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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23

We doubt If our people have been :" we'll of
in II score of years aa they are to-day.-(um
den Journal,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23
FOLLOWING 4 PHANTOM.

General StOlhrand Is a man of about fifty
years Of age, but has the appearance OF being
older. He ak freely, and his courteous and
polite manner indicate that he has seen bet.
Ter days. His general bearing would I'M
press one with the belief that he is neither n
natural horn politician nor Il man suitable 10
represent Ills in Congress. but we were glad
to notice In him the Absence OF any .ex.
hibitiou OF that ill-fecling or hatred 10 the
white people OF the State. so common with
Republicans. As candidate for Congress he
Is Of course following a phantom. and is
spending money when could DC Otherwise
more pioiltlbly invested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23
The Navassa Phosphate

This Crude Phosphate the basis Of our Fertit.
izers) Is obtained from Navassa Island. in the
West Indies, and Is used by us in preterrnceto
all Others because 1t contains IL larger percent
aye OF PhoSphoric Acid than ahy other Phos-
Ground Bones. 1t averngcS. when dried and
ground, ~ per cent. OF Bone Phosphate Of
Line, which is from 10 to 70 per cent. richer
thar any other Phosphate generally used, and
our Fertilizers exhibit so large q percentage Of
Bone Phosphate Of Lime. and Is one reason
why the NavaSsa Fertilizers excel so many
others in the permanent benefits they confer
upon the soils upon which they have been
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23

For years the juries OF Abbcvillc have been
exceedingly lenient towards peasnn> charged
with crimes against the person, and we are
now reaping the evils Of that Sickly scntimcn.
tally which shrinkS from meeting out q just
punishment for crime. Is there not q limit
beyond which the forbcarance OF our people
will not go: Is there not Il time when they
will assert that crime shall stop:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23
WOULD GOD TmRRE WE'RE ONLY ONE JEpTHAH's
DAUGHTER,

Again. there are many parents who are sacrificing
their children with wrong systems Of discipline-t"o
great risor or too great leniency. TlIrr. are children
in families who rule the household. They come TO be
authority The hi-h chair in which the infant sits Il
the throne, and The rattle j. the scrptrr. and the Other
children make mp the parliament. where father and
mother have ~ 20 Vote. Such children come up tn De-
miscrrants. There Is no chance In THIS world for q
child that ha. never learned 10 mihl. Such people be-
come the nnth"rail"n ui he church Of God and The pest
Of rh- wcrl,l. {: iiGrrn that d" not lrnri. t""try human
authority are unwilling to learn 20 "b. y divine al. :lur.
itr. Children Will NOT r, sIrct Iarrnt, whose autii"ri y
they do not r.-irect. Whoa ar" lhrs' !UnnG men that
<wac:rr thr"rlI the streets with their thumbs IN their
vests. talking about their father rs the cid maj" the
governor" the squire" the old chap" ~ their mo her
old w":nlm - They are those " ho 1T childhood
never i".Inrd t" respect authority. Eli.havirg heard
that his sons wrr. Wicked. fell over back ward AID
broke his II, OK and dir'i. Well h- might.
WHAT IS LIFE 10 a FATHER WHOSE SONS ARE ne
RArCuED:
The dust Of the va!icy is pleasant to his taste. and the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23
NAVASSA ACID PHOSPHATE.

CONTAINING q large percentage OF Bone
" Phosphate Of Lime than most other sim.
liar preparations. Excellent for composing
with Cotton Seed, Stable Manure anu other
Vegetable Matter.
The above w~ell-known Fertilizers are COM
posed OF the most valuable materials known
to Agricultural Chemistry, nre thoroughly
prepared and rendered Soluble and contain
enough Ammonia and Alkaline Salts to make
them active Stimulants to all growing crops,
and enough Bone Phosphate Of Line. not on
~ for a season, but to render q permanent
benefit to any lands to which they may be APP
Ilial
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23

Made u POST mortem examination on the
dead body OF Caroline FHrrow with DR.. u.
sloan henson. Found Il gun shot wound in
the left hip W AMI Il half to three inches In
diameter. The shot passed through the hip
bone. entered the cavity of the pelriS, md
lodged in the pelvis. Did not cut any of the
bnue!s nor the pelvic riscera. Found the
shot in the hollow of the stcrum, small bird
nal hcmorrha-c had taken place from. the CT
feet OF the wound and rupturing blood YES.
;cI sufficient to produce death. l consider that
she died from the effects of the gun shot
wound. | suppose from the small shot taken
out the wound. that 1t must have been iutiict.
ed by means of Il SllOt gun.
J. W. W. NJ MARSHALL, NJ. D.
DR.. u. Sloan Eenson, sworn, said:
made the post mortem examination. In
company with Dr. Marshall II c~orroboratc
the above statement in every particular.
ID. SLOAN BENSON. VI. D.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23
You ARK MAKING A SACRIFICE OF u CHILD

w huT ~ ~ ~ rVs OF THAN CffLU "
II by the additions to its intelligence you are making
a subtraction from its future. The child will 60 away
from srch mnltrratm. mt with no -xuherance to SIGHT
the battle pf life. such children may get along very
well while you take cara nf them. but when you are
old. or dead. alas! for them, IL through the wrong sys.
TEN Of education which yon adopted they have no
submarines or force "i nature l." take care Of them
selves. BE careful how yon make the child's head
ache, or i,s heart tlnttrr. l hear 3 great deal about
black mems rights, and thinaman's rights and Indian. 5
r'ghts. and wornrn's rights. Womb God that some.
body would Sc to plead for children's rights. The
Carthagen'aEs used t" sacrifice their children by put.
ting them into the arms Of an Idol which thrust forth
its hand II receive them. The child WAS put into the
arnis of the idol. ana n" sooner touched the arms than
IL dropIn into the fire. But IL vas the art Of the
mothers IN keep the children smiling and laughing I'M
til the mutncnt they died. There may BE- \ fascination
tiiarity about the styles of education OF which | ain
speaking, but it is only laughter at the moment, Of sa-
crihce.
WOULD GOD IMERE MERE ONLY ONE IEpTIAu'S
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23

Come ut last, though so long postponed. C'me
ut last | cong atula,e oil those who are toiling 'nr the
ou,caSt and the wandering. YOnr work will sn"n he
over, but the influence you are sitting In motion Will
never stop. Lang after you have been crrnrred Tor
The SIZES. your prayers your teaching. and Christian,
bright Inhabitants. which would you rather. see. which
scene would you rather mingle In. in The last great day
being able to say, /" | added honse, and land to land
and mandatory: | owned half the city. whatever my
eve saw | bad, whatever l wanted | got" or on that
day to have Christ look yen fill the face and say;
. was hungry and ye fed ME, l wassick sndi In puts
on and ye visited me-; inasmuch as ye did It " tic
least of these my brethren. ye did 1t to ne!'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-02-23

| Both General Stolbrand and Captain Eaton
express themselves in the highestterms rs to
the courtesy and ability Of Colonel Eugene b.
Gary. who represents the Hon. d.. W. Aiken.
While he has been very watchful OF his ell
cnt's interests, they have found him 10 be q
| very pleasant gentleman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Little Danger From Electric Currents.

There have been some cases IF death
within the last few years, but th~se have
all been caused by alternating current
machines, which are extremely danger
Gus when of high electro motive force.
The continuous current machines, how
ever, do not give such severe shocks, and
in the opinion of many scientific men,
are not dangerous, though capable of in
flicting considerable pain. However, it
viii be the duty of every electric engin-
eer to take care so to place his leads as
to make it almost impossible for any one
to touch both at the same time, severe
shocks being thus entirely prevented
On the whole, were every house lighted
by electricity and every factory to re-
ceive its power" in that form, the
dangers would be much less than those
which exist now from gas and boilers.
For no bad workmanship or carelessness
can by any possibility cause an explo-
sion to be produced by an electric cur
rent and, in the event of fire taking
place, conducting wires would only heat,
and perhaps fuse, instead of feeding the
flames with combustible and explosive
matter as gas pipes do when fused by
the heat of burning building .-Satur-
dan ReUie1O.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Lazy XpnaiianS-

The saddest thing in Venice is the
absence of newspapers. / have never
yet seen one in the hands of anybody
but traveller. The red-faced Venetian
sits lazily under the half-drawn curtain
that takes the place of door to his shop,
waiting for customers, knowing nothing
OF the world without; the women, bare
looted or in toe slippers shuttle and
gossip about, but no one has a newspa-
per or a book the somber gondolier
quarrels for an extra centesimi from his
passenger, but he never heard of Amer
lea, or of England, and has never read a
word even of his own language. All are
proud of Venice, even though she is
but the dowerless bride of the Adriatic /;
proud that she was once conquered by
Napoleon proud of the church and
square OF st. Marks; proud of the COM
merce she once had; proud of the palace
OF the Doges, with its quaint Moorish
Gothic architecture; proud, for aught
know, Of the Bridge of Signs, 90 a prison
and a palace on each hand, " and of the
horrible machinery of persecution I'M
derneath, running down a hundred steps
into the gloomy earth, where the early
Venice developed all that was devilish
IN man. But Venice is a bankrupt city.
only half fed, pauper of glass gewgaws
and tilagree, slowly returning, through
gloomy grandeur, to the quagmire from
which 1t sprung ". 4. CroBtH.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
POPULAR SCIENCE.
ORDINARY combustible substances may
be set on fire by nitric acid.

ORDINARY combustible substances may
be set on fire by nitric acid.
OUR earth is moving through space
with a velocity of nine miles a second.
THE temperature of the blood depends
on the rapidity with which 1t IS oAldlzeol
CALCULATION serves IN nature the
purpose of stopping wounds. Salt PIE
vents it.
THE edible swallows nest IS made
from a secretion from the glands oil a
kind of swift
DEFECTIVE color vision Is chiefly man
ifested in the inability to see the dltier-
ence between blue and green.
GLUCOSE is. used for manufacturing
table syrups, candies, food for bees, aru-
fetal honey and in brewing.
WHEN warm air Is forced through a
hot mixture of turpentine and water
disinfecting substance IS produced.
In CASES of arsenic poisoning the
phosphorus which exists as phosphorlc
acid in the brain is replaced by arsenic
A SOLUTION of smelling salts in water,
with slight proportion of other saline
matters. contains all the elementary
bodies which enter into the composition
Vi BAOAN lAHFAAAs
Thin disks of very different sub
stances emit sounds when exposed to the
action of a rapidly interrupted beam OF
sunlight, proving sonOrousness to De
property of matter.
GERMAN scientists are making study
of the relative distribution of blondes
and brunettes, in aid of their investlga-
tons Of the origin of the German people
The antenna of insects, besides being
organs of touch, seem to be organs Of
smell Flies, deprived of their antennoe
cease to display interest IN tainted meat.
The arguments of Nautilus IN regard
to the relation between food supply
and increase of population are said to
apply to fish. They increase more
rapidly than their food.
AMMONIA is to be found everywhere
By suspending a piece of glass, and
after a while washing its outer surface
by means of a spray bottle, the pressure
| of ammonia may be ascertalned.
A good climber can ascend only 5000
| feet in nine hours that is, raise his
own weight 1000 feet an hour. The
work done by the heart is equivalent to
raising its own weight 10, $50 feet in the
same time.
| HE archteOpJefYA, tne Itti'u9 4ooplii
reptile-like bird. was about the size of a
pigeon. and had a tail as long as its
body, supported by numerous vertebr@
! pair of feathers corresponding to each
| vertebre.
The following Is useful in removing
ink stains or bleaching wood; Oxalic
acid dissolved in warm water, and APP
piled to the parts stained, viii remoy,
| stain. or bleech wood that Is too dark Il
match any other part.
Two of the old-world reptiles have re
Gently been discovered ut Stuttgart
Simosaurus is the name given them, an,
they form an important link IN the chan
of evolution, being land animals in pro
cess of adaptation TO the water.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Texas Pecnn Crnn-

Heretofore the pecan crop, as n source
of revenue, has attracted but little at
tentiOn. No care whatever has been
taken with the trees; in fact, in many
localities trees fifty to 100 years old hive
been cut down solely to obtain the nuts.
Before the civil war the export from the
port of Indianola alone was reported at
500, 900; now it is estimated that the
amount actually gathered exceeds 81
DOC, 900 IN value. With proper care of
the trees and systematic gathering of the
crop it is believed that $40, 900, 900 could
be realized annually. Millions of bush
els are lost every year by falling on the
ground and rotting or devoured by hogs.
squirrels, turkeys and other animals and
birds. Except in inclosed pastures no
claim Is made by the owners of the land
to the fruitage of the trees. Mexicans
and negroes are the pecan gatherers, and
in some districts white children. Teras
Land and RaitiOdy Journal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Brother Gardners,s Philosophy

"Doan' seek to make angels of yer
selves, quietly began Brother Gardner
as the meeting opened. - In de fust
place dis am no sort o. kentry fur angels,
an in de next place you would be
mighty lonesome. De Iuan or woman
who becomes SO sweet an soft an good
dat dey expect cherry mint to rise up an
tiv dOan take so much comfort as folks
who feel dat it viii be clus shave to
git inter heaven. A leetle wickedncss
pickles n man an makes him keep all de
better When / trade mules wild a man
| prefer dat he should suspect me wild
an intenshun to make an chen S25 by de
operashun. When | deal wild butcher
like to feel dat he viii work in 70 ounces
of bone fur cherry eight ounces OF meat
if l doan' watch him. | like 10 have de
bootmaker tell me dat American cowskiu
am French calf, an l am pleased when
de sto clerk warrants TO cent caliker to
wash like sheet-iron. De man who am
not u leetle wicked has no chance TO feel
sorry; no use for prayer; no need Of
churches. He cannot say To a fellow
man I wronged you-Im sorry
shake
DE man who neber sins makes a
POOR mex doah neighbour. De woman
who keeps feelin' of her shoulders to see
il wings have started makes n poor
mother an a wuss housewife. If You
have neber injured a man am gone to
him an axed his pardon an made up
YOU doan' know what real happiness
am. II YOUR conscience has neber drib-
en- You to prayer you can't feel de good
ness of dc Lawd. Ny advice to you am
To be a lcetle wicked-not 'nufT to make
men fear or hate you, hut Just huff to
keep YOU convinced dat You must help
to support churches an pay clus atten-
shun to what de preachers say or you'll
be left benin when dc purceshun starts. 3"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
The City and the Country.

The Rev. Robert Collyer made the re-
mark on one occasion that during his
twenty years residence in Chicago he
had not known of single man who had
come prominently to the front in any
pursuit who was born and bred in n large
city. All the leading men in every call
ing-judges, lawyers, clergymen, editors,
merchants and so on, had been reared
in the country. away from the follles,
the vices and the enervating influences
that are known to exist in all large towns.
The New York Times takes up the same
subject and says: :
Fashion reduces all young men and
women to the same dull and uninterest
ing level. New York is now an old city.
1t has produced generations of men.
How few of them have ever made their
mark, here or elsewhere 1t cannot be
said that they go into other parts of the
country and there develop the higher
forms of manhood. They are never
heard of except in the aggregated, con-
crete form of "our fellow-citizens.
How much of man Is due to qualities
born in him, and how much to his early
environment, no philosopher has been
able to tell us but 1t Is impossible 10
conceive of a sagaclous intellect like
.hat of Lincoln, or a glorious mind like
Webster's, emerging from the false gilt
Ter and noisy commotion of the city. We
hink of Washington, the patrIcian sage,
pacing among the stately oaks OF old
Virginia, of Jefferson IN his country seat,
aud of John Adams tilling his farm in
Massachusetts. These men, 1T Is true,
| lourished in a time when there were no
big cities in the United States. But
later on we see Lincoln. Grant and Gar
field reaching the topmost round OF
/ lame's ladder from the obscurity of
country homes Not one American
! President from first to last was born III
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23

AprOpOs of dreams, IS II not strange
thing if writer's of fiction never dream
Of their own creations, recollectlng, l
suppose, even IN their dreams, that they
have no real existence? Inever dreamed
of any Of my own characters, and l feel
it so impossible that / would wager
Scott never did of his, real as.theEaenH
l had good peace of absurdIrV iS<,s.SE
head n night or two ago. l dreamed
that somebody was dead. / don't know
w<o, but it's not to the purpose. It
was private gentlemen, and a particu-
lar friend, and I was greatly overcome
when the news was broken to me very
dehcately) by gentleman in n cooked
hat, opboots and sheet Nothing else.
Good God, ." I said, lis he dead }"
He Is dead, sir, rejoined the gentle
man. " as doOr-nail. But we must all
die, Mr.. Dickens, sooner or later, my
dear sir. "Ah," l said. eyes. to be
sure. Very true. But what did he die
Of? The gentlemen burst into flood
of tears, and said, in voice broken by
emotion He christeDed his youngest
child, sir, with toasting fork never
in my life was so affected as at his hav
ing fallen a victim to this complaint. 1t
carried conviction TO my mind that he
could have recovered. l knew that 1t
was the most interesting and fatal NAL
ady IN the world, and l wrung the gen
tleman's hand in a CONFUSION of respect
full admiration, for l felt that that ex
PLANTATION did equal honor to his head
and heart.-Letters Of Charles Dickens
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
The Weight of Million Dollars.

In answer TO an inquiry by Assistant
Secretary French, the Government
Actuary, Mr.. T. b. Elliott, has fur
nished the following information as to
the weight of million standard gold
dollars and that OF the same num-
Der OF standard silver dollars
The standard gold dollar of the
United States contains of gold of nine
tenths fneness 25.S grains, and the
standard silver dollar contains of silver
of nine-tenths fineness 412.5 grains.
One million standard gold dollars,
consequently, weigh %, 800, coo grains,
or 53, 750 ounces troy, or 4,479 1-6
pounds troy of $3.50 grains each, or
3,6S5.71 pounds avoirdupois, of 1000
grains each, or l, 1881 900 "shOrt " ton
of 1900 pounds avoirdupois each, or
I,645-1 600 long ton of 2,240 pounds
avoirdupois each.
One million standard silver dollars
weigh 412, 500, 900 grains, or S59, 1915
ounces troy, or 71,6l45S pounds troy,
or 5S, 92S.57 pounds avoirdupois, or 20
464 j, 600 " short" tons of 2, 600 pounds
avoirdupois each, or % BOIL 900
"long tons of 2,24O pounds avoirdu-
pOis each.
In round numbers the following table
represents the weight of a million dol
lars In the coins named
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
4 Romantic Town in the Sierras.

The most romantic town on the coast
Is Meadow Lake. 1t Is close mp to the
summit of the Sierras, near a beautiful
lake. 1t grew up in one summer to be a
great town. Thousands OF people put
thousands of dollars there. There was
plenty OF gold, rich gold ore there, but
the gold had terrible liking for the
rock and nobody could get 1t ont A
few stayed the first winter The snow
fell twenty or thirty feet deep. The
people made tunnels from one house TO
the other, and contrived to get through
the winter. The only way in and ont
was on snow shoes. The next spring
everybody ran away and the town col
apsed andfell down. Adventurous par
Naye every year tried to work the
ore, with very little success. The last
news Is that a new process has been tried
which bids fair to be a success. Trucker
(NeU.) Republican.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
The Animus of Work.

The world likes heartiness and earn
estness. These Will often compens-
ate for the lack of some other sterling
qualities of mind and heart. Zeal Is III
fictitious. When foreman of a factory
moves about among MS men with spirit,
and drops quick, earnest word here and
there, the wOrkmen about him uncon-
scously become imbued with like earnest
ness, and he will by mere force of ex-
ample secure better results from his en-
ployes. How often have we known
farmer In the olden time, before moving
machines were invented, to get nearly
double the amount of work out of the
same gang of men by starting out at the
head of the swath with CHEEKY words and
gamey air, bidding the boys to come
on and see If they could keep up with
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23
Europeon Street Cars.

The street cars of the continent are
a hard lot. Most of them are run with
out track, on the fiat paving stones,
and occasionally they go out of their
way to deliver passengers. In Turin, l
think 1t was, where the small wheels of
the car went rattling over the stones in
such queer way as to make one feeble
looking lady put her hand suddenly to
her neck and exclaim: Z Oh, my poor
back y yet that suaye conductor politely
asked where we were stopping, and, on
ascertaining, trotted us around two extra
corners and left us at hotel, glib as if
ne were and omnibus. In Milan they
nave stone tracks-that is, two rows of
nat stones, each about two feet wide,
run down the middle of every street, and
: serve Tor ralls When cars meet they
have to turn out and rattle your bones
over the stones. = Corres,,o5loe1t In
di0nGpoLiS Journal
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-12-23

amount of internal work, through In. Jne
movement of the heart, and tue iinh can
of respiration and Digestion W. Tn.;mo S@
not be so readily measured. Hss.ll,.''rS
of the work done by the heart a tt ' a.
from 122 to DOT tons lifted one loo', 10 ,',a
Parkes argues that it is falr 70 assuraI
that at least $50 tons'%orth OF lHeei tb.
mechanical work is performed ~ o
oody of an adult mani Fhlle tne eA.si -" T.
work ranges from ga 10 5oO IONS. -
appears in general, thai from one-seEe itIn
to one-eighth of all the force oot,lI"o 40
from the food eaten Is expehueu as
mechanical labor, while the reI ~ ti,.e,i
of the force leaves the body IN the ioI'i
of heat.