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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-06-18

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hair to r natural 6. color and and. p pro .s.. : p e, s ssStSa
which sulphur, sugar Of lesd and nitrate Of silver pcepar.
ationshavs done. It will change light Or faded hatr ina
few days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask yo1r drnegdtss
wholesale Ag'ts. PhIls., Pa, and O. Crttenton. NY:
paynas, Automatic Engines and SAW.Min.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07
With Uplifted Hand He Swore.

with Upllfted Hand he Swore.
Titusville, Pa, County of Crawford, S.
Personally appeared before me, a
Notary Public in and for the City OF
Titusville, w. II. Morgan, who be
ing duly sworn according to law. de
poses and says that for the past six
years that he has been seriously
troubled with Sciatic Rheumatism.
which at times is SO severe as to to-
tally incapacitate him for all business;
that he has used nearly every known
remedy for rheumatism without re.
lief, and that after using four bottles
Of Wilson's Lightning Remedy for
rheumatism, experienced great relief,
and that on a return Of the disease
three or four doses will invariably af-
ford relief, and that he believes the
medicine will, by continuing its use,
effect permanent cure, and that is
the only medicine he ever found to
afford relief when suffering with the
disease.
w. H. MORGAN
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 10th Gay of November,
1880. p. S. MESSING
Notary Public.
Farrand, Williams & Co Agents,
Detroit.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07

The wrongs and outrages com.
mitted at the November election, in
Mississippi, as brought TO light by the
testimony before the Senate investi-
eating committee, are fearful to corr
template. We hope the facts will be
given the public, and from them the
country will learn that the Republi-
can party must continue to live until
such outrages become an impossi-
bility.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07

A couple of weeks ago the Wolver-
inc Citizen entered upon its 35th
year, and we believe 1t has been pub
lished all the time by Hon. F. H.
Rankin. 1t is one of the very best
Republican journals in the state. For
more than quarter of a century we
have almost all Of the time been its
constant reader, and if we know what
makes real valuable county paper,
the Citizen is just that. That its in
Auence may never be less, and friend
Rankin live to publish it for three and
a.half more decades is the wish of
the editor of THE TIMES.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07
OUR SCHOOLS AND SOME OF
THEIR NEEDS.

lit was the SchOOl-maSter who con-
quered at Sedan" Such was the &C.
acknowledgement ofan Inundated peo-
pie, uttered with bitter signiti.
canoe against those who, had sought
to restrict the scope of popular edu-
cation in France, while other nations
enlarged it. Thus had the promise
made, in the darkest hours of Prus-
sian history, by Humboldt and others,
been realized.
This promise and the hope it in
spired, had raised the nation from
under the feet of the First Napoleon,
to new life. The instrumentality
through which this life was to come
and do its work, was education. 1t
was to awaken in every citizen an
appreciation of the value to each, of
government growing out of individual
intelligence and individual worth;
and thus it happened that the victory
came to the Germans at Sedan, as soon
as this life had been even partially de-
developed and France to-day willing
ly acknowledges the truth of the pro-
verb; "That people which has the
best schools is the first people, if it is
moi SO to-day, it will be to morrow. !"
The leaders of public sentiment
throughout the world, now feel that
if the people are to rule, they must
be educated, and also if the people
are educated they will rule.
AS we now come to consider the con-
dition of our schools, we can present
in no more appropriated language the
general impression which careful
observation Of our Michigan school
system makes upon the mind Of
careful observer, than that of the late
DR.. Ryerson for several years Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction in
in the Province of Ontario. Says he:
Judging from my own observation
and inquiries, think the people of
Michigan have just cause for pride,
when they contemplate their efficient
school system and their schools which
result from the same
Nothing but personal visit and
inspection can convey an adequate
idea of the comprehensivness CON-
pleteness, and in in some instances,
grandeur of the educational institu-
ton Of our state. We speak Of the
state at large and what is true of the
state is true of our county.
We do not wish to paint the pict.
ure over bright, for we are conscious
of this fact, that the schools of our
county are in need.-I speak more
particularly with references 10 our
own district or ungraded schools.
I have paid considerable attention
to the coutry district schools for the
past few years and have found them
quite diverse in character, some
some excellent, but most Of
of them between these two extremes.
We now come to consider some OF
the needs of these schools.
The first great need of our schools is
educators, by this we mean teachers
who are capable of bringing the mind
Of the pupil into intelligent and SYM
pathetic relation with the active
world about him. This he
cannot do through books alone, any
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07

Certain druggists begin to complain
that the only cough remedy they can
now sell is DR.. Wistar's Balsam Of
Wild Cherry. This goes to prove that
intelligent people are determined to
get the best cure for coughs, colds,
and consumption, and will not take
q substitute.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07

Mrs. Garfield has written q letter
to Hon. r. G. Horr, thanking him
for his speech in opposition to Fitz
John Porter. In that letter she
speaks the sentiment of the Republi-
cans of the Nation.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07
A.yAbk%4l
SHwrr-wv-r,,,,.g',, -.

The Rev. J. l.. Seurles. Of New York, Is
tne of The most vi .ciy-hnown and highly
esteemed OF Mellr,iist MINISTERS.
Mr. eearies says: am iinpres ell thst it ie duty
t. tho q afflicted It'll H'ciiALtirln or Neural
ria. u say that remedy has been discovered that IN
hll,e "A EiarycloLS kuct'fss hy ron MAS Ereatiy
that. at ii nos. hc "gS ohli.' 10 hnNe n9r hue in
jcctsd tD his to yet relief While M this coll
diton lie discovered "a RENE ~ whici effected inne
diae RELIEF. and lernlaDent cure He has sD.e iir.
nished 10 10 many otaers 18th the same result have
plso furnished Ii to lumber ~ persons suffering
with Rheumatism. aud tho result has been inilnedtie
TO lev Vim r. Corhit. p1stor OF the George ST. NJ T..
Church. New Haven Conn. who WAS suffering GREATLY
with tis terrible ! E.. twi Eise you hts oN a
words as written n u.s wi hing him {" publish
the fact for the bc.ht -. others Suffering wii the
same I'll case"
What Mr.. Corbit says;
New Haven, July -, 1sra
"Mr. searies: Dear Sir-I wish 70 say forth ben
eft Of all who are suffering with lnainrnatory Rheu.
matism that your Aledi.ine Ia ntsl ible suffered
for two months the most excru,iating torture lost
% pounds Of hesh, and not out Of nav house for
q month i heart OF your remedy, and was almost
Of any kind. yours most certainlyis for Infan-
matory Rheumatism in its severest form.
I" Yours riot respectfully, W. T. CoRBIr.
"Pastor George st. IA. Il. ChnrNh. NeN Haven. COM"
Such il ATII, .OPH oRos---a thorough and
efficient cure Ter the worst cases of Rheu-
matism AMI Neral ia.
III you cannot get AruLoPHoRos Of your druggist
we will send Il express raid. receipt Of regular
price-one dollar per bottle Weprefer tina. you buy
II from your druggist. but il he hasns it, do not be
persuaded to try something else, but order at once
from directed.
arul 0ou0pOc m no tnaSl ucul voou
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07

Tell the children TO cut out and save tho comic
silhouette pictures as they appear from Issue TO
issue. They viii be pleased with the collection.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07

The Want OF a Reliable Diuretic
Which, while acting rs n stimnlant Of the kidneys
neither excitcs nor irrita'eS item. long since
since supplied by Hosettcrs stomach Bitters. This
ton upon these organs. without producing irri,a-
tion and is therefore, far better adapted for the
purpose than unmeicalcl excitants often resoried
to. Dyspepsia fever and ague. and kindred diseases,
arc all cured by IL.
For Sale by all Druggists aud Dealers
liz.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
Garcia'S Career.

Everybody in Paris has heard of
Garcia, the prince OF Adventures At
Baden-Baden and Thomburg, during
years the hero of roulette ana trente-et-
quarante His stakes were fabulous;
he won millions. His life of nabob
at Paris. his eXtrayagances and foliieS,
for a long time were the gossip of So
ciety. One day, however. his lucky
star paled. then abandoned him, and in
few days he lost 4 princely fortune
gained at play. He disappeared, and
soon this new sort of Cagliostro sank
into oblivion. \ few years ago mem
Der of the Mirlitons club met in Mad
rid man with pale face, rendered
haggard by hunger and want of sleep.
1t was Garcia. After having sailed on
the Pactolus, he was obliged to strug-
gle with misery, and, like shipwreck-
ed mariner, clurched at any safety
plank. By turns he had become a
croupier in 4 gambling den, then a
waiter in a cafe, and finally coach
man.
No one would have recognized him
but for the look in his eyes which be-
trayed his miserable existence and the
torture of his soul. The idea of suicide
haunted him without respite or repose.
when he confded his mental aoonies to
a venerable priest. The old clergy
mans celebrations Gained his troubled
spirit, and he decided to become a
monk. He joined the order of Trap
pists, and condemned himself, to the
end of his days, to strict abstinence and
eternal silence.
Who would have recognized under
the monks coarse garb the man of
former years, the leader of fashion and
the indulger in Sardanapalian revel-
ries? Garcia, who for so long q time
lived in the whirlpool of pleasure, on
whom so many pretty women lavished
their sweetest smiles, now wander
along the corridors under the arches of
a cloister. or says his prayers kneeling
on the stone flooring of his cell.
Sometimes n voice breaks this silence
of the tomb 1t is that of Trappist
monk, who in passing murmurs these
words: brother, man is mortal, =
Paris Figaro.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
MOTHERS ROOM

The dear old room, with its windows
open to the west
There we children would stand tiptoe
and watch the cloud-ships sailing over
phantom seas to Il far-Off fairyland,
whittier, we, too, would some day voy-
age.
And the sheen of that wonderful sea
of purple and gold cast rosy CLEAN
upon the white walls, played at hide
and seek amid the lights and shadows,
thrown by the artist, around Shaks-
peare and his friends, laughed at the
solemn clock on the mantlepiece, and
rested like an aureola upon the moth
er's brown hair.
1t was 4 homely room, for odds and
ends of former times had a wonderful
knack of collecting there.
Lads and lassles were never Danish
ed to the nursery in those DAYS, so the
carpet was always faded, oftentimes
patched, that the children might romp
over it as they pleased. The floor was
strewn with armless rag-dolls, worm
out balls, blow-guns, bits of Irvine,
bIue-back spelling books, and the 9TH
er worldly possessions of oId-fashioned
children.
The chairs! Well, no such chairs
can DC found now in upholsterer's
shops. There was the capacious arm
chair with its worn green lining,
which we dubbed SLEEPY Hollow, :"
and for which there was always a
scrabble in fathers absence. Mothers
fayorite seat was low rocking-chair
by the south window, overlooking the
beds of violet and heartsease Split
bottomed chairs, with and without
rockers, invited the weary to seek rest.
A homemade, chintz-covered lounge
sat in the corner, while quaint little
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
RAGGED EDGED PAPER.

Among fancy papers the grained mo-
rocco has taken the place of the alliga-
tor-skin paper. Ragged-edged paper
is still ''chic," and there are artistic
designs representing in one corner va
rious articles of bric-a- brac, such as a
Japanese cabinet, vases and tea-pots,
silver punch bowls, sheaf of wheat,
horseshoe, saddle and bride, etc. A
sunken square of a darker color than
the paper, with the monogram of the
owner stamped in raised letters, is q
good novelty. A fac-simile of the
handwriting, scratched as if with q
hasty pen. in one corner, in letters of
gold, on ragged-edged paper, is, how
ever, the most stylish of all. In
mourning note-paper the crape-fnished
border is very elegant.
Parchment paper, old, musty, and
moldy-looking, is also one of the freaks
of fashion. If one should remember
the meaning of palimpsest, which is
one writing on a parchment rubbed out
to make room for another, this parch-
ment paper might bear many a roman
tic secret within its breast All kinds
of invitations are, however, still en-
graved on pure white paper. Square
envelopes of moderate size are in the
best taste.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
From Across the Rio Granda.

The Diaz family-a name, by the bye,
as common in Castilian as Smith here
abouts-is getting its share of fame in
Mexico. ProfriO Diaz, is the popular
hero, and probably next president,
while Ponciano Diaz is the most famous
bufl-fghter of the republic.
Mexico grows colder every winter
The natives say that the refrigeration
of the climate is due to the coming of
the railroads from the republic of the
north, and grave savans attribute the
climatic changes to the magnetic in
ffuence of the iron rails A snow-storm
in village near the capital last month
set all the metropolis to shivering. By
next year our sleigh manufacturers may
expect orders from the swells of the
City of Mexico.
Orizaba is a tropical town whose in
habitants lounge in hammocks and
read French novels is, the wealth
Ter people. 1t is to have new paper
neither daily nor semi-weekly, fort
nightly nor monthly. The paper will
appear, it is gravely announced in the
prospectus, 'when it is convenient for
the editors.
During the recent nickel excitement
in the City of Mexico, the bakers re-
duced the sizes Of their loaves, plead
ing as an excuse the depreciation of the
currency, but now that the nickel has
ceased to circulate, the bakers still
keep their loaVes small, and are ex-
cused on the ground of forgetfulness.
A cave has been discovered near the
mining town of Pachuca which pre-
sents remarkable display of stalac-
tites. The bones of human beings have
been found in the cavern. A govern
ment commission will probably Wis
it it.
Federal District Gov. Fernandez has
begun war on the shop signs in the
metropolis. Such signs as do not in
dictate with some reasonable degree of
accuracy the nature of the goods sold
must come down. Calling shop ''The
Green Parrot" and selling hardware is
inadmissable. By changing the name
to 1.-The Golden Horseshoe" all will be
right.
do you speak English, sir?' is a
question now in the mouths of at least
five thousand studious Mexican youths.
English is all the rage. New gram
mars appear monthly, professors null
tiply space. and soon the bella Iengua
of Willie Shahspeah'' will be spoken all
over Mexico.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03

stools, gay with patchwork covers,
tried to hide themselves in every nook.
That room was the scene of all the sad
and tender incidents of our hOme-life.
There baby Carry closed her blue
eyes to open them no more upon a
mothers face. They arrayed her in
white, folded her fragile fingers upon
the first spring blossoms, and in the
night time we caught the rustling of
the angels wings who had come to
bear her away to the bosom of the dear
Christ.
1t was there that Mary brought her
lover one summers day, when she
found that his heart was her home.
The tears gathered in mothers eyes
and dropped upon their clasped hands,
but she gave them her blessing, and
the daughter went off to a distant land.
Little children play around her knees
now, but she often writes with home
sick warming for mothers room.
The autumn sunlight streamed in
with golden glow the evening we
heard that Charley, our soldier boy,
was killed. Comrades wrote that he
died like a brave man, and his praise
was on every tongue. But alas! what
comfort can fame bring in the first
sharp hours of bereavement?
Bring my boy in here, said moth
er, faint and fearless, and the pail
bearers passed by the grand parlor
and set their burden down, where she
had wept upon his neck at parting.
The home once gay with childish
voices is now peopled with ghosts.
Their garments rustic in dimly lighted
halls, their footsteps echo on untrodden
stairways, their voices murmur in de-
serted chambers. and when the even
inc freight flickers on the walls they
come trooping into mothers room, all
VINO are gone, the dead and the living.
The dear old folks see those ghosts;
for often when I come in at the twilight
hour mother will call me Charley. or
father will say he thought it was Ma
RVS step upon the threshold.
They, too, will soon be gone.
In the fair mansion to which they
hasten will there be one room home
like and dear, where the erring chill
dren will gather and find comfort as
they did Of yore in mothers room?-
Il. Irene Reese, IN NcaO Orleans Times
Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
A Hardy Old Tar.

Henry King, one of the oldest sea
captains in the United States, has Just
died at Camden, n. j., at the age of "a
years. He went to sea on sailing
vessel at the age of 10 years, and when
20 years old was made master of the
ship. He occupied that position for
more than half century, and in all
that time lost but one vessel, the Mary
Ann, of Philadelphia. That was about
twenty years ago, and although the
captain was then over seventy years of
age he managed to save himself, while
several of the crew were drowned.
In 1921 when on a voyage from Mo
bile to Philadelphia he was taken pris-
oner by a pirate, who wanted $4,000
in specie that the captain had on board,
but the latter took the precaution to
conceal his treasure in barrels of pork,
and although the crew Of the pirate
submitted him to the most agonizing
tQrtures he refused to reveal the hiding
place and was at length permitted to
go on. A remarkable point in his life
is that for four generations there was
not death of any of his relatives until
within the last two years, in which time
his wife and three grandchildren have
died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
The Use and Abuse of the Rubber
Coat.

The season has set in for wearing
mackintOSheS, says the Lancet. A eau
ton may be therefore not unnecessary,
and let us hope, not UNDECIDED, as to
the use and abuse of this servicable,
but, when improperly employed, dam
gerous, article of clothing. When once
macintosh is put on to defend the
body from wet, it should on no account
be taken off until the wearer has not
only taken shelter but is in position
to change his clothes. What cover
ing Of oiled silk does for wet rag in
the surgery-viz: convert it into poul-
tice-the macintosh does for the
clothes of its wearer. The insensible
perspiratiOn which finds way of es-
cape through ordinary clothing is kept
in by the waterproof, and the clothes
are saturated with moisture. A very
few minutes will suffice TO render the
Undertaking damp" under mack
intosh, particularly if either the wearer
perspires freely, or the weather be what
is called 'muggy" as we'll as wet.
When, therefore, the Wearer of q
macintosh takes off that article of
clothing because it has ceased to rain,
has damp clothes on, and, if he sits in
the saddle, or walks home, or rides in
an open trap, he is more likely to take
cold than If he had not used the mack
intosh at all. If, therefore, we say, a
macintosh is once put on, it should on
no account be taken off until the clothes
can be changed or dried by fire with
out reduction of bodily temperature.
The use of a macintosh is to protect
man from a severe storm of rain. His
clothes must be damp if he wears one
of these protectors. The sole gain from
using it is to render the moisture warm
instead of cold, and to prevent loss of
heat by evaporation. Ii the mackin-
tosh be removed, evaporation COM
mences Immediately, with all the con-
sequent risks of that process.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
Wong Ning's Story.

Wong Ming is real, fesh-and-blood
Chinese boy. He tells, in his own
words, in the March ST. Nicholas, the
following legend of Confucius, as well
as few of his own ideas on American
life and customs:
81 know plenty stories about on
home China. You ever hear about
Observation-Disclosures call him Con-
fucius-he very great man.
Maybe you like, | tell you one sto-
ry. Kong-foo-toO-he travel all over
China. He live about two, three thou
sand year ago, yeS! sure! He travel
every city, teach Chinaman-that very
good
Zone city he no came, that Canton,
and try to come in the gate-very
big gate
Zone little boy there, seven years
old. | think that little boy too smart.
He making play of little city, and
building three little walls around it, all
the same like Canton. He took up too
much room, and talk too smart, so that
Confucius can not get in.
''He watch him a little while, then
he say, 4 guess Canton all right, this
boy can teach Canton. | 90 some 9TH
er place. THAT gery bad! Next year
that boy die-Uery strange that! So
Canton never get any teaching, not
from boy, not from Kong-foo-too. I
think not very good for little boy to be
too smart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-03
Dwarfs on the Increase.

An experienced Snowman says the
greatest trouble with little people, or
midgets, is that but few of them are in
telligent, and many of them brainless.
A large number of the children midgets
on exhibition about the country are re-
pulsiVe monstrosities. But when di-
minutiVe specimen of humanity is dis
covered who has well-deVeloped in
tellect he is indeed a rarity. Tom
Thumb found himself a large man
when compared with other mites dur
ing recent years. But he was one of
the first ever exhibited, and his pres
tige gave him a lasting fame. There
will never be another Tom Thumb.
People have become so accustomed to
curiosities, have seen SO many little
people, that mites, midgets, or dwarfs
have ceased to create the great sensa-
tions they formerly did.