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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-21

Promptness and politeness Is something to
be desired by every one. Cali at Speeds
Drug store and We guarantee you get 10th.
Fresh citron, raison, nuts and currents at
the Supply Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-21
SCHOOL NOTICE,

4 LII PERSONS HAVING BUSINESS
IA with the School Comm issloner will find
him in his office all public days and every
In each mon tn nearest the middle
Of the month, during tho present year Tor the
purpose OF registering claims, &c.
E. COWAN,
School Commiss s'1ner Abbeville County.
Feb 2, 1892.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-21

"Hyms and Hymnology." Mr.. Benet was re.
ouested by the club TO read the second at tne
next meeting of the club, which for some me rea,
son was not held until September z, iosz, a.
MIR, Bepet read his second essay Oh the above
subject az the club requested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-21

new year was held at the home Of Mr.. A. W..
Smith, and as is usual ut such times passed q
number OF resolutions looking to the improv-
ment of the club. IL might be well to refer
TO some Of them In order 10 refresh the
memory or the members OF the club.
/. MIR. Cason moved that committee be
appointed-the Secretary 10 be one-to revise
and complete the minutes. AS far as II could
be done this work has been performed largely
by Mr.. MCGOWAN. the Secretary at that time.
2. Mr.. A. w. Smith, moved that inasmuch
say of Mr.. Cason on the History of the Club
which was printed in the Press and Banner
be pasted in the minute book.
8, Mr.. Benet moved that the Secretary
keep small book in which to take the notes
OF the meetings 30 that the record will pre-
served II not copied In the mintue book. We
see the bad results OF the failure to carry out
'nlS Mr.. a. ". Smith moved that the time
and place of the club meetings be published
in the Press and Banner for two weeks In
son consented" This resolution has been
"honored more in the breach than IN the OBJ
! At this meeting Mr.. Wilson read an inter
! estlng essay on "Punctuation, Style. High
sounding words ing the place OF good I'm.
glish. The use and abuse of the comma"
The subject Is short essny In Itself. The Sc
cretary States that during the discussion MIR.
the now famous: poem OF N. Webb Hardin,
entitled, when shal! we meet" copy
by OrQer Ot Iue cluD was paSteu III Tue
minute book and may be found at page 3d. II
being such a wonderful production l will
read 1t for the benefit Of the club. 1t bears
repetition and fully illustrated the criticism
of the essayist on high sounding words.
Their use, however, was justitiable un-
der the circumstances which inspired this
poem.
The essay of Mr.. Wilson was published In
The Press and Banner by request of the club
March 90 On this date the club met at the
home of Mr.. a. b. Morse, and 1t was enter
talned by hearing an essay OF rare merit read
by Mr. W. A. Lee on the subject of "The i'm
portance OF National Literature"
After this meeting the club seems TO have
taken summer recess for the next meeting
was not held until september Is. at the home
of Judge Cothran. Mr.. F. B. Gary read the
essay or the evening Oh Lynch Law"
October l6. The regular meeting OF the club
was held at this time at the residence OF
Judge MCGOWAN. The essay OF the evening
was one Of much interest and pleasure to the
club. Mr.. Benet read his first paper OH
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02

1t has been often noticed in India
how fast a wolf travels by means of
lounging, loafng trot that is by no
means suggestive of speed. While one
gallops after it as hard as a horse can
go. the wolf pursued, never apparently
hurrying, lollops along at a. pace that
equals that of the following steed.
have heard it said that no horseman
ever rode a wolf down. but to this
statement I must denur, inasmuch as
have done this thing. Perhaps nv
wolf was sick.
Be that as it may, / did. when out
pig sticking in the Ganges country over
against Colgong, follow wolf. and
that wolf turned sharply when [ closed
with it, and the horse l rode-a rare
one-kicked it over with his forefeet
and made the matter of spearing my
wolf simplicity itself. One of my com
pamions of that day found explanation
of this performance in the fact that
/ had ridden another mans horse with
my own spurs.-Blackwood Magazine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
The Past Year Period of Small
Railway Building.
THE PRESENT MILEAGE.
NEARLY 100000 MILES OF TRACK
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Enterprises Under Way which Will
Cause Active Building During the
Year-Passengers Carried by the
Three Chicago Companies During
the Worlds Fair.

The year now closing having been
arnity has naturally also been a period
of comparatively small railway build
ing. The country is not by any means
yet supplied with all needed railways.
Many hundreds of practicable lines
have been projected and will eventu-
ally be built, but capital has learned
that railway investments are beset
with many dangers and uncertainties,
and so when hard times come new
enterprises of this kind are among the
first to suffer from inability to raise
money. Although it was evident before
1893 opened that the pace of preceding
years would not be maintained in rail
way building, yet work was soon in
progress on a sufficient number of lines
to make it probable that the year S
total of new track would reach 5000
or $500 miles. But the July panic put
a sudden stop to a number of
lines on which work had been
actively progressing and caused serious
delay in others, so that the end of the
year finds many unfinished lines on
which much work has been done, and
leaves the total of new mileage less
than for any twelve months in the last
seventeen years. Our records show
that the new main track laid in the
United States in 1893 aggregates $3.50
miles on 222 lines in forty-three of the
states and territories; also that in
Canada 461 miles have been built on
sixteen lines. and in Mexico ninety-nine
miles on five lines. The summary for
the different states is as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
NEW RULES FOR HARVARD.
They are Strict, But VIII Guard
Against Professional Jobs.

Cambridge, Mass, JAN To-day the
new athletic rules are to purify
Harvard athletics went into effect.
They are the final product of
many years work by old Har-
ward coachers mad men who are
leaders in athletics. The primary
purpose of the rules going into
effect today, is to purify all individual
and team athletics from any tinge of
professionalism. These rules are drawn
up and signed by Bertram G. Waters
and George A. Stewart and take effect
today.
: The rules are very strict in defining
amateurs and also in debarring from
college athletics all but bona fide mem
bers of universities. The time limit
regulation provides that no student,
whether he has represented one or
more colleges, shall take part in the
intercollegiate contests for more than
four years, and this period shall begin
with the year in which, as a player
upon the university team, he first repre-
scented any college; in reckoning these
four years, any year of probation and
any year lost to the student by Illness
shall be excluded. BY these rules many
Harvard star athletics will be thrown
out of playing the remainder of this
year. and specially will it weaken the
baseball team.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
THE DEADLY HAIR TONIC.
A Man Who Lit a Cigar While His
Hair Was Soaked With Tonic,

Men who persist in smoking while
in a BARRIERS chair may profit by the
experience of Henry HaIlenstein, who
was frightfully burned about the face,
head and neck in Alfred Otto's barber
shop He is now at his home swathed
in bandages, and vows he will never
again attempt to light a cigar while
a barber is putting tonic on his hair.
Fritz Hotz. the barber who was
catering to his customers wants, Jared
almost as badly as Mr.. Hallenstein.
His right hand was burned and one
half of his long blonde mustache was
Singed in such a manner that he was
obliged to trim it short.
Shortly after dinner Hallenstein went
over to Otto's barber shop for a shave.
Everything went along smoothly until
Mr.. Hallenstein was shaved What
will you have on your hair?" asked
the barber Mr.. Hallenstein knew that
Fritz wanted him to use Mr.. Otto's
tonic and he consented.
The barber had doused a considera-
BILE amount of this liquid on Mr..
Hallenstein's head when the latter de-
cided he wanted to smoke. He pulled
out a cigar and asked for light.
There was no matches at hand so he
took piece of shaving paper, folded
it up, and lighted it from the gas let.
AS he brought the burning paper close
to the cigar the alcoholic fumes from
the tonic ignited. There was a sudden
flash of flame and Mr. Hallenstein.
screaming at the top of his voice.
leaped from the chair. Fritz grabbed
. towel and as quickly as possible
smothered the flames Mr.. HalIenstein
was burned badly about the face, ears
and neck. The skin has all peeled off.
His eyelashes, mustache and hair were
badly singed.
Fritz himself had not escaped in
juries- His right hand was severely
burned. One-ha1f of his long nustache
was burned away. When one of his
fellow BARRIERS took a pair of shears
and clipped the other side to make it
match Fritz almost cried with grief
Chicago Tribune
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
The wide distribution of these $3.50

The wide distribution of these $3.50
miles of new track is noteworthy. Only
IS of our states and territories-Ver-
mont, Connecticut, Delaware, Nevada,
and Indian Territory-show no addition
whatever, but several of the new
states added only from 1 to miles
EACH and the entire 222 miles give an
average of less than II miles to each
road. Pennsylvania leads with 399
miles on % lines, followed by Florida
with 212 miles on lines, North Da-
kota 1914 miles on 2 lines, Georgia 173
miles on 7.lines, Texas 166 miles on 10
lines Ohio las miles on lines, etc. In
respect to greatest total mileage the
order of the states is not materially
changed, Illinois still standing at the
head, with 10,427 miles, Pennsylvania
| is second with 9,55S miles, and Texas
{ third with 9,206 miles.
| The new milage of 1893 is less by
about 1000 miles than that of either of
the two preceding years and is much
smaller than that of any year since
1878, when the total was only 2,679
miles. But in the four hard years from
1874 to 1877 inclusive the additions were
still less, going as low
as to ILL in 1875. The lowest point
reached since 1878 was in 1885, when
only 3,131 miles were built, but in the
following year the new mileage leap
the extraordinary total of about 1900
miles Notwithstanding the great fall
ing off in activity in the last four or
| five years, the past ten years have seen
an addition of 56.39S miles, or an aver
age of about $50 miles a year, while
in the twenty years since 1873 no less
than 107,5S5 miles were built, the aver
age increase being 5,379 miles per year.
The present railway mileage of the
United States according to our record,
is 177S53 miles. 1t will require only
an average increase of 8, 164 miles for
the next seven years to bring the total
at the beginning of the year 1900 to
100000 miles, while if the rate of the last
twenty years is averaged the total will
then be over 215,000 miles In view of
the immense area of our country which
is still to be supplied with railways it
seems hardly possible that any wear
in the near future will show so small a
construction record as 1898. There are
enterprises already under way suf-
flcient to greatly increase this figure
for 1894 if only ordinary con1merciaI
conditions again prevail, and legisIa-
tive harassment of railway invest
ments is suspended. Railway Age.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02


sometimes, when mentioning some well
known English writer's name to a
foreigner, to find he has never heard
it, although one had thought the re-
nown European l suppose Tennyson
is the only present English writer
whose fame is European"
Yes, replied Jane Clermont; but
Tennyson has never had the same kind
Of fame as Byron. His has been a
steady equable light; Byron's was
a short, fierce, binding glare; and, as
l say, all Europe was so enthralled
with the magic of the mans very name,
that the sensation he made even dis
counted, to some extent, the sensation
of Waterloo. 1t was a troubling, NOR
bid obsession, the influence he had over
all, and especially over the youth of
England of both sexes. The young
poetasters used to initiate his dress
and appearance as far as they could,
and the girls made simple idiots of
themselves about him. Nunberless
letters used to come to him daily, often
of the most absurd description, from
the languishing fair. He usually con-
verified them into cigar lights; at that
time he had rather a fancy for cigar
smoking, which he gave up later on
The Nineteenth Century.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02

stefan and surgeon of the Copeland Medi-
cal Institute, of Salt Lake city. I have
been annoyed for years with the milder
symptoms of catarrh, such as splitting,
hacking, sore throat. with accumulation
of tough mucous every morning, tendency
to catch cold at every little exposure. but
like many others / paid very little atten-
ton to it until serious symptoms arose
Several years ago / had an attack Of
what is called the grip my stomach
then began to cause alarm, severe
HEMORRHAGES form stomach caused
by AN ULCER THEREIN. l could
scarcely retain any food in any shape. L
lost flesh rapidly, a severe and trouble
some cough set in accompanied by night
Sweats. Many nights l have not slept
one moment on account of the cough
my nose closed up with a sticky yell
low mucous, and every morning l would
spend half an hour clearing out my
throat and nostrils'
81 was weak and discouraged and moth
ing seemed to benefit me until l took Dr.
DeMonco's mail treatment, and consider
ing my present condition with what L
was before taking their remedies. l am a
new woman"
Il think exceeding praise is due DR.. De-
Monco, as he has been kind and attentive
to my home treatment, and will cheer
fully verify this statement to all who will
write me or call in person.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
A New snecies of Fish.

A guard tells good story on a lady
who was visiting well known Chicago
lady, and was being shown by he1
through the Fisheries building. She
was in the salt water section of the
aquarium, in the very thickest of the
pushing, jostling. crowding mob that
constantly gazed upon the Gagged deni-
zens of the deep. Pushing her way
toward the tank where the toad-fishes
disported themselves, she suddenly ex-
claimed:
DO look at that great long fish
squirting water out Of its nose! Isn't
it wonderfulr'
The long fish referred to was a lead
water pipe leading from the top to the
bottom of the section. through which
was sent a constant stream of salt
water which came out in SPRAYS
through number of little holes in the
end of the pipe
But she was not the only person who
was deceived by these pipes that spray
ed salt water in the various sections.
Occasionally. a countryman would be
heard to excIaim:
Gee Whit look at that long cell I
never saw an eel squirt water like that
before Prom "Undercurrents of HUI
NOR from the Fair" in Demorest' s
Family Magazine for January
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
Women of the WnrId.

More women are employed in govern
ment positions in England than any
where else in the world.
The mite mentioned in the gospel in
connection with the Widows contribu-
ton to the treasury was Greek cop
per coin weighing eighteen grains.
Mime. Bernhardt has persuaded the
management of her theatre to bar hats
from the orchestra seats, and in conse-
quence that part of the house is sell
ing better than it did at the beginning
N the season.
The queen of Holland has conferred
knighthood upon F.. j. De Peyster of
New York. President of the ST. Nicho-
las society. which entertained the
Dutch officers of the Van Speijk dur
ing the Columbian celebration.
Mrs. Daniel Lamont has charming
little oak chair, with inlaid medallions
in the seat and back. 1t is an inno-
cent looking thing, but it concealS a
music box AS soon as a weight is
placed upon the seat melody fills the
room.
Miss Catherine Bitner of Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, was so over
joyed a day OF two ago at a decision
in her favor of a suit which she had
instituted in Hagerstown. Md, to set
aside a deed for a farm, that she was
overcome by the excitement and died
an hour after.
At the invitation of several prorni-
nent Boston people Miss Catherine H
Spence of Australia will lecture in that
city on "The Australian Answer to
American Problems" Miss Spence has
been Identified with a number of so
cial and political reform movements in
Australia.
Mary Hughitt Halliday, Cairo, Ill,
girl, educated at Vassar and Packer,
has been elected president of the Wo-
mans Art Club of Sculptors and Paint
ers in Paris. Since she went to Paris
she has ben thrice honored by the art
authorities there, twice by special men
ton, and once with a bronze medal for
work done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
The Governor il qaiet.

Jacksonville, Jan. 1.-Steve O'Donnen
and Jim Hall. who assist in training
Mitchell, passed through Jacksonville
today en- route to St Augustine, where
the Englishman is quartered. Fred
Tara, the well known jockey, has also
arrived. Governor Mitchell passed
through Jacksonville this morning en-
route to Tallahassee, but while here let
drop no hint as TO how he proposes to
stop the fight if Judge Call decides
that glove contests are not illegal. A
story is current in sporting circles that
the managers of the athletic club
had inside information the governor
would look to Shariff Broward to
stop the fight, and if he failed
he would suspend him from Of
fee. The truth is, everything is
uncertain for nobody knows what Gov
ernor Mitchell will do save the govern
or himself and he is not divulging his
plans
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
California Jockey Club.

San Francisco, Jan. 1.-The CaIifor-
mia Jockey club meeting commenced
today It win last two months
Five furIongs- Zoollenn won, Babe
second, Greenhock third Time :O4
About six furlongs-Chager won,
Vandalight second, Silver Plate third.
Time-1:1S1k.
Five furlongs-Ricardo won, Sir
Reginald second, George L third. Time
-1:051z.
Short course steeplechase-BaIla.. !
won, Cicero second, First Lap third.
Time-3:401z
Seven furlongs-Thornhill won, Pen
nyroyal second, Sir Peter third Time
i 1884,.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
STILL ADVERTISING D. H.
The Proposed Fight is Being Doomed
in Good Shape.

Jacksonville, Jan. Application for
a writ of habeas corpus for the re-
lease Of Mitchell and Corbett will be
argued on Wednesday, instead OF to-
morrow. The postponement is to give
the governor more time to file instruc-
tions, if he has any. The Athletic club
is very sanguine today Of putting OF
the fight. The lawyers say it will be
impossible for the governor to declare
martial law after the courts have de-
cided that no law was violated, unless
he assumes arbitrary power as die
tator. The opinion is he would hardly
do that The lawyers say the requisi-
ton for Mitchell from Mississippi on
account of his part in the Richburg
affair will not issue. because the stat
ute of limitations bars any proceeding
st this late day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
Six Reasons why Women Work at
Mems Tasks


Mr.. Walter Besant knows of these
six reasons why women work at mems
tasks: Because their intellectual ac-
tivity will not let them rest at home;
because they must earn money some
how; because they want a little more
money to spend; because they have
taken up cause; because they want
to show that they are as good as men,
and because their lives are so deadly
dull that they want a change. The
only reason of the lot that he commends
is the first one. A woman such as
George Eliot he thinks. should have
her head, and write, study or practice
anything she will, and be happy in so
doing. The second reason-the need of
money-seems fairly good excuse; but
he does not contend it, since he thinks
that women who have to work for a
living miss the life they would prefer
and which he covets for them. All the
other reasons he seems to condemn;
and yet, if a woman whose life is
empty can find a job that interests
her, it seems a large sacrifice to de-
mand of her that she shall withhold
her hands from it and let it go to some
man. There is much reasona bleness in
Mr. Besant's general argument that
for women to compete in the labor
market with men tends to detrimental
ICSuIIS W DOlI sexes. 6uL Wne0 MS
general law comes to be applied, like
many other laws, it makes hard cases
So long, however, as the world abounds
in males who are only too glad to have
their women folks do all the work
they can, it is just as well that the
other side should at least have one
doughty hampion.-Harper's Weekly.
For n Good Complexion.
Fresh. rare beef makes good blood
and is an easily digested food. Fruits
should be used literally, with veget-
ables, cereals, and milk, and oeca-
sional indulgence in sweets may be
permitted. Nothing is better for the
complexion than oatmeal and oranges.
Take for breakfast oranges with a
dish of oatmeal; two or more oranges
for luncheon, with a piece of rare beef
steak; and for dinner, oranges with
rare roast beef This is perhaps not a
very inviting menu, but it will make
an unSightly complexion beautiful in
an incredibly. short time; and where is
the woman or girl who will not en-
dure much to acquire this? The Ital-
ian women have superb compilations
with marvellous coloring. Their food
consists largely of coarse Indian meal
and other coarse-g grained cereals, with
oranges. By way of caution let me
add, don't eat too much; many all
ments of the body and skin come from
vereating--From THE Care of the
Complexion in Demorest'S Family
Magazine for January.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
A Grent Trame

The following are the authentic fig
uFes. says the Street Railway Journal.
regarding the number of passengers
carried by the three Chicago compan-
les during the months of the WORLDS
fair. Total from May / to Nov. l.,
1893. was 176, 920956, against 23s. 900 ooo
during the entire year of 1892. The
greatest number during any one month
was S9,39o,932, for the month of Octo-
Der. The greatest number during any
one day was 1,466, 29S, which was on
Oct 8 iChicago day.. While the great
est number carried on all the lines was
ion Oct. g. the North Chicago railway
company carried $685. more on sun
day the 9Th, than was carried on the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
Lord Byron the Rage.

'In 1915, when / was a. very young
girl, Byron was the rage. When L say
the rage / mean what you people now.
a-days can perhaps hardly conceive
suppose no man who ever lived has
had the extraordinary celebrity of Lord
Byron in such intense, haunting. al.
most maddening degree And this ceIe.
brity extended all over the continent
to as great an extent. as in England
and, remember, in those days there
We're no. railways or telegraphs.''
INTERCEPTED here: Even now, when
there are railways and telegraph wires
everywhere none of our writers are
much known abroad. 1t is very curious
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-02
FLASHES.

Lord Francis Richard Sanhorn died
on Saturday. aged TO-
Rev. David B. Cheney, d. D.. Of
Columbus, Ohio. is dead, aged Y.
A receiver has teen appointed for
the Columbus Watch company.
Mvizetelsy. the journalist is dead He
had been in broker heath. the resIllt
Of Imprisonment for translatine
ZclsSs works.
Jackson Park, Chicago, is again in
the possession of the public Visitors
carried away everything they could
lay their hands on as mementoes.