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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21
Relief for sZegedln-A chinese Lecturer In
the Field

CHICAGO, March 2O.-The Hungarian peo-
pie OF this city are taking energetic means to
raise money for the sufferers at Szegedin
Subscriptions are being taken up and grand
concert Is to be given on the fifth of April
The Hungarian people sent $4,000 to Chicago
after the great fire, and 1t is now proposed TO
respond likewise for their relief
Chan-pak-kawi Is q new Chinese lecturer,
who has Just arrived from the Pacific coast
He has been in America seventeen years, and
four years ago embraced Christianity, be-
coming missionary in San Francisco. He
wears a Chinese queu and dress, but talks
English elegantly. He says that 1t is mis-
take that the Chinese work cheap and live on
bad food In California. Laborers average $40
per month and live on the best food obtaina-
ble-ehicken, mutton, beef and pork There
are 1000 to 5000 Christian Chinese In Calitor-
mia. They are generaIlyburying their dead
there, having opened four cemeteries. He
believes that in time Cinnamon will lose faith
In their idols and become Amercanized and
Christians,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21

.a lnere are too many women In the world;
$1,000 more women than men In Massachu-
setts, growled the husband. "That Is the
the wife.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21

WASHINGTON. March q, a. m.-For the West
Gulf States. areas of light rains, followed by
clearing weather; warmer souhsrly shifting
to colder northerly winds. and higher pressure
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21
The Southern Railroad association

attacked Wilson. The latter then shot him
through the head, killing him. -
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic is safe and pleasant
invigorant for delicate females,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21
NEW YORK.
|ayOr Cooper and the Police Commits
si0nera.

New YORK, March 20-Mayor Cooper up
% o'clock this p m. had heard nothing from
le Police Commissioners and their counsel
e considers the case closed and will pre-
are letter to Gov. Robinson on the subject.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
A. L. Stewards Fortune.

The fortune of A. T. Stewart-of
quicker growth than that of Astor-was
accumulated in one lifetime. At Mr..
Stewards death in 1876, it was estimated
at $50, 600, 900, or twice the amount of
the highest estimate of John Jacob AS
tors fortune when he died in 1848. In
1875, Mr.. Stewards city real estate in
New York-situated for the most part
below Union square, was assessed at
&c. PIP, 700; at hat time the assessed
valuation represented only sixty per
cent. of the real value, so that the then
actual value of the real estate was S10,-
1854, 500, which forms but an eighth of
his estimated wealth. Mr.. Stewart,
however, owned real estate in nearly
every city in which he had dealings. He
owned q number OF wooden and thread
mills in this country, among them the
Mohawk and Elbeuf, at Little Falls;
the New York mills, at Holyoke; the
Woodward mills, at Woodstock; the
Yantico mills, in New Jersey; the Wash
ington mills, at New Hartford; the Cats
kill and Waterville wooden mills. There
are also large mills at Nottingham, Eng
land, and Glasgow, Scotland. The pro-
perty of the house Of A. T. Stewart &
Go. is greatly scattered. It owns pro-
perty in most of the large cities here
and abroad, and has continually in its
employ, outside of New York, yer 5000
PERSONS. There are branch houses at
Bradford, Manchester, Belfast, Paris,
Lyons, Berlin and Chemnitz, in Saxony.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
The Sneaker Of the Commons.

The speaker of the English house OF
commons has hard life. He must al.
ways be present from the beginning tc
the close of it's sessions, and as these
begin late in the afternoon, and some
times last till morning, his constitution
needs to be of the strongest to endure
the fatigue. He must keep the house
in order, and compel the observance OF
all rules, which is no easy task in times
of political excitement.
After the election to this important
post, he is expected to lay aside his party
preferences, and maintain the most rigid
impartiality. He does not allow the
reading of speeches, but calls any mem
Der to order who attempts to read from
a manuscript. During a vote,' the
house is emptied, those voting "Aye,'
passing into a lobby on the left. Every.
body in the house at the time voting
must vote.
The speaker holds his Office during an
entire parliament, which lasts seven
years, unless sooner dissolved by the
queen. For his hard service he receives
the generous compensation of twenty.
five thousand dollars per year and a fur.
nished house. When his term of Office
expires, he is promoted to the peerage,
which gives him a seat in the house oil
lords, areward which an ordinary man
could hardly be blamed for covetlag.-
NoHths, Companion.
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The Prime Of Life.

Between the ages of forty-fi7e and
sixty a man who has properly regulated
himself may be considered in the prime
of life. His matured strength of consti-
tuition renders him almost impervious to
IN attack of disease, aud experience has
given soundness to his Judgment. His
mind is resolute, firm and equal; all his
functions are in the highest order; he
assume mastery over his business;
builds up a competence on the founda.
ton he has laid in early manhood, and
passes through q period of life attended
by many qualifications. Having gone
a year o. two owe sixty he arrives
at a stand still. But athwart this is the
viaduct called the turn of life, which if
crossed in safety, leads to the valley of
"old age" round which the river winds,
and then beyond, without boat or cause.
way, to effect his passage. The bridge
is, however, constructed of fragile ma
terial. and it depends how it is trodden
whether it bend or break. Gout and
apoplexy are also in the vicinity to way
lay the traveller, and thrust him from the
pass; but let him grid up his loins and
provide himself with a filter staff, and he
may trudge on in safety and with per-
feet composure. Toquit metaphor, "the
turn of life" is a turn either into a pro-
longed walk or into the grave. The sys-
tenn and powers having reached the ut
most expansion now begin either to
close like a flower at sunset or break
down at once. One iniudicious stimuli
liant, a single fatal excitement, may force
it beyond its strength, while a careful
supply of'props and the withdrawal of all
that tends to force a plant will sustain
it in beauty and vigor until night has
entirely set in.
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Education In Russia,

The Journal de st. Petersburg gives
the following particulars concerning the
public provision for education in Rus.
STA: The sum assigned in the budget OF
this year for education is 1871, 289
roubles (about s2, 1896, 000). There are
eight universities (not reckoning that of
Halsingfors for Finland), with $3.50
students. OF these, eighty-fve are
divinity students, 583 belong to the
pathological faculty, 1929 to the faculty
of law, thirty to that OF Eastern Ian
guages, 622 to the mathematical faculty,
$50 to that of natural science, and 2,13O
to the medical faculty. There are fifty.
three ecclesiastical s%eminaries, with 49,
227 pupils; 1876 gymnasia and pro-gym-
nasia, with 80, FOL pupils; ffty-si1 mid
die. class schools, with 10, 1888 scholars.
There are nineteen military gymnasia,
but the number of pupils is not given.
For females, there are 223 gymnasia and
pro-gymnasia, having "a 1878 pupils; and
this does not include the many institu.
lions which are subject to the control OF
the fourth division of the imperial chan
celery. There are si1ty-eight normal
schools and training colleges for teach
ers, having 1858 students. There are
ten other such institutions supported by
non-public funds. The number of ele-
mentary schools in operation this year
is Is, 491, with 1,074. $50 pupils.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
When to Paint.

One who has had experience writes that
"paint applied to the exterior OF build
ings in autumn or winter will endure
twice as long as when applied in early
summer o: hot weather. In the former
it dries slowly, and becomes hard like a
glazed surface, not easily affected after
ward by the weather, or worn off by the
beating of storms. But in very hot
weather the oil in the paint soaks into
the wood at once, as if into a sponge,
leaving tho lead nearly dry, and ready
to crumble off. This last difficulty,
however, might in a measure be guarded
against, though at an increased expense,
by first going over the surface with raw
oil. Furthermore, by painting in cold
weather the annoyance OF small flies,
which invariably collect during the
warm season on fresh paint, is avoided.
AZ on offset to this, there is q trouble
with slow.drying paint-it is the dust,
which always will collect upon exposed
surfaces, will keep collecting as long as
the paint is not dry, and stick to it, SC
that to obtain O smooth surface free
from adhering dust, it is necessary tc
secure quick drying. This is especially
the case when vanishing. I have often
been disappointed, and no doubt 80 have
many others, that tho varnish used
dried so slowly that dust had time tc
settle On it before it became hard"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
The Drunkard TO His Bottle.
IMAGINARY POEM OF ROBERT BURNS BY JoHs
g.. WHITTIER.

IMAGINARY PoEM OF ROBERT BURNS BY JOB!
@. WHITTIER.
Hoot !--daur 20 shaw ye're face again
Ye auld black thief O. purse an brain?
For foul disgrace, for dool an pain
An shame I ban ye;
Wae's me, that e'er my lips have taen
Your kiss uncanny!
Nae mair, auld knave, without a shillln'
To keep a starvin' wight frae stealth,
Yell SEN me hameward, bin and reeln'
Frae nightly swasger,
By wall an post my pathway feein',
Wi mony a stagger.
Nae mair O. fights that brulse an manglt
Nae MAR O nets my feet to tanSle
Nae mair O. senseless brawl an wrangle
Wi fren' an wife too,
Nae MAR O. deavin' din an jangle
My feckless life through.
Ye thievin' chestin' auld Cheap Jack
Peddin' your poison brose, i crack
Your banes against my ingle back,
Wi mick!e, pleasure.
Dell mend ge his workshop black
en- at his leisure.
IN brak ye'er neck, ye foul auld sinner
III pull ye'er bluid, ye vile beginner
O's'the ills an aches that Wilma
Quat saul an body!
Gle me hale breeks an Widespread dinner
Dell tax ye're toddy!
Nae MAR wi witches broo game gyte,
Giles me ance mair the auld delight
O. eittin' wi my BARNS in sight,
The guide wife near,
The weel--spend day, the peaceful plight,
The morning cheer.
Cock a. ye'er heads, BARNS fu' gleg
NV winsome Robin. Jean, and Meg,
For food an claes ye shall ma beg
A dotted daddie.
Dance, auld wife, on your awl-day leg,
Ye've foun' your laddie.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
Regulating The Weight OF Bread.

IN Cleveland, Ohio, they have an or
dinance regulating the weight of bread
sold to consumers, the quantity of coal
and the quantity of meats sold within
the city limits. A superintendent of
markets has the matter in charge. He
makes official and unexpected visits to
bakers, butchers, and stops coal in tran
sit from the yards to the places where it
is to be used. Whenever bread of light
er weight than that required by law is
found, it is conascated. Meat unfit for
consumption, such rs immature veal,
etc., is also carted away to be disposed
of according to law. The effect of this
system is apparent at a glance. Bakers
who are dishonest are constantly in
dread of a visit from the superintendent,
and are therefore kept honest from
necessity, if not from choice. Butchers
are made to be more careful in the selec-
ton of the meats they propose selling,
and coal dealers less likely to give short
weight. This system of official espion-
age is a protection to the poor, who are
generally the heaviest sufferers by such
innoaitions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
A MysteriOus Explosion,

A very singular accident occurred at
the residence of Mr.. Gallup, on Sacra-
mento street, last week, and it came
near terminating fatally. It happened
in this wise For a long time back MI.
Gallup had noticed the alarming diml-
mutton of his wood pile, and having
heard somewhere that q very good plan
to trace the missing firewood was to in
sert a little powder somewhere in its in
terror, he concluded to use for his
purpose giant powder caps, not being
aware that each one of them contain
about as much explosive powder as a
small cannon cartridge. During the
afternoon, without saying anything to
his family, he selected several of the
choicest sticks and inserted therein the
gentle reminders. Having accomplish
ed the Job to his satisfaction he careful
~ laid them on the sill in O far corner OF
the woodshed, intending to distribute
them through the pile as soon as the
shades of night had fallen. But mem
DRY with Gallup was a tickle jade, and as
the afternoons sun waned toward the
western horizon, he had entirely forgot
ten the incident. After an early tea
Mrs. Gallup proceeded to the woodshed
for fuel. Espying the nice, straight
sticks lying in the distant corner she at
once proceeded to appropriate the pile
and placed it in the stove. The good
housewife then drew up her easy chair
in order to better listen to the reading
of the Transcript, which MI. Gallup
was just unfolding. They were just
laughing loudly at the discontinue of
the lovers on Piety Hill, who were 80
"badgered " by "that boy" when sud-
denly the ceiling overhead spread out
like the fanges of o Chinese fan, and
the stove shot through the opening with
a report that could have been heard a
mile. OF course the ensuing incidents
are somewhat indistinct in the minds of
both Mr.. and Mrs. Gallup. Suffice it to
say that after a period of forgetfulness
they found themselves in an adjoining
room. They were in q rather dilapidat-
ed condition, mentally and physically,
but still able to rise to q perpendicular
position. After half an hours active
search they found the baby in the back
yard, Growing Justify over the jolly ride
he had been treated to. The house
next morning had every appearance OF
having been played upon by a whole
battery of artillery. Nevada Tran
script.
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"Ruth's cream-pot |" said Naomi, the
elder sister, a hard-featured, loud-voiced
spinster of nine-and-thirty. "Wasn't
it a strange provision of Grandmother
Crocus' will that Ruth never can par.
with that old piece of cracked a%bsurdity,
unless
"Naomi, hush p and Ruth had
sprung across the room and laid hel
hand on her sisters lips, with blazing
eyes and color as deep as n of her OWL
scarlet geraniums. "Our family affairs
shall not be talked Of to strangers"
Gam I a stranger" said Mr.. Napier,
gravely. 81 am sorry for that"
Ill didn't mean quite that, falter'
cd Ruth, "oniy-only-Naomi, please
to remember that this is never to be
spoken Of"
"Dear me r said Naomi, bridlipg 2ar r
"Here's a pretty how:deS1i0 about an
old cream pitcher.
.Thst self same evening Mr.. Napier
followed Ruth out in the garden, where
she had gone to water her carnations.
"Ruth," said he, ARE you de-
termined not to tell me the secret OF the
cream-pot?
eyes" said Ruth, resolutely.
"Notto let me have it on any terms?'
"Please, Mr.. Napier" said Ruth,
"Don't ask me. I cannot"
"Well then" said Mr.. Napier, "here
is vet a third demand. If l can't have
either secret or cream-pitcher-can
have you?"
"Mep -,
eyes" said the staid lawyer, with
strangely-softening eyes: "Dear little
Ruth, I have somehow lost my heart te
you these last three weeks. l cant &C
back to the old life without you. | an
not q young man, but I have never lovec
before, and"
"But," interrupted Ruth. with man
thing cheeks and a culver in her voice,
sam I good e~nough?' 49,.
By way of answer he took her in hls
arms aud looked tenderly into her face,
and to Ruth Wallis it seemed as If
whole paradise had opened to her in that
moment.
"Here it u.s." said Ruth, with glisten:
ing eyes and smiling lips: 1.-THE old
cream-pitcher, dear WINFIELD"
The ceremaniac forgot even true love
in the destinations of the piece of old
English ware that Ruth laid in his lap.
HI took it up with a loving touch.
"But I thought it was a decree of the
Modes and Persians that you were not
TO part with it?' said he.
"You didn't understand" said Ruth,
coloring ~radiantly. ~ was never to part
with it-so grandmother, Crocus' will said
except to my husband" =.
"Why didn't you tell me so before?"
$50 that you might have taken me
for the sake of the old cream-pitcher?'
said Ruth, a little piqued.
He drew hor gently to his side.
"My own darling" said he, C.! love
you better than all the old china that is
in the world"
Which was a great admission for Wyn-
field Napier to make.
A month later there was a wedding IN
the village church, and after the wed.
ding came the wedding breakfast, and
not a few of the guests wondered that
the center ornament OF the table, on
such an suspicious occasion, should be
an old cream-iug.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15

The total railway interest OF the
United States, it is estimated, represents
a value of Sc, 600. 600 900, that of Great
Britain 50, 800. O0O, OOr. Germany 81, 00O-
900. 600, and France ST. 200, 600, 600. In
1880 there were only twenty-three miles
of railway in operation in the United
States. which in ten years had increased
to 2,818 In 1850 the number of miles
was 9,021, which during the next ten
years increased to 80. 635. The number
Of miles in 1873 is 77,470.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
Hosts of People arc Martyrs

Hosts of People arc Martyrs
To sick headache, that infalible symptom OF
a disordered stomach, liver and bowels. Many
suffer from it as many as three or four times q
week. They do so needlessly, for Hostetter'a
Stomach Bitters, by tonipg the digestive organs
and regulating the bowels and liver, removes
the cause, and dispels the painful symptom:
The intimate sympathy between the brain and
the abdominal region causes the slightest dis
order affecting the latter to be reflected, as it
we're, in the organ Of thought. The reform
instituted by the Bitters when the digestive,
secretive and evacuative functions are in a
state Of chaos, has other and more beneficial
results, viz: the complete nutrition OF the
whole physical economy, the restoration Of ap-
petite and repose, and an increase in the power
Of the system to resist diseases Of a malaria
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15

Sim q rutabaga. and here's where ]
plant myself" said a tramp, as he en-.
tered a farmhouse near Freeport, H.,
and seated himself at the table. "We
alters bile ours, said the farmers wife.
and she soused him with a dishpauful
of boiling water
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15

Within twenty.four hours after Pas,
sanate's attempt on King Humbert's
life, the Italian king had received 4.C00
dispatches of generalization on bis es.
cape, and Signor Carroll 2, 500
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15

Fashion item: Gentlemen who would
be considered au tait in matters OF dress,
will not roll mp their pants Of The heel,
as formerly, but all around. The roll
should not extend above the hem, e1-
cept in severe cases of mud, when two
rolls the width of q hem is admissible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15

CURE FOB CoUaH Oh CoID.-Ass soon as there
Is the slightest uneasiness Of the chest, With
difficulty Of breathing, or indication Of Cough,
take during the day a few 4" Browns Bronchial
Trochaa" 25 cents a box.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15

IMPORTANT NOfICE.-Farmers, .Faml-
TOBIAS' VENETIAN LINIMENT for the cure Of
Cholera, Diarrhsa, Dyssntsry, Group, Colic and ses-
sickness, taken internally lit e perfectly harmless see
oath accompanying each bottle) and externally, for
Chronic Rheu%natism. Headache, Toothsehe, Sore
Bites, Old Sores, Pains in Limbs, Back and Chest. Tho
VENETIAN WA introduced In 1S47, and
stating il It was Ten Dollars q Bottle they would not
be without II. Thousands Of Certificates can be seen
at the Depot, speaking Of its wonderful curative proper.
iies. Sold by the Druggists At 40 cts. Depot ~
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Marion, as a name, is very popular.
Tt represents one or more towns in every
State and Territory In the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCHLESs"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.

THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston. and Chicago.
The famous Mason 4 Hamlin Cabinet Or
gans. which are certainly the best OF these in
struments in the world, are now sold for pay
ment By iustallments, bringing them within
reach of those who can make only small! pay.
ments at q time. Any agent for their sale will
give particulars.
hey Isokhnn's Best Sweet Navv Tohenco
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Why, Verify.

Why be an animated fellowship when Allan's
Anti-Fat is o safe and sure remedy for obesity,
or %corpulence, and will reduce the most III.
proportioned form to a graceful outline within
q few weeks. It contains no ingredients that
can possibly prove deleterious to the system.
A %well-known chemist, after examining its con.
stituents and the methods Of its preparation,
gives it his unqualified Endorsement as q
remedy that "cannot but act fayorably upon
the system and Is we'll calculated to attain the
object for which it is intended"
BALTIMORE, Md, July 18th, 1878.
Prop'rs Allan's Anti Fat, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sirs-I have taken two bottles OF Allan
Anita and it has reduced me eight pounds.
Very reepectfully, Mrs. I. r. COLES.
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There is no time to be lost when a cough at
tacks one, in adopting means Of prevention
against consumption and bronchitis. A cough
may, with perfect truth, be termed the in
cipient stage Of those destructive maladies,
and it is the height Of folly to disregard it.
II neglected, it will assuredly culninate in some
dangerous pulmonary affection, butif DR.. VIM.
Halls Balsam for the Lungs be used, the COM
plant is speedily vanquished and all danger
ayerted. There is no pulmouic comparable to
this great specific. Sold by druggists.
Leaky roofs or water pipes, water troughs or
other places, must be made tight. One Soc. or
75c. can of Flexible Cement will do it thorough
". Any one can apply it with stick or knife.
Liberal inducements offered to local agents to
canvass in their neighborhood. Address Van
dervoort's 116th st., East river, New York.
o rupwards Of thirty years Mrs. WINSLOW's
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never failing success. It c~orrects aoidity
Of the stomach, relieves Wind colo, regulates
the bowels, cnres dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and wefl-tried remedy. 26 OTIS. & bottle.
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A subcommittee of the committee appointed
under the Blaine resolution to inquire into
election practices, has gone to New Orleans, to
take testimony. The subcommittee consists
of Senators Teller. Cameron and Kirkwood,
Republicans, and Garland and Bailey, Demo-