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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
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Steel Shields for Soldiers.

The Austrian, French, English a|
Italian Governments have ordered 4
trial specimens of the steel shields i
vented by Captain Holstein of the Dai
ish army for the protection of soldiers
the trenches and on the ramparts fro1
rifle fire, shrapncls, etc. They are easi
carried out; each shield is capable of pri
tecting two men, and they are claimed
be bullet-proof at distance of 100 yard
The Spectator Militaire suggests that
metal of greater tenacity than steel, sd
aluminium bronze, be adopted for the. ID
fantry. 1t says that to cover the head
Of columns advancing to the attack onl
400 to 500 shields would be sufficient
Armor for soldiers was neglected becaud
the increase in the offensive power 4
weapons made it useless, and the prese1
tendency in naval warfare is in the SAM
direction. Admiral Farragut predicte|
that iron-clad war vessels would follo1
the cuirass.
The value of a weapon does not con
sist merely in its material power. Il
value increases or diminishes according q
it inspires more or less confidence i
those who use it and more or less fear i
those who are menaced with it. 1t 18th
moral valve of the weapon. In day
gone by, when firearms were in their in
fancy, or at most in their childhood, i
the days of the fint-lock or muzzld
loader, a musket ball was seldom know
to pierce the breast-plate and kill il
wearer, who thus considering himsel
almost invulnerable rushed to the charg|
and bore down his opponents witt
the audacity inspired by confidence. Th
foot soldier armed with the musket fe4
himself at disadvantage against cuirass
foe on whose shining plate-scales hi
bullet would fatten and his bayonet tuf
aside. But those days are gone by.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
Smoke as an instrument of Warfare.

The claim is made that smoke vii
play an important part in the warfare d
the future, The London st. Janaess Ga
zette says that at Langford harbor it wa
artiiicially created in large quantities ID
order to form screens behind which a1
attacking party might unobserved ap
proach within short range or forts and
batteries. On the occasion referred t|
RATS laden with combustibles were set Of
\tire and floatcd into positions from which
the wind carried away the smoke in 4
dense cloud in the direction of the de-
fense.
! On the other hand since the introdud
tion of modern ordnance and rapid ri
fre it has been felt that the huge vol
usnes of smoke which would be belched
forth during the battle of the present day
would probably prevent the use of th'
big guns to the best advantage. Smoke
i'm fact, may according to circumstance
be either great assistance or a grave inn
pediment in warfare.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
THE TRAMPs WE'RE CUNNING.

Some eight or ten tramps We're re-
Gently beating passage from Pittsburg
east on a freight line. The conductor
ordered them off, and approaching two
of the fraternity, who for tattered gar
ments and uncleanliness could be better
imagined than described, the following
ensued:
Conductor Slightly kicking the one)-
"Well, where are you going?"
First Tramp (tearfuily)-"Tm going to
New York. My mothers dead"
Conductor (benignly diff that
is the case you may remain"
Then turning to tramp No. 2, he in
quired: "And where are you going?"
Second Tramp (ostensibly weeping)-
'Im going to- the funeral"
They did not reach their destination on
that rain.--PAi!adelphia Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
DerelictS,

The long Journey made by derelicts-
vessels abandoned by their crews to drift
whithersoever the winds and current,
carry them-have lately become matter
of great interest. The American schooner,
w. L. White, which was abandoned moi
far from the Delaware coast, drifted cleal
across the Atlantic, crossed and rccrossed
her own track many times, and finally
went upon the rocks on the Hebrides
islands, off the coast of Scotland. She
had occupied more than ten months in the
strange voyage. Throughout that time
she was a continual danger to naviga.
tion.
1t is the duty of q master of q vessel
who encounters q derclict on the high
seas, at distance from shore too great to
make it practicable to tow her to port,
to blow up Or otherwise sink the derelict;
but lately an abandoned steamer foated
about off the coast of South America
which no ship-master dared approach.
She had great iron hull, her cargo had
taken fire, and the fire, after consuming
her woodwork, still smouldcred in the
hull for long time. The heat kept othcl
vessels at their distance.
In order to study more closely the
movements and directions of the ocean
currents, upon which so much of the
safety and celebrity of navigation depends,
the United States photographic Bureau
has had printed large number of blanks,
which it will cause to be distributed
among ship-masters sailing in all parts OF
the world. The blanks are TO be filled
out with statements of the exact location
where vessels may be at given time, and
then placed in bottles, which are to be so
sealed and weighted that only a part OF
the nccks will appear above the water, in
order that they may not be blown by the
wind. The bottles will then be thrown
into the sea.
Upon the bottom of each of the blank:
is printed notice requesting the finder
to forward it to the nearest consul of the
United States, or to the photographic
Bureau at Washington, after atfiXing the
exact date and place where the bottle
containing the blank was found.
It is hoped that, in the course of time,
enough of these blanks, which are printed
in six different languages, will find thei1
way back to Washington, to establish
many new facts with regard to the direc-
ton and force of ocean currents
Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
on THE HOME STRETCH.

"Have you done anything for me9"
asked the condemned man in pitiful tones,
as his lawyer entered the cell.
"Yes, indeed" said the legal gentle
man, gleefully.
ooh, what is it2" demanded the muir
derer, "a pardon?"
emo"
ga communication of sentence?"
"No."
"Then, in mercy's name, what?"
II have succeeded" said the lawyer,
Gin having the day of your execution
changed from Friday to Monday. Friday
is an unlucky day, you know. ."-Yankse
Blade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
A GOOD TINE TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE

A GOOD TINE TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE.
"Dear John,'' wrote the wife, "I am
sorry to say Willie fell out Of swing
yesterday and disabled himself. He will
not be able to use his arms for a month
so the doctor says. He is getting
along all right, but it makes him restless
to stay indoors. When you return from
the city please bring him something he
can amusc himself with"
"Willie," said the father, kindly, as he
pattcd the little boy consolingly on the
head the next day, 81 have brought
you that drum promised you year OF
tive ago you should have sometime. u
Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
KILLING THEM OFF.

When a stranger makes his appearance
in the backwoods of Maine he is naturally
presumed to be on the lookout for game.
Last summer a distinguished prelate Of
the Episcopal church found himself
stranded in small village in that region,
and was compelled to put up at farm
house.
''Do you have many Episcopaians
down here?" he inquired of the very
hospitable hostess.
''Well, really now, don't know" she
answered. "Our hired man shot some
sort of a queer critter down back of the
barn the other day, but he claimed it wa
a woodchuck. ."-B0ston Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
Antiquity Of the Louvre.

An cxhi bition of revolutionary relics
has been opened in the palace of the
Louvre in Paris. The greatest relic of
them all is the palace in which the
collection is housed. When mobs and
insurcent armies have wrecked every
thing else worth wrecking in Paris, the
Louvre has held its ground. The measure
of its antiquity is past calculation, but
the primitive building is known to have
been in existence as far back as in the
seventh century, when King Dagoberr
reigned. It was used then as a stable;
and kennel for the Kings horses and
hounds WASHINGTON Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
NOTHING HAPPENED.

She had just returned from Europe,
and was telling about the trip of party
when an old bald-head inquired:
''See any whales going or coming2"
"No."
"See any sharks2"
emo"
"See any icebergs'"
"No."
"Pass any wrecks"
"No."
"Rescuc any castaways~
"No."
Every stormy3"
siNo."
"Fire or fever break out aboard-run
short of fuel or provisions-meet will
any accident to create alarm?"
"No-nothing."
"Humph!" Why didn't you go by
ox-cart, madam?"-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
A COLLEGE TRAINING.

Young Wife-"Why, dear, you were
the stroke oar at college, weren't you9"
Young Husband-"Yes, love-"
"And very prominent member of the
gymnastic class?"
ssI was the leader"
"And quite hand at all athletic exer-
ciSes?"
"Quite hand3 Ny gracious! I was
the champion walker, the best runner,
the head man at lifting heavy weights,
and as for carrying-why, I could
shoulder barrel of flour and"
"Well, love, just please carry the baby
a couple of hours. I'm tired" ."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
A PATHETIC INCIDENT.

"How much can get on this?"
The childish face looked up appeal
ingly to the hard visage that gazed down
contemptuously upon the little out
stretched hand.
(Ah, the old, pitiful story-childhood
too soon pressed into the service of grind
ing poverty-the last fond relic of hap
pier days pledged for bread and fire.
"Not morn n pint" said the ice
cream vender, as he took the saucer, ''if
your ma wants quart, she'd oughter we
give yer a bigger plate, sonny."-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22

me. When Lincoln was President he
was taken ill, and the doctor told him ne
had varioloid.
what is it2' he asked.
'Varioloid, said the doctor.
"'Good enough said Lincoln; 1--WE
got something now can give every
body.'"- Washington Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
SHE DIDN'T GO.

NTother-"J "Johnnie, why are you cry
ing2 I'm only going to be away week,
and your papa will be home with you"
"No, be won't; he's going to Rome. "
"Going to Rome? Why, child, what
do you mean?"
''I heard him say that he would make
Rome howl when you left"
"Oh, indeed? Well, I won't leave
you, Johnnie. ."-Lincolu (Ne5.) Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
AN ACCIDENT,

Mr.. De Prig (of Boston in Dakota
hoteD- -"Waiter, what caused the ex-
plosion just now at the other end of the
dining-room? Was somebody shot9"
Waiter-"Oh, no sir. We don't al
low shooting in the dining-room. The
cook was little careless and let c car
fridge from his revolver fall in the soup,
and the gent who was just carried out
happened to crush it between his teeth. "
Time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
A SCENE IN CANNIDAL LAND.

Artist-"Here is very suitable pict-
ure, Mr.. Gibbs. 1t represents Rev. Mr..
Goss, the missionary, in the center of q
group of cannibals."
Deacon Gibbs-''I see the cannibals,
Mr.. Turps, but where is the missionary"
Artist-"Didn't I just tell you that he
was in the center of the cannibals !"-
Terre Haute Erpress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
BIDDIE's BREAK.

A Boston lady told her newly acquired
Irish maid, the other day, to say she was
not at home in case any one called. One
visitor did come, and she is responsible
for the story.
ssIs Mrs. Blank in?" she asked, when
the door was opened in response to her
ring.
"No, ma'am," replied Bridget stonily.
"Shc's not at home; and may get for
givencss for the awful lie I'm telling We. "
Whcrcupon she slammed the door in
the visitors face and that was the end of
it.-Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
VERY PRACTICAL MIR. sHoDDY.

Mrs. Shoddy (before serving the soup,
and wishing to say what is proper)-"l
always say, will you drink soupP What
do you say, Mrs. Newstar?"
Mrs. Newstar Gn Mrs. Shoddy's set)-
"I generally say, will you eat soupg
What do you say, Mr.. Shoddy?"
Mr.. Shoddy (hungry and wrathfully)-
''I'll take soup. ."-Basar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
HE FRIGHTENED HER.

Young Wife-"Oh, George, see this
lovely little statuette brought to-day.
It's gold"
George examining it)-"Did the dealer
say it was gold?"
Young yYife-"Y-c-e-s; isn't it?"
George-"A part Of it is of base metal. :"
Young Wife-'Is that so9 What
part2"
George -"The pedestal, DEAR
brakes Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
CORRECT IN HIS GRAMMAR.

"Did everything go off pleasantly at
school to-day, John!"
Eyes, mother, but some bad boys per-
suaded me to play truant."
"You mean they tried to persuade you,
John; if they had persuaded you you
would have gone off with them"
That's what I did. ."-B3aton Tran
script. :.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
L1NcoLN's ESTIMATE OF vAn1oLo1D.

Will Cunback YVES at the Ebbitt. "Speak-
ing about the President" said he, "and
the Office seekers, of course, where there
are three applicants for every position
two are going to be disappointed. He
can't give them all places That reminds
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
CLEAR CONSCIENCE.

"Ma," said Bobby, "is it wrong for
little boys to tie tin kettles to dogs tails?"
decidedly wrong, Bobby; I hope
you'll never do such thing as that"
"No, indeed, ma" replied Bobby,
emphatically; "allI dois to hold the dog"
-BQzar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
THE BETTER CHANGE.

The road that hath no turning
Makes travellers sick with yearnlngi
To hearts where sorrows enter
Come joys that sweetest sing;
A world without winter
Can never know a spring.
HANS hope no fear can fetter
Where best may yet grow better;
Faith builds no walls of granite
Where time is but begun,
And life, changing planet,
Runs round changelesS sun.
Oh bliss of expectation!
On sweeter revelation
Beyond these fading pleasures,
Beyond these falling tears,
Where loves new-given treasures
Grow never old with years.
Above all harm and hating,
Through pain of want and waiting,
Comes holy comforts wooing,
In words of heavenly breath,
~This grief is not undoing,
This dying is not death"
Faiths martyrs, loves annointed,
Hopes toilers disappointed,
Shorn lambs to shelter slumber
From earth's oppression passed.
AL, with Gods star-crowhed number,
Shall find their need at last. e
To hold that future firmer
Is wise to do, nor murmur
Because its entrance only
Lies through the mortal gate.
The soul cannot be lonely
Where friends so many wait.
Deaths deluge boundless swelling,
May drift this transient dwelling,
When fears foreboding raven
Hath flown across the sea,
The dove of peace my haven
Will find, and come to me.
And I shall rest securely
At anchor there, and surely
Gods hand will break my prison,
And I my heaven shall view
When, for His children risen,
He mað all things new.
Theron Bro1rn, in YOUTHS Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
ANOTHER VIEW.

"Fencing," says an authority, ''is one
of the most enjoyable of athletic sports"
Maybe it is, maybe it is. Still there are
liable to be exceptions one would i'm
agine. For instance, if it were ten-acre
lot that was to be fenced, and one had to
split the rails.-Detroit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Successful Bard-A Clear Con-
science-Very Practical Mr..
Shoddy-A Righteous Pro-
test, Etc, Etc.

Miss Minerva-'If is is proper ques-
ton, please tell me, MIR. Longlccks, If
the magazines ever return any of your
poems? I have such ill-luck myself"
'No, never"
Grumps Gnaudibly)-'He never sends
stamps. "-Chicago Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
A RIGHTEOUS PROTEST.

Street-car Conductor Ito passenger)-
"You'll have to pay fare for that child,
sir; he is over six"
Passengcr-"Well, that's the first time
I've been asked to pay fare for that baby,
and he's ridden with me on street cars
for nine years and more. ."-Harper's
WeeEly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
AFEAT WORTHY OF DE LEssEps.

Husband Gust from Europe, traveling)
-"Wife, have sad news. Coming across
on the Servia I lost your pet dog over
board"
Wife-"Heavens! Fido lost"
Husband-"Yes, third day out from
Queenstown.
Wife-"Dredge for him at once
Epoch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
AS-Srors FOR A PROPOSAL.

Elderly Spinster (at Navy Department.
az understand that you are going to
open lot of sealed proposals here to-
day."
Oficials-"Yes, madam, we are"
Elderly spinster-"Well, I guess I'll
sit down and wait. I'm not going to
throw away eny such chance as this. -
Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22

A silo for fifteen COWS can be made at
an expense of $3.50. In general way it
may be said a silo (wooden) will cost 81
for each ton it. is intended to hold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22
THE ROAD TO FAME.

"Johnny," said the father, severely,
ssare you still reading that history2"
"Yes, father"
"Well, you drop it pretty quick and
hustle out with your baseball bat and go
to practising. If you amt careful you
never will get famous"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-05-22

Four new furnaces just finished nea,
Birmingham, Ala, cost 81. .250.000.
Daily Republican., 1889-10-16
ZOE RENT.

rroparty, No. ssf Market street.. Whining
,ob tel would he rented for ofiees. lodg-
III rooma OF dwelling house. VIII ou all
iir 30 sui, tenants. Apply 70 JOHN q.
BAKER. Ne. 703 Y. Finn st., Wilmington,
De-, WV
Daily Republican., 1889-10-16

While travelling In Virginia some time
ago with doctor we came upon an old
co'ored man who was standing by mule
hitched TO an old two-wheeiei vehicle.
"Dis mule am baked. boss." said the
old pau, "an' III jIst glib q dollar to the
man who can start 'tn."
~ will do 1t for less toan that, uaols,''
said the doctor. He took his case from
the carriage aud selected small syringe,
which he Tiled wi b morphia. He went
to the side Of the mule and, quickly In.
sorting the syringe In his side, pushed the
contents into the animal. The mule
reared on his hind legs, and, giving an
astonished bray, started down the road al
breakneck speed. The aged oolored man
gave look Of astonishment at the doc
tor, and with g loud "wboal" started
down the road after the mule. In the
course OF ten minutes we came up with
the cid man In the road waiting Tor us.
The mule was nowhere 10 sight.
"Say. boss" said the darkey, chow
much you charge for dat stuh you put in
dat mu'ef'
"oh, ten cents will do, "lsughingly re-
piled the doctor.
swell, boss, heah Is twenty cents.
Squirt some OF dat stuff in me. must
ketch dat Or mule"
Daily Republican., 1889-10-16
Cold Bnths for Typho,d Nictims.

The efficacy of the cold bath IN ty-
phoid fever is now admitted, and tie
doctors are claiming it SIS Il discovery OF
science. Fever patleLts would have dis
covered It loI & ago II they bad been per
mittei to treat themselves. A dear frit nd
# mine scOyeied II Tor himself when
prisoner OF war Ia East Tennessee. He
bad been captured and was on his way
further South when taken with typhoid
lever. His guard found him deiirious
when waking him to continue his march.
They consigned bin to the care OF Tar
mer's vile, who looked kindly upon the
suffering prisoner She gave tim fptre
room and religlOusly shut the windows
lest he should have a draft Of htaveu's
air ard die; she denied him the cool
water OF the we'll, because the country
doctor said 80.
fhe patient lay still IN the midnight
hours and the kind watcher by his bed
slept the sleep OF the riChieUns. Awaken
ing suddenly the nurse found tho sick
bed empty. The patient had gone Run
ming out 10 tho front yard she heard a
spluttering noise, which she traced to the
deep, cold, mountain sprin9 well and
there ehe found her patient up to his
neck In the wa'er. He was. tai en- back
to bed, wrapped in blankets, where he
slept for hours aud nwoke conscious aud
wonderfully better. From that moment
ho rapidly regained his health.
Daily Republican., 1889-10-16

A man wearing Il white plug hat was
going up Macomb street a night or two
since, when pedestrian coming down
was struck by the lateness OF the sum
mer wear, and called out;
"Arn't you rather late In the season, ol
mani"
"Shayl Shayl" called the other as he
came to halt, IAN 100 latei"
"Yes, pretty late"
"IIow late is it-aiter 1G?"
"No, only $780,"
"Zhen Pm NIL rlght--all right. Old
woman doaa' lock 'er door till plumb 10,
an I'il be home wiz ten minutes 10 spare.
You almos' scared me y death. Thought
was an hour late an would nave to
sleep IN or coal she'd"
Daily Republican., 1889-10-16

Windhsm County has q weather prophet
who bases his forecast on the goose bone.
lie has already made his annual exam.
uatiou OF the bone, and the conclusions
he reached aTe detailed IN special from
New Haven. As It is some time before
the almanNcs will be out, the substance
Of them T. given. '1he winter will 20
marked by more regular weather than
last year. There will not be many days
during which running water will freeze.
The coolest weather will occur during
the latter halt OF January, and during
that time there will be several days OF
freezing. Christmas W II be green but
wet and cold. JaAuary's eutrsnce will
be marked with warm days, gradually
growing colder. The coolest day of win
ter will be January 81. The brief spell
OF severe weather will be succeeded by
heavy tbaws, and the traditional January
thaw will come in February. This month
will be diesgreeable one, with heavy
SHOWS and rains. An early and decided
thsw Ii among the promises OF the bone.
February will burst into March with
swi lien mountain streSm ms, and disastrous
hoods:may be looked for. There will be
an early SPRING"