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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
A Magnet Saved his Eye.

James Threadgall was working as
usual in Shevlin's boiler shop on
Church Street. Suddenly steel splin-
ter from the edge of chisel struch his
left eye, burning itself in the eyeball
to such depth that DR.. Munson, to
whose office the unfortunate man was
removed, was unable to extract it with
a forceps. With the assistance of DR..
Van Allen successful operation was
performed. A powerful magnet was
applied to the wound and a splinter of
steel one-sixteenth of an inch in width
and three-eighths of an inch in length
was drawn out. This operation, u.s.
ually unsuccessful, will save, it is
thought, the sight of the eye.-Alba-
ny Journal.
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Too Late.

There is time for everything, and
the secret of success in life lives in do.
ing things at just the the right min
ute.
A veterinary surgeon had occasion
to instruct colored stableman how
20 administer medicine to all ailing
horse, He was to get q common tin
tube-a bean blower-put dose of the
medicine into it, insert one end of the
tude into the horses mouth and blow
vigorously into the other end, and so
force the medicine down the horses
throat.
Half an hour afterward the colored
man appeared at the surgeons office,
looking very much out of sorts.
"Wh3t is the matterW inquired the
doctor, with some concern.
"Why, boss, dat hoss, he-he blew
fust W Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
The Latest Measurements.

The highest mountain range is the
Himalayas, the mean elevation being
estimated at $4,000 feet.
The loftiest mountain is Mount Ev-
crest, or Gauirsauker, of the Himalaya
Range, having an elevation of 29,OO2
feet above the sea level.
The largest theatre is the new opera
house in Paris. 1t covers nearly three
acres of ground. Its cubic mass is
4, oo37 900 feet, 1t cost 63, 100000 francs.
The largest pleasure ground in the
United States, and one of the largest
in the world, is Fairmount Park, Phil
adelphia, which contains 2,745 acres.
The largest city in the world is Lon
don. It's population numbers 4,62l,- :
S75. New York, with population
of 100000, comes fifth in the list of
great cities.
The largest island in the world
which is also regarded as continent
is Australia. It is $500 miles in
length from east to west, and meas
sures 1850 miles from north to south.
Its area is 1884, 2S7 square miles.
The largest cavern is Mammoth
Cave, in Edmunds county, Kentucky.
1t is near Green River, six miles from
Cave City, and about twenty-eight
miles from Bowling Green.
The largest inland sea is the Caspian
living between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length is 760 miles, and its
greatest breath 279 miles, and its area
$50, 900 square miles.-Golden Days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
The kreInliIl.

Tie Kremlin (from the Russian
word krenld, Fortress is situated near
the centre of the city Of Moscow. 1t
is triangular in form, and about two
miles in perimeter.
The Kremlin contains palaces, cathe-
drals, monuments, etc. and it is en-
closed by high wall, having eighteen
strong towers and five gates.
The principal gate of the. Kremlin is
called the "Redeemer's Gate :" it has
q picture of the Saviour over it, and
even the emperor must take off his hat
when the passes through the gate.
Among the buildings of the Krem-
lin are the great Imperial Palace the
Cathedral Of the Assumption founded
in 1926 in which the Russian emper-
ors have been crowned for 800 years
the Cathedral of the Archangel Mich
aeI lin which the Russian emperors
were buried down to the time of Peter
the Great J and the Cathedral of the
Annunclation, in which many OF
them were baptized and married ; the
floor of this cathedral is paved with
Jasper, agate and cornelian.
The Ivan Veliki, or Great Tower,
contains 81 bells ); and near it (un-
mounted) is the Tar Kolokol, OF
Great Bell, the largest in the world.
The principal streets Of Moscow lead
from the Kremlin like the spokes of a
wheel and around them run hand
some boulevards, forming complete
circles, one a mile, the other Il mile
and half, from the Kremlin.
Inside the inner boulevard is the
Kitan Gorod, or Chinese Tower.
The city of Moscow is said to have
been founded about A. d. 1l50; from
the l4th to the 18th century it was the
capital, and it is still the richest city,
of Russia.-Curious Questions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
Chat With the Children.

JUN
ooh ~ exclaimed Fred, "let me tell
YOU some news" The little fellow re-
turning from school, threw down his
books and thinking he had a splendid
Joke. told his sister the following
HSallie Peterson was caught stealing
and is in Jail" OF course his sister
was shocked and did not believe him,
for Sallie Peterson was q deserving
Young girl whose poor parents LEFT
peniless at their death. She had tried
to earn an honest living and the peo-
ple in town had encouraged her and
learned to trust her. For little while
only, Fred had intended allowing his
sister to believe that statement, but
being called by his mother, he left the
room, and while out his brother COM
ing in, his sister repeated the story to
him. A servant was also in the room
and heard what was said. Soon she
left and going down town retold the
tale. In short time it was talked all
over the town and poor Sallie was in
jured by the tale.
Now old Mrs. Blacks favorite COW
was named Sallie Peterson. She was
named for the orphan Sallie, because
as calf she had belonged to Sallle's
father, and Mrs. Black, thinking well
of Sallie, named the cow for her. II
was the cow that had been caught
stealing, hence Fred thought it would
be splendid joke to make his sister
believe it was Sallie. Then too it was
the first day Of April the fun-loving
boy, more thoughtless than sinful,
wanted joke to play April fool with.
Now Sallie was about to succeed in
obtaining a first-rate situation and the
lady who was about to write her word
to come to her house for employment,
on hearing this report, changed her
mind and accepted another applicant
Poor Sallie was very much disappoint-
ed. She was surprised because she
had felt so sure of her success. Every
body had heard the report but her
self, and the poor girl could not under
stand why people were so cold ana
changed toward her. AS soon as Fred's
parents heard what he had done they
made him tell it everywhere in order
to correct the bad report. When his
mother learned what Sallie had lost by
Fred's thoughtlessness she required
her boy to deny himself some luxury
every day for month and contribute
something towards Sallie's support.
She had Sallie to come to live at her
house, and by thus befriending her,
restored in a measure the confidence
of the people to Sallie, but for a long
time there were some who believed
the report.
Now the above is a little story to
teach the harm of joking at the eX-
pense of others. An innocent joke is
amusing and harmless, but we should
not cause others to suffer in order to
have few moments fun.
MATTE H. HOWARD.
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A RriSht Rirl.

He was an English startling, and was
owned by barber. A starting can be
taught to speak, and to speak very
well, too. This one had been taught
to answer certain questions, 50 that a
dialogue like this could be carried on
"'Nho are yon?"
"I'm joe"
"Where are you from?"
"From Pimlico."
"Who is your master ?'
1.-The barber"
"What brought you here %
bad company"
Now it came to pass one day that
the startling escaped from the cage and
flew away to enjoy his liberty. The
barber was in despair. Joe was the
life of the shop many Il customer
came attracted by the fame OF the bird,
and the barber saw his receipts falling
off. Then, too, he loved the bird
which had proved so apt a pupil.
But all efforts to find the stray bird
were in vain.
Meantime Joe had been enjoying
life ON his own account. A few days
passed on very pleasantly, and then,
alas he fell into the snare of fowler,
literally. =,
A man lived a few miles from the
barber's home, who made the snaring
of birds his business. Some of these
birds he suited and sold. Others again
were sold to the hotels near by, to be
served up in delicate tid-bits to fasti-
dious guests. -.
Much to his surprise, Joe found him
self one day in the fowler's net, in
company with large number of birds
as frightened as himself. The fowler
began drawing out the birds one after
another, and wringing. their necks.
Joe saw that his turn was coming,
and something must be done. 1t W.
clear that the fowler would not ask
questions, 50 Joe piped out:
"I'm Joe ~
"Hey! what's that ?" cried the fow-
Ter.
"I'm Joe," repeated the bird.
care you ?" said the astonished fow-
Ter. "What brings you here ?'
"Bad company" said Joe promptly.
1t is needless to say Joe's neck was
not wrung, and that he was soon re-
stored to his rejoicing master, the bar
ber.-Sunolay School Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
How They Could Tell.

~ can always tell when my hus-
band has been drinking" said a
young wife.
"Yes?" SAID another young wife.
"Yes, I know it the momenthe kiss
es me-"
81 can also tell when my husband
has been drinking" said the other.
"Yes?"
eyes. Then he dosen't kiss me-"
Journal.
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Shor:cst and quickest route TO Charleston, reaches
there three hours ahead Of any other line. Conncc-
tions made a Augusta for Atlanta and all points west
Tickets on sale ut =. Il. II W. {. Ry dcpots to all
points at cheap rates and baggage checked to dcstina
tinn For any other information apply or write.
W. j. CRAIG, q. 7. A.
K. W. HUNT, r. P. A., Augusta, Ga.
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Lost.

NOLD PIN AND CHAIN, to which is at.
V tached a gold dollar. The name
"Hayne' is engraved on It.. The finder will!
be suitably rewarded, II left at the Press and
Banner office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
The Girls That Arc Wanted.

The girls that are wanted are good girls
Good girls from the heart to the lips;
Pure as the lily is white and pure
From It's heart TO It's sweet le:tl UPS.
The girls that are wanted are home SlrlS'
Girls that are mothers right hand,
That father and mother can trust 10,
And the little ones understand.
Girls that are fair on the hearthstone,
And pleasant when nobody sees;
Kind and sweet to their own folk,
Ready and anxious to please.
The girls that are wanted are wise girls,
That know what to do and to say;
That drive with a smile or a soft word
The wrath of the household away.
The girls that are wanted are girls OF sense,
Who father can never deceive;
Who can follow whatever is pretty,
And dare what Is silly to leave.
The girls that are wanted are careful girls,
Who count what II thing Will cost;
Who use with a prudent, generous mana,
But see that nothing Is lost
The clever, the witty, the brilliant girls,
There are very few understand;
But oh, for the wise, loving, home girls,
There's q constant and and steady demant
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
Herctity and Beauty.

Heredity has much to do, of course
with facial beauty aud refinement.
Generations of cultured associations
and education will naturally produce
faces of innate refinement and spirit
uality. If the course Of such life in
a family is uninterrupted, it will lead
more and more to beauty and refine
ment Of features. But it is, unfoitu-
nately, rarely uninterrupted. There
is degeneration in nearly every gener-
alton, either through crossing with
coarser stock, or lack of education or
moral influences or cultured associa-
tons, or the demoralizing effects of
dissipation or low pursuits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
The Short Line to

Charleston e Florida.
PORT ROYAL AND WESTERN CAROLINA
HALLWAY co.
COMMENCING SUNDAY, MARCH . 1890, Pas
~ Scnger trains will run ~ follows hy 'Jth Merih-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
For Life.

Little Bobby, whose mother believes
in cautioning her children against the
consequences of foolish acts, has often
said to him:
"If you get before the train, or fall
into the water, you may be killed;
and when one is dead it is for long
time"
One day Bobby, while walking with
his uncle, took pains to keep at safe
distance from the shore Of the river.
"If | should fall in I should be
drowned" he exclaimed; "and when
you're drowned, you're dead; and
when you're dead, it's for life"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
Notice to Teachers.

THE County Teachers Association will be
| held at Greenwood on the 18th and 18th OF
The Executive Committee has prepared ON
admirable program and every thing will be
done to make the meeting OF practic value
and full of Interest. We earnestly hope that
olI the teachers will make an effort TO attend
and by their presence and counsel aid in
making the meeting even greater success
than that of last year. The program VIII De
published later. K. u. McLEES,
July q, 1890, If School commissioner.
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R. 3. Henne1nan1l,
GREENWOOD, S. G..
July %, lS9O,t
Notice to Trespassers.

rNHE law will be strictly enforced against
all trespassng by either persons or stock
on my premises from this time The grazing
of cattle OH my land is especially forbidden.
J. C.. KLUGlI.
July 2, 1880. ct
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Clean brasst on mahogany or other
furniture by rubbing with chamois
skin dipped in either powdered whit
ing or rotten stone mixed with sweet
oil.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-29
THE KICKING COW.

mend itself at a glance. Take rope 10
or 10 feet long, fasten it securely about
s feet inches from the stanchion and
81 inches from the floor, as shown at A.
After fastening the cow in the stanch.
ion, take the free end of the rope, pass
it between her hind legs, draw it up in
front of her right leg, and passing it
around behind her, draw it over a hook
or (better) flange pulley, as shown at
B. Have loop in the free end of the
rope; draw tight, and fasten it by rum
ming pin through the loop. To release
the COW all you have to do is to draw
the pin and throw the rope off the hook
or pulley, B. 1t is impossible for the
COW to kick or move about or injure her.
self in the least. I have cured the
worst kind of kickers with this appli-
ance in a short time. - Rural New
Yorker. ....-..
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A PATHETIC APPEAL.
Ono or tho Queer Letters Received by the
Secretary of Agriculture

One or the Queer Letters Received by the
Secretary of Agriculture.
The Secretary of Agriculture is biz.
hearted man, but even his heart is not
large enough to take in all the letters
addressed to him asking for garden
seeds and silk-worm eggs Many OF
these letters are curious missives.
Some are family histories, and not with
out pathetic features. Others are lu-
dicrous mixture of sentiment and sell
fishness. Naturally the silk-worm cult
ure interests the South, where the eli.
mate is in its favor. Letters with re-
quests for couple of settings of eggs"
are often received from persons who ex.
plain at great length their ci,cum-
stances and the necessities driving them
to seek means of livelihood by silk
worm culture. So they write for what
they call "a couple of settings of the
eggs"
A curious and very long letter ra-
ceived from woman in South Carolina
contained request for garden seeds and
did not appear until several pages hal
been given to her family history. In sub
stance, it was this: She had an only
child, boy four years of age. She had
but one object in life, but one thing t.
live for. To raise this boy, educate him
and establish him, was her aim, and
would make her only happiness in this
world. Her plans for the boys training
were set forth in detail in the letter;
his education, step by step, was ex'
planned up to entering college-the col.
lege named, his whole course in college
followed with much exactness, and
leaving college his profession, and final
ly his disposition in the practice of his
profession. All this covered several
pages. and il was not without interest.
though the reading did occupy a good deal
of Government time. But with such
mother, the boys future looked promis-
ing, in spite of possible failure of silk.
worm crops and unprosperous vegetable
gardens. 1t was a growing plan OF
work, a labor of love to be carried on fol-
twenty years, but its very start and
foundation rested upon silk-worms and
garden seeds. Suddenly the tone of the
| letter changed. In few words the
truth was told. Before she could realize
even the beginning of her fondest
dream the boy was taken from her-had
died. Her object in life was now gone,
and though she had so little to live for,
still she needed the silk-worm eggs and
garden seeds more than ever. Though
she could not make money to bring ur
and educate her boy, she could and
would build him a monument This
she should set about at once, and she
urged the Secretary of Agriculture to
send silk-worms and garden seeds with.
out delay, that she might 20 into the
business of raising vegetables and grow.
ing silk-worms, in order to make money
to build the monument
! OF course the Department of Agricult.
ure forwarded the capital at once.-N.
| " Tribune
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clipping boughs of hawthorn from her
one cherished tree, and placing them
beside the apple blossoms she had al
ready G ithered in large basket. There
too were sheaves of pale narcissus,
trails of heaven blue myrtle, punches
of the later snow-drops and gorgeous
tulips; for it was Memorial Day, and
never since its first observance had
Marion failed to carry whatever bios
SONS she could find to the cemetery,
and add her share to the honors of the
few dead soldiers who slept in that
small and shaded place of rest.
1t smote her every year to think of
that unhonored place where her lovers
body rested, for long ago she had given
up hope for his life. Who covered his
grave with flowers or foliage? Who
prayed over his last sleep? The thought
stung her again as she took from the
doorstep smaller basket of wild
flowers, with which she always dressed
the low mound above her mother, and
taking the larger one on her arm, went
over to the school-house, where the
young village girls were making wreaths
and bouquets. From there she went to
her mothers grave, and began to adorn
it with all the blossoms of wood and
field her mother had loved so much in
her life; she heard the distant music of
the band begin to send its wailing re-
QUEEN from the church steps, where the
procession was just entering; she heard
the slow toll of the bell that always
rung a knell in Alton on Decoration
Day; she knelt by the head-stone of her
mothers resting place, and leaning her
head againstitsobbed bitterly, and spoke
aloud in her reawakened sorrow, know
ing there was no ear to hear: ''Oh
Hugh! my Hugh! if could but know
where you are lying! If could only
see your grave, it would be help! But
you have gone out into darkness, and
the place of your sepulcher no man
knoweth unto this day. Why, why, can
not go, too?"
Marion" said q voice. She lifted
her quivering lids. Hugh stood before
her. With low cry shesfell across her
mothers grave and lay at his feet.
She knew no more till she came back
10 lie on ner own SOfa, with Hugh
kneeling beside her and the village doc.
tor dropping some pungent fluid slowly
into her lips She looked at her dead.
alive lover with anxious, asking eyes.
II am not Hugh; am Sandy" he
said, sadly but distinctly. Yet he was
Hugh to her eyes and heart; every line
answered to line in the strong, fine face,
except that it was older, darker, more
worn, as it we'll might be after the stress
of war; the smile was sadder and sweetel
than ever Hugh's had been, but it was
Hugh's voice in tone and accent
There was q long story to tell when
Marion could listen; but through it all
she felt . strange and CHASTITY sense
that she was listening to a tale from
another world. was following : sound in
the dark.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-29

VERTICAL CROSS SEC anti-f c i o n
TON. rollers, operat-
ing on an iron track, fully protected by
cover. In the space allotted for horses
there are = stalls, 50 feet wide, in
Guiding partitions; and on the foe
above are located granaries for shelled
corn, oats, bran, etc. The cow stalls
are feet in length, and there is room
enough for Is head abreast on each
side. with manure drops as indicated by
dotted lines. Manger spaces in front of
cows stanchions are 5 feet in width.
Hay chutes are made near each
side of the loft for easy access to
managers To elevate grain attach a
pulley to purline plates. through
which pass rope and down to another
pulley at base of the door, and attach
q horse to the end. To the other end
loop hook two or more sacks of grain
and proceed to unload as with hay.
Grain once in the bins is conveniently
lowered to feeder through cbuts
with slide retainer at base Use 2
inch plank, 16 feet long, for alley floor,
with common lumber or best-sheating
for Manager, hay floor and granary par
titiun.
Additional strength is given the stills
by 6xs in. x4 feet caps, resting upon the
posts. The barn requires 80, 1867 feet of
material, and AZ thousand shingles.
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are so alike, even mother was at times
puzzled to tell US apart. Old DR.. Sever
ance used to say that we we're, after all,
only one boy, without physique enough
for the two bodies we 'materialized' in
to. l always felt ashamed, in a dull
sort of way, to be so robust when Sandy
could not keep up with me; but he is far
the sweeter-natured of the two. You
would have loved him the better, Mar
ION"
"Never!" was the swift indignant
answer.
So Hugh Heriot enlisted with .
Northern regiment, parted with his
sweetheart bravely, and left her to wait
rs hundreds like her were left in those
dreadful days.
Did we know then, shall we ever
know-we who came out scathless
what those women suffered, who. tied
hand and foot, maddened by the poor
rccurrent routine of daily life, filed
with vague imaginative terrors. had yet
to 1.-Two and do their petty duties under
the edge Of sword worse than the
tabled blade Of Damocles?