The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-11

event was marked by changing the name
of the era to Waldo Japanese copper.
That there should be detailed record OF
these remote happenings is not remark
able in a country which boasts the pos
session of a written history extending
back twenty-five centuries. Seven or
eight Of the ancient workings are SAD still
to exist just as they were eleven &C nturlts
ago, and trial diggings are now being
made with a view to reopening the mine.
The largest beekeeper in the world
Is MI. HARRISON, Of California, who has
5000 hives producing 100000 pounds of
600 hives producing 100000 pounds of
honey; in Denmark, 80 600 producing p
600, 900 in Russia, 10000 producing the
same in Belgium, 100000 producing s.
900, 900 pounds in France, $4,000 produc-
ing %, 600, 600 pounds &; in Germany, l,45O,-
600, and in Austria, l,550,0O0, each produc-
ing 40, ZOO, 900 pounds of honey. But in
the United States there are 2,SO0,GN hives
belonging to 10000 beekeepcrs and pro-
ducing 62,OOO,0 900 pounds OF honey yearly.
The ruling sensation in London at
present is the extraordinary leap made
by a man named Miriam Nigg, who
Jumps 205 feet from the top of the aqua
rum and lands on his feet on the bare
floor. He wears the costume Of an
American Indian, and his rapid descent
Is broken by some patent arrangement
invisible to the audience. Nigg began
his performance on Thursday, aad now
all London is running to see h startling
feat and to discuss what 1t Is that breaks
his fall.
The syndicate that was formed in
Germany last summer for the purpose
OF establishing colonies Of German far
mers In Alabama has procured a tract OF
land in that State. The work Of enroll
ing the colonists Is in progress IN Ger
many, and it is reported that a body Of
them will be ready to take their depar-
ture for Alabama next month. If the
first colony IS successful other colonies
will be rapidly organized so that within
q few years the State may have a large
German population.
- A curious story comes from Salt
Lake City, Utah, which is attracting much
attention from the friends and acquain-
tances of Policeman Charles F. Wanless,
shot and killed by Joseph A. Barnes, OF
September 1s, 1890, and may furnish
medical men with another subject for
discussion. Barnes, it will be remember
ed, was having a quarrel with his wife,
which the officer attempted to stop.
Barnes fired, and the bullet passed
through Wanless's heart leaving a Jag
ged hole in the breast. A married sister
OF the dead officer was ~telegraphed and
came to tho funeral from her home In
Salt Lake She was much affected by the
tragedy and took the loss of her brother
to heart. In a short time she returned
home. About three months ago his sister
gave birth to a boy, perfectly formed, but
with q red birthmark over the heart the
exact shape and appearance ofthe wound
made in Wanless's breast by the bullet
from Barnes's pistol.
- A novel clock Is 10Y being cxhib-
tied by the Watchmakers' Union in Lon
don. It is. of wood, beautifully carved,
and stands 6 feet in height. The case is
a perfect fort in miniature, and instead Of
a bell and a striking hammer the hours
are announced by a bugler, who emer-
blows the call to assemble the march.
Almost instantly doors open on all sides
and q regiment of automatic soldiers, six
abreast, march out, wheel to the left. stop
a few seconds to ''mark time," and then
march through another part of the for
tress to tho barracks. These marches
and counter marches occur each hour.
If they come out to announce the hour Of
l o'clock one soldier fires his tiny gun, at
2 o'clock two soldiers fire their pieces, in
creasing with the hour until the twelve
leaders fire their guns, the rear ranks
bowling their heads and pointing with
their Layonets towards the dial of the
clock.
The New York Central Railroad has
instituted the fastest train service in the
world. The train, which will be known
as the Empire State Express, will leave
the Grand Central Station in New York
city every morning, except Sunday, ut 8
o'clock, and will reach Buffalo at $40
P. NJ, making the Ill in eight hours and
forty minutes. Stops will only be made
at Albany, Utica, Syracuse and Roches-
ter. The train is expected to make fifty
two and one-third miles an hour, and the
officials of the road are confident that this
run can be mede daily with ease, and
that the train will be IN time every trip.
On the first trip, which was made last
Monday, the speed at n point was sew
enty miles an hour, so that the proposed
schedule time of ftLy-two and one-third
miles an hour can be easily maintained.
This is faster than the Flying Scotch
man train between London and Edinburg
which averages about ffty-one and a half
miles an hour.
- The father may think to hide GER
tain parts Of his character from his child,
not wishing him to initiate them, and may
give him precepts that he has never fol-
lowed, but the child absorbs what he fan.
cies is concealed and forgets the words
that contradict it. Commands and exhor-
tations may produce or restrain certain
acts, but they are powerless to inspire
emotions or create desires. Often they
have q reverse effect. To give every man
his due, to refrain from taking unfair adj
vantage, or in any way enriching ones
self at the expense of another, ara duties
which are simply to be inculcated and
obeyed, yet how is the desire Of gain,
so intense in many minds, to be made to
yield when it conflicts with these duties?
The love of rectitude, the faith in honor,
the desire to deal fairly and squarely
with all men, must be aroused and
strengthened before any one can be
thoroughly and truly just. And the
same is true with regard to every good
quality. Ledger.
- Of recent fatal spider bite in New
York the Sun says: "Mr. Gustave Stein,
who was recently bitten by a spider, died