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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

According to Mr.. A. Renvnard the
water in which hemp has been stepped
produces no evil effects on the health
Of a district when such wateris allowed
to flow into running water, but always
destroys the fish and some varieties of
vegetable growth.
Two eggs of the extinct great aux
were recently sold ~ "uction in Edin-
burg, both being purchased by Lord
Lillord-one at e100 the other at 102
guineas-probably the largest sum vel
paid for O single egg, with the exception
of that of the moa, q single specimen OF
which was sold at the same place in
1865 for G200.
MI. Alexander Adams, of the English
postal telegraph staff, announces that
he has discovered well-marked electric
tides in the telegraph circuits. He
finds, that is, distinct and systematic
variations of strength in the earth cur
rent, which are invariably present on
telegraph lines; and these variations
follow the position of the moon with
respect to the earth.
Charcoal will absorb, of some gases,
from eighty to ninety times its own
bulk. AS every point of its surface is q
point of attraction, 1t is supposed to &C
count for the enormous accumulation
of gases in the spaces of the charcoal.
But this accounts for it only in part.
There must be some peculiar power in
charcoal to change in some way the
condition of a gas of which it absorbs
ninety times it's WI bulk.
Cyclones extend over a circle from
100 to 500 miles in diameter, and some
times 1000 miles. In the West Indies
they are sometimes as small as 100
miles in diameter, but on reaching the
Atlantic they dilate to 600 or 1000
miles. Sometimes, on the contrary,
they contract in their progress, and
while contracting they augment fear
fully in. violence. The violence OF the
wind increases from the margin to the
center, where the atmosphere is fire.
quently quite calm.
Speaking of the formation Of noun
tains Professor Favre, CT Geneva, has
said that the three systems which &C.
count for the origin OF mountains do
not differ greatly from each other.
Those who admit the system of eleva-
tions as the principal III would
probably admit the formation of de-
preston as q secondary cause. while
those who give depressions the first
place would also admit elevation as o
secondary factor. Lastly, in the system
of lateral crushing there is a general
depression of the earth, since there is
a diminution in the length o the radins
of the globe. and yet there result ele-
vatitn MS Of the ground in the midst of
this general depression.
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S%nOWballing n Fire.

In some "reminiscences of Montreal,
given in the Star of that city, we find
the following: One morning in January,
1926, after a heavy fall of damp snow
the day before, a fire broke out in a
large wooden warehouse at Point a Cal
liere, occupied by d. ". Eager, in
which were stored 600 barrels Of pork
and several hundred barrels of flour. 1t
evidently caught near the top, for in a
few minutes the roof Of the building,
which was of great length, was almost
wreathed in smoke and flames, while
the walls remained intact. A large
crowd of men and boys rapidly col
lected until nearly 500 were present, but
the engine for some reason not arriving,
and the river, the only source Of water
supply, being covered with thick ice,
and above all the crowd being without
a leader and utterly confused, nothing
of importance was done to stop the fire,
and the building seemed doomed to
complete destruction. Just as this idea
had settled into a conviction in the
minds of those present, Henry Corse
came rushing over to the scene from his
factory, shouting at the top of his voice:
What are you thinking of,
men? Why don't you SNOWFALL
that fire out" and suiting the
action to the word he caught up a
handful of the damp snow and flung it
upward. The crowd caught the idea on
the instant, as all they wanted was a
leader, and, making a solid rush for
ward, they caught up the snow at their
feet, and a moment later a thousand
snowballs We're mounting freward and
falling with a hiss on the blazing tim
beers. Never was such s. sight seen be-
fore 4; the immense crowd surrounded
and stormed the tire-fiend with q will,
cheering and shouting in their excite
ment; the snow-missiles few upward
thicker than hail falls in December;
the great snow fight Of Napoleon and
his fellows at Brienne school was moth
ing in comparison to it. Almost after
the first half-dozen volleys the fire
seemed to pause as if astonished at the
novel mode of attack; before it could
recover another and another storm OF
balls fell upon it until beaten and but
tered down at one point and flaming
out at another, assailed by a moving
wall of icy missiles wherever it burst
ont with renewed violence, in an hours
time it was completely baflled and under
control, and in another hour entirely
subdued. The only loss to the build
ing was its roof, badly burned, while
the stores of pork and -four inside were
comparatively unchanged. The crowd
dispersed in the highest good spirits,
and the affair was talked of and laughed
over for many q day afterward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-06-29

None of us are perfect, and w have
no right therefore to expect perfection
in others. So if you cannot speak we'll
of your neighbors, do not speak of them
at all. A cross neighbor may be made
a kind one by kind treatment. The
way to be happy is to make others hap
Ply. TO do good is a luxury. If you
are not wiser and better at the end of
the day, that day is lost. Practice kind
ness, even if it be but to speak one
word. Do not seem to be what you are
not. Learn to control your temper and
your words. Say nothing behind ones
back that you would not say to his
face. This habit of %reticence, beside
being a kindly one, is safe. Many a
bitter harvest has been reaped from
thoughtless words of censure.
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\ W0man'S Parody.
Who DULLES us and calls us names,
Makes life a burden with his games

Who DULLES lis and calls us names,
Makes life a burden with his games
Oar brother!
Who takes lis home from singing-school,
And swcetly spoons and plays the fool
Our cousin
Who hold orr hands in his and knccis
Until we heed his mad appeals?
Oar lover
Who pays his bills and undcrgocs
The discipline that Caudle knows?
Our husband
Who give us spinstrrs good advice,
Aud take lis ont and are so II &c?
Our bachelors
Who, all in all. are none too good
For human natures daily food?
The men, God bless them
-San Francisco Ne,rS-L,.tei.
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FACTS y

The London Times, referring to the
extraordinary precautions taken to pro-
vide for Queen Nictoria's safety during
her i~ourncyings from palace to palace,
thinks this must mean either that the
Government have received information
that the sovereign is threatened, or that
the recent catastrophe in st. Petersburg
has produced an impression in her
Majcsty's mind that all crowned heads
are in danger.
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Wasn't Her Fault.

A Brooklyn father rebuked his ugly
daughter for being rather forward. He
said
"You ought to be ashamed to be
always running after young men,"
"lt is not my fault" she responded.
"Whosc fault is it,"
cit is their fault. If they wo Id
stand still I would not have to run a er
them."- Wal Street Gazette.
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A very handsome dining-room car has
Just been completed at Wilmington for
the Charleston, Savannah and Florida
Express line. This is a new feature in
Southern railroading, but marks a STEP
in the right direction.
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a Dakota herder was paid $4,000.
The fact was we'll known in the neigh
borhood, which was infested with
thieves, and he had good reason to ex,
pect that an attempt would be made
that night to rob him. He was not dis
appointed, for six separate gangs came
to the house +; but they were greatly
disappointed, for or approaching each
party received a bullet. Six thieves
we're wounded and the money was I'M
touched.
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The largest casting eve attempted in
thiscountry was successfully made at the
Morgan Iron Works, New York. 1t vas
a steam cylinder for an iron vessel now
being built by John Roach, for the Old
Colony Steamboat Company, and the
casting was done under Mr.. 7Roach's
personal supervision.
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Frank Bush and his wife, of Clarion,
O., agreed at their marriage that if any
quarrel ever arose between them it
should be left to the decision of three
referees. Mrs. Bush lately visited hcl
mother and refused to return home.
The case was fully presented to the
referees, who decided that the wife was
wrong and must 60 back to her husband.
They also voted to censure the mother
in-laW.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-06-29
BY HUGH WILSON AND H. I. WARDLAW.

treasure. I will be off to the squire,
and let him know l have altered M
mind about accepting the stewards
office. Ned Gloverw will be glad to have
it, so | shall he doing no harm. So
goodbye, Katy Langley" he cried, as he
waved his hand toward the homestead.
"May you he happy with your new
found lover"
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Utah is just now the chosen field for
considerable Christian missionary work.
There are forty-four Presbyterian mis-
sionaries in the Territory, maintained at
an annual cost Of $780, the Congre-
ga~tionalists are spending $4,000 in new
school.houses and churches, the Metho-
dists have twenty missionaries on the
ground, and other denominations are
represented. These tremendous on
slaughts have melted the Mormons to
renewed zeal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-06-29

A New York man has discovered an
';invisible soap" 1t is the same article
that small boys have used in their morn.
ing additions from the most remote
period.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-06-29

James d. Rhymus was a patient in a
private mad-house. Mrs. Bigelow, wife
of the physician in charge, took a deep
interest in his case. She believed that
insanity conld best he cured by moral
suasion and generally mild treatment,
and she chose Rhymus as a subject on
whom to test her system. He steadily
improved, until at last sanity was re-
established. In the meantime Mrs.
Bigelow became q widow. She soon
afterward married Rhymus, and he be
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Mann Lord, q resident of Friendship,
n. Y, is a man who has undergone
more suffering than is usually allotted
to man. For several years past Mr..
Lord has been a victim of rheumatism,
and he has fingered along on the banks
of death with one foot in the grave for
a long time. For about three years he
has been blind, deaf and speechless.
Before he became speechless he used to
moan and plead for death to relieve
him from his agony. Heis so deformed
that the only position which he now
rests in, or in fact survives, is a sitting
one, with his head between his knees,
nearly meeting his feet. It is strange
that some people have to endure so
much suffering, while young men are
often cut down and taken from us in
their best and apparently healthiest
days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-06-29

Twelve years ago Gen. Beauregard in
vented the cable street railroad.
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An extensive and novel form Of land
Icrdism has been established in Iowa.
Mr.. Close, representing some English
capitalists, bought 10000 acres of land,
divided it into farms of 100 acres each,
brought tenants from England and now
has it all under tillage. "Our SYSTEM"
Mr.. Close says, sis not to hold virgin
land on the chance OF a rise in value,
but, by building houses and blowing
the sod, to improve the property we buy
and make it productive of income,
wherein we conceive lies the distinction
between legitimate business and specu-
lation in land. Each 100 acres is let,
as a rule, to one tenant, who provides
labor and machinery, paving us rent for
wheat lands in kind, On the half-share
system, and for Indian corn lands a
about 81 per acre. The tenants OWL
LABOR, with one assistant, usually a son.
is enough, except at harvest-timc, tc
cultivate 100 acres, if divided between
wheat and Indian corn. Thus our
laborers arc directly interested in the
Weld, and we think we combine the
economy of large buildings with the
efficiency and Droductiveness of small.
In 1880 and for 1881 We could have let
our farms twice over. Every forty
farms or thereahouts are placed under
the superintendent of q steward, who
is controlled directly by ourselves"
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"katy, child, what is this T hear?
Giles, the plowman, has just brought
the news that Harry Amory has thrown
up his new situation and is gone to Lon
don. l wonder if the lad is mad? But
what is the matter with the lass? Here,
Martha, hurry! Why, the child has
tainted ~
Katy had not tainted; she was keenly
alive to her sorrow. So Harry had
taken her hasty words in earnest, and
was gone-forever, perhaps! Should
she never see him again?
Taking the weeping girl in his arms,
her fond father soon learned the par
t~iculars Of the lovers quarrel. He saw
his child was to blame, but could not
understand Harry's not attempting to
see her again. He did not know of his
meeting with Frank Churchill, and the
wrong impression that had been made
on him.
Poor Katy! She was indeed severely
punished for her petulance.
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A Detroit Mich doctor, who has vac
cinated rel 500 persons, reports many
odd experiences with subjects under
the lancet. Not more than two men
out Of ten have it done in a straightfor-
ward way. They hesitate, make in
q%uiries, and postpone it a few days.
One insisted upon being strapped fast
to his chair while the operation was
performed. Another wanted to take
chloroform. A negro was one day seen
to walk past the office several times,
and the doctor finally stepped to the
door and asked him if he wanted to be
va~ccinated. "Deed, sab, dat's what I
cum for" he replied, "but de Very
minnit I turned dat corne de blamed
thing quit aching" AS a rule the men,
when they feel the lancet, cry "Woosh!"
or Thunder" The ONE cry
couch |" generally, but now and then
one screams ooh, Lordy!" Children
have to be tiattered, coaXed or scared
into submission.
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That the Russian peasantry are not
wholly unreasonable in their present
wish for agrarian reform, n example
out Of many will suffice to show. A
peasant in one of the eastern provinces,
whose crops had failed, having with diff
fculty maintained his household dur
ing tue winter, found himself absolutely
without in the spring. After
vainly asking help from his neighbors,
he at length applied to a wealthy money
lender who had more than once protited
by his distress, and offered to work for
him during the whole summer as a COM
nor laborer. The other named a sum
so far below even the meager market
rate of twenty cents a day, that the peas
ant saw at once that it would barely
suffice to keep his wife and children
from starvation, leaving absolutely
nothing for himself. "Have pity upon
me, your honor" he pleaded; II must
starve if you won't give me more than
that" "Starve, then, and be cursed
to vou," retorted the heartless Insurer;
"it's no affair of NINE" Driven to des-
pelation, the poor fellow sat down at
his hard-hcarted employers door and
cut his own throat.
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Details Of the fate of that portion Of
the Flatters expedition which remained
in the Sahara under the command Of
Sergeant Pobequin present a scene of
unsurpassed horror. The natives hav-
ing stolen all the camels which borct the
water, the tw%enty-nine men made their
way afoot to the caravan route in hope
of meeting with succcr But no caravan
came in sight. Without either food or
drink the men endured unspeakable
agonies for a time, but were at last
driven to the fearful reso,t of cannibal-
ism. Fifteen men were devoured in
turn, PobeQuin being the fifteenth.
Then help came. A arava arrived,
and provided the half-insane survivors
with a small supply of food and water,
but only in return for money. When
at last they were rescued by the Me-
harris from Uargla, only twelve of them
remained alive, and their minds and
bodies were almost fatally wrecked by
the hardships they had undergone.
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Herr Heinrich Waldner, we'll known
as the author of an exhaustive volume
on the ferns of Central Europe, has
made an interesting contribution to the
literature of sun spots in their relation
to good and bad vintages. He has con-
structed a series Of tables showing that
the minimum of the sun spots CORE
spends with the good years, the maxi
mum of the sun spots with the wet and
bad years, when great foundations and
hailstorms have occurred. Thus the
years 1910, 1928, 1884, 1914, 1856, 1867
and 1876, in which the SUI was almost
entirely clear from spots, concur ex-
actly or nearly with those years of this
century which have been most famous
as the good wine years, namely, 1911,
1922, 1884, 1916, 1857, 1868 and 1875.
Herr Waldner calculates that the next
exceptionally good year will be 1887 or
1883. The wine growers Of Switzerland
have afforded an opportunity for doc
tors to disagree by inviting Professor
Rudolf Wolf, director Of the Zurich
observatory, to give his opinion of
Herr Waldner's theory and prediction.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY. APRIL 1s, 1881.

lent activity, and the result is such an ebull,
ton OF wit as would instantly kill poor Joe
Miller with envy we're he still alive. But hap
pity Joe Miller is dead, As all great wits are
shortlived, wherefore also we live In hourly
expectation OF an invitation to attend the fun
eral of a member of the Reputation, editorial
staff But N Joe Miller's book is immortal,
so this bright conceit-that as the Red Ribbon.
ers make no opposition te the use of liquor as
IA medicine, so the editor Cf this journal can
use it freely as astimulant, tonic or prophylac.
tic without endangering his good standing in
thut communicable live forever rs one Of
the worlds great Jokes, like the pons os',orum
of the mathematicians, immortal in It's solemn
nonderOsitY.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

The New York Erening Post, one OF lie
oldes, and ablest republican journals In the
country, don't take kindly to the republican
Malone alliance. about which it has this to
senators have made the most of the curious a..
lance between the party Of honest finance and
an eminent repudistor, but the republican
senators make great mistake If they suppose
the criticism of the coalition Is confined 10
democrats. Republicans throughout the coun-
try, who care very little about the distribution
of senate patronage, are saying much about
coalition and thinking more. although people
who read nothing but the Tribune Ugh, never
suspect the truth"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

senator Dawes, of Mass put his foot INTO
At" when, week or two ago, IN one Of his bit.
seE bloody shirt speeches in the u s. Senate,
nc told The story of grey headed man who
gent f'Om MASSACHUSETTS to Mississippi and la
bored to civilize the people Of that state by
building cotton factories among them, but
~ho had his factories burned. his EMPLOYEES
murdered and bis enterprise thwartcd at every
step" 50 that IN the end he retdrned 10 Massa.
chuseus broken, ruined man Both the
Mississippi senators promptly protested THAT
ihey had never heard Of any such occurrence
= that state and vehemently begged Mr..
Dases 10 give the mans name, place where
ne built his factories, time when, &c. But
though hardly a day has passed since Dawes
made his remarkable statement that one or
the other Of tho southern senators has not
pressed him to give him the name of tina, re-
narkable grey-h headed man. Mr.. Dawes vouch.
ssfes no response and only gets madden every
time he Is hec,ored on the subject.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-16

While strikes are frequently without ade-
auste cause and result IN much useless suffer
ing, there are cases In which they are unavoid-
able to secure justice. Such was unquestiona-
bly, the strike Of the conductors and drivers OF
the West Side Horse Railway in Chicago q
week ago The company paid these men at
the rate of 81 IS per day of Is hours continu-
Gus work, charging them for every trip they
lost not excepting unavoidable detenuons by
the snow storms of the past winter The strike
lasted about two days, the west side people,
who understood the situation, meantime cheer
fully walking or accepting any other kind OF
locomot,on to encourage the strikers. The
company found itself thoroughly corDered and
grudgingly came down, agreeing to an adj
vance of 20 per cent on the wages previously
paid. While this satisfied the conductors and
drivers, however. 1t appears the great public
were not quite satisfied and insugurated anoth
or strike. They demand that the company col
lect no !ars from passengers whom they can
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iecree is made, shall require the complainant

decree is made shall require the complainant
10 produce evidence to sustain the allegation,
of his bill also bill to give contiguous terri
tory the right To be Incorporated with town
ship insurance companies.
In the house, on the same day, Mr. Line
CARS bill against railroad pooling was lost for
lack of four votes Of constitutional MAORI
ty, IL members being absent. The bill to pun.
ish food adulleration was passed. So also n
blll authorizing highway commissioners to
levy tax of 30 cts on the 800 to build grav.
cl roads; bill 10 permit persons 10 testify In
their own behalf who may be sued for causing
the death of another through his wrongful act
and u bill spprcprinting $1,000 to deepen n
supposed canal At Spring Lake, wherever that
may be-