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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02
Life in Labrador.

Summer is the Labrad orlan's harvest
time. His hunting grounds arc the seas
about his own coast and tho shores of
Anticosti. This island, enveloped by
fogs. encircled by sunken rocks, swept
by hurricanes, and surrounded by furious
currents, is the horror of all mariners.
Within the last ten years, one hundred
and three ships and three thousand lives
have been lost on its t~reacherous shores.
A few years ago some Canadians made an
attempt to settle on it, intending to
make fortunes in fishing and hunting.
One was to be a sort of king, with
bears and gulls for his subjects. But
the scheme fell through, and the bears
are still sole lords of the island. During
the nine months of winter the Labra-
dorian is idle. In his rough board howell
perched on a rocky ledge, with hurri-
canes bowling around it, rocking it to its
foundations, and the trampling surf
laundering on the rocks below, he spends
his dreary days. Sometimes, weather per-
hitting, he aud his friends have
social gatherings-collect at one another's
houses, aud there, steaming and jovial,
pass the evening in rude revelry, which
usually degeneratcs into a general fight.
Then Dandemonium reigns; the infuri-
ated partisans swear and shout; the dogs
penned in a narrow space between the
floor and the ground, engage in deadly
battles; the tide of war causes the floor
to heave like the waves of the sea.
These dogs are a prominent feature of
Labrador life. They are the only means
the Labradorians have of travelling great
distances, for in the three thousand miles
of Labrador coast there is not one mile
of made road, and many of the inhabi-
tants have never seen q horse, and would
flee from one as a devil. Sled-dogs
sometimes make from ninety to n hun
dred miles a day, but shedding has its
disadvantages-the quarreiso:ne temper
of the dog is known. When two teams
meet, the twelve dogs. by common con
sent, dash at each other, regardless of
the whips of the men and the shrieks of
the women, and engage in a fierce strug.
gle. Sometimes they can be separated;
but when two dogs meet who have a
long-cherished grudge against each other
they fight till one or both lie dead on
the snow. Shedding in Labrador is an
exciting method of locomotion.
With June the breaking up OF
the ice; the air is filled with sudden re-
ports caused by the bursting of icebergs,
the fisherman hauls out his net and
launches his boat. and from the bastions
of the cliff the veterans watch the hori-
zon for the first schools of mackerel.
Thus the brief summer begins, and for
three months all is life and hustle; but
with September ONE winter, and all
Labrador relapses into nine months OF
drcary inactivity. -Argonaut.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02

used for details of the delivery. Long
lines of carts stood ready for the morn.
ing work, several of them on o large
raised platform, where they were being
washed.
The work nevc stops, Sundays or hol-
idays: night or day. Some part of the
business is always being done. The
yeast room is like q small brewery. The
busiest time is at 4 o'clock IN the morn
ing, when the full force of men are at
work. The drivers are all in with their
carts ready for the morning loads and the
bakers have not yet left.
More bread is sold in summer than in
winter, but the actual amount eaten is
less. The reason is that more is wasted
in GUNNER. The hot weather causes the
bread to get stale quicker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Masses of deep-sea coral, many tons in
weight. which were torn from their
ocean bed by the volcanic explosion n
Sunda Straits two years ago, may now
be seen two or three miles inland,
whittier they were borne by the tidal
wave.
The water in the gulf of Botnnia is
reported to be falling quite rapidly. One
proof of this is the fact that q large
stone on the Swedish coast now rises
three feet above water at mean tide
while fifty years ago it was barely visible
at lowest tide.
Some experiments in London recently
showed that the native English fishes
are unable to survive in water heated
much, if any, in excess of 80 degrees,
yet in the low country of India and Bur-
NAH streams are filled with fish where
the water becomes from ten to fifteen
degrees hotter than this every MONDAY.
In a new French apparatus the heat Of
the sun falling upon metallic plates
tightly covering q thin layer of volatile
liquid, like ammonia, is combined with
the natural GOODNESS of water to generate
power for pumping. With plates having
q surface of forty square yards such an
apparatus would hourly raise 1872 GAL
lors of water sixtv.6ve feet in warm
climates, and at Auteuil raises over 800
gallons per hour.
Giro Ferrari and Won Behold have OBJ
served that very extensive thunderstorms
are often attended at their rear by small
but we'll marked depressions, and that
the anterior margin of a thunderstorm
form the boundary between a region OF
high pressure and one Of low pressure. In
the country visited by the storm the rain
districts assume the form of eclipses
whose major axes are almost parallel to
the direction of the storm. Hail forms
long, narrow bands c%oinciding in direc-
ton with that of the prevalent wind.
Regarding typhoons the government
astronomer of Hong Kong states that the
signs of these phenomena in the China
seas are clouds of the cirrus type, looking
like fine hair, feathers, or small white
tufts of wool travelling from east to
north, a slight rise in the barometer,
clear and dry, but hot weather, and light
winds. These portents are followed by
a falling barometer, while the tempera-
ture rises still further. The air becomes
oppressive from increasing danpness, and
the sky presents a vaporous and threat -.
ening appearance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02
Dome Of the Washington Capitol.

heard the other day some curious
facts about the dome OF the capitol at.
Washington. It is said that there was
a statue of ancient Egypt called Mem.
non, which whispered sweet words OF
melody to the sun as he appeared above
the horizon, and sang him 10 sleep every
NIGHT with weird lullaJies. The grand,
naughty Goddess of. Liberty on top OF
the dome has a heart of bronze, but q
rood heart for all that. and one filled
With true old Virginia courtesy. She
has not yet picked up enough courage to
ATTEMPT to do the prima donna act, u
every morning the good dame courte-
sic; to the sun, and when he sinks in the
West she again courtesies, but without
turning around. Some time since Archl-
tect Clark suspended a plummet line
from the interior of the dome, and 1t was
found by actual Measurement the lead
swung A. inches, making a total up
Of the perpendicular of 81 inches. This
is caused bv the alternate contraction
and expansion of the iron.
A Iudicrous mistake which occurred
last wear may be mentioned III this con-
n%ection. The colst survey had in charge
the surveying of the river front prepara'
tory to locating the line for the reclama.
ton of the Potomac flats. The top OF
the dome was taken as n point OF the
surveyors triangle in estimating certain
distances. The calculations thus arrived
at were found to sadly differ almost
every day, and much swearing and per-
nlexed thinking upon the part of the
brilliant engineers were INDUCED in be-
fore the dipping of the dome wa:
brought to mind. After that the top OF
the Washington monument ala unceas'
ing duty as a mathematic guiding star.
Boston Budget.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02
Draining Ponds for Carp.

The carp culture in the highlands OF
central France is a form of industry
which merits a good deal more attention
and imitation than it has hitherto OBJ
tanned. On that high plateau there are
ponds of all sizes, many Of them large
enough to be dignifed by the more
grandiloquent name of lakes, but to the;
country people they are one and all
s'etangs and nothing more. These:
ponds are one of the chief sources OF
wealth of the country, which is mostly
but poor soil for cultivation, as a great
part of it has recently been reclaimed
from moorland and heather. These,
ponds are stocked with carp, and once
every three years a great fishing takes
place. All the le-bodied men of the
country side arc engaged for a certain
day in October to meet at n
of the ponds; that on the highest.
level being taken first. The slulces I
of the pond are opened three days
previously and the water allowed to
run gradually off, leaving the bed OF
deep mud which seems to be one OF the
necessaries of carp existence. When
LQeEc - Ouly d GAAn
trickling down the centre OF the erst-
while pond, the fishing begins. On all
sides the carp lie houndering, painting,
gasping on the expanse of mud; IN some
places the fish are two or three deep n
ton of one another. The number OF carp
in these ponds is something quite extra
ordinary; they do not seem to suffer in
dividualiy from their great numbers, for
the fish are remarkably fine and heavy.
The men wade through the mud, catch
ing the carp by the gills, and hnglng !.
them on the bank. There they are
weighed by men who have cone with
carts from the nearest town to buy the
fish, and after the weighing the carp are
packed among straw in the carts as tight,
ly as possible. When the carts are Jul
thew return to the town, and the carp
are then placed in tanks. A carp takes
a good deal of killing, and, though De-
inc tightly packed in straw for q whole
day and joltcd down hill for perhaps four
hours, may strike hin: as a novel expert
ence, it does not do him the very least
harm: and as soon as he is released from
durance vile and placed in the tanks, ne
resumes the even tenor OF his way
Saturday Reuiew.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02
s.The Time the Old Cow Died o."

In Scotland and the north of Ireland
this saying is very common in the
mouths of the peasantry, though all who
use it may not understand its origin. 1t
arose out of an old song
There was an old man, ami he had an old
cow,
And he had nothing to give her;
So he took out his fiddle and played her q
tune
Consider, good COW, consider;
This is no time of year for the grass to grow,
Consider, good COW, consider!
The old cow died of hunger, and
when any grotesquely melancholy song
or tune is uttered the north country reo-
ple saw. "That is the tune the old COW
died of."-Loadon agricultural Gazette,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02
Watery Wonders OF Utah.

There is in the extreme north Of Utah
q magnificent subterranean reservoir Of
tirst-cla,s soda water, bubbling and ef-
fervcscing out of the ground in such
quantities that all America might be sup
piled. In the extreme south, on the
road to Ordervillc, is an exquisite circu-
lar lakclet that is always just full to the
brim with water as clear and as green as
beryl. And wherever the water over
flows the lakes edge it encrusts the
ground and the grass and the fallen
leaves upon it with a fine coating of
limestone, so that the brim is growing
higher and higher with the impercep-
tible but certain growth of a coral reef,
and III the course of generations the lake
will become a concerted basin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02
SHADOWS ALL
Shadows all!

Shadows all!
Ghosts of buried yesterdays.
Echoes of forgotten lays,
Love that walks in sunny ways,
Through life's somber pail;
Dreams of gladness..yet to b.,
Songs of ummer leaves and sea,
Music, too, DER land and lea,
Shadows all!
Shadows all!
Thoughts of trouble, time and years,
Hopes of mirth and pain of tears,
Anguish of unfounded fears,
That forever call;
Waves of sorrow, tides of sin,
TESTERS prank, or daughters din,
Fame that we are yet to win,
Shadows all!
Life and death and leaf Of spring,
Bud and flower and grave Of king,
Poets song of wounded wing,
Notes Of birds that fall;
Fear of future, dread of past,
Hate of peasant, prideof caste,
These, that neither fade nor last,
Shadows all!
Claude G. MILESTONE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02

Congresses wet with a decoction OF
thirty parts of valerian root and 100
parts of water are used by a French sur
geon in dressing wounds. 1t hastens
the healing, relieves the pain, and is
especially valuable in deep-seated
wounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02

The plant of happiness cannot thrive
without the air of checrfulncss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-12-02

The innocence of the intention abatcs
nothing Of the mischief Of the example.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

up very satisfactorily. At lac.
solved to test his skill to the utmo.sne
set him to try and extort q confss.asa
from a young woman charged WIFI
fanticide. Now, in the curse ofb;u
terview with this e1rl. a.
afterward confessed TO me /. -
in love with her and took il irto t n
head that she was not only innocent
the crime alleged against her, but tho.
she was not the real mother Of tha s
FAINT which she was accused Of he,;s
destroyed, but that she had mereiv J.
sumed the responsibility of bainc =.
mother to shield a friend. Howevas
resolved to do his duty and f~eelinesuya
the result would be such earnest nro
testations of innocence as would cony;ro.
the whole world OF their sincerity. IL
persevered in his attempt to extort !
confession. He acted with so much had
that she broke down completely and was
about to confess the whole affair. bni
baing satisfied, from her words and All.
ions, that she was undoubtedly guilty
he became SO enraged to find that one
whom he had allowed himself to love
and believe in had been guilty Of sucb
baseness that he burst forth into sucha
torrent of oaths and invectives aUainsl
her as to seal her lips forever on the
subject of her crime. The result va,
her prompt acquittal for lack OF direct
evidence. Thus you see how important
it is for q detective to hold his temper
"Are not the innocent often mistaken
for the guilty."
very often. An innocent man
wrongly accused will always appear like
q guilty one, while a hardened criminal
under the most eliminating circumstan.
ces, will seem the personifcation Of viz.
tuous innocence.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

my pipe and made my way to the door.
Il have to pay for a brandy-and"soda
and tobacco" | said.
yes, sir, " SAID the waiter, who how
cred about to check off the payers,
"and two dinners, champagne, sherry,
punoh-eighteen shillings, If you please
sir" ,
But" 1 demonstrated, my friend
paid for all that"
81 beg your pardon, sir" said the
young m Mt the desk; he left
word, sir. that you would settle for
everything"
Well, they wouldn't let me go with
out paying, and | went home rather
crestfallen. ! wrote to Major Bilkins,
at Buckley park, Surrey, but my letter
came back in due course, marked In
red aud other colored inks all over it:
Not known; try"-ever so many
places.
Oh, Major Bilkins, I didn't mind pay
ing so much for feed and giving you a
little pocket money, but it was rather
too bad to hand me for change out OF
my hslf-sovereign a form that proved
to be q "duffer ."-Belgravia.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
H BEST

Art thou thine own hearts conquerori
Strive ever thus TO be;
That is the fight that is most sore,
The noblest victory.
Art thou beloved by one true heart?
o prize it! it is rare;
There are so many in the mar
So many false and fair.
Art thou alone? o say not so!
The world is full, be sure;
There is 80 much of want and woe,
SO much that thou Canst cure.
Art thou in poverty myself.
Thou still canst help a friend;
Kind words are more than any pelf,
Good deeds need never end
Art thou content in youth or agar
Then let who will be great;
Thou hast the noblest heritage,
Thou hast the best estate!
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

The late tremendous drop In the price
of wheat has produced something like
panic among the wheat growers Of Eng
land. AT present prices the returns on
most farms will not owe expenditure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-28
Not Many Range Cattue Dying.

TOPEKA, KAN, January 2S-Reports have been
I'm circulation that large numbers OF cattle are
diving on the prairie In Western Kansas promi-
nent stoc&man from Finney says the reports ara
greatly exaggerated. He states large number OF
cattle are dying, but not range cattle. They belong
10 what is known 'the raw hides They arc
cattle which were driven 70 Dodge city late IN tho
season and are culs ~ those offered In the Market
These were purchased by men living along the
railroad at "A low price, with the distinct UNDER
standing that they were liable TO die. The range
cattle or cattle which were on the range during
the summer are now looking flne. The loss ON
these Will not reach TWO Der cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-28
Alexandria Affair."
Reported for The EVENING STAR

CITY CoUHCHcPRoPosEp RAILWAY CHAN0R-At
the meeting OF the city councils last night the COM
mittee on streets reported an act authorizing the
Washington and Ohio railroad TO extend fts track
along Lee street to Fayette alley between Cameron
and King streets. the act % be VOID unleoD tho
track be laid within twelve months The bn was
amended so as provide that the city should be paid
for the right OF way, and was at last recommitted
The finance committee was authorized &C borrow
5000 for fiye months TO meet current demands on
the city treasury.
PRIZE DKuI--The prize drill OF st. Johns Acade-
my Cadets took place at MeBurneyss Han last
night sixteen cadets, including Cadets Z A.
Jonas, VIM. Wallace whitney ana Geo g. Deaffng
OF Washington, competed. Capt ]. F. Oyster and
two lieutenants OF the National Rf1es. OF WASH
1ngton, were judges, and the pri1e, TN order for
full.length nfe-size portrait Of the winner, was
awarded to Sergeant VIM. T. Slower, Of Baltimore
CouNTY AND CRY CoURTa-In the county court
yesterday James Grimes was convicted OF assault,
and hned SIS The indictment against Eugene Mur-
ray for breaking jail, was quashed, and an on.
OF supervisors. In the city couu Q nnal decree
was made In the Atkinson Bacon case.
lNDICTnRNI&-The county grand jury has In
dicted w. Penthan for violation Of the revenue
law. and has refused to md bills against J. w.
Clarke for keeping lottery, J. H. Lane Tor stealing
mule. and the board OF supervisors for failing 60
NorEa-st Johns fair was CROWDED last night.
number OF military men froen washington were
present. and the Alexandra Light infantry visited
the fair In q body.-A series Of prsyer meetingA
20 awaken the unconyerted, b now Ia peoRve8 at
the evangelical churches here An iron steamer,
40 feet long, arrived here yesterday win lumber
for Smoot, Perry Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-28
To Prssecs Gas oe.suners.
HOW CITIZENS on ILLINOIS PROPOSE TO GUARD 40 Ans,

CHICAGO, January 2S-The citizens ASSOCIATION
Of this city preparing bill TO be introduced in
the legislature providing for the appointment by
the governor OF state meter Inspector at salary
os 5000. which Is 20 be provided for by the ASSESS
ment on the capital stock of the gas companies
The state Inspector viii be required 20 have an
ofical test made once year. at their own ex pense
and 10 allow the consumer a rebate on the previous
three months bills In case meter II found 70 regis
ter "fast" The bill VIII provide, also, that the
companies must have a meter officially tested at
any time on request OF a consumer who may think
II is registering incorrectly. II the meter Is found
TO be registering correctly or slow. the consumer
must pay for the test If it registers fast the CON-
pany must bear the expense and allow the proper
rebate. The bill viii provide for penalties Tor In
fraction OF its provisions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-28
General Foreign News,

GERMAN INTERFERENCE WITH cAhERooSs,
LONDON, January 2s-The latest advices from
the Cameroons mission is 20 the effect that the na-
tives are becoming turbulent over German nterfer-
ence in their territory IL f. feared that they may
resort 10 extreme acts OF retaliation the action
OF the German fleet under Commander Knorr In
commencing hostiliI les Wi hout having given ths
slightest notice OF an ntefIion TO do so The Eng
lish residents at the mission complain bitterly OF
the absence OF British protection anc insist that
there is pressing necessity Tor the presence OF an
imposing naval force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-28
Affatrs I'm West Washineton.

CUTTING IC8 ON THE RIVER AND CANAL-A
large number OF men are engaged In cutting ice on
the river and canal for confectiOners, butchers and
restaurants. The ice on the river is ~ inches
thick and very clear.
AGAIN CoNFfERD TO Hrs BED.-Dr. Tyler, who,
as reported, was recovering and able to be up, Is
again confined to his bed, but is not considered
dangerously III by hts physiciana
CAIzIB 1ARK1E-Sale OF 1--we stock, at DrOver3'
Rest, D. c.. as reported by Tavenner Br0a yes
terday e a. follows - cattle up and sold: best at
SA 70 6H; good, at ~ 70 So; medium, at 70 *;
common, at 3X 20 3H. 900 sheep and lambe-
sheep. AZ 81 20 81; lambs, &C 81 20 ek; COWS and
calves at - 20 80 Aaxiee e0od
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-28

SOME LIVELY TALK EXPECTED IN THE HOUSE VII IN
THEY COME UP FOR CONSIDERATION To-MoRRow
Mr.. Curtin, chairman OF the House foreign affairs
committee says the resolutions with relation 10
the dynamite explosions In London viii be called
up In the House by the committee tomorrow. The
resolution presented by Mr. Findlay does not meet
with the approval OF all the members OF the COM
mttee, as they think IL goes too TAR In assuming
responsibility for the outrages modified resolu-
ton Will be offered. Mr.. Curtin says he would not
agree 10 any action which carries with Il the i'm
pcation that the United states was In any way
responsible for the action OF the dynaniters- Some
or the Irish members OF the House indignant
that any action all should be TAKEN and IL Is ex
pected that there will be some very lively talk on
the door OF the House when the resolutions come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-28
PERISHED IN THE GREAT STORMS.
Heavy Loss of Human Life and Of
Cattle in the Northwestern BlfZ.


CHICAGO, January 2S-A Portland, Oregon, spe-
cial to-day Says:-"Dur1ng the past six weeks
Oregon and Washington Territory. and the loss OF
live stock is reported very heavy. Cattle and horses
perished by thousands from exposure and want
OF food The loss OF sheep and hogs however is re-
ported much greater. The latest reports from set
tied regions east OF the Cascades are that large
numbers OF persons froze 20 death during the laIe
cold and protracted snow storms. number of
persons during the continuance of the storm are
known to have wandered of and perished. Most
OF the bodies OF such persons have been recovered
since the snow disappeared. Many persons are
still missing. There can be no doubt TO the fate
OF these missing persons. The precise number OF
persons pertshing Will probably never be known,
but IL is large.