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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Light Produced by Compressed Air.

The method of producing fire by rub
bing together two dry sticks is known
by most boys, but it has not often been
adopted by civilized people. It belongs
to ruder conditions of life. In Thibet
Captain William Gill found practised a
more scientific method than any of these:
The natives strike light by compressed
air. The apparatus used consists of a
wooden cylinder, two and half inches
long by three quarters of an inch in di-
ameter. This is closed at cne end: the
base being about the size of quill pen,
an air tight piston fits into this with d
large, flat knob at the top. The other
end of the piston Is slightly followed out,
and very small piece of tinder is placed
in the cup thus formed. To use this the
cylinder is held in one hand. the piston
inserted, and pushed about half way
down. A very sharp blow is then given
with the palm of the hand on the top of
the knob. The hand must at the same
time close on the knob, and instantly
withdraw the piston, when the tinder
will be found alight. 1t requires skill to
use the apparatus as well as science to
invent it,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
The Schools of Greece.

In considering the rural schools OF
Greece we must take into careful con-
sideration the sparseness of population.
There are about :, 900, QUO people classed
as rural, scattered over $4,000 square
miles of territory. Scotland has about
the same extent of territory, and, out
side its cities, nearly the same number
of people. Within this region Greece
has about 2OeO communal schools.
There is widespread desire to better
their condition. We have seen how the
Young men and women are crowdlng
into the cities to secure the advanced
courses of study in the gymnasiums., the
normal schools. the Polytechnic, and the
University. They come largely from
strictly rural communities. They re-
cei7e their inspiration mainly through
the medium of the communal schools.
Distant villages, as we have seen, are ac'
customed to pick out their brightest
boys and girls and send them through
the normal schools, so that the people
may have better educational advantages
in the village itself.
The rural schools are taught some
times by men and sometimes Dy women:
Teaching is profession with them, and
hence we find symmetry in the develop
ment of each school. Whenever It. IS
possible, there are separate schools for
boys and girls in the villages. Mixed
schools arc generally taught by women.
The salaries paid women teachers with
certificates from the Arsakeion in Athens
range from SD to $50 per month all the
wear around, vacations and all. The men
teachers, with certificates from the nor
NAL schools, receive from $50 to So a
months, vacations included. Wherever
YOU 90 in Gree"e to-day the schools are
more impressive than the churches, and
the school-teacher in q village is the in
tellectual leader. The school-houses as
a rule are larger, more cheerful, and
better ventilated than the churches
Neso York Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
A Headless But Lively Rooster.

About two weeks ago F. D. Lacy, of
Nirvana, Mich, chopped off the head
of rooster, intending to have pot pie
for dinner, but the rooster, instead Of
giving up the ghost, insisted upon walk
Ing around as though nothing had hap
pened. Lacy sprinkled some flower on
the ROSTERS neck to stop the flow of
blood, and apparently the rooster is as
happy, lively and contented as when he
had bis head. He is fed through tube.
His neck is healing over, and be does not
seem to suffer any pain whatever, eats
heartily, feels frisky and endeavors to
crow. Lacy had him photographed, and
has refused an offer of 500 tor him.
Illinois Asats Jex7na!.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
An Interesting Controversy.

Bobby-"They were talking about
you last night, Mr.. Featherly."
Mr.. Featherly-.'Is that so, Bobby?"
Bobby-"Yes; about your being
homelv enough to stop a clock;
Mr.. Featherly (anxiously)-"Who said
I was, Bobby"
Bobby-"Ma." ,
Nr. Featherly (much relieved)-"Oh,
your ma! And what did your sister
Clara say2"
Bobby y-"she didn't think So"
Mr.. Featherly-'Bless her-h'm-er
did she think was handsome?"
Bobby (hesitatinhly)-"Weil-er-n-
no; she said she didn't think you could
stop clock, but she thought you might
make it lose time very fast. ."-Harper's
BazdT.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
An Intense Form of Parental Rebuke.

Admission, Miss, hss primitive in
hab1tant, and he bears the melitluous
name OF Jack McClanahan. He went to
the police station to ask for the arrest of
his SON. Henry, under the following cir
cumstances: He told Henry to take a
shoe off of one of his oxen. Henry pro-
ceeded to do so in manner that was
not satisfactory to the old man, which
made him angry. He then picked up an
ak, on mischief intent, and Henry in
turn picked up rock and threw it at
his father. The latter lodged the mis-
sile, threw the Ak at Henry, picked up
his gun and shot him. Instead of the
son being arrested Jack himself was
placed in durance vile, and he expressed
great surprise that he should not have
the right to pepper away at his son as
much a. be pleased. Times Dsmaerat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
DOES ANY ONE KNOW?

Does any one know what's in your heart and
mine,
The sorrow and song,
The demon Of sin and the angel divine,
The right and the wrong;
The dread Of the darkness, the love of day,
Tho ebb and the flow
OF hone ard of doubt forsver and aye.
Does any one know?
Does any one dream Of the love that is yours,
The heart that is mine;
Tho depth and the width Of the cup which
each pours
OF richest red vino:
OF the hate that is dark as the midnight of
grief.
The anguish and woe,
The doubt clouds of halting and blind unbe-
lief.
Does anyone knowl
Does any one see what we have in the heart
To love and to hate;
OF hfe's every motive an intricate part,
OF chance and of fate;
The mem'ry of kisses, Of starlight, of songs,
OF roses and snow,
OF womens sweet eyes, of prayers and of
wrongs,
Does any one know9
Does any one hearken to music Of bells,
And the sigh of the sea,
And the whisper Of woodlands that murmurs
and swells
For you and for me;
The sound of fond voices that ever respond,
In tones soft and low,
To the prayer we are breathing into the te-
yond,
Does any one know?
Macon Waterman,in Omaha World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
A Name for the Baby.

"NIy dear, I have been reading up
within the past week and | think I have
a name for the baby" said Mrs. Green
ing, as her liege emerged from his bath
this morning.
"You have, eh! What is it2"
81 read that Phnbus, the god of day,
comes up bright and beautiful in the
morning; that he lights the world; that
without him"
Now, look here, madam; let's have
no foolishness here. You can't call that
child by any such name. Did Phabus
of history yell from II r. ". to 3 A. NJ.
and intermittently from to 7 o'clock.
1 myself am doing the god.of-day busl.
ness in the matter of getting up, apd I'm
not dividing honors. II you Want a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Took in His Sign.

A countryman went into store on
Michigan avenue and inquired:
"How much for shoat!"
GA shoat! What's that2" asked
red-headcd boy behind the counter.
.'Onc of dem leetle pigs"
"Look here" said the proprietor
angrily, "this isn't butcher shop nor
a pig pen"
"Den you take down dem sign"
The groceryman rushed out to look at
his windows. Only that morning he
had chalked on a board, "Fresh Smyrna
figs for sale here" He nearly tainted
when he saw that some bad boys had
changed it to "Fresh Smyrna pigs. ~
Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Too Eager by Half.

Good-looking Cannibal Tin side show,
to susceptible spinsterl-"thally, moo
-.po, po-wanga a-recski-cutaguol-me
molly you"
Cid Maid (blushing, to lecturer)--
ssTcll the gentleman that this is very
sudden. lam wholly unprepared for such
an offer. Really, must have a short
time for reflection"
Lecturer--"What do you think the
chief said. miss"
Old Maid-"Why, sir, he made fair
proposal of marriage" ,
"lndeed. you misunderstood
him. He said that you have passed the
pot-pic age, and that you would take too
much boiling to be useful in his coun-
try.-Iime.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
His OpDortunity.

Mr., Hankinson and Miss Kajones
enthusiastically joining the rest of the
company in the request)-"We shall be
delighted to hear you sing, Hiss CARING
house"
Miss Clearinghouse Seating herself at
the piano)-"Wbat shall sing2 Tum-
ti-tum. HIM. Thre. tishe-e-rs went
sa-a-ailing out into-o-o the west, Out
into the we-e.e.st, as the su-u-u-n went
down, etc."
Mr.. Hankinson fervently)-"Now
that I have the opportunity to speak tc
you at last, Miss kajones-Laura-you
will listen to me. will you not. while ]
tell you of the deep and earnest love
have so long felt for you, etc. - Chicago
TriLune.
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CheaD ShOppinG.

Mrs. Bliffers reading)-''An elegant
winter wrap, the latest Paris style, can
now he bought for So"
Mr.. Bliifers greatly interested)-
ssDoes it say anything about the price of
overcoats."
Mrs. BIifrers docking over the paper
"Iet me see. Oh, yes; here it is. go
to Cheap Johns Celebrated Misft En-
porium for an overcoat. elegant garment,
price Sj, worth $s. Also freshly assorted
Stock secondhand goods, slightly soiled,
neatly patched, So Dear me! How
cheap things are nowadays. Just think.
A wrap for me and an overcoat 1or you
can be got for SIS. ."-Ntw YORK. Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Not Reduced to Want.

81 desire to insert this small adver-
tiscment in your paper tomorrow morn
ing" she said.
This" said the advertising clerk,
looking it over, Twill 60 among the
wants."
"Have you no wish column"
"No, mum"
"Then, sir" said the young lady from
Boston, haug ghtily, ''you need not insert
it. simply wish situation as COVER
ness. That is all. 1t is not a case of
want. Is there any newspaper printed
IN English in this place2"-C Cticag0 1ri-
bune,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
A Deep.Laid Scheme.

"Say, young feller," said Johnny
Swisher to the gentleman who was call
ing on his sister, Did you notice me
rush into the parlor tonight, where you
and Lizzie was sittin' and say: ''I'm very
much obliged to you, sister Lizzie, for
sewing that suspender button on so
nicely just like that. And then sig
got red and looked confused, and said I
oughtn't to speak of such things before
company-did you notice of itI"
"Oh, yes. remember the little Incl
dent very well"
"Well, I just thought I would step
around and. tell you that there wasn't no
suspender button scwed on nor nuthin'
of the kind"
"What do you mean"
"Why, 1 was to geta quarter for COM
ing in and saying that, and when Iasked
for the money she said she didn't have
any change. As rather looked on it as
q cash transaction, and as you always
treated me purity good, thought I'd put
YOU on to the scheme and maybe it would
save you trouble in the future"
And the young man thoughtfully put
his hand into his pocket and gave
Johnny a half dollar.-Nerchant 1rae-
eLer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Youthful Generosity.

Small Brother-"Where did you get
the cake, Annie" -,
Small Sister, Mother gave it to me. "
small Brother-"Oh, She always gives
YOU more than me-"
Small Sister-"Never mind; she's 60
ing to put mustard plasters on US when
we 90 to bed tonight, and I'll ask her
to let you have the biggest. ."-S1n fran'
cisco P0s..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Precept and Practice.

Father Ito dutiful son)-''AIy boy, you
should never ridicule the deformlties of
others; they cannot help their misfor-
tunes, yon know"
His Wife-"Somebody is at the door,
john"
II hope to thunder it isn't that cross
eyed Mrs. Weeder. 1t gives me the
blues to look at her. ."-Lmcoln Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Got On to 1t Finally.

They were at the theatre and she had
thoug ghtlessly eaten, at dinner, some
soup with the flavor of onion in it.
"Oh, Mr.. Howlingswell," she said;
adroitly, putting morsel of perIfumed
lace and cambrlc to her face, ''do you
notice that some one near US has had the
bad taste to eat onions before coming to
the theatre to.night2"
"Why, DO, Miss Clara, hadn't until
YOU spoke. ."-Epoch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
A Long Felt Want.

Carpenter-"You say you want bu.
reau made on new plan'"
Citizen-"Yes, sir. want 1t made
with legs, so that can get my head and
shoulders under it."
Carpenter course I will fill your
order, but you might satisfy my curl
osity as to why you want bureau made
in that way"
Citizen-"Well, I'd like to be able to
find my collar button when want 1t
without moving the bureau. "-B0ston
Courier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16

NEUROLOGICAL eognomen for that de-
stoyer of rest have it,
"What is iti" asked Mrs. Greening,
with considerable asperity.
"Aurora" brutally yelled Elisha.
Then he left the house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
A Suggestion.

eyes" said Mrs. DePorque at social
gathering, II read the French authors a
great deal. There is one thing about
Them though that I could never under
stand"
"What is that2" asked the gentleman
with whom she was conversing.
II can't see," replied the lady, "Why
thew don't write their books in English
in the first place. 1t would save the
translators so much trouble, don't you
think" l"-.Nerchant 1lWceter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16

The yearly income of the great Kim
berly diamond mines in South Africa is
$50, 900, 600, and besides this it is esti-
timated that fully $40, ,000, 900 worth of
diamonds are stolen every year by the
natives who work in the mines.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16

I'm going to the dry goous store' SIG Sa'o'
May 90 with you, my pretty maid? :,
You may if you'll wait outside, she said.
How long shall I wait for you, my pretty
maid!
Until look over the samples, she said.
And how many samples. my pretty maldf
Some Of calico, some OF silk, some OF plque,
some of linen, some OF lawn, some OF velvet
ribbons, trimmings, buttons, gloves, laces'
embroideries-
cannot 20 with you, he gloomily said.
-Bo3ton Courier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Something Of a Politician Himself.

An amuSluS AuCluoht was ASto'SN oHs
afternoon by Representative Mason, OF
Illinois. In addition to the privileges OF
free baths and free BARRIERS, members
may::have their shoes backed by colored
attaches of the House who are paid
salaries for their services. Mr.. Mason's
shoes needed polishing one morning,
so he seated himself in the bootblack's
chair and desired the young man to
commence operations at once. w
"Was you reelected, Mr. MasonF
questioned the bootblack.
"Sorry to say wasn't" replied the
Chicagoan.
The shine was soon given, and Mr..
Mason says it was one of the worst sam
Piles of shoe. polishing he ever saw. Sud
denly the light broke in on his mind,
and he said to the 5ootblack:
"Did l tell you I was not re-electedF
"Yes, SIR"
"Well, that WIS mistake. I was re-
turned by a triumphant aud overwhelm-
ing majority"
'sBoss," remarked the diplomat, "put
dat foot up again an lemme give you a
patent.feather shine. We has to look
after the Fifty-fust Congress. ."-Wash.
ingt0R Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
Why Didn"t She Say So.

ooh, Mr.. Bixby; wait a moment,
you"
ooh, I amt got time to wait. It's
time for my car now, and"
"But I only"
81 shan't have time to 60 galliranting
around doing errands for you to-day,
Mrs. Bixby. Hanged if L"
"But, James, I simply wanted"
"Oh, know; you simply want spool
of No. 36 thread, and a card of pearl
buttons, and basket of grapes, and a
yard of elastic, and forty-nine other
thing; and"
"Iames, just wanted"
II tell you it's time for my car and !
shall be too busy to get anything to-day,
for"
"Wait, James, l."
"Well, for heavens sake gay it quick,
then, and let me go. I don't see why"
81 simply wanted to tell you that you1
collar was unbuttoned and that your
necktie had slipped half way round"
"Well, why in the deuce didn't you
say so, instead of keeping me here all
day, and-there goes my ar!"-Ttnss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FHoM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
He Didn't Go-Precept and Prac'
tice-YouthfuI Generosity-Got
On to 1t Finally-A Long
Felt Want, Etc, Etc.

Where are you going to, my pretty maid!
I'm going to the dry goods store' she SAID.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16

But Greer pushed Nep, even as she
shrieked, down the steep slope up which
they had climbed. Then turning, he
he seized the old man, and, despite
Dike's feeble resistance, sprang with his
burden as far as he could. Just then
the explosion came-deep, binding,
terrible. The earth shook and the all
was filled with flying fragments. A
great segment of cliff was torn away
and went laundering past them. All
three lay numbed and paraly, ed until
the effects OF the shock slowly passed
from nerve and brain.
Then Jack Greer raised his head and
looked around. Nep seemed unliurt and
old Fenton lay prone, yet muttering,
while he himself seemed somewhat
bruized. He looked behind at the torn
chasm and-lo! q number of yellow
seams, criss- around larger
central vein which lay bare before him.
A dawning conception nearly took
his breath away. He rose trembling and
clambered back. He picked up some
fragments and examined them. They
fairly glstcned with the precious metal.
Then he heard hard drawn breath be-
hind him and old Fenton's voice:
"Thar's the gold. What hev I ben
a tellin' ye2 Out'n the way, 'twell l gifts
ter my gold-my goldw
He pushed past Jack, and the latter
turned to Nep who now sat watching
them both.
"Nep," said Greer, almost sadly, "yore
pap were right after all. Thar's the gold
-dadoodles of it! But ez for me-he
won't"
Jack!" She leaped up and was in
his arms in an instant. "Ef you hadn't
have jumped with him, what good would
all the gold in Georgy do him now
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-09
UNDER THE ADsUrANr GENERAL.

 The Governor's Guards Get Their
 orders Through the Governors
 Chief of StaG~WfIl She New Haven
 Company He Disbanded.
 HARTFORD, May S.-The bolt has fallen although it is not so much this, here, as in New Haven. The Post indicated the other day that there was a change in store for the Governors Guards-that they were to be brought by the governor without further legislation directly under control of the ad jutant general the same as the c. N. G. 1t was also stated that the change WAS not op- posed by Major Kinney of the First Foot, he being of military training and knowing that the change ought to be made. The New Haven companies have been, it is said, alto gether opposed to any change. The subject has long been delicate one, breeding all sorts of complications. The bolt has fallen in the shape of an order issued by the adju- tant general under direction of the governor to the four companies, ordering them to as- senble their commands for one days drill during the present month.
 Not at this session of the legislature, but perhaps at the next measures may be taken to disband the New Haven companies. The Hartford Horse will undoubtedly be re- tained as there ought to be at least one troop of cavalry in the States forces and they are handy to appear in the inaugural parade.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-09
NO MORE POVERTY.

pr. McGlynn Tells How to Abolish It- A Lengthy Address SO a Fair Audi. once.
 The noted Dr. Edward McGlynn, late rec tor of St. Stephens in New York city, lec- tured to some five hundred people at the New Haven Opera House last evening, in an endeavor to explain "How to Abolish Pow erty." Attorney Willard D. Warren pre- sided and several local supporters of the movement occupied seats on the stage. In an eloquent address, lasting about three hours, the doctor pre- sented his ideas on the land question. He explained at length his con- nection with the movement, and claimed that the minister of God could find abun- dant reason for supporting the movement. It finds its source in the equal brotherhood of m en because of the common fatherhood of God. It is the violation of Gods law that causes poverty.
 We all have the equal right to life, there's fore we all have the equal right to strive after it. We have also the duty to do so. Labor is the great moral law by which we attain to the things necessary to life. We must have an equal right to the natural op- portunity for the exertion of that energy which the Creator has given us. The equal right to air. To go on a little further, the I ther, the equal right to land. An! there is | the stumbling block. How long can you l continue to live this bodily life here without | the 1andf You don't want any better title | than the image of God in you.
 There is worse landlordism in the United | States to-day than in Ireland. Discovery is
 no title to ownership. Making, producing is
 | the title. Poverty comes from the orowding
 out, the disinheriting of men of their natur- | al opportunities. Are not the railroad kings
 i who send their attorneys to Albany, to Har-
 risburg, to Washington q don't know much
 | about Hartford) [laughter], the real kings of l the nationa The landlordism that controls
 | ths great highways of the nation is making
 your laws. The land should be owned abso-
 lutely by the community. The chief cause
 of poverty is the fact that with the increas-
 ing civilization comes the vast increase in
 | the value of land.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-09
SAD FATE OF LIBBY PRISON.

Alter surviving the War 1t Has Been Smashed Up On a Railroad Train. NASHVILLE, May 7.-The freight train
 which was transporting the famous Libby Prison from Richmond to Chicago was
 wrecked seven miles east of here yesterday
 by the breaking of an axle of one of the cars. The remains of the war relic were profuse- ly scattered about, and peo pie focked to the scene all day to secure old bricks and lumber as mementoes. No one was hurt.
 RICHMOND, May 7.-No sorrow is expressed here over the wreck of the train carrying a portion of Libby Prison to Chicago and the fact tn at relic hunters carried away many of
 the bricks. The opposition to the removal is as deep now as when it was first suggested
 and the brag is now made that the building,
 when put up in Chicago, will not be com plete reproduction of the old prison, as mis-
 sing bricks must be replaced by new ones The largest portion of the building stands here yet.
 The negro hack drivers have been much agitated over the removal, in view of the fact that many strangers desire to be driven to
 Libby Prison. They have reached the con- clusion, however, that they can still work the site of the building.
 'sWe got de place whar' it did stan and de river: dey cyarn't take dem two to Chicago" said one old darky driver.