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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-24

turpentine was very strong, with but little
doing, no stock to speak of Offering. The
sales were s. asks oils and WHISTLES at 45c, 81
casks regu,' , at 46c, and 10 casks regulars AZ
Board of Trade on the opening call the mar
ket was reported at acc paid and bid for reg
-ulars At the closing call it was firm at 46c
for regulars. Rosin-The market was quiet
and unchanged. The sales for the day were
about 400 barrels At the Be ard of Trade on
the FIRST call the market was reported quiet,
with sales y 500 barrels, at the following
G 81 20. Ii 81 so. IS2, K 81 20, NJ 49, N$4 25.
window gless 81 3715, water white 81 q. AT
the CLOSING call the market was unchanged.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-24

TO NEW YORK.
NACoo pEE. Capt r. KEMProE, WE'D.
NESDAY. Feb. "a, at 10 80 A. NJ
TALLAHASSe Capt. W. II. FISHER.
FRIDAY. Feb. 70, at l9 NOON.
CITYOF CANT II. G. pAa-
dETT' WEDNEsD DAY, March 3. 1880 P. N.
OHATTAHOOCHEE. Cant. J. w. CArHA
RINE, FRIDAY, Marc, 8.
TO PHTLAD EIAPHTA
These steamers do not carry passengers.J
~ ~ VITA. Can't. 8. l.. AsKINs, sATUR-
DAY, + b. ". at 80 P. 81
DESSOUG. Cant. r. sMrrH, SATURDAY.
March 6, at q 80 An.
Through bills OF lading ri ven to Eastern ana
novthwestern points and TO porta Of tha
United Kingdom and the Continent
For freight or passage Apply TO
G. IA. sORREL, Agent,
City Exchange Bull ling
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
4 WASHINGTON Romance.

The widow of General Morgan L.
Smith died in Washington recently.
She was once a reigning belle, but dur
ing the last years of her life was known
as the "Queen of the Lobby" Some.
years ago a dark episode tarnished her
name, and she lost her social prestige.
A correspondent furnishes this queer in
cident in her life: '.......,.,.
There was an important railway case
pending in the supreme court about 1877,
if I remember correctly, the decision OF
which was expected to seriously affect
the stock mark ket, and so uncertain was
it's nature that it was worth millions to
know in advance what it would be. Jay
Gould, it was said, was the only man
who had this information, and it was In
his possession week before the opinion
was announced in court. How he got it
was mystery that many were excited
about, and the justices of the
court were much chagrined.
The disclosure was afterward ex-
planned. The justice with whose family
Mrs. Smith was so familiar wrote the
opinion and had the manuscript at his
house. One afternoon when everybody
was out Mrs. Smith called and was per-
mitted to go to the library by the servants
to look at some books. 1t is supposed
that by means of skeleton keys she
opened the desk of the justice and made
extracts from the opinion, which were at
once sent over to Mr.. Gould. 1t is said
that he paid her $50, 900 for the informa-
ton. and it was worth many times that
amount to him. The truth of this story
cannot be asserted, but there was very
abrupt termination of the intimacy be-
tween Mrs. Smith and the Judges family,
and she was not received in society after
ward. Very little has been known of
her since. Her health was known to be
poor, and people who formerly knew her
have expressed pity when they saw her
on the street, but her usefulness as a
member of the lobby was over, and she
was considered as having forfeited the
respect of her friends.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
Stature-Feet, inches Weight-PoundS

s'It seems to me that this is altogether
too liberal an allowance of flesh, cspe-
cially when it is not distributed evenly
over the body but is concentrated near
the waist. A short frame is not intended
for heavy weights. Judging from my
own case ought to be heavier than I am.
For man five feet nine inches tall, Bant
ing would allow 1852 pounds. If I
weighed 1G2 net I should be miscrably
uncomfortable. But Banting himself was
so stout when he began to practice his
system on himself that anything like
these figures seemed to him actually
sylph-like. Why, the poor mans stom-
acll was so big that he had to go down
stairs backward lest he should tip for
ward if he walked down in the usual
way, and he had to bandage his knees to
keep them from giving way under him.
It took him year to reduce his flesh
forty-six pounds and his girth twelve and
half inches. Then he was so happy that
he wrote pamphlet for the benefit of
mankind. He did a great thing for us
fat folks. And if he, with his five feet
five inches of stature and his zoe pounds
in weight, would not look ridiculous sit
ting upon pedestal, should propose
statue for this foe to fat"
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The spleen was once thought to be the
cause of laughter. ~ 9
1t was in the oldcn time customary to
ratify an agreement by bent coin.
A cubic foot of gold weighs 1,45S 1-2
pounds troy. or 1900 pounds avoirdu-
pois. It is warth 1851, ,S10.46.
AIoles have been from time immemori-6
al regarded as ominous, and special at,
tention has been paid by the supersti-
tious to their position on the body. -
In Lincoln county, N. NJ, near the
Pattos mountains, canbe traced what
were once the walls of large city. In
side the walls are growing monster cedar
trees, said to be thousands of years old:
Ordinary army signaling, by waving
flags or torches, can transmit only ten
words or so minute, spelled out by let.
ters; but an adaptation of the Morse
telegraphic alphabet, now generally en-.
ployed, has more than doubled this rate
Of speed.
. Professor Wagner publishes analyses in
support of his conclusion that steamed
potatoes are far more nutritious than
boiled ones. In the process Of boiling
the vegetables, give up considerable por-
tions Of nutritious salts, while they also
take up more water than when steamed,
and become proportionately weaker.
/ The belief in the supernatural author
ity of monarchs is but remnant of the
long-supposed "divine right" of kings to
govern, which resulted from a convic-
tion that they could trace their pedigrees
back to the deities themselves. The no.
tion is by no means confined to either
civilized or semi-civilized tribes. The ig-
norant serf of Russia believed that if the
Deity were to die the emperor would
succeed to his power and authority.
The Hindoos say that chess was the in-
vention of an astronomer who fourished
several thousand years ago, and who was
possessed of supernatural knowledge and
acuteness. The Greeks claim that it was
the invention of Palamedes to beguile the
tedium of the siege of Troy. The Arab
legend is that it was devised for the In
struction of young despot by his tutor,
learned Brahmin, to teach the youth
how king was dependent on his sub
jects for safety. .'.s s
The business of painting the huge
signs upon fences and barns which as
sault the eye in all parts of the country
is in the hands of few contractors In
New York and Chicago. One firm
spends from 100000 to $40, 900 year in
this way, paying from one and q half;
to two cents square foot for the work.
The bigger the sign the better. Many
can be found reaching three hundred
feet in length, and the biggest of oil Cat
Newark, Ohio), is more than eight hun
dred feet long and contains only one,
uOr1 ~. s.sI9
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
A FOE TO FAT.
HOW TO REDUCE ONES SIZE
BY THE BANTING SYSTEM.
The Kinds Of Food to be Avoided
Not Quantity but Quality the
Cause Of Corpulence
in People.

New York is a great place in which to
have friends and not see them for months.
A Tribune reporter realized this the other
day when he ran across friend whom he
had not met in year. But the fact of
not meeting did not strike the newspaper
man so oddly as the change in the others
appearance. The friend was nearly five
feet nine in height, about 80 years old.
and apparently neither fat nor thin. He
was man whom one would call simply
in good condition. That was singular
enough, for only year or so before the
reporter had noted that bis friend was
unplcasantly and ungracefully stout.
His fat seemed to settle in his waist
and cheeks. Now he was plump-nothing
more.
..'Changed3" the friend repeated after
the reporter. eyes, should think so.
Decent looking kind of spectacle now,
although not pretty, of course! I'll tell
you how I did it. I made up my mind
T would no longer be so ungracefully fat,
and determined to try banting. I had
half starved myself before this, but it
nau dOne no SoOu. Coucluoeu, tneIe-
fore, that it was not the amount of food l
ate, but the quality, so I changed my diet
and here I am."
"What is>the process?"
81 gave up sugar and all sweet things,
bread, potatoes, beer and sweet wines,
milk, butter and parsnips. That is, I
did so at first. I ate dry toast, under
done beef, or any other kind of meat;
any kind of vegetables except potatoes
and parsnips, salads, fish, and, in fact,
anything pleased except what was for
hidden. 1t was hard at first, of course,
and I don't believe could have had the
nerve to give up sweet things and milk
entirely, but l compromised. I took
just enough milk and sugar in my coffee
at breakfast to make it palatable, and
that little indulgence did not seem to
hurt me. 1 lost flesh rapidly. Here are
the figures which 1 have in my pocket
memorandum-net weight, for l weighed
myself in Turkish bath"
This was the table:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
What Sensible WOm en- T. ike y.

Sensible women like sober men, and
they have good cause TO like them.
Wives like sober husbands, because a
sober man can be reasoned with A
sober man is more companionable than
an intemperate man. Sober men havo
self-respect, and self-respect is woman's
great hold upon men. Sobriety means a
comfortable home, house of your own,
good clothes for parents and children,
evenings spent at home instead of in the
barroom, good health and the enjoy
ment oflife, and an elevated view of hu-
man responsibility.
A sober man is an honor to his wife
and children; and people who despise
tippler, respect sober man. A sober man
becomes pattern to the young, an Or
nament to society, man in whom COM
munitics take pride and wish there were
more like him. A sober man is appre-
ciated BY his friends and family, and
even respected by his enemies, and his
reputation and good qualities grow with
his years. On the other hand, the in
temperate man shows in his indulgcnces
a fatal, ,disgraceful weakness of character;
and as the habit of intenperance grows
upon him, he becomes wretched, de-
graded, debased, and finally goes down
to ruin, dragging his whole family after
him.
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manner of fruits and yielding fruit every
month. Water scenery? Why, there is the
river from under the throne clear as crystal,
and the sea scs OF gaS ho ngsa WITH re tho
creation led on by Adam, and there is the ora
torio Of the Red sea led on by Moses, and
there is the oratorio Of the Messiah led on by
st. Paul, while the archangel with baton of
light controls the one hundred and forty aud
four thousand that make up the orchestra.
Oh, is not this a healthy anticipation? It
thrills me through and through and through,
sepulchre on this side. This morning open
the door on the other side. You often walk
through the wet grass on the top of the
grave, but now show you the bottom Of the
grave, and show you the bottom has fallen
out of it, and the long ropes with which the
bearers let down tho dead let them clear
through into heaven. Oh, what a robust and
healthy religion! 1t has tendency to give
you long days on earth, and it promises in the
world to come eternal longevity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Method is the very hinge of business,
and there is no method without punctu
ality. 5s@i, q.
= Experience does take dreadfully high
school-wages, but he teaches like no.
other. ..~. 2.
A little praise is good for shy temper;
it teaches US to rely on kindness Of
others.
Compliments Of congratulation are al
ways kindly taken, and cost one nothing
but pens, ink, and paper. b
Whatever you would have your chill
dren become, strive to exhibit in your
own lives and conversation. ..
He that blows the Goals in quarrels he
has nothing to do with, has no right to
complain if the sparks fly in his face: :,
'Tis an ill thing to be ashamed of ones
poverty; but much worse not to make
use of lawful endeavors to avoid it.
Good nature and evenness of temper
will give you an easy companion for life;
virtue and good sense all agreeable
friend: love and constancy good wife
or husband. ...s
The best rules to form young man
are to talk little, to hear much, to reflect,
alone upon what has passed in company,
to distrust ones own opinions and value
others that deserve it. ,;4
Try to be something in the world and
you will be something. Aim at excel
lencc, and excellence will be attained.
This is the great secret of success and
emincnce. 81 cannot do it," never ac-
complished anything. 81 will try" has
wrought wonders. 4
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"You may think" continued the re-
duced weight, that 1474 net, or say 16O
with ones clothes on is not too much
flesh for q man five feet eight and a
quarter inches tall. That is true-if the
fat were evenly distributed over ones
body. But when it was concentrated in
my waist and my cheeks it was very dis
agreeable. In fact before I began this
system of diet I could not stoop COM
fortably to button my shoes; as / could
not keep valet that was nuisance. BY
October II, 1884. when as you see I had
brought myself down twelve and a half
pounds. I was entirely comfortable.
Neither my cheeks nor my stomach were
puffed out. I reduced my waistband two
inches.
''During this time I did not change my
manner of life. 1 did not take much ex-
ercise anyway, neither do I take cold
baths-both of which things are good to
reduce flesh, am told. I don't suppose
T walked over three-quarters of mile a
day and my daily bath is of a moderate
temperature. It was all in the quality of
the food I ate."
"What did you eat, anyway"
''For breakfast, as l say, l compro-
missed on the coffee, and took dry toast,
beefsteak, eggs in any shape, and fruit
according to my taste. For luncheon it
was generally cold roast beef, dry toast,
and lettuce salad with French dressing.
For dinner any kind of soup, fish, under
done beef OF mutton, with all vegetables
except potatoes and parsnips; salad
with any kind of game; then fruit and
cup of black coffee, with just bit of
sugar in it.
''When I had come down to 135
pounds net weight was satisfied, and /
have kept myself there ever since. EX-
perimenting with different kinds of for
bidden things convinces ME that milk
and sugar, bread and potatoes breed
corpulence. Fat meat or butter, in my
case, makes no difference; or, at least no
great difference. And there are reasons
for not following the regimen of Banting
too closely. When I had brought myself
down twelve and half pounds in six
weeks, from September to October II.
began to have neuralgia in my head. /
had taken no cold and had not been wor
ricd. 1t occurred to ME that it might be
the change of diet. So I began to eat
butter and fat meat in moderation. The
neuralgia left me. Several times since
have tried strict adherence to the sys-
tenn, and the neuralgia has always re-
turned. So now I eat butter and fat as I
please. 1 also eat ice cream, or some
other sweet thing, for dessert twice
week. But weigh myself often, and
when I tip the scales at 1861 net drop
the desserts entirely till am back at 135
pounds"
"a woman should always 'bant' under
a physicians care, and man should let
up on the severity Of his self-dcnial as
soon as he feels bad. Here, by the way.
is Bantiag's table of what men should
weigh when they are neither too fat nor
too lean:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
Temperance Notes.

Mr.. Shsw-Lefevre, ex-postmaster-
general, said lately that there are 1,000,-
900 children in England who do not
attend school by reason of the poverty
of their parents. 1t may be added that
in half of these cases drink is the cause
of it.
A military correspondent of the Daily
News, now at Cairo, sends report of a
conversation he has recently had with
Abdullah Bey Ismail, in the presence OF
Colonel Hay. Abdullah Bey says: "The
law in the Soudan under the dervishes
now is, that any man who touches
spirituous liquors is to receive fifty
strokes of the kourbash every morning
for week."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
A New Sort Of Jewel.

The fashionable gem of the day in
Paris is the oudja. The oudja is simply
charm the virtue of which lies in the
fact that it is as old as the pyramids.
The oudja is made of delicate parallelo-
gram of gold or silver, in which is seen
an eye, elongated in form, from which
falls tear and divides into smaller drops.
1t serves as an ornament for charms,
brooches, pins, and especially bracelets.
a strange and inexplicable symbol, the
oudia was nevertheless at once adopted
by people of taste and elegance. In
London it is creating uror.-Je,celer's
Weekiy. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
The Love Of God.

Glad in the sunshine,
All things lift their voices
70 the Giver OF good;
And the whole world rcjoices
Because oil the love
OF the Father above.
Hearts sad with sorrow.
Aud hands that are weary
Grow restiul in God,
And arc hopeful and CHEEKY;
For Ills love will last,
When all else shall be past
Oh, wonderful kindness
lis iuconstant never,
And does not gov tired,
Buv rndures all forever;
No love IS 80 strong,
No love lusls 50 long.
Who knows HIS forgiveness
Will cvrrmOre rendec
A tribute vi praise;
For His love Is so tender
That words iuil to slow
What our grateful hearts KNOW
Then lot all His children
Rejoice without nieasufc;
The yte,t love ol Gou
|, our su!;lce unu treasure,
S.lcc lie holds Us dear
ML.,t is there 10 lear.
-.Nuliunne Furn!nyhdm
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
What L usiness Men Think.

W. J. Spicer, superintendent of the
Grand Trunk railway, in his circular to
his employees of the road, says:' "You
have the lives of the public and the
safety of persons and property entrusted
to your care, requiring OF all times the
utmost caution and vigilance in the
performance OF your duty. Men sub
jected to such temptations at any time
are safe only as total abstaiuers. The
lone glass more" often has the effect OF
making man careless, sleepy and indif-
ferent to danger, if not worse, at time
when he most needs to have his senses
clear and wide.awake for his own and
others safety"
The Central railroad of Georgia has
rule prohibiting the use of intoxicating
quors while on duty, and any employe
known to use them will be dismissed
from their service.
Mr.. Nelson, distinguished insurance
man, makes the following computations: !:
IA total abstainer, 20 years old, has the
chance of living till he is Ga. A total
abstainer at 80 has the chance of living
till he is 644. A total abstainer
at 40 has the chance of living
till he is 6S4. A moderate drink
er, 90 years old, has the chance Of
living until he is 35h. A moderate
drinker, 80 years old, has the chance of
living till he is 44a. A moderate
drinker, 40 years old, has the chance of
living till he is 5Ia. Probable no busi-
ness on the face of the earth is 80 mathe-
matically correct as the insurance busi-
ness. Its figures are not made up in the
Interest of any church or party. They
are not the result of any temperance
fanaticism. but simply from cold busi-
ness calculation.
The American Express company has
decided to dismiss any and every en-
ploye using intoxicating liquors. This
is purely business arrangement. A
great corporation serving the public as
conveyor of goods finds that its service
is impaired by any federation of drinking
habits among its employees. When
will the greater corporations, the city,
the State, the nation, learn the same
truth2
Some Of the more important railroad
companies will not permit their employees,
whether on or off duty, to drink in
toSicating liquors.
The superintendent of the Chicago
and Alton railroad, which has issued an
order to discharge all employees WI o
drink, says whisky has been found a
foe of railroading, It has caused the
loss of great many lives anu
much money. Railroad managers have
learned that a man who drinks is dan
gerous.
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

JUVENILE "Mikado" companies already
have sprouted up.
''U AND 1" is the title Of new farce pro-
du ed recently in Boston.
QUEER companies and queerer plays are
tumbling all over the country.
PATTI is said to have lost $4,000 by not
being able to keep her engagements in Hol-
land.
Mr. j. H. HAvERLY is now quietly man
aging comic opera company in San Fran
cisco.
FAURE, the great French baritone, is on
the point of publishing work on the art Of
singing.
MRS. LANGTRY has leased the Princes
theatre. London, for six months, and opens
the new year with new play:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT
The Ten Cents.

lIIC ICH CC1ICS.
Virtue is no doubt its own reward
However bad fellows may mock it:
But man feels recompense deeper at times
# he had ten cents in his pocket
Lynn Union.
Virtue may have its own reward,
But the recompense felt, we fear.
Will beswollen eyes and an aching head,
If he spends that ten cents for beer.
-Gorhdm Mountaineer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20

A pamphlet by Mr.. John Abbey,
which excited considerable interest in
England when published a few years
since, advocating the discontinuance of
intoxicants on the harvest field, was
widely circulated by a committee, and,
as a result of this effort, many farmers
have substituted money payment for
the former beer allowance, to the gen.
eral satisfaction OF masters and men.
The Irish standard., 1886-06-19
UtIltzfn. Feathers.

Quite a. valuable industry is now car
ried on in France, in the utilization Of the
various kinds of feathers formerly treat
ed as worthless, especially those obtained
in plucking ducks, chickens. turkeys, and
those of wild fowl and other birds killed
as game. The plan pursued consists in
trimming these, particularly the larger
ones, off the stump, which may be thrown
away, the plumes being then made use
Of in the manufacture OF a feather cloth
or blanket which possesses the essential
quality of being exceedingly light and at
the same time very warm. The plumes
which are separated from the stalk are
placed In a bag, closed tightly, and then
subjected to rubbing between the hands,
as in washing clothes. In few minutes
the fbres are by this means separated
from each other. and form 81 perfectly no.
mogeneous and very light down, applica-
bleby simple operation to the production
Of qnite variety of coverings and other
household objects, at reasonable cost.
The Irish standard., 1886-06-19
HOW to Test Silk Goods.

Silk goods supposed to be adulterated
with other fbres may be easily tested,
when it is desirable, by imnersing SAM
pie in hydrocholoric acid; at least it is a
simple and ready method resorted to by
many dealers in these fabrics. The acid
in question, as is well known, is one of the
most energetic solvents of silk, and re-
moves it. consequently, in very short
time, leaving the wool or cotton unaffect-
ed, at least for considerable period. An
other method is to drop little of the acid
upon the sample, when, if pure silk, ahole
will be made Or if impure, the threads
left will indicate the nature and extent of
the Adu1teratiOn.