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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
Where to Put the Stamp on Letter.

It has become custom which all
thoughtful persons always observe, to
place the stamp on the upper right-hand
corner of the envelope, but few people
have ever stopped to think what was the
reason for this choice of position. The
canceling stamp and the postmarking
stamp are fastened side by side upon the
same handle, and if the stamp is cor
rectly placed one blow makes both i'm
pressions. If, however, the stamp is on
the lower right-hand corner the post
mark falls on the address, and both are
illegible, while if the stamp is on the
left-hand side, the postmark, which is
always at the left of the canceler, does
not strike the envelope at all, and Sec
ond blow is necessary to secure it. So,
if the stamp is anywhere except In the
upper right-haud corner, it makes just
twice rs much work for the clerk, and
this, where he is stamping many thou
sand pieces every day, is no small matter.
There has been in use for some time, In
the postofice in Boston, number of
canceling machines, into which the let
tiers, all faced upward, are fed. These
machines, if the stamps are correctly
placed, do the work quite we'll, leaving
on the envelope the row of long black
lines which we all have noticed on Bos-
ton letters.
am not able to learn, however, that
there is any other Office in the country,
as yet, which uses these. The Boston
office has also, quite recently, put in
operation a most ingenious machine fer
cancelling and postmarking postal cards,
which differs from the other in the
greater rapidity of its work. Two hun
dred cards can be placed in it at once, a
crank is turned, and click, click! they
fall iuto the basket all stamped.-.St.
Nicholas.
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"A Fact,
From an interview, N. Y. WOr d..

From an interview, ". Y. HOr ~.
In m interview with q leading drug
the ". y. Word, Nov. Q, 1890, gives the follow
ing comment on the projectors of reliable pat
ent medicines:
ale is n specialist and should know more Of
the disease he actually treats than the ordin-
ary physician; for while the latter may come
across says fifty cases in year Of the partic-
manufacturer investigates thousands. Don't
you suppose his prescription, WHICH ,ytu BUY
ready made up tor so cents. is likely to do
more good than that of the, ordinary phxsl-
clan, who charges you anywhere 1ro y Sa 10
Slufor giving it,and leaves you 10 pay the cost
of having it prepared!
i.Tkc patent medicine man. too, usually has
the good sense 10 confne himself TO ordinary,
everyday disease. He leaves to the physician
cases in which there is immediate danger to
life, such as violent fevcrs He does this be-
cause, in the treatment Of such cases, there
are other elements Of Importance besides
medicine, such as proper dieting, good nurs,
ing, a knowledge of he patient strength and
SO OH. Where here is no absolute danger TO
life, where the disease is on which the patient
can diagnose for rimsclf or W.. ich s"me phySt
clan has already determined, the ttent med
icine maker Gays feariessly: i have q prep
aration which is better thar any other known
and which will cue you In nine cases out
of ten his statement is true"
This is abs lltely true as regards the great
remedy for pain, st. Jacobs o.. 1t can assert
without fear or contradiction. that 1t IS
prompt and permanent cure OF pain. IT can
show proofs Of cures of chronic cases Of 70, 81
fails if used according to direction :, an a
larl proportion of cures IL made by half the
contents OF single bottle. 1t is therefore the
best.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
EYRAUD GUILLOT[NED.
The Stranger of Paris Satisfies
Offended Law.
Story of His Crime, Flight to
America and Capture.

Michael Eyraud, the Stranger, has been
executed by the guillotine in Paris.
The crime for which Michael Eyraud suf-
fered death was the strangling to death Of
notary named Toussiaut Gouffe. in Paris, in
July, 1880, with the assistance Of Gabrielle
BouparJ.
Owing to the stern rules of the French ad-
ministration Of justice in such cases, only the
most meagre details OF the manner IN which
thestrangler facad death are obtainable. 1t
is certain, however, that he died with fortl-
tude. When the Governor of La Rocquette
Prison, accompanied by the chaplain, entered
the cell of the condemned man, he was found
to be already completely and neatly dressed.
When invited to drink glass OF cognac,
Eyrau6 shook his head in deciination. All
efforts by the chaplain, Abbe Faure, to ad-
minister religious consolation were declined.
When Eyraud had been pinioned to the
plank the Abbe Faure bent over him to place
upon his forehead last kiss. With so much
OF contemptuous movement as his bonds
would allow, and with an air OF sullen re-
sentiment the stranger repeled the priest.
Then Strengthening himself out Eyraud
awaited the knife.
A moment later the great knife dashed
downward and the murderers head fell
away from the body and dropped into the
sawdust-flled basket beneath the platform.
Death came simultaneously with the blow OF
the knife.
The body of Eyraud has been handed over
to his relatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
Story of a Whales Pluck.

We have received the following letter
from Adelaide from DR.. Warrington
Caffyn: ~ send you an instance of
pluck on the part of whale. AS far as
| can learn it is the rarest thing for
whale not to fear a steamer. Captain
Hepworth, British Naval Reserve, of the
steamship Port Adelaide, was taking his
sights one morning when he noticed
large sperm whale alongside, so close
that his spouting wetted the deck. The
creature had evidently lost his school
and mistaken US for one OF his own
species. He remained with US for four
days and nights and travelled $50 nauti-
cal or 1925 statute miles without rest,
and, as far as one could gather, without
food. He was never more than seventy
yards away, and for the most part close
against the ship, under her quarter
where the draught made swimming
easier for him. The length of the ami
NAL was about forty-seven feet. The
first day he w6very lively, diving fire.
quently beneath the ships bottom, on
one occasion scratching himself severely.
After that he kept close alongside like
tired Newfoundland dog. When he did
come up the children amused themselves
by throwing potatoes into bis blow
holes,' which were elected with great
force. If this monstrous mammal has
ary capacity for sorrow it must have been
a pathetic moment with him when a. last
after his gallant struggle to stay with us
he had to throw up the sponge and re.
main alone in the center of the Indian
Ocean. Pal Mall (Engzand) Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
HOW Fowls Converse.

Colman's Rural World publishes the
following interesting account of the
language used by the inhabitants of the
poultry yard:
"Fowls have undoubtedly a larger
vocabulary than any of the other domestic
animals; yet in half day you will prob
ably hear from them all the sounds that
they use in ordinary life. But anything
out of the ordinary is instantly expressed
in unusual sounds. Ialways know what
is disturbing the flock, whether dog, cat,
hawk, or stranger. The cry for
hawk near at hand and hawk far off
seems to be the same word, but with
different emphasis and in different key.
Woodchucks get the same greeting as
cats, but louder and more emphatic. Once
was startled by sounds from the yard
which I had never heard before, and,
rushing to the rescue, found tame red
fox dragging broken chain trying to
get through the fence. The new sentences
consisted of several words not compli-
mcntary to foxes. I have never heard
anything like them since. Very tame
hens often show desire to talk to you,
and it is usually possible to understand
their meaning. Once a Cochin, whose
years and breeding entitled her to sepa-
rate perch, came and stood in front of me,
looked me full in the face, and COM
planned loudly OF something, I could not
translate further. Patient investigation
revealed that one end of her perch had
slipped down, and Mrs. Buff had no idea
of sleeping on the inclined plane. An
other time a nervous little Leghorn met
me at the hen-house door fairly scream
ing and jumping with excitement. I
understood, from the cackle which
finished each sentence, that she had been
disturbed on her nest. | did not wonder
at her new powers of speech when I
found the nest occupied by my cat and
three small kittens. When the chickens
first begin to move in the egg, just be-
fore Matching, the mother hen sings to
them low, grooming song, very sweet
and never heard at any other time. A
friend tells me that her canary startled
her one day by an entirely new call. 1t
was so plainly "Come here, quick!" that
she hurried to the cage to find an enor-
nous cat, with face pressed against the
window-pane, staring in at poor Ned-a
danger sufficiently great to account for
the new call. There are but two ways
by which one can hear animals converse.
One is by listening to them when they
arc not aware of your presence, always
difficult feat; the other is by winning
their entire love and confidence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Cowardice is patience run to seed.

Cowardice is patience run to seed.
A man gives good advice to his neigh.
Dor and keeps the bad for himself.
You occasionally see man so pretty
he won't marry, but you never see man
so ugly he can't.
The average man would rather believe
he is right and suffer than to be con-
vipced he is wrong.
Man has only one life on this earth,
and there are grave reasons to suspect
that is one too many.
So many girls Of sixteen who imagine
they are dying of broken hearts can
scarcely wait until the dinner-bell rings.
All boy hears until he is grown is
that he is in the way when he is not
wanted and out of it when he's wanted.
A well-known confidence operator
confesses that he can rob three wise men
while he is becoming acquainted with
fool.
You have only to say that woman is
pretty to hear some one else in the
crowd say: "Yes, but she hasn't much
sense"
Every man is loaded, and there is a
fascination about thinking of the de-
struction he could cause by shooting
himself off.
Tell the average man that his blood is
out of order and be will purchase
bottle of blood medicine and take one
dose out of it.
The man who raises the roof with pro-
family when his tooth aches is the same
one who spanks the baby for crying
when it has the collie.
For the pleasure of moment in tell
ing thing fool is willing to spend an
hour afterward in coaxing his friend to
promise not to repeat it.
How many times in the course of
life man says he can't stand 1t, and
how many times he feels that he has to
stand it whether he is able to or not.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
The German Emperor's Toast.

The Emperor of Germany drank the
following toast at the marriage of his
sister Victoria: II stand here in place of
my father, now resting in God: who did
not grant that he should live to see this
day. May the blessing of our departed
father and our beloved mother, and Of
your parents turning to the bridegroom
rest upon you. I stand here also ar the
head of the royal house. You may al
ways rely upon my protection and my
paternal friendship. drink the health
of the bridal pair"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
THE ". C. T. U. IN CHICAGO.

In Chicago the Woman's Christian Tenn
nerauce Union has Foundlings' Home that
owns s125, 1000 worth of property, day nur-
series and kindergartens that have cared Tor
Is. 929 children during the past year, an An
chorage Mission for homeless women that
sheltered 1000 girls last year, a Bethesda aim, Inn,
cheap clearinghouse for men ina tnat acGGm econ
modated So, $40 men last year, free mealcal
dispensaries, free reading rooms, pay res
taurant that feeds thousand persons day.
and a publishing house that has $l25, ,Ooo
capital stock. Besides all this, it is now
about to erect magnificent building to cost
q million dollars. The good women OF TINS
organization seem to be eminently practlcal
ana Sbusiness-like.-NeD York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
9EAvY BUT JUST PUNISHMENT.

The old liquor dealer who sold spirits to
Dartmouth students received a sentence
which virtually places him in jail for the re-
mainder of his natural life. The punishment
was heavy, but it was richly deserved, for
there is nothing meaner than this corrupting
of youth. College boys are usually eager to
take advantage of any liberty, and many of
their escapades are simply the result Of high
animal spirits, but the encouragement Of
drinking does not fall under the head Of fol-
", but Of crime. 1t is so hoped that no
Governor of Vermont will pardon this old
rascal, but that he will be allowed to spend
the rest of his days behind bars.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
my case Of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known F: j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
herfectly honorable in all business transae-
lions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST u TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toe-
do, o.
WALDING. K1NNAN G. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing d rectly upon the b ood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c per bottle. old BY all druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
A Mammoth Turilip.

]. E. Tyhurst, residing near Pleasant
Valley, brought to this office during the
week mammoth turnip raised at his place.
The root weighed nearly nine pounds, and
was raised entirely without irrigation,
the seed having been sown in the loose
soil having wet subsoil. The product
is big one, and shows what richly
manured and thoroughly worked soil
will yield--PlaeariM (0rsJ0n) Mountain
Democrat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

With mo Trade Secrets to Kee' '" came q
little book we hardly know b w 70 name. 1t
calls itself FRUITS AND TREES; Po:nt'
Tor Practical Tree Planters" The title is al
of Its real value 1t is chuck full Of practical
information on fruit growing from the high
est sources and just the information one
wants. We haven't space to tell what i Is
like. We can only say, SEND FOR THE
BOOK, for Stark Bros, Louisiana, NJ j., will
send Il free 10 all.-Edrmerx' Cal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is the world-famed remedy for al
chronic weaknesses and distressing
arrangements so common to Ameri-
can women. It is potent, inyigor-
ating, restorative tonic, or strength
giver, imparting tone and vigor to-
The whole system. For feeble wo-s
men generally, DR.. Pierce's Favorits
Prescription is the greatest earthly
boon. Guaranteed to give salts
faction in every case, or money re-
funded. See guarantee printed on
bottle-wrapper.
A Book of 100 pages, on "Wo-.
man: Her Diseases, and How to-
Cure them," sent sealed, in plain
envelope, on receipt of ten cents, IN
stamps. Address, Worlds Dispen-.
sary Medical Association, No. 863
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

The number of national banks in the
South is $780, with an aggregate capital of
500, 763, 7O5. an increase during last year of
1O4 banks and SIC, ,935, 900 in capital Only
two Soutterp national banks failed during
the year 1890.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

More than sixty companies for the
manufacture of cotton goods have been
organized in the South during the Last
eight months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

+! Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First
PAYABLE every six months: principal and inter.
esfcollected when due and renitted without
expense to lender. For sale by j. h. Bauerlein
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Whe, Dobbins's Electric Soap was first
made in 1864 it cost ~ ccpt' q bar. 1t IS pre-
and dpssr,'t cost halt. Buy it Of your grocer
und preserve your clothes. If he hasn't 1t, he
uil rer II
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

FITS st72psI fre, by DR.. kLISE's GREAT
NERVE REsroRER- No fits after first days use.
Marvelouscures. Treatise anl S! trial bottle
free. DIR, Kline, 9U Arch ST.. Phila., PL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

An idol collector in San Francisco,
who has just died, had a collection of
500 little gods.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

Lee Was Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
lets in effect, quick and positive in action
Sent prepaid on receipt Of 81 per bottle
Adeler Co. .5a2 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Nc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

Timber. Mineral, Farm Lanls and Rancho,
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-25
IN You Ever Soeculate.

Do You Ever Speculate.
Anv person seniiny us their mana an al:
llress will receive infor nation that will lea
10 a fortune. BENZ. Lewis q O., Security
Euiidiny Kansas City, No.
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HOv,s This

N1SE-TENTHs of the raisins sold in th1
country are grown in California.
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oklahoma Guide Book and Maps sent any wher,
bnreceipt of cts. Tyler g. Co., Kansas City, No.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-05
SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
A Deserving Institution-Opening of the
Winter Term To-day.

A Deserving Institution-Opening of the
Winter Term To-day.
The Sacramento School of Design opens
for the winter term to-day at the Art Gal.
lery this morning. It enters upon its sixth
year proper. 1t is really the peoples insti-
tuition. 1t is conducted in the city's Art
Gallery by the California Museum Associa.
ton and with just enough of charge to
meet the expenses of teachers and incl
dentals on the basis of given average at
tendance. When this falls down, however,
it imperils the school.
1t has three thoroughly competent teach
ers and four distinct branches, from land
scape and portrahure to china decorative
painting. The school ought to have far
better support than it has. But for the aid
given it by the Ladies' Museum Associa-
ton it could have been maintained only
with difficulty the past year. 1t is the only
School of Design in the interior, and there
is none upon the coast with equal advant-
ages or that has given better results.
The association conducting the school
does its full duty by it and expects more
liberal patronage for the future than in the
past If the institution is to be maintained.
There are many people whose tendencies
tit them for designing who ought to be in
| the school, who waste their energies in So
| called cheap end quick methods of learn
ing. They ought to be advised that there
is but one road to excellence in art.
The school will have an exhibition in
March and medals will then be awarded in
the several classes.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-05
One NIGHTS WORK.
THREE PLACES BURGLARIzED DURING
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Thieves Becoming Uncomfortable Numer.
Gus, While the Chain Gang
Needs Recruits.

| The thieves that infest the city got il
some effective work between midnight or
Saturday ard the dawn of yesterday
morning. Christof Fredericks, a tailor
was awakened early on Sunday mornlng
| by roise in his room on L street, nesl
Fourth. On getting up to investigate hs
was confronted by two burglars. One Of
them presented pistol to his head and
told him to take his choice between re.
naming quiet for brief time and being
hushed by ball from the weapon.
Seeing that he was at the mercy of the
I robbers, Fredericks quietly submitted, and
watched his visitors while they took sS5
and check for 800 from his pocketa.
They were about to take some building
and loan stock from his pocket-book, bat
after brief consultation concluded they
would leave it. Mr.. Fredericks WATCHED
them depart the same way they entered :
through 8 window leading to the porch.
The police were notified.
THE BARKEEPER WAS THOUGHTFUL.
The 5arkeeper of the Lodge Saloon on J
street. on closing the establishment for the
night, left note on the counter telling the
man on the day watch that he would find
the money for the morning change under
glass in the till. In the still aud early
hours OF Sundsy morning the place was en-
tered, the thieves spied the note, and fol-
lowing the directions took about So in coin
and $50 worth OF lottery tickets from the
I'll, and left without leaving a card of
thanks to the obliging barkeeper who gave
them the straight tip.
Entrance to the pace wss effected by
slipping through very small hole in the
floor OF the upper back porch, which en-.
abled the thief to reach window in the
rear OF the saloon. 1t must have been a
very small man, or boy, that managed to
let himself down through the hole.
PLAZA SALOON ROBBED.
Peter Menken's Plszs Saloon on ] street.
between Ninth and Tenth. was also entered
during the night and box of cigars and
several packages OF cigarettes were stolen,
also about 81 80 in money.
The police appear to have no clue rs to
the Identity OF the thieves.
FILL UP THE CHAIN GANG.
Now that the new Police Judge appears
to e-desirous of making record as q dis
poser OF tough characters, it might prove
wise thing for the police department to
run IL" all the tough characters that hang
about the dives and have them sent to the
County Jail to strengthen the chain. gang.
A few raids made upon the dives where
these creatures make their headquarters
would doubtless have the effect of includ.
ing in the roundup the very chaps who
are doing all the crooked work about the
city. There should be little trouble in
convicting most of the gang of vagrancy.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-05

offer intelligent opinions concerning the
prospects for this seasons grain crops, says
the Gait Gazette. A resume of their fore
casts bespeak most hountiful harvest for
this section of the State. Never in the
history of this valley has 8 larger acreage
of wheat been sowed, and the work has
ell been done under the most favorable
circumstances. Although il is rather early
in the season TO form anything like reliable
estimates, yet we hear our most conserva-
tive farmers say that the prospects are
splendid for the largest crop harvest
gathered since 1884.
Grain soTed upon summer-fallow long
enough TO sprout is coming up nicely and
looking thrifty. The winter sown has not
been planted sufficient length Of time to
sprout, although several tracts put in in the
early part Of last month are showing
tiDge of green. From information at hand,
it will take some two weeks to complete
the sowing of wheat in this section In
fact three fourths of the ranchers are thus
engaged al present.
1t is ssfs TO say that the aggregate acreage
sown TO wheat in the southern portion Of
Sacramento county will exceed that of las.
season by fully two-thirds. The acreage
devoted TO barley Will be twice that of last
wear