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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-11
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From he Editor ofne Btseslteenees. y
rWAsulSaroS, D. O., April S.-our last,
devoted to Mr.. McGraw's endorsements,
was 10 be;continued in our next with
special regard to Major Alderson's back.
ing. For one who missed the goal, Major
Anderson wasyery strongly and yolumin-
ously supported. When he determined
to make the dash he went In to win.
Printed petitions were sent over the State
TO be circulated for signatures, and any
man might be proud Of the response. My
recollection Is that they came in from
every county, and only lack OF time cut
them OF. They came accompanied by
the kindeat expressions, by pointed conn
ments and-by requests to remember the
service rendered. i doubt whether the
State was ever, more thoroughly canyassed
than by the two energetic suitors for the
presidential favor.
rnE JACKSON ADMINISTRATION ETAI. III
There isa petition which represented
in part the State administration OF that
day, besides influential members Of the
Senate and House of Delegates. at the
head is the bold, even defiant autograph
of"J. B. Jackson, Gov. of W. Va" writ
ten as though my respected Democratic
friend didn't care who knew 1t. Randolph
Stalnaker, Secretary Of State, follows
gracefully and in good order. Then we
have W. F. Butler, Adj't. Gen. State Of
W. Va, and B. l.. Butcher without any
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
A Remarkable Case in Surgery.

An accident 80 remarkable occurred
in this city a few days ago to one Of our
leading merchants that it has no re-.
corded parallel in civil surgery and but
few in military experience. The patient
had been playing and romping with his
children. After he had sat down to rest.
to his amazement he found that he could
not place his back close to that of the
chair. Finding no apparent cause in the
chair for this obstruction he requested
his wife to examine his back, and to her
horror she discovered 4 hidcous protu-
berancc in the region of his right shout.
der blade quite six inches beyond the
back and adhcrent to it. lie at once
repaired to his physician. DR.. G. Cole
mar Benson, on Pearl street, who recog-
nized the lesion as displacement of the
inferior angle of the scapula by rupture
of the superior fibcrs of the lat;ssimus
dorsi muscle, and quickly reduced the
dislocation so as to alleviate the excess
i've pain and distortion in the shoulde,
and arms. Appropriate bandages have
been applied. and the case is progressing
most favorably. -Ra!timore american.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
A japanese Plant Cure.

On the bodies of almost every Japan
csc, and sometimes on every part of the
body, one sees round white spots. These
are the moxa spots, produced by burn
ing the flesh with a species of plant,
with the object Of curing some affection.
This is a universal popular specific in
Japan, which is its home, although moxa
is to found used elsewhere. 1t was in
troduced from Japan to Europe by tho
Portuguese and Spaniards, and the name
is japanese. In May the leaves of the
Artemisia Chinensis are powdered and
dried, and the mass cut into small blocks
or pieces. One of these is laid on the
body and set on 6rc, burning slowly
away. At first it naturally produces a
sore, more or less deep, according to the
intensity of the heat; 500 this heals,
leaving the seal for ever. The belief in
the efficacy of this process is universal,
and DR.. Baelz thinks, not altogether mis-
placed, for the moxa acts much as u
blisters do. Moreover, from the accounts
of those who have gone through the
cure, it is by no means as painful as one
would anticipate from the heroic nature
of the remedy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
FOretelling the Weather,

When distant obje It's stand out very
clear in the atmosphere a storm is near.
If there isn't any clouds in the sky it
may mean more of q storm than if the
clouds are plentiful. When the stars are
numerous and bright that's a sign of bad
weather before long. If you see shafts
of red in the east just before the sun
rises there's going to be wind soon, per-
haps the next day. When the swallows
fly high it is clear weather. If they fly
low look out for rain. If pigeons hang
around the coop it means rain; if they
fly away and fly a great deal the weather
will be dry for at least a day or two. OF
course, I mean we'll fed pigeons. A
starved bird will look for something to
eat, rain or shine.
If d male cat stays in the house of his
own accord at night look out for .
storm in less than t%wenty-four hours.
If a she cat washes her face before
breakfast it's a sign of rain. The aver:
age dog will come in under shelter six
hours before rain, no matter how clear
the sky is. If the pains of glass in your,
windows are cool when the weather is
warm rain is near. No matter how
warm you may be in the city on q sum-
mer's day if you can breathe freely the
weather will continue clear; if you feel
as if you needed air, or as if choking,
YOU can be sure of rain in q short whilc.;
Brooklyn Union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
A "Stick" of Importance.

From a Gold Coast (Africa) letter to
the Boston Bulletin, we take this extract:
The guide knew his ground, and was
perfectly at home as to movements from
this time out. He led on to the entrance
of the African village proper, halted for
a ''custom," and waited till the messen-
ger from the chief put in IN appearance. A
medium rigid carbonate soon showed
up and the customary dash was made up
and sent with some flourish to the
receiving officer who examined it, and
finding it all right, forwarded it to his
higness, who in turn sent us his 'stick,"
which is 'ssafe conduct" through his
country, and with quite a deal of flourish
said stick was presented. Now this was
no ten cent cane, but q ieweled piece of
ebony beautifully carved and ~curiously
mounted. This stick serves many pur-
poses in different African countries. In
some provinces, Cape Coast, and in
fact anywhere on the Gold Coast from
Commenda to Whydah, the "stick" is
the oath test and its presenta-
ton is the same as o bond signed by the
sender. Contracts are ratified over the
"stick."
The guide received the ''mark" as a
pledge, and turning q cunningly wrought
figure toward me, l saw the emblem and
knew we were in q country where We
should find friends.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
A New Musical Instrument.

The "Pyrophone" is the latest musical
invention. 1t is a novel instrument, con
structed to make music from gas. Its
compass is three octaves, with a key
board and it will be played in the same
manner as an organ. 1t has thirty-seven
glass tubes in which a number Of gas
Jets burn. These jets, placed in circles,
contract and expand like the fingers of q
hand. When the small burners separate
the sound is produced, when they close
together the sound ceases. The tone de-
ponds upon the number of the burners
and the size of the pipes in which they
burn, so that by a careful arrangement
and selection all the notes Of the must
cal scale may be produced in several oc-
taves. Some of the glass tubes in which
the jets burn are nearly eleven feet high.
When the "Pyrophone" is played upon
with the keyboard it gives out a rich,
full tone of remarkable delicacy, and to
a great extent resembling the human
voice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
A Clock Wound Once in 400 Days.

s'This clock after once winding will go
for 400 days" The foregoing inscrip.
ton, neatly printed on a card, appeared
over a small t:mepiece exhibited in an
uptown New York jewelers. window. A
reporter for the Mail and Ezp1sss asked
the manager of the store to explain how
the clock worked. He said: ut is just
an ordinary clock, but it will go for 400
days"
"Do you mean to say that if started on
New Years rorning it will run into
February OF the next year before stop
ping9"
sThat's just it. It takes about three
times as long as an ordinary eight-day
clock to wind up, and then if stood on
an even mantel piece or a sideboard will
run as I have said" /
"Are the works at'all peculiar2"
"Well, it has a very strong spring of
course, but Idon't think the works are
any different from other clocks. It is
an imported instrument. Just look at
it,"
The clock stood about six inches high,
and was about three inches deep and
broad. The works were very like any
other clock, except the pendulum. This
consisted of a heavy round weight sus-
pended on a very fine wire. Instead OF.
swinging this weight revolved, twisting
round in one direction and then revers-
ing. 1t took just four seconds for this
clock to tick once.
"This is the longest running clock
ever made, and is a great novelty" said
the manager. "There is q great demand
for clocks just now in all shapes. Some
YOU see we have mounted on earthen-
ware, some represent nautical, some
sporting, and all kinds Of scenes"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
A Knowing Old Rabbit.

Here is a story which beats the old
dog stories hollow. According to NJ.
L.aborde, a writer in the Rerue Scienty:
ique, q rabbit, one OF the ordinary tame
species, was bought for purposes of cx-
pertinent at the Physiological Labora-
tory in Paris, and after a portion of the
facial nerve had been removed it was
left to run about the laboratory. 1t very
500 recovered from the effect of the
operation, and was for four years NJ.
Laborde's affectionate companion. 1t
would await at the top of the stairs his
arrival in the morning and would some
times run to meet him. Whenever it
had the opportunity the rabbit would
jump upon his knee, and was as fond of
caresses as a cat. During the progress
of an experiment it would sit on the op.
Grating table watching the proceedings
with every appearance of interest. Bun
sy's chief delight, however, was in a
microscopical examination. AS soon as
NJ. Laborde put his eye to the micro
scope the rabbit would perch on his
shoulders and endeavor to take a peep.
This wonderful animal lived on terms of
the most affectionate friendship with two
dogs belonging to the laboratory; but
when a strange dog arrived he invaria-
bly, turned it out aud sometimes chased
it along the street. Nor did he show
himself very friendly to unfamiliar biped
visitors.-PaW Null Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Good manner and good morals are
sworn friends and firm allies. 9
Chance is a word void of sense; moth,
ing can exist without a cause.
A good name is your best trademark.
It can be equaled but not couuterfeited.
He that waits for an opportunity OF
taking his revenge, watches to do him.
self a mischief.
Many people believe that where agreat
deal is said something must be true; they
split the difference.
On the diffusion of education among
the people rests, the preservation and
perpetuation of Jul free institutions.
You can prove your pedigree by your
parents, but your good qualities will be
recognized without any such evidence. =,
To excel others is a proof of talent;
but to know when to conceal that supe.
riority is a greater proof of prudence.
To find friends when we have no need
of them. and to want them when we
have, are both alike easy and common.
To succeed in any of life's endcavors
be our talents what they may, we require
perseverance, decision and tenacity OF
will to reach the full measure of sue.
cess.
A man who can give up dreaming and
60 to his daily realities; who can
smoother down his heart, its love or woe,
and take to the hard work of his hand;
who deies fate; and if he must die, dies
fighting to the last-that man is LIES
hero.
Men are more civilized by their pleas.
ure than by their occupation. Business
dispensed not only with ceremony. but
often with common civility; and wa
should become rude, repulsive, and I'm,
gracious did we not recover in our recres
atoms the urbanity which in the hustle Of
our labors ne disregard.
The first cracks made in the smooth
surface of friendship are as dangerous
as those which come to the sheeny satin
garment of a young married love. Free
doms of speech and exactinguess of at.
t%ention, neglect of due forms, liberties
beyond the license of just intimacy, all
these are cracks to be stopped in the be-
ginning, else the time will com when
no masonry of tact or of affection can
repair them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
HAND IN HAND.
The boats 60 sailing

The boats go sailing
Over a silver sea:
The wind has hushed its wailing
Through brush and tree.
Hand in hand, let us fare together,
Through the sunny and windy weather.
The birds have hushed their chorus;
Stars, through the twilight soft,
Will soon be glimmering DER US
The moons aloft.
Hand in hand, let us hold together,
Through the dark and the starlit weather.
With dewy drops of healing,
The thirsty grass is pearled;
A Sabbath calm is stealing
About the world.
Hand in hand, let us fare together,
Through working days, and Sabbath weather
The little flowers are sleeping;
The sun is out of sight.
God have US in His keeping
All through the night!
Tomorrow let us fare together,
Still onward through the changing weather
The Gutter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Dr00ping Shoulders.

This is a serious evil. 1t comprises
both appearance and vitality. A stoop-
ing figure is not only a familiar express
sion OF weakness or old age, but it u.s.,
when caused by careless habits, a direct
cause of contracted chest and defective
breathing. Unless you rid yourself of this
crook while at school, you will probably
go bent to your grave. There is n
good way to cure it. Shoulder braces
will not help. One needs, not ar artiiv
cial substitute, but some means to develop
the muscles whose duty it is to hold the
head and shoulders erect. I know Of
but one bull's:eye shot. It is to carry q
weight on the head. A sheepskin or
other strong bag filled with twenty to
eighty pounds of sand is "a good weight.
When engaged in your morning studies.
either before or after breakfast, put this
bag of sand on your head, hold your
head erect, draw your chin close to your
neck and walk slowly about the room;
coming back, if you please, every
minute or two to your book, or carrying
the book as you walk. The muscles
duty it is to hold the head and
shoulders erect are hit, not with scatter.
ing shot, but with a rife-ball. The bones
of the spine and the intervertebral SUBJ
stance will soon accommodate themselves
to the new attitude. One year of daily
practice with the bag, half an hour morn.
ing and evening, will give you a noble
carriage, without interfering a moment
with your studies.
1t would be very difficult to put into .
paragraph more important instruction
than this. Your respiration, voice and
strength of spine, to say nothing Of your
appearance. will find a new departure in
this cure of dropping shoulders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Dogs Against Mountain Lion.

Jack Gaylor, a noted hunter of tho
Wind mountains, Montana, has q breed
of dogs famous for their fierce courage
and active strength. They are a pure
cross between the bloodhound and the
best English bulldog. Many bear, elk,
and mountain lion have these dogs
brought to bay and assisted in Staying.
Hair and Hide are the two foremost
representatives of the gallant and eff
cent breed.
Not long since Mr.. Gaylor was aroused
from sleep during the night by a piteous
bawling in his calf pen and an uproar
among his dogs. fastening out, he per.
ceived by the light of a brilliant moon
two lions making off. They had como
for veal, and had nearly succeeded in
getting it. The next night Mr.. Gaylor
watched his corral, but the wary brutes
did not come. The following night
there came from the snowy SUBMITS OF
Wind mountains a light snowfall. The
old hunter was now sure of his game.
Taking Hair and Hide in the early morn
ing be sailed forth. In a short time his
course was crossed by the trail of tho
whole lion family. The dogs at once
sped along the freshly-tracked SNOW
and soon the game was found in a
leafy covert of pine and quaking
aspen. Pushing his way through the
snow-laden boughs the hunter came in
close sight of the family. The lion was
standing on the trunk of a huge fallen
pine; his long tail swinging from side to
side, while his eyes flashed with green
fire. The lioness was crouched a short
distance off at the foot of another huge
tree. in the forks Of which could be seen
two active whelps. Hair md Hide at
once sprang for the lion and the savage
fray at once began. With a long leap
the lioness came to the aid of her mate,
but a ball from Gaylor's rifle broke one
of her shoulders, and she retreated, spit.
ting with pain and rage, to the vicinity
of her whelps. The combat between
the royal brute and his fierce and active
foes now became terrific. Gaylor watched
the lioncss and the fight. He was sure
of his dogs, and wanted them to kill
their enemy alone. Even if be had been
disposed to lend helping hand such was
the fierce confusion of the struggle that
he would have been as liable to have
hurt his faithful friends as their savage
foe. After a ten minutes struggle the
deep growls of the lion became more
faint; soon they ceased entirely, and the
proud hunter beheld his two brave dogs,
one at the broad muzzle of the mountain
king, and the other at his wide haunch:
The lion was dead and fairly "stretched
OUT" to use an expressive westernism.
Hair and Hide were dripping with gore
from a dozen different wounds, both
deep and sore. They were on the fight
still, however, and wanted to attack the
lioness at once, but Gaylor would not
allow them to do any more, and a ball
from his rifle stretched the lioness in
death. Each of the whelps demanded a
bullet, and the whole royal family had
paid the stern penalty of their tyranni-
cal customs. - Micugo Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
Lime a Preseryatiye From Rust.

All steel articles can be perfectly
preserved from rust by putting a lump
of freshly burnt lime in the drawer OF
case in which they are kept. If things
are to be moved Gas a gun in its case, for
%instance) put the lime in a muslin bag.
This is especially valuable for speci'
mems of iron when fractured; for in a
moderately dry place the lime will not
want any renewing for many years, as it
is capable of absorbing a large quantity
of moisture. Articles in uss should be
placed in a box nearly filled with thor.
oughly pulverized Stacked lime. Before
using them rub we'll witha wooden cloth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

The Miquelon islands, four in number,
at the lower entrance to the gulf of
St. Lawrence, are all that remain of the
once vast possessions of France in North
America. A steamer makes fortnightly
trips to them from Halifax. The resi-
dent population is about 5000. St.
Pierre is tho capita. and PRINCIPAL town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18
use one Of his own expressions, ''bulgins
out with frst-class wisdom"

Three little points of interest before l
close. Josh did the greater part Of his
best work after he was forty years OF age,
and the Mev York Weekly paid him 500
a week for a column of "Sayings." and
he wore the long hair that trailed down
his back and flowed over his high coat
collar to conceal an unsightly wen on his
neck. -HowarI Paul, IN Philadelphia
TfJnes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

Men make a living in New York BY
picking up cigar stubs thrown away IN
the streets by smokers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

It takes eighty men and women to
make q postage stamp.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

1t was Josh who originated the phrase
that is now a national expression-''The
business end of a wasp" and when he
said to a lady, "It is better to be
laughed at for not being married than to
be unable to laugh because you are" it
eems to me he uttered a sentence. to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

Josh was impatient of the airs and
graces of the Boston shop girls. l went
with him into a store in Washington
street one day, and he asked one of the
maidcns if She was the attendant who
had sold him q handkerchief the day
before.
II am the saleslady who served you,"
responded the reduced empress in
fringed hair and ringed fingers who pre-
sided at the counter.
"Well," said Josh, Il will take a
dozen more, and as l wish to get them
to my washerlady at once l will get you
to send them to my carriage around the
corner. My coach gentleman cannot get
to the door just now in consequence of
the cart of the ash gentleman blocking
the way"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-08
How to Become Deaf at VIII.

Some years ago, owing to illness and
long residence in the tropics, became
morbid, sensitive to noises of every kind,
and procured complete relief in the fol-
lowing way: l placed some spermaceti
ointment in the center of little square
of thin, limp cotton, brought the corners
together, tied them with thread, and in
serted one of the little plugs well into
each ear, and after little kneading and
gentle pressure found that / was abso-
lutely deaf to all ordinary noises, such as
the loud barking of dogs and the loud
rum.bling of heavy carriages in the street.
A couple of points must be carefully at
tended to. The ointment must not bo
too soft, the quantity about the size of
small pea, and the little bag must be
somewhat larger than its contents, to al
low the plugs to take the shape of the
auditory canal. If the bag be too small,
or its contents larger in size than pea,
it cannot be inserted into the ear, and if
applied only to that orifce it entirely
fails in its object. This little experiment
is easily tried, and daily experience Of
over twelve months warrants me Sn eAy-
ing that it will be found invalpAUia ir
the sick room, London LaaGaN