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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-24

asleep. and thus attracted the watchers,
who frightened them on. Whether II WAS
the intention OF these parties 20 pass
Johnson some instrument with which %
llberate himself. or poison 10 end bis life.
is not known. Close search Of the
prisoner and cell failed 70 reveal any
thing. Johnson has been removed O the
cage and a ieath-watch set over him.
Tho culprit has grown fat and Is In
fine spirits. He Is very anxious to have
his photograph taken before he hangs.
A CHAIN-GANG
Lancaster has Instituted chaln-gang
system, and hereafter all DersOns sem
fenced 70 imprisonment. or those VINO
fail 20 pay fines. viii be put IL tho gang.
They will be put % work on county roads
and other improvements The effect Of
this measure Is already being shown, az
numbers who have previously been fined
FOR violation OF the oyster-laws and other
statutes arc making haste 70 pay Up.
The final exercises OF the Chesapeake
Academy. a t1is place. VIII BE- held June
% and Cd. baccalaureate sermon VIII
be preached 80 3lst
The Rappahg oeK and its tributaries
for more than 90 weeks have aDounGed
IN myEai& Of the FISH known as "grum-
biers." or King Bllys." During slack
watcr-abOut half an hour OF tlme-One
has been enabled % catch about fifty OF
these fish. weighing abOu. one ard a kalf
pounds apiece They are a g1my FISH,
too. They Will as suddenly leEge az they
come. an4 their places Will be taken by
sheepshead. trout. perch. ard smaller
"grumbiers." which VII constitute our
summer sport.
or Confederate camp met Thursday
and ordered regulation hats and badges
for the entire camD-u.nety in number.
About sixty members announced their
intention o. Joining tie excursion 10
Richmond. which viii leave via steamer
July isr.
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HARVESTER AND HINDER.

HARVESTER AND BINDER FOR
CUTTING WHEAT FOR 5ALE.-We
new FOR Work, Tor sale cheap.
ASHTON STARKE.
my Tit Farm-Implement House.
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DYING, SECURING, ETC.

Mrs a. j. Pyle. Richmond steam-Dys
Works. Richmond, Va.
Dear Madame i take pleasure In say-
ing the work done by you FOR the So'fierg
Home was done iu a most satisfactory
manner, Tor which we thank you.
am. yours truly.
". c. STRONACH.
Raleigh. y. c.
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Sporting Goods.

No doubt about who wears
the laurel of leadership in
Sporting and Athletic Goods.
Every utterance of ours-every
experience of yours with us
demonstrates that our stock
is more complete-our prices
lower-40 per cent. and more
than anywhere else. To right
away buyers we can offer
some still greater concession
i'll price.
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HATS DYED-FEAruERs CLEANED.

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hats Bleached
or Dyed and made in the latest shapes.
Ostrich Feathers Cleaned. Coiored, and
curled- No. rs east Broad street. second
floor.
my i9-Suit JAMES r. THURsToN.
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Christmas in the Year 1000.

But the evening is wearing OH to-
ward midnight. The moment must be
at hand when the first sunbeam shall
flash on Bethlehem, and give the sig.
nal for the world-round trumpet chorus
which is to usher in the two thous.
andth Christmas dawn. Two thousand
years the herald angels have waited fol
the answer to their song.
There is something that appeals to
the sense Of fitness in this idea of max
ing the celebration of the day simulta.
neous in every land in the thought
that with the first note of the trumpets,
whether it be midnight, dawn or eve
ming, it will be that moment Christmas
morning everywhere. Other feast days
we may wait for as they slowly dawn
around the earth, ending here ere at
the antipodes they begin, but this day,
sacred to the tie of universal human
brotherhood, should have no moment
that all mankind does not share in COM
mon.
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Pigeon Roosts Fifty Years Ago.

Pigeon Roost, Scott county, Ind, re-
ceived it's name from its being the night
ly rendezvous Of the passenger or wild
pigeon. These pigeons usually selected
some heavily wooded or elevated locali-
ty for their roosting, bordering on their
feeding grounds, which might be sever
al hundred miles in extent. The pigeons
usually commenced to arrive before sum
set and continued in increasing num-
bers until after midnight. At daybreak
the birds would begin to leave the roost,
and ON swift wing depart for their feed
ing grounds, miles away, returning at
night, as stated. It may safely be said
that these birds ranged the forests of
Indiana from the Wabash to the Ohio,
and extending far into Kentucky. So
large were their roosts that they became
localities Of great interest. None was
more famous than the one in Finley
township, SCOTT county, Ind. hence the
name of the settlement early estab blished
there-the Pigeon Roost. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
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Cut Green Bone Helps oafs

Years ago the poultry business ywss
not as lucrative as tits at the present
time. During the winter months. al
though our poultry was well sheltered
and fed, and great care used to keep
the building clean, giving plenty of
fresh water, air, etc., we found at the
opening Of the spring, we had no remu-
Ineration for our labor, as cost of grain,
scraps, potatoes, etc., far exceeded the
Income Of eggs. We have now q bet
ter way Of feeding, and most excellent
results have followed. We feed cut
green bone in fair quantity every other
day, and some Of the time every day.
They are inexpensive, and with a good
bone cutter they make, when cut fresh
every day, 30 nice q food that we only
liken to nice. rare steak to a hungry
man. The fowls love 1t. They thrive
aud the chickens grow rapidly when
fed on it. Themineral part of this food
gives chickens material for their grow
ing bones, and for the laying hens the
shell, while the meat, gristle and juices
in these green bones give material for
the flesh Of the growing chickens and
interior of the egg in abundance. So
now our fowls, instead Of being over
fat in winter, are giving us eggs; i'm
stead Of being a sorry-looking, detected.
improbable lot during the moulting
period, they are wide.awake and strong,
and many Of them 60 80 far as to give
us eggs regularly at this time. The
grain bill being largely reduced, the egg
yield being increased, and no loss from
sickness, all aid in making our winter
and spring record very encouraging, and
no one could induce us to neglect the
feeding of green bone freshly cut at all
seasons of the year.
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A Mothers Remedy for Group.


The following sensible letter of "Hat-
tie'' we find in the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"For the benefit of those who do not
know how to cure the Group, I willsend
a never falling remedy. Ihave always
doctored my own children when they
had the Group, and I have had over 80
cases, and have never lost one. I'm
mediately after the first symptoms, take
the child on your lap and wrap 1T In q
warm blanket, putting itsnugly around
the sufferer. Then have warm fire
built, and sit as close to. it as possible.
Next give double dose Of castor oil !;
put then about a quart of strong vinegar
In coffee-pot, and make 1t boiling hot.
Now open the lid, and let the little pa
tient inhale the steam. This will soon
give relief. Indeed, they will grab for
It after they have tried it. Ihave cured
membranous Group in this way when
everything else had failed. But no
time should be lost in commencing,
and as soon as the child Is moist with
sweat, and wants to sleep, put 1t in
bed"
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Praises the Bicycle.

It seems to be coming-scientif1c ap-
proval-in all directions. Dr.. Cham
poniere, member Of the Academy Of
Medicine, has made observations on
Frenchwomen who have used the wheel,
and he finds they are better performers
than men, learning more easily and
with less purposeless expenditure Of
force. He finds a marked increase in the
amount Of muscle developed all over the
trunk Of the body, especially about the
torso. The lung capacity is increased,
full, healthy action Of the heart is re-
stored and the deposition Of fat Is avoid
ed. The doctor asserts that he can detect
infallibly the woman who uses the
wheel from her sisters when they cross
the streets. One proceeds with self con-
fidence and ease when the other lodges
and invites disaster. he then examines
the mental discipline afforded by the b.
cycle, and thence deduces his most strik-
ing conclusions. He finds that the wom-
ans powers Of attention and observation
are awakened in an extraordinary de-
gree, or rather that these powers, with
which all human beings are endowed at
birth, are saved from atrophy, which in
both sexes is one Of the most marked
defects produced by civilization. The
wheelwomen move with something OF
the freedom and dignity observed in
some of the higher uncivilized races.
The doctor disclaims any intention to
theorize, but at the close Of his article
permits himself to dream Of q new
Frenchwoman as the product of the BIZ
cycle.
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lgAIs.
A Phenomenon Of the Sea Which Il In
tereatfne and Mysterlous, lfg5-

A Phenomenon Of the Sea Which Il In-
terestinE and Mysterious.
I Here is an account Of phenomenon
of the Pascagoula river in Mississippi,
to which, although it is not generally
known, the attention Of naturalists has
been called on account Of its mystery.
At times very remarkable sounds are
heard at the mouth Of this river. The
local fishermen say that it is ''the spirits
singing under the water It is muir
muring sound, which rises gradually
and then falls to lower tone. The
music ceases when the waters are dis
turbed, and when they are quiet it be-
gins again. B
Several explanations have been offered
as to the origin and cause of the mystic
rious sounds of the Pascagoula- The
most satisfactory theory is that the
sounds are produced by species Of fish
in some unknown way. Professor G.
Brown Goode, who is an authority on
fishes and fish life, thinks that the drum
fish may cause the sounds in question.
Instances Of peculiar sounds being
heard at sea and ascribed to fishes are
not uncommon, as the following exam
Piles will show:
In 1924, when Lieutenant White Of
the American navy was at the mouth Of
river in Cambodia, he and his crew
were surprised by unusual sounds. He
described the noises as a mixture Of the
bass Of an organ, the ringing Of bells,
the cultural cries Of large frog and the
tones Of an immense harp. The natives
said that the sounds were produced by a
school Of a certain kind Of fish.
Dr.. Buist, 1s47, reported that party
Of people in boat ON the waters near
Bombay, heard strange sounds, which
the natives held to be caused by fish.
The well known English traveller, Sir J.
Emerson .Tennent, heard similar sounds
from the lake of Batticaloa in Ceylon,
and here again the natives claimed that
fiahes made the sounds Several corre-
spoudents Of newspapers have reported
having heard sounds which were pro-
duced by fishes. One writer in the Lon
don Field, 1897, AYERS that in the har-
Dor at Greytown, Nicaragua, he was
haunted at night by these mysterious
sounds Another in the same paper tells
of musical sounds which he heard in the
Tavoy river. Other instances of more
recent date might be mentioned.
From all the accounts given we may
draw some interesting conclusions.
Thus it seems that the sounds are al
most always heard on shipboard, though
Charles Kingsley once heard them at
Trinidad from the shore; that they are
usually heard in tropical regions; that
they are more often heard at night than
at any other time; that they are COM
monty heard at the mouth Of rivers, as
at the mouth Of the Pascagoula, and
that they have been reported from far
distant places in America, Europe and
Asia. Our Animal Friends.
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TURKEY CREEK ECHOES.
The Ripping Stream Sends Out It's
Quota OF News. e.

Fhe Rfppltng Stream Sends Out Its
Quota of News.
Turkey Creek. 9. c., Dec. 81, 1896.
Last Thursday was blustery day with q
rain about II O'Clock. It turned of clear and
"Santa Claus" housed all the farming I'M.
plements at Mr.. l.. J. Rasor's Christmas eve
night He filled the piazzas full. Mr.. Rasor1
return he had a job moving and placing the
presents TO their proper place. Is73.'. q,
School opens at this place Wedn esday Jan.
nary the LIST, 1895. Miss Clara Rasor is teach
Miss Ella Richey and Miss Ess!e Oulla have
returned from pleasant visit to relatives in
Santuck. SIX. y =
Mr.; ]. N. Rasor spent few days at the ex-
Mr.. NJ. B. BrIssey. of Greenville, visited his
parents q few days ago.
Mr.. Hagan Goggins, OF Cross Hill, was here
After several weeks stay with relatives and
friends near Coronaca, Miss Lucle Richey has
returned home. l . -.
MT. and Mrs. W. J. Trussel,, of Pelzer, visit.
ed the family of Mr.. W. II. Hughes last week.
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.
The entertainment at Jones last Monday
night was complete success. It was the
kind of an entertainment Prof Culbertson al
ways has, The boys and girls won for them
selves and teacher words OF praise. The acad
emy was filled TO overfowing. The music for
the occasion was furnished by Prof. Culbert-
son on the violin, and his daughter, Miss
Blanche Culbertson on the organ. And we
can say that the music Was excellent The
school SCI ,oao Will open again Wednesday, January
Mr.. j. NJ. Wood and wife, of Fri. Laurens
county. visited the family Of Mr. F. L. Bran1-
lett last week.
Miss Alpha Rasor. who is assistant in the
Antreville school is at home She win return
TO Antreville Friday. - -.1-''77-
Mrs B. L. Lipford visited relatives at Green.
wood during the past week.
THE WAY A NEGRO GOT SHOT.
Another shooting occurred near here last
Tuesday. close to Jones, on the lands Of Mr..
d. +. MCGEE. Willis Gray shot and seriously
wounded Foster Ciinkscales. Gray was away
from home and >CiinkscaIes passed Gray's
house about nine o'clock and stopped and
went In. Gray come in soon after Gin kscales
got In ana few words passed and Gray shot
Clink kscales in the abdomen, ipflicting a seri-
Gus, II not q fatal wound. Gray had forbid
Ciinkscales coming In his yard again. but he
went while Gray was away. Clinkscaies
ter. Bad feelings had existed between the
parties for some time. Both parties are ne.
groes. The negroes are aroused over the cir
cumstance and have been hunting Gray 10
lynch him. Clinkscales is very popular
Gray is still at large In parts unknoWn.
Ciinkscales is still living, but chances are
AS yet the measles have not reached this
community and the health of the people is
good.
We hope. the readers of the Press and Ban
ner have had merry Christmas, and We
wish them happy new year.
Yesterday was cold rainy day. butiit clear
ed of last n ieht and the ground is froze hard
tnls morning. Johnnie James.
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Drop EorHings.

The machinery for drop forging is
ponderous and expensive. The plates
that stamp out the forgings are in two
sections, one of which fits into the bed
of the machine, and the other is fas-
tened to the arm. Together these two
plates have an opening the shape of the
desired forging. The descent of the arm
on a piece Of tool steel stamps out q
piece of the requisite shape. After leav-
ing the forging machine the metal is in
a rough state and has to be turned down
ON a lathe and bored out, each Of which
operations has to be carefully done, as
the finished article has to be exact In
every particular. Chicago Times-Her.
aid.
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CITY OF COLLEGES.
A Merry Christmas-1IarrIa
tors-Personag Paragraphs-Good
Old Darkey. fI-z y. :

| A Merry Christmas-MarrIage es-visi.
tors-Persona9 Paragraphs-Good
Old Darkey.
Due West, 8. c., Dec. 80, 1895.
The soiree given the young ladies by Presi.
dent Todd last Friday evening was much en-.
Rev. R. L. Bell delivered an interesting ser.
mon Sabbath morning, In the A. r. P. church.
Mr.. Bell Is on visit TO his parents in Due
Mrs. g. N. NickoIs entertained select par.
ty OF young ladies Saturday evening.
Mr.. c. E. Mckay is pnsy packing his nam.
moth stock Of dry goods for shipment TO other
points, where he S Will re5engage In the mercan.
bis business. hence his removal. The many
friends of Mr.. Mckay wish him much success
In his new field Of operation. ,si.4
DR.. W. M. Grier has returned from Chester.
His son .in-law is much improved.
Messrs. Ira and Eddie McDavid and Miss
Lillian are spending tha holidays with their
parents. ~ ~
given them by DIR. E. b. Edwards, the father
Of the bridegroom, on Thursday night. Mr..
Luther Nickels accom- panied tn party.
70 old
r. w. Haddon. has never moved since he was
emancipated. Uncle Jack is faithful SER
want, and Mr.. Haddon has bountifully re.
warded him by giving him nice home and
has occupied for ten years. ~
The family Of Mr.. j. w. Pratt have been
very much afflicted OF late with measles Mr..
Pratt has large family, all of whom were
down about the same time. They are all i'm.
proving. ..n,
Christmas has passed off pleasantly for all
the people Of our town and surrounding
country. We have much to be thankful for.
Not an accident, not even an unkind word
have we heard. Surely the Lord is on our
side. Y..
DR.. Payson Kennedy and a friend from At
lanta are spending the Christmas with ProfJ
2. Kennedy, the father Of DR.. Kennedy.
The colleges resume work today.
The young teachers spending Christmas at
home return 10 their post OF duty today.
The public school differences in our town.
ship have all been amicably adjusted, and ey.
erything moves on pleasantly.
Our citizens, nearly all Of whom have visit
ed Atlanta, have returned. A great many
took advantage OF the low prices TO purchase
stock, and come through with them.
Mrs: Pressnel OF Atlanta is spending some
time with her daughter Mrs. John Magill.
Therehave been several parties In town this
week. ~.
Mr.. Frank Clerk went to Greenwood to at
tend the wooden wedding Of his daughter at
that place last week.
Mr.. James Magill attended the Christmas
ID. II. Magill, Esq, has been In attendance
upon the Court Of Justice Hollingsworth.
NO tnquests and no marriages around this
Christmas cut off very much our fees. The
doctors also suffer.
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heeled boot were looked on as cranks,
and now the shoe is on the other foot,
When a woman comes In and orders q
conspicuous shoe, with 9 high heel
running into the middle of paper
sole, the man who is waiting n{bers is
pretty sure to eye her askance. How.
ever, women who do wear r1bbers
wear sensible ones. There is absolute.
ly no sale for low rubbers and sandals.
Everybody calls for the storm rubber,
which comes well up over the iDstep.
Will you have anything in dress
boots?" 7i Z. KS
"No; but tell me one other thing.
/ always wear patent leather boots for
dress, and sometimes I get hold of 8
pair that crack. Is itmy fault?n "
NO." was the answer, ..its the fault
of the leather. Patent leather is
burned into kid, and If the skin used
is q poor one it stretches, and causes
the patent leather to crack. That's
the reason it never pays to buy poor.
or rather cheap patent leather boots.
People believe that cold cracks patent
leather. That isn't so. OF course, its
q good idea to be careful with patent
leather shoes, but the first precantion
must be taken in buying them. Be
sure that you get q pair made from q
first class skin, and they won't be apt
to crack, no. matter III the thermom-
eter hits below zero" go]' I'd 3. 81 4
when I don't walk; I ride,n an.
nounced the customer, with the air of
one who was telling something start
ing. and would like to see some
thing In carriage shoes. What's the
latestW IS 'ls 4. ~
"For day wear those made Of black
velvet and lined with either black or
gray fur. They range in price from
$3.50 to SIS, and keep the feet as warm
as toast. Those for evening wear come
In all colors, and are q little more ex-
p3nsive, as they are made, OF fine
quality satin. The heels Of these are
sunken and hollow, 30 that the heel OF
the evening slipper or shoe will fit In
snug. They are also lined withfqf,
and fasten with three ribbon bows.
The cheapest sell for $4 30, and they
can be made to order from that price
up.n s8;
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TRAINING FOB THE RACES,
The Number OF Men who Now Have
an Eye ON an Office Will Never be
Known. .....

A good fat Office In the Court House is g
desirable thing, and there are many men
who are now considering their chances with
The people In awarding good places
. The frequent tly recurring elections is q good
hing for all. The candidates are polite, and
D ne officials who like continuance or the
'ublic favor are always kind and obliging.
The fees OF q nice office are good TO have
1rrt the salary for public service is most com.
liable and com forting. -
he contemplation Of these things makes
centicing inducements for men to enter
lof litics and train for the coming races
ALREADY q number Of good runners are be.
&c groomed for the turf, and the crop of can.
idates In 1898 will be so great that q printer
iould prefer the entrance fees TO anybody's
chances of election. -
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The county Alliance.

The County Alliance of Abbeville county
will hold It's next regular meeting on Tues
day, January Z, 1896.
Jno. g. Watkins,
Sec. 3rd Dist. Alliance.
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After the first OF January you can find the
W. E. Bell Cash Co. at the old stand of r. NJ.
Hill. just below DR.. Penneys, with, q full
stock. - w. F. Bell -Cssh Co.
After the first Of January you can Ind the
w. E. Bell Cash Co. at the old stand or r. NJ.
Hill, just below DR.. Penneyss 8fth3a full
stock. w. b. Bell Cash Co.
r. G. Bernau, the jewelet, invites you to
visit his store aud examine bis Ru3ds.fand as
every one says he has the pfattieSB store In
town, you can't be sorry OF haVlnF looked
throHgh his stock. &. ssSFJ
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There Is no middle course. The
command is "Do right!" To fail to do
1t is to do wrong.
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STILL IN THE RING.

In His New Store Mr.. Cross Offers
Splendid Goods and Splendid Bar.
gains.
AFTER January lst Mr. w. F. Cross will
move his stock 10 No. Cothran Block. where
he will continue to carry good stock OF re-
liable groceries. He will be glad to see old
friends and new ones.
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Estate Of v. ". Lawson, Decd.
Notice Of Settleme,
cation for Fina


TAKE NOTICE that oi
= uary, 1895, I will rem
my actings and doipgs
the Estate of w. w. La
office of Judge OF Proba
ty at 10 o'clock q. M,
will apply for q final dl
as such.
All persons having
estate will present
before that day, pr0
be forever barred
Dec. 81, 1S95<
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! found with
|e / will be
! appreciate
Extended TO
ance Of the
business.
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lliams. Mrs.
(iss Mamie.
Link, P. M.
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q, Miss LfrH.
les, Miss An.
Sally; John
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lie and Due
P95, q lady's
cover, with
1 A liberal
| this office.
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INTO the
Will be
DO dolls
! Nota
] in fact
Use was
In
)ore, as
| there
BRED OF
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tat The