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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
Fierce T0naregs Of the Desert.

The Tonaregs of Algeria are peculiar
race of people. They live principally by
brigandage andlaying tribute on caravans
that cross the desert. They are sup.
posed to be descendants of a people that
in prehistoric times emigrated from Asia
or from Europe to the southern shores OF
the Mediterranean and were gradually
crowded southwark into the desert. IS
They are of swarthy aspect, tall,
vigorous, supple and quick and energetic
in movement. Their only clothing is
blouse and pantaloons of red or blue
cotton and fitted close to the figure. 4
On their breast is sort of white scarf
over which is belt of red leather sup7
porting the cartouch box, which is Of the
same material. The head is covered
with turban fastened about the forehead
with band of black stuff, while black
vest conceals the lower part Of the face,
leaving little but q prominent nose and q
pair of unamiable black eyes. Il
|. All are armed with long barbed lances
which never leaves their hands, twoj5
handed sabre and poinard. At them
saddle hangs a double -barreled gun
and a shield of antelope hide. ss5 s.
Thus equipped and mounted on their
camels of the species known as mehari,
which they guide with great dexterityI.
they present an imposing appearance and
recall the knight errant of the Middle
Ages. .. y
Their appearance is threatening, and,
it is not surprising that their less warfke!!
neighbors regard them with apprei:
hension. /,
The Tonareg mounted on his mehari
leans against the high back Of his saddles
and pulling his legs about the cross that
that forms its front, places his feet on the.
animals neck, and guides it by!a gentlei
pressure of the toes on one side or the
other. Trained from its earliest youth
to this manner, it responds promptly and
turns in the direction desired, leaving its
rider the free use OF his hands to WELD!
his weapons.
The female Tona,eg guides her camel
in the same manner, and some among
them are so expert that they can, play 9
lively cir on the mandolin and compel
the animal to follow it in dance move
ment like well-trained circus horse. 5
Owing to the scarcity of water, the
Tonaregs never wash themselves. Their
filth becomes hereditary, even exceeding
that of the most squalid tribes of Ameri77
can Indians.-New York Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
A. 4Ienr Relic.

Once upon time car containing gold
and silver coin was burned on its way
from the mint to Washington, and in the
ruins the searchers found two silver dol.
lars held firmly together by a ten-cent
piece. The coins were badly discolored
and twisted, but nearly in the centre of
one of the silver dollars was imbedded
shining SIS gold piece as bright and per-
feet as when it came from the mint. The
explanation given by the Norwalk,
Conn., Hour is, that just at the right
time the gold coin dropped upon the
silver, the latter still in half melted
state. The queer relic is the property Of
ex-United States Treasurer James W.
Hyatt. t.-Boston HeraI.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
Flies rs Detectives.

Sometimes even a very slight knowl-
edge of natural history is of great prac-
tical use. As an illustration we give the
following, related by naturalist:
A gentleman, making call at the house
of friend, was astonished to find the
rooms and passages in confusion, and on
inquiring the cause was answered:
ssOh, we are very much annoyed here;
a rat has come to finish his existence
under the floor of our large drawing
room. We do not know the exact place,
but we cannot endure the stencil any
longer, so we have removed the furni-
ture, rolled up the carpets and called in
the carpenters, who are just beginning to
take up the floor"
sNow don't be too hasty," said the
visitor. "You need not pull up more
than one board. I will show you what I
mean presently, and meanwhile shut down
the drawing-room windows and close the
door,"
He then stepped down into the garden,
walked around to the e-stables, and
after few minutes absence came back to
the drawing-room with both hands
tightly clasped. Placing himself in the
center of the drawing-room, he opened
his hands and out few two large blue
bottle flies and buzzed around the room
for a second or tSo. But presently one
of them alighted on certain plank of the
floor, and was almost Immediately fol-
lowed by the other. "Now, then," said
the visitor, "take up that board, and I'll
engage that the dead rat will be found
beneath it." The carpenters applied
their tools, raised the board, and at once
found the cause of the unpleasant smell.
-SanitGrian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
Raising Horses Pays.

sRaising trotting and running horses
is not very Improbable business" said
Senator stockbridge, a few days ago, as
he leaned back in an easy clair In the
room of the Senate Committee on Fish
cries, of which he is Chairman. Tho
Senator had just returned from Michigan,
where he had:spent delightful day on his
stock farm, situated few miles from
Kalamazoo. ~
ssI had not been out to the farm fos
some time," said the Senator. $50 one
fine day I arranged with my partner, Mr.
Brown, who is manager of the place, to
90 out and look over the stock and take g
sort of inventory of it. We started aboue
nine in the morning, and when we ar!
rived at the farm the horses had all been
fed and groomed, and were feeling and
looking in frst-class condition. We got
out the pedigree book, and then care
fully examined every young animal on the
place. Well, after had entered all the
horses and set a very moderate value
upon them, in no cases exceeding the
price which they would bring in any open
market, found that we had just Slo3,ooo,
worth of horsehesh.
"We bought the farm three years ago.
and organized a stock company with a
capital of S75, ,O0C. We owe few thou,i
sand dollars for running expenses and,
things of that kind, but all this is more!
than offset by the value of the farm. 80!
that, dcducting the amount of capital we.
put in, the profits in three years, without7f
any particular effort to run the farm as q
money-making concern, were more than
100000, which, you see, is more than q
Senator's salary. Some horses raised on
this Kalamazoo stock farm have turneoi
out to be very valuable and very FAST
Chicago Herald. I
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
CRIES..

The rains of winter scourged the weald,
For days they darkened on the field;
Now, where the wings of winter beat,
The poppies ripple in the wheat.
And pitile.sgriefs came thick and fast
Life's bough was naked in the blast
Till silently amid the gloom
They blew the wintry heart to bloom.
Charles E. Markham, in Scr'i5ner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
South Africa may yet rival our own

great West in it's gold product. In 1885
its export of gold was valued at S347, 500;
two years later the value had risen to
81, 1S0, 900. Last year it was nearly four
times as large, amounting to 81, ,531, 900.
During the first four months of the present
year, according to South African paper,
the value Of the gold exported was
50, 140, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17

St. Louis proposes to celebrate April
80, 1908, the Tooth anniversary of the
purchase of Louisiana, which was &C.
complished by Thomas Jefferson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
National FlCral Emblems.

ADropos of the discussion Of a national
emblem, the following table will be of
interest;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17

Between $1,000 and $4,000 children
are now lost In London every year. q:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
, Asia's scourge.

The Herald prints a cablegram that is
calculated to put all civilized countries on
their guard ut once against cholera. The
eablegram is somewhat sensational but
doubtless contains enough truth to justify
the taking of precauti nary measures 1t
states that cholera appeared in Mesopota-
mia three months ago, aud has now OBJ
tanned a foothold in Persia. In the latter
part of August, in Bagdad, from 200 to 400
persons a day were the victims of it. In
September it had reached the valleys of the
Tigris and Euphrates, and has finally ap-
peared on the shores of the Persian gulf
The spread Of the terrible disease is very
rapid. Countries far distant from the places
afflicted with it are not safe from it. II
marches along the lines of commerce, and
frequently makes its appearance where it is
least expected. There was quite a cholera
scare in this country two years ago, when
the disease was in Italy. 1t was guar de1
against so effectively, however, that it die
not find Judgment on our shores.
OF course the health authorities in thi:
country will be on the alert. There is nc
reason to apprehend much danger from il
| yet, but if it should reach place with
which this country has close commercial
relations it would be necessary to watch tn,
shipping from such place with great vigi
| lance. Doubtless the surgeon general will
| keep the country informed of the progress
| of the disease.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22

The Montana republicans have two
schemes for getting the court to sustain the
action of the board of canvassers in throw
ing out enough votes in Silver Bow county
to give the legislature to their party One
is for the President to appoint a partisan
judge in Judge DeWolfe's place, and the
other is to hurry up the admission of the
territory. As soon as the territory is form
ally admitted, the new supreme court
judges, who are republicans, will take their
places. There is an obstacle to this
scheme, however. The President can't
issue proclamation declaring that Mon
tana is a state until all of the returns are 10.
The contest In Silver Bow prevents the
returns from that county from being sent
in, aud in three or four other counties
the clerks are disposed to take the full
thirty days allowed them for sending in
the returns. The state board of canvassers,
composed exclusively of republicans, is
being urged to certify that the constitution
has been adopted, and the President will
be urged to issue his proclamation upon
the strength Of such a document. The
maneuvers of the Montana republicans are
calculated to ill honest people with disgust.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
Why the Clerk Smiled.
From. the Chtcaqo MaH.

Speaking of suicides" said friend who
knows no end of people about town, reminds
me of the break made by au acquaintance of
mine some years ago. He is now well estab-
lished in business, has an interesting family
and is picture OF happiness and prosperity.
The time speak of he had had bad luck in
business and his wife and babies were sick and
he was in pretty bad health himself as q result
of his trouble. One day he thought 1t all over,
and concluded to shuttle off all that was mortal
about him. So he went into a gun store and,
approachinga clerk, said with tragic intensity:
DO you keep revolvers?"
''The clerk sized him up as desperate man.
because there YVES case full of revolvers ri hit
under his nose. but he said they had few left
and indicated the display of pocket guns.
Let me see that m he said, indicating a
particularly large and aggressive weapon.
What dye cali that?' he asked, as the clerk
handed it out.
THAT'S bulldog
"'Does it shoot a big bulletV
"'Fortylfourn responded the clerk, laconic-
ally.
Got any cartridges''
"'Then load it. pleaser
This last was said very tragically, and left
the CLERK no doubt about the suicidal intentions
of the customer But he took the revolver
loaded it and handed it to the desperate man,
who glanced at the brass rims of the cartridges,
showed it int his pocket, paid for it and walked
out. He went few PAGES down the street, saw
that he was in the midst of q big crowd and
stopped on the outside elge of the pavement
Then he pulled the new revolver from his
pocket, and, with an agonized 'Goodb by to
life! turned it against the left breast of his
coat and fired Then he did it again, and sur.
prised that he wasn't dead he fired once more,
just as three or four men grabbed him and
wrenched the revolver from his hand. To his
intense disgust, the only damage the three shots
had done was to set fire to his coat on the left
side. Then a policeman took him in charge
and called a wagon, and as he ratified off to the
station he saw the clerk who had sold him the
Nl,n-
smile on his face. He had loaded the revolver
with blank cartridges"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
The Tale OF a White House Rat Hole
From the WASHINGTON Post

The campaign AGAINST the white house rats
mas resulted unfortunately in one respect,
were chiefly relied upon as instruments of de-
structlon. This ferret, which was the star art
list OF the combination, has not been seen since
It disappeared down a rat-hole on Monday
evening.
whether the rats have conquered the ferret,
or whether 1t is simply revealing in the gore of
countless victims, and has not time to come
pack and report, is mystery which is agitating
domestic life at the executive mansion
The last known of the ferret is that it was
under the thing of the main corridor ferret
expert who was among the callers at the white
mouse volunteered the theory that it had sucked
tne blood of so many rats that it had gone to
sleep in some nook until it revived from its over
Indulgence. This theory gave but little salts
Iactlon, inasmuch as live rats scampering about
the establishment would not be half so bad as
dead ones under the flooring.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
After Frcst.
By Edwin S. Hopkins.

By EdUln 3. Hopkins.
When the leaves are off the bushes and the
quails begin to pipe,
An the hickory nuts are fallin' an the pawpaws
good an ripe,
An the twigs you step so careful on are sure to
snap an crack,
An you whistle to the setter an the squirrel
jaws you back
., them s the kind o. days for me to meet the
risin' sun,
With huntin boots an trousers an adouble-bar-
relied gun;
When the woods are full o. happy sounds OF
every sort an type,
An the leaves are off the bushes an the quails
begin to pipe.
There's kind o. freelike feelin' broken loose in
side o you,
An you want to holler awful but you know you
daSSen't to;
Fer the frosty woods is allus full o. skeery-
hearted tnings
From the fussy little partridge, with its whizzn',
whlrrin' wings,
To the leaping. iong-eared cotton-tail at goes
a-shppin hence,
An the frisKy little chipmunk on the top rail o.
the fierce,
Where he CYCLES till he bubbles up as if he had
the grippe,
When the. leaves are off the bushes and the
quails begin to pipe.
There's sort o dreamy sadness, too, Teller
With his game bag full o. pheasants an the
setter at his heels,
AS he plodS acrost the medders at the settin'
o. the sun,
An he thinks of them dead pheasants at the
bangin' of his gun,
An he has some queerish notions bout the souls
o'birdS an men,
An the happy huntin grounds ats in the ever
las3ln' when"
Fer hos marked the day behind him with an
awful. ugly stripe
When the leaves are off the bushes an the
queils begin to pipe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETNes-Oglethorpe Lodge No. 1, l. o. o.
F.; Savannah Typographical Union No. 1888;
Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 23l, +. and A. NJ.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-Bills against British Steam
ship Elginshire; AS to Crew of British Steam
ship Ardandhu; The Faust Beer on Draught at
VIM. Scheihing's; The Finest Lunch and Faust
Beer at Graham's; The South nayd Stabblng,
Frank Cullum; Merchants Exchange, Chas. F..
Graham, Proprietor.
PUBLICATIONS Fashion Magazine for Novem-
Der a. VIM. Estill's.
CoTToN-General Agency Wanted.
LEGAL NoTIcE-As to Demands in Favor of
and Against Robert Sehley's Estate.
AUCTION SALE--Sundries, by r. II. Tatem.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULEs-Ocean Steamship
Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent For
Sale; Lost; Found Personal: Miscellaneous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
Eloped With a Prisoner.
From the Minneapolis Journal.

LITTLE FALLS. Oct quite a sensation was
created here this morning by the discovery
that Mrs J. P. sand wife of the deputy sheriff
had taken her husbands revolver, KEYS, and
$50 and after liberating John Mitchell, SEN
fenced at the late term Of the district court to
the state reiormatory at st. Cloud. eloped with
him.
Mrs Sand was seen to board the midnight
train north and it is supposed that he took the
same train from the side opposite. The sheriff
and deputy are in hot pursuit, but will probably
not get Mitchell, as he is well acquainted with
the CasS county woods
Mitchell was convicted of highway robbery,
and now that he has robbed the jailer of his
wlfes affections and also his money, he is
looked upon as quite novelty in the way of q
crook
Mitchell is 20 years old and the woman 40.
She left husband and three children, the
oldest about 90
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
Created a Big Sensation.
From the WashtnQton Post

Charles E. DOVE, the press representative of
Joseph Haworth's Paul Kauvar" company.
relates to us the story OF how George Vessels
once created profound sensation in Broadway,
New York In one of the scenes of "Paui
lKauvar" a woman is supposed to have been
decapitated, and her head is held up by the hair
before the bowling mob of Parisian revolution
lists. This scene is made dreadfully realistic BY
the use of a wax head. said to have been made
by a very fine artist Ia close imitation of the
head OF the Duchesse de Lambelie the lamentsd
maid to Marie Antoinette. Mr.. Stone the
manager of the play, had just received this head
at his office on Broadway, and was admiring the
exceeding naturalness Of it when Vessels en-
tered. Immense throngs of people were walk
ing up and down the street in front of the office
and VESSELS recognized bis friend Fred Burt
among them. Hurting up the window, Vessels
grabbed the effigy by the hair, and, leaning out
over the sill, held the head aloft and, giving a
tragic accent to his tremendous voice, shouted:
AHA am revenged at last"
OF course this was intended only for Mr. Burt
Vessels had no thought of the passing crowd
1t was mere bit of impulsive nonsense. But
it stirred the street to the most intense excite
ment. Women screamed and tainted, men
stood aghast or ran here and there shouting
for the police A crowd soon congregated and
clogged the street so that traffic was stopped.
People pushed and pulled in terrible excite
ment and jerkily questioned each other. Word
ran through the throng that a horrible murder
had been committed that O man had cut a
woman's head of and displayed 1t at the open
sindow.
Vessels, seeing what he had done, became
frightened and drew down the window. A
policeman soon pushed through the crowd and
rushed into the building, the maddened throng
pressing close behind him For a few moments
Il looked as II nothing could save the occupants
OF the office from terrible destruction.
Mr.. Stone who had somewhat composed him
self, explained the matter as calmly as possible
10 the officer and handed the head b him, while
Vessels, standing near, shouted:
Its only a wax head-0nly wax"
When public serenity was restored George
Vessels began buying wine for his friends and
they DO say lac has never had chance 20 quit
buying a. for another friend every now and
then comes up 70 him with the mock tragic re-
mark.
AHA. am reVenged az last"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
Truth That Hurts.

Ex-CommissiU1ef Tanner is making pub
lie some things that are calculated to hurt
his party. For instance, in his letter TO
Secretary Noble of Aug. 5, published in our
dispatches Yesterday, and which was given
to the press by him. he wrote: 81 desire to
help you make this branch OF the admins
tration (the pension officel so popular with
the veterans and patriotic people over the
country at large that in the future there
can be no question where the support Of the
men who served aud suffered will be given"
There is only one inference to be drawn
from this 1t is that Mr.. Tanners purpose
was TO make votes for the Republican party
by liberal use Of the public money-to
distribute money 30 freely among the union
veterans that they would use all their
influence to keep that party in power.
Briefly and markedly stated. it was to extend
that party's lease OF power by bribery.
1t is not to be wondered at that the nd-
ministration got rid of MIR. Tanner Just as
soon as it decently could. 1t probably had
no objection to his plan for making the
union veteran vote solid for the Republican
party, but it did object TO his carrying it
out in such a way that the whole country
had no difficulty in understanding it. Mr.
Tanner was so pleased with the idea of
what he was going to do that he could not
resist the temptation of alluding to it in his
speeches and letters, but he tried to do so in
such manner that he thought only the
union veterans would understand what he
meant.
There is no doubt that the Republican
party, whenever it has had the power to do
so, has tried to use the pension Office as a
political machine. 1t has not regarded the
public money as the property of the people,
to be distributed only for their benefit. 1t
has looked upon it rather as the means of per-
petuating its power.
OF course the republican organs repudi-
ate Mr.. Tanners assertion that he intended
to makethe soldier vote solid for the Repub-
lican party by a generous distribution
among them of the public money in the
shape of pensions, but when the sentiments
of the President with respect to pension
matters are remembered, they will find it
difficult to make the people believe that
they are sincere, or that the voluble Mr..
Tanner did not blurt out the truth in his
letter to Secretary Noble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22

1t is said that there is a curious custom
of German tradition which still survive in
the HohenzolIern family, and which will be
observed in a modified form at the wedding
in Athens of the Crown Prince of Greece
and the Princess Sophie of Germany. 1t
was custom OF the earlier and ruier ages
of Germany, that the best man at the
wedding was permitted to remove the
brides garter on her wedding night when
she retired, and to keep it as trophy. In
the cable letter of the New York Sun it is
stated that "a Berlin jeweler has just COM
pleted six gold carriers set with diamonds to
signalize tho survival Of this ancient
custom. The garters are identical in work
manship. Two of these will be worn by
the princess on her wed ling day, and the
other four will be presented to the four best
men at the ceremony as keepsakes. The
brides garters will be sent to the Royal
Museum in Berlin to be added to the col.
lection there OF mementoes of other we'd
dings in the HohenzollerD family"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22

The impression in Canada is that the
Behring sea and Atlantic fishery questions
will be amicably adjusted within year.
1t Is understood that the British minister,
Sir Julian Pauncefote. has been instructed
by Lord Salisbury to take the initiative in
negotiating new treaty for the settlement
Of those questions As both this country
and Great Britain want then settled, il is
probable that no insurmoun.abls difficulties
will be encountered.