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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-15

High bridge is one of the great bridges Of
the North American continent. Its three
spans are together ,1o5 feet long. tits 27G feet
high. The idea of bridge at this romantic
spot is more than generation old. 1t was
first attempted to be carried out by the Lex
ingeon and Danville Railway company. They
planned suspension bridge. The president
Of the company had such faith in it that at
his own expense he constructed the towers
that appear in the illustration. Then the
organization failed, and the towers stand to
this day monument of blasted hopes.
The Cincinnati Southern company bought
tho road bed of the former concern and built
across the river bridge of tho ordinary con-
struction, in which the towers were not util-
iyafl
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The tourist travelling through the Adiron-
dack mountains and in the vicinity
of Upper Saranac lake, N. Y, might
come across a party Of four, WITH
a guido and servant, lunching on the
bank of quiet stream. But If the tour
ist was unaware that President Cleveland
was spending a month in that neighbor-
hood, he would never suspect that in the
group before him the stout gentleman
with the great broad back, covered by
checked flannel shirt, and whose head is
partly lid under the gray slouch hat, was the
ruler Of the greatest nation the world ever
beheld. Neither could he detect that there
was any more Difference paid to him than to
any other gentleman who might he rusticating
in those woods. And yet to this man is in
trusted the execution of the principal laws
governing $1,000. 900 Of people. Hc cannot
truly lie termed their ruler, for no ruler III
the world could trust himself among his
people without police or military protection,
as the president of the United States does.
The broad-backed man is President Cleve-
land and the handsome, athletic-looking
lady in the plain, gray woolen dress and broad
blimmed straw hat is his wife. The other
lady is her mother, and the jolly looking
fourth person, the most richly attired men-
bcr of the party, in tho bottle green suit, is Dr.
Ward, of Albany. The spot that the president
has chosen for his vacation is the most Sc
clutled portion of the Adirondack wilderness,
twcnty-four miles away from the nearest
railroad station. The log cottage which the
president occupies is one that was constructed
by the guides thereabout in the winter season.
On the ground floor are a sitting room and
bedroom, and above the whole is large attic
room occupied by Mrs. Folsom. Here is a
picture of democratic simplicity for you
The bench outside tho back door with the
water pail and tin basin for ablution is miss
ing, but wooden buttons are on the doors i'll
stead of knobs, the betlsteads arc made OF
pino and bark, the quaint furniture, the
strips of rag carpet Oh the floor all remind
the president that he is many miles from the
White House and its anxieties. The whole
cabin and its contents, which the president
and party occupies, look as if it could he
duplicated for $500. Quite contrast this
with tho palatial mansion which they left be-
hind in Washington with its expenses of over
100000 year.
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nous is it, SO precious to the people Of
Charleston, that during the late war it was
taken down and sent to England SO it
might not be damaged by the Federal can
non known as tho Swamp Angel" The
chime is very old. An incident that is said
really to have happened in connection with
the belfry of st. Michaels forms tho founda-
ton of fino and pathetic poem that is fire.
quently rccited by elorutionists. The hero is
q slave man.
Charleston has been particularly unfortu-
nate. War, fire, tidal wave, tornado, and
now an earthquake, have spent their force
upon the doomed city. Several times the
town has been almost ruined 1t is enough to
discourage the inhabitants.
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terror in the streets and i'll vacant lots. In.
fants were born in several instances. while
their mothers lay upon blankets on the ground.
The earthquake area appears to have been
the most extensive in modern times. Shocks
were felt from British America to Florida,
and as far west as Missouri Cable dispatches
bring the news that on the same night distinct
shocks were felt at Athens, in Greece. The
gas wells at Pittsburg ceased flowing. The
bowels Of the earth were shaken up for more
thar third Of the planets circumference,
and death and destruction were to pay gen.
orally.
The center of the quake or this continent
seems t. have been at Summervile, s. G.
This is fashionable summer resort for aris-
tccratic Charlestonians, and Is twenty
two miles from the city The whole
face Of the earth seems to he changed
tere Where before were ordinary sand
ana clay are now hottomless cracks in
the mud, brackish water and sulphur smells
j will be long time before it becomes
known jus, how many persons we're killed
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PArTERsoN's STEAM BALLOON.

The man who had faith enough in this air
steamer to advance money to help build 1t
was not one OF the California millionaires, as
one might expect. It was person who was
himself practical aerennut, Professor Carl
Movers, of New York. The fact that he,
with his experience, put i'll his money to con-
struct the thing, scores a long mark in 1n
favor.
The car part consists Of hickory or white
ash ribs, veneered with birch. It Is flatrbot-
toned. The balloon or inflated part is divided
into three compartments by strong, white
cotton sheeting. This prevents the rush OF
gas to one portion of the balloon. The bag Is
itself made of the strong, white cotton cloth,
of triple thickness at the top. The danger OF
bursting is thereby lessened.
The bag is inclosed in a net of fiat woven
linen bands, with q three-inch mesh. The
netting is attached to the car by iron hooks,
caught into cyclets i'll leather straps
Professor Patterson has expected for two
years to make the attempt to cross the conti-
nent from San Francisco to New York, but cir
cunlstances have thus far prevented his MAX
ing the attempt There is lack of money suf-
ficicnt to try the experiment, for one thing.
This is how it it at present with the bright
idea that struck Billy Patterson. The pro-
pellinS force of tho machine is placed imme-
diatcly ut the intersection Of the car and
balloon, so that both can be controlled by 1t.
The engine is thus elevated above the bottom
of the car The Herrcshoff engine is employed.
Tho wheels that appear below the edge OF
the car are to catch it when it lands and to
roll it upon land. They are attached to
bumpers and worked with machinery, SO
they will not jolt and can be turned about i'll
any direction The propeller screws that ap-
pear beneath the car are made of hollow steel
covered with green rawhide. Each screw is
operated by one OF the engines. No ballast Is
necessary. The balloon is elevated or dc
pressed by means Of the screws beneath. At
the stern appears the combined rudder and
propeller.
Living accommodations are provided with
in tho car. In the bow of the mir boat is seen,
in the illustration, the mouth of pipe. This
supplies draft to the furnaces The fuel en-
poycd has little bulk The whole machine is
constructed to afford the greatest strength
with the least weight.
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THE EARTHQUAKE.
WHERE ARE SAN FRANClSCO'S LIT
TIE SIDE SHAKES NOW1

Earth's Crust Rising and Falling in Bill
iowy Waves Over Third OF Her Cir
cumference-Heart-ren Scenes in
Hapiess Charleston.
OF the remarkable series of great events
that have been happening the world over from
1881 to the present, earthquakes form lead
ing feature. And of these the one to be long
est remembered in North America, will be
that which laid Charleston, S. C., in ruins
It makes one feel, somehow, as IL there was
safety nowhere. II any place, next to tho
great western plains, was to be considered
safe from earthquakes, it was just that part
of the country which has been shaken up. If
the theory of the cause of these ground dis
turbances is correct they ought to be manifest
mostly along mountain ranges, as indeed
they are.
Scientific authority declares they are caused
by the cooling and settling OF the earth's
mass. 1t was gigantic, retl hot ball to be-
gin. It commenced to cool upon the outside
At length thin crust was formed as 1t cooled,
naturally It shrank That made the crust
crack open and settle, In order to readjust it
self to 6t the molten kernel within The pro.
cess still goes on, and will till the earth Is
cooled through Hence earthquakes. Noun.
tain ranges are rhere the great cracks have
broken the surface and thrown the edges OF
the split up and sideways. When the earth
Is cooled through it will be dead, aud there
Sril, ba no eartlOuakes
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Introducing O Now Brand.

The wine jobbers sometimes resort to q
scheme that puts money in their pockets but
keeps that of their customers long tied up Iii
cellars. For example, a nsw brand 81 &iiis
comes into the market. The first consider
alton Of tho jobber Is how to get a run on 1t.
The customary advertising methods are BRUSH
ed aside as inadequate and slow, for you
should know that wine must 60 with fzz!
bang! boom. else It will be aiosing speculation.
Three good locking, well dressed gentlemen
walk into leading hotel, register as from,
distant and different cities and orler sump-
tuous dinner. The head waiter is asked to pro-
duce the wine list Of the house. They scan it
carefully and begin to growl "Never saw
frSt-class hotel with SO meager and back.
Marco BoZaris wine herer .-
The waiter politely replies that it Is not In
the house if theydo not find it on tho list.
"Then send ont for it, H7is the command: =
"Very sorry, gentlemen, but am not
authorized to do that" : ''''.'
The three Marco Bozaris drinkers oratori-
cally enlarge upon the second-class character Of
hotel that does not keep "the best wine that
ever was brought into New York, being care
full to make their oratory and tho text thereof
understood by all the guests iii the room. Az
ter dinner they saunter upto the Office and
ask the proprietor why they can't get Marco
Bozaris wine at his tables, expatiats generally
on its superior qualities, and clcyerly, though
boisterously, manage to leave ain impression
oil over tho house that iife Is Of little WORTH
without Marco Bozaris
The next day the new brand Is added to the
beleasucred hotels wine list. The other day
counted the list ut dinner and found thatm
hotel was carrying twenty-five brands Of
champagne, for not above half dozen Of
which is there call once In three months.
Then made inquiries Of the steward, who
told mo the true story of the three oratorical
advocates of Marco Bozaris. Now York Cor.
Detroit Free Press.
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GILBERT II. BENEDICT army. From there
be went to Ncwhurg, where he set type
on the old Newburg Telegraph, and thence
gravitated to New York city, where, for
nearly ten years, he worked in the largest
book and job printing concern in the metrop-
oils After one or two attempts at country
newspaper editing, he formed q partnership
with his brother, T. e. Benedict, i'll conduct
ing The Ellcnville Press and Banner Of
Liberty, OF which paper he has been sole
proprietor for the past three years. He was
a member of Typographical Union No. g, of
New York, during his residence in that city,
and is a stanch advocate Of labor organiza-
tiolls and the rights of workingmeh
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Tho bridge across the Hudson river at
Pcclislill is not built yet, except upon paper.
1t is not, but it is to he by the LIST of January,
1888, its charter says. The Union Bridge
company, Of New York city-Gen. w. G.
Hurd, president-has the contract for Its
construction.
II is to he suspension bridge, patterned
afb,r those at Brooklyn and Cincinnati
Pecksliiu is n picturesque and wealthy town
Oh the left bank Of tho Hudson, forty-two
miles north of New York city, chiefly noted
for being the summer homo of Henry Ward
Beechcr. Close by is Allthony's Nose, q
mountain 1,5U0 feet high. The bridge will
cross from the side Of this noun
tain, at a height above the Hudson
river of 1873 feet This will leave room below
for the passage Of ships and steamers Wash
ington Irving in his highly veracious history
says the mountain got its name from The nasal
organ Of Anthony Van Corlcar. The bridge
will cross from Authony's Nose to old Fort
Clinton OH the west bank. The height above
the water of the towers supporting the cables
will I've something tremendous, $40 feet.
1t is proposed to connect OIL the west side
Of the river with the Eric railway, the Lehigb
and Hudson, the New York, Susquehanna
and Western, the Ontario and Western, the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, the pcnusyl-
vallia railroad, the Reading, the Ealtimo e
anil Ohio, the New jersey and New York,
tho Delaware, Lackawanna AMI Western, tho
Pennsylvania and Slatington and the West
Shore railroads; on the east side of the river
with the New York Central and Hudson
River railroad and the New York City and
Northern railroad-thus giving direct com
municution with the elevated railway system
of New York city and the New York and
Harlem, the IIouSatonic the Naugatuck, the
New York, New Haven, Hartford and Spring
field, and the New York and New England
railroads; direct all-rail connection between
the great western and southwestern states
anu all New England, tie western rivcrc coun-
ties OF New York and the city OF New York.
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THE PRESIDENT FISHING.
100000 q year.

The president is an enthusiastic fisherman.
It is said that President Arthur eXcelletl as an
adept fly thrower, which may all be, but
President Cleveland will always be known as
tho better all around fisherman. He goes at
it in his usual thorough way. He requires
none nor asks any advice from guides. He
listens. of course, attentively to any infornla-
ton offered, but in the interchange of points
in the piscatorial art he is more likely 10 giva
instruction than receive it.
One of the guides who accompanied the
president on a fishing trip last year er.
croached OH Dnyy Crockett with tho follow
ing: He said that when the president first
threw his line in Lake Saranac there was
quite conmotion among the fish. a great
trout stuck his head out of the water with 4
frightened look OH his wet face and asked,
as that you, President ClevclandH' "7es,
my namc is Cleveland" "All right, Mr.,
Cleveland, ain ct your service" The fish
leaped out of the water to the presidents feet
as dead as canned mackerel.
This story, other guides claim, is a fabrica-
ton. They hold that the tremendous catches
the president secures is not duo to any par
tiality on the part of the front, but to thu
skill and attention which Mr.. Cleveland
brings to bear on his rod. Mrs. Cleveland
seems also to be fascinated with the sport,
and under her husbands tutelage, she is
likely to become as celebrated as he in these
parts. In a report of one days catch Of trout
the presidents figure is put at 10, while his
wife is credited with 80 more Of the speckled
beauties As she has had hut little expert
cnce her success can be attributed to luck,
though the charming grace with which shc
handles the rod should be enough to capture
the most timid fish.
Near the presidents cabin is the Sn-anac
inn, which will accommodate about seventy
guests. 1t is owned hy company of the pres
idents friends, who run it not to make
money, but as a sort of private club house.
The telegraph connects the place with civ
iliZation.
The president left the White House on Aus,
H. and it is his intention to Ic lack at his
desk on Sept. H. Then will the presidents
woolcn shirts Lc put away wlcre the moths
cannot reach them And the trout Without
fear may rest for another season.
III I, ,,.;sI
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Gen. Neal Dow was the originator Of the
bugbear to the liquor traffic knowp as The
Maine law" and might bc termed its back
bone for the past thirty-iire years or since
the present law was inaugIratcd. Gen. Neal
Dow is ut present in the ncigborhood of 20
years. As the portrait shows he hears some
facial resemblance to EngIand's great states
man, Gladstone. He is also active and vigor
Gus but hero the likeness ends for Gen Dow
is n small man with n slight figure. Tho
stern lines Of his mouth Indicate great firm.
ness of character and this is carried out III
his career. He has been an unllinchinr adro.
Gaze of principle throuSliout his whole life.
lie is to-day one of the principal leaders i'll
the movement to establish an independent
national party which will Lave for lis plank
the prohibition of the sale or manufacture
of spiri;uous liquor, except FOR the llS' of the
arts and medicine in this country. Thsrarty
he claims will hold tho balance Of power in
the presidential election Of 1883.
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TEEEINS fOt LtN
All of us remember the pictures the geos
ruphy books give of earthquakes in scrril
countries walls and towers toppling over
and people fleeing for their lives But none
of US ever thought the scene could come to Us
In our safe latitudes. 1t bas lone so. and
now we know there are 40 !aeitudes safe from
earthquakes . Just as the pictures repre-
serted the scene In the school books, even 50
1t was 10 Charleston. Women were braver
than the men. it is said, sourageously gather.
Ing their children together and leading them
coo!ly into The streets, after the men had fed
in terror THIS feminine courage in great
emergencies Is often conspicuous
1t was the first shock that did the damage
In Charleston There were nearly, or quite.
o dozen altogether, occurring within the next
thirty-six hours The shocks came in waves,
u.s. indeed, everything else docs. The frst
oues were from ten minutes to half an hour
apart Those who were cool enough to observe
the motion Of the tremors declare that tbs
earth rose and fell like the pillows Of the sea
One man speaks Of having seen the sidewalk
rise and fall in waves The effect OH The
mind OF TINS seeing the loosenIng of the only
fabric We have always believed % be stable is
tndescribably awful 1t is this that makes an
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"In Trade" for pastime.

Thanks to the introduction of the practice
in England, it is getting to he quite fashion
able to he ain trade here. But to be "in
trade" and be fashionable, too, you must pos
sess enough money to be independent of trade.
That Is to say, you may dabble in Goals or
wine, if you choose, or run n line of hansoms,
hut You n.ust do it for pastiIne, not because
you lave to. Tho moment you prosecute
trade as necessity your caste vaniShes and
you become u nero nobody whom "our set"
cannot afford to be intimate with at any
price.--Alfred Trumble In New York News.
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i. Charleston hotel 49, Postoffce.
.. Pavilion hotel. H. Custom house.
8. Wavcrly hotel IS Hibcrnian hall and
4. st. Michaels church. police station.
5. st. Philips church. 1G Mari hall.
G. Grace church. i. Orphan house.
= Central Presbyterian Is. Academy or Music
church IL Masonic Temple.
8. Unitarian church %. Charleston college.
8. German Lutheran 81 q ns Medical SS,lies eoIegr.
10. Baptist church. g. City hospital.
H. City hall e. Jail
12 Court house. 25 Citadel
>. To get the situation properly it will be well
to consider moment the location of Charles
ton. It is in tho angle formed by the juno
ton of tho Cooper and Ashley rivers. They
unite here and flow to the ocean seven miles
distant Sea water and fresh water mingle
all III one, and this estuary forms the noble
Charleston harbor, landlocked OH three sides
The earthquake camo from the sea on
the southeast and throbbed across the beau
tiful, haplcss city toward the northwest
What made the visitation still more distress
ing was the fact that only six days before it a
terrific cyclone had swept over Charleston,
doing vast damage When the dull, awful
roar of tho earth tremor was heard on that
last night Of August many thought that it was
another cyclone.
Mr.. Dawson, editor of The News and Cou-
rier, was in his Office at the time. How u man
feels in an earthquake is thrillingly told by
him. He wrote:
From the first to tho last it was a continu-
Gus jar, only adding force ut every moment,
and Us it approached and reached the climax
of its manifestation it seemed for few terri
ble seconds that no work of human hands
could possibly survive the shock. The floors
were heaving under foot, the surrounding
walls and partitions visibly swayed to and
fro, the crash Of falling masses Of stone and
brick and mortar was heard overhead, and
without the terrible roar filed tie ears, and
seemed to fill the mind md heart, dazing per-
ception, bewildering thought, aud, for q few
painting breaths, or while you held your
breath in dreadful anticipation Of immediate
and cruel death, you felt that life was already
past, md waited for the end as the victim
with his head on the block awaits the fall Of
the uplifted AK.
Not q man in the Office expected to escape
alive. The shocks began at 9:53 P. NJ. Tue
clocks that were stopped by the awful shocks
1nnde the record
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ton, II o W Q v Q /,
is the picturesque
old st. Michael's
church. 1t was de-
signed as long ago
Us lD2 by a pupil
of Sir Christopher
Wrenn, the arch
itect Of st. Paul's
in London. In the
now demolished
tower of the ven
cradle church hung
the sweetest chime
of bells upon the
continent. So IA
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ordinary balloon on
the one hand, and
on the other will
permit itself to be
propelled and steer.
ed by steam, like o
boat upon the
water. All must
hope that Mr.. Pat
terson's faith will he
justified by the re-
suits His balloon
may not yet be the
particular inven-
'tion W which will
solve the problem Of
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70 sucb :aiamlties
Il l. found out bow
generous b q IN an
nature Is Aid has
poured into the
stricken :ity from
all quarters
The tall, slender
spire of st Philips
Episcopal church
stands the highest
in the city. In its
graveyard lies tho
body of John c.
Calhoun. On its site
the first church in
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The Latest Thing in Watermeions.

The latest thing in melons is tho "scaiy
bark" This is tho second season for this
melon, and it is extra fnc. 1t isa dark green
color, With irregular patches Of a scaly ap-
peaiance. 1t is said to- be most reliable !,
variety, and an excellent article for shipping,
on account Of its keeping qualities. Now:
YORK Evening Post. .....--.
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TWO FAMOUS BRIDGES.
High Bridge, Kentucky, and New One
Across the Hudson.

In one of the most beautiful and picturesque
locations in America stands High bridge,
Kentucky. 1t spans the Kentucky river, and
is the railway crossing of the Cincinnati South
ern road on it's track TO New Orleans. Pic
MICS to High Bridge are the fashion in sum-
mer in that region for hundreds of miles
around
A flight of 600 steps leads the foot passenger
down beside the bridge to the water below.
Once an unwary traveller fell down the
steps and was killed
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was born at War
wick, N. Y, in
1916, and was edu-
Gated ut the War
wick academy. At
Is years of age he
began work at the
printers trade in
the Office of The
Putnam County
Courier, then edited
by bis brother,
Capt. Charles E
Benedict, who after
ward died in the
service of the Union