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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14
A Woman in the Army.

There is remarkable case before the
House committee on military affairs at
Washington. 1t is bill to remove the
charges of desertion from the record Of
Franklin Thompson, alias Mrs. Sarah E.
E. Seelye. A woman named Sarah E.
Edmonds, prompted solely by patriotism,
served for two years as soldier in the
Federal army. At the outbreak Of the
war she was living at Flint, Mich. She
assumed male attire, became q private in
Company F of the Second Michigan In
fantry, went to the front, was at the bat
tie of Bull Run, served all through the.
Peninsular campaign, then under Genera!
Pope, then with Burnside at Freaericks-
burg, and went West with the regiment
to Kentucky. There the young soldier
was prostlated with the chills and fever
contracted on the Peninsula, leave OF
absence was refused, and, fearful that
her sex would be discovered, she left the
army, and, returning to Oberlin, O., re-
sumed her woman's garb. Though par
ticipating in over forty battles large and
smah, she never was wounded. Oppo-
site the name she bore the word "desert-
er" had been written on the army
records. This she seeks to have removed.
She was married in 1867. She is fully
identified by members Of her own COM
plny and regiment. She is now living
at Fort Scott, Kan, as, and the bill pro-
poses to give her a clean record with
back pay and bounty. It is asserted that
Mrs. Sccyle is an invalid as the result of
her exposures and hardships in the army.
The committee favors Mrs. S"eyle's
bill because ''it cannot be objected to on
the ground that it is likely to set a
dangerous precedent" This sage remark
has a more spicy flavor than anything else
in the documcnt:-Caioogo Tri1u"e.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14

The East Pennsylvania evangelical
ministers have, in their conference re-
Gently held at Peading, Penn, passed
resolutions in favor of prohibition, but
detaching it from any political organiza-
$:cn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14

An Irish candidate for parliament in
speech at Dublin said that $3.50, 600, 900
had been spent in Ireland for drink in
the last three years, in districts where
laborers were starving, and where, it
was said, the tenants could not pay their
rents
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14
The Only Chinese Empress.

At the age of fourteen, the strong
willed Princess Woo bee: me- one OF the
wives of the great Emperor Tai. And
she prov, d so gracious and acceptable
q stcpmothcr to Young Prince Kaou, that,
as the record tells us, he grew very fond
of the girl queen and, within year from
tie death of his great father, when he
himself had succeed ID to the Yellow
Throne, as Emperor Supreme, he recalled
the Queen Woo from her retirement IN
the HISTORIAN mission-house at Tung
Chow and made her one Of his royal
wives. And when in the year 6S3, Kaou-
tsung died, she boldly assumed the di-
rection of the government, and, ascend
ing the throne, declared herself Woo
How Tsih- -tien--Woo, the Empress Su-
preme and Sovereign Divine!
History records that this Zenobia of
China proved equal to the great task.
She "governed the empire with discrc-
tion," extended its borders, and was ac-
knowledgcd as Empress from the shores
of the Pacific to the borders of Persia,
of India, and of the Caspian Sea.
Her reign was one of the longest and
most successful in that period known in
history as the Golden Age of China. Be-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14

There are fifty teetotallers in the new
British parliament; twenty-five years ago
there was but onA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14
The Ideal Sabbath.

The ideal Sabbath is the Sabbath at
home when the head of the household
farmer or mechanic, merchant or lawyer,
capitalist or operativc-enjoys his week
ly rest among those for whom bis six
days of labor have been spent. Whether
the 6abbatic institution was or was not
created by the fourth commandment,
there seems to be in those words,
s'Thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser-
vant," a glimpse of the rcstful enjoy
ment which the day of rest, in the primi-
tive conception Of it, would bring to the
families that keep it.
The day of rest, being rest and not
rcvclry or dissipation, and being there
fore day of home enjoyments, brings
with it opportunity for sober thought and
conference. A Sabbath-keeping people
will become thoughtful people, and
such thoughtfulncss is manliness. All
men, and especially the busy millions in
an advanced civilization like our own,
need for the minds sake, not less than
for the sake of wcaricd nerves and mus
.cles, the scvcntl-day intcrmission of
their ordinary work. A true Sabbath is
something far more restful than a day Of
noisy jollity. In its calm air the mind
rests: by thought, not thoughtlessness-
by quiet musing, by conscious or uncon-
seious retrospcction; perhaps by consid-
Grafton of what might have been, per-
haps by thinking of what may yet be,
perhaps by aspiration and resolve toward
something in the future that shall bebet-
ter than what has been in the past. The
home in which Sunday is day of rest
and home enjoyment is hallowed by the
Sabbaths which it hallows. In the Sab
bath-keeping village life is less frivolous,
and at the same time industry is more
productive, for the weekly rest. A
Sabbath-kecping nation is greater in
peace and in war for the character which
its tranquil and thoughtful Sabbaths
have impressed upon it.-Rec. DR.. Bacon.
A good conscience is better than two
witnesses. 1t will consume your grief as
the sun dissolves ice. 1t is spring when
you are thirsty; a staff when you are
weary; screen when the SUN burns you,
and pillow in death.
Whether perfect happiness would BIO
procured by perfect goodness this world
will never afford an opportunity Of de-
Gliding. But this, at least, may be main
tanned, that VIC do not always find visible
virtue.
What sculpture IS to block Of marble,
education is to the human soul. The
philosopher, the saint and the hero, the
wise, the good or the great man, very
often lie hid and concealed in plcbian,
which proper education might have dis
inferred and brought to light.
An Irish candidate for parliament in a
speech at Dublin said that $3.50, 900, 900
had been spent in Ireland for drink in
the last three years, in districts where
laborers were starving, and where, it
was said, the tenants could not pay their
rents.
The East Pennsylvania evangelical
ministers have, in their conference re-
Gently held at Peading, Penn, passed
resolutions in favor of prohibition, but
detachiug it from any political organiza'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14

What sculpture IS to block of marble,
education is to tie human soul. The
philosopher, the saint and the hero, the
wise, the good or the great man, very
often lie hid and concealed in plcbian,
which proper education might have dis
inferred and brought to light.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14

Whether perfect happiness would BIO
procured by perfect goodness this world
will never afford an opportunity Of de-
Gliding. But this, at least, may be main
tanned, that We do not always find visible
virtue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14

A good conscience is better than two
witnesses. 1t will consume your grief as
the sun dissolves ice. 1t is spring when
you are thirsty; staff when you are
weary; a screen when the sun burns you,
and pillow in death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-14

the finest culture, the most brilliant sur
ronndinps. but she is not fit for her duties
unless she be Christian mother. There may
be- well-read Libraries in the hou>e. and e1-
ouisite music in the parlor, and The canvas
of the best artists adorning the walls, and the
wardrobe be crowded with tasteful apparel,
and the children be wonderful for their
attainments and make the house ring with
laughter and inaocent mirth, bat thcre is
something woefpl looking in that house ii
it be not also the residence OF Christian
mother.
"One hundred and twenty c!ergynen were
tgether. and they were telling thelr expert
erce and their ancestry; and OF the lD clergy
men, how many of them 90 you suppose rs as,
signed as the means Of their conversion the
influence Of Christian mother! One hum
dred out Of the l2O. Philip Doddridge was
brought to God by the Scripture lesson on
the Dutch tiles of chimney fireplace Inc
mother thinks she Is only rocking cniid,
but at the same time she may I've rork'nS the
fate of nations, rocking the glories or
heaven. Tho same maternal power thaS NAY
lift the child up may press chilh down.
"A daughter came toa worldly mother and
said she was anxious about her sins ami she
had been praying all night The mother said:
"Oh, stop praying! don't believe in pray,
ing. Get over all these religious notions and
III give you dress that will cost $500, and
YOU may wear it next week t. that party. u
The daus ter took the dress and she moved
in the gay circle the gayeStof all the gay that
night and sure enough all religious impressions
were gone, and she stopped praying. a rev
months after she came to die, AMI IN
her closing moments said, Mother,
l wish you would bring me that dreSs
that cost $500" The mother thought 1t very
strange request, but she brought it to please
the dying child. Now said the daughter.
mother, hang that dress on the foot OF my
bed aud the dress was hung there, on the
foot of the bed. Then the dying girl got III
on one elbow and looked at her mother, and
then pointed to the dress, and said: Mother
that dress is the price Of my soulV Oh
"Hannah stands before you the REWARDED
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The gospel of repression by the min
istry of force has had its day in the gov
eminent of Irishmen, at well as in the
methods employed by Irishmen to Sc
cure such measures of home government
as are just and equitable. There is no
more hopeful sign than this in the pO-
litical sky Of that wonderful people. The
Chicago convention heartily endorsed
the resolution which places the National
Irish party under Parnells' leadership,
leaving him untrammeled In the course
he will adopt. Finnerty's invasion and
resistance by force Of arms measures
were not approved in the convention.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The journals that are venting their
spleen on Barlow because Ross was nom
mated are In small business. Ross owed
his nomination largely to the Examiner.
The success Of Sui Ross before the Gal
weston convention is one in which the
Examiner is justly entitled to share, and
to detraet from the services rendered by
the Examiner In securing shat nomina-
ton reveals an envious mind; and,
"envy's coal comes Kissing hot from
hell" The LIGHT had its criticism upon
the Examiners methods; it has nothing
but the most open and hearty acknowl-
edgment for the success of those meth
DDS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

LAST Sunday and Monday were two OF
the hottest days ever experienced on the
fOOtstool. The thermometer at st.
Louis stood at l05 IN the shade and 1876
in the sun. At Macon, Mo-, it was 100
in the shade, and all through Central
Illinois the thermometer ranged from
l04 to 100, touching this latter figure at
Springfield. One popularity of this ex-
cessiye dry and hot weather is that COM
paratively little sickness is reported.
and scare an epidemic prevails. Texas
has not been as hot this summer as
either Missouri or Illinois, and the gen.
eral health Of the state is remarkably
good.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20
wA STRANGE STATEMENT.


Wednesday evenings Times says, edi-
tOrially: Peripstetic street gossips
have reported that Major breckenridge
name was placed before the Galveston
convention. This is false. Senator
Houston made the statement that he was
not in the race before the balloting be-
gan. All reports to the contrary are ut
terly baseless In fact" In the telegraph
columns of the 18th inst, the Times
special says Convention hall, Aug. II,
5:l5 p. m. Senator Houston is now nom
mating Hon. J. Il. Breckenridge, OF
Travis" In his editorial columns Of that
same date, the Times says: "Bracken-
ridge comes out Of the gubernatorial
contest with clean hands. Els canvass
WAS conducted in manner worthy OF n
gentleman, and he retres from the field
with the respect of all candidates" In
the report Of the convention proceed
ings we find the following: Houston,
of Bexar, said the convention was to
make officers for the next two years, and
should be careful. He was here to place
before the convention no politician, but
man from the people pure
man and an honorable man. The
friends of John L. Breckenridge,
of Travis, placed him before the conven-
ton. Those who knew him, loved him.
His home people endorsed him. They
knew him. When he found a majority
for any one candidate he would with
draw" The day before Houston made
this speech Breckenridge addressed the
convention as one of the candidates and
said he had previously defined his
position; be was inexperienced but
would take counsel" There is no
record that shows any distinction be-
tween the candidates as to their being
properly placed before the convention.
Nothing to show that Brackenridge's
name was withdrawn in any other way
than the names of the other candidates
were-that is, when the convention had
balloted until 1t was seen Ross had de-
cided majority, then changes were
made and one by one the candidates
withdrew in his favor. In the face of
these facts what does the Times mean
by saying editorially "peripatetic
street gossips have reported that Major
breckenridge name was placed before
the Galveston convention. This is
false" OF all the strange freaks of
the Times mans pen this beats the
record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

BEECHBR seems to have been lost in
the wilderness Of arrested development,
since the sun that rose 30 gloriously
over the home rule contest went down
in darkness, and Randy Churchill and
Joe Chamberlain beamed forth as the
bright particular stars Of English con
ato-liberal-uniOnism. Beecher at
all events seems to be silent, or the En-
glish press have given him the go-by.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The controversy over the disposition
Of the city's funds goes on, and the more
the muddle is stirred the muddier it
gets. So far explanations do not ex-
plain, and 1t would be wise to order a
search warrant among the funds and
find out where they are. At present
the status OF that $4,000 is very much
like the poor Scotch natural in one Of
George Macdonald's creation 81 dinna
ken whaur | cam frae, and dinna ken
whaur be gang TIL"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

GALVESTON grew honest as the con-
ventian drew to close, and the drill
being over there was nothing to be lost
by confession. Not till then did she
acknowledge that at times the heat in
the Island city was sufficient to frizzle
the bangs on the foretop Of a oast-iron
monkey. The thousands who thronged
that portal Of the fiery furnace found
out the facts to their sorrow when 1t was
too late for repentance.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The keynote Of the feeling towards
Ireland, in the new deal, is sounded in
the Indictment OF nine Irish-C Catholic
policemen for murder In the late Belfast
riots. These men fired into the mob
only when necessary to protect their
own lives, and then under orders in the
discharge Of their duty. The indict-
ment comes, of course, at the hands Of
an Orange grand jury, and unless gov
eminent interferes the judicial murder
of these men will follow the riotous act,
to quell which they were ordered to
Belfast. An inquiry into these riots
and what the government intends to do,
viii be pressed by Mr.. Parnell in his
answer to the queens speech.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The Examiner says the Little Cayal-
ryuan" will live in history as the Lit
te Corporal did" Yes, after Austerlitz
came Waterloo. When the little cor
poral reached the acme OF his fame he
passed over the divide and invited de-
feat. Does the Examiner mean that his
comparison shall be accepted as a pro-
phecy? Ambition ends always in get
ting left sooner or later. Success is as
mortal as humanity itself.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

WHAT have the poor people OF this
country done that they are so forgotte en-
of the weather clerk and afflicted OF men.
1t rains not; we have a democratic ad-
minlstrstion: Canada drives us from our
fishing grounds; Mexico murders our
citizens, our crops dry up; Bayard
backs down and. to crown all, news
reaches us that Salvation Army Booth
medidates an invasion of the country
this fall.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The Galveston News, referring to Ben
Buffers proposed candidacy for gov
ernor OF Massachusetts, on the ground
that the party cannot win in the name
Of the old-fashioned democracy, says:
"What is the use Of adopting something
else in order to put different sort OF
enemy into Office under the name Of
democracy" The suggestion is peril
nent for republicans in Texas, who
think some advantage is gained by putt
ing different kind Of an enemy into
Office under the name Of republican, or
Independent. Straight nominations
never weakened party in fact. Crooked
nominations always do. There is but
one course practicable and safe, make
straight party nominations or none.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The Austin Evening Call does not like
Ross for governor and naturally so. The
Call has been one of the most bitterly
hostile journals in all Texas to the labor
reform movement and Sui Ross lie the Al
lance candidate. The Call is cOnsis-
tent, but what will brother Harris do
about 1t? The charge Of the light bril-
gade stampeded his candidate and the
party Is com mitted to that stampede.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

THERE Ia cloud, war cloud, scarce
larger than mans hand lingering on
the Afghan border. But there is little
danger Of its growing to overspresd the
land. The car Of all the Russias does
not banker after a tussel with England,
Germany, Austria and Turkey just now,
and peace is not likely to be broken 50
long as these powers act in unison2 Tory
England is always strong with Bismsrk
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

AND still the distress cry reaches this
goodly, pious city and no response is
heard, either in the high places of mu-
nicipal muddlement or in the high
places Of churchly congregating in the
name Of him who said "Inasmuch as ye
do 1t unto one Of the least of these my
bretheren ye do it unto me-" Let the
charity Of this city have "free course,
run and be glorified."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The commotIon along the border oon-
tinues. The situation grows no better,
the bitter feeling intensities, there is
an occasional outbreak between individ-
usls, the complications may end in open
rupture any day, but the heavy weight
Of the administration reoks not as he
serenely hobs for fish in the placid wat
ers Of the Saranac.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The prohibltionists Of Texas are safe
to do any thing in the unexpected line.
Their dissatisfaction with Ross nom
ination is in the very nature Of things.
They will put out full hedged ticket
and all democratic prohibitionists will
vote for Ross. The prohibs are great
moral party, but the democratic wing
thereof always supports the old bourbon
candidates. Put pin there. Wespeak
that we do know,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20
Home Testimony
From
George H. kalteyer
CHEMIST,
CHEM
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July l, 1885.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex July /, 1895.
| purchased in this city package of Prof.
HOrsfOrd's Self Raising Bread Preparation
and submitted 1t to a chemical examination,
and lind that the same is composed of pure
and nOn-pOisonOus chemicals.
The idea OF Prof. Horsford was indeed a
grand one in supplanting the indigestible tar
tarate of soda, which is always the end result
of all Baking Powders composed of Cream of
Tartar and Soda, by the soluble phosphate of
lime and soda, the very nutritive value of
bread, and the bone-producing elements of
nature.
1t is certainly the best and most healthy
bread-raising preparation ever offered to the
public, and every mother that has the health
of her children at heart should use no other.
can only join in the endorsement given by
the late celebrated chemist, Prof. Baron V.
Liebig, to this preparation in saying: 81 con-
slider this invention as one of the most useful
gifts which science has made to mankind"
For Sale by all Grocers. Try It.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

THE Austin Evening Dispatch glori-
fies the mongrel ticket nominated by
Travis county republicans, and then
raises its hands In holy horror at the idea
Of a mongrel ticket at Waco. Why in
the name of all that is consistent is not
Travis county sauce good for the Waco
convention gander? Let the Dispatch
rise and explain.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

The Fort Worth Gazettee does not
take kindly to the land lease plank in
the Galveston platform, and calls for a
Legislature to split that plank into free
grass kindlingwood. The dear demo-
cracy will be little mixed after all, de-
spite their late love feast, unless they
guard the outer and inner gates very
carefully. A granger candidate on an
anti-labor platform, Sui Ross on Swain
declaration Of principles is not the
easiest thing to engineer among the
breakers Of this tidal wave. But put your
trust in Barlow and he will pull you
through.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

In THE English house Of commons,
Gladstone re-affirmed his convictions
concerning the necessity OF his late
Irish policy and the confirmation OF his
opionions by recent events. He would
not retaliate on the present government
by pressing them to an immediate de-
claration OF their Irish policy, as they
had pressed his; said that 1t was the
great question, and the sooner 1t was
considered and settled, the sooner would
the parliament be able to dispose of the
arrears Of legislation before it. Glad
stone is temperate, firm, repudiates
coercion policy and obstruction tactics,
and will give Salisbury fair chance to
show his hand. There is every assur-
ance, however, that he will. maintain
firmly the right Of Ireland, and Scot
land as well, to local home government.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

JOHN IRELAND speaks the words OF
truth and Jim Blaine when he says,
Foreign nations should understand that
demands Of this character from the
United States are not to be met by
evasion or argument, but that the re-
lease must come first and the argument
afterwards, II at all.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-20

Hiram Cameron, furniture dealer of Column
bus Ga, tells his experience, thus: For
market for Stomach and Kidney Disorders,
but got no relief until | used Electric Bitters.
Took five bottles and am now cured, and think
Electric Bitters the Best Blood Purifier in the
world" Major A. B. Reed, of West Liberty,
KY, used Electric Bitters for an old standing
Kidney affection and says: Nothing has ever
done me so much good as Electric Bitters."
Sold at 80 cents bottle by A. Dreiss.
job printing in every variety at
bottO m prices done at the LIGHT office.