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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-15
A THOUSAND YEARS FROM
NOW.

Behold the wonders OF tho world.
Wherever you may be-
The palaces upon the land,
The ships upon the Bea.
Go count the triumphs Of mankind
And crown arts marble brow,
Yet wonder what this world will be
a tho usand years from now!
The temples great Of Babylon
Where ar they all to-day2
And Where q hundred-gated Thebes3
All these have passed away2
The mighty walls Of queenly Tyre
In pride no longer stand;
What is renowned Palmyra'e slteP
A heap Of desert sand!
The palaces that Cyrus built
No longer are sublime;
Old Carthage crumbled long ago,
Beneath the hand Of time;
And with her passed forever more,
Into oblivlon's peace,
The glories Of her rival Rome,
The marble marts Of Greece.
How Insignificant is mani
In fame how strong his trustl
What are tho Ptolem1es to-day?
A pinch Of mummy dust:
And where is Macedonia's boy,
Who from his gilded throne
Saw all the nations ut his feet?
His very graves unknownl
Tribes, nations, Kingdoms disappear
Nor leave trace behind;
The dust Of monarchs long forgot
Is scattered by the wind.
Where Is the prophet who can say
Upon what regal brow
The English diadem will rest
A thousand years from pow7
VIII Venice sit upon the sea
In splendor as to-day2
Will baughty Paris rule the world
OF fashion, proudly gay9
Say, will the mosque OF Omar rise
Above the Orient deep2
Will London be mighty mart,
And not ruin heap?
What capitals will crown the plainsf
What empress new will rise?
What peoples, now In darkness held,
Will flourish meath the skies2
Ah, will the banner Of the stars
Grown freedoms radiant brow,
And float above her capitol
A thousand years from now7
Will all the nations be at peace,
II nations then existp
VIII not o crimson battle-plume
Be by the sunshine kissed2
And will the glowing armament
Know not a baleful starr
And not a fragile flower bleed
Beneath the feet Of warP
Who knows? We cannot look beyond
The bound'ries where We stand;
He holds the many nations in
The hollow Of his hand.
He drives the chariot OF time
Across this flying clod;
The past is dead, to-day is ours,
The future is with Godl
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-03-15

represented positive enlightenment to
his shrewder sense.
"A tangle-a hopeless tangle!" mur-
INJURED, staring from one to the other OF
the prisoners.
Leonore, wearied, detected, sat with
her head bowed and weeping softly, as
if her harsh environment and its
troubling complications harassed and
grieve6 ner.
Young Seabury stood with set lips,
grim eyes and mien that said palmer
than words:
II have spoken-henceforth I am ST.
lent"
Suddenly Ketcham made me a quick
motion, as quickly translated and acted
upon. It said:
leave the room"
did so.
A minute later Theodore Sesbury was
marched back to his cell.
Then the detective came out locking
Leonore in to her solitude and irksome
captivity.
Doctor he said with spirit, eve are
reaching the end"
stared obviously at Ketcham.
"Are we?" I murmured skeptically.
@Yesn
at seems to me that the case is q
worse muddle than ever"
@Why SOP"
Somewhere there is falsehood, false
surmises. false action"
"All through the case.=
THAT girl is not the wife Of young
Seabury?"
"No."
"He thought she WASP"
Eyes"
"His evidence will clear her?"
ut will"
Ketcham smiled-positively smiled In
my face.
"Don't you see9" he queried quiz
zically.
"No."
"It's clear as crystal"
ITO you, maybe"
"You don't suspect?"
Suspect what?"
@The truth"
II can't tell what the truth is"
"Well, come back here In an hour and
III tell it to you then"
hung hopefully on his words.
@Ketcham!"
"Well?"
"She is innocent?"
II now believe it."
"Come back in an hour"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
Dreaming TO a Purpose.

"The wife of friend of mine in
Middletown had a curious dream the
other night. said well-known Orange
County LAWYER. "Her husband had
received a sum of money, and he
rolled the bills up with brand-now
ten. dollar bill on the outside He " Mt
home in the evening, and while giving
his wife some money noticed that the
new ten-dollar bill was gone. He
searched his pockets, but the missing
note could not be found. The loss
naturally caused quite a little commo-
tion in the household. and the matter
was discussed even after my friend and
his wife had retired for the night.
"Ncxt morning the wife woke mp
her husband, and brought the subject
Of the lost bill TO his mind by the
query:
"'Was that ten-dollar bill numbered
1872
"rhe husband said he didn't know
whether the number was l5l or
whether the bill had any number on it
at all.
"'And furthermore, said he, 4
don't care, for never expect to see
the bill again.
"Don't you be too sure, said his
wife. 'You took that money out Of
your pocket before you got into the
house last night.
"'Yes, did, said the husband. But
how did you know it?'
g i had dream last night that you
did, replied the wife. And dreamed
that the number Of the bill was 151,
and that the wind blew the note out Of
your hand.
80 Nonsense :. said the husband.
Nothing more was said about it..
Nv friend ate his breakfast and went
to his business Early in the forenoon
his wife came in smiling. She had n
new ten.dolar bill in her hand, She
showed the number to her husband
triumphantly. 1t was l51.
'''And [ went ont in the garden AMI
found the bill among the tomato vines,
iust where had dreamed the wind had
carried it, she said.
"Now, this is fact. How can You
explain it?'-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
Life on a Light Ship.

Talk about q vessel rolling and
pitching No vessel rolls, pitches and
plunges like light ship. It's anchors
hold it firm to the shock OF the waves.
There is no yielding, no graceful sway
ing to the swelling OF the seas. There
are days, too, when fierce fog horn
torments the ear with noise such az
Nature in her angriest moods never
invented There is always glare OF
light at night. There is no constant
expectation Of reaching port, and life
soon becomes adreary monotony.
In case the light ship should be cast
adrift. it has been fitted with sails
which will enable it to hold its own in
storm and stress. The hold is fitted
with spacious store rooms and sleep
ing quarters, and machine for COM
pressing the air which blows the fog
horn. These Jog horns are what are
known in this country as 'sreI' y
whistles. They are called sirens pro 3-
ably because that is what they least
resemble. They begin their nose
with q very low note, and rise rapidly
in sliding scale to very thin note
that distresses the ear. Then they de-
scend to the low note, and up 6n |
down in rapid succession the shrleking
demonlike noises race. One French
writer has said that the possibilities OF
this foo horn are such that he wonders
that some music leader has not intro
duced it into the orchestra when tho
Wagner operas are played. A COM
pressed air trumpet, he thinks-and 1t
is lust possible that there may be a
little National prejudice IN his cpin-
ion-would go we'll with NEUROLOGICAL
characters and dragons and unearthly
storms and noises. The writer says
the fog horn is simply u 'terrible IN
strument." and therefore in time the
Wapnerians must adopt it. A big bell
is placed on the ship for use in case
the foo horn should break down or
scare itself useless. -Harper's Young
Pnnnle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01

MANY more vessels were reported lost in
tue storm of the british coast great dam
age was done to shipping from the Baltic 10
the Mediterranean the loss OF life was
heavy.
SEVERAL prominent young French Cana
dians were arrested while preparing 10 blow
ND with dynamite the Nelson monument in
Montreal.
Az explosive enclosed in a copper cylinder
was exploded in Valencia. Spain. doing con-
siderable damage. The continuance Of such
outrages has caused dismay among the popu-
lace OF Valencia.
An epidemic OF influenza Is reported in
England and in Germany IL has assumed a
severe form in the latter country where Il
has caused number OF deaths.
The greatest desttution prevails among
the Indians all over Canada. and from La
brador 10 British Columbia come continuous
tales OF suffering. More han 400 have al
ready persisted OF hunger in the Province Of
Quebec.
THE arched stone roOioi 81. Pierre Chape'.
recently erected in COurpitre. near Cler-
mont-Ferrand. Puy-de-Dome Department.
France. fell while many Sisters OF Mercy
were at prayers. Several Sisters were killed.
and others were injured severely.
A DISPATCH dated at Rio de Janeiro Bra
I'll. says: There is heavy artillery fire daily.
Many shots struck YilegagnOn and Fort
Laage. which were much damaged. An
officer and seventeen men were killed in the
latter BY the bursting OF a shell. The fire
from machine guns now makes part OF the
city dangerous. Many casualties occur IN
the street.
EIGHT persons were killed by an avalanche
IN the department OF Bssses-Pyrenees.
France.
The report of the commission investigai-
ing the bank scandal was read in the Italian
Chamber Of Deputies many prominent men
were severely criticised; there were scenes
ol wild disorder the Cabinet will probably
resign.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
A Natural Flying Machine.

"There is tree growing on th,
campus at the University of Rochester
that produces a natural flying ma
chine" said n citizen to-day. 81
chanced to be passing 1t yesterday and
nv attention was attracted by what
seemed Mt first To- be grasshOpper
and spider in conflict IN the air. |
watched the object, saw it rise and
fall and rise again aud finally settle III
the grass. Curiosity led me to follow
and examine it, and instead of tin,iing
either a grasshopper, spider or any
living thing. / was astonished to dis
cover the most perfect natural. but in
animate flying machine ! ever saw. Il
was leaf oblong in outline about
three inches in length and halfan inch
in width. From point at It's center
q film tVo inches long hung down,
carving at its lower extremity a
counter weight or pendulum, that
served to keep the plane Of the leaf in
the right relation to the air for travel
ing. The leaf was bent at such sn
angle as Won will find in the boone
rang. and the whole formed 2 flying
machine which worked perfectly, for
when threw it III the air it began To
whirl and actually sailed away on the
breeze, rising until il went ont OF
sight. When it had disappeared wes
sorry for letting it 60, but at once
made sketch of if, not knowing that
there we're innumerable specimens o.
the curiosity close at hand. While |
was lamenting the loss OF my toy |
looked at the ground and found sev-
eral imperfect copies Of the one that
had flown. Then it dawned upon me
tha. the formation was device OF
nature to spread the seed Of the tree
and that the bulb at the extremity OF
the film was the seed Of the tree,
which I suppose is well known TO ar-
boriculturists. / observed that the
specimens found near the tree were
not as symmetrical as the one that first
drew nv attention and finally left me
so unceremoniously. The latter went
away with the ease OF bird and may
be Aying still. 1t worked so well that
some ingenious person might hnd IN
its lines the elements Of device that
could be made artificially and perhaps
assist IN solving the problem Of fly
inc machine. Rochester y. " Post
Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
A Singular OiscOqery

James Smithers, an English resident
ofHaliburton. Ontario, while out hunt
ING with party of visitors from the
old country recently, met with a SIN
ctilar adventure. which also led to as
singular discovery. A band ofmoose,
the first seen this far south for many
wears. had been driven down by the
scouts OF the expedition, and II was
while in full chase OF these that the
others swept on, leaving Smithers to
follow.
Wishing to overtake them as soon as
possible he took short cut across the
country. and was astonished all at once
TO find himself sinking. He fell about
six feet, but owing to the descent OF
the loose earth with him sustained no
injury. lie was amazed to find the
bottom Of the pit composed OF solid
ice of a brackish taste and evIdendy oi
untold age. Walking about the PIT
Smithers made out an object protrud-
inc from the lev foundation. and win
his short hunting axe cut away the
surrounding material until he saw that
the object was human hand holding
a spear
urther excavation revealed the en-
tire figure Of man dead in fur gar
ments and perfectly preserved By his
cold bed Near at hand were also the
remains of the deer, which the hunter
had doubtlessly lost his life in pursu-
ing to this treacherous spot The
frozen man was an Indian of noble
build and wore n chiefs amulet about
his neck. That he died by cold was to
be plainly seen by his expression
which was the placid one of persons
who die thus.
The skin of his face and hands were
drawn and like parchmeu but that
protected by his clothing WAS firm and
natural, As if death had come within
the air. When found by his friends
Smithers was trying to renter the
corpse in order to preserve it, but the
action of the air had already begun
and the body soon wasted away in rapid
dissolution. 1t is impossible to say
how long it had lain buried in the
natural ice houss-perhaps before
Henry Hudson sailed the bay to the
East; perhaps when Christianity was
dawuing on earth or the pyramids IN
course OF construction.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
White Mn in the Indian Territory.

Strange as it may seem there are mt
least one-third more white United
States citizens III the Indian Territory
comprising the five civilized tribes
ofCberokees. Creeks. Seminoles, Choc-
ta-.s aad Chichasaws-than the total
nopulstion OF Oklahoma Territory, IN
cluding the unopened reservations. 1t
is this remarkable fact which made the
last Congress so prolific Of bills affect
inc the Indian Territory, and caused
fine Senate to empower the President
to appoint committee OF three to
visit these five Nations, as they call
themselves, this past summer anu
treat with their respective govern
ments with view to the dissolution
of their tribal relations, the allotment
Of their lands in severalty, the accept
ance Of American citizenship, and
speedy statehood. The tribal popula-
tion Of the Nations aggregates III ro''nu
numbers 62, 900, divided as follows ::
Cherokees, $4,000; Creeks, IA, 600 /;
Seminoles, 1000; Choctaws, l1'ooo; !;
Chickasaws, 5000. The United states
citizen population, owing no tribal 81
legiance and alien in character Is con
servatively estimated at l5O'ooo' oil
which number IS, 900 are in the Chick
asaw Nation alone. When it IS CON
sidered that there are fifteen non-citl-
zens to one citizen in the last-meh-
toned Nation. the reader will read
ilv perceive the condition which calls
for Congressional action and threatens
the abrogation of Indian autonomy
Fully four-ffths of tbs alien white
population immigrated to the Indian
Territory after the opening OF Okla
homa for settlement. nt.-Harpers Mag
/ azine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
Effects oil Opium.

Opium produces more varied ana op'
posite effects upon the human system
than any known drug. Even in small
doses it will act on the same individual
as a stimulant and as a sedative, as an
astringent or a laxative, and in large
doses to those who are habituated to
its use its acts as powerful stimulant
or even intoxicaut, such intoxication
being followed by muscular relaxation
and mental torpor. The action oil
most drugs, or at least of very many
varies according to the dose which Is
administered, thus ipecacuanha VIII
act as on emetic in large doses, but If
oiven in small quantity will arrest
sickness. Ammonia will cause or ar
rest sickness according to the quantity
taken. while many drugs which in
small doses will operate as febrifuges
n large doses induce fever.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
Badly Maliormed Lamb.

The English papers tell the follow
ing story Of badly malformed lamb E
w. Hewitt. of Harrington Mills, has a
eve which this sp:iny wsan9l a lamo
that is certainly curiously AMI
won lrolsly made. II has two eyes,
both in the centre of the forehead and
in a single socket, both covered with
enc eyelid. One ear is situated at the
back of the head and the other directly
under the lower jaw, near the hinge.
II has no tail, but in the place Of that
very necessary appendsge fifth leg
almost as long as the other four, fully
equipped with hair, hoofs, etc. II
was living at last accounts, being al
most three months old.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

Tar Brazilian cruiser Nictheroy anchored
outside OF Sandy II Ook, n. j.. and nred sew
eral dummy shells from her dynamite gun.
AT Fleetwood Park. New York. Directum.
the king of trotting stations, won the 5000
match race from AIix making the last OF the
three heats in 2.0S.
TgE Chamber OF Commerce OF New York
City held its one hundred and twenty-hfth
annual dinner. Speeches were made by Sec
retary of the Treasury Carlisle, ex-Minister
10 Germany William Walter Phelps. Repre-
sentative Cultivate Of Ohio. -. Clair Ne
KeIway and President Patton, OF Princeton
College
THE Nictherov. the Brazilian dynamite
cruiser. sailed southwark from New York
under sealed orders.
The American Casualty Insurance and Sc
curity Company. OF New York City, decided
to close up its business and apply for r..
ceiver. Its losses during the three years o.
its life amounted 10 Sl.10O.OO0. which Is
300 900 more than its entire capital.
FIRE in Springfield. Mass. destroyed seven
blocks. including the Hotel Glendower.
Mrs. LRDEcKY. aged sixty-seven, and her
daughter Fanny. aged thirty-hye, eommltLIe'
suicide together in New York City. Ihe
cause Is unknown.
MARY POWELL. aged twelve. Of Prospect
Plains. Y. j.. was frightened 10 death by
her brother As she was coming out OF the
cellar he shut the door and made irlgntful
noise. The little girl screamed. When her
brother opened the door be found Mary deai
on the floor
FREIGHr trains were moved at various
points on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, not
withstauding the strike.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

CHICAGO has deficit Of 81 300 600.
TIE unclaimed funds in the English courts
amount to 1899 1852, ,4lO
GovERxxENT telegraph operators in Italy
have gone out on strike.
A GovERNMENr medical school has been
established at Washington.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND horses are used in
the carrying trade OF London.
PHILADELPHIA tailor is making an over
coat for a customer which is to cost - ..
TACOMA. Wash. claims a population OF
81. .329 on the strength Of a new city directory.
IT has been decided to remove the Bureau
Of Awards Of the Worlds Fair to Washing
ton.
The Spanish convicts at Mellla have dis
tinguished themselves in fighting the Rit-
fans
Miss sALLE McALIsTER. colored. weight
6e5 pounds, died few days ago, at Leba-
non, KY.
The Shaker community at Shirley. Mass
has lust celebrated the one hundredth amt
versary OF its establishment
The German Government will establish an
entrenched camp near Malmedy. which IS
held TO be menace to Belgium.
ONLY forty-three out Of $50 candidates for
admission to West Point Military Academy
were successful at the last entrance exami-
nations.
ADe,RAL SEYMOUR says that $lOO, 100000
ought to be expended in building up the
British navy, the condition OF which he says
Is serious.
TIE Grand Jury at Greenville, S. C.. has
so far thrown out every indictment under
the new dispensary law, although some oi
the cases were very strongly supported by
evidence.
4 BATTERY muleteer at Rawul Pindi, India.
s.ran amuck'' and murdered no fewer than
eight of his comrades belonging TO the same
battery. A ninth man died from the wounds
he received.
TIE Department of the state at Washing
TON is advised by its representative in Korea
that owing to bad crops the export OF grain
ron that country has been prohibited by
royal decree.
RAPsAEI ORTEGA. says q Mexican paper,
fan wears ago sold eight or ten mules. with
which he did express business, and went in
10 coffee farming. This year his crop Is
worth $4,000
WILLIAM C. RENFRow. the Governor ol
Oklahoma, in mis- annual report to the Secre-
farv of the Interior, estimates the popula-
fion OF the Territory proper at lol ,5O4, ana
thst Of the Cherokee Strip as l0O,OO0. max
ing total Of 251.3O4-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
South and West.

sEcRErARY CARLISLE has ordered the re.
lease OF the Russian cOnvicts under arrest at
san Francisco Cal.
MExIcAN revolutionists have scattered cir
cUlars all through the Rio Grande Valley 0
Texas. Offering s75 per month for recrult'
for their cause. The circulars are signed by
Santa Ana Perez.
LEWIS GREEN STEVENSON. son OF Vice
President Stevenson. married at Blooming
ton ILL.,. Helen Louise Davis. daughter o
prominent Republican editor.
JOSEPH VI. KRAFT. New Albany (Ind.
merchant, shot aud killed 4 man who was
attempting to kidnap his twelye-year-old
daughter tor ransom.
". OyERNAS. formerly President OF thi
Citizens National Bank. HillsbOro. Ohio
which he wrecked has been sentenced TO ten
years in the Penitentiary.
NEwBERNE. Tenn. was visited by fire. re
sulting in the death Of three persons and tn,
injury of FIVE others. Four buildings were
destroyed.
WILLIAM T. COLRMAN. of san Francisco.
head ofthe famous California vigilance com
mittee of 1856. is dead. He was born at
Cynthana. KY. February 29 the additional
day OF the leap year OF 1924. AMI was thus
able to celebrate his birthday only once in
four years.
GUSTAV TRUHN a weli-to-lo farmer in Bush
Lake township. Minnesota. killed his wife
and child while in fit OF ofinsanity.
AT Cheyenne. Oklahoma. Tom OHars.
Texas ranger. shot and killed Cheyenne
ludian named Red Moon.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
Washington.

TIE United States Supreme Court has de-
cided the great lakes to be high seas.
THE United States Secret Service officers
during the past year have secured 20j con-
yictions. most OF them for passing counter
ieit coins. Fines to the amount OF 5000
were imposedupOn persons arrested by them.
The face value OF counterfeit money cap
tured amounted 10 s3.s97. .llS. and they aisC
secured 49l plates and numerous dies and
mOulds.
L. 4. THURsTON. Hawaiian Minister at
Washington. issued a statement in reply %
Commissioner Blount's report
The President has removed Postmaster
Thomas. Of Topeka. Kan. for violating the
Civi-Seryice law.
No further business will be transacted by
the State Department with Minister Thurs
ton. representing the provisional Govern
ment OF Hawaii.
SUPERINTENDENT OF migration stump
holds that steamship companies cannot ap-
peal from decisions ordering the return OF
immigrants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-12-01
azine.

The creature most tenacious OF lite
is the common sea polyp. One may
be cut in two, and two creatures are
the result. One may be slit length
wise into half dozen sections, max
ing as many animals. They may be
turned inside out and ENJOY themselves
lust as we'll as before ; if two be divided
and placed end to end, the result will
be monster having head at each
end OF its body.