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Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25
relepathy Like Electrlcitx.

1t was at first seemingly slight thing
that straw or other light body is at
tracted to and will for time adhere to
amber or sealing wax or glass which has
undergone brisk friction; yet this was
one Of the first stepping stones toward
the discovery Of the mysterious agent
which we term electricity, an agent
operating through all matter, animate
and inanimate, reaching from the earth
to the sun, and probably to the utmost
bounds of the seemingly infinite ether,
and yet not intractable, but lending
itself in most va&ious ways to the service
of man.
So with each new telepathic fact, how
ever seemingly trivial, higher stand
point is attained, the horizon widens
and there is good reason to believe that
the same laws are at work in regions
widely dissimilar. One may even sus-
pect that, like electricity in the material
universe, 30 this mysterious agent in the
region Of the human mind, whether per-
ceptible or not, is still Of universal
operation, manifesting itself sometimes
naturally, sometimes under artifcially
produced conditions. Blaclwood's Mag.
1 azina.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25
What He Feared.

"While I was in England" says one
woman, 81 was told of an American who
on his first trip on an English railway
quite held his breath at the rapid run
ming. When his nervousness rather
overcame him he approached the guard
81 say, guard he ventured, this is
pretty fast travelling for safety, isn't itY
"'Oh, no, SIR replied the guard; we
never run off the line here, SIR
But said the Yankee quickly, re-
senting the patronage, it ie not the line.
I'm afraid of running off your confound-
ed'little island. .'"-New York Times
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25
Amusing superstitions.

If you count warts you will increase
their number, or to handle toad will
cause warts. If two persons wash in
the same water or dry their hands on
the same towel they will shortly quar-
rel. To bore hole in the door frame
and put in it the hair of a colored per-
son is supposed to cure whooping cough.
The rattle of rattlesnake if carried in
the pocket will prevent rheumatism, or
if placed in the bureau drawer will keep
away moths. Philadelphia Ledger
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25

and the woman had been sent up-or
dewn. Would the parallel be complete
Not so. The man would have said, with
many blanks and dashes, that it served
her just right and he was glad OF it.
Did anyone ever hear of a man periur-
ing himself in defense of a person who
had injured him? l trow not. And far
from considering the feminine habit of
doing that very thing laudable, l should
like to eradicate utterly either the vice
itself or the mindless females who prac-
tice it,
x*x
1t seems to me that the time is ripe
for the formation of society for the
diffusion OF sense of equity among
women.
Several shining exceptions to the gem
eral rule that women lack this quality
have confirmed my belief that it is not
because of inherent incapacity but
through the influence of "heredity and
environment" that the sex has been,
and is, conspicuous for its absence.
Here is work for the Women's Press
and other similar associations, and an
object worthy of their loftiest adiectives
and energies. But if by any chance
they should incline to think or say that
they are engaged in diffusing a sense of
equity among women, shall contradict
them fiat, and shall furthermore assert
that they themselves have not imbibed
its first principles. METH BoYCE.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25
SEEDS!
SEEDS!
SEEDS! /!

We offer to the public for coming
planting season our stock of
Northern grown and imported Gar
den, Field, Tree and Flower Seeds,
of which we have the largest and best
assortment on the coast.
Dutch and Japanese Flowering Bulbs.
Utah Alfalfa, Grain and Grass Seeds
at lowest market price.
Complete Assortment of Implements
for the Garden.
Florist Supplies and Fancy Baskets
of our own importation from Switzer-
land and Germany.
Imported Memorial Designs in metal
and porcelain; Immortelle artificial
flowers. These are of late introduc-
ton and are proving very popular.
Our NURSERY carries large stock Of Orna-
mental Plants. Shrubs and Trees Cut flowers
and Floral Designs furnished on short notlce
and at reasonable prices.
Catalogues mailed to any part OF tne country
on application.
GERMAN FRUIT co.
SEED HOUSE Baker Block.
GREENHOUSES AND NURSERY,
Corner Fourth and Los Angeles SITS.
1923 d&w3m
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25


Take another case, illustrative OF dill.
ferent aspect of the same thing-that OF
the Crowley woman of San Francisco,
whose husband has just been held 70
answer for splitting herscalp with a peer
glass.
tions of the manner in which that beer
glass "carromed up" from the table
where be had dropped it and astonisneu u u
him by hitting bis other half in the iace =: {,
availed him nothing and ne Went aa.ae 70 a. J~n. :
tom Of women in such cases, the victim
Of the carroming propensities Of the beer
glass wept and pleaded for him. even
TTisking the entirely unwarranted asser- e
ton that God would love the Judge Il ne
let Mr.. Crowley off just this time.
There ii nothing new about this story.
But lust suppose the thing had been re.
vereed that the masculine forehead and
coniueaI affections had been iacerated,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25


Mr.. Thall is now acting as the treas
urer OF the A Parlor Match company.
Charles H. Day has been engaged by
Lederer to manage next seasons tour
of Incog.
Sam Mott, the we'll known manager
and agent from San Francisco, arrived
in town last Sunday, his first visit in
five years.
Edna Wallace, the pretty little Cali
fornia actress, now with Roland Reeds
company, has been engaged for Charles
Frohman's forces next season.
The Sunday Mercury, in chapter on
old actors, prints the names of Mrs. Sef-
ton and Charles Thorne in the past
tense. This is an error. Mrs. Seton is
still living in this city, hale and hearty
at the age of 78, while "Old Charley"
Thorne is as gay as lark at the age OF
80, living in San Francisco.
The season of Mr.. r. Mansfield at the
Garden theater is closed, and Richard
has went, as we purists say. Mr.. French
and Mr.. Morrissey have heaved long
sigh OF what looks like relief, for there
will be no more trying Of plays on this
stage at present with the exclusive ap-
parent purpose Of showing che Mans
field legs.
"Biffn Hall writes from Chicago to
| the News that Mime. Bernhardt is doing
large business at McVicker's, although
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25

Two days after, as / came down to
breakfast, the hotel clerk told me an
Indian had fallen off the bridge during
the night. had broken his head on the
rocks at the base OF the. pier, and that
the body was being carried over to the
Indian village to be burned. Beng
familiar with that locality started over
alone, and had no trouble in finding the
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25

Henry James's play, The American,
has proved fiat failure at the Opera
Comique in London. Mr.. James should
not have selected subject about which
he knows so little. Mr.. Howells will no
doubt write a statement showing that
the failure was due to the density of a
public which persists in reading Dick
ems, Scott and Thackery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
Hung an Innocent Man.
Startling Sensation Developed for
SpRrtanburg.


SpRrtanburg.
The hanging of Sam White, a white
man, in Spartanburg about twenty
years ago for the murder of Pete Haw-
kins, a colored man, will always be re.
membered as remarkable execution.
It happened just at q time when the
white and colored races were decidedly
at dagger's point but that fact had no
influence or bearing on the case. The
idea of white man being hung for
the killing Of a negro was rather re-
pulsive to q great many people who
had suffered under negro domination
and misrule, but the law took its
course and the man was executed in
the county Jail.
He suffered the penalty of the crime
with the commission of which he had
nothing to do and which was laid on
his head by the man who did the kill
ing.
Dick Bride, another white man who
was present at the murder. died re-
Gently in Mcdowell county, North
Carolina. While on his death bed he
made q full confession of the crime in
permitting Sam White to be hung for
the murder of Peter Hawkins. Bride
went on to say that he killed, but put
the blame on White, that the evidence
taken was altogether against White
and that he had permitted him 10 be
hanged for the murder, although he
had nothing to do with it. The con-
fession is now made public for the first
time and has caused considerable ex-
element.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
A Few Funny Errors.
Some OF the Humorous Slips Made by
Busy Newspaperdom.

The mistake in newspaper offices
arising from the faulty chirography of
occasional and regular contributors
have led to the publication of few
specimens.
The Oswego Palladium refers TO one
instance, that of a Syracuse clergyman
who gave the manuscript Of sermon
of his to a reporter of the Standard,
for the purpose of making an abstract
of the discourse for publication. The
manuscript said Of John Wesley that
"though only q presbyter, he himself
ordained Thomas Cook to the office of
the episcopacy." The preachers pen
manship was so bad, however, that
the reporter made out this statement
to mean and read Though only Pres
byterian he himself ordained his cook
10 the Office of the episcopacy."
The Brooklyn Eagle follows this up
by relating how some manuscript of
DR.. Talmage came to its office at one
time in which occurred the words {:
"My text finds our Lord" When the
words appeared in print they were
neatly transformed to read: my tall
friend, our Lord.n
IlOldCC NICcly uldiiusClipU was u
puzzle to most of the people, and there
fore it ia not to be wondered at that
when he wrote: q lis true, tits pity,
pity, tits, its true" the type made
him say: "'Tis two, tits fifty; yes,
tits fifty-two."
On a Rochester dailys few years
ago, q reporter wound up sketch of a
little boy who had died from the ef-
fects of an explosion of firecrackers,
which he carried in his pockets, in
these words: "His afflicted and be-
reaved parents will have sympathy"
etc. The announcement as it appear
ed in print was an offer of sympathy
to "His afflicted and burned pants"
A New York compositor, accustom-
ed to setting up the marine news Of
his paper, and who therefore found it
convenient to set up and save names
of cities and towns along the Atlantic
coast, made himself famous by an
amusing error. His copy described
how a gentleman had met death by
the 'hand of Divine Providence" TO
save time he reached up among his
list for the word Providence, Of Rhode
Island fame, but in his haste took the
wrong word. When the paper came
out the acquaintances of the deceased
learned for the first time that their for
mer friend had been removed by the
"hand of divine Nantucket."-Ro-
chester Post-Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
Ten Questions.

The family at q Pennsylvania farm
house were kept from church and Sab
bath:school one stormy Sabbath and
the boys and girls were anticipating
u long tiresome day, when Uncle Ned
came to the rescue with the list oi
questions below. Bibles were brought
out, and the search for answers kept
them all busy and interested large
part of the day. Perhaps some of our
young people would like to look fol
them too:
/. Where does the Bible speak OF
bows and girls playing in the streets
:. Who cut a book into pieces with
a penknife and threw the leaves into
the fire?
3. What young man went to sleep
and fell out Of window while at
preaching service?
4. What news did the first carrier
pigeon bring?
s. While cutting wood near a river a
man lost his axe-head in the water
How did he recover it?
6. What man escaped from q walled
city while his enemies were watching
for him at the gates, by being let down
from the wall in q basket?
7, On what occasion was large
army put to fight by three hundred
men using only lamps, pitchers ano
trumpets
8. Who hid some earrings under ar
oak?
9. Who hid two spies among some
stalks of flax upon the roof of he'
house?
10. What little girl was the means
of curing a man of leprosy and turn
ing him from idolatry to the worship
of the true God?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
While We May,

The hands are such dear hands;
They are so full they turn at our demands
So often they reach out,
With trifles scarcely thought about.
SO many times they do
So many things for me. for you
II their fond Wills mistake,
We may we'll bend. not break.
They are such fond, frail lips,
That speak TO us. Pray II love strips
Them OF discretion many times,
Or If they speak too slow or quick. sucl
crimes
We may pass by. for we may see
Days not far off when those small words ma!
Held not as slow, or quick, or out of place
Because the lips are no more here.
They are such dear familiar feet that 60
Along the patti with ours-feet fast or SLOW,
And trying 10 keep pace--if they mistake
Or tread upon some flower that we woult
take
Upon our breast, or bruse some reed,
Or crush poor Hope until 1t bleed,
We may DO mute.
Nor turning quickly to impute
Grave fault; Tor they and VIC
Have such little why to go-can be
Together such little while along the way,
We will be patient while we may.
SO many little faults we find
We see them ! for not blind
Is Love. We see them, but II You and
Perhaps remember them some by and by,
They will not be
Faults then-grave faults--to you and me,
But just odd ways-Inistaken, or even less.
Remembrances to bless,
Days change so many things-yes, hours,
We see SO differently In suns and showers.
Mistake en- words tonight
May be so cherished by to-morrow's light,
We may be patient for we know
There's such little way 10 60.
Independent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
Mr.. CObtlen ON DuelIing.

When Mr.. Golden was inyited to
settle dispute with Sir Thomas Hast
ings by duel, he replied in these
terms II understand you to propose
that we should, with pistols In hand
endeavor to blow out each others
brains. Now, I am satisfied. without
such an experiment, that half an
ounce of lead, propelled by a quarter
of an ounce of powder, is quite sutfici-
ent to shatter the human skull and to
eXtinguish all powers of reason. But
how such a process could satisfy me
that I had acted unjustly towards
you, or convince you of the contrary,
is quite beyond my comprehension" "
The logic of Golden is perfectly
conclusive, and Is no less applicable to
the wars Of nations than to the strifes
of individuals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06

In an old-fashioned, disused CHM
ney, in little grocery in Brooklyn, a
family of mice made their appearance
the other day. Their nest was on a
ledge midway up the flue. 1t was
composed of shavings and bits OF
straw.
Nobody in the store was aware OF
the presence of the mice until one day
little pink fellow, evidently only q
few hours old, tumbled over the edge
of the nest and fell to the floor. Evi-
DENLY he didn't mean TO.
1t was not much larger than a pea.
nut, but was unhult by the fall. In a
few moments the people in the store
were treated to the spectacle OF thrill
ing rescue.
Scarcely had the wee stranger reach
ed the floor than its mother appeared.
She seized her offspring by the back OF
its neck with her teeth and tried to
climb up the jagged sides of the Chin
ney with 1t.
But she had hardly proceeded o
ward before the weight told upon her
Strength and the baby fell from bel
grasp 10 the floor. Three times she re-
peated the attempt and three times
she failed. At last she ran away, and
the spectators believed she had aban-
doned the lucklesss youngster to his
fate. But this was not the case, for
in q few moments she returned with
another mouse, evidently the father OF
the family. He clutched the little
thing by the neck, while the mother
| -, ID f,.t tn ;ts foil then SLOWLY bllt
surely they struggled upward toward
the nest. 1t was difficult task, but
after five minutes labor it was sue
cessfully performed and the animals
disappeared from view.
A heartless onlooker suggested that
it would file a good idea to exterminate
the family, but sympathetic people
were in the majority, and the unfeel-
ing proposition was was promptly vot'
ed down.-New York Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
The Cross Mother.

At TO time in her busy days is an
intelliee ent mother 80 apt to fold the
arms and close the eyes Of maternal
Justice as when she is cross simply
and undoubtedly cross. This cross
ness is chiefly caused by fatigue-wea'
riness of mind and body, and some.
times soul. With tired nerves and
weary bo iy, she cannot endure the
common demands made upon her
and ill-temper follows. She sows bit
ter feelings, and repels loving atten.
tions with her irritable, hasty words
Broadly speaking, no mother has any
right to get 80 tired. She cannot al
ford 1t. 1t takes too much out OF bel
life, and too much out of her chill
dren's life. Such a condition car
more frequently be prevented than Il
generally believed. The careless
shallow woman says: II was over,
worked. It made me cross )" and
she considers that admission the suf
ficient reason and excuse for any
amount of similar indulgence. The
religious or sympathetic woman Wor
ries over it, prays over it, sheds bitter
tears-and then the trouble repeats
itself. The remedy lies near at hand
Let a mother find out what makes bel
cross, and then let her avoid the
cause, if possible. If social pleasures
weary her, let them be decidedly les
sened. If there is too much sewing
too much cooking, or too many house
hold cares, lessen them. If economi'
cal efforts cause the severe strain
stop economizing at suoh cost. That
Is the worst of wastes. Let the frst
economy be of that precious commod.
ity, q mothers strength. Even the
extent of ones religious and philan'
thropic woak should be carefully ex'
amined, and if the trouble lies there.
calmly and wisely dismiss some or all
of it from the list of duties, for what
doth it profit a man if he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul %
1t Is surprising how easily seeming IN.
terests or needs can be spared without
injury to the home life whenever the
thoughtful woman seeks to find them
and surely one Of the worst OF house
hold influences is q mothers cross
ness.--Harper's Bazaar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
An Indian Legend.
The Tradition Concerning Sleeping
Bear Point and on the Manltou II.


The Tradition Concerning Sleeping
Bear Point and on tho Manltou r.
lands.
The folk lore of the Indians ol
Michigan is almost a thing of the
past, but few of their legends being
preserved at the present time. TO be
sure there are few Of the old natives
whose locks have been Whitened by
the recurring frosts of many winters
who preserve few OF the traditions
of their tribes. Such a one is Wien.
da-goo-ish', an aged brave, whose huge
proportions gave him the name men.
toned, which, translated into Eng
lish, means giant. Being in n com.
municative mood few days ago he
related one of his tribal traditions con.
cerning the Manitou Islands and
Sleeping Bear Point. He said that
many years ago, before the primeval
woods of Michigan and Wisconsin
had been invaded by the ruthless
white man, the wild animals of the
forests were possessed of spirits, aud
that the medicine men Of the tribes
were able to talk with them.
Once upon time a huge she-beal
was compelled to desert the shores Of
Wisconsin and with her two cubs take
to the waters of Michi-game, the great
lake, on account of fires that were rag
ing in the wilderness. The heat was
80 intense that the mother beal
concluded not to return to the Wiscon'
sin shore but struck boldly out for the
banks of Michigan. When nearly
across the lake the two cubs sank
from exhaustion and were drowned
The old bear swan about the spot
for hours, but her cubs rose not again.
Finally WEAKNESS compelled her tc
seek the shore, reaching which she
climbed a huge bluff and lay down to
sleep. That bluff was Sleeping
Bear Point, and from that day to this
the spirit of the old bear has remained
on that bluff, aud from the spot where
sank the two cubs there gradually
arose two beautiful islands, North and
South Manitou, or, as it means in the
vernacular of the Ottawas, Spirit Is
lands. The spirits of the cubs are sup
posed 10 abide on the islands, and that
of the mother bear keeps constant
and loving watch oyer the homes ol
her loved ones, where they are bound
to remain until terrestrial time shall
be no more, when they will be trans
ported to the Indian heaven, or happy
hunting grounds, not as victims of the
huntsmen, but as guardians of the In
dams who love them.
On stormy nights, the Indians say
the spirit of the mother bear moans
and cries from her post on the great
sand bluff, in anxiety for the fate o.
her young, the shores of whose home
are being assailed by the treacherous
waves which caused their death.-De
troit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
Chewing.Gum.

A correspondent inquiries whether
the use of chewing-gum Is really bene-
fetal, as some persons have asserted.
The opinion has one plausible argu.
ment in its favor. The saliva is an
important digestive fluid. On IL de-
pends the digestion Of all starchy sub.
stances-bread, mush, potatoes, and
the like. 1t is for this reason that
thorough mastication of such foods is
necessary, in order that the saliva may
be duly mixed with their particles.
For the same reason it Is better to eat
bread dry than to moisten 1t, and dry
bread is practically easier of digestion
than mush, which is often swallowed
without sufficient mastication.
Now, as the saliva Is copiously Sc
creted in gum-chewing, it might be
thought that the stomach would thus
be aided in the digestion of starchy
food but just here comes in another
physiological fact, namely: that sali-
va loses its digestive power very soon
after entering the stomach, being neu-
tralized by the action of the gastric
juice.
But can gum-chewing be regarded as
to any degree harmful?
/. The habit Is unnatural. 1t meets
no normal need, as does the chewing
of the cud by the cow and some other
animals. Whatever is abnormal is
presumptively injurious, even though
we may not be able to trace its effects.
1t took long time to find out that to-
acco-chewing caused one of the most
fatal diseases of the heart.
2. Every secretion Of the body has
its natural limitation. Artificial stim-
ulation greatly hey ond this point must
be hurtful. This is the general law.
Gum-chewing stimulates the salivary
glands vastly beyond their normal
limit. and the result must be injurious.
3. The constant swallowing of sail
va in sort OF churned state carries into
the stomach large amount Of air,
which becomes source of discomfort
and often of positive injury. 1t must
be remembered that air swallowed in
this way becomes greatly expanded by
internal heat.
4. Muscles are enlarged by use.
Witness the blacksmith's arm as COM
pared with that of the scholar. Wit
ness also the enormous muscles of the
athlete. Now the normal use of the
masseter muscles tends only to keep
them in proper working condition
their overuse in gum-chewing must
tend to their undue enlargement, and
thus to the disfiguration of the face.