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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31
Vitality IN IntelI Iectual Work.

So far from intellectual work dimin.
ishing vitality, the chiefs Of all the
intellectual professions are, and In
recent times lave been, men who have
passed tile ordinary term OF years
with undiminished powers. In poll
tics the principal leaders whom this
generation has known have been Ear
Russell, Lord PalmerstOn, Lord Bea.
constield, and Mr.. Gladstone, and
every one of them was al seventy III
full vigor, while the last at eighty
three, isslill mighty power in British
politics. Prince bismarck retains 81
seventy eight force with which lIis
Government has to reckon while the
will of Leo KILL, all exceptionly in
lellectual Pope, at eighty-lnree IL felt
in every corner Of the world. "The
most intellectual and successful sol.
dier of our time, the man who had
really thought out victories, Marshal
Won Moltke, was an unbroken man
at ninety and more years. No men
dare compare themselves in literary
power with Tennyson or Carlyle, VIC
tor Hugo, or Won Ranke, aud they
all reached the age which the author
of Ecclesiastes declared to be marked
only by labor aud sorrow; Us also did
Prot Owen. whose life was one long
labor in scientific inquiry and 81
also has Sir William Grove, one Of the
most strenuous thinkers whom even
this age of thinkers has produced.
we might lengthen Ilhe list indeti:
ntely; but to what use, when We all
know that the most intellectual among
lawyers, historians, novelists, physi-
clans, politicians, and naturalisls sur
vive their contemporaries, usually
with undiminished powers? In all
statistical accounts, the clergy, whose
occupation is wholly intellectual, rank
first among the long.lived.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

"Ate quart of raw oysters at one
time!
o, p,haw you couldn't do it Patrick!'
We'll, it's meself that did do it no
later than the day afore yesterday"
Patrick, Patrick you're great
liar"
"I've not exaggerated at all, sor. l
ate q whole quart, sor, but at the same
time I'll acknowledge that the oysters
Wur schmail vans. ."-Texas Siftings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

A citizen of Anderson who was af-
flicted with grippe short time ago.
and several of his family were afflicted
similarly effected prompt cures in each
case by simply using asafoetida pills a
little larger than u buckshot three
times a day Anderson Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

A great wrong to the horse is the
new habit of clipping the inside of the
ears. The hair in the ear is necessity,
and deafness is often the result of al
lowing wind, snow, rain, dust, hay
seed, etc., ETC., to get down where no
man can get it out. Do you wonder
that liberation of the delicate struct-
ure follows, and that deafness is the
common result.-H. w. Sayre.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

'The greatest problem that I have
to deal with" said the keeper of the
imbecile asylum, lis to find occupa-
tion for the people under my charge"
why not set them to investigating
college yells9u asked the visitor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

A simple plan of disinfecting rooms
consists in putting saucerful of salt
in the middle of q room and pouring
on 1t a dram or two of sulphuric acid.
The fumes that arise do the work OF
.disinfactiun. y. ....-.s.5E q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31
Committee Of Reception.
Music,
Music,
Speeches,
Good Cheer,

On next Saturday night. Governor Flower
OF New York, with a distinguished party con-
sisting Of Chauncey Depew, General Slocum,
General Porter, General Strain; Secretary OF
State Danford and others, and the famous
Burgess Corps, OF Albany, n. Y, lo0 strong,
will arrive in our town, also squad OF the
Old Guard Of New York C:y. The party are
en- route for Mardi Gras at New orleans, 1, h
and the only stop In South Carolina VIII De
made at Abbeville.
: our citizens have made arrangements
to entertain the corps and their guests
with an informal lunch at Nisanska's Hall.
The party will remain in Abbevilie but a
short while. but our citizens will gladly well
come the citizens and soldiers Of the Empire
State. and all hope that pleasant I I'm preston
The following citizens have been appointed
as q committee OF reception. to do the hon
ors OF the town. It's 10 be regretted that the
/; committee cannot be made larger, but as the
party is large and the hall small. no more
can be accommodated. Captain Perrin and
his lleutenants will act as an escort to the
Immediately upon the arrival of the train
Judge McGowan will deliver the address OF
welcome, and 1t is hoped that all the distln-
g9ished visitors can be INDUCED TO fsTGr US
could not have been with us In daylight 50
that they could have seen our enterprise and
the progressive spirit OF our people; and II
noIth % Of a Mason e and Dixon's line to have seen
Secession Hill, the birthplace OF the con fed
eracy. and also the Burt Mansion where the
last cabinet meeting was held.
COMMITTEE.
Judge 8. McGowan, Mayor R. NJ. Hill,
&, w. White, Judge w. c. Benet,
Hon. F. B. Gary, Judge j. s. Cothran,
J. Allen Smith, Col. j. T. Robertson.
Hon. r. r, Hemphill, Hugh Wilson,
Col. II. T. Wardlaw, j. II. Latimer,
J, G. Klugh, w. II. Bullock,
Judge J. Fuller Lyon, Hon. K. E. Hill,
George White, Col. A. w. Smith,
i G. A. Visanska. w. w. Bradley,
b. s. Barnwell. c. d. Brown,
8. G.. Dickerson, F. A. Spellnian,
: w. Joel Smith, Hon. W. H. Parker,
F. w. R. Nance, w. a. Templeton,
J. l.. Mcmillan, DR.. W. A. Lee,
w. @. MCGOWAN,
Capt J, L. Perrin, L. c. A. Milford.
Lit. Frank DuPre, Lit. Il. l.. Douglass.
The 7th Regiment Band, one OF the most
celebrated In the Country, accompanies the
party, and will favor the town with some Of
their delightful music.
The committee OF ladies are requested to
meet at the hall on Thursday at II O'clock.
-.- Committee OF Arrangements.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

Mr.. ROSWELL T. LOGAN, Of Charleston,
isnot authorized TO take advertisements lot
this newspaper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

For glasses In steel frames and make no
charge for fittlng. Our s, glasses Ia as good m
any and superior 10 many higher priced
goods. A trial Of these glasses will prove II. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-31

~Published every Wednesday at -
year in advance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Effects of Heat and Cold and the Pass
ing of Trains.

Effects of Heat and Cold and the Pass
ing of Trains.
As you stand in the exact middle of the
Brooklyn bridge you will observe where
the compensation is made for the expan-
sion and contraction of heat and cold
The bridge, resting on the four cables, is
divided into two parts in the middle, and
one end is arranged to slide over the
other. You can put your hand on the rail-
ing and measure by the rubbing of the
parts how far they have pulled back.
in winter or have overlapped in summer
If you watch from cool morning to mid
day you can see Just how much the bridge
has expanded in six hours.
But does the bridge which thus feels
heat and cold also feel at all the strain Of
the weights that pass over it? Let us
look and see. We stand again in the mid
die of the bridge and watch as train of
cars passes by. We notice, where we
looked before to see one end slide over the
other, that foot passengers do not seem to
affect it in the least. When heavy team
passes by there is no observable move
ment. The bridge does not seem to have
noticed it at all. But here comes a train
of cars crossing the bridge. AS it comes
near we observe that the railing overlaps,
the ends begin to move apart. They sep
arate for an inch. Then as the train
passes they come together again, and in
moment they are in their normal posi-
ton. The bridge has noticed that the
train was passing. 1t did not break; it
felt no painful strain; but it noticed and
felt and acknowledged and registered the
pressure which vainly attempted to break
the cableS.-The independent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
She Took the Hint.

A young woman once went into the
studio of the artist, Mr.. Healy, with her
face so covered with paint and powder
that every characteristic line was OBJ
liberated. He was, of course, in a d.
lemma, says Kate Fields Washington
He could not order the girl to go and
wash her face; he would lose his COM
mission. and he was too polite a gentle
man. He could not lay the same paint
on canvas that there was on her face; 1t
would not be satisfactory to the family.
When the sketch was lined in, he rose
from his seat, sat down beside his sub
iect. and kindly asked her if she was
feeling as we'll as usual. Surprised, of
course. she replied that she was. But,
Miss Jones, you walked from your hotel,
did you not?'' ''Yes." "And you came
hurriedly up stairs without stopping to
rest?" why, yes. of course "Ah, yes,
Miss Jones; but you see, though you may
not be feverish, you have eXerted your
self so severely that there is so much
color in your face that [ fear it would
mislead me. Now, tomorrow, if you will
be good. please battle your cheeks III
cool water the last thing, come in close
carriage, and stop and rest yourself upon
the sofa you will find on each landing.
If you do that. / am sure we shall have
no more trouble The faint flush on her
face when she came the next day was
perfectly natural, and did not at all re-
tard the picture.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
THE SEALS SENSE OF SMELL.
Whit of a Stranger Will Wake The

Whit of Stranger Will Wake Them
from Sound Sleep.
among the many singular traits of
character possessed by SEALS" said Oil
yer L. Mason, a retired sea captain, to
reporter of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat,
none are more striking than the devotion
of the male to it's offspring, contrasted
with the apathetic attention paid by the
mother The latter will at the least alarm
bolt away into the sea and leave her ba
bies behind her, but the bulls mount guard
over the swarming herds of young, and
nothing can exceed their devotion and
courage when called upon as protectors.
The sense of smell possessed by the seals
is very strong, and will invariably wake
them out of sound sleep, even if you
come upon them ever so quietly to the
windward, and you will alarm them in this
way much more thoroughly, though you
be half mile distant, than if you came
up carelessly from the leeward and even
walked in among them, they seeming to
feel that you are not different from one of
their own species until they smell you.
The chief attraction in these animals is
their large, handsome eyes, which indicate
great intelligence. They are deep blush
black. with a soft glistening appearance.
and the pupil, like the cats, is capable of
great dilation and contraction"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
The professors Played.

Sousa was in a pleasant storytelling
mood Sunday. Speaking of the indiscrim-
mate use of the word professor" so ob,,
noxious to all real musicians, he related
how, when in the service of the United
States as director of the Marine band,
when he was ordered South to participate
in some national holiday festivities, the
committee of arrangements requested
him to give an evening concert on the
hotel rotunda. Such was the public in
terest that the crowd damned in pell-
nell, and upset the music racks. Mr..
Sousa told the chairman that unless his
men had more room there could be no
concert. Thereupon the chairman mount
ed stool and shouted: THE professor
says that the professor and his professors
will be unable to furnish any music, Ia
dies and gentlemen, unless the professor
and the professors professors are re-
lieved from the present pressure. There
was a frantic scattering, and the pro
fessors'' played without further him
drance.-New York Recorder.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
TEA-TABLE SALAD.

When the goat presses the buttin' "
things have to go.-Plain Dealer.
-Poet-'I haye here little selaeiac
poem that - Editor-'Go, bury thy sor-
row. Minneapolis Journal.
TRULY said Witticus, when he saw
ox-tail soup and tongue on the free-lunch
counter, "eXtremes meat. Life.
For a book agent to sell his own
own hands. '-Richmond Dispatch.
The teller who kicks an sQuirms
few git front seat at a circus is the one
who takes a back seat in a prayer-meet-
ing.-"Or Nutmeg's' Sayings.
80, Edwin, there's such good-'ooking
girl just behind YOU! Do look!'' Edwin
-"Ah. I've no eyes for good looks now,
darlingr'-New York Ledger.
He would have confessed, but she
waved him in silence. NO. she said,
Il prefer to be kept in the dark After
Il moments thought he arose and turned
the gas yet lower.-Detroit Tribune.
Il never saw any, signs OF such such great
him. Why, he gave his wife a life in
surance policy executed in her favor as
Christmas present last year, and ever
since then he has been practicing a regi-
men conducive to longevity. Chicago
Record.
sl Msnd s Il wv ycao di} they W5m Tn
son-"He sold the pastor horse" Life.
-Tinkle- WHAT did you tell your wife
when you got home SO late Friday night:'
Wrinkle-s'I told her she was the sweet
est woman in the worlds ExcLange.
Johnny called Harlem mother
out of the window to her hopeful, ''do
stop playing with that Willie Brichtop.
It's too warm today to play with red
headed boy''-New York Daily News.
De Tanque-"Do you think it's un,
lucky for thirteen to sit at q table?
Old Soak-"I should say SO. Why,
was one of thirteen last week, and it
wasn't until / sat down that L dlscov-
cred they were all prohipitionists. Phil
adelphia Record.
-'.If YOU were to commit suicide" said
the pale, mournful girl, what poison
would YOU take%' II would select tyro-
toxicon. Il poison which l understand is
obtainable only in ice cream replied
the girl to whom life is a pleasure.-New
York Sun.
The girl can generally play first fiddle
if she knows how to handle her beau
Philadelphia Times.
A soldier in summer camp, making
love to a pretty girl shows the pIeasanIer
Side of a court NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Times.
-She-"Isn't it too bad that women
have to grow old?' He-.Ies, indeed,
especially when it is SO hard tor them 10
keen n cret."-Detroit Tribune.
Amateur from doWntoWn)I,ls ne
sir. The Teller that's got
,em to sell is at the other end of the
nier. Chicago Tribune.
There is much talk in the papers about
how to ditinguish edible mushrooms
from the poisonous variety. The surest
way to distinguish them Is g oo puy .neA'
Yves" said the young physician, with
pride. my practice is among
f1r'e best people of the city. Almost every
most fa shionable cemetery III the neigh
horhood. Chicago Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
Submarine Photography.

Experiments were made in France a
few months ago, which promise consid-
cradle success in submarine photography.
A diver carried a specially constructed
camera to depth of twenty-five feet,
and with aN exposure of half an hour
negatives were obtained which were fair
ly satisfactory. 1t was found that the
best results were obtained by placing a
blue glass in front of the lens. 1nstanta-
neous photographs of the sea bottom dur
ing storm have been obtained with the
aid of flash-light. The light was fur
nished by an alcohol lamp fed from a
reservoir of oxygen. Magnesium powder
was projected into the flame through a
tube from the shore. 1t is thought that
such fiash-light photographs can be made
at any depth to which diver can go
down.
His Theory Illustrated-"A you
frequently?'' he said Yes she an
severed. "Father objects to my receiv-
ing so much company And you won't
wear my engagement ring?' "No. Father
objects to my receiving presents from
young men," ''And you decline to meet
me occasionally at the front gate?"
Eyes; father has just purchased a bull
dog, you know" His face took on
shadow of deep annoyance. ut is as I
feared,' he muttered. "The country is
going all wrong through too much pater-
nalism. Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
Eccentricities Of Fox.

The eccentrcities of Henry Stephen
Fox. an early English minister at Wash
ington. were the laugh of the town. Fox
generally did not arise until other peo-
pie were almost ready to go to bed
When duty compelled him to rise earlier,
Fox was like an owl in the daytime
deron, one morning at a state function
-''how strange we look to each other by
daylight" His debts compelled him to
economy, and he rarely gave dinners.
He once invited large party to his
house-Mr. Clay, Mr.. Calhoun, Mr.. Web
ster, and all the giants-and when they
were all assembled, he said: Gentle
men, now be good enough to put on
your hats and follow me- And thus
saying, he led the way to neighbor-
ing eating house
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispeliing colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed On every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
pot.foes as an Animal Food.

NJ Ailne-Girard has been trying ee A-
nnriments with potatoes as a food Tor
animals Dividing nlne large oAe be t Fed
o sl,, . group of oxen on beet root. and hay.
ano on half the weight Of potatoes ni tbs
quantity Of hay so The tSiFd 1he sre ena
was leu I,,o ON the first group had gained
OF wv" about $50 pounds il weight, the sec zee
o onf about about $50 pounds, while the third Ioa
on is The first group Of sheep ep Ike Ike
rlle o+atoes and hay. the third potatoes
o oIone eo' and while the first two groups ad
g sbnnt $50 pounds Another series OF OF e q
psrms s Insa Tf hst e raw aa es
o o5ne t ih supply of milk. whereas cooked
e notafoes diminish it, while augnen'ins
tba weight. -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
Would be Happy.

Here are two contrasted views of cook
ery-one by a man, the other by Il wom-
an:
Mr. Ruskins view: Cookery means
the knowledge of Medea and of Circe
and of Helen and of Rebekah and of the
Queen of Sheba. 1t means the knowledge
of all herbs and fruits and balms and
spices, and of all that is healing and
sweet in fields and groves, and savory
ventiveness and watchfulness and will
ingness and readiness of appliance. 1t
means the economy of your grandmothers
and the science of the modern chemists;
it means much testing and no wasting;
it means English thoroughness and
French art and Arabian hospitality; and,
in fine, it means that you are to be per-
fectly and always ladies' loaf-givers.
Mrs. H. H. Cahoon's view: ASK a
woman what cooking means. 1t means
the patience of Job and the persistence
of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1t means the
endurance, the long-suffering and the
martyrdom of Joan of Arc. 1t means
the steaming and the stewing and the
baking and the broiling, thrice daily,
springs, summers. autumnS and winters,
wear after year. decade following decade
II means ,.,ccrsp;r2 ton and desperation
and resignation It means a crown and
q harp and a clear title to all estate in
heaven From her judgment and reason
she must evolve triumphs that depend
upon salt and pepper and sugar and herbs.
She must know how soon and how long
and how much and how often. She
must know quality and quantity and cost
She must serve the butcher and the baker
and the candlestickmaker Then she
must rise above it all and be a lady-a
lon f-ciyer'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-30
UNPUBLISHED VERSES OF BRET


In the fall of 1892 the writer met at
the White mountains a gentle man who
had been wide traveller, was once Uni
TED States consul at Jamaica, and was full
or "reminiscences of public men. Mention
being made of Bert Harte, he gave the
anecdote and lines which follow. He aft
erwards copied from memory the poem"
ana gave 1t to his interested listener. We
are not aware, says the Boston Tran
script, that it has before received the hon
ors of print and it is not likely that it
Will ever be included in the complete
works OF the author Of ''The Heather
Chlnee.' Still it is amusing, and seems
to bear the marks of the reputed author.
An Englishman named Fowler having
procured money from American consuls
and others on the pretense that he was
destitute American citizen, Il note of
warning was sent from Bristol, England,
to all our consnls in Great Britain. When
1t reached Bert Harte, who was then con-
sui to Glasgow, he sent the following re-
ply:
I'm acquainted with affection,
Chiefly in the form of fiction,
AS tbs offered up by strangers
A the consul's open door;
And l know all kinds Of sorrow
That relief would try to borrow
From SlXpence upward
TO pun or more.
l think l know all fancy
Styles Of active mendicancy,
From the helpless Irish soIdier
Who fought in our countrys war,
And laid in Libby's prison
In a cause that wasn't nls'n,
And l sent him back to the country
Which he never saw before.
| know the wretched seaman,
Who was tortured by a demon
Captain till he fed in terror,
With his wages in arrear;
And I gave to him sufficient
To ship as an efficient
And active malefactOr
With gentle privateer.
l know the worthy tourist
Who by accident the purest.
Lost his letters, watch and wallet,
From the cold deck coming Ger;
And | needed his preamble
And lent him enough to gamble
Till he won back all his money
From the cold deck here ashore.
l have tickets bought for mothers,
And babes who were anotner's.
And husbands that not always
Could be claimed as theirs alone,
Till I've come to the conclusion
That. for ethical confusion
And immoral contribution,
| have little left undone.
But | never. never: never,
In benetcent endeayOr,
Fell into the snare
That this Saxon fowler spread,
And it seems to me pistol,
Used judiciousy at Bristol,
Would not too rematurely
Have brough. this matter to head.