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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11
August
Flower

I I have been troubled with dyspep-
sia, but after fair trial of August
Flower, am freed from thevexatious
trouble-J. B. Young, Daughters
College, Harrodsburg, KY. I had
i headache one year steady. One bottle
of August Flower cured me. It was
positively worth one hundred dollars
, to me-. w. Smith, Pm. and Gen.
! Merchant, Townsend, Ont. I have
used it myself for constipation and
dyspepsia and it cured me, 1t is the
best seller ever handled-C. Rugh,
Druggist, Mechanicsburg, Pa. q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
CULTURE OF CELERY.

Celery must have moisture and cool
ness; thus it is best grown in low
ground and the black soil found IN
such land. To add to the GOODNESS the
plants are earthed up as they grow,
and only the top leaves left out In the
air. The plants should stand in the
rows so close as to forbid weeds grow
ing, and the rows should be far enough
apart to permit this earthing up
New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11
EooNoHzING WITH MANURE.

The right definition of economy is
not, miser like, Withholding from use,
but rather the right use of everything
to make it most beneficial. In this
sense it is entirely proper for good
farmer to economize his manure pile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11
COrkscreWs of Stone.

Among the recent arrivals at San
Francisco was Professor It. 81. Marsh
land, of the Nebraska State University,
who has just completed two remark
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11

A COW in Adrian County, Missouri,
which lately lost her calf, has adopted
and tenderly cares for small pig.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11

we Curt hUptuFbe
No matter Of how long standing. Write
for free treatise, testimonials, ETC., to s. =.
Hollensworth & Co. Owego, Tioga Co., y. Y.
Price 81: by mail. Sl.l5.
Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup is positively
unequaled. Try it. s5 cents at druggists.
Beecham's Pills are better than mineral wa
ters. Beecham's-no others. 25 cents box.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11

The tears that come easy 60 easy,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-11
We Cure Rupture.


y Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10

that the men were forced to leave me TO
my fate. Another minute found me in
the hands of the advance sisirmishers,
and they proceeded to relieve me of my
watch and money; but big. red-faced,
thick-set major made his way TO me,
and, after friendly grasp of the hand,
he had my valuables returned and four
of his men detailed to take me back 10
the field hospital. and by no means TO
leave me until was safely in charge of
a certain surgeon, mason and the ma
jor's friend. On the way back Jesse
Cage, of Nashville, was picked up, with
his leg broken. and placed in the same
ambulance. About four o'clock that
evening, as the wounded men lay on a
bed of straw in large hospital tent,
Cage was carried out under the trees
and, as the tent flap was thrown back.
/ could see him under the influence of
chloroforrn while the surgeons took his
leg off. He was soon brought back to
his. straw bed, and with a shudder l
heard the litter-bearers say: your time
next" was placed on the table, chic
reform was administered. and when l
awoke from slumber my dancing days
were over and was hopeless cripple
for life.
Two days after the above ] saw the
man | had fired at on the breastworhs
walk into the tent, but, to my astonish-
ment, he was shot in the back part of
the jaw. Calling him to my bed, |
found that he was the same man, and
his wounds were explained by himself
thus: II shot at Teller at the corner OF
a cabin and missed him, when he shot
me in the breast here, pulling open his
shirt, '.the ball hitting in front on the
collar bone and knocking me off the
works Some of our own cowardly fell
lows shot me in the jaw after ] had got
mp" / explained that | was the .feller
that drew bead" on him, and explained
that the want of force in the ball was
due to the inferior cartridges used.
These two soldiers ended their war
here. The one that walked waited on
the one that couldn't walk, and they
two who had shot at each other would
have risked their lives in each other
defense. cannot now remember this
brave mans name. He belonged to a
Pennsylvania regiment. The acquaint-
ance lasted only three days, but that
was long enough for God TO teach two
errinp mortals that brave men bore no
malice, and, as they grasped each
others hand for final separation, they
each breathed sigh of thanlxfulness
that Il didn't kill you.
Reader, please pardon the apparent
egotism. We can only write what came
under our immediate observation. The
death and wounding of great men. the
victory and defeat of armies, have been
and will be told by thousand pens,
but there are none 10 tell these little
incidents except the actors themselves
DR. II. w. Manson, in the Confederate
! Veteran.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10

mont were ordered to the front After
going to the place where the picket
line should have been it was found that
the enemy had broken it and that also
by flank movement they had broken
the main line between our position on
that line and Petersburg There was
nothing left for us to do but to make
our way back to the breastworlSs and
reioin the brigade (Archer's) as quickly
and as safely as possible. 1t was no
very easy thing to do under the circum-
stances, as any body of men coming
from the direction in which the soldiers
thought the enemy were would surely
be fired on without stopping to ask fny
questions. But each minute was Ybrth
a million dollars. If we remainedlA lit
tie longer the whole command would
be surrounded and captured. Besides,
our brigade needed our help. The
writer was ordered to double-quiclS to
the main line, take the chances of being
shot by our own men, pass rapidly
down ON top of the breastworlSs. causing
our men to hold their fire until Capt.
Day could oblique his sharpshooters
into the main line of the breastworks.
After hard run and escaping num-
Der of bullets sent to meet MS by the
men in the works the line was gained,
and the sharpshooters were safely over
the rocks, with but few wounded. We
were not a moment too soon, The en-
envy had broken through and was reach
ing out in the rear, but when they
struck our part of the line the old
brigade, with yell and charge, re-
took some of the works in regular
devils picnic.
While engaged in this movement, a
tail. angular federal, standing on the
works more exposed to the fire than
anyone, brought mis- gun to bear on my
face at a point blank range of less than
forty steps. A dodge behind a corner
of rude log hut built for the winter
quarters saved my life, for at that mo-
ment the bark spattered in my face as
the ball grazed the log. With prayer
for the soul of the bravest Yankee
ever saw my trusty Sharpe's rifle was
aimed at the tail mans breast, and at
the crack of the gun he fell from the
earthWOrkS.
About this time Capt Arch Norris or
dered me TO rally the sharpshooters and
try to check the column on our left. At
the rally call handful Of seven re-
sponded-seven men that would try
anything they charged that col
umn. Some were killed and others
wounded. At the first volley / tumbled
to the ground with broken leg. had
hardly touched the ground when John
Harlin. of Wilson county. Tennessee,
Jim Hearn. - Coles and another man.
name forgotten, had me on a streteher
and we're trying their best to get me to
the rear. BY this time the line was
broken and the enemy had it all their
own way.
They soon sent their bullets so thick
around and into the litter-bearing party
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10
JEFF THoMPsoN's CALAMITY
How the Confederate General Accedcd to
the Sedalia Ladies' Prayer.

How the Confederate General Accedcd to
the sedalia Ladies' Prayer.
did YOU ever hear how Gen. JEFF
Thompson once evaded an order in the
field and didn't get caught at it?'' asked
an old Missourian recently. ut hap
pened, l think, in the summer of 1864,
the year when Gen. Price and Gen. A..
j. Smith were chasing each other up
and down the state. Gen. Thompson.
with a section of Prices army, swept
across the central Missouri prairies,
and on one hot August day the citi-
zens of Sedalia saw his men approach
ing the town in perfect cloud of dust.
''Sedalia was garrisoned by body of
home guards under the command OF
Col William Bloss and Maj William
Gentry, and so, when the alarm bell
sounded. the little band hurried TO the
trenches and prepared for defense.
Thompson saw the handful of citizens
and unlimbered his guns. An apparent
ly fierce cannonade was kept up for
half an hour, during which time one
man was killed, and then the home
guards capitulated and Thompson rode
into town. | remember the terrible
time he had that day endeavoring to
control his rough riders, who seemed
bent on making everything contraband,
but he finally made them understand
his imperative orders and quiet was
soon restored, but not until every cit
izen of fighting age had been placed
under arrest and guard.
"Well, it leaked out before night that
Thompson had orders to burn the rail
road depot. Ii was great wooden
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
A PATRIOTIC FEEL.

When you hear old yankee Doodle"
Or some lively martial air,
There's a priclyly sort OF feeling
That viii start up in your hair;
II will travel down the backbone
To the region OF the heart
1t will never stop argoing
TIL IL reaches every part
There's lump ttct keeps a-swelling
Right Ia under your left lung;
It's your heart, a-raislng thunder,
And il wants 10 start your tongue.
You're chuck full Of love OF country,
From your forehead TO your heel;
You are ready now for action
You've patriotic feel
You forget all selfish motives
And your sordid love for gain.
When you see the old nag floating,
And you hear that martial strain
You have got real friendly feelings,
And with Tom and Dick you shake;
Now. II you're inclined 70 spirits,
It's friendly glass you take
Now here come the boys a-marching,
They are old boys now, you Know
For they had smell OF powder
More than thirty years ago
Some are old, and lame, and careworn
And they carry battle-scars-
Hickumaeft his arm at Shiloh,
But he held on 10 the stars
There is jolly old Jack Hoskins
With his wooden peg, you see;
Jack had both his legs IN Georgia
One is missing al the knee.
So you stand and watch them passing
With their solemn, mournful tread;
Nov you see a comrades absent,
There's a cofhn-jnst ahead
There's a misty sort Of something
That will gather in your eye,
And, in spite Of all your wiping,
II is hard 10 keep them dry.
II is not a womnn's weakness
To be moved by something sad
It's the milk OF human kindness
That you did not know you had.
Oh, these sacred tears Of pity,
When the heart speaks through the eye
They are pearls from Angel Mercy,
Precious jewels from the skies.
Now unlock the holy chamber, :
Don't try longer 10 conceal
What is chrlstlike in.your being
Have patriotic feel.
"A. B. Van Fleet, in National Tribune.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10
TIE FORTUNES OF WAR.

A stirring Incident OF the Battle o
Petersburg.
Itwas the second day of April, 1865
was acting sergeant major in Capt
Dale's battalion of sharpshooters, near
Petersburg. Va had sat up nearly
all the night before playing chess with
a redheaded captain of the First Ten
nessee. A little before day firing was
heard on the picket line, and the sharp
shooters under Dale. Harris and Bean
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10

structure. against which large num-
Der of the store buildings backed, and
to burn the depot was to burn the town.
The general was spectacular soldier.
as well as brave fighter and his pic
turesque dress showed him to be some
what of gallant knight. Hence the
ladies of Sedalia banded themselves to-
gether to the number of about fifty
aud waited upon him with a prayer not
to destroy the depot and the town He
treated the delegation with conspicuous
courtesy. and finally told the ladies
that soldier must obey orders, but he
felt free to notify them that he would
set fire to the depot at five o'clock ON
the following morning. and he limited
to them that if the old barn happened
to be green and didn't burn up the fault
would be theirs They took the hint
Promptly at five o'clock a bucket brig
ade Of ladies was in line at the depot
TIE soldiers started the fire. the gen
eral gave his orders for the army 70
move on, and the ladies waited until
he commander had disappeared and
hen promptly extinguished the flames
amid the joyous shouts II the soldiers >
st Louis Republic.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-10

DON'T SEND AM Ties sEFoRE IIFVlRI 1 Issl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-04
TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
Reichstag Looking Into Accusations
Against Herr Miguel

berlin, April 27.-The committee of
the reichstag which was appointed to
consider the charges of misappropri-
alton of funds made by Herr Ahlwardt
against Dr. Miguel, minister of finance,
and the late Baron Bleichroeder, was
in session today. DR.. Miguel and Herr
Aschenborn, director of the imperial
treasury, were in attendance. The
committee discussed the sO-called docu-
ments presented by Ahlwardt in sup
port of his charges. Alhwardt stated
that he had submitted all the evidence
in his possession, excepting that which
he had withdrawn.
The documents laid before the COM
mittee by AhlWardt appeared only to
be pamphlets and extracts from the
Eisenbahn ZeitUng, including a letter
signed by the president of the Rou-
manian senate. The committee, after
some discussion about the documents
adjourned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-04


life to this vast exposition is now set
in motion so, at the Same instant. lat
our hopes and aspiratiosQs awaken the
forces which in all time &c come shall
influence the dignity and \freedom of
mankind"
AS he concluded the vast tllrong saw
him extend his hand to the ibutton Of
the golden key which released the penr-
up steam in the great engines and set
the chimes ringing and unf1rled the
myriad OF flags from the great building,
ana the stupendous enterprise tommem-
Grating the 400th anniversary df Column
bus great achievement wash in full
swing
The scene was one of great moment
when the president reached forth his
hand to awake the great fair frolm sleep:
one of historic interest and one which
thrilled the vast assembly.
At that instant the men at the hall
yards at the foot of each great fla g-staff
laid hold with a vim. The monstrous
American flag EMBODIED at the TOP of
the center.pole broke forth and broad
ened out in the air. At each corner
of the administration building banners
| blaZed forth and simultaneously (from
every flagstaff upon all the buildings
other banners swung out and the city
of banneretteS representing the various
nationalitieS, was given to the breeze.
/ The great fountains gushed upwards.
Out upon Lake Michigan the revenue
cutttr Andrew Johnson doomed a salute
and every craft in the neighborhIood
set its whistles Screeching.
! The great mass of people on the PLAZA
swayed like an ocean wave and rodred
TO Heaven ther appreciation of the
event The officials and dignitarieS on
the stand cought the spirit and felt an
infusion of patriotism and national gpOd
fellowship.
The president and officials were then
entertained at luncheon AMI made the
round of the buildings.
After thoroughly inspected the White
city, President Cleveland and his party
were driven to Grand Crossing where
they took the train for Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-04

his horn with my left hand and tried
10 thrust my knife into his throat. 1
cut him slightly, which only made him
madden. He reared and struck me
with his fore feet, inficting cuts from
which the blood flowed profusely.
L knew my only chance was to hold
on TO him, for if I turned him loose
he would soon gore me to death l
got in several stabs, and was glad
to see that the animal was apparently
weakening from loss of blood, but so
was /. We struggled and fought on
until | sank exhausted to the earth.
I thought my time had come, for /
was played out I heard the snorts and
gaSps of the animal, but to my surprise
his attacks had ceased when I sank
down I partially turned on my side,
and to my great joy saw that the deer
was also hOrs du combat
L dragged myself to him and hasten
ed his departure by drawing my knife
across his throat. [ then set about
trying to stop the flow of my own
blood. I had my hurts on face, breast,
DOug. dlltl WIS very Wcdh-
I was nearly a mile from my horse,
but managed to reach him, and, drag
ging myself into the saddle. set out
for the place of rendezvous. Fortunate
" Hatch had reached there ahead of
me, and also, fortunately, he had Il
large canteen of brandy, as well as a
slight knowledge of how TO dress
wounds, and he patched me up so that
the next day [ was able to ride to
where we had left our wagon and camp
outfit.
Il laid up for a week before I was
able to return to the ranch. The
wolves got the deer that had caused
all my trouble, but I was served right
for acting the fool when l knew 50
much better
Captain Durand showed many scars
received in the encounter. one Of which
came near costing him the loss of IN
eye.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-04

employees, who handled dynamite, was
dangerous and improper.
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has given
his chateau and estates at Reichenau
in the Syrian Alps to be used as a
hospital for sufferers from lung diseases.
He will make the necessary alterations
in the chateau and place in it 500 beds
for the use Of patients. The value of
the property in question is 100000
forms.
In test case it was decided that the
poll-tax of $3.50 imposed by the city
charter of Kansas City, Mo-, upon every
male person over the age of u who
fails to vote at any general election
may be enforced. The outcome will
bring thousands of dollars into the city
treasury.
The Hawaii commissioners at Wash
ington say the advices they have re-
ceived indicate that the provisional gov
eminent is not only strongly intrenched
but is alert and watchful. Commission
er Carter called ON Secretary Gresham
and returns to Honolulu by the next
Stedl1eE SdISlleu IudL dll Is Weu
Obituary. At st. Louis, Patrick Nc
Grath, eX-president of the builders eX-
change, aged fifty-eight.-At Logans-
port, Ind, Richard Tyner, aged eighty
seyen.-At Saratoga, n. Y, Rev, DR..
Arthur Mitchell, formerly of Chicago,
aged fifty-eight.-At Pittsburg, DR.. e.
A. Mundorf, the microscopic, aged for
ty.-At Belair, Md, Colonel Edwin
Hanson Webster, eX-congressman.-At
Dayton, Ohio, Celestin Schwind, aged
sixey-eight.-At Independence, Iowa
Herman Morse, aged eighty-fve.
At the meeting of the Philadelphia
presbytery there was a lively discus
sion over the overtures to the general
ASSEMBLY,. The warmest discussion was
on the infant damnation question. II
was decided to negative this overture
and request the general assembly to
hand down an overture striking out al
reference to the election of infants
The overture of predestination was af
! firmed by vote of 80 to 5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-04
RED FOX BARNES CAUGHT.
A Noted Tennessee Moonshiner Tells Of
His Educated Mule.


Deputy United States Marshal George
Barnes arrested and brought to Chat
tanooga a few days ago James Barnes,
the most notorious mOOnShiner in all
this section. The prisoner is small. of
slender built and about so years of age.
His face is covered with Il light beard,
neatly trimmed. His hair is long and
quainted with comb in years When
the deputy marshal led Barnes into the
commissioners office he was smiling
and joking and continued in that humor
until he was taken to jail. Barnes
made no mystery of being an Illicit dis
tiller and moonshine whisky seller, and
to a Times reporter he said:
yes, I am old Barnes. better known
rs Red Fox or old Coon This is
only the twenty first time have been
arrested, and, to tell you the plain,
honest ruth, I amt guilty this time,
but L am going to plead guilty. You
see, l am in this fix. I've got a mule
named Pete. Well. l put two gallons
of liquor on him and he goes grazing
down about the mines Somebody
takes the liquor from him and puts the
change in the saddlebags that held
the bottles. and Pete comes back home.
That's al | had to do with it. Only
when he comes home I give him n
dram, and he likes it, you bet. IF,
when going down to the mountain,
he sees anything suspicious he will go
into the brush and lie down until it
passes. That mule
But at this point he was led away by
the officer Barnes is the countlyman
who successfully conducted q 'tiger'
in this city. He had four foxes in q
cage in covered wagon. You paid ten
cents to see the foxes and got drink
on the outside. He did a rushing bust
ness until caught up with by the reven-
laws. had the audacity to sell moon
sinner who, while in prison serving
out a sentence for violating the revenue
Twas had the audacity to sell moon
shine whisky inside of the prison walls.
He is not regarded as a dangerous
man, but one of the slickest in the
business. His home is in the mountains
near Tracy City. He has been under
indictment for some time, but has man
aged to evade arrest until now.