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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
An Emperor's Wealth Of Name.

Kaiser Francis Joseph is fifty-eight
years old, observes the New York
Tribune, and may he have as many happy
returns of the day as he has handles to
his name. For this genial monarch is
fully styled Francis Joseph I. Charles,
Emperor of Au,tria; Apostolic King of
Hungary; King of Bohemia, of Dalmatia,
of Croatia, of Slavonia, of Galicia,
Lodomeria and Illyria; King of lerusa-
lem. Arch Duke of Austria; Grand Duke
of Tuscany, and of Cracow; Duke OF
Lorraine, of Salzburg, of Styria, OF
Corinthia, of Carniola, of Bukovina; !;
Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave
of Moravia; Duke OF Upper Silesia, OF
Lower Silesia, Of Modena, of Parma. OF
Placenza and Guastalla, of Auschwitz
and Zator, of Teschen, Friull, Ragusa
and lara; Princely Count of Habsburg,
of Tyrol, of Kyburg, Goritz and Gradisch
Prince of Trent and Brixcn; Margrave
of Upper Lusatia, of Lower Lusatia, of
Istria; Count of Hohenembs, Feldkirche,
Braganza, Sonnenburg etc; Seigneur OF
Trie,ta, of Cattaro, etc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
Witch H Razel a True Water Finder.

J. F. Dowdal of Pittsburg, Penn,
recently remarked to a Chicago Ne'os
man: "We have a well-tiuder living
near Pittsburg, a Welshman named
Price, who has convinced me that there
is good deal in those old stories about
men being able to find running water
with hazel switch. He cut his rod into
a long Y, and taking one side OF the fork
in each hand he holds the rod before
him and walks up and down over the
place where the we'll is to be dug. At
last he stops with the rod pointing
down, and have never known it to fail
that water has been found in reasonable
distance down where he has directed a
we'll to be dug, while I have seen very
deep wells dug without reaching water
within easy distance of the places he
pointed out. Price declares that he teels
the rod twitch and pull when he is cross
ing running water, and he can locate any
subterranean stream that is not more than
a hundred feet or so beneath the sur
face"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
Artificial Silk.

Artificial silk has been prepared by
Or. Chardonne, French experimenter,
by dissolving three grammes of nitro
cellulose in 100 to LOO cubic centime-
tres of a mixture of equal parts of alcohol
and ether, and adding ..5 cubic cent?
metres of O filtered 10 per cent. solu.
tion of ferrous chloride in alcohol, and
/ S cubic centimetres of solution. of
tannic acid in alcohol. The filtered
LIQUID is placed in a vertical reservoir,
having blowpire nozzle of glass in its
bottom. This pipe forms an acute cone
with an orifce from one-tenth to one
twentieth millimetre wide, the thickness
of the margin not exceeding one tenth
millimetre, and opening into vessel of
water acidulated with one:half per cent;
Of mono.hydrated nitric acid. The fluid
in flowing out by pressure hardens in the
acidulated water, and the resulting
thread is dried rapidly in hot air. The
thread can be dyed all colors by soluble
pigments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
A Turkish Dinner.

Rousseau has said that from the food
of q nation you can tell its chara; teristics;
if this is true, no better spot for the study
of ethnology can be found than Csyalia.s
Doubtless, if it be desired, an oFportun.
ity will occur of dining with many ma
tionalities. By all means accept an invi-
tation to dine with Turkish Pasha
saws writer in CornhiU. had the
pleasure of taking meal with the
Governor of Drama, who is passing rich
for Turk, seeing that he rules over the
plains where the chief tobacco farms are,
and his opportunities for amassing wealth
are many and varied. Silence and exPe-7
ditlon are the chief characteristics OF a
Turkish meal. The table preparations
are few, but the dishes are many; olives,
caviare, cheese, ETC., are dotted about
and perhaps as many as ten dlsnes ara
handed found on covered brazen dishes,
consisting of rice or barley; meat or
boiled fish, cakes seasoned with vegsi
tables, roast lamb, beans, a species OF
rissole wrapped up in vine leaves, the
inevitable piiaf and fruits. Each person
has his glass of sherbet by him, and his
niece of unleavened bread, for the Turks
love half.baked dough. 1t will comfort
the European to see every one wash ms
hands before his meal, for forks are un-
known. and each is expected to dip his
fingers into the savory, morsel as it Is
handed to him. During the whole OF
the feeding process scarcely four or i've
words will be uttered, and at the most
your repast will last twenty minute, but
then, afterwards, with the coffee and the
hubble. e.bubble, conversation will flow
freely. To the Turk eating is serious
gastronomic exercise, which will not ad.
nit OF any conversation being entered
into during its progress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
Onium Smokers Increasing.

The number of opium smokers in
China appears, according to Mr.. Consul
Hughes, to be increasing Even women,
he tells US, are now in the habit of
frequeuting opium divans; but efforts
are being made by the Chinese authori-
ties. with the assistance of the municipal
police, to prevent the spread OF this
demoralizing custom. The customs
returns show great falling off in the
importations of opium, but this is be-
cause the native production has super.
seded the supplies from India. Shanghai
draws its present supplies chiefly from
the north of China. A leading merchant
attirms that it is mixed with Indian to
the extent of thirty to thirty.fye per
cent, but other authorities put it lower.
London DailV News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
The Gentle Bloodhound.

ssThere's a great deaf of nonsense in
the Northerner's adherence of the blood
hound" said Southern gentleman to a
New York Telegram reporter. "He's
not at all ferocious animal. There is
really no difference between him and the
fox, stag or other hounds save in train
ing.
1.-THE true bloodhound, the old South
ern hound, is the Talbot. The hound
of that breed is tall and large, larger
than the fox hound, broad chested, and
utters deep bay. He has good, what
might be allied q dignifed, face. He's
tremendously slow in chase (even a good
walker can keep up with him if the run
is long,, but his scent is someth 'ng won
derful. He'll follow trail twelve or
fourteen hours old, and through herd
after herd of animals like the one he's
after.
''But if blood of some other animal is
spilled across the trail, then he's gone
the blood confuses him and throws him
off. 1t is from this, and the fact that he
will follow wounded animal as accu-
rate;y by the blood as the track, that he
gets his name, not from any peculiar
ferocitY.
"The Talbot used to be trained on the
English and Scottish borders to pursue
cattle thieves and other marauders.
These sleuth- hounds. as they were called
there, are still kept in some of the big
deer parks in the north of England.
"There is a dog in the South called
tae Cuban bloodhound that was some
times employed in hunting down slaves,
and is, perhaps, found among the packs
used in following escaped convicts. 1t
is not bloodhound, however, but a
cross of mastiff and bulldog. It's scent
ing is poor beside that ol the true blood
hound it is good for nothing but to hunt
me2, and is fierce and bloodthirsty. The
Spaniards trained it in the first place to
hunt Indians, and afterward followed
runaway slaves with it. 1t has stolen the
blnodhound's name and given them its
reputation.
''The big Russian greyhound, which
has cross of bulldog, can be taught to
follow men like bloodhound"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
A NO.seleSS Clock.

A curiously considerate invention has
been produced by Frenchmau in the
shape of a noiscless clock, for use more
especially in sick rooms. In place o.
the usual pendulum, the hands are set il
motion by the unrolling of chain, tn
end of which is fastened to buoy, float
ing in tank of fluid. This flu escape
at uniform rate, and can be utilized tt
feed lampwick, thus giving the ap
paratus the double character of clock ane
lamp. When the lamp is lighted, tn
necessary diminntion of liquid taHe
place by combustion, at other times b,
carefully regulated dropping.-Se'eno
and ART. = -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
A Lapland Forest Giant.

In Lapland there has just been felled
a pine tree which is described as one OF
the largest ever grown in Sweden. II
was lsv feet high and at two feet from
the ground had diameler of 12! feet.
These are large dimensions for Scotch
fir; and yet there are pines beside whi h
it would be but a dwarf. There are
specimens of the giant pine or sugar
pine of California, for example, that
rise to the he 'ght OF 200 feet. The spar
of the Douglas pine at Kew, England, is
159 feet; there are mast spars of the
Cowdi pine 200 feet long, while speci'
men of the Wellingtonia gigantea has
been described as $50 feet high and III
feet in circumference.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
A Woman Proud of Her Longevity.

Probably in no country are examples
of longevity so numerous and so striking
as in Russia. Almost every day the
newspapers contain we'll authenticated
accounts of women and men who took
part in, aud have vivid recollection OF,
the most noteworthy events of the last
quarter of the eighteenth century. The
latest of these instances is a woman who
is only forty.four years younger than the
Patriarch Isaac was when he died. This
human relic of the past, who celebrated
her 10th birthday some weeks ago,
lives exclusively On potatoes and milk.
She was at all times a strict teetotaler.
She is still lively brisk and cheerful,
and can read without spectacles.-C Com.
sprciaE Adcsrti er.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12
THE KNIGHT IN SILVER MAIL

She left the needle in the rose
And put her broidery by,
And leaning from her easement tall
She heard the owlets cry.
The purple sky was thick with stars,
And in the moonlight pale
She saw come riding from the wood
A knight in silver mail
His plume was like the snowy foam
That wreathes the roaring tide.
The glory of his golden locks
His helmet could not hide.
She took the lily from her breast
Like hers, its beauty fraiD,
And dropped it as he rode beneath
The knight in silver mail.
About her gown of crimson silk
She drew mantle dark.
She saw the stately castle towers
Uprising from the park,
And on the lake the mated swans,
Asleep in shadow, sail,
But left it all to follow him,
The knight IN silver mall.
"Oh, I would see thy face, my love,
Oh, would see thy face!
Why dost thou keep thy visor. downa
It is a lonely place
His voice was like the hollow reeds
That rustic in the gale;
"'Tis lonelier in my castle," said
The knight in silver mail.
he let his steed 60 riderless,
He took her by the hand
And led her over brake and brias
Into lonesome land.
"Oh, are they heads:ones all arrow
That glimmer in the vale3"
My castle walls are white" replied
The knight in silver mail.
- So close unto thy castle doors
Why buriest thou the deadf
'For ten long years I've slept with them;
Ah, welcome home!" he said.
He clasped her dainty waist around,
Andi in the moonlight pale
Upraised his visor, and she saw
The knight in silver mail
At dawn her fathers men.at arms
Went searching everywhere,
And found her with the churchyard de
A-sparkle in hair.
And loI sight to make the best
And bravest of them quail:
Beside her in the tangled grass
A skeleton in mail
Century
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12

A carpet has been laid down in the
Music Hall at Cincinnati that measures
1900 yards.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-09-12

There are nine cities having more than
500, 900 inhabitants apd less than ,000,'
600. ~. ,,'---"s--
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22
THE JUDICIAL SEAT.

The Helena correspondent of St. Paul
Pioneer Press, under date of February
7th, thus writes of the new judicial dis
tricts in Montana:
The geographical arrangement of the
Fourth district, to which Judge Bach is
assigned, is even more grotesque than
the First. 1t commences with the county
OF Cascade, of which Great Falls is the
county seat, and takes i'll Choteau, Daw-
son and Meagher, reaching from the nor
thern part OF the territory to its extreme
southeastern limit. The judge who pre-
sides is required to travel long distances
by stage, and as Judge Bach is very
young, robust and extremely handsome
man, it is probable that this assignment is
bestowed upon him justly for the first
two reasons, and accidentally through a
natural desire to disentangle the Judges
affections from the many bevitching
snares which are regularly laiG for him;
for the judge is not only handsome but
witty, and a bachelor withal.
But the gravest matter is the appoint
ment OF the United States court at Great
Falls. A very large body of business
comes from the military and Indian reser-
vatlon at the extreme eastern boundary of
the territory That the prisoners and
witnesses should be transported from this
vast reservation to Glendive, thence on
the No,thern Pacific 10 Helena and
thence on the Montana Central to Great
Falls, distance Of seven or eight hun
dred miles, is really absurd, inconven-
lent and absurd to a degree thatit is diff
cult to account for. On the whole, the
work of the judges in this matter of
dividing the districts cannot be said to be
happy; and while the United States bust
ness is rapidly dwindling to uothingness.
yet the most OF such as there is under, this
schedule will be apt to provoke protest
from the department at Washington.
The writer of the above article is GER
tainly very 'green." If he were not he
would find nothing "grotesque' in the
fourth judicial district which is so formed
that the most populous parts of four
counties therein are easy Of access from
Great Falls, the judicial seat. Dawson is
remote, but it is SO from the county seats
OF any other five counties that could be
combined into judicial district.
As to the United States business. the
bulk of it will be in matters connected
with the populous region which lies
within circuit of 80 miles from Great
Falls. 1t would surely be no improve
ito invert the arrangement and estab-
lish the United States court at Glendiye
because ofsthe business which is likely to
arise from such parts of the reservation
as are near that town.
The distribution Of districts meets with
general approval from all the counties
concerned. We regard that as the best
proof thlt it has been made with judg
ment and due regard for the interests of
the people as well as those of the United
States,
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22


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Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22
More Trouble in Oklahoma,

WICHITA, Kansas, February 17.-Fresh
ejectments from Oklahoma have taken
place at the hands of company of
colored troops, who are said to have
handled settlers roughly. The prisoners
were taken to Fort Reno where some
were held for trial at the next term of the
court. Reinforcements have been asked
for and two companies passed through
here to-day enroute for Fort Reno.
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22
ilua7AHA SHORT LINE,

When travelling every one should con-
slider well the questions of economy,
comfort. safety and speed, these questions
being ofthe same Importance ina journey
ofan hour as in one Of several days r;de.
An examination ofthe map will convince
anyone that this is the most direct route
to and from all the principal points in
j.: T.; i!;! +: E: +:
neso- ~ RAILWAY Hta,
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22
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BUTTE AND GREAT FALLS.

Mr.. Oakes of the Northern Pacific rail
way informed a Butte Miner reporter
that the establishment of reduction
works will snake Butte to great extent
producer of crude ore merely, which
will deprive the camp of the profits re-
sulting from the reduction of ore in
Butte to profitable shipping basis"
This statement Of Mr.. Oakes in reply to
an inquiry as to what effect the advent Of
the Montana Central would have on the
commercial and mining business of
Butte is as ample as could be expected
from the manager Of arrival road. But he
might have added: "The arrival of the
Montana Central at Butte will provide
that city with a direct trunk line to the
east which will also link it with Helena,
Great Falls and the Sand Coulee coal
fields. This insures low freight rates,
such as Butte already partly enjoys as a
result of the completion of the Great
Falls and Helena division. The compile
tion of the Montana Central to Butte
insures abundance of cheap coal for
such companies as may smelt OF mill
their own ores. The reduction works at
Great Falls will enable the camp to mine
low grade ore which could not be re-
duced profitably on the spot. The net
result of all this will be great gain to
both Butte and Great Falls" This reply
would differ considerably from the actual
reply made by Mr.. Oakes but it would
have the merit of being accurate.
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22

Dakota ana montana. Our equipment
and time are excellent. Our rates are
the lowest, but this fact is something
which speaks for itself. Definite figures
and maps can be obtained by applying to
any Agent of the Company, or the Cen
eral Passenger Agent.
The following are few of the Principal
Points reached via this Line:
ST. CLOUD, SAuK CENTRE, FERGUS FAILS,
CRooKsroN, ST. VINCENT, HUTCHINSON,
PAYNEsvILLE, MORRIS, APPLETON AND
BREcKEMRlDGE, MIMI; WATERFOWL, ABER-
DEEM, ELLENDALE, WAHPEToN, FARGO.
GRAND FoRKsy GRAFTON, DEVILS LAKE,
BoTrlNEAU AND BuFoRD, DAKOTA; GLAs-
COW, DAWES FT. BELKNAP), Ass1NNlBo1NE,
fT. BENTON, GREAT FALLS, HELENA AND
BUTTE, MONTANA; WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
AND ALL PACIFIC COAST POINTS.
Parties seeking farms or business loca-
tions will find unusual opportunities ior
both on this line in Northern Dakota and
Montana, also in Minnesota where tho
Company has for sale at low prices and
on favorable terms 100000 acres of ex-
Gellent farming, grazing and timber lands.
For maps and other information address.
J. BooKwALTER, C. H. WARREN,
Land Commissioner, Gen'l Pass. Agt.
ST. PAUL, M1SN.
a. MARVEL, W.S,. ALEXANDER,
1an'l Manager. s.-"''Traf1c Mung-or
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22

" Russia, it appears, has made known
her demands. Probably she asks more
than she expects, but she is undoubtedly
resolved on acquiring complete control
over Bulgaria. That would place Con-
stantinople almost at her mercy and give
the tottering power of Turkey fatal
blow. Bismarck advised Russia not to
submit these damands to Austaia, as she
would Immediately reject them. The
German chancellor thus shows DISPOSE
tion to avert hostilities, which he may
pursue with success. Great responsible
ties rest on him as the actual ruler of
Germany.
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22

Our special pictorial edition meets the
public taste and appears at time of the
year when it will do most good. There
is nothing sensational or extravagant in
its statements. They are all founded on
facts and will merit the attention of indus-
trious people who want to make money.
1t is gratifying that merchants and others
are circulating the paper SO numerously.
That self-reliant method is the best way
to bring a new city into notice.
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22

The country will be anxious to know
the full terms Of the new Anglo-American
treaty. AS Mr.. Bayard is desirous to have
the text published, there should be no
longer any secrecy in the matter. Perhaps
Senator Riddleberger will make known
its purport as he did the postponement of
the eXtraditlon treaty.
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22

The iron work is arriving for the wagon
bridge, which will soon link Great Falls
with the Sun river valley, and form a
worthy companion for the railroad brid &c
which now spans the Missouri at our
doors
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22

This is the time when the "favorite
sons" come to the front in the local or
gans in order that they may not be slight
ed at the coming primaries and conven-
tion. Happy Montana can keep on rail
road building without any concern about
the electoral vote which she ought to
have but is persistently denied.
Great Falls tribune., 1888-02-22

When the Montana Journalists come
here next summer they will find much to
interest them.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-17
The Next Census.

IN eiancinS somewha, perianc'oriiy over
| the daily dtlaUah q duuacs. TO be found IN
;he columns u .ha Congressional Record.
We have failed 10 acte whst disposition has
Neaa made q Sic ~. introduced IN th1
h-Hse s-1a@ 3s.ee $50 By Congressman Cox.
lhs r.a .Ies ic- the collection q ihc
.-f-sas rgqc-ts IL 1884, 303 If ID is adopted
otlasj any ...a.1vla. ~ Modification &: VIII re-
.saee sat as.. Aa. q census Volumes tr0,a
5aorsy Two a. seven. 1; provides for tbs
,s..2a, sta 8. subjects 7 sr,ail.n, 10 poTal2-
;3oa. public indebtedness, valuations q
property, ana industrial, social and health
statistics.
The scale on which The last census was
taken was so much out of proportion 10 the
facilities of the government that, although
an immense amount OF matter has been
either curtailed or suppressed, there IS stil
q number of volumes TO be printed. The
scheme Of taking the census Of 1850 repre-
scented elaboration run mad. ana it VIII Prob
ably never be attempted on such scale
again. Ii fell into the hands of so-called
experts and Missionaries, and the result has
been q costly failure. The vast mass of sta
tistics gathered in the bulky volumes is Of
no interest whatever, and the fact that the
census takers were burdened with the duty
Of collecting it caused them to neglect more
important matters.
II is to be hoped that a sensible and eco
nomical plan will be arranged for the collec-
ton OF the statistics Of the eleventh census,
and that the statistics viii relate only 10
such matters as are of general interest and
Importance.
If the petit juries win stand up to Judge
Van Epps, there will be no room in Atlanta
for pistol-toters.
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Cnnfc,inrntn Irnriu..s.

The crops in our state are being ra~ 5.y
"laid by" and the college commandments
are also rapidly drawing TO 3 Gloss. TIE
next most imHoTtsn; .hinr % tAe older a.,j-
zeus of oar state is the reunion Of CIR so}-
diers. Two notable reunions take Tlec,
this year, besides many smaller ones. The
reunion Of tie Fosiy-sa1oul Geo-e $. al;
Monroe, in Walton county, and the reunion
Of tic Seventh Georgia, First Georgia ans
Twelfth Georgia bat:aIous, on The 2lst at
Newman.
Both these reunions are looked forward
to with great interest by the friends Of the
old soldiers.
We print in another column report Of
the preparations being made at Newman.
We are indebted to members Of the CID
regiments in this city who are cooperating
with the Confederate Veterans association
Of Coweta county for the facts given. No
one can fail to wish these old comrades a
joyous day wherever they meet; they de-
serve it, For over quarter of a century
they have endured hardships and priyations
unequalled in history, and it shows their
grit that they can appoint day and meet
TO talk over the past, fight over their bat
ties, and feel happy.