davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
No Danger In North Carolina.

WASHINGTON, September Ex-senator
Ramson fears that the interview with
him yesterday, being expressed very
briefly and omitting entirely some things
that he said, may be misconstrued and
prove misleading, 30 he adds to it to-
night, and says there is no danger what
ever from a third party movement in
North Carolina; that the large majority
Of Farmers Alliancemen and the strong
est and most influential of their leaders
are patriots and Democrats. He thinks q
few of the demagogues among the Alli-
anoe are trying to Keep up this agitation
in order to advance their personal for
tunes, but beyond this the movement
amounts to nothing. He is confident that
the farmers throughout the State can be
depended on to vote the Democratic tick
ct with absolute confidence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07

|. - When the importer sells to the
merchant he adds the tariff, and when
The retail merchant sells to you be adds
tho tariff. There is no disputing this
position, and unless the present iniqui.
tous tariff is wiped out and taxation
otherwise equalled between the different
sections of country we may as we'll cease
trying to get larger circulation per cap.
ita in the South. live had s., 900 per
capita We could not keep it, as our pension
grabbing and tariff robbing friends in the
North and East would soon get every
cent of it through these refined methods
Of stesling.-Han.pton Guardian.
A lot has been purchased In Ashe-
vile, N. O., for 5000 on which q Colored
Young Mems Christian Association build.
ing, to cost s25,OO0, is to be erected.
The money to purchase the lot was Sc
cured in the North. Mr.. George Van
derbilt, who is building palace near
Asheville, will furnish the brick to be
used 10 constructing the building, and
his mother will furnish the money to
complete the wofk.
A Raleigh, N. c., special says that
q wealthy northern man, who last year
visited Rocky Mount, and was shown
many courteeies by o. w. Harris, we'll
known citizen, fell dead on Monday. His
will has been opened, and 1t is found
that he bequeathed Harris 100000 fol
eourtesies shown, the sum to be paid in
United States currency. Harris left to
get the money.
"A French lady who died recently
at the Convent of the Sisters of Hope,
at Pau, at the age of ninety. one, has be-
queathed $4,000 to the Academy Of Sci
ence, to be given to any person of what
soever nationality, who may, within ten
years, have found the means of commu'
nicating from another world, planet, OF
tar, and of receiving reply from it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
Fishes in Winter.

We have heard of toads which have
been imprisoned in solid rock for cen
turies and which were found alive when
their abiding place was cleft open
This reminds me of things I have observ'
ed about certain fishes in Winter and !
think will be interesting to the young
folks. A large number of fishes, some
of them living in deep ponds, brooks, or
out in the silent nooks of the sea, will re-
main for four, five, or even six months
in the same position without eating or 30
much as moving 6n or..tail.
In the Government Fish. Hatchery un-
der the management of Mr.. Wilmont.
I had much opportunity to study certain
fishes in Winter, for they could be clear
y'seeu through tie glass aides Of the
tanks. In one tank, bout third of the
way up from the bottom, were half . doz'
On German carp, all facing the direction
from which the water flowed. I noticed
their positions about Christmas and saw
them again twice in January and two or
three times in March, and in all that
time not one of them'hs changed their
positions or moved fin or tail. Mr..
Willmont told me this was quite usual
among the fishes. He permitted me to
raise the cover of the tank and poke .
couple of them with my stick ; and each
one made q slow, lazy movement, and re-.
lapsed into stiffness. Just above the
carp, in the same tank, was an eel about
three feet long. When first saw 1t in
December it was curved like perfect g.,
and all through the Winter 1t preserved
that shape without, as far as Mr. Will
mott knew. once moving Put a frog
into tank at the beginning OF Winter,
then place a small piece Of wood in the
tank the frog will get upon the wood,
with hi. eyes looking .traight up, and
never no much az move until the weather
begius to get warm in the Spring; he
will then begin to jump about and look
for something to eat.
But the strangest case of hih rnation
that know has been related to me by
DR.. Ferguson, tue Pathol"gist of New
York Hospital. In one Of the small
tanks belong ing to the hospital museum
a carp Of 8 particular description had
been placed. One very cold night the
water where the fish was kept vas frozen
through and the fish imbedded in it.
The care-tsker took the ice from the
vessel and placed 1t on top of an ash
barrel where rubbish was put away, till
one day the hot Spring sun melted the
ice down to the place where the 6.h was
frozeu. Some attachee of the hospital
then was surprised to notice fish wig
Cling in piece of ice. The carp. had
survived his imprisonment, passed the
period of hibernation, and resumed his
old activity.-Harper's Young People.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
w. r. DAvIR.

"There ars one hundred thousand
pickpockets in Lrndun and each one of
them knows au American the moment
he sees them" said Barrett Sraton, q Po-
lice sergeant attached to the famous
Scotland Yard Detective headquarters,
when ut the Palmer Hous- Yesterday.
"The rendezvous of the lhief-trainers and
their pupils are The dark thoroughfares
of st. Giles and Whi,-chaprl and along
the whar.es Of the Thames They are
there by the thou,ands. women and girls,
"a we'll ~ men and boy. They are we'll
organized, have societie. and 3 contin-
gent fund. When one ofth cir number
gets into our hands this sum is drawn
upon to help the culprlt out. Some of
the best legal talent 10 London is some.
times called upon to defend one of the
gang. 1t Is a shame that such q condition
Of affairs exists. but We cannot help IT,
Chicago Tribune.
DIR. L. B. Clifton, the scientist
told his friends something yesterday that
astonished them. By means of q micro
scope of high magnifying power he has
uctoCt0o . PoCuiio1 Poiooi'o shes sn'Seee
paper money. 1t is found nowhere else,
and, though it is invisible to the unas-
sisted eye, the small creature :s::nltiplies
at surprising rate and Is very numer-
GUS DR.. Clifton counted 5000 Of them
on an old five dollar bill. He said the
money parasite ia an acarus, and closely
related to the spider family. Its appear.
ance is by no means handsome. In
shape it is oblong and aAt, aud has four
clumsy legs and sharp bill. It is never
known to leave the paper on which 1t
lives and never becomes parasite on the
human body.-Macon Telegraph.
The Alliance farmers of Kansas
have not taken the advice that was given
to repudiate their mortgage Indebtedness
but are paying it up - fast as they can
get the money for their crops. The sta.
tistics recently collected on the snbject
are encouraging 10 all holders of farm
mortgages, and pleasing to everybody
who believes in the honesty and honor
of the farmers of the country. 1t Is q
sound policy that the Kansas farmers
are pursuing in this respect, and it will
rebound to their advantage at once and
hereafter.
- As a measure to suppress the oleo-
margarine trade, the internal revenue
tax imposed on the product in 1887 has
been marked failure. Receipts from
this source were 40 per cent larger in the.
last fiscal year than in 1890, showing
great expansion of production. 1t Is the
opinion of the Government officers that
the product is steadily winning It's way
into public favor, not in the disguise of
butter, but for just what it is.
An Americas, Ga, negro has
been supplying dressed rats to the people
of the city as squirrels. Indignation does
not express the feelings of the negro's
customers after learning what meat they
have eaten.
- The Free MethodiSts of Elon couu-
ty, Kansas, have adopted resolutions de:
claring the teachings of the Farmers
Alliance contrary to the welfare Of
Christianity and calculated to destroy
good government in this country.
- The people who need your prayers
most are those you don't like.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
Things Worth Remembering.

1t is we'll to remember
That every promise'is debt.
That the average man about town is
huge bore.
That it's no disgrace to be poor, but
mighty inconvenient.
That children hear more than grown
folks give them credit for.
That the man who smokes cigarettes
is not necessarily brainless.
That the poetry of 3 girls feet usually
do not mate with the prosaic hoof of her
father.
That the girl of the period knows
more than her grsndmother-for her
grsndmother-is dead.-Music and
Drama.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07

- Russell Barnes, West Virginia man
now 40 years old, is freak in the way Of
slow intellectual development. Until
lately he has been regarded from infancy
as an imbecile, but his development has
gone on slowly, and now he exhibits the
aptitude of schoolboy and betrays love
for study. Prof. Morris, who is much
interested in the case, says that Barnes in
reality possesses fine mind. The theory
is advanced that the length of his life will
correspond to that of his childhood, and
that he may see as many years as Mo-
thusaleh.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-20
He Was q Lucky Reporter.

Reporters sometimes report speeches
they do not hear. and bad work they make
of it. An enthusiastic Irishman was once
hoaxed by a wag into reporting speech in
parliament by Edmund Burke on the mer.
it's of the potato as an article of diet. The
wag repeated the speech apparently from
his notes, and the reporter, never doubling
his good faith, handed in a report. The
next morning all London was laughing
over the speech, which made Mr. Burke at
tribute the superior virtue of the Irish peo.
pie TO the fact that they eat so many pota-
toes,
Another reporter Jared better who made
up speech from his own imagination. 1t
was bold act. Tor the speech was from
The throne, George III being the monarch.
The ministers were indignant at his i'm
pudence, and were eager to punish him
with the severcs5 penalties of the law.
But the good natured monarch interposed
with quiet joke at the expense of the
minister who had prepared the speech read
by the king. Il hope the mans punish
mept will be Of the mildcst Sort" said
King George, because | have read both,
and so far as / can understand either OF
them, like the reporters speech better
than my own. New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-20
Spearing Eels.

Parties travel along our shore setting
traps for cells at the mouths OF brooks,
above salt water. These consist of roomy
box of Stats with an inconspicuous en-
trance. The squirmers go in and stay IN
till they are taken out. Other parties set
pots near the head of the tide. These are
small editions of lobster traps in some re-
spects. In the end is tunnel shaped en-
trance very easy to get into This entrance
is rendered still more effective sometimes
by a continuation in the shape of stock
ing leg, and have seen sharp brads driven
in so as to impale the victim should he poke
his head out the door. These traps are
sunk to the bottom with line and buoy
attached. Horseshoe crabs are considered
the best bait for cells. In the fall they
pass I'D into rivers and ponds, sometimes
in great numbers, and always in the dark
est nights. then the boys are on deck with
gaffs.
Their winter home is in the slimiest
mud. Some bed in salt mud, Others in the
rivers. At Goose river is a spot where cells
are always found just as soon as ice FORMS
Strangely enough it is said to be ledge
By quick work bushel is sometimes
sDeared out in few minutes. Spearing is
20 me the most satisfactory method of fish
ing for them. An eel spear is built like
Neptune's trident, with a wooden handle
twelve to twenty feet long With it the
fisherman repairs to the river, if in tide
water, at low water In the fall a boat is
used. In the winter the ice is cut in a
semicircle, then with one clip the project
ing tongue is cut off and pushed under
Now the podging begins. The spear is
jabbed in the mud gently; if it meets re-
sistance when pulled out the fisherman
yanks it out like lightning and shakes the
wiggler off on the ice. Sometimes three
or four come out at once
Very often in this vicinity, near the
wharf and ship yard, an iron bolt, tree
nail, hoop skirt, stove funnel, bag of kit
tens, piece of rigging, gold watch or some
other trihe is hauled out, and by Christmas
time the ice is covered with trash. Eels
move about some in the mud. for some
times they are caught where none was to
he found the day before.-G. W. Singer in
Lewiston Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-20
Many Kinds of Bananas.

There are as many kinds of bananas as
there are kinds of apples-medium sized
ones, such as we see in the north; big ones
foot long; thick ones, almost like small
muskmelons, and little ones only three or
four inches in length. When you visit a
fruit stand fear you are likely to select
the biggest and handsomest bananas you
see, and there is just where You make a
mistake. The smallest bananas are in
nearly ell cases the sweetest and juciest,
the tiny zig" banana being the best of all.
The rind should be thin, and there should
be no ridges or corners on it. The larger
the ridges the coarser the fruit.
The plantain, which is the very coarsest
kind of banana, has enormous ridges. This
species is not fit to eat without being
cooked, but when boiled or baked or fried
it is delicious. Any coarse banana-that
is. one having a thick rind with large
ridges-is good for cooking. All bananas
contain starch while green, which upon
ripening is changed by natures wonderful
chemistry into sugar.-C De Kalb in Har-
per's Young People.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-20
He Cheated at Whist.

Lord Henry de Ros was once said to be
one of the best whist players in England.
Subsequently, however, it was discovered
that he was in the habit of aiding his skill
by marking with his nail the high honors
of the pack, SO that he might observe to
whom they were dealt. During the scan.
dial that followed this discovery fop who
had Eever been admitted TO his acquaint.
ance drawled out, II would leave my card
at his house but fear he would mark it."
That would depend" remarked a gentle
man present, ION whether he considered it
a high honor" De Ros did not long sur.
vive the d.sgraceful exposure, and Theo-
dore Hook Is said TO have embalmed his
memory in the following punning epitaph:
Here lies tie premier baron cf England,
patiently awaiting his last trump."-San
Francisco Ar2onGut.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-20
= New RIeachiDg Agent.

DR.. Ludwig Schieiner, of Stuttgart, has
brought forward a new bleaching agent
which he calls ozonin. 1t is prepared by
dissolving - parts of hydrate of potash in
1861 parts Of water, to which 125 parts of
resin are added after boiling the solution.
To this mixture are added first $50 parts
I'll of turpentine, and then 1261S parts per-
oxide Of hydrogen. Tho product thus OBJ.
tanned is ozonin, a bleaching agent more
powerful than either turpentine or perox.
ide of hydrogen alone. DR.. Schreiner
says that solution of one part of ozonin
in 1000 parts OF water will form q power
full textile bleach, and that the solution
also has disinfecting and antiseptic proper
ties OF valGe.-Boston Transcript.
, 1891-11-18
DevIne Acquitted.

MEMPHIS, Tenu.. Nov. 17.-Calhoun
Devine, the gambler who stabbed and
killed Jake Waldran, a negro hackmau,
on the goth of July last, was acquitted by
a jury today. The homicide took place
on the corner of Main and Monroe
streets, in the heart of the city. about
1880 o'clock in the evening. Half a
dozen persons saw the deed. They said
at the time that Waldran had glyen no
offenso to Devine, except to demonstrate
with him for abusing a boy. Some Of
the same witnesses when examined IN
court testified that Waldran was advanc-
ing or Devioe in a threatening manner.
when Dcvine used bis knife. The jury
deliberated three hours before returning .
verdict. Devine's father is a prominent
physician Of Atlanta, Ga, and he has
other wealthy and influential relatives.
he has been the black sheep of the family
for years, and on the day he killed Wal
dram had been convicted of vagrancy and
ordered to leave town in twenty-four
hOurs
, 1891-11-18

NEW YORK. Nov. ia distinguishes
assemblage gathered tonight at the on,
hundred and twenty third annual dinner
of the chamber of of the state
of New York. Among the many promi-
nent guests were Senator -Hiscock,
Chauncey Depew, Gems. Schofeld and
Howard, Secretary Foster, director Of
the mint Leech, Hon. Carl Schurz, Rev.
DR.. Briggs. the earl of Aberdeen. Less
than one year ago Secretary Window was
struck down in the same banquetting hall
and before the feast was done he was
dead.
Many times the tragedy was referred to
tonight, President Harrison, Secretary
Blaine, Secretary Tracy, Secretary
Proctor. Postmaster General Wsnamaker
and ex-Presidents Hayes and Cleveland
were among the many who sent their
regrets. Secretary Foster made the
speech of the evening. his subject being.
To Maintain Parity Between Gold and
Silver is the Fixed Policy of this Govern
ment." In the course OF his remarks he
referred to the gloomy predictions made
fifteen years aeo BY the people of the East
over the proposed large coinage of silver
dollars.
So now. said he, men whose intelli-
gence and patriotism cannot be.questioned
and whose purposes are the most exalted,
are moved to indulge in gloomy forebod-
ings over the present outlook and propose
to repeal the act of July IA, 1890, hoping
thereby to preserve a parity. He did not
propose to indulge in any rrophesy. The
secretary told Of an elaborate speech he
prepared IN 1878 upon silver.
, 1891-11-18
The Army of the Insurgents
Daily Increasing.
Da. Fonseca's Desperate Eff
forts to Win the Fight.
ChiIeans Want Minister Egan
Called Back Home.
A Messenger Sent to This
Country for That Purpose.
More Grave.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Exchange
Telegraph company gives publicity to
sensational news from Rio de Janeiro.
No information was given as to how the
news was allowed to be cabled and as it is
known the government has taken COM
plete control OF the cables, today's dis
patches are not accepted here as likely to
be accurate. The Exchange company's
advices report the complete prostration of
the postal service. II ID supposed this
refers to the general postal service OF the
republic, though it may mean that of the
capital. At the same time the govern
ment has put a stop to the Transmission
of all press dispatches by telegraph lines
to the various cities of the country.
This step is interpreted as meaning
that opposition to the dictator's rule Is
growing in the provincial centres. In
Rio Janeiro. it is declared that q practi-
cal state of siege exists. The city is in
the HANDS and at the mercy of the die
tator's soldiers. The most stringent
measures have been adopted t. prevent
disorder or organized opposition TO the
present regime. II the report proves to
be founded on fact it would seem clear
that a very large element in the capital is
opposed to the dictatorship and is only
prevented by the strong hand Of the
military from asserting itself. As all
papers which refused to support the die
tator has been suppressed, the opposition
has no public mouthpiece.
News received at Rio de Jaueiro, ac-
cording to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany's advices from the state of Rio
Grande do Sui. is of an important char
acter. The dispatches report that the
forces OF a party of secessionists are ready
in the field and marching to meet the
army of the central government. The
armies are not far separated and a decis
i've battle may be expected within a
short period. Previous advices declared
the army Of seceders to be 30, 900 in nun
bers. How numerous the dictators
forces are is not known the Exchange
company's advices also give sensational
news from Para
1t is asserted that the principal naval
and military officers stationed in the state
of Para, after a discussion. decided in
favor of the declaration of independence
from the Brazilian union ny that state.
This movement IN Para in favor of the
secession party is considered so formula
BILE at the capital, according to the ex-
change company's dispatch, that it IL
believed the government OF the dictator
will be unable to cope with 1t. With two
of the most important states OF the union
one at the extreme south and the other
on the Amazon-in a state of secession.
and with the threatening dissatisfaction
IN other states, and with even her capital
in a state of siege. the outlook for Fon'
SEGA is not particularly al%luring.
, 1891-11-18

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Episco-
pal congress convened here today. Ser
vices were held at Epiphany church.
which was crowded. Communion was
held and the Ri. Rev. Phillips Brooks,
bishop of Massachusetts,. delivered the
communion address.
At the conclusion of the religious exer-
cises. ex-senator Edmunds, as the presid-
ing officer, delivered the address, in which
it was stated that maay important topics
were to be discussed during the evening
and h hope was expressed that the
cause OF religion will be advanced thereby.
Memorial services were held. the secrc-
tary. Rev. Mr.. Wilder. delivering au
address III memory of those who havs
died since the last meeting.
In the evening, "Theism and Evolu'
ton" was discussed and several paper.
read.
, 1891-11-18
VIII Prosecute the Papers.

VIENNA, Nov. I7.-In the lower house
Of the reichstag today, several questions
were asked by the members regarding the
panic which prevailed on Bourse Saturday
last, and as to the government proposed
to follow in connection with the stories
circulated regarding the emperor's alleged
ntterances on the political outlook in
Europe, which, as reported by the Tdge-
bldtt on Saturday led to the panic. Count
Won Taafe, the prime minister replied
that the matter had been placed in the
hands of the public prosecutor and hat
that official was taking preliminary steps
to prosecute the authors of the alarming
reports which had such effect on Bourse.
, 1891-11-18

New YORK. Nov. 1.-THE news con.
tanned in the above dispatch finds some,
thing of confirmation in a business dis,
patch received Yesterday in New York,
by VIM. f. Peck, an export merchant.
The last mail from Rio de Janelro brought
a large order for goods from one OF his
largest customers In Rio.
In view of the alarming news since the
sailed, Mr.. Peck thought it advis-
able to cable before filling the order. The
.cable company refused to accept the cipher
dispatch, saying they could no guarantee
its delivery. He was compelled to cable
lin English aud yesterday received an an
,swer. also in English, saying simply,
cancel all orders" This shows clearly
the Brazilians are not allowing the use Of
the CIPHER and Mr.. Peck declares, in
view OF the circumstances. nothing could
be moro significant than the terse reply
nf his customer.