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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30

The tornado is a local disturbance,
often accompanying in the interior the
progress of cyclone. Sometimes the
track of the tornado is limited to a few
hundred feet, and it rarely has a width
of half mile.
The cyclone carries with velocity OF
as much as 100 to 140 miles an hour. 1t
sends certain amount of warning ahead
of its track, and the acceleration of the
winds speed at any given point is
gradual.
The tornado falls almost without no.
tice, or rather the indications are often
so similar to those of an ordinary thun-
derstorm that only skilled and careful
observer can detect the difference.
The phenomena and effects of cyclones
in the West Indies have long been sub
jects of study and observation. As the
centre approaches ship she is assaulted
by wind of terrible force and sea that
is almost indescribable. The water no
longer runs in waves of regular onward
motion, but leaps up in pyramids and
peaks. The wind swirls and strikes
until wherever there is a chance for
vibration or hutter, even in tightly
furled sails, the fabric soon gives way.
/ once saw brig go drifting past us in a
West Indies cyclone with everything
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
THE TERRORS OF CIVILIZATION.
The Injuns never teched him,
No 4t,o h'nro.

The Injuns never teched him,
Nor the bars;
An the rattlers never bit him,
An the train robbers couldn't git him
On the cars.
Twas n frigid day nn drizzly
When tho Rocky Mountain grizzly
Ever crep' within rod of jim, the Scout;
An tho catamount nm bison
Nevcr teched him more than pizen,
Which they allus more prefer TO do without.
But he moved into the city
Just for fun,
An he sold his big siX-shooter,
As he thought it would not DO Ter
Keep his gun.
But muscular gar9oter,
Who was not legal voter.
Rohbcd him OF his watch AMI wallet hke cnAo,
Then n as-pipe overloaded
Bust and Jim he got exploded,
An came down considerable perm,4caoHs and
rilcd.
An the bunko steerers ieeced him
Left aud righ!;
An the gnInnS ustor huot him,
An q slugScr tried TO shoot him
TOthcr night.
An hoodlurn tried to skin him,
An I'M I'M inc run nSn him,
In heriic, nm lloss chr, M dray;
An agin, IL lii tlo lntcr,
In rotten elevator
He fell down thirtecn stories in one day.
An his house it caught ahre
Tuthcr night,
An his gas meter exploded
Jim didn't know that it was loaded
AwGal sight!
An his house was widely scattered,
Ger tho country it. was spattered,
In a shower OF chunks and cindcrs. so they sGid
Jim was SO completely shivered,
He ain { never been diskivcred,
But the coroner Concluded be was dead
-Yoslkce Blude.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
Government WhitewaSh.

The whitewash used for outside of
buildings such as lighthouses, signal sta
tions, etc., as ordered by the Board Of
the Treasury Department of the United
States, is as follows: 'Slake onc-half
bushel of fresh stone lime in boiling
water; keep it covered in the process; ;
strain it and add onc-half pound of salt
dissolved in warm water, three pounds
of ground rice put in boiling water and
boiled to thin paste, one-half-pound of
powered Spanish whiting, one pounu OF
clear glue dissolved in warm water; mix
all together and let it stand for several
days; keep in kettle and put it on as
hot as convenient with painters or white
wash brushes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
ELEPHANT CARRYING A LOG.

to lie on either bank of the stream, parallel
to the brook and close to the edge
These she placed with the greatest care
in their exact positions unasslsted by any
one. She rolled them gently over WIN
her head, then with one foot, and keeping
her trunk on the opposite side OF the log
she checked its way whenever its oWn
momentum would have carried 1t into
the stream. Although l., says an eye
witness, thought the work admirably
done she was not satisfied, and she pres
emily got into the stream and gave ono
end of the log an extra push with hel
head, which completed her task, the Nv 1--WE .
trees lying exactly parallel to each otne' ,a
close to the edge Of either bank. 49,
CHICAGO Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
THE WINDS WORK.
EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF
CYCLONES AND TORNADOES.
Storm Incidents Winds
Tha: Pick Up All Movable
Things and Drop Them
Miles Away.

People who have never seen tornado
or Il cyclone have very little idea of what
the wind can do. 1t is hard to conceive
the amount of force that is expanded and
the manner in which'it acts is little un-
dcrstood.
There are two varieties of powerful
wind storms, the cyclone and the tor
nado. The former is revolving storm,
travelling about centre of low barometer,
where there is absolute calm, the great
est force of the wind being found at the
edge of this circle of quiet. The area of
influence may be from one hundred to
seven hundred miles in diameter, and as a
rule the smaller the diameter the greater
the winds velocity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30

PATH OF A TORNADO THROUGH A FOREST.
The force with which these objects
strike is best seen when they fall outside
of the tornado's path, since the work
done by the missile Is not then dis
turbed by the general destructive force
of the storm. Thus, near Racine, Wis,
I have known an ordinary fence rail,
slightly sharpened on one end, to be
driven against a young tree like spear
and pierce it several feet. The velocity
of the rail must have been something
enormous, or otherwise the rail would
have glanced from such round and
elastic object.
Many of the settlers in the tornado dis
tricts of Southern Minnesota, Iowa,
Kansas and Nebraska excavate deep
cellar beneath their houses and cover it
with heavy timbers as a place of refuge
for their families when tornado threat
ems to strike them. While these dugouts
arc usually effective they are not always
go. There have been instances where
families having only time to descend and
not time enough to close the trap door
have been exposed to the storms full
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30

AN I'll" OF BRICK wALI. BLOWN DOWN.
"Thc last hurricane" he said, "when
at its height blew parallel to the main
wall The L part received the full force
of the wind and was broken of as you
now see it." 1t was not only broken oil
at its own base, but was also broken
away from its juncture with the main
wall.
One of the most remarkable effects Of
cyclone was recorded at Matanzas,
Cuba, where the centre passed directly
over the city. As the vortex arrived the
air pressure outside was so suddenly
diminished that the air inside the houses
forced the window panes out, and then
as soon as the calm centre had passed the
violent wind, having an initiating and
lifting effect through the open apertures,
lifted many of the roofs off.
The local tornado that 30 frequently
plays havoc with property and life in the
West, is like the cyclone, revolving
force, but it carries with it variety of
phenomena wholly distinct from those
TAT accompany the larger storm. Many
Of the effects of one tornado are wholly
absent in others, and the indications
that in one case have been followed by
terrible disaster are not infrequently
found at other times to presagc merely a
heavy thunder shower.
The freaks of a tornado are wholly un-
accountable. In some cases not an OBJ
ject in its trace will fail to feel its power
for long distances; in other instances it
will seem to act like cannon ball that
plows up the Garth on striking, then
rises and strikes again, leaving the space
between untouched. Sometimes it will
go through forest leveling the trees as
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
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YARD STRIPPED BY THE WIND.
furled and closely lashed with sea gas
kets. We were in company nearly at the
height of the storm, when the centre was
only a few miles away. There was a
spot in the bunt of the foretopsail where
the sail was not tightly slowed, and for
several hours it had doubtless been fut-
tering under tremendous pressure. AS 1
watched her little white puff went out
of the bunt of the topsail and then the
destruction of the sail was rapid. Long
ribbons of canvas went slithering off as
if huge file had rasped the yard arm,
and in a short time there was nothing
left on the yard except the bolt ropes
and the reef tackles. We could do moth
ing to help the crew, for it was doubtful
whether we could keep off the reefs our
selves, and the brig passed out OF sight
to her certain doom.
In St. Thomas one of the residents
called my attention to brick wall run
ming from the front of his house back
along the lower side of the terrace. It
was solidly built, with stone cap. It
seemed about foot thick and four to
FIVE feet high.
"Do you think the wind is ever strong
enough to blow that down. he asked.
l knew something about cyclones, but
the wall showed no sign of break re-
paired, and l thought l was safe to draw
the line of credulity at brick walls. He
led me back to the end of his property.
There he showed me short stretch of
tic wall that had formerly stood at right
angles to the main part, forming an L.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
Elepliants al Work.

Mr.. Wood is a great lover of animals,
and in his book 1 found more about ele-
plants than I have seen anywhere else.
mean a greater variety of things, for he
tells us how they are hunted and caught,
and how they hunt for other elephants,
and how they build stone walls for man,
and take care of his babies, and save his
life when danger threatens; how they, in
fact, do everything that is almost too
extraordinary to be believed. The famous
elephant Jumbo once saved his keepers
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30

LIE question OF the wholesale de-
struction of swallows by electricity Las
at last been taken up in France, aud a
report on the subject was presented at
a recent meeting of the Geological So
ciety. In the south of France long
wires are Systematically erected
along the sea shore, and when the tired
swallows alight on them they are
stunned or killed by an electric shock.
The birds are then sent to Paris, where
they are used for decorative PURPOSES
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30

The police rules of London forbid an
officer to arrest drunken person unless
he is trying to do some one an injury,
and it is not an uncommon thing for an
officer to have six or eight "drunks' :
asleep at intervals along his beat. They
may all sing, whistle or shout, but ne
cannot arrest them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
Feminine Sarcasm.

Miss Crabtrce-"See what nice shoes I
purchased fer S."
Miss Giltman-"Why, these I'm wear
ing cost So"
Miss C.-"Well,I I suppose they charge
according to size."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
A Glass Diamond.

Blougher-"This stone in my breast
min was present from friend in the
Kimberly diamond fields, South Africa"
Snarleigh-"I didn't know there were
any glass works out there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30

Two citizens of Charlestown, Mass,
propose to start for Russia, shortly, to
publish newspaper in behalf of Siberian
eXiles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30
CHAPTER VII.

When the injured Italian beauty be-
,o,,o conscious she was lying on tle
S iaae :, ~n room. The curtains
had been drawn, ana -, he room had the
appearance of sick cham~"r. Her
maid, Nilsson, that she had brought
from her home IN Naples, was by her
side. Nilsson had proven a good, faith
full servant, and knew much OF what her
mistress had to bear.
Gcrtana's rooms were very beauti-
tul and very richly furnished. There
were two front windows that overlooked
the pretty, bright park and two that
rronted the side lawn of the cottage.
Lenora's room was built in the same
manner, only it was much more daint-
lily and beautifully furnished. Every
thing in the room, except Mrs. King,
seemed in harmony with the poor,
beautiful little prisoner.
1t was growing late in the afternoon,
yet Lenora still slept. A sweet, calm
expression had stolen over her face, and
she how looked like beautiful, happy
angel.
Across the broad hall from the sleep.
ing Lenora lay the restless, weary Ger
| tana.
nilsson, what time is it now?"
"Half past three, madam; would you
Like your tea now2"
"No, I am not hungry. Have you
seen the lady that came this morning2"
II have not left your side, my dear
lady, since you were taken ILL.,"
81 am not sick, Nilsson. only felt
b little dizzy, or perhaps distracted, and
suppose tainted. Do you know wheth-
er there is to be any company here to
dinner?"
"No, madam; none but the new
lady"
"Very we'll; you have relieved me
very much, and now let me rest until
time to dress for dinner"
Sweet sleep soon visited her weary
ewes, and both beauties were, for 8
while, lost to their troubles.
Lenora was awake in time to
be dressed for dinner. The many tears
she had shed before lost in sleep had
only frightened and made her eyes
more beautiful
"Ah, my lady! I hope you are feeling
much better now. Your kind husband
that is to be, I mean-said that
should dress you now, and he would
show you this pretty home, that you
are to be mistress Of"
Madam, you may tell Mr.. Noll that
| never intend to be mistress of this
Or any other house that belongs to
! him."
u am very sorrY not to be able :" 4"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22
FASHIONS FOR WINTER WRAPS.

The wcllknown house OF L. DOOss d Brother, I'M
portcrs and manufacturers Of fine furS No. 44O
Broadway, is showing this season many attractive
new shapes In seasln REFERS and Jackets, and In
capes Of Russian sable. SEAL mink, black marten and
Persian lamb. The new scalskin jackets, with loose
REFER fronts, especially graceful stylish gar
ment. They are made severely plain, with nigh
farnc collar Of the same fur or are finished with
large collar OF black martcn. The closetttinS seal
jackets are frequently finished with hith Pom
padour collar, giving graceful effect to the garment
and additional warmth these collars may be drawn
up 50 that they completely cnvclOp tie tlroai. Some
of the new seal Jackets are trimmed with Persian
lamb. and there are handsome jackets made entirely
of Persian lamb The most luxurious fur garment
of all is n Newmarket Of seal. trimmed with
Russian sable finished with rolling Nl'dici collar
of scalskln. There variety II seal wraps ana
n,l.t.ts There are Also many varieties If small furS
and fur rugs, al OF which may be- found at this house
in the finest quality and at most attractive prices
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22
TO INVESTIGATE CAPTAIN PEIRCES CASE.

There were no developments yesterday IN the con-
troversy in the Examining Board OF the Custom House
except that 1t was learned that United States civil
Service Commissioner Roosevelt had written to friend
here that lie should be here November to cast mi
vote in the city election II was not definitely KNOWN
at the Public Stores when lie would investigate the
affair." but it generally believed that he certainly
would reopen the Ono OF those who are IN
vovcd in the dispute said that he would furnish MI
Roosevelt with facts which would prove that Captain
william F. Pcrce the chief dlsrbcr OF the peace OF
the Board had exceeded his functions In many other
cases. lie had, for example written letters to tile
Collector and the United States Civil Service Commits
sion criticsng prominent officers and their methods OF
work at the Appraisers Stores, showing an amusing
disposition Special Treasury Agent and adviser
to The Civil Service Commission, in addition to carrying
on his place clerk in the Drawback Division In the
Custom House.
The members of thee xamising Board have not yet
been oiicIiiy informed that McSsrs. Birdsal Ryder
and Walden have resigned from tho Board, and are
therefore still silent Oh that score
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22
WHAT GOING ON TO-DAY.

County Democracy mass.meeting, Cooper Union. q m
State Senate Committee on Cities Fart H. oupcIioi
Court 10 80 q. m
New.Jersey Jockey Club races. Elizabeth. : p' H.
Ncw.York state Medical Association. Mott Memorial
Hall.
worlds, Fair Committee Foreign Affairs
State Forestry Commission No. 81 Nas5au'st. IL a. M
Long Island Baptist Association calvary bal''S'
Church. Brooklyn
Union Labor County Convention Military iai D. III
Sunday school Institute Grace Church. Orange J. n
Won Mo,ke birthday celebration, NO. 1913 Ihiio'a'c'
p. m.
hldermen's Committee Railroads. ] p M
Park and Aqueduct Commissioners meetings.
XIXth Assembly District Republican Association' NO
OIL West One.hundre and twenty.hfth-st p m'
prooxlyn Young Republican Club. p m.
IXth Assembly District Republican meeting D'e'Ae
Building, p m,
Board OF Education. 4 p. m. ,
xyIIth Assembly District German Republican Cuo
No. O97 Ninth-ave.. p. m 49,
Communication Of St. Nicholas Lodee' NJ o-A' - CIV"
A. NJ, Masonic Temple, p. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22
TRIAL OF THREE WOMEN CHARGED WITH ARSON.

Mrs t:ocrpe, the wife Of cx-Ju6-c Co ppe. who
is now In California. and her siscrs. Misses Mary and
Della SIX were arragn'd In the Harlem Court again
Yesterday charged 1t Is alleged that the
women set IRE Their frame house. at Onchuudr dohd.
twenty and Fifth.avr.. get the Insurance.
The hou-c and furniture n>uT'd for 5000 IL Is
said that this than the value Of the property.
The testimony Chef OF Iutta ION Short given yesterday,
was that lie responded the alarm OF fire Oh - ptcmlcr
49, Tn CAlcf fodnd the fire had been sartd in the
house ia sx different places ana hero''n" hal been
,our over the furniture. q kerosene was found
near VIII re one Of the fir had been started
Soon All Heyluan, furniture daer, at Fhty.ninth-st
and Third ave- aid that the furniture not worth Cc
amount for which it insured.
Assistant Fire Marshal Frank cor otoratcd The testimony
OF Chief short main. TO him. To CHEF Short,
the accused women hal "a tai tn knew nothing Of the
origin OF the lire. but thought II the work Of some
malicious person unknown u them. number OF pho.o
ur,ps were exhibited court showing the condition of
various parts OF hous" in which the fire, had been
started After Mr.. Franks Testimony the hearing
adjourned until Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22

hid. On al, Kinds Of work amounted to $4,000 Tho
subicct WAC referred 70 tho Committee on SCHOOL
houses with power to award to the lowest BIDDERS
r, taking n the notice census will begin Tomorrow
Tba (,hsrites Commissioners have asked the police
to detail q special officer to prevent iuhaucs VII"
guns and pistols from entering their once ana they
ARE also going to ssk tho Flatbush Ponce department
N send a man to the buildings 1T Flatoush'
Deaths last week. $40: births 220; marriages l4o'
Thu rcxicnaton Of the Rev. Wa W. fratt nom
the perpen heights Baptist Church mas oeeh "cccPeo
and a committee appointed to secure the money 70
nay his arrears Of salary
The FIRST New.York State Chautauqua ConVenuoh Will
begin tonight in Plymouth Church.
JudCe Osborne In the City Court yesterday hahoeo
ho~n bis decision In favor Of Mrs. Roberta r. Ioooe
nouq1 who Is seeking to restrain her husband Johh w.
Goodenough from disposing Of her interest IN some
houses fin Electromagnetic. The couple have separated
and been rcconciled several times
Contracts have been awarded for the building OF
nav police stations for the Eighteenth ana twentieth
Precincts TO John j. eastman for S40,oo6 and S34o'
respectively.
Tho annual election Of directors OF the South BrooR
lyn Railroad and Terminal Company was heid yee'cr
day and John ". Ambrose, w. Bayard cutting Joseph
richardson Edward T. Hunt, A. L. Dennis, F. H. Hahn
and Clarence stephens were chosen directors. lIn-
mcdatey after tile election the directors elected inc
following officers John W. Ambrose president; Joseph
richardson vicepresdent; W. Bayard Cutting, treas
urer and Francis II. Bergen. secretary.
Charles KIotz, the baker, Of No. III Troutman-st'
Who said he was assaulted By Herman Paulscn ana
Ernst Jcsper in front of Jespers butcher SHOP NO o
Mvrteave on Friday died yesterday at ST. Catharles
hospital Pausen and Jespcr were arraiSned In the
Gates Avenue Police Court and held without bail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22
TRYING GOULD and WOGAN.
DECISION RESERVED on SOME OF THE CHARGES
ANOTHER CASE TO COME UP TO-DAY.

nro1s1oN RESERVED on SOME OF THE CHARGES
ANOTHER CASE TO COME UP TO-DAY.
Tho charge Of violating the excise law preferred
,v Alden Cabc against John j. wogan, who runs
"rom, Gouds barroom at Twenty sixth-st and Sixth
ovo camc up In the Jefferson Market Police Court
yesterday Cabe testified that Sunday last he was
drinhne in the baroom with his cousin, Israel Cabc.
from 12 80 to a. m Both Gould and W0gan
ore there Several witnesses for WOgan testified that
Tho two cousins staggered into the restaurant at
q n. H. sunday morning drunk, and demanded liquor.
INIT were told that they could not get 1t on Sunday
This refusal caused fight. and tho two cousins had 10
M mt out Gould testified that he had nothing to 10
With the proprletorship Of the place. but was
diamond broker lie said that I've the restaurant
when the men came In drunk and liquor was refused
chem Judge Hogan reserved his decision. .
Judge Hogan continued the examination Into the
rar,ous charges against Gould and WOgn In the
afternoon. Israel and Alden Cabe, two OF the com
nisjnants, were present, hut DR.. Frank White, who
Charged Wogan with stealing sl40 from him, was MT
the nlacc and Israel Insisted that lie paid 10 so for
hottie OF champagne. Tie money was paid to ono
y, thc walters by Gould, who took ID out Of his han1
IN the other hand, Gould dcnicd that liquor wa, sold
~ all Alden Cabe said that Wogan had beaten him
Chemically. Israel Cabe te titled that he was beaten
NV Gould for nothing Neither he nor his cousin was
Could explained that the pistol he had In his pocket
had been given to him by a friend lie put II In ms
n"cket 10 take home. The Justice reserved bis DC,
ccson The charge Of assault made by Dr.. White VIII
come up to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-22
The Official Report of the New
Jersey Food Commissioner, Page 81
shows "Cleveland's Superior "apure
cream of tartar baking powder,
highest in leavening power.

succeed Lieutenant F. W. Nichols, who hns obtaiheo
six months leave
Daniel Lord. IT., DR.. George B. Fowler and Charles
r. Fosd,ck. the commission named BY judge MARITIME
In General Sessions on Monday to try the Quesuoh OF
the sanity of Alphonse J. stephani, the slayer OF
Clinton G. Reynolds, will be sworn In To-Day ana Will
then decide when to begin tho hearing In the case
In regard to dispatch from Chicago received nero
Yesterday that consolidation Of the Adams ana Uhited
States express companies had been agreea upon
Superintendent IIoey, Of the Adams company sa'u
There s positIyely not word Of truth In the report
NOR Is there the slightest probability that such conso
dalton will; ever be effected The officials OF tho
United States Company were equally emphatic In
denying the rumor.
"OId Line: The platform adopted By the con-
yention which nominated Mcclellan for President con-
taned q resolution declaring the war failure. IL
Was the second Resolve" in the platform.