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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07

TIE Sheriff who seized the costumes
Of an 3Evangeline' company to satisfy
o Judgment would be good man fol
the sharpers who operate in bogus
building and loan associations to tackle.
He evidently believes in the possibility
of getting something for nothing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07

A BosToN combine has put up the
price of kindling wood forty cents a
bundle. The first effect Of this will
be that the coal-oil can, the kitchen
stove, and the lighted match will COM
bine to put up the hired girl ofteue,
than ever before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
RUM on THE EAE.

The Locomotive Engineers Monthly Jour.
nal contains the following: "Oficars OF
many Of our most important Systems OF late
have issued very stringent rules with regard
to the use of intoxicating liquors. Employees
who usa intoxicants to excess, even when or
duty, must impair their ability to properly
discharge their duty, and when on service
the company may. with absolute propriety,
decline to continue to employ them. The
rule against the employees OF railroad compe.
MES drinking Intoxicating liquors at all
when ON duty is one the justice Of which
cannot be reasonably questioned, as there 1s
scarcely another c.ass Of men whose brains
should be so clear or nt:ves so steady as the
class whose duty makes them accountable
for the safe operation of great steam trans.
portation system. All railroad men should
be absolutely free from the effects OF the
drinking habit Ths railroad employe must
have at all times, when on duty, absolute
control of his thought and hand; both must
be steady, alert, sure. 1t Is not only good
for the security of the travelling public; it Is
equally good for employees whose vocation
in many branches Of the service exposes
them to the danger of serious or fatal in
Jury. 1t is worthy Of notice that the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers made the
sobriety of its members the very corner
stone OF its principles, and showed its wisdom
by so doing"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07
GIN AS A CIvnIZER.

Gin Is the great agent employed for
spreading white influence in the Congo
country, and the only successful one. 1t
composes four-ffths OF the entire imports OF
the basin, being made especially for the
traffic in Holland, at cost of about i've
cents bottle. Trade gin 1t is called, and
with 1t are purchased nearly all OF the pro-
ducts of that region brought to European
markets It will go ten times further In
barter than an equal value in cloth. A ma
tive will often sell lump Of rubber as big
as he can carry and worth sixty Genus
pound for one bottle Of gin.
Cloth is not always negotiable; that I'M
ported for trading purposes is OF coarse
quality and altogether inferior to the FAB
ric-resembling linen in fineness-which the
sayazes make themselves by plating, grass.
Traders often return to the coast with their
goods unsold, because the blacks will not ac'
cept cloth, demanding gin. A bottle OF GIN
paws for two days work. The natives are
much addicted to into1ication, and tney
find that gin makes them drunk quicker tnan
the beverage they compose themselves oy
{ermsnting palm sap. Rum goes equally wen
with them and enormous quantities or IL are
brought in ships from Boston, which IS the
main source Of supply, together with Iessa-
ments and hymn books from TIE blple DO
cieties.-Washingto Star. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-07

choir and some want a preceator, and there
is fight. Then there are those who would
like in the church to have the organ played
IN dull, IfelesS, droning way, while there
are Others who would have it wreathed into
fantasies, branching out in jets and spangles
OF sound, rolling and tossing in marvellous
coavultlons, as when, in pyrotechnic Gis-
play, after you think piece is exhausted
it breaks out in wheels rockets blue lights
and serpentiae demonstrations.
Some would have the organ played in al.
most lnaudible sweetness, and Others would
have 1t full OF staccato passages that make
the audience jump, with great eyes and hair
on end, as though by vision Of tho Witch
of Endor. And he who tries to please all
will fail In everything. Nevertheless, you
are to admit the fact that tais contest which
is going on, not in hundreds, but in thou
sands of the churches Of the Unite States
to-day, is a mighty hindrancs to the al
vance!nent Of this art. In this way scores
of churches are entirely crippled as to al in
fluenca, and the music is a damage rather
than praise.
Another obstacle in the advancement os
this art has oten the erroneous notion that
this part OF the service could bs conducted
by delegation. Churches have said: ''Oh,
what an easy time we shall have. This min
lister will do the preaching, the choir will do
the singing AMI we will have nothing to do.n
And you know as we'll as I that there are
great multitude Of churches all through this
land where the people are not expected to
sing, the whole work is done by delegation Of
four or six or ten prisons and the audience
are silent.
In such a church IN Syracuse al old older
persisted in singing, and so the choir ap-
pointed committee to 60 and ask the squire
if he would not STOP You know that in
great multitude Of churches the choir are OK.
pected to do all the singing, and the grea,
mass Of the people are expected to be silent,
and if you utter your voice you ara inte.fer-
ing. There they stand, the four, with opera
glass dang ling at their side, singing,
Rock Of Ages Cleft for Me" with the same
spirit that the mig hit before, on tho stage,
they took their part in the ''Grand Duchess
or "Don Giovanni"
My Christian friends. have we a right to
delegate to others the discharge Of this duty
which God demands Of US? Suppose that
Four wood thrushes should propose to do all
the singing some bright day when the woods
are ringing with bird voices. 1t is decided
that four wood thrushes shall do ali the
singing Of the forest. Let all the other
voices keep silent How beautifully the
four warble 1t is really fine music. But
how long will you keep the forest still!
Why, Christ would come into that forest and
look up as He looked through the olives, AMI
He would wave His hand and say, "Let
everything that hath breath praise the
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and rescued tine children, suffering from
hunger and cold. They were not long In
making their way to King Laurin's palace,
where they were received with the greatest
jov. The Queen was happy once more, and
the King decreed that for three days no
work should be done, but all the time should
be given to rejoicing over the return OF ms
children.
In the morning when the old Witch came
out of her hut and saw how her prisoners
had escaped she was beside herself with
rage, and vowed that now she would take
the life of the King and Queen, as well as
of their children. Taking some of the
broth she had made from the poisonous
plants, and leaving the swans and the raven
to guard her house, the evil witch went into
the Kings garden, and, bending over some
flowers which she sprinkled with the broth,
she said: "These are the flowers that the
children love best. They will soon come to
find them, and when they have carried them
into the palace no one in the whole house
shall live long"
Nimbo and Brambus, knowing the evil
disposition of the Witch, and fearing lest she
might again attempt to take the children,
kept strict watch over the garden. When
thev saw the old woman bend over the flow
ers, and heard the words she muttered, the
gnomes ran to their friend, the good little
Fairy, who lived in the old oak, just outside
the garden, and told their trouble. The
Fairy gave them a hottie of clear water,
which she said if sprinkled over the flowers,
would destroy the Witch's magic; she also
gave them some powder, and very careful
directions for using it.
The Gnomes hastened back to the garden.
Near the gate they say the Witch's broom,
on whic she was accustomed TO ride, and
hurriedly they took the powder VIII ich the
Fairy had given them, and sprinkled it on
the broom stick, then hid behind tree to
watch the result A moment later the old
woman hobbled down the path and mount
ed her broom. But she had no sooner
seated herself upon it when she fell of, and
began to laugh and sneeze. She then saw
Brambus and Nimbo, and tried to scold
them; but she could not speak for sneezing.
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ORIGIN OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

The Camera Obscura Was Originally Used
by Artists Tor Accuracy.
In the latter half OF the sixteenth century
Giovanni Baptiste Porta, a Neapolitan phys
ician, invented the camera obscura, which
may be said to have been the origin of
photography. 1t was simply dark cham
Der, through a small hole in which the rays
of sunlight projected upon screen within a
picture of whatever was in front. The use
originally made of it was to copy pictures.
which, being thrown upon screen of can
vas within closet where the artist sat-
were readily gone over with paint and
brush, the very colors being reproduced in
the inverted image. This was almost the
first application OF mechanical processes to
art.
In 1850 a fantastic writer named De la
Roche, Frenchman. published an Imagin-
ary interview with devils, which, unknown
to himself, was marvellous prophecy. One
genie lie quotes as saying: you know
that rays of light reflected from bodies
form pictures upon polished surfaces-or
example, Cd the retina OF the eye, on water
and OH glass. The spirits have sought to
fix those feeting images. They have made
a subtle matter by means of which Il picture
is formed in the twiukling OF an eye. They
coat piece of canvas with this substance
and place it in front OF the object TO be
taken. Ry means of its viscous nature, the
prepared canvas retains a facsimile of the
image instantaneously. Finally the canvas
is deposited in dark press, and, when it is
dry, there is picture so perfect that no art
can initiate its truthfulness,"
In 177T Schel,er, the great Swedish chem
Ist, VINO had studied the action of light
upon chloride OF silver, made photograph,
the first ever produced, of the solar spectrum
By projecting the latter upon a sheet of
paper busted with silver chloride. Twenty
live years later Divy and Wedgwood, iu
England, obtained an impression of the
solar spectrum upon pauer prepared with
salts OF silver, but were unable to make it
permanent. In 1924 Joseph NIepce made
the first permanent photograph with plate
coated with asphallum, a resinous matter
extracted from petroleum and much used at
the present day for pavements. Two years
later Niepce went into partnership with
Daguerre and they continued the expert
ments which resulted in the daguerreotype.
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Distort to realms ethereal was borne
The beast catulean, veXer of that sly
Ulysses Quadrupedal, who made die
The old mordaceous Rau that dared devour
Antededaneous Ale in ohn's domestic bower.
Lo. here. with hirsuts honors doffed. succinct
OF sponaceous locks. the Priest who linked
In Hymen's golden bands the torn unthrift,
Whose means exiguous stared from many
rift
Even as he kissed the virgin all forlorn,
Who milked the COW with implicated horn,
Who in fine wrath the canine torturer skied,
That dared to vex the insidious muricide,
Who let arboreal eff uence through the pelt
OF the sly rat that robbed the palace Jack had
built.
The loud cantankerous Shanghai comes at last,
Whose shouts arouse the shorn ecclesast
Who sealed tn vows of Hymn sn's sacrament
To him who, ro bed in garments INDECENT,
Exosculates til e damsel lachrvmose,
The emulgator of that horned brute morose
That tossed the dog that worried the cat that
kilt
The rat that ate the malt that lay in the house
Jack bu ill.,
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ing a feat which it Is
said has never before
been accomplished by
an amateur gymnast.
The feat in question
Is what is known as
tn e "one-arm bal
ance. The accom-
panying cut shows
the balance. To do a
one-arm balance sue
cessfully the athlete
requires, in addition
to the mere physical
strength of the arm
necessary to support
the weight of the
body, the perfect con-
troll of the muscular
system displayed by
the tight rope walker
or trapeze balancer.
Such tricks as balanc-
ing a chair while
seated thereon on a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19
SNAKES ARE NOT so BAD.
The Reptiles Get the Credit of Being
Worse Than They Are-Only Two to
Fight in This Latitude-Foods Hun
dred Years Hence.

The Reptiles Get the Credit oil BelnS
Worse Than They Are-Only Two to
Fight in This Latitude-Foods q Hun
dred Years Hence.
rwRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.l
Man is born with enmity toward only one
creature, according to the Bible. That is
the creature which beguiled Mother Eve in
the Garden of Eden, and for which offense
eternal enmity was put between the descen-
dants of Eve and the offspring of the
serpent. But the naturalist sees something
that excites his interest, and even his ad-
miration, in everything endowed with ami
NAL life.
The serpent, as an entirety, is not win
some animal. For that disreputable trick
that his ancestor played on our first parents
we can never love him, and We don't take
kindly to his "wavs that are dark and tricks
that are vain." The Bible, however, makes
him type of wisdom-"wise as serpents
and harmless as doves" Even the wise
Solomon named the "ways of serpent" as
one of the conundrums that he was obliged
to ''give up"
A large proportion Of our horror Of ser
pents comes from the hereditary hatred and
the defect in popular knowledge concerning
them. The average person regards a SER
pent as simply thing dangerous to human
ity, which should be killed on sight. 1t
may be true that the only good snake is the
dead one, as the Western people say of the
Indian, but, nevertheless, the reptile does
some good, and, generally speaking, he is
not half as bad as he has been painted.
Only Two Dangerous Fellows.
Consider the serpents that we find in the
northern half of the United States. There
are great many varieties, and any of them,
regardless of size, would create panic at q
picnic. And vet there are only two kinds
that back woodsman would probably take
the trouble to kill-the copperhead and the
rattlesnake, and be would not have the
slightest fear of either of those varieties.
The copperhead is clumsy, sleepy reptile,
that is only dangerous when you stumble
upon him unawares. The bite is poisonous,
but never fatal if the proper precautions are
taken. The rattlesnake is more veuomous
than the copperhead, but he is also more
honorable, as we would call it if he were
human.
A rattlesnake never bites without giving
ample warning, unless he :should be at
tackled or injured SO suddenly that he had
no time for warning. In fact rattlesnake
will almost invariably wriggle away at the
approach Of person. But if the reptile
can't escape he will curl up, with defiant
head raised, tail shaking with impercepti-
bic rapidity, and the rattles at the end Civ
ing sound of warning that can be heard
several rods away. There is another thing
about the ''rattler," as the woodsmen call
it, which acts as a warning to man. 1t
emits au odor. noticeable at least rod
away, which is nearly like the smell of
sliced cucumber. If you should happen to
be trsmping with a woodsman iD the forests
or Mountains in Northern Pennsylvania, in
summer time, he might suddenly stop you
with the warning, Stop. smell cowcum-
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.'Come," said Nimbo to her, 1--WE shall
take YOU to the King, and if he will pardon
you, we shall tell you how you may stop
laughing and sneezing."
The Witch, not knowing what else to do,
followed the gnomes to the palace. Here
everyone shouted with laughter at the conf
cal movements of the Witch. King Laurin
said: "You have been very wicked, and as
a punishment you shall suffer for one year.
At the end of that year, if you will return
to the castle, you shall be cured OF this NAL
adv"
Still sueezins and laughing the old Witch
went awav; but she never returned to the
palace of King Laurin. PAYsIE.
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TRANSLATED FOR THE p1srArcH.-

rTRANSL ATED FOX JbE DlSFAICH'
Near the large, beautiful palace garden Of
the dwarf King Laurin, stood a dense
forest, surrounded by high green hedge.
The King had told his children that they
must never go into these woods; for the
place was full of danger. One day, the
children were playing in the garden, when
their ball rolled under the hedge, and dis
appeared from sight. In their desire for
their TOW, the Princess and the Prince forgot
the Kings command, and pushed their way
through the bushes into the forest. While
seeking for the ball they wandered farther
and farther into the forbidden grounds.
Here everything was so beautiful that the
thought OF danger never entered their minds
They found the sweetest Strawberries, and
gathered gay flowers. Bright colored birds
sang in the trees, and briskt little squirrels
shopped merrily about.
Suddenly, at a little distance from the
children, there appeared an ugly old wo-
man, on whose shoulder sat a coal-black
raven, and before her waddled two black
swans The old woman was wicked witch,
who had come into the forest to gather pols-
onous plants, which she would cook in her
great iron kettle. But the children were
not afraid, for they had never heard Of
witch, and did not know what evil creatures
they were. The Prince said to his sister:
s"See that old woman's red nose; it looks
Just like large, ripe strawberry on her
face"
At these words, the Princess laughed
heartily and her brother Joined her. The
Witch had heard the remark and laughter,
and was very angry. She said TO herself;
"Just wait, my gay young people, you have
not seen nv red nose for the last time.
Then she went nearer TO the children and
said: My pretty little dears, 1 am afraid
that YOU are lost in this great forest and
your kind parents will be anxious about
you. My swans shall carry you home, and
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trapeze is child's play compared with
maintaining the body In equilibrium. with
only one arm to support it. In performing
this feat Mr.. Enos first secures perfect
balance on both arms. The legs, which
are held together, are then inclined out of
the perpendicular toward the right until the
center of gravity of the body is directly
over the right arm. The left hand, mean
while, has been slowly raised to the side
and has assisted in securing the equil-
ibrium. Of course the athlete doesn't re-
tain this position very long. The blood
might rush to his head. Professional ath-
letes have naturally attained greater de-
gree of efficiency in these balancing feats
than the amateur. One of them, Thurber,
balances himself with equal facility on
either hand. on a horizontal bar or on the
back of a chair. Thurber, it is said, has
also balanced himself with one arm on
tight rope OF large diameter feat of much
greater difficulty than the balance on a
fixed bar. Mr.. Enos' physique is ad-
mirably adapted to performances of this
kind, his arms being short and of immense
strength. He is feet IN inches high and
weighs III pounds.
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l4g7-"Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown"
l49S.-C-lamb-ake.
1499.-PIpe-elay.
INSTRUMENTATION, conservation.
l5GL-DisguIse.
1502-Speaker members, pages. senator's, re-
presentatves, messenger.
l503.-Glove.
J54.-Tale- bearing.
15Oa-Spare, SPAR spa.
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youngest boy is still baby in arms. having
been born in December, 1890, and conse-
quently has not come under the vigorous
course of sprouts through which the En-
peror is putting his other offspring. As is
but natural, the Crown Prince is the En-
peror's favorite and his almost constant
companion. In ali his visits to the various
garrisons, which he generally makes with a
view to taking them by surprise, he is &C.
companied by his eldest boy, who was re-
Gently made seriously ill by being thus
driven about in inclement weather.
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HOW TO RUN PROPERLY.

A Good Doal of Thought Compressed Int
Very Few Words.
New York World.1
1--WE run with our legs" said professor
in a gymnasium for girls the other day.
''and carry our bodies. Don't reverse the
process; running with the body and letting
the legs drag after as best they may"
The same professor preached short SER
mon to her class on another OCCASION. ''Ths
grace of our grandmothers," said she, N'was
the grace. miscalled, of suppression; that Of
to-day is activity. The physical develop
ment of the woman of this period begins sg
her toes and extends through every separate
joint of her body"
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One mere boy, just reaching mans estate.

Yet with hero's soul. Alone and young,
Were 1t not well to yield his single life,
On which no parent leaned. no children clung,
And save the other to his babes and wifef
He saw that ere deliverance could be brought
The frail support they grasped must surely
break,
And in that shnddering moments dash Of
thought
He chose to perish for his comrades sake.
With bravery such as heroes seldom know,
"'Tis right" he said. and loosing bis strong
grip,
Dropped like stone upon the stones below,
And lay there dead, the smile still on his lip.
What though no laurels grow his grave above,
And Ger his name no sculptured shaft may
rise?
To the sweet spirit of unselfsh love.
Was not his life glorious sacrifice?
Elizabeth AEers IN, Hdrper's.
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The Month of May.

The bodth of Bay is cobing, dear,
The berry bodth of Bay;
Brig out by furs and faddels, dear.
bust budle up this dibe of year
Or there'll be the deuce to bay.
Buv borous blasters twaid. by dear,
OF f1aXseed ged full sdore,
Buy cabobile an casdor oil,
Pudod the pod ad bake it boil,
Well swead ad every bore.
Pdeubodia kdocks this berry bodth,
1dfuedZa ad the CRIB
Are gedding In their fide work uow.
While sharb sciadica, trow,
Has god be 'Od the h1b.
'Tis tlbe for physig ad for eloob,
This berry hodth," alasl
Conservatory flowers blOob,
Fruids ripe6 id heated roob,
Ad birds sig udder glass.
Then led us berry. berry be,
Ad drive dull care away,
With toddies hod ad haxseed dea,
Ad badly sdeeze, kerchew! kercheei
Wen drig the health of Bav.
-Roymond IL, NeaO York Herald
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A Boy Hero.

In heartless Paris, which to foreign eyes
Seems made of mirrors gas light and display.
A splendid buildings walls began to rise,
Ascending stone by stone from day to day.
High and more high the pile was builded well.
And scores of laborers were busy there.
When suddenly fragile staging fell.
And two strong workmen swung aloft in air.
Suspended by their hands to one slight hold.
That bent and creaked beneath their sudden
weight;