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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
NEARLY KILLED.
4 Wagon Rolls Over Little BOY III
the Streets Of AbbeviIlc.

Master William Shcll!to Penney, son or pr;
w. r. Penny, of This village, was nearly killed
last Monday evening, in front of Capt. Ed
wards home, lie was driving II onc-horsr
wagon. when the sack of corn. which was on
the frame of the wagon fell OF. carry ing llli
with 1t. The empty wagon ran over nm
about the head ;nl shoulders, and Srrapcu
his side For several hours he was uncui-
scious. but finally came round all right. Al
though he was so severely hurt as 10 cause
his parents and the physic clans To consider nus
rrcnyrry doubtful yet no bones were broken.
lie had so far recovered yesterday that he
couldn't be kept in the house, but joined his
mt play. lie Is the youngest son
OF Dr. Penny, ami is In his twelfth year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
A MIsCoNcEpTIoN OF THE ETHICS OF THE
MEDICAL PROFESSION.
The Aims Of the Medical Profession
are the HigheSt-The Best Good
to the Human Race.
GEORGETOWN. S. G., Ma.

GEoRG ErOwN, :. G., May, ~, lS9l.
IMr. Editor
Willie appreciating most cordially, your
desire to disseminate broad Humanitarian
principles, l think you have shown miscon'
cepton.of the ethical views OF The medical pro
ieSSiOn. go
Human life Is too precious to be dealt with
unadviscdly, and II Is TO prevent churlntanisnl
and quackery, and promote the most kinuly
relation between medical brethren, and q
proper feeling towards patients anu OF pa
iients toward their medical advisers. IT'S
true sometimes the wiSeSt rules and regula
tions may be'subverted, misinterpreted and
used for the baSeSt purposes. ,
There Is nothing in the code OF Mculcal
Ethics that the most fastidious could object
TO; there is no foolish etiquette that the pub.
lie are induced to believe, and certainly there
is no pressure to bear upon physician 10
make him shun literary pursuits and en-
slave himself entirely To professional work
II is q delight In all experience TO indulge IN
Il relaxation from the Iatigues, anXielles ana
perplexities of his profession, for those OF a
more varied nature. Some of the brightest
lights Of our country have been, and are lit
crary men now. Where could you hnda more
thorough scholar and literary gentleman than
The late Sam uel Henry Dickson OF our State
Then, among the living, there Is the venerable
physician, poet and author, Dllfer Wenuei
Holmes. How many thousands have been
charmed by his "Autocrat at the breakfast
Table" its well as his pOetical efluSionS? Ana
then there is DR.. .S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadel-
phia, who cNcelS as = writer OF romance, hpe-
ciaily so, aS he treats OF what the doctors cal!
the npurOtic, in which Is blended the pSchycO-
logical and romantic. Perhaps there are no
ruIrs, religious and moral, none to be com
mpndrd more than those contained in the
code, and my experience is That Il proper
and judiciouS adherence to the same Is not
foolish etiquette and Il cloak for ignorance,
but Salrs uard for our profession and great
protection tn the public. What objection
could there be To rules headed thus:
"lutic> Of phySlCiunS 10 their patients
Obligations uI patients To their physlciallS-
Duties for the support of professional char
aclcr-l.rOfcssional services Of physicians to
each other, &c? "
That the public should fully understand the
nature of the Code OF Ethics adopted by the
American Medical Association md by our
State Medical Association, think IT. wouiu
not br amiSs for the various newspapers To-
publish the much criticised Code OF Mcdica |
Ethics. lAlRoS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
A PLEASANT TRIP.
The Return of Miss Hannah Hemp
hill From an Extended Tour III
IN Nnrfh

missioncrS Oh the proposed industrial
School for Gllls," reached home last Satur::
day afternoon from trip North. She and
Miss Mnry l.. Yenrgin visited Wash inSton,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and
Brook lyn, and Inspected the leading Indus
trial schools in these cities. They were re.
ceived everywhere with great cordlality and
every facility ollOrded them for n full inves-
tigatiun of the subject OF industrial schools.
The line OF their inquiry included the
methods Of teaching, the cost OF necessary
buildings. the necessary number OF teachers
and their compensation.
A number OF schools were observed In
actual operation. The DreXel 1nstltu 10 Il
I'm Philadelphia, md the Pratt, In Brooklyn,
were the largest and best establishments IN
Spected and they are truly wonderful. Miss
liemphil was delighted with the trip and
speaks In high praise OF her co.laborer Mis-
Icargin as one OF the brightest and most IN.
telcctual women OF the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

Isn't il about time for our juries to cxpreS SIS
their disapproval of murder? 1t seems tina I
our Juries set very little estimate on human
life. and will too often, upon the slightest
preteXt, excuse any murderer, who may
plead his own fear, or cowardcc, as an excuse
for killing u neighbor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
SlUS lNJ;J
This is over and above the township bon


This Is over :,nl above the township bonds
in Edgeii, III. From the Edgclield line 10 An
uerSon is !! t. nI:irS, more or less, being Il
fraction OvrI ;1,O.ua mile of subsidy and the
best poSsi bl,. Iirir of road for business
Troy ships :arStIy OF cotton, Abbeville,
we believei, :!ir largest market in the cOun-
Is, with 1U.;H bales. and Il large mercantile
business Du. West IS Il growing town With
two colleges and Il considerable market. An
dcrson ships .JmD bales. and Is the seat OF
many business enterprises.
Now, If Mr.. Ward or amy other man who
mas not been connected with the former
disappointn ntnIcnls of people, will come here
and inspire oar people with cUnfidc:lcc,
he can get the help Ul which we speak, but
no confidence in the pledges or promises of Il
people who never face us, and never SHY pos
itively what they intend TO do.
But Abheviile wants the road and those
who have been afraid of ihe Cumberland
Gap will IntcrpoSc no objections 10 u liberal
sun TO the right man,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
OF COURSE, WE WILL.
The Record Makes II Statement WhIcIi
is Very Pleasant.
Columbia Evening Record

Columbia EvrnIhS NrcOTu.
Will the Abbevillc Press and Banner kindly
convey the sincere regrets of all Columbia
that the excellent military OF that classic
county were omitted from the newspaper
Isis of The Centennial procession, ana In com
sequence of the reporters der"lction IKE.
wise omitted by our worthy mayor iroaii ~ I,,S
card of thanks. We need scarcely say The
omission was accidental. 1t is pity our
scriIus we're not more accurate, for The Able.
willie company marched finely, ami deserved
special mention, instead of none AT az MIS-
takes will happen, even ut Il Centennial cclc-
Ipu
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

Ncw embroidered Flounclmgs nj %. +. Heath
IL Co.
New Black and white hcIn-sttchc1 Fl"ull-
cingS Mt q. l.. Heath & Co.
New goods are arriving daily at o. T. Heath
& Co
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

GOVERNOR TILIMAN and Mrs. Tillman
passed through AbbevIllc last Friday, on
their way to l.lbertOn. They stopped for two
or three hours ut MIR. Lees.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
What Brother Editor Thinks Of the
Press and Banner.
Chester ENTERPRISE.

We cannot name another paper i'm the State
which, under similar circumstances has
made so great success rs the Press and Ban
ncr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

MIR. HANKEI.s parishioncrs have given ad-
d1tlonal evidence OF their appreciation Of his
services BY increasing his salary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27

STRAWBERRIES are sold on our streets, ana
spring chickens would find ready buyers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-02-04
l L Il Il / / Il N / II /
OIL CLOTHS AND LINOLEUMS
U IL L U U U D D ] U U U U U U D III

We are now better prepared than ever be-
fore to meet the wants of discriminating buy
ers in Medium and High Grade Patterns and
Values, embracing Moquettes, Velvets, Body
and Tapestry Brussels, and Ingram Carpets
Art Squares; Wilton Daghestan Smyrna and
Tapestry Rugs; Chenille Curtains and Por-
there's; Lace Curtains in Irish Points, Swiss
Tambours, Brussels Nottinghams and Muslins.
We are emphatic in the assertion, that VIC
have the most complete line and best values
in the above goods of any house in this vi
cinity, not excepting houses putting on me-
tropolitan airs in neighboring cities.
Also complete line Of the celebrated
Blabon Linoleums and Oil Cloths China, Ja-
pan, Cocoa and Rubber Mats and Mattings
Opaque Shades, exceptionally large stock.
The prestige of the Broom (stick) as an
essential factor in domestic order" and tidi-
ness, is swept away by the Bissell Carpet
Sweeper without which, no lady is quite
happy. We have it with the latest 1890 inn
provements, in 10th Century Finish.
In fine, we have everything pertaining to
an exclusive Carpet Curtain and Upholstery
trade, and feel warranted in assuring buyers
in these lines of goods that we are in a posi-
ton to serve them more satisfactorily as to
merit in designs, and real intrinsic values, than
any other house in this vicinity especially
the mere dabbler in these goods.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-02-04
An Elephant Hunt in Siam.

One scorching morning in April,
1870, small party of Europeans left
the city of Bangkok, the present cap
ital of the Kingdom of Siam, for
Ayuthia, the old seat of government
sixty miles northward up the river
Menam. A hunt had been appointed
by the king, and the elephants were
to be brought in through the country
bordering the ancient ruins.
On the second day we arrived at
Ayuthia, and set up our screens and
hung our mosquito bars in sGLG or
rest-house by the riverside.
The following morning the elephants
arrived. Just outside the city. and
overlooking a plain extending to the
horizon, was high platform, mount
ed by stone steps, and covered with a
tiled roof supported by pillars. On
this, screened from the sun, and with
broad outlook over the rice-felds
that had lately been shorn of their
crop, sat high official, his aids, a few
native mobiles, and the foreign guests.
Other spectators perched in trees or
found standing room wherever the
view was most attractive. Immediate
ly before the platform, was the stockade,
made by setting deep into the ground
teak logs two yards in girth and twen-
ty feet in length. These logs were so
arranged as to leave interspaces of
about one foot in width. They inclosed
a half acre of level ground, and ex-
tended out, at the side opposite the
platform, into a funnel-shaped en-
trance, only wide enough, where it
Joined the stockade, for the passing of
single elephant.
Gazing far across the stubbly plain
we saw the troops of elephants, en-
compassed by the many hunters who
had been sent months before into the
wilderness, to entice the wild animals
toward rendezvous. The families.
scattered in the jungles. foraging
among the luxuriant .herbage, had
been separately entered by tame decoy
elephants, under the direction of willy
hunters, and one had followed another
into captivity. Two hundred and
eighty elephants had thus been brought
together The sound of their roaring
was like that of distant thunder; and,
as they approached, the earth seemed
to shake under. their tread.
By skillful combination of leading
and driving, they were slowly urged
were the decoyers. trained to their
work, which they do with complacent
discretion. They were ridden by ex-
perts in elephant-training, and follow
ed by the wild herds in which were ele-
phants of all ages. Hemming in the
assemblage on the sides and in the
rear, many other tanned elephants. di-
rected by their riders, urged on the
laggards with their long tusks and
shouldered the stragglers into place.
Occasionally huge fellow. becom-
ing conscious of being directed by
will not his own. would rear, trumpet
a protest, bolt through the Gordon Of
sentinels, and gallop toward the
woods. But these fugitives were quick
| ly chased by three or four trained
| beasts, and were soon brought back to
the ranks. Only one, majestic Great
ure with enormous, snowy tusks, dis
tanced his pursuers and regained free
dom in the bush.-St. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-02-04

see his demoniac face as he went down,
down into the furnace shouting out
against me his dying curse! In mo-
ment I was cooled. l rushed forward
I sought to save him. but, great
heaven! when I looked into the fiery
grave saw that the ore was all fused
and had sunk fully ten feet. And do
not ask me to speak of what 1 saw
struggling in the pillows of liquid fire.!
Il was found there lying insensible
on the brink of the furnace an hour
afterward by one of the workmen, and
for months succeeding 1 lay on bed
of sickness and delirium. Bessie nursed
me through it, and when 1 was able to
sit up we were married.
81 left my business at the furnace
forever-the sight of the place filled
me with horror. Did they ever find
any trace of Gaillaird? Bless you,
only few fragments of bone, crum-
bled to white ashes by the heat, were
among the contents of the blast when
the furnace was drawn next morn
inon
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-02-04
A Doctor Without a Diploma

have said that there was no regu-
lar physician in California. Later. in
1S43, in a company that came from
Oregon, was one Joe Meeks, a noted
character in the Rocky Mountains. On
the way he said, '.Boys, when / get
down to California among the Greasers
1 am going to palm myself off as
doctor;n and from that time they dub
bed him DR.. Meeks. He could neither
read nor write. As soon as the Cali
fornians heard of his arrival at Mon
terey they began to come to him with
their different ailments. His first pro-
fessional service was to boy who had
toe cut off. Meeks, happening to be
near. stuck the toe on, binding it in
poultice of mud, and it grew on again.
The new governor. Micheltorena, en-
ployed him as surgeon. Meeks had
way of looking and acting very wise,
and of being reticent when people
talked about things which he did not
understand. One day he went into
little shop kept by a man known as
DR.. Stokes, who had been kind of
hospital steward on board ship, and
who had brought ashore one of those
little medicine chests that were usually
taken to sea, with apothecary scales,
and pamphlet giving short synopsis
of diseases and table of weights and
medicines, so that almost anybody
could administer relief to sick sailors.
Meeks went to him and said, Doctor,
ders." So Stokes went behind his
table and got out his scales and medi-
cines, and asked, ''What kind of pow
ders?" ''Just common powders
patient not very sick" eff you will
tell me what kind of powders, DR..
Meeks-" ''Oh. just common powders. :"
That is all he would say. DR.. Stokes
told about town that Meeks knew moth
ing about medicine, but people thought
that perhaps Meeks had given the pre-
scription in Latin and that DR.. Stokes
could not read it. But Meeks's reign
was to have an end. An American
man-of-war came into the harbor.
Thomas o. Larkin was then the United
States consul at Monterey, and the
commander and all his officers went
up to Larkin's store, among them the
surgeon, who was introduced to DIR.
Meeks. The conversation turning up
on the diseases incident to the coun-
try, Meeks became reticent. saying
merely that he was going out of prac-
tice and intended to leave the country,
because he could not get medicines.
The surgeon expressed much sympathy
and said, ''Dr. Meeks, if you will make
me out list 1 will very cheerfully
divide with you such medicine as l can
spare.n Meeks did not know the
names of three kinds of medicine, and
tried evasion, but the surgeon cornered
him and put the question so direct that
he had to answer. He asked him what
medicine he needed most. Finally
Meeks said he wanted some "draps. 81
and that was all that could be got out
of him. When the story came out his
career as doctor was at an end, and
he soon after left the country
erdL Bidl0eLL, IN Century.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-02-04
FORTUNES IN SANDWICHES.
Wealthy Blonde Gentleman Who Used
to be a Bowery Waiter.

1t was in one of these resorts that /
saw an elaborate blonde gentleman
with broad-striped shirt, shrieking
necktie, yellow gloves, and waxed
mustache, writes New York CORES
poRdent of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
He is one Of those omnipresent men
that haunt me wherever I go. He is
always at the races at all the the
atrical first nights, and whenever go
to cafe for dinner he is pretty sure to
be at the next table. He seems to be
burdened with money.
'Do you know him?" I asked of my
companion.
'.Not exactly" replied my friend,
''but I know of him, and he is char
acter. He acts, I think, as very
good example of what New York can
do for a man of soundly practical
ideas. As you say, he is burdened with
money-literally so. In view of this
it is somewhat surprising to know that
he was waiter in Bowery restaurant
eight years ago. How did he make
his money? By selling sandwiches
ham, roast beef. tongue, and cheese
sandwiches. From such unromantic
fields has his wealth been dug. will
tell you just how it all happened. As
I have said, the fellow was Bowery
waiter at one time. The cuisine at the
restaurant where he worked was not
of the Delmonico order by any man
ner of means, and there was probably
more kicking done there than we have
heard tell of in Harlem boarding
houses. One day man entered the
| place whose appearance denoted that
he was from choicer neighborhood
than can be found in the purlieus of
the Bowery. He was in a hurry and
wanted quick bite. He ordered soup
and one of the ready-made dishes.
Neither of these could he possibly eat.
The waiter, now driver of tandems,
eyed his customer as he turned sadly
away from the unpalatable food, and
suggested that he might make him a
pretty good sandwich if the gentleman
wished it. There was good bit of
ham in the place, he said, and the bread
was eatable bakers stuff. The custom
er assented. and the sandwich was so
neatly made and was so palatable, con-
sidering the ordinary materials form
ing it, that the waiter was compli-
mented by the gentleman, who al the
same time advised the young fellow to
open a shop in a good neighborhood
and to make speciality of sandwiches.
The idea struck the waiter with full
force, and it was very short time
after that he started his first shop in a
factory neighborhood. Business was
brisk at once, and the following year
he had sandwich emporiums flourish
ing in all parts of the city. He has
made a fortune, has invested his profits
shrewdly. and can at this moment be
called a man of sound business judg.
ment. Like most men of his origin he
is loud in his attire and is given to
aping the fashionable set. shouldn't
be bit surprised to see his children.
if he has any, figuring among the 400.
: And, after all, how can man make
| money more honorably than in minis
' tering to the humble and hard work
" inr Stomaob9 9D
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-02-04
DEATH COMES PAINLESSLY.
A Scientific Opinion That Will Be Con-
soling to All Humanity.

The signs of impending death are
many and variable. No two instances
are precisely identical, yet several
signs are common to many cases.
Shakespeare, who observed everything
else, observed and recorded some of
the premonitory signs of death. also.
In the account of the death of Falstatf
the sharpness of the nose, the GOODNESS
of the feet, gradually extending up
ward, and the picking at the bed
clothes are accurately described.
For some time before death indica-
tions of its approach become apparent.
Speech grows thick and labored; the
hands, if raised, fall instantly, the re-
spiration is difficult, the heart loses its
power to propel the blood to the ex-
tremities, which consequently become
cold; clammy moisture oozes through
the pores of the skin, the voice grows
weak and husky or piping, the eyes
begin to lose their luster. In death at
old age there is gradual dulling of all
the bodily senses and of many of the
mental faculties; memory fails, judg-
ment wavers, imagination goes out like
a candle. The muscles and tendons
get stiff, the voice breaks, the cords OF
| the tabernacle are loosening. Small
noises irritate, sight becomes dim,
nutrition goes on feebly, digestion is
impaired, the secretions are insufficient
or vitiated or cease. capillary circula-
ton is clogged. Finally, the central
organ of the circulation comes to a
| stop-a full stop-and this stoppage
means dissolution. This is the death
of old age, which few attain to.
Many people have an idea that death
is necessarily painful, even agonizing;
but there is no reason whatever to sup.
| pose that death is more painful than
birth. 1t is because in certain pro,
portion of cases dissolution is accom-
panied by a visible spasm and distor-
ton of the countenance that the idea
exists, but it is nearly as certain as
ANYTHING can be that these distortion:
of the facial muscles are not only pain
less, but take place unconsciously, Ii
many instances, too, comatose, ol
semi-comatose state supervenes. and
if altogether probable that more OF les
complete unconsciousness then pre-
walls. We have, too, abundant evi
dence of people who have been nearl,
drowned and resuscitated, and they al
, agree in the statement that after feV
moments OF pa1nlul slruSSHnS' leu
and anxiety pass away, and state Q
tranquility succeeds. They see tn
visions of green fields and, in som
J cases, hear pleasing music, and, so ia
from being miserable, their sensation
, are delightful. But where attempts
resuscitation are successful, the resu;
: citated persons almost invariably prt
I test against being brought back to life
f and declare that resuscitation is az
: companied by physical pain and acut
f mental misery.
= Death is fact which every ma
must personally experience, and col
: sequently is of universal interest, an
d as facts are facts, the wiser course is
n look them squarely in the face. IL
necessity is coal black, and death keel
r. no calendar.-MedicGL Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-02-04
The Past Love.

I hate the bronze leaves and the red,
And that pale flower with futtering stalk
That lined the shadowy poplar walk
Where our first words of love were said.
We loved; the corn was in the ear;
Gay hunters made the hillside ring;
And, oh, love seem beauteous thing,
And all we sighed for close and near!
/ hate the woodlands spicy smell,
Through whose wild sweets at dusk we
strayed,
Arm linked in arm by rock and glade,
While the heart whispered, '.All is well?'
Was mine the fault that love was brief
The wonder of matchless day
Whose glory dimmed and died away
Like the red color on a leaf?
Was mine the fault that all that flame
Passed as breath and ceased to be?
Heirs of a fruitless hope were we;
Worthy of pity more than blame.
We parted; and the icy gust
Stripped the dull forests withered plume,
And cast it through the echoing gloom
In purple fringes mixed with dust.
Let winter sweep the desolate aisles,
And make their stones his winnowing floor.
Nay, let the green spring come once more
And light it with immortal smilesl
Dora Read Goodale, in Harper's Weekly.