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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11
Moving a Huge Lens.

The great lens (weighing some two
hundred and fifty pounds) of the
Washington ID. C.) observatory. was
recently moved to the new station
on Georgetown Heights, and was very
delicate piece of work. The glass was
packed in special case wedged into
place with folds of soft paper placed at
regular intervals over its surface and
allowing for expansion by heat, as in
that case a tight fitting box might
"pinch" the glass and change the per
feet image which it now gives. This
inner case was packed in the heavy box
with plenty OF soft packing in between
the two, and then loaded carefully upon
thick mattress in the bottom Of spring
wagon. 1t was tied in place with sew
eral ropes and rolls of packing were
weiged between the box and the edges
of the seat, and then, with three men
sitting around it to prevent any possible
slip, the wagon started off at funereal
pace, which was maintained till the
precious case was fairly landed at the
new station ON the hill.-Washington
Post.
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Immense Bun of Salmon.

Salmon are running phenomenally
thick now. About %, 900 were brought
to the cannery yesterday. This is the
largest amount ever brought to the can
neIy here on one day with one excep-
ton. George T. Meyers, the manager,
said that he received $4,000 one day
some seasons ago when the cannery was
at West Seattle. He had to refuse to
take any more from the fish ermeR yester-
day, as he is running short-handed and
did not have tins enough. There are
1000 cases of tins coming around from
Astoria and q lot from San Francisco,
and when these arrive the cannery will
be able to handle all the fish that may
come. At present about 45s cases a day
are being packed. Most of the fish are
being caught in the harbor, and the
bulk of the catch is silver salmon. Of
the $4,000 received yesterday, 1000
came over from Tacoma, all taken in one
haul.-seattle (Washington) Post In
telligencer.
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Stopping . ,Hiccough.

"Why don't you stop that hiccough-
lng9" said a gentleman to friend, who
for some moments had been subjected to
the annoying convulsive movement of
the diaphragm.
~ wish could" gasped the victim,
shut it's no go. A fellow tried to scare
me-said my coat was on fre-knew it
wasp't-swallowed nine times nine swal-
lows OF water-no go-feel like washed
out hand engine" be calculated, angrily,
having told his woes in disjointed utter.
ances and between coughs.
"Well, you are cbump," remarked
the FIRST speaker. "Come with me-" and
he led his friend into an adjoining re.
taurant and ordered heaping spoonful
of powdered sugar.
"Come," he said, ''swallow this all at
once" The victim did SO slowly, and
found to his inte lse surprise and relief
when the operation was completed that
the hiccoughs had vanished.
Now" remarked the first gentleman,
s'for teaching you that remedy I'll take
just one cigar with you. It is not a part
of the process, but it's worth the price,
isn't itl As for the sugar I have, never
known it to fail to cure even the most
stubborn case of hiccoughs. New York
Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11
THE HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.

growing on the outside, feeding from
the decayed growth within. A dozen
of these fine specimens are in the Aus
tralian collection. T.
Holland has sent in magnificent speci-
mems of the bay tree.
Pennsylvania's exhibit is largely culled
from its collection which remained over
from the Centennial Exhibition in 1876.
OF this collection there are some fine
palms and specimens of bamboo growing
more than fifty feet high. -
A California vlne-the cobra scandens
has been trained at the foot of every
arch and is rapidly climbing up toward
the apex of the dome, 113 feet above the
floor. A central stand forty feet in
height has been erected in the rotunda
and already it has been covered with
trees and plants. An atmosphere of
sixty degrees Fahrenheit is maintained.
Flocks Of sparrows have taken up their
quarters in this temperate cline.
The rotunda is open to visitors, and
in the thick green foliage there turks an
unseen danger. A near.sighted young
man prowls there all day long, armed
with large muzzle-loading squirt-gun.
Just about the time visitors eye lights
upon some entertaining bit of fauna or
fora the gunner pours a CALLING charge
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These are Fats
whtn
H6usekeepe,y SbonM Seriously Cons1der:

knowledge and skill attained by over quarter OF
a century's experience is available in its present
preparation The consumer is not experimental
upon by changes of formula that are constantly
being made in other powders in an effort to get
mixture that will not "cake" or lose its strength,
or that follow changes of propnetorship or manu-
facturers. The Royal Baking Powder is always
certain and equal in its work; teaspoonful does
the same perfect work to-day that it did yesterday,
or last week or month, or last year.
While the last teaspoonful in can of Royal Is
as good as the first, other powders lose their
strength after being made short time, and par
ticularly after the can is opened.
The exactness with which the active principle
of each ingredient prior to mixing is ascertained
by expert CHEMISTS the actual prohibition enforced
against the receipt into the works of an impure in
gredient; the care with which the materials are
dried, coated and prepared before their aombina-
ton, and the precision in packing the powder so
that it shall he delivered to the consumer in the
perfect condition in which it leaves the factory,
are some of the details which 90 to make the
perfect Royal"
The same means are not employed by other
manufacturers. There have been a great many
limitations of the Royal, but no equals. Pure
materials are not employed, care is not taken in
their preparation and combination, while in the
great majority of baking powders alum is added to
give them strength, while cheapening their cost.
The great popularity and general use Of the
Royal Baking Powder attest its superiority.
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Immediately south of the entrance to
Jackson Park, Chicago, from the Mid
way Plaisance, and facing east on the
lagoon, is the Horticultural Building.
Here will be found the horticultural ex-
hibits of the Worlds Fair. In front is
flower terrace for outside exhibits, in
Guiding tanks for Nympliea and the
Victoria Regia. The front of the ter
race, with its low parapet between large
vases, borders the water, and at its
centre forms boat landing.
The building is 1000 feet long, with
an extreme Width of $50 feet. The plan
is a central pavilion with two end pavil-
ions, each connected with the central
one by front and rear curtains, forming
two interior courts, each eighty eight
by 270 feet. These courts are beautifully
decorated in color and planted with
ornamental shrubs and flowers. The
centre CT the pavilion is rooted by a
CRYSTAL dome 1877 feet in diameter and
113 feet high, under which are exhibit
ed the tallest pelms, bamboos aud tree
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August. ]
or &

Miss c. G. MccLAyE, School.
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, n.
Y. This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term ina
country school i was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, &
friend wrote me, suggesting that 4
take August Flower. The very next
day / purchased a.bott1e. I am de.
lighted to say that August F1ower
helped me SO that I have quite re.
covered from my indisposition. @
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The Leaping Spider.

Science tells US that the leaping spider
in its mode of hunting reminds one
forcibly of the devices employed by the
cat family. 1t will lie concealed within
its nest, watching with long patience
for the coming of its prey. When it
appears the spider creeps stealthily forth,
approaching with the utmost caution,
advancing, retreating, moving to the
right or left, as the insect moves, till
near enough, when, jumping-usrally
sideways-it pounces with a sudden,
tiger.like leap upon its victim, secures
it, and then carries it away to eat at its
leisure, or to preserve for future use, as
necessity may urge or fancy dictate.
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NtBlatherskite."

Bartlett tells us that "blatherskite" is
an Americanism. A writer in the Mon
treal Gazette says it is so only by adop-
ton; that in Scotland for hundreds of
years .sblather" hiss meant to talk nom
sense and "skite" has been used as
corruption of "skate," a term for con-
tempt. a blatherskite, bletherskite or
blitherskite was 'sone who talks bluster-
ing nonsense" Bartlett's definition is
"a talking, clustering fellow" and
Webster adopts it as sufficient.
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it was throughher influence, SO it is said,
that her father was induced to give his
check for $10,0 to the minister last
winter. Miss Gould has been always
simple and unostentatious in her giving,
but many poor people have to thank the
kindness Of her heart for food as well as
for sympathy. ..
p By the terms of her fathe RS will Miss
Gould has been made one of the richest
women in the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11

There 1s more catarrn in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doctors
it q local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced II NJ
curable Science has proven catarrh to be q
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls CatarTh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer- SlO0 for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
u. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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perial botanical gardens at Toxic. For
several hundred years they have been en-,
dowed with life that has been twisted
and throttled and stunted until in their
pygmy branches are all the evidences OF
heavy age, that promised SO much more
when they were but seedlings.
Pinus parvifora is the botanical
name of the dwarf pine. Itstands about
two and one.half feet high, with trunk
seven inches through at the earth line.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11
Rliyme of the Months.

Some one has recalled Sheridan's
rhyme of the montha. It Is as follows:
january, snowy; February, fowy;
March, blowy; April, showeryi May,
fowery; June, bowery; July, mcppy;
August, cIoppy; September, poppy; !;
October, breezy; November, wheezy /;
December, freely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth.
ing effects of Syrup Of Figs, when in need Of
a laxative, and If the father or mother be
costive or bilious, the most gratifying results
follow its use; SO that it is the best family
remedy known and every family should have
a hottie. ...-. ~-.a
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here are the best examples afforded by
the imperial gardens. Thirty-six cases
of plants have been shipped from japan
by its Government. and these will be
used in decorating the japanese temple.
K. KoDishi, Secretary of the Japanese
Commission, received the consignment,
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Owing to the low price Of wheat in
South America, the exporters OF Buenos
Ayrcs are doing nothing, and the wheat
is accumulating and being sold for local
consumption. --t--- -
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THE GREAT SHOW.
FEATURES OF THE HORTICUL.
TuHAL EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR.
Odd Dwarf Trees From Japan
Strange Vegetation From Aus
tralia-Descriptlon OF the
Horticultural Puilding.

cry few features OF
the horticultural ex-
hibit may exceed in
interest two which
have arrived at jack
son Park, says the
Chicago News. They
are two dwarf speci-
mems of the pine
and cypress families,
grown in the i'm
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away the fbrous centers to retard too
vigorous growth.
Thuya obtusa is the name of the second
tree. 1t is akin to the cypress and is t, g
gem of the collection. Its age is esti-
mated at 400 years and yet it standsonlG
three feet high, with its greatest diame-
Ter only FIVE feet. 1t branches ! four
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11
Miss Helen Gould.

Although Jay Gould left nothing to
charity by his will, his money, through
his daughter, Miss Helen Gould, has,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11

All of the banking and trust companies
are loaninS large gums of money at low
rates Of interest. 2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11

Lawrence, Mass, makes annually al
most $25, 100000 worth of textile
fabrics, a III,
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inches from the ground with one limb
upright and the other growing almost Ct
right angles. The foliage has been
trained to grow only at the extreme ends
of the trees branches, where it spreads
out in thick tufts. An examinahon of
these strange trees shows the infif ifte care
and patience which has been ei pended
upon them. Every branch an twig
has had throttle upon It in the shape
of strings of fibrous bark. When too
much vigor has been demonstrated in
one branch it has been tied down and its
circulation of sap improved. When a
limb has grown too large an inclsion has
been made in the bark and TIE woody
center cut away. Either fro' this or
from natural causes the cypre has de-
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THE HORTICULTURAL BUILDING

of insect exterminator Tito it. And he
knows it's loaded, too.
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Its branches are so gnarled that the scant
green of its needles scarcely conceals the
woody mass from which it springs. Its
trunk and man stems show the marks of
the trainers knife, where he has cut
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-11

Gle which 30 richly deserves the entire conf
deIce of the community as Browns BRoN-
cHIAL TRocHEs. Those suffering from Asth-
matte and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs and
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Nantahalas-S1O0 per hare. Every 2shares Sc
cures a town lot. Fortunes In the South. Send
6c. for proepectus A. J. Mcbride Atlanta Ga,
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afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
!, bEye-water. Druggists seal IT 25c.per bnttta
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Disease is unnatural and is but ire proof
that we are abusing Nature. It is claimed that
Garfield Tea, simple herb remedy, helps Ma
tuie to overcome this abuse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-16
PEOPLE OF AMERICA.

Mrs. JESSE GRANT has one of the
most valuable collections in the coun-
try of antique candlesticks, some of
OF rare pottery.
Mrs. LEASE says she is acquainted
with but one member of the Ingalls,
family, Ralph Ingalls,, the Topeka law
yer. Young Ingalls," Mrs. Lease said,
lis very agreeable fellow"
FREDERICK WALTER, a Philadelphia
lens-grinder, whose poverty-stricken
appearance appealed to the charitable,
died recently, leaving stocks and bonds
and cash in bank of the aggregate
value of S51, $50.
Mr.. WILLIE Woo, a Chinaman of
West Harrisville, Mich, has cut Off his
queue, adopted the American dress,
and, as further evidence of his civiliza-
ton. has applied for the appointment
as postmaster.
Mrs. DIR. CURRY, who is said to be a
favorite of the infanta and has re-
royal highness, is Virginia lady, the
daughter of the late James Thomas,
who was wealthy citizen of Richmond.
Mrs. DELI. A. MCCORMACK, of North
Dakota, who came nearer to having
been elected to the United States sem
ate than any other woman. is only 81
years old. She is very pretty, too,
with brown hair and dark gray eyes.
She has no political aspirations except
for her husband.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-16

day. White Feathers will be quite
enough to carry off all the prizes.
will only take him and hen or two. -
Wang, pecking near the doorstep,
overheard this remark OF the farmer TO
his wife, and he nearly tainted.
Monsieur White Feathers. also peck
ing near the door, heard it too. He
raised his black top-knot. and walked
directly over to the poor shrinking
Wang.
Friend Wang" he said. 81 have Just
heard what the farmer said. and | also
overheard your conversation about me
with Mr.. Gray Goose. ] would advise
you to no longer try TO POISON me. nor
pay for the prescription bF starving
yourself to death. The cost is too high.
and Mr.. Gray, Goose IS the only one
who reaps d benefit
Wang could say nothing in answer TO
this speech. but when Monsieur White
Feathers returned from the poultry
show with three medals and a dozen
hattering mentions. he greeted him
very cordially and never allowed him
self to show jealousy again
Some chickens, the gray goose said.
knowingly, have 20 be thankful that
they can even save themselves from the
dinner piatter"-M. Carrie Hyde, in
Philadelphia Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-16
SCIENCE NOTES.

~ one summer the descendants 81 =
fy VIII number 2 gs1 90
THREE HUNDRED TBoFssKD earth.
globes could be stored iFsssAe Tire san
IL has been estimated tfra; THE firing
Of small pistol scts free about s51
foot-poands Of energy. while ssatea
consumes only abosst ia 0os CO Of =
horze power. The ensrgT - = builsy
would h.e sufficient. therefore. % keep
the time for tao yesrs-
Dr. IKsuEsHxE4. 81 The United
States gso6e.ic surrey. who has h4tier-
10 considered Eoupf 81 Elias tlss high
est mountain IN North Arucrsea. ny~
gives this honor - Noun; or.zzba. IA
Mexico. - es.s biisbed - tzs fasssssre-
nnents of Or ScoveIl. of Terre Haais
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-16
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BY Telegraph.

KANSAS CRY. June observation-disclosures $500
shipments $500 Market best stock slow but STEADY
Texans weak. Texas Steers 81 1854 p shipping
steers s. 35st5 20; native II 156l4 % butchers
stock s. 661l 70, stockers and feeders 81 ;OCi 40
bulls and mixed ~ COOS 60, HoGS-iiec.ipts 1000
shlpmehts 50 o. Market weak. l0d25c lower
Bulk of sales ST lj@6 80. heavy St 0Da6 -
packers So Rot 81 mixed So re6 IS, lights 81 SIa
~. workers ST i5S6 Co. pigs % ,06tG ~. SHEEP
keceipts 40. shipments 100 Market slow.
l0sl5c lower. Muttons 81 OU@5 90. Lambs 81 159
5 C.
ST. LOUIS. June l5.-CATTLE- Receipts 500,
shipments 2 90 Market steady natives, Texans
weak. Good native steers 81 00Gsi 80. fair to gooc
Texans sieers g U0cg4 50. H0GS-Receipts 4ltc
shipments l.u0 Market lJGg-0c lower; heavy ST &C
ct 80. mixed 81 3l96 40 light So 4gG6 IS. SHEEP
receipts 500 shipments lWU. Market steady.
Good natives S. -5. Texans IS 80, al 50
CHICAGO. June Is SATTIE-EeceIpts lz00A
shipments 1890. Market steady for good easier for
common to prime steers, Prime steers s. 25G5 55
medium 81 sJ95 j.. others 81 % "a 7s light Tex
ans So 7a5 So native cows IS cog 10 81 Al
a. - HOGS-Kecepts 500. shipments 70t0 Mar
let dull. declined p to BIC. Mixed and packers
ST. 55S6 - prime heavy and butcher weights 81 Is
Of 90 light 20 50G6 50. SHEkP-Receipts 1000
shipments 25n Market slow. lower. MuttOns s. 81
@5~U common TO good spring lambs So 5OG6 30.
ethers s. 25@o -,
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CULTURE AND VITALITY.


The great statesman Of the con-
tinent, Prince Bismarck. remains at
seventv-eight force with which his
government has 10 reckon: while the
win Of Leo MIL, an exceptionally In
tellectual pope at cighty-thrce, Is felt
in every corner Of the world The
most intellectual and successful sol
der of our time. the man who had
really thought out victories, Marshal
Won Moltle. was an unbroken man at
ninety and more years No men dare
compare themselves in literary power
with Tennyson or Carlyle. Victor Iiup>s
or Won Ranke. and they all reached
the age which the author OF Ecclc-
siastes declared 10 be marked only hy
labor and sorrow; as also did Prot.
Owen. whose life was one long labor in
scientific inquiry; and SO has Sir VIII
liam Grove, one of the most strenuous
thinkers whom even this age Of
thinkers has produced. We might
lengthen the list indefinitely: hot
10 what use. when we all know that the
most intellectual among lawyers. his
torians, novelists. tbcoiogian~ phy-
sicists, politicians and ns:nralists sur
vive their contemporaries, usually with
uuoiminished powers in all Stats
tieai accounts. the clergy. Whose Occu-
patton is wholly intellectual rank i3rst
among the long-lived. A little lower
down in the scale. the nost hale men
among US are thos~ who have been do
ing intellectual work often extremely
hard work through ali their lives. and
who are stIil - strong tnst all the pro-
fessions are affected bY their resolution
not 10 retire and the ina biI.ty ~ young
or men To invent q reason for making
their retirement compulsory. To say
that they are picked lives Is false for
they are 80 numerous that the intense
vitality Of the old and intellectual act
ually affects tie organization ~ 80
cie;y. and 50 ssF that the unInts.isct-
ual flourish equally seii IS not proya-
bly, true London Spectator
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HOME Helps.

Cwcxrz ss2sosaed with celery saya
and VERY iittle onion. AL: and pepper.
has sne iizvpr
BAK.rr ard hans are nice. seasoned
vrsth 3 ssazll ports0E % sssarss sosl. salt.
pepper. etc. after wasi. s4z and sss..siass
them IL water al aga.
f1zAssE WgET>-Jae juice ot ose
orange "a pint - sweet szil<. hezs
sloszIT anti carsk forsas strain s.5
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PorkTeEs. e1ra and eelsry combined
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CHURCH SOCIETY NOTES.
SGSE Christian Endeavor societies
q z.y7rx- --,.-,-,-.s-S fg~- F~aszy,4

NESz Christian Endeavor societies
are now reported by Ireland
MogE than one hundred new Chris
tan Endesvor societies are being en-
rolled every week.
TRxKE are nov twelve chapters and
over 10 members in the Australian
brotherhood q - Andrew.
\ ~Gr-Ug SOCIETY = very informal
orgaTsizl ss-===sss 80 3 certain etaufer ~ The
Dr0sher.soe,i II - Asarssv- The Rsen-
bcrs pSre1 up difference tsetss-er 9TH
81 nle...bers ~ the brotAerBood- make
tte z-e1 better acquainted and other
wiss sick elements thai aze IN danger
Q. drifting apart