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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-10-01
Gathered from Garbage.

Amachinc has been put i'll use in New
York TO sift from house refuse and street
~swccpings all rags, old iron. broken glass.
etc. The machine is described us being
Il vast rag and bonc-picker of many ltal-
ian power, working by steam. lis daily
capacity is $50 loads Of 1900 pounds
each. The o>cillator moves too and fro
$50 times Il minute, while two or three
Italians stand alongside and pick all rags
and soaps Of paper out of the mass.
What is then left, after the dust has
fallen below, is passed into Il washer, in
which all straw, leather, vegetable refuse
and other light material rises to the sur
face of the water, and is removed and
burned. The coal, iron, glass and other
heavy objects fall to the bottom of the
water, are washed in another vat of water
and are sold. Out of $50 loads of refuse
but thirty are conveyed away as waste.
The rags bring about $50 per ton, the
old iron forty cents n hundred pounds,
the glass thirty cents a hundred; the
bones are the most valuable, and about
400 pounds Of coal and cindcr are Oh.
tanned from Il load of l,S0O pounds
InDcy WUJIJ
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4 Curious Proclamation.

The following curious proclamation is
said to have been sent out as a general
order of the day" sometime before 4 bat
tie was expected between the Chinese
and French. 1t was the work OF a cclc-
bratcd Chinese mandarin:
!, mandarin and the chief captain Of
the braves, order and it is hereby ordain-
cd to all that follow me. Tremblc and
obey!
Thirteen days before going into battle
the braves shall eat steaks of the wild
tiger in order that they may have the
agility and ~fcrocity Of this animal.
Twelve days before the battle the
braves shall cat the kidney of the lion,
that they may acquire the intrc-
pidity natural to that king of the
forests.
Eleven days before the battle the braves
shall cat of the brains of the serpent in
order to have the subtiencss Of this ami
NAL.
Ten days before the battlc the braves
shall cat the cream of the chameleon in
order to Illustrate the enemy by con
stantly changing their colors.
Nine DAYS before the battle the braves
shall take broth made from the flesh OF
the crocodile in order to be able to fol-
low the enemy into the water and
be able to beat them both on land
and water, the same as the crocodile
does.
Eight days before the battle the braves
shall cat the flesh Of the panther in order
to attack their enemies with furious IA
pidity.
Seven days before the battle the braves
hall cat two eagle heads in order to &C
Guirc the strength OF vision of that noble
bird, and distinguish in the distance
THAR advcrsarics.
Six days before the battle the braves
shall cat the intcstines of the wild zebra
in order to acquire the terrible voice of
that untamab!c beast.
Five days before the battle the braves
shall cat steaks cut from tho %hiDpopota-
mus in order to communicate to their
skin the toughness that renders those an
FINALS invulrcrablc to balls.
-Four days before the battle the braves
shall eat scorpions, so that all wounds
made on their enemy shall be deadly
poisonous as the stings of those animals
are.
Three days before the battle the braves
shall eat steaks of the monkey, that they
may become as agile us the monkey.
On the eve of the battle the braves
shall eat panther's flesh and drink the
blood, in order to be cruel and ferocious
toward their Anniversaries.
On the day of the battle the braves
shall eat the flesh and drink the blood of
the leopard, in order to crush the limbs
and break the bones of the enemy as
these animals do.
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How lie Became a Blood. Drinkcr.

"Ycs, I'm a confirmed blood-drinkcr
now," remarked Il ruddy, merry engineer,
land it is quite Il funny story how |
happened to Start at it, too. About
three wears g my health was pretty
bad, and my folks were very much wor
ricd about me. l got thin and hollow
eyed. and had Il few night sweats. The
fact is, | had consumption, and knew
it. hadn't any other expectation than
that I'M year or SO Id have to give up
my engine and soon after that part from
nv wife and littlc, ones. don't know
that | ought to say it, but the thought
of leaving my engine gave me about us
much trouble as the idea Of parting
from my family. People kept advising
me to drink blood, apd cited alleged
cures to me by the dozen. But there
was something abhorrent to me about
that kind of beverage, and | couldn't
90 to it. Two or three times made an
effort to down some of it, but twas no
90. Well, one day was running along
with No. !, as usual. and feeling pretty
well down in the mouth, too. htu
begun to feel weak, and had heard the
boss was making inquiries about my con.
dition with Il view to laying me oil. 1t
made me blue as my boiler jacket. Sud,
denly, at Il country road crossing, 4 fool
hcifcr jumped right in front of us. We
were going lively, and as the pilot struck
her it cut her up fearful and landed her
right up on the smokc-stack. hope
may never touch my throttle again, II il
stream of warm blood from that iIcifcr
didn't take me right in the mouth. My
mouth was open, too, and in two sec
onds had unwiIlingly become a blood.
drinkcr. There wasn't anything diSa-
yrccable about it, either, and I've been
drinking blood ever since. That hciler
saved my lifc.'
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I write this asa
Token Of the great appreciation I have Of
your Hop
Bittera. Twas afflicted
With infammatory rheumatiml !!
For nearly
Seven years, and no medicine seemed to do
me any
Good
Until I tried two bottles Of your Hop Bib.
ters, and to my surprise I am as well today
as ever I was. I hope
"You may have abundant success"
"In this great and"
Valuable medicine:
Anyonel y + wishing to know moro
about my cure7
Can learn by addressing me, E. II.
Williams, i1o3 10th street, Washington,
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Various Ways of Stopping n Car.

The Pittsburg Ch,onirh says that il
stopping street cars Il Boston woman
shakes her book, a New York woman
throws her parasol at the drivers head,
a Brooklyn woman whistles. a Chicago
woman puts her foot on the track, q st.
Louis girl winks at the conductor, /;
Cincinnati woman says, "huhi. huha"
and a Pittsburg oma paraiyzcs the
horses with q smile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-10-01

The census shows that from 1870 to
1880 in the States Of Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Car.
DINA, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis'
sippi. Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Ken
lucky and Tennessee, thirteen States,
there was q net loss in valuation Of
$2O2. sos, Sill. In Texas there was Il gain
of no. 1911 $50; in Georgia., Sl2,253, $50;
North Carolina, $50, i2l 1850; total, $685.
COG: 24G.
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A LONG meter hymn-The gas bill.

"What we learn with pleasure we never
forget. "-Alfrcd MERCER. The following Is a
case in point: 81 paid out hundreds Of dollars
without receiving any benefit says Mrs. En-
lily Rhoads, Of McBades,, Mich. II had fe,
male complaints, especially dragging down
its Prescription did mo more good than any
medicine fever took. I advise every sick lady
to take it, And 80 do we. It never disap-
points its patrons. Druggists sell it.
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Ipc Was Not n Horse.

81 have heard, Mr.. Wright" said
man who had travelled extensively, ad'
dressing a kcntuckian; ''that you art
going to move to Cincinnati"
"lcs, l am. What do you think OF
the change 2"
81 think it's a bad one"
"Your objections, please ?" asked the
affablc Kcntuckian.
'You will find in Cincinnati, "cXplain'
cd the man who knew, 'but q moderate
supply of rain water for washing pur
poses, and rs for fresh, hard water fol-
drinking purposes, that's out of the qucs'
ton"
"Water for drinking ~purposes" eX
claimed the nettlcd Kcntuckian, scratch
ing his head. Then as if suddenly com
pretending the remark, he turned red
with anger at the supposed insult, and
exclaimed:
"Do you think drink water DO YOU
take me for a horse 7"
And he stalkcd away like a mar in
iurcd to the very corc.-SciSs0rS.
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Business Men

Who suffer from dyspepsia. biliousness. headache.
constipation. nervous debility, or other affections caused
by close application to business and overwork. will find
in Hoods Sarsapar;lla n medicine which will give posi-
tive relief aud repewei strength to the body, clearness
and quickncsSt to the mind, and steadiness to tho nerves,
II haye boon afflicted with o bowel complaint for 8
years, and rs often rs one week in eight was disabled
for business. Ny wife urged me to take Hoods SaTsa.
paril!a, and from the time 1 commenced taking it until
now I have been free from the complaint. and feel
thankful that / have received ~effectual rolief. "-Jo.
SETH FISHER, of Fisher L Cotton. Montpelier. Vt.
MR.. GEORGE X. RUSSELL. paper manufacturer at
Bellows FalIs. VT, says he found Hoods Sarsaparilla
tho best remedy he ever used for consti2ation-the bust:
ness mans most serious atllction-and he would on no
account be without it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-10-01

In opium JOINTS and hasheesh houses
tea or water %acidulatcd with aconitc is
used to heighten the effect of the drug
upon the nerve and brain. This is al
most the same excitant that was used by
the New England witches, according to
Professor Schelc de We're.
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Sneaker and ChapIain.

Says the Charlottesville (Va.) Chroaa
Gle: Some one tells q good story or
former chaplain Of the University CDR
William S. White, we presume). Tho
story goes as follows: When J. L. Orr
was Speaker Of the House he spent {
short time at the Warm springs, il
North Carolina, where DR.. White was
also. The two had been sitting for &
time apart, each engaged with his OWL
knot of immediate friends, and by. and
bye the doctor arose and walked across
the room with the old-time limp in his
gait. Mr.. Orr Immediately recognized
him, and asked him if he were not tho
chaplain at the University of Virginia al
such a time, naming the year. The doc
tor replied that he was.
~ was there" said Mr.. Orr, ga stu
dent at the time, and | knew you by the
peculiar limp of your step"
"Wcll," said the doctor, a little Sc
vcrelv, though with a twinkle which told
he spoke joxingly, ait seems that my
limping made a deeper impression OIL
you than my preaching"
"Ah, DOCTOR" quickly replied Mr.
Orr, 81 deem it the highest compliment
we can pay a clergyman to say he i:
known by his walk rather than by hi:
conversation"
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N Have Suffered !"

With every disease imaginable for the Last
three years. Our
Druggist, T. J. Anderson, recommending
"Hop Bitters" to me,
I used two bottlesl
Am entirely cured, and heartily recon-.
mend Hop Bitters to every one ], D.
Walker, Buckner, Mo.
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Low Prices for Butter,

- Low Prices Tor Butter.
The New York Tribune, in its market re,
port, explained why some butter is sold for
such low prices. In speaking Of butter il
said: "Lghtcolored goods are very hard to
dispose Of, and several lots were thought well
sold at eight to ten cents" If butter-makers
would get the top price, they should use the
Improved Butter Color, made by Wells,
Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. 1t gives
a pure dandelion color and never turns red,
or rancid, but tends to improve ard preserve
tho butt,r
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A TclCnhOne Fraud.

Iratc Customcr-"Why can't you fcl-
lows be honest? That telephone YOU put
in my store is a fraud. You said that
words could be distinctly heard fer TWEEN
ty miles"
Telephone Man-"Wcll, they can"
"Thcy can't, l say. They can't DC
heard five blocks"
ooh, you arc mistaken"
"But ! am not. | yelled myself hoarsc
at a man last evening only five blocks
and he could not hear a word said.
lie said So"
"Qucer, very queer; but, by the way,
what was it you said to him."
81 asked him when he would be
around to square up his account "-lhtf
adeIyhin Gull.
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II consider your

--4 COuSlQer yUur
Remedy the best remedy in existence
For Indigestion, kidney
-Complaint
"And nervous debility. have just"
Returned
"From the south in q fruitless search for
health, and find that your Bitters are doing
me more ..
Goodl
Than anything else; '
A month ago I was extremely
"Emaciated!l |"
And scarcely able to walk. Now I am
Gaining strength! and
'Fleshln
And hardly a day passes but what I am
+ \ \ 4
complimented on my improved appearance,
and it is all due to Hop
Bittersl J. Wicklife jackson,
-Wilmingtes, III.
Bv Nome genuine without Q ounch q
green Hops on the white label. shun al TIE
vile, poisonous stuff with "Hop"o ca "Hops"h
their name. .-. 80.
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SPRING goods-Mineral waters.
25 Cents

25 Cents
viii buy a TREATISE oNTHE HORSE n HIS
DISEASES Book Of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner Of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. NEW YORK HORSE Book Co.,
1874 Leonard Street. New York city.
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FLOWING races are popular in Texas.

FLOWING races arc popular in Texas.
Josiah Davis Trouble.
Josiah Davis, North Middletown, KY,
writes: ~ am now using a box Of YOU
Henry's Carbolic Salve upon an ulcer, which,
for the past ten days, has given me great pain.
This salve is the only remedy I have found
that has given me any ease. My ulcer was
caused by v~aricose veins, and was pronounced
incurable by my medica! doctors. I find,
however, that Henry's Carbo!ic Salve is Of.
fecting a cure" Beware of limitations.
Life Prcscrver.
If you are losing your gripon life, try"Wells
Health Remover. N(iucS direct to weak snotS.
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There arc now fully 1lS. 600 miles OF
railroad track in the United States, and
about 391, 600, 900 ties, and the average
consumption for renewals should be
about Sc, 600, 900. or the product OF $780,
OOO, 900 acres of land. ut 100 ties per
acre, requiring l2G, s00, 600 acrcs-2G,O 600
square milcs-or nearly four times the
area of Massachusetts.
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THISTLE-DOwN.

low lightly floats Yen thistle down,
By wandering hrrezes blown:
Gay. careless owe Of the air,
With source and goal unknown;
But in their s:lv'ry tilamentS,
Deep moral we may read
Upon each airy. reckless flight,
Is borne q living seed.
-Eamu Curiet0n. IN the Current.
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Re3ulnra.

One Of the strongest proofs of the value Of
Kidney-Wort as a remedy for all diseases
of the kidneys, liver and bowels, is ths fact
that it is used and prescribed by Irregular
physicians. Philip C.. Ballou, ID. D., Of
Monkton, Vt, says: "Take it all in all, it Is
the most successful remedy I have ever used.
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Hay-Fever. I can recommend Ely's Cream
Balm to all Hay-Fever sufferers, it is, in my
opinion, a sure cure, I was afflicted for
rs years, and never before found permanent
relief.-W. H. Haskins, Marshfeld Vt.
ferer for three years; nave often heard Ely's
Cream Balm spoken Of in the highest terms.
l used it, ard with the most wonderful sue
cess. 7. S, Geer, Syracuse. N. Y.
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fIe Tumors,
however large, speedily and painlessly cul ed
without knife, caustic or salve. Send six
cents in stamps for pamphlet, references and
reply. Worlds Dispcnsary Medical Associa-
ton, 663 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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The best test Of q human life Is the amount
Of good it has been and done to others. Mr..
Lydia E. Pinkham may be given a seat OF
honor among those who have helped to
change sickness into health, and to trans
form the darkness Of suffering into the sun'
shiua Of rest and hope.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-10-01

In making infants shoes fifteen differ,
ent machines arc used. costing between
$3.50 and $400. These turn out ten
pairs in the same time as II pair made
by hand.
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Pretty Wolnen.
Ladies who would retain freshness and VI.
yacity. Try "Wells' Health Remover"
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REASONS FOR HILARITY.
HUMOROUS STORIES DRAWN FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Gave himself AWny-A Telephone
F~raud-HHe Was Not n 18Orsc-
ueakc md GNlnl1in, Etc.

Speaker and chaplain, Etc
81 tell you WHAT" airily exclaimed
Perkins, as he sat downt to the supper Ia
bic, II was in Il tight place this after
noon"
"Ycs, l know you WERE" interrupted
his wife, in clear, cold uttcranccs that
cut like a knife, 81 saw you coming out
of it,"
And then it flashed across Perkins
that he had incidentally stepped into a
saloon with a friend for the purpose OF
examining a doubtful political statement
with the aid of a magnifying glass, and
his contemplated anccdotc slipped from
his grasp like money at a summer resort
while the supper was finished amid a 81
lcncc so profound that he could plainly
hear a napkin ring.-H0cA'and C""rte'-
Gn=;tc.
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The Greatest OF Suns.

Sirius Is the brightest star by far in
the whole heavens. The distance OF
Sirius from the earth is estimated to be
1,375,OOO times greater than the distance
of the sun. or about 123, $50, 900, Doc, 600
miles. Or, to measure It's distance
another way. its light travelling at the
rate of $50, 900 miles per second, would
be more than twcnty-onc years in reach
inc the earth. In other words still, the
astronomer who turns his telescope now
on that star secs it rs it was more than Il
score of years ago. The dimensions OF
the star must be enormous, even rs COM
pared with our sun, for it is quite twice
the brilliancy of any OF its companions.
while our sun at that distance would
probably appear like a star OF the fourth
magnitude.
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"Rougll on Itcli.o
Trough on Itch" cures humors, eruptioaS
ring-worm, letter, salt rheum, chilblaina
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The medical properties Of petroleum have
long been known to the aborigines, and since
Carboline has become so well known as a hair
restorer and dressing, petroleum takes trent
rank among the new remedies.
In the Diamond Dyes more coloring Is given
than in any known dyes; they give faster and
more brilliant colors. Zoe. atdruggista Wells,
Richardson&Co Burlington, Vt. Sample card,
81 colors, and book Of directions for &c. stamp.
The short, hacking cough, which leads to
consumption, is cured by Piso's Cure.
BERLIN has q monthly paper devoted to
cremation.
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sfranEer thar F1ction

are tho records Of some Of the cures Of con.
Sumption effected by that most wondorfuI
remedy-Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis:
covery.n Thousands Of grateful men and
women. who have been snatched almost from
the very jaws Of death, can testify that con
sumption, in its early stages, is no longer In
durable. The Discovery basn equal as q pee
toral and Alternative, and the most obstinate
affections Of the throat and lungs yield to tu
power, All druggists.
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The Knife Grinder and His Work.

A BUG has been discovered which bores
holes In lead pipes,
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CINCINNATI claims to have q population Of
800. 600.
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The forests in Prussia. unlike those in
anv other inhabited lands, are increasing
instead of decreasing. In Hanover alone
they have increased $1,000 acres.
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a bug has been discovered which borcs
holes in lead pipe.
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Every Farmer and Horscman
should own a book descriptive
of the Horse, and the Diseases
to which the noble animal is
liable, that sickness may be rec
ognizcd in its incipiency and
relief promptly afforded. Our
book should be in the hands Of
every Horse owner, as the knowl.
edge it contains may be worth
hundreds of dollars at any mo.
ment. If you want to know all
about your Horse, how to Tell
his Age, how to Shoe him, etc.,
send csc. in stamps, and receive
the book, postpaid, from
NEW YORK HORSE BOOK COMPANY
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BIRCH wood is coming into demand for
floors for skating Kinks.
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'Itough on Toothache.0
Instant relief for neuralgia, toOthache, face
che. Ask for"Rough on Toothache n15&l25c.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-04-12

Resolved, That the several Republi.
can County Com mittees of the State are
hereby instructed to call Primary
Election of the people of their respec-
tive counties on saturday, April II, 1854,
for the purpose of electing Delegates to
the State Convention to be held at Eir-
ginia City, April So 1884; and to call a
Primary Election of the people of their
respective counties on Saturday, August
%, 1884, for the purpose of electing Del
egates to the State Convention to be held
at Carson City, September 4, 1884; said
Primary Elections to be carried out in
compliance with the laws of this State,
and the instructions of this Committee.
Resolved. That any county may elect
Delegates to the said State Convention
at IL County Convention, the members
of which shall have been elected at the
said Primaries held on April y or
August %.
Resolved, That if a vacancy should
occur in any delegation after the Pri
maries are held. said vacancy shall be
filed by the remaining Delegates.
Resolved, That the following test be
required ofeach and every voter at the
ssid Primary Election: "Are you he
publican? And will you support the
nominees of the Republican National
Convention and of the Republican State
COnventiOn?"
G.. G. STEVENSON,
Chairman Republican State Central
Committee of Nevada.
mari &C, LORD, Secretary.