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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-01-07
SELECT STRINGS.

It takes %, 900 people packed as in a
political meeting to fill an acre.
A silver dollar of 1904, according to'a
catalogue recently issued in Philadelphia,
is worth 5000.
Among the stupendous hogs within its
walls, Chicago is Boosting Of one weigh
ing 1,4OO pounds.
A California fruit.grower this year
succeeded in growing California peaches
so large that but fifteen of them could be
packed in a twenty-five pound box.
Fairies IRE believed in to the present
day in those parts of Wales distant from
the railway and out of the ordinary
track, and people insist that they often
dance on the hillsides.
Near Tuscarora. Nevada. there is a
tree, the foliage of which at certain sea.
sons is 50. luminous that it can be seer
for over a mile in the darkest n light. Its
luminosity is due to parasites.
In Alabama is q chica tree ten feet in
circumference. Its top was torn away
by a storm, but six feet up the trunk
two more trees have taken root and grown
as high as the old tree is. Half way up
the trunk of the original tree a peach
tree stands out.
The food of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
was very simple and Of small variety fol-
several years. When in August, 1923,
the third supply of colonists-about sixty
in number-came the best dish that
could be set before them was a lobster, a
piece of fish, and a cup of fair spring
water" as for bread, there was none in
the colony.
In Japan the rich owners Of cats have
apparently a high regard fol defunct
pussy. The report of q regal cats fun
eral comes from Yeddo. The coffin was
covered with a white silk pail, and a
body of chanting priests followed the
body to the grave. Later on a handsome
monument was erected OH which was in
scribed the many virtues of the cat.
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An Evening Call.

A resident of Chateau avenue, re-
Gently made up his mind to move, and,
as he had become greatly attached tc
the frame house in which he lived, he
determined to take the structure will
him, together with the furniture it con
tanned. Yesterday, according to tho
programme he had formulated, he had
the house placed on rollers and started
on its journey. AS darkness closed in
on him before he could complete his
task, he found it necessary to let the
| house remain on a side-track Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway company ovcl
night. The track was in m out-of-the'
way place, and he quite naturally sup
poscd it had been abandoned by the
company.
In fact, he was so we'll satisfied that
the building was perfectly secure that he
and his children went to bed in n OF
its apartments when the time for retiring
arrived. While the happy family were
snoring away and dreaming sweet dreams,
one OF the locomotive of the Missouri
Pacific company struck n side Of the
building and anne out at the opposite
side, passing through the parlor and
crushing through the floors and walls.
The dreamers, who slept in an adjoining
room, were shaken out Of their beds, and
the engineer and fireman in charge of thc
engine were almost frightened into
spasms, but, as luck would have it nc
ono was injurcd.-&. Louis Globe
UemOrrdt.
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PAY of Baseball Players.

1t was confidently expected by base
ball managers that salaries for next
season would rule very much lower than
they have been in the past, but present
indications are that they will be much
higher than ever before. Good players
are much sought after. James O'Rourkc,
when he announced his intention Of
leaving Buffalo, was beseiged by all the
leading clubs. Providence wanted him,
Boston would have been glad to have
had him, St. Louis offered him the man
angement of a club, New York and
Cleveland did the same and the Athlet-
les of this city, showed their faith by
offering him a salary of 81, 900 to play
and manage the nine next year. To
the latter Mr.. O'Rourke wired a
reply that he would be delighted to play
in the Quaker city for the sum of Sc, 900
per year. This figure was not favorably
considered by the Athletic management,
and so O'Rourke signed with the New
York club. His salary is to be Sc, 500,
the highest ever paid to a ball player.
Pitcher Mullane, who is to receive
s., 900 from Cincinnati, is the next high
est salaricd player in the profession.
Ward, Of New York, is said to receive
S3.4OO, and ''Buck" Ewings, the New
York catcher, is put down at So, 900.
Radbourne, the Providence pitcher, is
said to have received an offer of $4,000
for next year, provided he can get his re-
lease. Foutz, the St. Louis pitcher. is
to get So, 900 for twirling the ball, be-
sides the 50, 900 it cost to buy his release.
Fred Dunlap has q two years contract
with the st. Louis Unions at s 3,400 per
year, and George Shatfcr also holds real
estate security for a big salary with the
same nine.
Among the other players who have
secured contracts with the Union clubs,
with salaries all over So, 600, are Brad
ley, Mccormick, Briody and G~lasscock,
of Cincinnati. Arson holds an interest
in the Chicago club and besides is paid
So, 600 as manager and player. Arson
entered tn, profession eight years ago,
a green country lad and is said to have
made 500, 900 in that time. Stovey and
Knight draw between them over 81, 900
out of the Athletic treasury and Taylor
requires about 50, 900 to support him.
The players who are to receive ST. 500
or next season are numerous.
Larry Corcoran, the Chicago pitcher, is
to get 50, 100 and Morris is TO receive the
same amount for pitching in Pittsburg.
Barkley, the crack second bascman from
Toledo, struck st. Louis for the same
amount and was signed without much
talk. Hackctt, the Boston catcher,
would not sign for less than $4,000. and
Manning, of the same club, was offered
the same amount by the Philadelphia
club, but preferred to remain in Boston.
The new players developed during last
season are demanding and receiving high
figures. Joe Gerhardt, of Louisville,
wanted 81, 600, but has signed with the
New York club for one-half the amount.
Mi{ddeIDhi0 Times.
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Long Suffering Of One Of, tho Bess Men Of
H5is Final ind Complete Recovery hen
Gravel.
Plain words are best Mr.. Edward 8.
Hicks, Of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N.
Y, bad suffered long from stones in the
Kidneys. he sought relief, Of course. Who
would mott What are time and money to
healtha Mr.. Hicks consulted the best physt
clans Of his village and, also, Of Poughkeep
sie-and none better can be found anywhere
but, unhappily, without a good result A
friend in Rondout advised MI. Hicks to go
to Rondout and see DR.. David Kennedy about
his trouble. This MIR. Hicks finally did. Dr..
Kennedy saw at once what the suffering
mans difficulty was, and that "FGrorite
Remedun was the medicine he needed. The
Doctor prescribed 1t, and Mr.. Hicks went
home without much confidence in the power
of "Favorite Remedy to 10 MIN mere good
than other medicines had done before. But
hope clings to straws, andshe thought there
might be one chance out OF many IN his "a
vor. He followed the directions n was both
surprised and delighted to find himself pres.
emily improving. To-day MIR. Hicks Is awen
man -. ~
While DR.. Kennedy Is interested in intro
ducing "Favorite Remedy" he continues TO
practice his profession and performs all tho
capital and minor operations IN surgery.
State your case. Letters promptly answered.
Address DR.. David Kennedy, Rondcut, y.
Y. "Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy" for
sale by all druggists. :
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THE TONGUE INSTRUCTED.

Guard we'll thy lips; none, none can know,
Prov. xiii, {;
What evils from the tongue mey flow;
james ill, 5, 6.
What guilt, what grief may be incurred,
Judges xi, 81.
By one incautious, hasty word,
Mark vi, %, 81.
Be slow to speak, look well within,
Prov.
To check what there may lead to sin;
And pray increasingly for aid,
Lest unawares, thou be betrayed,
Luke xxi, IA.
condemn not, judge not mot to man
james iN, Q.
Is given his brothers faults to scan;
Il Cor. iv,
The task is thine, and thine alone
Matt. vii, 3.
To search out and subdue thine own.
john viii, T..
Indulge no murmurings;' oh, restrain
- Col. VII, ~
Those lips, SO ready to complain;
Lam. iii, g.
And, if they can be numbered, count
Psalm CHI, ?.
Of one days mercies the amount.
Lam. iii, %.
Shun vain discussions, triling themes;
Titus, iii, 0
Dwell not on earthly hopes and schemes;
-Dieut. vi, II.
Let words of wisdom, meekness, love,
james iii, 0
Thy hearts true renovation prove.
Luke vi, Is.
Set God before thee; every word
Gen. xvii, l
Thy lips pronounce by Him is heard;
-Ps. cxxxix, L.
Oh, couldst thou realize this thought,
Matt. xii, IS.
What care, what caution, would be taught!
Luke xii, 81
"The time is short" this day may be
-1Cor. vii, 90
The very last assigned to thee;
-Eph V, 1G
So speak, that shouldest thou ne'er speal;
more,
Col. iv, G.
Thou may'st not this days words deplore.
Rom xiv u
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"%SWeating" Coin.

Gold coins are in local circulation,
which, although not counterfeit, are
equally to be repudiated by all to whom
presented. Their spurious nature con-
sists in the fact that they have been de-
preciatcd by corrosive acids, and although
gold, with a clear, genuine ring, each
and every one of them has lost from
twenty to thirty per cent. of their value,
aud Cannot be cashed at the banks for
their face. AS far as known, the de-
prcciated currency is in S. pieces. They
can be easily detected upon close observa.
ton, being lighter than the standard,
and more smooth over the surface, the
action of the acids having cut down the
sharply defined enclosing of both stamp
and milling. One of these coins was
presented yesterday at the Merchants
National bank. This specimen had lost
exactly 81 of its original value 0mah@
Bee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-01-07
story of q Great Composer.

A good story is told of Verdi when he
was putting the finishing touches to II
Trovatore. lie was visited in his study
by a privileged friend, for whose opin-
ion as critic he had the highest respect.
He showed him his score and asked him
to try the Anvil Chorus on the piano.
"What do you think OF it," said Vervi.
.'Trash," cried the connoisseur. Verdi
rubbed his hands and chuckled. "And
of this, and this" he continued, plavings
"Rubbish!' replied the candid friend
The composer rose and embraced hi
friend with a burst of Joy. "What dc
you mean by this?" was asked in natural
astonishment. "My dear FRIEND" re-
sponded Verdi; "Ihavc been composing
a popular opera. In it l determined to
please everybody except the great judges
and classicists like you. Had l pleased
you I should have pleased no INT else,
but your disdain assures me of success.
In three months II Trovatore will be sung,
roarcd, and whistled and barrel-organed
all over Italy" 1t must be confessed
that Verdi understood his world.
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GLEYERLY CAuGHTl
The Rich Mans FeaE, Of B~urIisrS~"Tas
eIcrx q q = Nm

BuUdlo, N. r, IyeUS'
At the dead If night, MI. J. =. Anthony,
a wholesale grocer Of Troy, N. Y, was ava
which told him that bis house had BEEN en-.
tered through the roof scuttle. he hastily
dresses, rings for a policeman, hurrtes to the
upper story, and hears the burglar In the
servants room, threatening her with instant
death If she made q loud noise. :,
He was captured, convicted and sentenced
to Sing Sing for ten years.
So said MI. G. q. Westfal, tho electrician
| Of Westaeld, N. Y, to our reporter.
"Do city residents generally use nurglss
alarmsr ,,,
eyes, all rstclass houses are provided
with them, and I have never had any dissat-
| isfaction from my customers, manyof whom
are the best known and wealt1nest people
of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other
large cities" ,-
'.Do wealthy men have much fear Of burg
larsF'
"As a rule, wealthy men do not keep valu.
ables in their house, and yet they are mol
sure that they shall escape burglartous at
tacks, and they don't feel secure without 9
house Every door, window and scutue u
connected with the annunciator, and IT. u
quite impossible to effect an entrance With
out the fact becoming at once known.".,
''Don't electricians run considerable risk IN
Gwen the most careful Of them sometimes
get a shock. A few years ago. while / wal
descending stairs at Elmira, N. Y, with @
wire coil in my hand, I felt as II I had re-
ceived the entire charge from the battery:
For over a half hour T suffered the keenest
agony. Ibid not know but what 1 had been
fatally injured. After completing my busi
ness circuit I returned to Boston, and fol
eighteen months did not get over the shock. !
lost my appetite; all food tasted alike. !
could not walk across the common without
resting several times.
"My head whirled, and I reeled Like q
drunken man. I consulted the best physicians
in a good many cities, but none OF then
seemed to understand my case. About q yea
stated that I would probably not live three
months. But to-day" said Mr.. Westfall
and he Strengthened himself up with con
scious pride, $50 far as I know, ! am in per
feet health. Iweigh ITO pounds, eat well
sleep well, feel well, and am well. One OF m.
old physicians gave me a thorough e1ami
nation a few weeks ago and told me thai
wa in a perfect condition"
"You are q very fortunate man, SIR" 10
marked the scribe, ito have escaped instan
death after an electrical shock"
IN, IL was not electricity tua1 RlooCIooo
me. 1t was a uremic c%onvulsion. For all m.
physicians told me I was q victim OF a yer,
serious kidney disorder. And when they AM
a dozen widely advertised medicines
failed to benefit me, Warmers Safe Cure re
stored me to perfect health. That prleparatio!
Is invaluable to every grade OF society, Tor l
Is a priceless blessing"
"There is no need Of death from handling
electrical wires If the operators will e1ercis
care. In our burglar alarm attachment
there Is no possible danger from that source
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In q Panther's Claws.

4 Bombay shikaree narratcs how he
once actually iell into the claws of a pan
thcr. and lived to tel the tale. After
describing the incidents Of the hunt up
to the time when the beast broke cover,
he says:
81 had to wait until the panther was
within q few feet Of me, and | then put
my rifle down to hi head, expecting to
roll him over like a rabbit Gas had sue,
ceeded in doing ON other occasions), and
then placed my second bullet pretty
much where l pleased. TO my horror,
there was no report when the hammer
fell! The next moment the panther,
with an angry roar, sprang on Inc.
Hanging on with the claws of II fore.
paw driven into my right shoulder and
the other round Inc, he tried to get at
my head and neck, but l fortunately pre-.
vented this by raising my left arm,
which he instantly seized in his huge
mouth. I shall never forget his sharp,
angry roar, the wicked look Of the green
ish yellow eyes within six inches of mine,
the turned back ears, his foetid breath
upon my check, and the feeling of his
huge fangs closing to the bone through
my arm above the elbow.
81 endcavored, by giving him my
knee in the stomach, to make him let 60.
Those who have ever kicked a cat can
imagine what little effect this had. 1t
was more like using ones knee for a
football than anything else. The pan,
ther, with a roar, gave a tremendous
wrench to my arm, hurled HE some five
PAGES down the side of the hill prone on
my face, bringing my head in contact
with a tree. Stunned and inscnsible, |
lay some seconds on the ground, and the
brute, thinking me dead, fortunately did
not worry me, but, passing over me, went
for the retreating police constable, who
had brought me into the difficulty.
remember when | came to, raising my
head from the ground, leaning my fore
head against a tree, and smiling with a
c~ertpin feeling of grim satisfaction, when
my eye caught the retreating form of the
constable and the pursuing panther
down the hill, and thought the police
mans turn had come.
"The civil surgeon of the station
probcd the teeth wounds in the arm, and
found that at the back of the arm ran
right to the bone and was all inch and a
half deep. The two wounds on the in
ner side, in or close to the biceps, were,
one an inch and a quarter and the other
an inch deep. The claw wounds on the
right shoulder were not serious, and had
fortunstcly just missed the large artery
near the collar bone, injury to which
would have resulted in my bleeding to
death in a very few minutes. Times q
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Restoring Faded Flowers.

After q bouquet is dropping beyond all
remedies of fresh water, the japanese can
bring it back to all its first glory by O
simple and seemingly most destructive
operation. A recent visitor to Japan
says: 81 received some days ago a beau.
tiful bunch of flowers from a Japanese
acquaintance. They continued to live
in all their beauty for nearly two weeks,
and at last they faded. Just as I was
about to have them thrown away, the
same gentleman Dapanese) came to sec
me. | showed him the faded flowers,
and told HIM thar, though lasting a long
time, they had now become useless.
oh, no. said he, only put the ends
of the stems into the fire, and they will
become as good as before was in
credulous; So he took them himself and
held the stem ends in the fire until they
were charred. This was in the morning.
At evening they were again looking fresh
and vigorous, and have continued so for
another week."
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COMPENSATION.

The truest words we ever speak
Are words of cheer.
Life has its shade, its valleys deep;
But round our feet the shadows creep,
To prove the sunlight near.
Between the hills those valleys sleep
The sun-crowned hills.
And down their sides will those who seek
With hopeful spirits, brave though meek,
Find gently flowing rills.
For every cloud a silvery light;
God wills it SO.
For every vale a shining height:
A glorious morn for every night;
And birth for labor'S throe.
For SHOWS white wing. a verdant field;
A gain for loss.
For buried seed, the harvest yield:
For pain. a strength, a joy revealed,
A crown for every crown.
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A Lion Tanners Nerve.

Forbes, in his "Soldierlng and Serb
bling" says: Crockett made the greatest
name for himself of any lion tanner, not
in England alone, but also in France,
Germany and America. l remember
we'll the time when the six lions were
loose at one time in Astley's. The San
gers had sent the beasts up from Ed
monitor the night before Nobody to
this day knows how they got out of
their dens; but it was thought at the
time that some of the grooms-with
whom the manager was very unpopular,
he used to fine them so unmercilessly-
had let them loose maliciously, that they
mirht get at the horses. There they
were, anyhow, loose and mad in the
place, smelling the horses anu mad to
get at them. They had already killed a
man, and half eaten him, when Crockett
arrived; without hating an instant, ne
dashed in among them si~nglc-handcd,
with only a switch in his hand, and I'm
blest if he didn't manage to den them all
single handed. That was q nerve for
you. at that time Crockett never
drank,
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Awful Poverty in Naples.

A letter from Naples, Italy, says: The
| great problem with the government now is
how to disembowcl Naples, Or to spread
around the shores and the neighboring
hills the surplus population which over
| crowds the basement of the city. The
basement is n dirty institution of Naples.
In single rooms on the ground floor or in
the cellars whole families live together,
with donkeys, goats, chickens and pigs.
| They are so poor that they cannot pay
for better quarters. 1t is not a dcpraved
taste which makes them crowd in these
dark and dirty holes and keep their lit
tic ones in the gutter, it is only need.
The Neapolitans are not brutes. They
like music, bright colors and light. How
can they pay high rents when the best
wages are scarcely one franc q day:
There is no city in Italy where wages are
SO low as in Naples. The best skilled
workmen-the t~ailors, shoemakers, type
settlers, job printers, masons and car
penters-cven in the busiest seasons
scarcely get thirty cents q day, while the
| second rate workingmen must get along
with ten cents a day or less.
1t is, therefore, impossible for a Nea-
| politan to pay more than 81 4 month for
his rent. The condition Of the women is
| simply dreadful. A poor mother is
obliged to get work outside OF her home
| for her bread and for that of her children.
Iatmakcrs, dressmakers and tlowcr-glr!s
make only So or 81 month. The great
| majority of the women are obliged to 60
| out to service as domcstics. y servant
| girl gets ten francs a month, without any
dinner. Some have two or three houses
| in which to do housework for 81 ut each
house every month. They are con-
| stantly running from one house to
another, and scoldcd and threatened in
each place they 60. Many of these mis-
cradle creatures have children TO nurse
when they 90 home at night, a baby, per
haps, that has been left the whole day III
the arms of Il little sister. The poor
mother, going home without sufficient
food and half exhausted. has to nurse
the little one, and at thirty years of age
looks as old as if she had suffered the
wear Of sixty winters. How very, very
many Of them have fallen victims OF the
cholera!
Children in Naples are considered Il
sort of burden or hindrauce. When Il
boss takes a boy to work merely to pay
him his daily bread, a mother is happy,
and when Il little girl makes five cents Il
week by hard daily work, the work of Il
regular servant girl, the mother is equally
delighted. No wonder the government
is taking up for serious consideration the
question how to lodge q little better this
immense crowd of human beings, swarm
ing like ants in the filthy, dark cellars
and rooms of the Neapolltan Easements.
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HUMOR OF H DAY.
Head York -Shampooing.
A footnad-The cork sole.

Hcad-Work-Shampoolng.
A footpad-The cork sole.
Where there's a Bill there's q Will.
Expensive sweetmeats-Honeyed words.
A blind man will not thank you for a
looking-glass.
The widows favorite musical instru-
ment-Cast-a-net.
A great deal of the time of the young
men of the present day goes to waist.
"Eurry, mamma" said the little limo
cent with his cut finger, sits leaking"
"What do you think of this recep-
tion?" asked the leader of q vigilance
committee. as he placed a rope around a
horse thief's neck. II wouldn't mind
it a particle if it were a little less cor
DIAL" was the significant reply.
The postmaster general of Victoria,
Australia, has decided to try, in several
districts, a postal delivery system by tri-
cycles and if it proves successful he will
extend it over the whole colony. We
suppose the postal districts will be called
wheel %boroughs.
"What is acuriosity, MAJ" asked little
Jamie. IA curiosity is something that
is very strange, my son." IF pa bought
YOU q sealskin sacque this winter would
that be a curiosity2" "No, my son, that
would be q miracle"
A Pennsylvania lady, ninety-three
years of age, milks, washes and bakcs
for a family of three persons. A great
deal can be got out of old people if they
are properly managed. Young people
do not get half enough rest.
'sHumphw said one little girl to her
playmate, 81 guess your pa is nothing
but q drummer, and l won't speak to
vou." 81 dom't care" said the other,
''yeur pa is nothing but a drum" "My
pa q drum" 'Yes; he's got bald head
and nothing in it but noise"
They were discussing their natatorial
capacity. s'Swim? Dive9 Why, l can
remain under water twenty inmates at a
time" "Only twenty minutes2 Why,
the other day I stayed under the water a
whole hour. To be sure, it was because
l fell into a dozc and oversight myself,
but still" (The other liar faints.)