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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

As tribes camped and decamped, and
mound builders moved from hill to hill
and Territory to Territory, each left wit.
nesses of its life and relics of its customs.
It is only within the past few years that
the historian has turned to these dumb
witnesses for facts and traced the history
of a tribe by the special implements it
used. From the fact that axes, arrow.
heads and pipes, made of granite belong
ing exclusively to Wisconsin, are found
along the borders of the Licking River,
prove conclusively that the Northwestern
tribes at one time or another passed over
the land of "Kantuckee." There are
several good collections of Indian relics
in the State, but the finest is that owned
by Colonel Bennett Ii. Young. 1t is
made up conclusively of nipple ments
found within the borders of the State,
and is composed of over $4,000 pieces.
The most common implement
among the Indians was the axe, and
more of them, with the exception of the
arrowheads, remain than any other i'm
plement known to them. There have
been only two different types Of axes
found in this State, but each type has
such marked peculiarities as to show
that each had its own special function in
the daily life of the Indian, and was used
for entirely different purposes. The
shapes OF the axes seemed to have been
conventionalized, and were common to
all tribes, but the stone from which they
are made denotes the part of the country
in which they were cut and the character
of the Indians that made them. The
axes, which were made of Kentucky
stone and by the local tribes are found
in a more perfect state along the borders
of streams. As a rule, those in the in
terror are smaller in size and of rougher
finish. When axes of foreign tribes are
found they can be traced from n Sec
ton of the State to another with a uni
form system, showing that the tribes
from the sen entered in regular paths.
The superstition is that many tribes
whose implements are found came into
the interior for salt. Axes and pipes are
found made of the Wisconsin granite,
showing clearly that the Sacs and Foxes
of that Territory once camped in this
State, or else that the tribes interchanged
their commodities for use, either in war
or peace.
In Colonel Young's collection there
are over 400 axes and no two arc OF the
same shape, showing that each Indian
must have been his own axe maker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
THE STONE AGE.
KENTUCKY RICH IN PREHIS-
TORIC REMAINS.
Various Implements of War and Do
nestle Use Found-Evidence OF
the Ingenuity and Skill of the
Primitive Inhabitants.

Kentucky, it is said, is more prolific
in Indian relics than any other State in
the Union, though it was inhabited by
the redskins as little as any of her sister
States or Territories. The land, how
ever, which is now comprised in the
border of tho State, says the Courier
Journal, seems to have been a common
camping ground tor tribes in their wan
derings from the North to the South and
from the East to the West. That it was
a common hunting ground there is no
doubt, and its territory was constantly
turned into a battle field for the warning
tribes. From the battles fought on its
hills and the dread marches on the rivers
borders it came to be known as a dark
and bloody ground, whose waters were
red with blood and whole forests were
filled with angry spirits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

The axe was used chiefly by the In
dams in building their ''dug OUTS" OF
canoes They charred the wood and
then dug it out with their axes. One
axe found at the birthplace of Abraham
Lincoln, fifty years ago, is made seem
ingly of red stone, which seems perne-
ated with red ochre, and marks like red
lead pencil. There is considerable specu-
Iation as to what fne three-ounce axes
were used for, and the latest theory is
that they were either made by children,
or for the Indian children. by the
squaws, as toys. The work on them is
of a much more fine quality than that
on the larger ones, and they are invari-
ably made of flint. In the collection
are two axes, one of which was found
in Davies County and the other in Muh-
lenburg, that have undergone some
chemical change, and are as light as
cork. One of these axes which has lost
its weight Is peculiar in shape and per-
fectly smooth in finish. The axes were
made with flint instruments, some of
which have been found, but very few Of
them remain in the whole state. The
most peculiar specimens extant In this
State, and which are in Colonel Young's
collection, are two, found in Wolfe and
Madison Counties. They seemed to have
been cut from soft sandstone, and COW
cred with a brown enamel. There is
another theory which is more generally
accepted to be correct, however, which
is that they laid so long in a chalybeate
stream as to become impregnated with
iron.
The next implement IN importance to
the axe was the ''hesher," or what is
technically termed as celt, an implement
used in skinning buffalo and other ami
mails which were killed during the hunt.
They were also used in rubbing the skins
while being tanned. The 'feshers" are
made principally from green granite or
flint and rarely from limestone.
Next to building the canoes and skin
ming his buffalo, the implement used for
grinding his maize and corn was of chief
Importance to an Indian or mound
builder. A number of pestles and NOR
tars have been found, and in Colonel
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

Those which have been found in this
State are made principally OF granite,
some of gray limestone and some OF
sandstone. Those made of sandstone
were used exclusively for war
implements. There are two types
of axes, the groove and the grooveless K e
What is known as the grooved axe has a
slot cut all around it, in which the sap
ing was placed and tied with fresh Jaw
hides. In this way they made their K
handles. The '~grooveless axe is made
without the depression on the sides.
There are two remarkable specimens OF
these axes, and both were found in ad-
Joining counties. The grooved axe was
dug out of a mine in Boone County. The
groove is one and one-half inches in
width and passes almost entirely around
the axe. The axe itself is twelve inches
in length, twelve inches round the cen
tire, and ten inches around the portion in
which the groove is cut. The ~ungrooved
axe belongs to an earlier period, and
shows a total lack of polish. 1t is fiat
at one end and broadens out toward the
edge. Some of them are made with
great care, both in selection OF stone and
IN the style of edge as in shape Of the
axe. Most of them are made round at
the top, about one In every hundred
found be,pr square. The axes used in
war we're made with a dull edge, while
.ho., f,r domestic nurnoses were made
much sharper. with an edge sufficient to
cut wood. The oattle-axe is generally
found round. Some of them have double
heads, the upper part having a cone-like
projection to it. These were used ex-
clrs;yely for wsr.
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you want, THINK" And the magistrate
promptly handed me a slip Of paper.
which proved to be q certified extract
from the marriage register of the En-
glish cathedral at Gibraltar, and which
recorded the marriage of one Peter Sars-
field, of the firm of Cooch & Izquierdo,
of Cadiz and Havana, with Anna, daugh-
ter of the late Lucas Garcia, of Cadiz.
@Cooch!!" NV eve caught the name di-
rectly. Here was positive evidence OF
some connection between the two men at
last. The name Yriarte had assumed
was that of a member of the firm to
which Mr.. Sarsfeld belonged; the sailor
had probably been employed by the
merchant, had commanded a ship of his,
the Dos Hermanos, possibly; perhaps
during that time had acquired some hold
no, I was getting on too fast. Hasty
deduction again; I must verify these as
sumptions before reasoning from them,
and to do that I must return to Cadiz.
With that I rose to take my leave OF
Major Crichton.
There was nothing now to detain me
in Gibraltar, much to draw me back to
Cadiz. How could I soonest return
there?
heard at my hotel that an American
man-of-war was in the bay on the point
Of starting for Cadiz. Without hesita-
ton I gathered my traps together and
went off in q shore-boat to ask passage.
The Captain, to whom I sent my card,
received me on the quarterback, but
politely yet firmly refused my request.
"A United States ship is not q Cunard-
er, Sir. Guess you'll have to apply some
where else"
I explained that only the extreme
urgency of my case, the paramount i'm
u ortance of my returning speedily to
Cadiz, would have induced me to in
trude.
why are you in such a hurry? Why
don't you ask your own ~people-you're Q
Britisher, I presumed"
Il should certainly have asked them or
any one, had any other steamer been IN
der way for Cadiz; but your ship is the
only one, and I have ventured to throw
myself on your generosity"
Its very urgent, is it?" asked the Cap
tain, c%uriously; not q case OF bolt-a
clean pair of heels2"
1 laughed as I assured him that I did
not belong to Gibralter-that I had only
visited it on special business, the nature
of which I limited to him very plainly.
Detective, cha limb of the law?
Well, every good citizen, whatever his
Gag, is bound to respect and aid the law.
You may bring your traps aboard"
I thanked Captain Verheyden warmly,
and quickly availed myself eft his per-
mission; indeed, the civility shown me
did not end here, with the passage so hos
pitably accorded, as I was pleased to lind
after my return to Cadiz.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
A Child's Breathing and Pulse.

An infant in a perfectly healthy con.
dition should sleep twenty out of the
twenty.four hours. In is very useful to
inform your doctor, in order to fix the
period of the commencement of an ILL
ness, when the child first had broken
rest. The breathing rythm of n child
from one to three years of age should be
twenty-four to thirty-six per minute, and
such breathing should be diaphragmatic;
that is, the breathing should be noticed
from that part where the chest is sep.
arated from the abdomen.
In ordinary breathing there should be
no drawing up of the chest walls, other
wise this would indicate mechanical i'm
.pedlment to the entrance of air into the
lungs. This will be noticed in croup,in
sobbing and in disease of the lungs
Ntw York Commercial Adoe1tiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
The Story Of O Blossom.

Il was on fremont street. A woman,
poorly dressed, CHANGED to espy a pink
carpation on the sidewalk. 1t was near
the corner of Winter and Washington
streets, which, as everybody knows, is
in a state of blockade the greater part Of
the day. The dense mass of people was
hurrying past as rapidly as possible, but
the old woman stood her ground, and
although buffeted and jostled roughly by
the crowd, finally succeeded in rescuing
the trampled flower and passed on, in
haling its fragrance with an almost eager
Measure. The scanned and wrinkled face
was slighted by a CLEAN that was ia.
6uitely more sad than tears-Boston I'D
perEiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
DIVINE. He Thought q His Fiddle.

. tEIFlT'' gAkZt.
"I was in the terrible wreck on the
West Shore road o few weeks ago, : said
a gentleman at Chamberlin's to q Wash1
ington Post man, sin which sixteen
people were killed and shout thirty
injured. The horrors Of the CHASTITY
occurrence will never fade from my
memory. Yet, amid ell the scenes 81
a~nguish--the distorted faces Of the dead
and the gro1ns Of the wounded--an Ing
cident came under my notice that made
me laugh in spite at the grewsome sur
roundings.
.I was working for dear life to ex-
tricate from the wreck q ycang fellow
who belonged to the orchestra of .
travelling show. He was pinioned BY
heavy timbers, and when taken out was
writhing in agony, as most any man
would be whose leg was fractured in
three places. His body was constructed
by successive cramps, but he did not
murmur. I thought his hours on earth
were few.
"He motioned me to bend near him.
which I did, thinking he had some last
message he wanted conveyed to his wife
or sweetheart. The flames from the
cars, that had taken FIRE shortly after
the accident, shed a sickly light over
the poor fellows psllid face. His hero
ism touched me deeply and my heart
went out to him.
"sWhat can I do for youg' I whis-
pered. is there any word You wish
sent to your familyT
".Friend.' he answered softly, won't
you please .hurryinto that car yonder
and get my fiddle before 1t burns upa It
is an old Cremona and I can't afford TO
lose It,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
A Beautiful Gold Fern Leaf.

The largest specimen of leaf or fern
gold ever seen was found near Walla
Walla, Washington. It is valued Assoc
for the gold inlt alone, but to-day
five times that amount would not pur-
chase it. The delicate tracery Of the
fern is as fresh, beautiful and crystalline
in appearance as ever nature turned out
of her laboratory, and it is fully q foot
souare,-Neu Orleans Democrat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
DEM WALLER SHOES"
BIZ SoHN DE WITT.

I'se trabeled dis yer country.
Use ridden many miles,
Use seen de biggest cities,
Use worn der white folks tiles
Dey's called me niggar often,
Dey's heaped me wild abuse,
But nebber yit indooced me
To var dem yaller sho>s.
Use proud I Is q niggar.
knows whar Use brot up,
Ole marster nebber would hab
Frown such shoes to our pup;
He blonged TO all der sy-ties,
Payed heaps an heaps er dues,
But being or white Gent-nen,
He wore no yaller shoes.
Use wurked RS or porter,
On one ub Pullman's kyars,
fused to make my ib-bing
BY tips and good cig-yars;
But now lie try white washing,
Ny place lie hab ter lose.
Use Knocked out by 4po white trash,'
What wars dem yaller shoes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
Queer Animals.

HAYNES Thomas, the Broad street
.olored man, who is famous for collect
ing curious animals, birds, etc., has now
collection which be will send to the
Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta. Haynes
has a three-logged turkey, the third leg
growing out OF the right leg. He also
has q snake twenty inches in circumfer-
snce and eight and q half feet long. It
Is a Mexican striper. An opossum,
trained to do almost anything, Is also in
bis menagcrie.-Rome (Ga.) Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
"Graye Telling In China.

The queerest industry IN the ghosttY
line in China is s'grave. telling" writes
William E. 8. Fales, the Chinese expert
now in the Orient. When the average
Monaghan reaches manhood's estate ona
of his first ambitions is to have o nice
and comfortable grave. The moment
he has the requisite cash he consults one
or more "graye-tellers.n These are old
scholars, whose scholarship has not been
appreciated by the public at large, on
who have fallen from grace by gambling,
opium smoking or other vices, and who
earn a precarious living from astrologys
c~lairEoyance and similar supernatural
sciences. The philosopher, aftertreceiv4
ing q fee whose amount is proportional
to the wealth of his client, consults hia
mystic books, draws an incomprehenai-
bic diagram with points and stsaight
lines and announces the day IN which
it will be fungsuey good lucky to visit
certain cemeteries and burial sites.
The day arrived, the parties are on
hand, no matter what tricks the weather
may play. have seen them in q rocky
pass where the thermometer was lbs DEE
grees and in a marsh knee deep In mud
when the rain was an ice.cold deluge4
They come dressed in their best clothes,
newly washed and shayen. ssThe grayei
t~ellers" are equipped with books, disl
grams, paper and a forked rod strangely
resembling the d~ivining-rod with which,
our ancestors sought springs and veins
of ore. The search begins with prayers
and then comes q weary walk and talk,
sometimes lasting hours. The site il
finally picked out. Often two d three
sites are selected, so that in csss the use
of one is prevented by Unforeseen cir.1
cumstances another one will be ready1
The client arranges with the owner Of
the land and the authorities, and IS then
prepared to die in peace. Tie practices
is universal and as old as Chinese c1viliza,
ton. It's influence upont the people d
something tremendous.-OaieJgo Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
Rous,er-"Can I have the pleasure of
the next dance with you?"
H~en-"Sorry to refuse, Billy, but I'm
engaged for this SET"

By inrermarriage with colored people
the Marshpee Indians in MASSACHUSETTS,
have increased to about 400. They &C.
cupy !. reservation on the shore OF the
lake in MarsEpee, called Malshpl ny
Cane Cod folk. Catachnit, the chief OF
the tribe, is the postmaster, and an In
dian boy carries the mail to and from
Sandwich. Three islands In the lake
are owned by a fishing club OF which
Grover Cleveland, Joe Jefferson; X. W;
Glider, Alexander Wood, OF Boston, ana
r.. r. jefferson are members.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

A WOMAN has sued her husband for
divorce, alleging that he made her
eat at a l5-cent restaurant in Kansas
City. Surely she has no right to COM
plain Of her diet when she took him
for better or for wurst.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

The colony of Sierra Leone is 1O3
years old, yet there is no machinery there
except the sewing machine. The popu-
lation is upwards Of $4,000, and not a
saw-mill mol any other kind of mill in
operation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

Two hundred and fifty thousand boxes
Of orange, will be grown upon Louisiana
praugc groves this year. Eighty-ive
thousand trees will bear the crop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

BEFORE he killed himself Boulanger
considerably discharged all Of his
debts, but he overlooked the author
Of 1.-The Boulanger March"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09

AMI o4o6Ehos
REACHED Cadiz on the
sixth evening after my depar-
ture from Bythesea.
} I took up my quarters at
the Fonda del Mar, one OF
the best of the many indif-
ferent hotels in the Silver
Saucer" as Cadiz is called
locally. =.
What was I in search of?
Proof of former intimacy,
acquaintance, conn Q o n,
more or less close, between
Mr.. Peter Sarsfeld and
Xavier de Yriarte, alias
Joseph Cocch; the one,
formerly q Cadiz merchant;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-09
THE JENBLED HAIRPN;
The Strange Tragedy Of the
Grand Hotel.
BY ARTHUR GRIFFITHS.
CHAPTER x.

SS0~~"

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND OTHERS.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29
MK|NlEY OUT FLAT-FOOTED
Against Free Coinage of Silver
A Gold-Bug's Flimsy
Argument.
HIS CRADLE RESTS ON The AOUSETOP
His Fellow Townsmen Extend Warm
Greetings to the Small
Napoleon.
lrOntOn's Coroner Refuses TO Inyesti-
gate the Murder of Three e.
Children.
M'kINLEY''S SPEECH,
He Declares Against Free Coinage of Sill
yer and ExtOls His Tariff.


NILES, Ohio, Aug. 22.-Nilcs is the
birthplace of Major Mckinley, the re-
publican nominee for governor. and her
citizens, irrespective Of politics, joined in
a movement soon after the nominating
convention in June to have the opening
meeting of the campaign held here.
Major Mckinley readily acquiesced in
the arrangement and for weeks prepara-
tons have been going forward. Major
Mckinley arrived in Niles at II o'clock
and at once a procession was formed in
which 5000 men joined, to escort him
through the streets of the town.
The business houses and private
residences were beautifully decorated.
In front of the house in which Mckin-
ley was born an evergreen arch, bearing
the ir inscription. "Protection Means to
Protect" On the top Of the arch was
the cradle in which Mckinley was
rocked. a chair, supposed to represent
the governors chair. and a picture of
the white house at Washington. From
the balcony of the house a ~yine-coyerrd
o~ott.ro Naior N.K;,,o, ro,.;ouod tho
0' -"''l
procession ana received the cheers oil ms
admirers. Tin was one Of the principal
.unal :, / d,.io,o ,,L
''''ie' us'" III II "a pun
he meeting. at which Mckinney was the
only speaker. was held at , o'clock IN the
afternoon.
Major Mckinley, in his address.
touched upon all current issues. Re
fcrring to the silver coinage question, he
said:
The democratic platform declares for
the free and unlimited coinage Of the
silver of the world. The republican
platform stands in opposition to any
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29
Ironton's Awful Mystery.

IRoNToN. o.. Aug. ID Yesterdays
horrible tragcd,. the smothering OF
George Hamilion's three children. Leslie,
Edith and Emma May. continues tc
cause much excitement here. This eX,
element was greatly increased today b!
the coroner refusing to hold an inquest
and declining to give his reasons therefor
\ body of leading citizens at once called
at the %coroners home to demand that ne
take some action in the case. but failed
to find the official and thus the matter
stands. The funeral Of the little ones
will take place tomorrow unless the cor
oners should decide TO hold an inquest
and attempt to clear up the mystery OF
thpir deaths.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29
Indian Lands.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-Secretary No,
BILE said today that he is now giving much
of his attention to matters preliminaryto
opening to settlement the lands in east
ern Oklahoma recently coded to the gov
eminent by the Sac and Fox. Iowa and
Pottawatomie Indians, and that within
a short time they will be brought to the
attention of the president for action,
This will open to settlement about 500
ONO acres of land.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29
ALGER DECLARES FOR BLAINE.
A Fac-Simile Letter to that Effect to he
Published in the World.

New YORK. Aug. 22.-Regarding the
denial by Gen. .Alger of the reported
statement of his that Blaine was the
next candidate of his party and that
Mr.. Blaine had declared himself a can
didate, the World will say tomorrow that
the statement was furnished to that
paper by Comrade S. N. Thomas, G. A. r.,
of 40 Kearney, San Francisco, who de-
clared that Gen. Alger had made the
statement to him during the recent q.
A. Il. encampment at Detroit. The
World will also print, in fac-simile. a let
fer from Gen. Alger dated July 6, 1891,
to Comrade Thomas in which Gen. AL
ger says: Il thank you very much for
your esteemed favor. While ] know
nothing of the future, it now seems to
me that Blaine is certain to he nomi-
mated and that it is best for all that no
should be-"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29
Prohibition in Dakota.

JAMESTOWN, y. D.. Aug. 2O.-Thc or
ganization of "A prohibition party for
North Dakota was effected here today
and the state central committee was
formed with the following members: II,
II. Mott, Walsh county: \. j. M. Gar
yer. Benson county: Walter A. Muir
Cass county: NJ. ID. Williams. Stutsman
county: G.. II. Wartham, Kidder county.
r. f. Saunders. Cass county; M. II. kipp
Cass county; H. A. Foss, Grand Forks
county; II. b. Richardson, Fulda.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-29

BERLIN. Aug. 22.-There is no abate-
ment in the excitement arising from the
agitation in regard to the duties on grain
imported into Germany. Gloomy re-
ports as to the prospects of the harvest
in the provinces continue to be received
Everything confirms the belief that the
winter of 1892 will be one OF the
worst, SO far as food is concerned, on
record.