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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
CONTRASTS SEEN AT A CIRCUS.

a Place Where Crowds Come Together
on Il Strictly Cash Basis.
Tho circus is in town. Assemblages Of
5000 to 1000 persons are the rule, and no
other show calls together so various and
contrasting multitudes. One evening l saw
six Astors, three Eanderbilts and hundred
more members of the millionaire set mixed
with the lowest and wici;edesG persons to be
imagined. The separation OF circus crowds
in the Madison Square garden is OIL a cash
basis, without preference to morals o" intel
lect Seats at one side of the great building
are - to ~ cents apiece, while at tho other
they are 81 to -, the highest price being
for places in open boxes, of which there are
100. These partitioned spaces hold four
persons each, and parties often take enough
adjacent ones to accommodate consider
able company. 1t was curious spectacle
that presented five boxes full OF Astors and
their intimates an then two containing
a coterie of probes ,ional vice, but such
is the incongruous elbowing tEat character
es O bic city. Almost as close to the Van'
derbilts were two couples Of well.dressed,
politely behaving persons, who were de-
scribed to me by, detective rs the keepers
or an eSLaOilSllnelC lOr Gue cuIIdppluS uuo
black. mailing Of rich men.
Still sharper was the contrast, because in
this instance the aspects were totally differ
ent, between one OF our stateliest divines,
and Billy McGlory, who looks like the des-
picable dance. hall keeper that he is The
two men chancel to sit side by side. At
what other entertainment than circus
could that have happened: But there wasn't
anything in the whole show that struck me
moro forcbiy than tbs introduction Of
little Astor girl to Zitta, juvenile acrobat
1t occurred in the anti-room where the per-
formers were waiting their calls to duty,
and into which a privileged number OF
visitors had been admitted.
The youngster OF the circus had evidently
heard Of the Astors, as she regarded the
million heiress as something more than
mortal; but her aIuiation was nothing
compared to the wide-eyed admiration
shown by the other, in whose chi dish esti-
nation thu spangles Of the costume We're
bits OF heavenly elul: :ence, and its wearer
a being OF super earthly quality. l should
like to have seen anyoody convince that
Miss Astor, then and there, that it was
proudor position to lie Murray Hill lady
than a circus tiimbicr-New York Cor.
PHILADELPHIA Pres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
Deceptive Appearance OF Mr.. Gladstone.

Deceptive Appearance of Mr.. Gladstone.
Mr.. Gladstone cus:omarily sits in the
center of the ministerial front speaking az
ter tho other ministers who are all bcund
to be ut hand at 4.3O p. N. to answer QueS-
tions) have arrived, and when he does come
on the scane of his many triumphs and
nulnberless conflicts, it is no eXaggeration
to say that ho concentrates on himself the
eyo of the whole assembly, both on the
floor and in the galleries. The old man
looks at times Us ii he had not many
months to live. Nay, sometimes he looks
as if he were actually dead. When he lays
his head on the Dac.; OF The seat and closes
bis eyes as he not seldom does, the color OF
bis face is that of u corpse, and his eyellds
seem fixed forever. But his appearance at
such moment is extremely deceptive. At
such time there Is not another man in the
house. old or young, who is SO absolutely
waideawakc as this old gentlemen OF sew
enty-saven years Of age. Let but tho
speaker to whom he seams to pay no at
tention, but whose every word he in reality
takes in, make single statement which inter-
ests him, or calls for audible Or visible as.
sent or contradiction. AMI the apparently
dead person wakes up with bound, leans
toward and puts his hand to his ear, or
mods or shakes his head, or starts to his
feet with a correction, or a retort which
overwhelms AMI clusLes his assailant -
Cor Boston Herald
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
THE PEACEFUL LIFE.
Tho working life is tho life Of peace,

Tho wor ring life is tho life Of peace,
The words o. the wise are golden; . .
And down the line OF tire. hundred years
Comes the truth OF these words, grown
and olden.
Not the days that are passed amid songs and
flowers
In dreamy, inactive leisure,
But the days that are strong with the stress
o. toll
Are thos, of the truest pleasure.
The eyes that LOOK straight toward God
and heaven,
Nor turn from the Path of duty,
Arc the eyes that see, in this changeful
worll,
The sights of tie truest beauty.
Sailors Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
Brpoklyn's IianSoius and Cab Horses

BrOoklTn'S 1ianS0itiS ana CAP ilorScS.
Up to few years ago such q thing as q
han>om was unknown in 3! CO ;lyn, and 1t
was generally considered among the fra
tvrnity that it would be nothing short Of
financial suicide to attempt to run one. the
surprise Of tho veterans can very we'll &c
imagined, then, waen @ snort time ago tEey
saw one of these taooo,d vehicles driven up
10 tine stand and ranged in line The driver
WAS eXpos5ulated with ard warned OF the
abyss OF LaaHruptcy into which he was
about to plunge. but ho said he didn't care
he had come To stuy. After a while nnding
himself i iittle lonely among tue "old lam
ilieS," the coupes, be moved over to the
other side Of tie street, and there he and his
hanson may be seell any day, wEcl not
wnlriin5 fare through the city,
Oh thu horses it may DO said that they are
no better than the!' should lie. Some OF
them are sound anu are Kept in good con:li-
ton, but Tho ma. or.ty OF them belong to
that class, spoken OF i'll "Pickwick," which re
iuire hearing up very tight aau refining III
very short TO keep them from oXcoriatlnS
their knees. TO any one who is III the
haLit OF passing them daily, they always
seeln to have half nlournful, half rep. oach.
ul look OH their tid,ilc shaped faces. They
certainly have hard time OF it, even when
,long nothing, and il there is paradise
lor animals, Gao horses should be entitled t9
q place in that pat OF it where tho grass
grows gr>enest and tlickest.-Brooiiyn
l,n rle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
Qualities of William LIoyt, Garrison.

William Lloyd Garrison was neither great
as an orator nor as Il writer, Lul ho WAS su-
pcrbly great in purpose. He weighed as
much on tho Platform as any man tat ever
trod l.. He was invinrihle, but as gentle
and modest as tho poet who wo;ild not tread
Oh Il crawling worm. lie carel no5 q far
thing to De a hero, or for hcrusm IL
others 1t was simply purpose, al end,
that controlled him. i:e hal q thing to 20.
Without the least blu ter or Il coureition
of possible failure, he went straight to ths
point. Ills habits We're wholly tEoac OF {.
lhan o. no Importance, Yet his purpose made
him the most powerful man IN America
Cor Globe Democrat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
Whale Fishing on iha Co-Or"rat!Ve ran

Whale-Ei>Iinr on i'll" to-oE"'at!'@ i'ih'
The whale fi>h.ry j. for the most part
carried Oh in this country Oh the co-otera-
tive pan. 1t is Exclusively SO on the
Pacific coast Capitalists furnish the ship
and til. outfit. U,e snare Of the profit goes
to tho ship and another to the men. In
good season. o. when the voyages havo been
"iucky," tue men make much more per
capita than they could from mere wa,eS
1t is not worthy that in ono o. tha most
hazardous and uncertain Of all Industrious
pursuits, one industry IS prosecuted wholly
on tn, cooperative pl1n, whi:e i'll those in'
Clistries where there IS very little risi, CO.
operat on, Is yet, is Only L s'ecial and ex-
cept;onai feature CT tie industry OF the
Observation-Disclosures Lu.le.ln.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
8 Cure for Rheumatic G0ut.

An Englishman who in 'ulatod his bod
steal By placing underneath each post a
broken oil Lotion OF glass bottle, says
that he hal not le"n free from rheumatic
gout for fifteen years, and tla5 lie beSan TO
improve immediately . trr tao application
OF the insu!ators. y b al papr ~ 'tin1
the item wisely adds: There's many O fell
low who could cure his gout if he woul!
break OF the bottom Of his glass 10 ties II
time. Halls Journal VE Health
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
A Scheme of Joke Competition.

A Munich newspaper has started the novel
scheme Of a JOKE competition 1t offers
varioas money prize ior original joke,
promising 10 publish thoss who take prize,
and le,erving the right TO publish any
othere that may 10 sent in. 1he idea Il
exciting considerable interest. - Chi:ago
Herald
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
Why He Did Not Hurry.

A Waterbury gentleman was surprised
while out for drive on the Wolcott road
recently by the conduct OF boy whom ha
asked to ride The boy refused obstinately,
and when prevailed upon for reason said
he expected a whipping when he got home
and was in no lurry.-WaJertury Asaers
;ron
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
When the Bows Had q Hard Time.

Fifty years ago the boys had very hard
timo OF it. There were no furnaces in tho
house and few stoves, bed-l ooms as cold and
colder than barns nowadays; warming-pans
for led at night in constant use, as the bed
clothes we g like TWO cakes of ice. Washing
was doEe by first ireakins through the ice
found in the pitchers over night All cook
ing was done by wood fires, and the wood
hal to be cut by the boys.-Chicago
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
TWO PICTURES Or FARM LIFE.
The Imaginary aud tho t;eal-Free From
Care-Scarcely a Living.

The Imaginary aud tho teal-Free from
Care-ScarceIy Living.
The wise men who edit newspapers and
write theses on soc:a! and political econ
omy advise young men in cities to HE them
to the country and grow up with it. EARLY
and late they wrestle with i'm .ginary angels
for blessing upon their efforts in the good
wo:k k Of depopuating tie overcrowded city,
and building up the waste places where the
owl hooteth and the ''gallinpper'' draws
sustcnance from animate mature. The fact
that agriculture is the basis OF al solid
prosperity is made u vehicle for the ptop0-
sition that it is therefore the IN )st desirable
OF callings.
Tho farmer is pictured ds sturdy, inde-
pendent fellow, living OIL milk and honey,
or its equivalent, and b arinS with ease the
weight Of the whole economic system. His
wife is portly, pleasing dame, who glidcs
peacefully through the daily round OF pies
and dairy truck and raises up children to
call her blessed His daughter is rosy
checked damsel, who bushes naturally on
slight provocation and can jump a ten
rail fence but wears 10. = shoes and has
mini thoroughly attunel 10 nature in its
lovcliest moo Is The farmer 10y is free
from care. lie rises with the dawn, feeds
the philosophic mule and goes forth to
healthiul labor. At noon ho comes in, eats
the good things spread before him and goes
forth again to tickle the soil thai will soon
laugh with harvest at night he reads
goud books by pine l;not fire and stores
his mind with useful knowledge. Lie is
daisy and warranted fast color
That is the imaginary picture-this the
real: The farmer in this part Of the country
81 least is not independent. Far from it,
If he makes big corn crop, so does every
holy else around him, and lie finds no sale
for his surplus Does he try to raise hogs:
Cholera Frances along two years in live and
takes them or The range for cattle is get.
ting scarcer every year, and each steer
costs just as mach extra fencing to Keep
him out OF tEe tiel!s Cotton is the only
crop a small farmer can raise, sugar re.
curing capital; and the price Of cotton has
been steadily falling TO: ten years, until it
has reached the actual cost of production.
There is no profit to be made; scarcely
good living. In fact, there is no such thing
as good living in the country, or SO little Of
it that it doesn't count in the total l
don't attempt to explain this, but Simply
mention ths undcniable truth Even milk
and butter ani eggs are easier got i'll town
than in the country, and good bread is Il
lost art with rural housewives Tho Texas
ranch, where there are thousands OF cattle
and not drop OF milk to be had is not
more cf puzzle to the city man than tie
average Louisiana farm or plantation
There is little fruit, and tnav not the lost
Tho staple article OF diet is salt meat OF
some kind, corn bread Or biscuit the right
bow or Of dyspepsia, and coffee, u nutri1nent
admirably adopted to the region OF Hudson
Bay.-Cor New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
"Chambcr"iaidS" in lIcHican Hotels.

"Chamherm@i:ls' il Mexican hotels are
male Indians, termed na2onS They are
deft and quick and will hire themselves to O
stranger in the capita! for s.; per week, Civ
ing their employer undivided and very wei
come srrvire-Inter Ocean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
Colirornia's Onion and Egg Supply.

Notwithstanding her great agricultural
resources, California imports onions and
eggs from east OF the Rocky mountains. IN
deed, ito Australians ship onions to San
Francisco and find a ready market fos
item.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26

Primrose Seeds from the Iiinalayas,
Primrose seeds from height OF II, 600 to
1900 feet i'll the Hilaalay;s have been re-
ccived at Calcutta, anil somc ere to bo
planted in England
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-26
LIFE WITHIN LIFE.
HOSTILE ARMIES OF MICROSCOPIC
ORGANISMS WITHIN MEMS BODIES.

NJ. Pasteur's and Rival Theories"-What
Vaccination Can Teach isis Mcdi-
cine All Exact Science?-How Disease
Is To Be Conquered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19

trial in the same line gave very nearly
the same results as those indicated
above. Prof. Laz'nley, the director OF
the station, arrived at conclusions that
may be of interest, and are therefor re-
peated as follows:
Wheat may be sown too thick as
well as too thin for the best of results;
the richer the soil and the more perfect
the seed-bed the less the amount of seed
required. There is more danger OF
sowing too much than too little, and
no rule as to quantity can be given for
different regions. The right quantity
may vary with soil and exposure. the
size of the kernels, capacity of the va
riety for tilling and injury from insects;
and if all the conditions were at their
best three pecks to the acre would be
ample. The increase above this quanti-
ty requires knowledge and Judgment on
the part of the farmer as to the guanti-
ty of seed and its variety to these varl-
GUS accidents and influences. Ger
mantOaCna Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19
A. Proud "Cheese Parer."

No account of the Democratic lead
ers of the House would possibly be
complete without including sketch
of the old watchdog of the treasury,
William Steele Holman, of Indiana.
Beginning his service with the Thirty
sixth Congress, he served through all
the stormy period of the rebellion as a
war Democrat, the friend of Lincoln
and Stanton, and the steadfast cham
pion of the Union! cause. 1t is the
fashion of reckless, statesmen of easy
virtue and extravaganza notions to
sneer at Holman as cheese parer and
picayune economist MIR. Holman ac-
cepts the epithets good naturally. He
says he is cheese parer. Experience
has taught him that money is not
saved to the Government by striking
eff million here and there, but by re-
ducing the multitude of small items
that amount to millions in the aggre-
gate. Vice-President Hendricks never
said truer' word than that Holman
was worth 5000. 900 a year to
the treasury as long as hs stayed
in Congress. He bids fair to stay
a great many years yet. He has just
been renominated for the twelfth time,
and will be elected, of course. Mr..
Holman is not one of the orators of
Congress. His voice is thin and high
pitched. and not strong IN tone. He
can not be heard across the chamber.
He stands at his desk when talking.
and nervously twirls his spectacles BY
way of gesture. He never speaks UNI
less he has something to say, and the
members always cluster about him to
catch every word, for they know that
it is ten to one he is going to expose
some bit of jobbery in an appropria-
ton bill. Mr.. Holman is sixty-foul
years of age, spare and lean. His thin
dark brown hair is literally streaked
with gray, and the stabby bit of bearc
on his chin is grayer still. His eyes arr
small and deep sunken; his cheek bone.
high and prominent. He chews tobac
CO necessarily. He dresses plainly.
At this season Of year he wears an ada
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19
SEEDING EXPERIMENTS.
Distinct Results of Thick and Thin Seed
ing Obtained by Prof. Lazinley.

Distinct Results of Thick and Thin Seed
ing Obtained by Prof. Lazinley.
Many experiments have been tried
upon the question of thick and thin
seeding by individuals and by expert
ment stations, in which results have not
always been of the most satisfactory ma
ture. Some experiments that were tried
at the Ohio station have given about as
distinct results as any. Plots consist
ing of one-sixteenth of an acre were
sowed to wheat, in which the quantity
of seed varied from two to nine pecks
per acre. In earliness of crop thick
seeding seemed to possess an advantage,
but for plumpness and size of berry,
thin seeding appeared to be preferable.
In the latter case Chin seeding) there
was less winter killing. The following
table gives the amount of crop from the
different amounts of seed:
Two pecks of seed gave 25.9 bushels
per acre.
Three pecks of seed gave Sc. l bushels
per acre.
Four pecks of Sect gave 3O.2 bushels
per acre.
Five pecks of seed gave 37.9 bushels
per acre.
Six pecks of seed gave 1916 bushels
per acre.
Seven pecks of seed gave 1913 bushels
per acre.
Eight pecks of seed gave 25.6 bushels
per acre.
Nine pecks of seed gave 1873 bushels
per acre.
The difference in the weight of grain
per bushel was an increase from thin to
thick seeding, according to the follow
ing:
Two pecks of seed an acre gave 57.5
pounds bushel.
Three pecks of seed an ere gave $40
pounds bushel.
Four pecks of seed an acre gave $50
pounds bushel.
Five pecks of seed an acre gave 59.5
pounds bushel.
Six pecks of seed an acre gave 61.5
pounds bushel.
Seven pecks of seed an acre gave 6o.O
pounds bushel.
Eight pecks of seed an acre gave 62.5
pounds bushel.
Nine pecks of seed an acre gave 62.5
pounds bushel.
A slight difference in soil would be
sufficient to occasion slight variation
from regular increase. Two years
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19
A Society Lady's Secret.

Society items are not always reliable
A ST. Louis lady. reported as ''spenef-
ing the summer in Europe sneaked
into the city the other day for the pur-
pose OF purchasing some books and
maps, and frankly explained to friend
that she was preparing to. learn the
geography of Europe thoroughly and
post herself with the guide books SO
that she might give a good account OF
her summer abroad, (which will be the
most inexpensive summer ever spent.
as l have only bought three Bingham
dresses and a ribbon for a rustic hat.
and my board is only costing me So. so
a week with my washing included. But
tell it not in Gath, for all the city pa
lers have sent me to Europe and given
the steamer by which l sailed. and not
to disappoint my friends 1 am studying
in Europe. Perhaps I'll save enough
and learn enough to make the trip next
year. How did her secret get into the
papers? The friend in whom she con.
fided was a Chicago Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19

paca coat and dark trousers. He wears
an old-fashioned standing collar, with
black stock, and altogether is very
good type of the Indiana statesman Of
the old school. He is close attendant
on these closing days of the session.
and woe to the jobber who presumes
to launch his little scheme any of these
warm afternoons on the supposition
that the old man is asleep.-N. 7. Sun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19
USING THE VETERANS.

The Queer Way I'm Which the Admins
txutA IN Has Shown Revengeful
spdrfe'' Toward Union Soldiers.
The opposition to the Presidents
vetoes Of private pension bills is an
other form Of the effort to use the vet
eraas to gain a party advantage. The
vetoes are represented as proofs of q
reveDgeful spirit toward Union SOL
diers for saving hae country, and the
attempts to insinuatc or to declare this
wretched calumuy are utterly cor
temptibls and unworthy of the Repub-
ican narae. The President with dig
nifty and truthfulness says, wlrat every
honorable and patriotic American citi-
zen will approve:
"The blatan5 and noisy ssif-assertien OF
those who, from motives THAT may we'll fss
suspected, declare themselves above all 9th
ers friends of the soldiers can not discredit
nor belttle the CAIN. sSnadyan affectionsss
regard of grateful nation
The President points cat that an APP,
preparation of seventy-sfX millions of
dollars has just been made for pensions
under liberal laws to meet every mer-
itorious case, and that more than a.
million of dollars was added to main
tain the Pension Bureau. Tire rate of
pension in certain cases has been in
creased, and large appropriations have
been made for homes for sick, disabled
and needy soldiers, and there is re-
cent liberal grant for their enlargement
and greater convenience. All this, as
he says, is no more than should be done.
Besides this is the fact, which he
does not mention, that the committee
of the Democratic House has reported
favorably six hundred private pension
bills, against four hundred reported by
the committee of the late Republican
House; that many were rejected as ut
terly undeserving, showing how great
is the pressure of unfounded claims;
and that Of the six hundred the Presi-
dent has, vetoed but ninety, most Of
which had been rejected by Repub-
lican Commissioner of Pensions. Thus
while President Cleveland has signed
more than five hundred pension bills
in sixteen, months, General Grant APP
proved only five hundred and forty-two
in the eight years of his Administra-
ton. Such facts dispose effectually Of
the unworthy partisan assaults upon
President Cleveland as hostile to the
soldiers.-Harper's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19

Shakespeare refers to America in
1.-The Comedy of Errors" act 3, scene
2; to Mexico in 1.-The Merchant of
Venice" act l, scene 8, and to Ber-
moothes or Bermudas in 1.-The Temp
est" act l. scene Chicago Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-19

Names are often misnomer. The
''Beggar Club of Morrisania, N. T., il
composed Of wealthy brewers.