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A Girl's HerOism.

Acorrespondent of the London News
gives the following story: "The Ham
Idle Kurds fell on Herfev, an Arme-
nian village, and asked that the beau
tiful daughter of the priest be deliv-
cred to them. The girl, hearing that
the villagers really intended to deliver
her to them in order to get rid of their
barbarities, hid herself, and at night
succeeded in making her way, with
her brother, toward Russian territory.
When the Kurds heard of this escape
they followed them, and overlook them
in the mountains. The brother and
sister defended themselves from be-
hind rock until they had fired all
their cartridges but two. The sister
then threw herself into the arms of her
brother, and begged him to shoot her
with one of the cartridges, so that she
might not fall into the hands of the
Kurds, nor see the death of her BROTH
er, and that with the second he should
deliver himself also from the hands of
the Kurds. This was done. The sister
was killed, but the brother was taken
half dead and delivered to the Turkish
authorities, and is now in prison"
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Favorite Song OF the West Point Cadets.

The "cadet band" during the sum-
mer of 1864 was an unusually good
one. There were number of fine
vocaists in the first, or senior class,
and excellent "soloists" on the vio-
lin, guitar and banjo. The banjoist
especially was a born minstrel, and
could doubtless have done we'll in pro-
fessional burnt cork.
But cadet songs we're few in num-
Der. tBenny Havens O" was the
only one heard in those days. Y We
sang the army songs, "When This
Cruel War is Over" 'ssRed, White and
Blue" "Rally Round the Flag" "
''Kingdom Coming" and later
''Tramp, Tramp" and Millard's stir.
ring "Flag of the Free" as the war
drew to its close. What seemed to
be needed was a new cadet song.
Plebes had to contribute to the
general amusement then as they do
now, and one evening in camp q
young fellow from the Mississippi
Valley gave US song, with q catch.
ing air and chorus, he called Cora
Lee" I afterward knew Mississippi
steamer to have the same name, but
never met any one else who sang or
knew the song. The chorus ran:
Ora Lee, Ora Lee, maid Of golden hair,
Sunshine came along with thee and swal-
lows in the air.
The whole corps took it up before
many days, but no one fancied it
more than our banioist, "Pomp, who
one evening soon afterward favored
the camp with new words to the air OF
Cora Lee," beginning:
We've not much longer here to stay.
Only month or two;
When we'll throw our old gray clothes
away,
And don the army blue.
Chorus.
Army blue, army blue, we'll don the army
blue.
Well bid farewell to cadet gray and don the
army blue.
Then the band learned it as a march
, ing tune, and at the '1ast parade" Of
the class of '65 in the following June,
played it as the graduating quickstep
for the first time, in place of the old.
81 See Them on Their Winding Way"
and 'The Dashing White Sergeant. "
Cora Lee," as song, seems to have
been lost entirely. "Army Blue" is
known all over the United States. -
Captain King, in Youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
The Congressman's Salary.

"Although a Congressman gets
about s13. 50 day in the way of SAL
ary," said an old-time House attache,
"there are great many men in the
lower branch of Congress who are al.
ways short Of money. Quite a mum.
Der spend their income recklessly, but
a great many haye legitimate domestic
expenses that run so close to the
amount of their salary that they have
hard picking at times to get along. A
considerable number of members dis.
count their salaries at the banks.
They are charged something like ST
per cent, and if the total Of this &C.
count we're made public, it would
make a remarkable showing. 1t is by
no means the new or younger mem.
bers who are oftenest short before sal
ary day comes around. Many OF the
older members, who have sat in the
House for years, are in this predlca-
ment quite frequently. Many of them
are men of irreproachable habits, but
with large and expensive families to
support and with heavy political OBJ
LEGATIONS at home forming a constant
drain on their exchequer which they
cannot get rid of. I learn that there
is quite q little unexpended balance
remaining unclaimed of the appro-
priation to pay mileage for the extra
session. This is due to the fact that
there are members so conscientious
that they think they have no moral
right to touch that money and have
never claimed it. A number of these
are men who actually need the money,
but they are too scrupulously honest
to demand it, although its expenditure
was authorized by House and Senate"
-Washincton Post.
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tiful greenish tint on neck and back.
The male carries himself we'll up aud
hsa a we'll spread tail, with long sickle
feathers also of a green tint. The
average weight of the cocks is from
nine to ten pounds, while the hens
weigh about eight pounds. They are
the most rapid growers among the
the Asiatic breeds, and resemble the
black Cochin in many respects. They
are active, mature early, lay we'll and
are good sitters and mothers. They
are much less inclined to sit than the
other Asiatic breeds.
The flesh of the Langshans is white
and they have very thin, white skin,
which causes them to be regarded,
most unjustly, as second rate poultry
in those markets where golden yellow
carcasses are in demand. They begin
to lay at about five months old, the
eggs being of a good size, generally
of rich brown color, and, it is
claimed, the best favored OF all eggs.
AS winter layers they are equal to the
Brahmas, whom they rival in many
other respects. The Langshans stand
confinement better than most breeds,
are quiet, gentle, and very hardy. As
table fowls. the pure Lsngshan is
equalled only by the Dorklng and
some varieties of game. New YORK
World.
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efforts of the fish become less vigor-
GUS. The line is made fast in the bow.
The helmsman is warned to look out.
The fish begins to run away. The
line tightens, This time it does not
pay out. The fish, feeling the weight
Of the boat, strives hard to get away
from it.
Faster and faster goes the boat, as
the captive fish tows it seaward, until
the bow is pulled down almost be-
meath the waves, and it is sometimes
necessary to put out the oars and at
tempt to retard the dangerous prog
ress. By degrees the fish gets tired
coping with such heavy odds, and
finally allows itself to be drawn along
side the boat. A blow on the head
with an ax ends the fight.
The accompanying picture shows a
Jewish weighing 356 pounds. This
fish owed its death to lack of nerve.
The lucky angler was fishing off the
Coronado pier for small fish and line
about as heavy as Fire Island blue
fish line. The jewish was hooked,
and if it had persisted in swimming
seaward it would have broken the line
like thread. But it didu't. After
playing it for an hour or SO the
angler, who proved himself to be very
skillful, landed the monster. 1t was
over six feet long, and truck was
needed to carry it. The fish are edi-
BILE, and find ready sale in the local
markets. York Times.
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Highest Windmill in the World.

A windmill of somewhat remarkable
proportions, and placed upon tower
which is said to be the highest ever
erected for that purpose, has been put
ND by A. J. Corcoran upon the prop
erty of Prescott Hall Butler, at St.
James, Long Island. Several wind
mills of equal power had been previ.
ously erected by Mr.. Corcoran, but
upon towers not exceeding 125 feet
high, while the present tower is 100
feet high. This was done because the
spring from which it was desired to
pump water was upon the beach and
at times covered by the tide, the
ground rising rapidly from this point,
so that it was necessary to raise the
wheel to very considerable height IN
order that it might be above all OBJ
stractions within 1000 feet from it.
Twenty barrels of concrete, forty bar
rels of cement, 10000 bricks, $4,000
feet of Georgia pine and more than
six tons of bolts, washers and iron
plates were used in its construction.
The mill that surmounts this tower is
22} feet in diameter and pumps water
through 5000 feet of pipe to height
of 223 feet. It delivers water to q
reservoir of capacity for IS, 900 gal
Ions, which it has filed in two days.
American Machinist.
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Physical Exercise Always Popular.

All authorities that have treated on
longevity place exercise, moderate and
regularly taken, as one of the main
factors of long life. That there are
many exceptions does not alter the
fact that physical exercise is as use
full in keeping one healthy as it is to
prolong life. Good walkers are sell
dom sick, and the same may be said
of persons who daily take certain
prescribed amount of exercise. Exei-
else is both preventive and remedial
measure. In my own practice l have
seen case of persistent Transportation
that followed the least bodily effort,
and which annoyed and debilitated the
person at night-this being q condi-
tion left after a severe illness-disap-
pear as if by magic after day or two
of exercise on bicycle. Pliny re-
lates that Greek physician who took
up his residence in Rome was wont
publicly to declare that he was willing
to be considered a charlatan if at any
time he should ever fall i'll, or if he
failed to die of any other disease but
old age. CELSIUS, in speaking of the
same physician, observes that his faith
in the benefit to be derived from cz-
ercise was so great that he had in
great measure abandoned the admins
tration of internal remedies, depend
ing mostly on hygienic measures and
exercises. As an evidence of the cor
rectness of his views, Pliny tells as
that this physician lived to be CEN
tenarian, and then only died from IN
accident. Review.
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Natural Remedy for SIeepleSsness.

DR.. J. E. Huxley, of England, thinks
he has hit upon natural remedy for
sleeplessness in following the example
of cats and dogs when they lie down
to sleep. Noticing that they bury
their noses in their hair, thus check
ing to some extent the free supply Of
air, the suggestion is that a man who
wants to sleep and cannot, should pull
the bed clothing up over his head, cut
short his supply of oxygen and induce
little asphyxia-his idea being that
the average supply of air is too stimu:
lating to some brains. As st. Paul
would say, it is all right for those who
can bear it. Our personal experience
is that deep breathing and excess OF
oxygen often has an anesthetic quiet
ing influence, and We prefer to WOO
slumber on that line. Medical Rec
ord.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
Cr0up Said to Be Contagious.

Bacteriologist Herman M. Riggs
made report to the Health Board OF
New York City of the result of the
meteorological examination into 26S
cases of so-called membranous Group.
he said: "The observations which
have been made, I believe, justified
this department in considering so.
called membranous Group as laryngeal
diphtheria." He recommended, there
fore, that membranous Group be in
cludei in the list of contagious dis.
eases concerning which reports are
required from physicians. The recon-
mendation will be adopted. Chicago
Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
4 Bug Six inches Long.

The Hercules beetle is one of the
largest, if not really the largest, known
species of the Coleoptera or beetle fam
lily. They are not found in the United
States proper, but I understand that
a fine specimen is occasionally picked
up on the islands off the coast of
Florida and in the West Indies. I
have two dried specimens of Dynas-
tes, one of which is six and quarter
inches in length, measuring from the
tip of his upper 1handible or "horn"
to the end of it's body. The head of
the "varmint" is jet black, and the
upper mandible or pincher is notched
and covered with stiff, golden.colored
bristles. The under mandible is per-
haps an inch shorter than the upper,
and the two form a pair of nippers
that would cause the stag beetle or
common June bug to die with envy
st. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
A Sod Market.

Something that is, perhaps, not
known to everybody, though it has
been established for eight or ten
years, is what may be called the sod
market. This is located in the broad
space where Sixth avenue and Brosa-
way come together just above Thirty
fourth street. The observer will usu-
ally find there on pleasant days at this
season four or five spring wagons.
loaded with sod for sale. It is sold to
city householders for renewing front
grass plots or sodded back yards
This sod comes from Astoria and
other nearby places on Long Island.
It is sold at two cents q square foot
delivered at the wagon, or at three
cents foot laid. New York Sun.
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A Whale Nearly 1000 Years Old.

A monster whale that was washed
ashore near South Bend, Wash, last
October was 174 feet and eight inches
in extreme length, 16l feet and six
inches in girth, and was estimated to
weigh not less than forty-seven tons.
Scientists who were called to the scene
and who made computations from the
transverse lines on the baleeI 1.-THE
recognized mode Of reckoning q
whales age) say that lie was 9SS years
old.-St. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
National SaluteS.

The United States National salute
is gun for each State, for the Presi-
dent twenty-one guns, for the Vice
President seventeen, fifteen for
Cabinet Officers, Governors, etc.
Originally the President was saluted
with as many guns as there were
States in the Union, but this idea was
finally abandoned in the year 1919,
when there were exactly twenty-one
States, the Commissioners deciding
that hereafter "twenty-ons guns shall
be the National Presidential salute.
New York Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
The Old Novel and the New.

"What is the difference between the
old novel and the new?" am asked.
Here is q sentence which will just an
swer the question: In the old fiction
they marry in the last chapter and live
happily ever afterward, in the new
they marry in the first chapter and
live unhappily ever afterward. Lon
don Million.
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Black Langshans.

The Langshan is q Chinese breed of
fowls which has been known and ap-
preciated in England for the last twen-
ty-fve years, though their introduc-
tion into this country is comparatively
recent.
The Langshan is strikingly hand
some rs we'll as most useful fowl. In
color they are jet black, with a beau
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An Heiress to S3O,O0O,OO0.

Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is one of
the richest girls in prospective in the
land. She is the only daughter Of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose wealth is
estimated at $3.50, 100000. She is
quite young and decidedly pretty.
She is being educated entirely at home.
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Of the 1897 voters in Tacoma, Wash,
5000 are natives of the United States.
The greatest number from any one
State is 75G, from New York. Only
sixty-seyen are natives of Washington.
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The Earl of Buchan, who has gone
bankrupt for $1940, holds one of the
most famous earldoms in the Scotch
peerage. It was created for the Err
skines in 1859, but it had then already.
had long enough history to have be-
come extinct three times. /
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Costume in a cinnamon-colored,
fine mixed diagonal, ornamented with
fat military braid and knots Of a
darker shade to match the plain cloth
petticoat and vest; material is light
and soft, and excellently adapted for
the pressing which gives the smart
tailor-like effect to this toilet.
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Her two brothers are her companions.
She is very fond of music and will be
a finished pianist. She is expected to
make her debut next winter. when she
will reach the age OF eighteen. 1t is
supposed she will inherit not less than
$780, 100000 from her father. New
York Advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13
A Novel Invention.

Baseball is all right, says sporting
paper. The inventive crank is once
more in the swim, turning out new
ideas in the paraphernalie of the
game. A hollow bat is the latest. 1t
is made of regulation wood, apd in it
are placed two or three heavy iron
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-13

The wheat sent by Oregon to the
Columbian Fair weighed heayier than
that from any other State, the aver
age being between sixty two and half
and sixty-three pounds bushel.
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Gown of Gobelin-blue vicuna, with
white cloth underskirt, vest, and
collar band braided with the new
Redfern braid, made of platinum,
which is untarnishable. There are
three shades of the Gobelin mixed in
the design of this gown.-New York
Herald.
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In the Paris hospitals over twenty
per cent. of the typhoid cases prove
fatal.
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balls, which slide back and forth in
the stick. When man goes to bat he
holds the stick vertical, and the balls
rest near his hands, but when he
strikes at the ball the weights fly out
ward by centrifugal force and meet
the sphere at the right place. If he
hits the horsehide squarely it is good
by ball. It is claimed that the new
bat is only about half as heavy a. the
old style.
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Dr.. Kilmer's SwAMP-RooT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. n. Y.
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All kinds of insects, SO far as
known, are afflicted with some para
site.
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DIAMONDS so small that 1900 goto the carat
have been cut in Holland.
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To Cleanse the system

To Cleanse the system
EnecruaIly yet gently, when costive or bilious,
or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to per-
manently cure habitual constipation, to awak-
an the kidneys and liver to healthy activity
without irritating or weakening them, to dis
pel headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup OF
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How Ny THROAT HURTS! Why don't you
use Hale's Honey OF Horehound and TarI
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one inmate.
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We will give 500 reward for any case Of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
r T. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
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DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure
Removes Inflammation from throat and lungs
No remedy so good for colds. so cts. A. 2.
Hoxsie. Buffalo, y. Y, Mfr.
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Coffee for Bilious People.

DR.. Samuel Elliott says of a number oil
experiments in diet tried at his hospital
1--WE speedily found that patients in hos
pitfalls and all persons leading sedentary
life must avoid too concentrated food,
content themselves with less variety, and
drink abundantly of dilutent fluids; that
coffee acted upon the liver and was alto
gether the best remedy for constipation
and what is called bilious condition
that tea acted in precisely an opposite
direction, namely, as an astringent; that
not peoples, nor mandragora, nor all the
drowsy syrups of the East could bring the
peace to sufferer from malarial chill that
would come of strong coffee with a little
lemon Juice added; that strong tea was
almost specific for neuralgia in its SIM
pie, unoomplicated form. while turnips
were found TO be almost specific in the
simpler types of rheumatism common to
young men, where the only predsposing
cause was exposure to the elements
Some recent experiments in Germany
confirm the opinion of physicians that the
coffee which is an aid to digestion must
be an infusion, and not boiled. For this
particular reason the after dinner coffee
should always be an Infusion The cafe
inc of coffee, however, which is the ele-
ment most stimulating to travellers, is
said to be drawn out by keeping the cof-
fee at the boiling point for few minutes.
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Housekeeping Notes.

1t pays to smooth all wrinkles out be
fore beginning to iron,
An iron weighing seven pounds does
better work by passing it over the clothes
once with firm, steady pressure than a
lighter iron hurriedly passed over the
clothes two or three times.
Line cake tins with buttered paper. 1t
insures the cake slipping out easily, and
prevents burning on the bottom. 1t costs
nothing, as any brown paper can be used.
a paper bag cut open answers on pinch.
When putting gloves on always begin
by bHttoning the secnnd button, then,
when buttoned to the top, YOU can easily
fastcn the first button without tearing the
kid. Never remove the gloves by pulling
the fingers, but by drawing the part cover
ing the wrist over the hand, and leave
them thus wrong side out for some time
before turning them to their proper shape.
Always lay gloves lengthwise; never roll
them. Lightcolored gloves should be
placed between two pieces of white fan
mel.
To know when cake is done listen to
near II II ldlhS' NdhC - sitHl WHICH
done.
A frothed egg is an egg cooked SO deli
cately and served so tempting'y that an
invalid usually needs no coaxing to eat
one. 1t is prepared by taking large
'fresh-laid" egg, and beating the white
to stiff froth. This process is always
quickened by adding small pinch of
salt rutter slightly but thoroughly an
individual earthen or bright tnware
mould or low cup, and turn the white into
it, spread it evenly, and make slight de-
preston in the centre. In this drop the
yolk of the egg very carefully. Set the
cup containing the egg in a pan filled with
hot water, and bake three minutes in a
hot oven.
The scratches which so often disfgure
and spoil the appearance of varnish will
entirely disappear if a coarse cloth that
has been well saturated with linseed oil
be laid over them. This simple remedy
is invaluable to those who have the care
of highly-polished furniture.
Few people appear to realize the value
of oatmeal as a means OF thjekening sou os
and stews, etc. 1t should be smoothly
mixed with little cold water, and stirred
thoroughly into the rest, in boiling state.
1t requires brisk boiling for fifteen minu-
ties, but need not be stirred all the while
as cornstarch or flour must be- This
means of thicken'ng is not only the most
nourishing, but also the cheapest.
Borax is an excellent washing powder
The women of Belgium and Holland are
noted for their snowy linen; they attain
this desired result by the use of borax. a
handful to ten gallons of water. Borax.
being neutral salt, does not injure the
most delicate fabric. Water in which
borax has been dissolved is excellent to
wash all kinds of lace, also all kinds OF
wooden goods flannel, cashmeres and
blankets