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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Worlds Carving Trade.

The people of the British Empire
own more than half the ocean vessels
of the world, and fifty per cent. of the
annual savings of the Nation is ex.
pended in building new ships and
railroads. Since 1910 the tonnage OF
British shipping has treDled, while
that of all other Nations has only
doubled. Fifty years ago British
shipping held one-third tie carrying
trade of the high seas. To-day it holds
over one-half. Sailing vessels have
now an aggregate carrying capacity of
only one-ffth that of steam vessels.
The decline of tonnage of sailing YES.
sells since 1850 has been 1000, 900
tons. The increase in trade has not
fully kept pace with increase of ton.
mage, which gives color to the asser.
tion made in some quarters that the
business of transportation, like other
industries, has been developed to o
point beyond existing needs. The
greatest increase in port entries is
found in the colonies and South
America. The tendency in ship build.
ing at present is toward increase OF
size.
Turning next to the railway carry.
ing trade, we find that there are now
in operation 41O, 200 miles. This would
be sufficient 20 girdle the earth at the
equator about sixteen times. The to.
tai cost OF these railroads has been S3,-
O73, 400, 100000 OF existing railway
mileage ninety-nine per cent. has been
built since 1910. Since 1850 the
average annual railway construction
has been 10000 miles. Railway traf-
fic has reacted upon marine traffic to
largely increase the latter. In 1850
the cost of land carriage was eight
times as much as it is in 1895.
While Great Britain holds suprema-
cy in ocean traffic, the United States is
far in advance in railway traffic, doing
two.thirds of all the railway transpor-
tation of goods, and owning one.third
of the total railway mileage of the
globe.
The navigable waterways of different
countries (rivers and canals) are, in
miler, as follows: Great Britain,
3s1O; France, 773O; Germany, IT,.
OSO; Russia, 1920; Austria, 1900;
Canada, 1850; United States, 51,s2O;
Brazil, %, 900. The carrying capacity
of vessels navigating lakes and rivers
of the United States is $500, 600 tons.
OF the total carrying traffic of the
Suez Canal, British vessels do seventy
six per cent. The net profits of this
canal in 1892 amounted to s.5 per
cent. of the cost of it's construction
Contemporary Review.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Mems parnlng Parties.

The changes and chances OF TINS
nineteenth century in which we i've
are rich and strange indeed-rlcher
and stranger, surely, than any sea
changes such as Shakespeare wrote OF
80 eloquently. Those OF us who are. are
observant and interested in what goes
on around us are continually Watching
for the latest development in the ways
of living of men and women. Inc
very latest Developments concerns it-s
self with men, and is in all consciencei
odd enough. Somebody has started
darning parties for men, and tney
have been o great success so Tar Z! a =.
certain lady noticed, or found OUT
that quantities of men in London
throw away their stockings and socks
directly hole appears in the toe or!
heel, merely because they have no.
body at hand to do bit of darnlng
for them. And this philanthropist,: /:
cut to the heart at such woeful waste!
of good material, promptly set to-
work to remedy matters. She organ;
lied these darning parties. On the
card of invitation is put .''Ye who at.
tend. bring all your old socks with
you"
When the men arrive, they are,
ranged in neat and expectant row!
around the room, provided With darn !
ing needles and with yarn. and set!
busily to work to learn the whole art
of darning; and it is said that they |
take very kindly to their new occupa-i
tion, and that their progress is ex-i
ceptionally rapid. ALI this is very;
interesting and very instructive. OF,
course, there have always been few
men able to busy themselves with sew +?
ing. knitting and the like. =
We have ourselves met two or;
three, and have known one little man;
who seldom went from home without
taking his bit of embroidery with him.
But these men have hitherto been thei
exception that proves the rule. In
future. it appears, they will be the;
rule that is proved by the exception.
Many sailors can sew and darn IN 81
rough sort of way, and those who have
travelled must be familiar with theI
sight of q hirsute son Of the ses squat
ting down in the for'ard part of the
ship, and cobbling away at a hole in ai
pair of trousers, or jagged rent in 81
shirt. Such sight as q, man sewing:
is, however, queer enough on land.
But no doubt we shall soon become!
accustomed to it, and marvel at it MOI
more than we marvel at the female
cyclist or the decsdent masher. Lon,
don Gentlew6man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
WORDS OF. WISDOM.
Prudence is plug to prosperity.

Prudence is plug to prosperity.
An army is great monster with q
head, but no heart.
No man can be happy without shsr-
ing it with somebody.
Cupid is physician who never
takes his own medicine.
A dead beat that is hatched from
laziness is of few days and full OF
trouble.
Some men will ''bet you ten dol
lars" when they are at the end OF ther
argument.
The man who becomes a successful
hypocrite has to work at it every day
in the week.
Hate is two points with poison tips
-one toward your enemy the other
toward yourself.
There Is no place like home, and
that is why 30 many men spend their
evenings down town.
It takes some people whole life
time to find out that no dollar is big
enough to give an hours happiness.
There are two sides to every ques.
tion, top and bottom; and the man on
the bottom side is liable to be crushed.
As a rule, women say almost every.
thing else of a woman who is engaged
except that she is too young to marry.
I Some people never want certain
things until they see others anxious
for them and then they want them
bad.
The man who falls in love with q
pretty face alone, gets over his disap.
pointment as soon as the pretty face
grows old.
One of the most important, but one
of the most difficult things for pow
erful mind, is to be its own master; a
pond may lie quiet in plain, but
lake wants mountains to compass and
hold il in,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Sleepy Grass.

In some parts of New Mexico there;
grows grass which produces SOM
nifercus effect on the animals that
Craze upon it. Horses, after eating,
this grass, in nearly all cases sleep!
standing, while COWS and sheep almost
invariably lie down. 1t has occasion-,
ally happened that travellers have
stopped to allow horses to feed in
places where the grass grew pretty
thickly, and the animals have had
time to eat considerable quantity be-;
fore it's effects manifested themselves.
In such cases horses have gone to,
sleep on the road, and it is hard to:
arouse them. a..-. /
The effect of the grass passes off in,
an hour or two, snd no bad results
have ever been noticed on account OF!
it. Cattle en- the ranches frequently
come upon patches of this grass, where
they feed for perhaps half an hour
and then fall asleep for an hour or
more, when they wake up and start
feeding again.
The programme is repeated perhaps
a dozen times, until thirst obliges
them to 20 to water. Whether, like
the poppy, the grass contains opium,
or whether its sleep producing prop
erty is due to some other substance,
has not been determined. -Pearson's
Weekly. -
Mr.. Frederick Y. Colvill, Botanist
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, says: 'The so-called sleepy
grass mentioned in a recent article In
Pearson's Weekly is known technical
ly as Stipa viridula robusts and Is
known from reliable persons to have q
narcotic effect on horses and other
stock. "-Scientifc American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Meal of SuntlUWer Cake.

Sunhower cake has been found, es-
pecially in Russia, one of the best
auxiliary cattle foods. AS early as
the year 1866 about 100000 csntners
of sunaower oil (oil OF the seeds of
Helianthus annuus) were manufactured
in Russia, and its amount has In
creased year by year, 1t being es-
teemed ss very palatable alimentary
oil. The oil was formerly obtained
by hydraulic means; the residual cake
is harder than any other variety of oil
cake, end for this reason apparently
it has not found wider application.
Denmark and the northern countries
import large quantities annually. as
do also the eastern provinces of Ger
many, and the problem OF its disinte-
grafton has been successfully solved
by several manufacturers there. 1t is
still unknown in Southern and West
ern Germany; now, however, that it
is put on the market in the form of
meal it will doubtless soon find gen.
eral application, suited. as it is, both
on account of it's composition and
pleasant taste, for fattenlng cattle.
The percentage of proteid varies be-
tween about thirty to forty-four per
cent, the fat between about nine to
eighteen per cent. 1t is possible to
prepare two qualities, one rich in por.
teid and poor in fat, and the other
rich in fat and poor in ported. When,
for example, the somewhat finely
ground meal is sitted, employing Il
mesh Of ! mm., that which passed
through is much richer in proteid and
poorer in fat than the original, while
the reverse is true of that which re-
mains in the sieve. ve.-Seientifc Ameri-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
IN THE SUMMER EVENING.

When we tended the fields OF the happy old
farm,
The hours would travel so slow.
The sun seemed to pause by some wonder
full charm
That Joshua knew long ago.
But after awhile came the shades from the
hills:
Then the sunset and cleaning anon;
And homeward we trudged to the mockins-
birds trills,
When tho time to cease working came on.
The whippoorwill dreamed in the thicket
sedate,
And the cricket chirped out in the wheat;
The cattle stood lowing beside the farm gate,
And a milking song rose low and sweet.
The summer air told Of the roses that grew
-. And glowed in the twilight, so wan;
And mother would meet US in welcome, we
knew,
When the time to cease working came on.
We are toiling on still, yet in different ways
From the ones where we labored when
young,
And not with the pleasure we knew in the
days
When hope all her melodies sung. -.
The hours are longer, it seemeth, than then,
But the toiling will sometime be done;
And peace once again will be ours rs when
The time to cease working came on.
Will 7. Hale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
The Cost of Electric Cooking.

Inquiry is often made as to the cost
of electric cooking. Nelson W. Perry,
writing on this subject, gives the most
reliable data at present obtalnable.
The cost of an electric lamp is taken
at about one cent per hour. One pint
of water can be brought from sixty
degrees Fahrenheit to the boiling
point at the cost of two sixteen candle
power lamps for one hour; or, by the
use OF the equivalent of five lamps, it
can be made to boil in twelve minutes,
while by the use of the equivalent Of
sixteen and half lamps it can be
made to boil in 8. 7 minutes. Four or
five outlets can be fried by employing
the equivalent of five lamps for twelve
minutes. This includes the time re-
quired for heating the pan. When
the electric oven is used the equiva-
lent of eighteen lamps will raise the
temperature from ifty-two degrees
Fahrenheit to 12O degrees in five
minutes, to 256 degrees in ten minutes,
to 356 degrees in fifteen minutes. and
to 437 degrees IN twenty minutes. At
this rate electrical cooking is still
more expensive than ordinary methods.
Nevertheless, its use is daily increas-
ing. Its great advantage is perfect
cleanliness. The electrical kitchen
hardly seemsto be a kitchen at all
There is no heat from the fires, no
smoke and no dirty utensils. As soon
as the current can be sold at figure
which will commend its use for kitchen
purposes to everybody it will become
universal. When that time arrives
cooking will be elevated to an exact
science, and dyspepsia will become
but a memory Of the past. Boston
Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
A Deal and Dumb Fakir'S Clever Scheme.

A deaf and dumb fakir who peddles
backing made strike at the Buffalo
Gymnasium yesterday by clever
piece OF acting. Entering the Office
he indicated by feeling his biceps that
he knew it was an athletic resort
Then he went through the motions of
the leading sports. He boxed all i'm
aginary opponent, played visionary
game of haudball, pulled the weights,
used tho rowing machine, and went
through all the other exercises in
dumb show, finishing up with a rub
down. The men present were SO
pleased with the exhibition that they
bought the deaf mute's entire stock.
One of the spectators who had seen
the fakir before said that in bakeries
he went through the motions OF maxi
ing bread, mixed drugs in pharmacies
and drew soda water in candy stores.
1t is a clever scheme. Buffalo En-.
quirer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Typical American Face.

Here is an analysis of what is alleged
to be the typical American face: The
prominent nose, the sloping forehead,
the fairly large mouth. the full eyes
and predominance OF the oval type
are tie natural characteristics OF an
aggressive, talented and shrewd peo-
pie, agreeable in manners, but keenly
alive to the main chance. 1t is COM
posite face, made up of qualities taker
from Puritan, English, Scotch and
German sources. .--Detroit TribuHe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Burning for Twelve Centuries.

A Parsee sacred fire, which is burn
ing ina temple at Leiguie, Persia, has
not been extinguished since the days
of Rapiboreth. twelve centuries ago.
Chicago Mail. :.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
THE IDEAL HEAD.

ELLO! w nat 8
this?
J 0 b n A in g.
worth stopped to
pick up a gold
cross which was
lying on the
sidewalk outside
his Office door.
Being intent on
,o ,o~--s l..
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
Publishers and Librarians.

The future of the publishers work
for O higher standard of literature de-
ends largely upon the libraries and IL
b-ary associations. Larger library funds
I'd better methods of distribution will
make the next generation of scribblers
better fitted to scribble. The books
v hich puzzle publishers the most are
{ lose which few people could use to
great advantage. If we publishers could
BE- assured that 500 public Libraries
would buy them, it would be possible for
US to publish many books which are now
refused, but which would be in demand
by scholarly reading public, now not
able to buy them. Ont of 1000 libraries
in this country only about 700 have "a
buying income, and of these perhaps 100
can take these books which the scholars,
who would use them with great benefit,
can take. Here in New England you
are doing your full share in this direc'
tion of catering to the most scholarly
taste Of readers, but many of you lack
funds, and what we need all over this
country is better understanding of this
need and library endowments which
shall make it possible for us to publish
these works that would be of benefit to
libraries and TO the very best class OF
readers. MIR. CT. II. Putnam to Msssa
chusetts Library Club.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
The L. Y. II. Y. Party.

An inspiring bit OF local news that our
reporter was unable to do Justice to yes
terday, owing to the time he had to
spend beating the icicles from bis nous
taches, was the animated assembling OF
the Ladies' Paragon Progressive Pedro
Party" at the home OF Mrs. DIR. Mcleod.
For time, Indications were that the
Salvation Army castle was the objective
point of the hurry ing teams and graceful
muffled figures rally ing around that cor
ner at about p. m, but the convention
was at the doctor's-"next door to the
barracks" This. we believe, is the third
meet" OF the club, where meat is es-
chewed, at lunch; nothing heavy allowed,
just fairy fare and airy far. We tried to
get some memoranda of the affair after
it's inception at Mrs. Collins, but the re-
porter preferred silence, for a while, to
immediate death, il be persisted in iuquir-
ing. SO, bided bis time till the danger
point was passed. That angle was
rounded yesterday under the frozen axis
OF the Castle" and, IL a ny truth in the
old text "thFee tfGsee," ETC., then tbi- is
a go-"big g." Some OF the sufferers,
the 'horrid men"-who are barred the
hallowed precincts-predicted early fail
ure OF the entertainment, from the very
exuberance ofzeal manifest ed. But these
fellows are all let down now; Busted"
cannot be written against the party
only as nature has endowed the fairy
forms OF it's individual members.
As nearly as our news gatherer can
corner the thing, this club, composed OF
some twenty-five OF the ladies OF "the
bill" propose to get together, whenever
safe, each week LOT two hours of "pedro"
and then thirty minutes OF tea, toast and
talk-no limit on the latter. The club
being successfully launched and finely
floating, we will endeavor to herald it's
future sailings when breezes are favor
able.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
Membership Contest.

Today 10 the last day that the score
will be made public. After o o'clock to-
night no one will know who 10 ahead; for
twenty -four hours both teams will be in
the dark as to how they stand and every
member will put forth his best efforts to
hand in all the names he can get. Re
member the contest closes at O'Clock
sharp on Friday evening. All names
coming in after that time will not be
counted in the contest. The general sec
rotary will he at the armory after 1880
o'clock Friday evening TO receive appli-
cations aud give receipts aud badges.
No one will BE- admitted unless he has a
badge on.
ALL members Of the Y. NJ. G. A.. both
junior and senior, and all the members of
the ladies' auxiliary, are cordially invit-
ed TO attend the grand banquet.
Remember the contest closes at the ar
mory at O'Clock sharp on Friday even
ing; the banquet begins at 900. Let
all members OF both teams be ready to
wait on table il their team should lose.
This morning the contest stood greens,
las; reds, 1874; ladies, greens, "A; reds,
40.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
At Work on The Burge House.

Contractors Clark and Campbell are
vigorously pushing the work on the Buree
House and the reconstruction OF the
building has already advanced consider
ably. The frame roof has been put on
and the sides and end framework are up
and now most of the work remaining to
he doue is inside aud can he done regard
less Of the weather. Mr.. Burge intends
to have one of the celebrated Spartan
roofs put on the building, but this will
probably not be done until the spring.
There ia a large amount of inside work
yet to be done, but by next summer Red
Jackets main street will again be orna-
mented with tirst.cass hotel building
which will be credit TO the city.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
Received Mad scaIp wounds.

Dominick Roano, an Italian trammer
was seriously injured about the head and
shoulders Yesterday forenoon. Roano
was working IN the 3Sth level OF No. 4
shaft, Calumet branch and was struck
on the head bv loose hanging rock from
between the timbers above him. The
wound was at first thought very danger
Gus and Roano- was quickly taken to
surface and removed to the Calumet and
Hecla hospital where his wounds were
dressed. He received several bad scalp
wounds, but the rock did not penetrate
below the skull. he also received
slight cuts on the shoulders. After
dressing his wounds Roano was removed
to his home in Newtown, where he now
lies resting nicely.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
News About Town
Record of the Justice
Courts of Red
Jacket.
The Progressive Pedro Party.


Ope day last week David Swinton. Jr.,
made complaint through his father,
David Swinton, in Justice Sowden's
court for damages to the amount OF 800
against Niels o. Ulseth, relative OF Ed
ward Ulseth, manager OF the Park ice
rink, for injury done to him by the lat
ter. Young Swinton claims that he was
on the roof of the ice rink in company
with number OF other boys ana that
Ulseth came up on the ROOT and, catching
the boy, threw him off and in landing the
boy struck rather hard spot and
sprained his ankle for which injury dam
ages are now claimed. Mr.. Swinton has
placed the case in the hands OF Attorney
w. j. Mcdonald and warrant was is
sued against Ulseth. who appeared be-
fore the Judge and pleaded not guilty and
asked for jury trial. Mr.. Ulseth has re-
rained Attorney A. W. Kerr in his case
and claims that he did not touch the
boy, but ordered all the boys off the rink
aud when they would not go, chased
them off and that the Swinton boy
sprained bis ankle when he jumped from
the roof. When Mr.. Ulseth saw that the
boy was hurt be picked him up and took
him in the rink, alter which he was sent
home. The trial was to come off yester-
day afternoon in Justice SowdeD's court,
but was postponed until pext week.
Whatever NAV be the merits of this par
ticular case, il is certain that the con-
duet OF certain young hoodlums who
hang around the door OF the rink and
make themselves generally obnoxious is
anything but gentlemanly, although Mr..
Swinton's boy may be an exception to
the rule.
The case OF Edward S. Stringer vs. Her
man Miller assumpsit, the former SUING
on note purporting to be made by the
latter in payment of one years premium
on life insurance policy, came off yester-
day afternoon in Justice Curtis court
and created considerable interest. At
torney Kerr appeared for the plaintiff
and W. j. Mcdonald represented Mr.. Mil
Ter in the case. A jury consisting OF
Nathan Ruttenberg, W. g. Carter, A. p.
Barnes, j. ID. Vivian, J. p. Roberts and
M. j. Kinnane tried the case. Three wit
nesses, including the defendant and plain
tiff, and j. f. Shepard, teller Of the Mer-
chants K Miners Bank, were examined
and the case was given to the jury late in
the afternoon. The jury was out some
time, but could not agree on a verdict,
three being for the plaintiff and three for
the defendant. Another trial will take
place next Tuesday in the same court.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
Fancy Masquerade Ball.

The suomi" society will give fancy
prize masquerade ball at the Light
Guard Armory next Saturday evening,
February 22j, when the following prizes
will be awarded: First best fancy cos-
tune, 81; second best, 81; third best, So.
First comic, IS; second. SO; third, 81.
Music will be furnished by the Tamarack
Coraet band. Admission, so cents a
person. Refreshments will be served;
everybody welcome. In connection with
the above, the Finnish Ladies' Relief
society will hold fancy bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-20
More Trouble for Bishop Williams

Bishop-Eect Williams is having con-
siderable unpleasantness regarding the
confirmation of his election. 1t appears
that he wrote a friendly letter to the
bishop OF Alaska, who had formerly been
pastor at Sault Ste Marie, in which he
talked very unguardedly and without re-
serve OF those persons who opposed his
conservation, and in this letter, which he,
oil course, looked upon as private com
munication, he stated that he would see
that the people behind the protest did
not get into any diocesan Office and also
attacked the delegates from the 500, as
these latter were friends OF the newly
consecrated bishop of Alaska, he turned
the letter over To them and they have
had 1t printed and copy sent to each
bishop in the United States and in conse-
quence considerable difficulty is being ex-
perienced in obtaining IA sufficient mum
Der OF bishops to confirm the election.
1t appears that thirty-eight votes are
necessary for a confirmation, but so far
only thirty-seven have been received.