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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-12-14
A Tramp's Terrible Experience.

A tramp giving his name as John
Fair appeared at the Atchison, tKau.
police station the other night, bruised
from head to foot, and asked permission
to sleep in the cell until morning. Fair
said he had come to Atchison from
Omaha on through stock train, aud
had the most terrible experience OF his
life. Shortly before the train pulled out
of Omaha, the tramp said he crswled
into a car which was loaded with steers.
The steers soon began to step on him,
and seeing this would never do, the
tramp climbed on the back Of one AMI
NAL. This enraged the steer, and it
lunged forward, exciting the other
steers, when there was panic. The
msddened steers dashed about, hooking
each other and striking the tramp on all
sides. He put his arms about the neck
of the steer which he was riding, and
held his grip until the train stopped at
Atchison. Boston Transcn pit.
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DIR, SCOTT DEAD.

President Harrison's Father .in-law
Expires in.the White House.
President Harrison has another affection
thrust upon him. The shadow Of the grave
again darksns the White House. DR.. Scott,
the Presidents father-in-law, died shortly
after four o'clock few afternoons aao in
the Executive Mansion at Washington.
President, Mrs. Mckee, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
ssli Harrison. Lieutenant Parker and wife,
Russell Scott, his grandson, and DR.. Teunis
Hamliu. pastor Of the Church Of tho
Covenant, Of which DR.. Scott was .
membsr. John W. Scott. the only sur.
viying SON. and Mr.. Mckee were the only
members OF the family absent. Before ieav-
inc the house DR.. Hamlin offered prayer In
the library with the family. DR.. SCOTS
illness was of short duration. He went
To- indianapolis WITH the party accom-
paning Mrs. Harrisou's remains. He bore
the fatigue OF the trip very well and re-
turned to Washington In his usual health.
On November IS he caught cold and was
compelled to 60 to bed and place himself
uudsr the doctors care.
The Rev. DR.. John w. Scott, the father
in.law Of President Harrison, was born
with the century Oh SoauAty ~ AoSS -
Hootstown. Beaver County, Penn. His
father was a wall-to-do resident. OF
that place, and gave to his son Dn
Scofts own account, hs was tho widest boy
in the county. he became q minister OF
the Presbyterian Church, and hiled
several pulpits acceptably, but in few
Years his voice failed and he was
ioresd to give up his vocation. After
teaching in several schools, among them
County. Ind, he established the Western
Female Seminary at Oxford, Ohio Here
wss situated Miami University. s;sr xhsEs
ing touches to his education and be-
came acquainted with his late wife.
DR.. Scott had Ave children. During the
time when Mr.. Harrison was . United
States Senator DR.. Scott was appoint I'd to g
cierkship in the Pension Once, and no held
this position unit! bis son.in-.aw became 40
President. He resigned then and moved to
the White House. where he resided till his
death.
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A Contrlvance to Inspect Tunnels.

The first train has just been sent out
BIZ the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
to determine the relative width and
height of all tunnels. bridges aud other
obstacles along the line. 1t consisted of
a locomotive, baggage car, with its for
nation changed so that its top plate was
fifteen feet above the rails, a living car
aud dining car.
The investigating car was constructed
in a peculiar manner. Along the outside
and on the top were pins three inches
apart aud extending further out at
every point. Whenever any of these
points strike an obstruction the train
will be brought to standstill and a
measurement made of the spot.
The inspectors stand On raised plat.
form, SO that their heads about touch
the top of the car. From this point they
make their measurements. New York
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-12-14
A Remarkable Sand Dune.

In the eastern part. Of Churchill
County, near Sand Springs Station, on
the road from Wadsworth to Grantsville,
New, and about seventy-five miles from
the former place, is sand dune which
is remarkable alike for its peculiar for
nation and moving propensities. As
far around as the eye can reach is vast
wilderness of greasewood and stunteo
sagebrush, with here and there abrupt
mountain ridges, or sharp, rocky peak,
evidently placed there long before ths
mythical persons left their mysterious
footprints in the mud, now hardened for
the annoyance of the State Prison in
mates, and for no other apparent purpose
than to deceive the unaccustomed trav-
eler as regards their distance from any
place he happens to be located. The
dune, or sand mountain ridge, which is
about four miles in length, and covers
probably mile OF greasewood in width,
was perhaps formed by the heavy winds
which prevail in that section, blowing
across these deserts through natural
opening in small range Of mountains
and depositing the small particles Of
sand that were picked up in heap where
the winds course is disturbed and an
eddy formed.
In the whole dune, which Is from 100
to 400 feet in height, and contains mil
lions of tons Of sand, it IS impossible to,
find particle, much larger tnan pin
head. Il is 80 fine that If an ordinary.
barley sack be filled and placed in
moving wagon, the jolting of the vehicle
would empty the sack, and yet It has mo-
form of dust in it, and is as clean as any
sea.beach sand. The mountain is so
solid as to give it musical sound when
trod upon, and oftentimes bird light
ing on it or a large lizard running across
the bottom will start q. large quantity OF
the sand to sliding, which makes o noise
resembling the vibration OF telegraph
wires with q hard wind blowing, but 80
much louder that it is often heard dis
tance of six or seven miles, and Is deaf
ening to a person standing within ashort
distance of the sliding sand.
A peculiar feature of the dune Is that
it is not stationary, but rolls slowly east
ward, the wind gathering il up on the
west end and carrying it along the ridge
until it is again deposited at che eastern
end. Mr.. Munroe, the well-known sur
veyor, having heard Of the rambling
habits of this mammoth sand heap quite
number of years ago took careful bear
ings on it while sectionizing Government.
lands in that vicinity. Several years
later he visited the place and found that
the dune had moved something over .
mile. Boston Transcript. - "a
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THE NEWS EPITOM1ZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

EVACUATION DAY was celebrated in New
York City by the Old Guards annual march
and salute and by banquets Of the Sons and
Daughters Of the Revolution.
CORNELIUS vANDERBILr's cottage, "The
Breakers" Ochre Point, Newport, 4. l., was
burned with all its furnishings and decora-
tions. The loss is estimated at $500, 900.
The recount in Massachusetts, shows Gov
ernor William E. Russell is elected with
plurality Of 1886.
MISS MARY ROSETTA PARK, seventy years
old, who dwelt with her sister on q big
farm in Preston, Conn.,, fell from the hay
NOW in her barn and broke her neck. She
had been repairing the building. She was
sister Of ex.Chief Justic, Of the State John
D. Park.
AT West Point, N. Y, the football eleven
OF the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Nd,
administered severs druoSing to the eleven
Of the Military Academy.
MANY people in Elizabeth, N. j., met in
places Of worship and In dwellings to pray
for the averting Of the threatsnei collision
Of the comet and the earth.
OFFICIAL figures of the vote In New York
City were made public. The highest vote
received by the Democratic candidates for
Presidential electors was It's, 269 for Edward
Kearney: the lowest vote was for Richard
Croker, who got 175.246 difference OF
twenty-three votes. The plurality for the
Cleveland over the Harrison electors was
76, 800. The plurality OF Gilroy, Tammauy,
for Mayor over Eiustein, Republican, was
rs, 5T
A NORTHEAST storm wrought great dam.
age to the beacn at Long Branch, N. j., and
the ocean driveway has been washed away
for nearly quarter OF mile.
The official figures Of the vote cast in
New Jersey at the recent election follow:
Democratic electors III, ,0a2; Republican,
156,069; Prohibition, sl31; Socialist Labor,
1887; Peoples 969. Democratic plurality.
14974. The vote for Governor was: Werts
Osm.,, 167, ,257: Kean tRep.), 159, ,632; Ken
nedy (Pro.), 7750; Keim Soc. Labor, 1888;
Bird People's). s94. Democratic plurality,
1926
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PENSION OFFICE REPORT.
There are S76,O6S Veterans on
the Rolls.
$l39,035,6l3 Paid This Year,
Leaving a $40, 0,508, ,62l Deficit.

The annual report Of Green B. Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions, just made pub
lie, shows that there were on the pension
rolls on June 80. 1892 s7e,O pensioners an
increase during the year Of 199,9OS. There
were added to the rolls during the year
222, 937 new pensioners and 24T pensioners
previously dropped were restored to the PEN
sion lists. During the year 25, 308 persons
were dropped from the rolls.
The total amount expended for pensions
during the fiscal year was $139, 035, 512. For
the present fiscal year $144, 95S, 900 is appro-
priated, and, taking the cost Of the pension
allowances during the first four months Of
this fiscal year as q basis of;calculation, the
Commissioner estimates that deficiency ap-
preparation of Sl0 sos, Gal will be necessary
to supplement this years appropriation. An
next fiscal year, but Commissioner Raum
says that il as many allowances Of pensions
shall be made during the fiscal year to come
as during the fiscal year ended June 30 this
amount will not be large enough. he says.
however, that it Is difficult to forecast PEN
sion payments so far in advance, and that as
Congress will be In session, no embarrass-
ment will arise IL his successor, In the light
Of the actual cost Of the work for the first
six months Of the next fiscal year, finds that
further appropriation will be needed.
Under the Dependent and Disability PEN
sion act 900, 97 claims have been fled, Of
which number 403. $50 have been allowed.
The pension payments under the law up to
September 80, 1892, amounted to s78 44, :
443. -.
The commissioner, in Commenting this
disability law, says s'This law has brought
relief to host Of needy and deserving per-
sons-many who. were living upon charity,
and thousands Of Others who were
upon the verge Of that condition,
were relieved. Many claimants who
were seriously disabled from earning
q living by manual labor, and who had en-
dured the hardships and dangers Of military
life, could not establish the fact that their
disabilities were Of service origin, and
they were, therefore, unable to OBJ
tain pensions under the old laws.
The disability bill gave pensions to
thousands of claimants of this description.
From everything that have learned in
connection with the enforcement Of this
law, I am satisfied Of its wisdom and JUS
tice. While the act Of June 81, 1890, did
not receive the approval Of large num-
ber Of prominent soldiers, who had
urged additional legislation upon
Congress, the experiences which have
been gained by the enforcement Of the law
have, think, disarmed all opposition to it.
As far as my information goes, there is but
ono opinion among the great majority OF old
soldiers now-it is. that the law has been OF
immeasurable service and that the good 1t
has done has fully justified the expectations
OF those who enacted it." ...' ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-12-14
Insect Wax.

Trees afford the birthplace aud cradle
of the wax insect. scientifically called
Coccus pe-la. In the early spring the
bark of the boughs and twigs becomes
covered with brown pea-shaped scales,
which can be easily detached, and which
when opened reveal fowery.looking
mass of minute animals, whose move.
ments can Just be detected by the naked
eye. In May and June, however, the
scales are found to contain swarm OF
brown creatures with six legs and two
antenne each. Some of the scales also.
contain the white bag, or cocoon, OF q
small black beetle, which, If left undis-
turbed, burrows into and consumes the
scales. The Chinese say that this bee-
tie eats the little wax insects, and 1t ap.
pears certainly the case that where the
parasite Is, most abundant the scales
fetch lower price in the first market.
This first market Is one Of the most
curious incidents in curious history.
The valley Of sheoo.Shan produces the
insects, but the wax is produced else
where. At the proper season the scales
are detached from the igustrum ard
made up into paper packets OF about
sixteen ounces each. A. porters load Is
about sixty OF these packages, and the
duty Of the porters Is the convey them
with the utmost speed over the mount
aims. distance Of 300 miles; to the
town Of Chatting, which is the centre
of the wax. producing country. L
The greatest care has to be taken In
the carriage Of the brittle scales, and,
the porters must only travel during the
night, as the high temperature during
the day will develop the insects too
rapidly, and they may escape from their
natural cages. Wherever they stop for
rest the porters must open up their paper
packets and spread them in cool places;
but with all precautions there is large
percentage OF loss upon the journey
the packets usually weighing at Chla-
ting each about one ounce lighter than
when they left Shooo-Shan. The usual
price at Chatting for pound OF scales
Is about half crown, but in years OF
scarcity this price has been doubled. A.
pound of scales ought to produce from
four to five pounds Of wax, but IN bad
years only pound for pound is yielded,
80 that the profits of the industry are
very fuctuating. g.-Chanbers's journal.
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LATER NEWS.

THE plurality of Harrison over Cleveland
In Ohio as officially announced is lG72; s. NJ.
Taylors plurality for Secretary Of State is
1929. The vote of the Presidential candi-
dates is as follows: Harrison, 405. 1877: Cleye-
land, 4O4, lis; Bidwell, 26.O12; Weaver, A..
852.
The Nicaragua Canal Convention opened
its sessions iu New Orleans, La. with dele
gates present from every State and Terri
tory.
The Stone Bank, of Joliet, ILL.,, suspended,
with liabilities Of $780, 900.
GOVERNOR B. R. T1LLMAN and Lieuten-
ant-Governor Eugene B. Gary were inau-
gurated in the hall of the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Columbia, S. c.
GEORGE L MORSE, Of Minneapolis, MIMI,
q real estate dealer and loan agent for
Eastern capitalists has confessed that hs
has forged his fathers signature to paper
aggregating SIPS, 900, all or which has been
negotiated with local banks and money
loaners.
THE President has appointed John T.
Erich, of Ohio, United States Consul at An
tigua, West Indies. The place has been va
cant for some time, and the salary IS $500
year.
FOURTH ASSISTANT PosrMAsrER.GENER.
AL RArHBoNE reports that the number Of
new postofficss established during the past
fiscal year was 405 greater than any previous
year, except 1850. Over one-tourth Of these
new Offices went to Arkansas, Texas, Mis-
sissippi Alabama, Georgia and North Cor
olina.
TIE Department Of State has received
news from Spain that the spanish Govern
nsnt will appropriate s2O, 900 for the erec.
ton of a building for th; IT exhibit, instead
of $50. 900, as heretofore stated.
The unseating of Nathaniel George Clay
ton Conservative, who was elected to repre-
s.nt the Hexham Division Of Northumber-
land In tho House Of Commons, increases
Mr.. Gladstonss majority to forty.
THE wreck is announced. in the Sea OF
Japan, Of the Japanese steel despatch boat
Chisima-Kan, from France for Japan.
One hundred and fifty men we're lost.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

TIE personal estate of the late Duke oi
Manchester was worth only $3l65.
THE Prince of Wales, Gear Alexander and
Kaiser William are all pronounced big feed
erS.
PAUL BouReEr, the disting guishad literary
rival OF Dumas. was once . Partisan re.
porter. ...
JULIAN HAWTHORNE, who is the father Of
seven children. calls his home at Sag Harbor
''The House Of Seven Gabblers."
TIE Daughters OF the American Rsvolu-
tion, In Washington, will have a portrait Of
Mrs. Harrison painted for the White House
gallery.
charge Of another Polar expedition, but
will Be obliged to surrender his commission
in the navy.
JOHN DECKER, the last Of the Chiefs Of
the old New York Volunteer Fire Depart.
ment died a few days ago. at his aoma, Port
Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y.
EDISON, the famous inventor, is as simple
In his habits and mode Of life as q poor clerk.
Cracked wheat aud cream is his daily lunch,
and he often dimes almost as plainly.
NINE. ADELE CEEPAY, whose essay on
"The Dangers of the Emancipation or Wo-
2a0u, oiouStouo WlSuou ultSae Uo PuV Uheu-
in the reach Of MEN and women in England,
is said to be Vienness.
EDWARD ATKINSON, who, after fifty years
OF work, has made a trip across the water
for recreation, finds that there is no diff.
Guilty in smoke prevention where municipal
authorities insist upon it.
JUDGE SHEPHERD. the newly appointed
Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court Of North
Carolina, aud said to be tho youngest man
that ever held the position. began business
life as telegraph operator in Washington
D. C.
ONE of the new Vrginian Representatives
in the Fifty-third Congress will be ]. w.
Marshall, Of Craig County, better known
as Cyclone Jim," an original and rapid
talker, a master Of repartee and good
story-teller.
JOSEPH Cook, the noted Boston author
and lecturer, is described as broad shoul-
dered man with a massive head and intel
lectual face framed in becoming side whiskers
Of mixed gray and red, and kindly features
illumined by pair Of large blue eyes.
THERE is no foundation whatever for the
report which is being 50 persistently circu-
lated that the Prince Of Wales contemplates
visiting the Chicago exhibition, nor is it true
that there has been any idea OF the Duke of
York crossing the Atlantic next year.
Ex.REPREssNTArIvg 8. v. WHITE is
teaching the boys VI this country good
lesson. When he was overwhelmed by fnan-
cial disaster the courts adjudged his West.
ern creditors fifty cents on each dollar Of
indebtedness Mr.. White is payinr them
dollar for dollar.
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THE LABOR WORLD.
TIE labor question Is quiet.

TIE labor question Is quiet.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works at Phfla.
delphia have now 1900 men at work.
THE Japanese Iaborers have now an aid
association in Lucerne valley. California.
ONE of the biggest gun foundries in the
world is to be esta blished at Buffalo N. 2.
FALL RIVER (Mass.) BARRIERS have decided
to close at p. N. Mondays aud all day holi-
days.
THERE has besn no resumption OF wCrk
along tho Monongahala Valley, in Psnnsyl-
NJania, at the three and q half cent rate.
THOUSANDS Of building trades workmsn
are out Of employment In Vienna, Austria,
where building has almost come to stand
still. ....... a.'
Ar the Ohio Iron Companys mills at
GAINESVILLE work was resumed after sixteen
months idleness. The company pays .tha
Amalgamated scale. -
ALL managers and forsmen Of factories in
the Vistula district of Russia found unable
to speak the language will be expelled from
the country on January l.
STREET CAR CONDUCTORS receive only 62k
cents for q days wages In Berlin, Ger
many. The day is eighteen hours long, with
half holiday once in two weeks.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR have sent to the
President vigorous protest against the lax
enforcement Of the laws prohibiting the I'M
portation Of foreign laborers under contract.
OWING to the general black-listing Of its
members the Queensland Shearers Union
, has permitted them to dgu jrou-clad agree.
ments not 10 belong to any labor organiza-
tion.
SHIP BUILDING and the cotton and iron
trades ara dull In England. Workmen are
being discharged by the thoussnds, and
wages reduced This will probably stimulate
emigration. g..
CoLoRKD men were imported from Biz.
mingham, Ala, to take the places OF men.
bers Of the Amalgamated Association OF
Iron and Steel Workers, on strike at the
Ohio Iron Company, GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
ALL the London building trades, includ-
ing carpenters, masons, bricklayera, pfas-
terers painters aud builders laborers, have
won a substantial trades union victory In
getting forty-edght hour week with no re-
duction In wages.
A STRIKE among agricultural laborers for
higher wages at harvest time, occurred re-
Gently In Essex County, England. The far
mers refused, thereafter, to recognise either
the union laborers or the organization to
which they belonged.
TIE National Federation Of Trades Unionl
In Spain Is at present composedsot ninety
seven local branches, with about 5000 MEM
bers. They will be represented at an inter-
national labor congress for the first tims
next year In Switzerland.
TIE late Thomas Nelson, the publisher OF
Edinburgh, Scotland, left $4,000 In leg
scies for the erection and equipment OF i've
workingmen's clubs anl reading rooms,
which will be erected gradually, and Will
ha so fitted "a to attract WorkinKmen.
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FATAL EARTHQUAKE.
The City of La Union Laid Low and
Many Persons Killed.

The City of La Union Laid Low and
Many Persons Killed.
Advices from La Union, San Salvador, by
the steamer City Of Sydney, state that an
earthquake has laid low nearly all the
houses in the city, and that those left stand.
ing had their walls so cracket chat it was
NOT safe to remain in them. The pc ople are
living in tents and are in fear Of further
disturbance.
A passenger on the steamer City Of
Panama, which called at La Union on the
way up, and which was subsequently, passed
by the City of Sydney, writes that be went
ashore and viewed the ruins The desola-
ton was complete. The residents Of ths
city were almost driven to frenzy, and
PROFESSIONS were parading the streets with
ringing bells, headed by priests praying Tor
an abatement OF the disturbances.
Many persons were killed and many were
seriously injured.