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A Big Whale Story.

The following from the New York
Herald is the biggest whale story of
the season: Il would swear that we
saw not Il hundred, but hundreds
hundreds Of whales-genuine sperm
whales. 1t was the most extraordinary
sight I ever behcld. Now, see here! l
am not telling this for the sake of tell
inga big story,but because believe its
publication may put SOM" whalers on
the track of making something hand
scme." The speaker was Captain
Brandburg, of the brig William
Phipps, which arrived from Aux
Cages with a cargo of logwood-a
weather-beaten old tar who IS known
everywhere in New York nautical
circles. The rest of the crew cor
roborated his big story, which is as
follows: When about eighty miles
east by south of Cape Henry, the brig
sighted a school of whales. AS they
forged slowly northward the number
kept increasing until the water seemed
fairly alive with the enormous crea-
lures. For three days the brig had
them in sight, many Of them coming
within gunshot of the vessel and fur
nishing a target for the captains rifle,
a species of sport which furnished him
much amusement and did no damage
to the whales. There were literally
several hundred of the whales, which
were of the sperm varieties. They
were TRANQUILITY swimming around in a
circle, and were apparently looking for
a good feeding ground. Two days after
the sperms had passed out of sight the
brig encountered quite a good-sized
school of humpback whales.
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Styles In Embarrassing.

TIE present fancy in couture ar
rangement is to a certain extent more
elevated. although ladies to whom the
low Grecian knot is becoming have
not, and it is to he hoped will not,
abandon that graceful style of hair
dressing. With a slender face this
style seems to lengthen the contour,
while the loose, graceful coils brought
high up on the head tend to detract
somewhat from this otherwise elong-
atcd appearance. But, whichever
style is adopted, the stiff, fiat
etpcts produced Ivy wearing bang nets
or using bandolines is carefully avoided
To ladies with very dark hair many
frizzes and crimps are unbecomlng.
andthe brunettes at present usually ar
rang the trent hair in a few careless
rings Or waves.
Very little false hair is used, and
any one who possesses a knot as large
as an ordinary sized door-knob accord
ing to the present fancy needs no raise
hair. but unfortunates who can sustain
but a still more scanty growth must
have this slight deficiency supplied by
art. So a variety of "pieces" designed
to cover the desert spots sometimes
existing on the top of a young or
elderly matron's head are seen. One
broad, straight piece arranged in loose
rings high up on the forehead seems to
be quite ponlllar at present.
lo,ng Ladies' with light Ii nac hair
have a fashion O. frizzing the bang and
then let it fly, which is very unbecom-
ing and in many instances gives the
damsel thus adorned an untidy appear
ance. BARRIERS say they do not make
the bang as heavy as formerly, but
they are by no means abandoned,
although the tendency is to show more
of the forehead. When the hair is
coiled high on the head several little
short, loose curls are added just at the
nape of the neck. These are particu-
nrly becoming to blondes.-Broohlyn
Jr.-J
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-06-27
Miseries OF q Defective Memory.

The miseries of a poor verbal men,
DRY are great. The Rev. Arthur Muir.
sell, of England, says that his own
father was one Of the most impas-
stoned and powerful extempore orators
he ever heard; but he had a bad YER
bal memory, and LATTER working us
up with a splendid passage of unpre-
pared and impromptu eloquence, he
tried to close the sentence with the
text, Mercy and truth are met to-
geth er; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other But the words
escaped his recollection, and he said:
Mercy and truth are met together;
and and-two similar senti-
ments have kissed each other r" Bad
as the verbal memory may by nature
be, it is capable of great Improvement.
We have seen a minister who, till he
was forty, did not dare toquote a verse
of Scripture or a line of poetry; when,
hearing some one say that the defect
could be removed, made it a matter of
study, and soon attained the power to
quote what he would.-Christian i'd
COclte,
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WISE WORDS.

The farmers are the founders of civ
iliZation.
Truth is the highest thing that man
may keep.
1t is difficult to repent Of what gives
us pleasure.
They truly mourn that mourn with
out a witness.
lie who lives to no purpose lives to
a bad purpose.
Beware of small expenses; a small
will sink a great ship.
Levity of behavior is the bane of all
that is good and virtuous.
Love extinguished can be rekindled;
leak love worn out-never.
Keep thy heart with all diligence
for cut of it are the issues of life.
Fate is the friend of the good, the
guide of the wise, the tyrant Of the
foolish, the enemy of the bad.
In love we grow acquainted, because
we are already attached; in friendship
we must know each other before we
love.
Economy is the parent of integrity,
OF lib rty and OF ease, and the beaute-
Gus sister of t importance, of cheerful
ness and health.
If any one tells you such a n has
spoken ill of you. do not refute her
but answer: clad she known all my
faults size would net have spoken only
of that one
DR.. Franklin, speaking of education,
says: eff a man empties his purse
into his head no man CAN take it away
from him. An investment of knowl'
edge always pays the best interest"
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THE MAN WHO NEVER ADVER.
TISES-

Sing, business muse, the dark and dolefu
fate
Of him who labors but that he may wait:
Thepiles of goods heaped up within his store;
Which can't be less, and never may be more,
The man whose life has lost all fortunes
prizes:
In fact, the man who never advertises.
Sing of his start, his great ambitions scope,
The capital that gave him cause to hope,
His creditlarg his full and ample stock,
His bank account as solid as a rock;
Then fell the doom to which the man was
Who never advertised but simply waited.
So simply, and so vainly! Splendid signs,
Which basement art irradiates and %reines;
Plate glass show windows, elegantly dressed,
Such lively clerks, cashiers, and all the rest,
Served but to show him how the public sizes
The style of him who never advertises.
He waited, and all waited; clerks, cashiers,
Statesmen, saleswomen-such delightful
dears-
Impatient waited all the season through,
With precious little for the crowd to do.
The public saw-that fact there's no deny
ing
But passed the store without O thought of
buying.
Business was dull, but salaries and rent
Went on till cash and credit both were spent;
! The silly merchant hoped his luck would t urn
Until the sheriff closed the whole concern.
Now, at a p~ittance which his soul despises,
He works for one who always advertises.
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poid In HE Own COin.

A good story is going about the
clubs concerning a New York million
aire who owns a big stock farm in
New Jersey. lie has put in force
strict rules about the admittance OF
curios:ty-seekers, and if one happens
to get in, he is soon hustled off. The
other day a neighboring farmer called
on business. lie had never been on
the place before, and entering at a
gate he found open was strolllng
around looking for the superintendent,
when the owner, who happened to be
there, encountered him. Supposing
him to be merely an idler or prying
person he asked him what he was
doing there. The farmer, taken aback
by such an address,, replied, Moth
ing" The owner said, "Do you know
at which gate you came in? 81 do"
said the farmer. "Well, then" said
the owner, "get out there as soon as
you CAM and the farmer walked out.
Shortly after the superintendent came
up and inquired if neighbor so-and-so
had been there. lie was the only one
anywhere about who had timber they
wanted very much, and they wanted it
Immediately. lie had promised to
come that morning to see about the
sale of it. "Well," said the owner of
the farm 81 shouldn't wonder if had
Just sent him off with a flea in his ear.
l found Il nan stroiling about here,
and supposing him to be one of these
stragglers, l cleared him out. Where
does he live? l will drive over and see
him." Off he started at once. Reach
ing the farmhouse he drove in, and
seeing him he began an apology, but
was cut short by the farmer, who in
quirel if lie knew at which gate he
came in. lie said he did. "Then,"
says tine farmer, II want you to get
out as quick as you CAM and the
owner OF the stock farm was obliged
to depart.-NeW York Tribune.
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Thought Him mn Official.

"Hcll On; where arr you rushing"
askel u man Of q neatly dressed fellow
who almost ran along the sidewalk.
"What did you say" demanded the
hurried man, stopping.
"Whcre are you rushing?"
"None of your business. I'm not
acquainted with you, SIR"
"Wcl, but it is my business. lilo"
much are you Short"
"Get out of the way. You are
crazy"
I'm not crazy, either. I'm Il tax
payer and l have Il light to kn "
where you are gong"
$50 am l a taxpayer
"Ain't you Il state officer"
mo, I'm not"
pass on then. / thought you were
nm officer whose accounts were short
They are the only people wh) hurry
along so. these days, and l thought it
my duty to stop yOu.'-Arkansa~
TTGreler.
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An AbSurdity.

We read now and then Of cases in
which burglars are supposed to have
rendered their victims unconscious by
holding cloths wet with chloroform to
keyholes before entering an apartment.
Of course the absurdity of such a tic-
ton is sufficiently apparent. Whether
sleepers can be made to pass from
natural to chloroform sleep, if the
chloroform is held near the face, is still
a question. Sometimes the experiment
has succeeded, but in five experiments
recently made to determine the fact,
every one of the sleepers experimental
upon woke at the expiration of three
minutes, before they had come under
the influence Of the drug.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-06-27
Lies True Philosophy.

The following lines, said to have
been written by a Quaker, contain tho
true philosophy Of life:
1 expect to pass through this world
but once. If, therefore, there be any
kindness 1 can show, or any good thing
1 can do, to any fellow human being
let me do it now. Let me not defer OF
neglect it, for 1 shall not pass this way
again. Let this be my epitapk
What I spent I had:
What I saved l left behind;
What I gave away I took with me.
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carpenter, whereas I am rich, my dar-
ling, rich in every way, and, please
God, you will never regret your choice"
1t would take a long time to tell
what Joanna said. but Mrs. Mowry
never said a word. What could she
say?
John and Joanna areperfectly happy
in their beautiful home. 1t is love in
a cottage, and there's a great deal of
love in it.
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FASHION NOTES.
Jet bonnets are all the rage.

Jet bonnets are all the rage.
The preferred parasol has a rustic
handle.
Tortoise shell ornaments are again
in vogue.
Velvet rosettes are worn on English
straw pokes.
Pocket handkerchiefs are things of
art nowadays.
Plaid or striped ginghams are made
up with basques of solid color.
Embroidered muslins are the favor
tie material for fine white dresses.
Velvet ribbons of bright colors are
used profusely on summer toilets.
Neck ribbons an inch wide are worn
again, but mostly with linen collars.
The ottoman reps for summer have
a finer cord than those of last season
Handsome and becoming waists and
jackets are made of beaded grenadine.
To insert a vest is one of the best
plans of renovating a basque or other
waist.
Canvas shoes, low for the house anu
high around the ankles for walking
boots, are worn in the country.
Black silk stockings and gloves are
worn with white frocks this summer,
and shoe-buckles are large and square.
New braiding and embroidery de-
'igns are done in the daimler or checker
poard pattern of blocks for trimming
muslin dresses.
French women have taken the
striped stocking into favor again, and
wear the crU:swise or lengthwlSe
stripe with impartiality.
Scotch ginghams are made up with
basoues of chambray, matching the
prevailing color of the plaid. These
basoues have a waistcoat of plaid.
Tall and slender women still wear
the English plated jackets with a wide
waistband of the material ending in
two long loops that fall over the pulled
back drapery.
TIE dyed pearl buttons sold to be
worn with dark dresses are the most
annoying things to match in the world:
Hunting for ribbons and gloves OF
"thc exact shade" is child's play by
comparison.
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The Prince of WaleS' Shell.

The Prince of Wales shell-that
was to have been-has proved product
i've of greater damages in England
than in Alexandria. Something has
been told about the shell before. 1t
was a siNty-four-pounder fired from
her majesty's ship Condor. 1t passed
through the roof of n of the forts
and ont of the side walls, and was
recovered. 1t occurred to Lord Charles
Beresford that it would serve as a neat
memento of the campaign for a present
to the Prince of Wales. Happily, or
some day the consequences might have
been awful, it also occurred to Lord
Charles that the shell wanted polish"
He had it sent to a well-known firm Of
gunmakers, to be polished, cut into
halves and mounted. Then the spirit
of mischief in it, which would not come
out of it in the air of Egypt, became
operative, and led to an interesting
trial of a question under the employers
liability act. The manager of the gun
making company passed the shell to 4
WOlhlldll 1lttulCu NluhoIOC w S"o Y ~
two. Mustoe said it was loaded but
the manager ridiculed theidea. Mustoe
probed it, and found powder in it
the manager said it was chiefly sand.
More powder was extracted, and the
workman said he did not like the job,
whereupon Purvis, the manager, said,
Nonsense. there is nothing to be
frightened about. If it goes off, the
hole on the top is large enough to let
it come out without hurting you"
Mustoe eventually proceeded with his
work, when the shell exploded, doing
him grave injury. He brought an
action in the county court to recover
compensation from his employers, and
the Judge held that there was no
evidence of negligence on the part of
the manager to make the defendants
liable. Mustoe appealed to the queens
bench division, where the judges held
that there had been negligence, and
that the county court judge was wrong.
and that there must be a verdict for
the plaintiff for a sum agreed upon,
namelN e268. >.
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Boston girls never sacrifice the cause

DUSJOII glib INV jim e"0'e
of culture tothat of philanthropy. a
tramp recently accosted n of them
and asked her if she would be good
enough to give him the price of an
humble meal. 81 haven't any money
with me-" she said, "but if you'll come
around to the house after pa returns
home I'll get him to read you some
pares of Paradise Lost"
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Nebraska has increased its popnla-
ton 1896 per cent. in twenty years,
and its taxable property l,l2O per cent.

"Throw Physic to the Dogs, ITl Mono Of It."
We do not feel like blaming Macbeth for
this expression of disgust. Even nowadays
most OF the cathartics are great repulslve
pills, enough to "turn ones stomach" Had
Macbeth ever taken DR.. Pierce's "Purgatiye
Pellets" he would not have uttered those
words of contempt, BY druggists.
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ind Wonders for Mc.O

The above words are from Mr.. LEWIS KEEN, NO.
Highland Avenue, Maiden. Mass, April g. 1888. he
s.vs. II have been troubled for years with kidney and
liver complaint, followed by gravel, with severe pains In
my back and groins. 1 had great trouble in passing
water, it being scanty. and accompanied by terrible
burning, the vessel being coated with brick.dust deposit:
was recommended to use Hunts Remedy by q friend
who had been completely cured OF a similar trouble. l
purchased a bottle at the druggists, and commenced to
imnroye at once. have used but two bottles, and 1t
has done wonders for memo more kidney trouble, no
more pain. 1t has given me new life. and would not
be without Hunts Remedy at any price. 1t is all that
Il is recommended to be, and l ~cheesfully give this
testimony for the benefit of the many sufferers from
L;dnav d;qaaee and orayel.n
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Mr.. JOSEPH G. B1cKNELL. No. 6i2 Main Street.
Cambridgeport, Mass, writes. April q. 1888: lhAVe
been terribly afflicted for a number OF years with grave.
and kidney disease. Ny urine contained onek'ouse
deposits, and at times l o,uld not pass my water except
in drops and with great pain; and have had to get up co
many as fifteen times during the night. Tried several
physicians; they did M no good, but Il friend OF mime.
who had used Hunts Remedy. told Inc to get q bottle
and try 1t. He had been cured Of a severe case similar
to mine. and that others had used Hunts femeos II
Cambridge and pronounced it a medicine OF real het',
After being repeatedly urged I purchased a bottle. aud
before I had used all OF it I passed q stone as large as n
pea, followed by smaller onos. Ihave used in all ten
bottles, and it has completely cured me. My Kidneys
are in excellent condition, and for one OF my age (o'
s~i1tyeight years, l can truly say I feel like a young man
with strength and vitality. Ny family use the Kennedy
and would not be without it. and never fail to recon-.
mend II TO our friends and n~eighbors in Cambridge and
Boston. You are at liberty to use my name in praise OF
the best kidney and liver medi zine, Hunts Rdmedy."
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A Splendid Remedy for Lung Diseases.

DR.. Robert Newton. late President of the Eclectic
College of the City of ew York, and formerly OF
Cincinnati, Ohio, used DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam very
extensively In his practice, as many Of his patients,
now living. and restored to health by the use Of this
invaluable medicine, can amply testify. Ho always
said that so good a remedy ought not to be consid'
cred merely as q patent medicine, but that 1t ought
to DO prescribed freely by every physician as q
sovereign remedy in all cases of Lung Disease. It Is
a sure cure for Consumption, aud has no equal fol
all ~pectoral complaints,
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DYSPEPSIA

Though no organic change in the apparatus OF diges
ton accompanies dyspepsia, there is q lack OF tone IN
the condition OF the membranes, which is effectively
supplied by the invigorating qualities of Hoods Sarsa
parilla. Many sufferers have found it
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DAMS WIFE.

Up in early morning light,
Sweeping busting, "setting right"
OilinG oil the household springs,
Sewing buttons, tying strings
Telling Bridget what to do,
Mending rips in Johnny's shoe,
Running up and down the stair,
Tying baby in his chair,
Cutting meat and spreading bread,
Dishing out so much per head,
Eating as she can. by chance,
Giving husband kindly glance,
Toiling, working, busy life,
"Smart woman,
Dams Wife"
Dan comes home at fall of night,
Home 50 cheerful, neat and bright,
Children meet him at the door,
Pull him III and look him DER,
Wife asks ''how the work has gomez
"Busy times with US at home !"
Supper done-Dan reads at ease.
Nothing must the husband tease,
Children must be put to bed
All the little prayers are said:
Little shoes are placed in rows,
Bedclothes tucked DER little toes.
Busy, noisy, wearing life,
Tired woman,
Dams wife.
Dan reads on, and falls asleep,
See the woman softly creep;
Baby rests at last, poor dear,
Not a word her heart to cheer;
Mending basket full to top
Stockings, shirts and little frock-
Tired eyes and weary brain.
Side with darting, ugly pain
"Never mind, twill pass away"
She must work. but new play;
Closed piano, unused books,
Done, the walks TO coy hooks,
Brightness faded ont of life,
Saddened woman,
Dams wife.
Ups airs. tossing 10 and fro,
Fever holds the womanlow;
Children wonder, free to play
When and where they will to-day;
Bridget loiters-dinner's cold,
Dan looks anxious, cross and old;
Household screws are out of place,
Lacking one dear, patient face;
Steady hands-so weak but true
Hands that knew just what to do,
Never knowing rest or play,
Folded now and laid away:
Work of six in one short life,
Shattered woman,
Dams wife.
kate Tannutt Woods
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OwENToN. Ky.-Rev. J. n. Beck says: 81
have used Browns Iron Bitters and consider
it one of tho best tonics sold"
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The total number of coke ovens in
the United States in 1880 were 1929,
employing $40 persons, and requir-
ing a capital of SIS, ,O59 to carry on
the business.
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Farmers in the United States have
s12,21O,253,362 of capital invested in
their business. This sum includes
farms, Implements, live stock, fertiliz-
ers and fences,
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"Golden Medical Discovery" words reg
istered as q trade mark) cures all hulnors
from the pimple or eruption to great yirulent
eating ulcers.
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4 SOUND education can only be obtained
from n music teacher.
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A RELIC hunter-A fellow ~endeavoring to
CAPTURE n widow.
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Persons recovering from wasting diseases,
such as malaria, fevers, ETC., will be greatly
benefited by the use of Browns Iron Bitters.
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Origin of the Caucus.

The origin of the term "caucas" is
traced back to the Caucus club, Bos-
ton, of Revolutionary days. This club
was composed mainly of persons en-
gagged in ship-building. 1t was one of
the most radical opponents of British
oppression. 1t and the Merchants
club, of the same period, used to meet
before elections and agree on candi-
dates for town and provincial offices.
caucus" is believed to be a corrup-
ton of "caulkers."
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The "Fayorite Prescription " of DR.. Pierce
cures "female weakness" and kindred affec-
tions, By druggists.
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No library is complete without 18th
feather buster.