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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
Taking the Depth of the Sea

When we read about repairing breaks
in the ocean cable we naturally are curl
Gus to know something about the manner
in which operations on severed wires
are carried on a mile or two below the
surface.
In the course of an article on the SUBJ
ject the New York Sun says that the
first work done is to get a series of
soundings over patch of the sea aggre-
eating twenty-five or thirty square miles.
The sounding apparatus consists ofan OBJ
long shot of iron, weighing about thirty
two pounds, attached to pianoforte
wire in such way that, when lowered
to the bottom, the shot will jab a small
steel tube into the mud, and will then
release itself from the wire and allow
the sailors to draw up the tube with the
mud in it. The moment the weight is
released the men on deck stop paying
out the wire, and thus, knowing how
much wire has been run out, they are
able to tell the depth. 1t is an interest
ing fact that it recently took twenty
four minutes and ten seconds for the
weight of the sounding apparatus to
reach bottom in 2,097 fathoms of water.
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Sunstroke by Electricity.

In the Journal des Debats, NJ. Henri de
Parville gives an account of some extra
ordinary medical observations on electric
sunstroke collected at the famous French
foundry, Creuzot.
Ordinary sunstroke we all know. But
there is another kind of sunstroke in
definitely more strange, yet scarcely
known, and that is the electric sun
stroke. It is already known that elec-
tricity is employed in the form Of an in
tense focus Qoyer) to smelt certain min
erals, and especially to melt and solder
metals. Thus metal placed in the elec.
trio arc is fused as if by magic. Steel
melts like butter in few seconds. Now
Creuzot, where the progress of science IS
followed step by step, has for some time
possessed its electric furnace Steel is
soldered directly by the high tempera-
ture produced by electricity. The elec.
trio arc in which the metal is placed IS OF
marvellous radiance. Its luminosity
focus upon few square inches exceeds
10, 900 Carcel lamps and surpasses 1OO,-
900 candles.
It happens that spectators standing at
q distance of, say, ten yards feel no heat;
but presently they become conscious OF
acute pain. every odd," said by
stander, II feel no heat, but l have
sense of being burnt which recalls the
sunstroke had last summer" Therefore
he stood off, but not before be had in
fact experienced something like second
sunstroke. 1t almost always happens
that, after an hour or two, persons wit
Messing the experiments feel burning
sensation, with more or less pain, in neck,
face and forehead, and their skin at the
same time assumes coppery red tint.
It is customary to protect spectators eyes
with blackened sun glasses; yet their
retina is affected to such an extent that
blindness supervenes in broad daylight
for several minutes, and for nearly an
hour all objects are seen in deep saffron
color. Other symptoms are headache and
Aftcrward the skin Of the
face gradually peels off in broad fakes,
when the complexion is left of fine
brick color. This we take to be the de-
scription of severe cases.-&. james Ga
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
A Novel Elevator.

A curious elevator has been proposed
for use in the Eiffel tower, which it is
proposed to erect in Paris for the next
exhibition, The tower is to be about 9s4
feet high, and none of the ordinary
forms of elevators could be used with
safety. The plan proposed is to construct
in the interior of cylindrical tower a
spiral railway track, on which shall run
a truck occupying the whole interior
space. This circular truck carries q
double dsckcd cur which is raised by the
latter's revolution. Motion is commun-
icated to the truck by an endless cable
driven by a stationary engine. This
cable passes through the car and runs
over a series of friction pulleys, which
communicate their motion to the trucks
through a worm-gear and spur-wheel.
The weight of the clevator-car is sup.
ported by the wheels of the truck, and
these are only to be revolved by the
worm gear. Consequently, if anything
should happen to the cable the car would
not descend, but would remain station
arY until the persons in the car started
the gear and would then Only descend as
long as motion continued to be given to
it. The cable runs at high speed, which
the gear reduces, and thus it is possible
to use quite small cable to give motion
to car containing 200 people. Iron.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
The Fisher Cat.

A very rare animal is known to hun
tiers as the black cat or fisher, but the
names are misleading, as it does not at
all resemble cat, and it does not feed
on fish. The skin of the animal is highly
rri. ed by iurriers, a single raw pclt
bringing as high as $40. The fur about
the head, neck, and shoulders is dark
gray. The back, hips, legs, and tail are
let black. The body from the nose to
the butt of the tail is two feet long and
the tail is sixteen inches inches long and
very full and bushy, not unlike that OF
an angry cat. 1t is far more attractive
creature than any other member OF the
weasel family, and is less known than
any other of our mammala. 1t is said
Ey the hunters to prey upon the Canadian
porcupinc; to eat it, bristles and all,
and digest them without Inconvenience,
Its other food consists of pine martins,
squirrels, rabbits and other small animals,
and it is remarkably expert in catching
them. occasionally it feeds on fish. The
range of this great weasel is from the
Great Silver Lake and Labrador to tie
Pacific and Southwest, occasionally on
the mountains OF Virginia.
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Long Island Whalers.

Amagansett, Long Island, where nu-
merous whaling crews live, is neat lit
tie seaside village, and it is the last set
tlement one passes on going to Montauk
Point. 1t is but three miles east of the
well known summer resort of East Hamp-
ton, with whose history are associated
the names of John Howard Payne aud
Henry Ward Beecher. Amagansctt has
a population of about two hundred peo-
pile, mostly thrifty farmers, well-to-do
fishermen and rich whalemen.
The whaling crews are regularly organ
lied in the village. Boats supplied
with all the requisites for the chase are
kept housed on the beach, and the warn
ing that whale has been sighted is
given by man running down the beach
swinging his coat and shouting, by the
blowing of horns, the ringing of church
bells, and by various noisy demonstra-
tions unintelligble to the stranger, but
conveying definite meaning to the ma
tives.
All business practically stops in the
place while the chase lasts, and its sue
cessful termination is the signal for
general jubilee.
Serious accidents have not infrequently
marred these iubilees. Captain Rogers,
of Southampton, in one of these chases a
few years ago was killed by a whale.
The monster went under the boat, and
when he came up astern of it brought his
terrible tail up with crashing stroke
which hit the stern of the boat exactly
under the Captains feet. He was stand
ing, his weight on one foot. The blow
shattered the bone of his leg and drove
1t up into his thigh. The boat was of
course overturned, and the in jured Cap
tain and crew were saved with difficulty.
The Captain died in few days from the
injuries.
On another occasion three whales were
sighted, and two were fastened. The
three whales made general rush at the
boats, and out of the fleet of six or more
boats only one emerged from the conflict
uninjured. Fortunately, aside from few
bruises, no one was seriously hurt, but
the whales escaped. Similar occurrences
have frequently been chronicled, evil
dencing that the business is not prose-
cuted without great peril, and is GER
tainlY full enoug gh of hardy adventure to
make it most alluring to adventurous
spirits. The business is fairly prosper
BUS, and those who engage in it make
comfortable livings and frequently be-
come rich. The older men in the business
were whalemen when ships engaging in
the pursuit were fitted out from Sag
Harbor and have made repeated voyages
to the Arctic regions in search of the
monsters of the deep. Captain Henry E.
Hunting, who is serving his constituents
in the Assembly, belongs to this latter
class, and has made number of success
full whaling voyages as master of the
ship.
They are hardy, good natured and
prosperous class of people, and persist in
their perilous avocation because they like
it.-Mew York World.
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The Poor Irish CrOfters.

Besides fishing up herring and hake tho
poor people at the head of Bantrp Bay
fish up sand. "Sand raising" as it is
called, is as important an industry as
catching fish. This kind of sand, known
sometimes as "coral sand," is used for
farm manure and costs from eight to nine
shillings boat load-a poor price con-
sidering the toilsome character of the
work and CT st of the boats required to
carry it on. A sand boat costs e35 when
new and 50 ayear in repair. The utmost
a boat owner or partner can do in day
is to bring to shore two boat loads. The
proceeds have to be divided among a
number OF workers, while the working
season lasts for a portion of the year
only. In spite of all their lifelong labor
from morning to night, in winter and
summer, and in calm and in storm. these
croftcr fishermen are in state of chronic
poverty. They do not live by their
scrappy patches of holdings. They earn
with difficulty from, the sea barely
enough to buy sleeping room and a foot
hold on the land.
They even do more than that, they
partly create, with the help of the sea,
the very soil for which they pay rent.
The calcareous deposit which they call
"coral sand" they have used to reclaim
these shores of rock and bog. They
have used the seaweed for the same pur-
pose, cutting it up from the deep water
with a primitive machine which may be
described as marine scythe; and the
seaweed has to lie paid for, if not as a
separate item, then as included in the
holding. Coral sand, seaweed, the refuse
of house and pigsty: and basket leads of
soil found among the bowlders, these are
the ingredients out of which, after years
of work, the crofter fishermen have pro-
duced the green patches which dot in
numerably the rocky shores and the gray
brown sides of the sterile but incompara-
bly, picturesque mountains that surround
Glengraiff the beautiful. And the hedwell-
ings of the hard working people! They
are more fit for the pigs that go grunting
and shouting in and out of them than
they are for beings created in the image
of God. A dry stone box with earthen
floor and without windows, two or three
recesses stuffed with straw for beds, and
the whole filled with peat reek, such
is the ordinary type of house where q
fisherman and his wife live with half a
dozen or more children. In one such
house which visited there were seven
children.-London Ne1s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
Fashion Notes.

Fans are OF medium size.
Turbans are very popular.
The polonaise is gradually coming into
favor.
Blondes are wearing light colors this
winter.
Button boots are the popular style for
outdoor wear.
At four years of age boy is put into
the kilt suit.
Wooden dresses for little girls are
heavily braided.
The first short dress put on baby boys
is yoke slip, the same as is worn by
girl babies.
White and gold and pale blue and
silver are the favorite combinations for
evening bonnets.
Large buttons enter into the trimming
of many costumes, and are of very beauti-
full workmanship.
Very pale blue ink is the latest agony,
as shown in the dainty notes of fashion
able correspondence.
A bar of pale blue enamel engraved in
lines of gold with graduated pearl pen
dants is pretty lace pin.
Beige, tan, bronze. golden brown and
all the tawny yellow shades are very
fashionable the present season.
New cloth bonnets matching cloth
dresses are covered with passementerie
like that used to trim the dress.
Bridesmaids who follow the newest
fashion carry walking sticks of ebony and
silver, to which bouquets are attached.
Laces and passementeries are used to
trim costumes of plain velvet, and some
times striped velvets are used in combina.
tion.
The girls will be glad to know that
a fashionable engagement ring at present
is large, perfevtly-shaped pearl set soli'
taire.
The short, jaunty sealskin jacket is the
fashionable wrap this season for dressy
young ladies, and many pretty varieties
are seen.
Fine broadcloths and ladies' cloths
are said to be used in Paris for bride
maids dresses: and sometimes even for
bridal dresses.
Russian coats of velvet heavily wadded
arc very stylish and are made exceed
ingly warm by having Il pointed cape of
fur reaching to the waist line.
French brocades are extensively used
for very dressy toilets. The patterns are
exquisite and the grounds are changeable
and beautifully illuminated.
We are threatened with revival of
flowers. Already they are seen in panels,
and sometimes pleated ones form front,
with plain side draperies.
A fold of lisse, on white MORE ribbon,
or the new metal-edged ribbon alone, is
chosen for the neck and wrists upon
occasions that approach full dress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
A Budget of Womanly Hints.

That unsightly eXcrescence commonly
called wart can be reno ed by touch
ing it several times day with castor oil.
This is the simplest known remedy.
If you would keep your face and hands
unwrinkled use tepid water; very hot or
cold water is in njurious. Also avoid
burying the face in soft pillow at night,
which always produces wrinkles around
the eyes.
Keep your combs and brushes sweet
and clean. Wash them in tepid water
containing few drops of ammonia. The
grease and soil will disappear as if by
magic. Place the brushes bristles down
to dry and delicate celluloid handles will
not be injured.
A wash which will remove the sum
burn acquired by outdoor sports is made
by adding to twelve ounces of elder
flower water, six drams of common soda
and six drains of powdered borax; ap-
piled to the skin it will make it as clear
and soft as babys.
To remove a foreign body from the eye,
wrap dry white silk waste around and
thoroughly over the end of q wooden
toothpick, brush with this carefully over
the part of the eye where the substance
is lodged, and it will become entangled
in the silk. Bits of steel or any other
sharp substance which may become i'm
bedded in the eyeball may be removed
by this means.
BY using the following preparation for
cleaning kid gloves, ribbons, and laces
you'ca keep the aforementioned arti-
cles in the ''pink of perfection" with lit
tie trouble: TO two quarts of deodorized
bcnzine add two quarts of sui huric
ether, two drains of chloroform, and four
drams of alcohol. Pour the fluid in
bowl and wash the articles as if in water,
rinsing in fresh supply.
If you use powder of any kind on the
face, never 90 to bed without washing
it off. Sanitary reasons as well rs clean
illness require this. 70 keep your skin
from roughening, find by trial what kind
of soap suits you best, and use no other.
frequent changes of soap are bad for
the complexion. Beware of those which
are highly scented; as general thing
they arc poor quality, the scent being
used to destroy the odor of the other
ingredients used.
When you are particularly anxious to
attend the concert or party of the season,
and feel that pricking pain and see the
fatal little spot of red on the eyeiid that
surely foretcIls the coming Of the sty,
have no fears for the result, but put in 4
small bay q teaspoonful of black tea, on
which pour enough boiling water to
moistcn; as soon as cool enough put it on
the eye and let it remain until morning.
The sty will in all probability be gone;
if not, one more application will be GER
tain to remove it.
If you do not try to make yourself
look as pretty as you can you neglect one
of your duties. t is worth while to
make the most of all the good looks you
possess but that does not mean that
YOU shoA rcvel in powder and
purchased sm, or spend hours
in frivolous ;oration. To have a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-15
Some Rare and Costly Stamps.

Stamp dealers say collecting is on the
increase. The craze extends even to the
very rich. Jay Gould's son Edwin visits
the stores occasionally and makes a few
purchases to add to his collection. The
widow OF Stewart, the WEALTHY sugar
man, is an enthusiastic collector, as are
also many members of families who are
in the best New York society. Auction
sales are well attended and buyers plenty.
A New York firm held their eighty
second sale few nights since. There
were sixty present, and high prices were
realized. X. r. Bogert paid the highest.
price for any stamp-$236 for Brattlc-
boro of 1916. 1t Is one of the rarcst and
finest ever sold at auction. The neAt
highest figure, $S6, was paid for New
York of 1916. This was the first o;lici-
ally used postage stamp Oh the American
continent. \ SIS newspaper stamp
brought $21; q $50 one, ;,::i: two st.
Louis stamps sold for $35 and $40 re-
spectivcly; "a Mobile, Ala, 1t. black
stamp, Confederate, brought $500; Il
500c. Bolivia OF 1871 went for SCI;
British Guiana of 1855 at $40; Il Natal,
Cd, at $3G; a Newfoundland, Is, at
$25; Roumania- Moldavia OF 1853, 34
paras, at 500. Among the large pur-
chascrs were William Thorne, r. r.
Bogcrt, L. B. Startling, Mr.. Elverson, c.
B. Corwin and Fl. N. Terrett. One of
the finest collections in New York is
owned by ]. w. Scott. The best in the
world is in Paris, while the next is the
property of gentleman in London. The
majority of collections comprise but from
900 to 500, this being about as large o
q number as can be collected without
buying.-NeU York Sun.
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A VISION.

Perchance my thonght was wide awake
Or I was dreaming, may be,
As I sat rocking to and fro,
My arms around my baby.
felt along my cheek and throat
Her rosy fingers playing,
And stopped to kiss the sunny curls
About her forehead straylng.
The foolish rhymes of Mother Goose
In time and tune came springing
Tolips not made for song-and yet
My children like my singing.
And as sang a mystic spell
Changed all the world completely
Another woman singing sat,
And rocked her baby sweetly.
The woman's face, look it wore
Like mine; and yet the rather
Twas like my baby's, larger grown,
Twas like my baby's father.
And as she, swaying, softly sang,
saw some tear.drops falling:
KNEW HeF tHOuSuI, hho" hei HOoiu
Her heart to mother calling.
A sudden passion filled my soul,
Ilonged to sooth the weeping,
My baby stirred upon my breast,
My baby gently sleeping!
The vision fled, yet we'll know
Though was dreaming. may be
Far down the future sits my child
And rocks my baby's baby.
Mrs. George 4rchibald, in Babyhood,
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Fence Rails Of VAIN mt.

81 was once riding up in the Cumber'
land Mountains" said the Chicago man,
"whenI saw bearded mountanes'
splitting big tree he had lelled. ltw
huge back walnut. l said to M'n,
My friend, what are you doingp I'm Il
maxim fen rails, was his reply. well,
I said, YOU don't mean to tell me you arc
making fence-rails out OF that piece OF
timber!' why, sartin. That's a good
loo. amt itp It was as fine black wal
nut log as ever saw, and if my friend
had known enough to get somebody with
q few oxen or mules to drag the log to
the railroad he could have sold it for
5000, for it was worth more than that. i
- Chic0Qo Tribune.
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Some Notable Women's Bonncts.

Some Notable Women's Bonncts.
Mrs. Berry Wall, the new-made bride
of the King of the Dudes, wears to the
theatre quite frequently small bonnet
which is an odd combination of sage
green and primrose yellow. This bonnet
IS stringless and made of velvet, the vel
vet being shirred in the loose, careless
folds now fashionable, over a small
frame cut into a sharp point behind,
showing the little Clytie knot in which
she wears her hair. 1t is pointed in
front also, going up very high directly
over the face, and the inner edge of the
front is lined with yellow. The sage
colorcd velvet which forms the crown is
embroidered with little gold leaves, the
brim being of the plain velvet. In
front is cluster of stiff upright loops
of the yellow ribbon, in which is set an
aigrette of green heron plumes. 1t
sounds odd when described, but is in
reality pretty and very becoming. Mrs.
John Hoey is said to wear the most ex-
pensive bonnet found at any of the thea
tres, but this charge should not be en-
tirely laid to the milliner, because the
most costly part of it is the pin she uses
to thrust in her hair at the back to hold
the bonnet in place. 1t is not conspicu-
Gus us-looking, and yet it cost a lot of
money, being made of the most exquisite
tortoise shell crusted with diamonds.
The gems are small and the cost of the
workmanship was greater than that Of
the diamonds. The head of the pin IS
cut in scroll work as delicate as lace, and
in all these fine convolutions of shell are
set thousands of tiny diamonds. The
result is charming, but the labor and care
expended to produce it was immense.
Nine. Julia Valdi, the prima donna,
wears black mostly to the theatre and q
very small black lace bonnet showered
with tiny golden drops, and two little
tinsel birds trim it. These are pcrched
on small wires and thrust into the thick
flutings of lace over the front, so deli
cately poised that with every movement
of her head they quiver and simmer in
the light. Another who wears black
lace bonnet is Selma Dolara, the author
of "Fashion." Mrs. Steele Mackaye
shows that her husbands new play is
paying we'll by the beauty and style of
her headgear. The other night she ap-
peared in a lovely thing made of cream
plush, ornamented with appliques of jet
and made with 'brim of black ostrich
feather trimming. 1t has loops of cream
moire ribbon for garniture and a jet
aigrette.-M Y. World.
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A Corn SupBer.

A novelty is u corn supper, where this
standard cereal enters into the name or
ingredients of every dish. The following
menu Was served recently at Grange
banquet:
Corn-some- -way-Maizma cerealism.
Fishes Ia maiZed. Roast corn q 10 patron.
Corned beef Corn Bread Bread corned.
Hulled corn. Succotash lu grange.
PUDDINGS.
Indian pudding baked. Indian pudding boiled.
Patrons corn pudding IIasty pudding.
Corn starch
CAKE.
Corn colored cake. Cake corned. Corn cake.
Corn starch cake. Starch corn cake.
Milk from corn-colored COW.
Butter from corn-fed COW.
DESERT.
Corn ice cream. Corn candy. Balls la corn.
Corn de la corn pepper. Corn coffee.
Pure juice Of corn. Corn juice.
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4 Wonderful Young Pianist's Baton.

The smallest baton in existence, in all
probability, is the ivory wand presented
by Mr.. Nenendortf and his orchestra to
little Josef Holman at the metropolitan
Opera House. This baton, given to
Mozart II. in honor of the first time he
ever led an orchestra, which was last
night, is of solid ivory, and is tipped
and headed with gold, appropriately in
scribed. A good many people have be-
gun calling Holman 'tMozart H." Some
Of them believe he is the reincarnation
of that great composer. Teresa Carreno,
the great pianist, burst into tears the first
time she heard Holman, and delared her
belief that he was Mozart come back to
earth to finish satisfactorily the life
which went out before So distressfully.~-
NcW York San.