the Mexican, Arizona and Tex
as troops, amounting in all to
5000. Victoria's band slipped
out from the circle of troops
closing in and before Buell.
knew it they had gone. One
part going into the Candelera
mountains, two hundred miles
from Guiseman. Buell. is in
pursuit.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-10-07

A PARTY OF wagoners in camp
at Cimmeron, Col, were visited
by a number of Utes, who de-
manded supper. On being re-
fused one of the Indians at
tempted to shoot, whercupon a
wagner fired and killed an In
dian. The wagoners were ar
rested by squad of soldiers
from the agency and while on
their way back they were sur
rounded by Indians who took
the prisoner from them. 1t is
supposed that he was murder
ed.