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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
Fashion Notes.

Old mauve holds It's own as a fashion.
able color.
Yellow suits are generally covered with
black lace.
The stylish boot of the season has tn.
Toe and heel tip.
Watered silk and watered ribbon re-
main in favor.
Amber shot with deep blue or ruby il
q favored combination.
Gauze fans have charming design
signed by artists of note.
The most fashionable hosiery has TIM
embroidered designs or clocks in tn
same or contrasting colors.
Linen plush is a new material and used
for dressing gowns and trimming. I
resembles its woollen prototype.
Gloves of pean de Suede have the arm,
from the wrist upward of guipure lac,
corresponding in tint to the kid.
A pointed puff, extending from tn,
top of the sleeve to the elbow, is mad,
OF the lace or embroidery with which
the dress is trimmed. This style O
trimming sleeves is only applicable t,
rich dresses.
Last years l~eaf-shaped basques at tn,
backs of bodices of wooden material ar,
still in favor. When these are used til,
bodice is trimmed with velvet or MORE
antique, and two points Of this fall below
the leaf points Of the wooden material
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
Quicksilver,

SokShoAiFSA WILLS q PoAC VI d oolG, ACA
rock called %cinnabar, composed of mer-
curry and sulphur. The cinnabar is
crushed and exposed to the heat, when
the metal, in form of vapor, passes into
a vessel suitable for the purpose, where
it is cooled. Then, being reduced to its
liquid state, it is pure and fit for use.
When men working in the mines heat
the rocks, the quicksilver will sometimes
roll out in drops as large as a pigeons
egg, and fall on the ground in q million
sparkling globules. It is said to be very
beautiful against the dark, red rock,
glittering everywhere with this "liviug
silver" while every crack and crevice is
also filled with it.
Just as wood floats on water because it
is lighter, SO large stones thrown into a
kettle of mercury would float on top, it
is so much more heavy a substance than
the stone.
There are only four important locali-
ties where it is Observation-Disclosures,
Peru, Austria, and Almaden, in Spain.
The nearest mines to us are those in Cal
ifornia. The mines in Peru were dis
covered in a curious manner. Cinnabar,
when ground very fine, makes a beautiful
red paint. The Indians used this to or
nament their bodies on great occasions
This caused the country where they lived
to be examined, and the cinnabar was
found. The Romans used this paint
hundreds of years ago in decorating their
images. It is of great value now in our
times, and we call it vermillion.
This wonderful quicksilver is very USE
full in separating metals from the rocks
to which they cling. The rocks are
crushed fine, sifted, and washed until
as much of the gold and silver is removed
as possible. Then it is placed in a bot
tie with the quicksilver, which seems to
absorb it at once, separating it entirely
from every particle of sand or rock. If
the metal to be cleansed is gold, you
will see a yellowish mass of a sort CT
paste or amalgam. This is heated, and
the mercury or quicksilver flies away,
leaving behind it pure gold.
Although mercury is SO useful in many
ways, it is also a deadly poison, and its
vapor so dangerous that in the search TO,
it many persons have lost their lives.
Not many years ago the mines of Aus.
tria took fire, and 1900 workmen were
poisoned. many of them dying in con-
sequence; snd the water used to auench
the flames, pumped into a river near by,
caused all the fish in the river to die.
Have you ever seen mercury carried
about? It is put in sheepskin bags and
cast iron bottles. It is so heavy that
instead of an ordinary cork, an iron
stopper is uscd-scrcwed in!
Sometimes these bags do sad havoc. as
in the case of a storage of several in the
hold of a ship bringing it to this coun.
try. Some of the bags leaked. Every.
body on board was poisoned. Every
bit of metal was covered with o silver
coating of quicksilver.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
The South American Queen.

I notice an interesting paragraph in an
English journal which informs us that a
Lci:h firm has just completed a hand
some screw steam lau.ch which had been
built 10 the order of Mrs. Couseno, d
South American lady, who is reported to
be the richest woman in the world. The
launch, which is built Of steel, is twenty.
five feet in length, and is to be employed
as q tender to her large yacht. (The
large yacht is engaged at present in the
u~npretending but profitable. trade OF
carrying Goals from Lota to Valparaiso
It is deliberately fitted up in polished ma,
hogany, and is to be despatched forth.
with by n of the mail steamers from
Liverpool fo1 conveyance to Chill.
Beside being the richest lady in the
world, she also enjoys the singular privil.
eye of being Empress over a tract of ter.
ritory called Lota, which lies some two
or three hundred miles to the south OF
the port. 1t may appear strange to speak
of an Empress in the heart of a free re-
public, but nevertheless the fact exists,
and so absolute are Her Majesty's pow
rrs that there are few of her subjects
who would be resolute and courageous
enough to claim the possession of their
own immortal souls. or who would no!
Be prepared to deny that on the making
Of the place a special arrangement was
made with reference to coal deposits be.
tween the Divinity and the reigning
monarch - Valparaiso Letter.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS,

FNCt0 run me CuHIOuS,
Onc-half of the children born into tho,
world die before they reach the age of
five years. /:
Eighteen bumblebees, twenty-five waspsI
Or thirty-eight ordinary honey bees con-
tain enough poison to kill an adult.
To make nails was one of the sentences
imposed in Massachusetts, a hundred years
ago as a punishment for crime, and
twelve nails a day was accepted as a davis
work.
The planet Mars has more land than,
the earth and the latest theory is that
Mars is inhabited by a race of beings
similar to our own, but longevity there is,
far less than here.
The greatest fortress in the world. from
. strategical point of view, is the famous
stronghold of Gibraltar. It %occupies a,
rocky peninsula jutting out into the sea
about thee miles long and three-ouarters
of a mile wide.
1t was not until 1850 that the word
donkey" found its way into the diction-
aries. It is a nickname for the asa and
nothing more. Probably in the course of
time it will be superseded by the word
"dude," which has about the same mean
ing.
Cesar is said to have had 800 pairs of
gladiators at once in the arena, and to
add to the scenic effect the bloody strug-
giles were at night. Trajan surpassed all
in forcing 10, 900 unhappy prisoners and
gladiators to contend for life in the
Roman amphitheatre; the bloody and
brutal sport lasted for 113 days. !,
In 1915 Governor Dale procured the
important privilege for the people of
Virginia of holding landed property by
a stable tenure. The farmers then did
not possess the land they cultivated by a
tenure OF common socage, but enjoyed it
as tenants at will of the crown Now to
every adventurer into the colony, and to
his heirs, were granted fifty acres of land,
and the same quantity for every person
imported by others. :.
A good many people will be surprised
to learn that the biggest building in the
United States will be the City Hall of
Philadelphia, now in process of construc-
ton. Between 81, 600, 900 and $12,-
600, 1000 have been expended upon it
since 1872. It is estimated to cov~
$500 more square feet than the Capitol
at Washington. The tower on the north
side will be surmounted by a statue of
Penn, and its extreme height when COM
pleted will be 535 feet. 1t has now
reached a height of 270 feet. :
Slavery in the ancient Roman world
was in part sustained by q practice so re-
voting and inhuman as hardly 10 be
comprehensive to modern ideas-the
systematic exposure and abandonment of
the children of the poor and of femeal
and defective children by the rich.
There are innumerab!e illusions to this,
lnhuman treatment throughout Latin lit
erature. In two deficient. comedies or
dialogues the husband, On starting on a
journey, Is represented as ordering his
wife, who is o o to give birth to q babe,
to destroy it if it prove a girl; and the
plot of n turns on the wife's foolish
weakness in exposing rather than killing
the female infant.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The oldest publishing house in thu:
world is that Of Orell, Fussli & Co, in
Zurich, Switzerland. The firm still pos
sesses initial letters that were used il
1919.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

What is tho difference between q pa"
per dollar and q dollar of silver2 Never
mined.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Wellsburg opens Wide Her Doors.

The Wellsburg Union, through
it's representatives, has said, Don't
confne your invitation to dele
gates alone; if there are earnest in
terested workers who are not dele
gates, bid them come also, as we
have made ample provision"
So, in their behalf we have ex-
tended cordial invitation to ev-
cry worker who finds it in her heart
to come.
Don't feel because you are not a
delegate nor on the program, there
is no need for your attendance.
The Cow ention needs the in
SEPARATION and encouragement your
presence will give.
You need the enthusiasm these
occasions kindle, and the informa-
ton that the simple routine work
gives, to say nothing of the direct
instruction impaired.
Let each Union promptly canvass,
not its full membership, but its
paid membership and proceed to
appoint delegates promptly in &C
cordance with the basis of repre-
sentation, laid down in our cons'Si
tuition, which we repeat for the
benefit of those wno did not re-
ceive last weeks FREEMAN
"All officers, [Vice Presidents
excepted are delegates by virtue
of their offices; each Union is en-.
titled to one delegate at large, and
an additional delegate for every
twenty paying members"
Appoint your regular delegates,
then urge every member who feels
able to bear her own expenses, to
attend.
See that you are represented,
even if your treasury must be
drawn upon to bear the expenses
of your delegates.
You cannot make a wiser in
vestment.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
A WOman's Work In WASHINGTON
Territory.

Last autumn the National Wo-
mans Christian Temperance
Union deputed Miss Narcissa
White, one of its organizers, to go to
Washington Territory, in response
to an earnest request from the
Tenn perance people, and superin-
tend the effort to secure better legis.
lation. AS a sequel, we have the
following summing up of results,
for about three months work: A
Scientific Temperance bill, requir.
ing the teaching in all schools sup
ported by public money, of physi.
ology and hygiene, with special
reference to the effects of alcoholic
liquors and narcotics upon the hui
man system. This was adopted
unanimously in the house and by
ninety-three majority in the coun.
Gil. A strenuous local option bill
was also passed, and the cage Of
consent" raised from ten to sixteen
years. Besides this, the
high license" clause, which was
attempted as an addition to the To-
cal option bill, was defeated also an
attempt to repeal the Sabbath law,
and to "relieve" women from
jury service, was defeated (they
having done such work on
the juries of Washington Territory
for year past as has made saloon
keepers and gamblers most solicit
Gus lest their health. be over.
tasked) Gov. Squire signed the
local option bill, though great pres
sure was brought upon him to affiz
his veto.-NeaU York independent.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
hosts to tf 70 conflict, at our State
Convent on, at Wellsburg, June
1924.
Mrs. Emmons, of New York, in
Wheeling.
| ED. FREEMAN

ED. FREEMAN:
The Lecture Room of the Fourth
Street, M. E. Church, Wheeling,
was we'll filled, Monday evening,
May 10th. ..:
Instead of the usual young Peo-
pies Meeting" it had been an
nounced that Mrs. R. A. Emmons,
of New York, would address the
meeting on the subject of Tenn
perance. Mrs. Emmons' subject
was "The Incompatible Evil, and
the Duty of Christian People in Re-
gard to It."
That is the idea of the subject,
though not worded exactly.
Mrs. Emmons is a clear, forcible
speaker.
Every sentence contained tho't
worth remembering.
At the close of her address, Rev.
R. l.. Randolph expressed the SEN
timents of all present, when he re-
terred to the great pleasure it was
tor him to have heard Mrs. EN-
mons make the address they had
just listened to, and that he was
especially gratifed that such a
large number of young people were
present to hear the truths that
had been spoken to them in par
ticular.
The church choir sang two selec-
tions, and we trust everybody went
away wiser than they came. F.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
An Earnest Worker

Mrs. M. B. Carse, has been for
ten years President of the Cbicaoo
w. c. T. u, and has the distinc.
ton of having founded the Siona,
(now Union SignaD, of which Mrs
Mary B. Willard was the first edi
tor. Mrs. Carse is President of the
Board of Managers of the Chicago
Foundlings Home, is a LEADING
member of Union Park Congress-.
tional church, and probably raises
more money for philanthropic our.
poses than any other woman in the
northwest. She has the confidence
of the great business community
who have thoroughly proved her
sagacity and trustworthiness. A
woman of property herself, Mrs,
Carse has for many years devoted
her entire time to deeds of char.
ty, asking nothing whatever for
her splendid services. She has re-.
Gently had the offer from a Chi.
cago capitalist of ground on which
to build an Industrial Home for
Fallen Women. This is but one
among the many enterprises 10
which she has set her strong and
faithful hand. A building for the
National ". c. T. u, Nth Publish.
ing House, Offices, training school
for workers, public hall and read.
ing room, has been projected BY
Mrs. Carse, and should her bene6.
cent life &C on for a few more years
this greatest of her enterprises will
be an accomplished fact.-Evans
tom, III. Inder.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Ritual and Manual.

The National Temperance Soci'
ETY. has lately issued an excellent
Ritual and Manual for Bands Of
Hope and other juvenile Temper
ance organizations, prepared by
Thomas R. Thompson, who is an
active worker among the children
and understands fully the needs OF
children's organizations. This is
an entirely new publication, and
supplies long felt need.
1t gives hints for organization
and management, form of constr
tuition, and a very pleasing ritual
In addition to these it gives re-.
sponsive exercise and variety OF
Rotations and declarations, com,
bining entertainment with sound
Temperance instruction. me
opening and closing exercises will
delight the little ones, and their
parts will be readily taken up oy
them. 1t is in every way a useful
and timely publication. Price only
5 cents.
Address J. N. STEARNs. Publish
ing Agent, So Reade Street, New
York.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
West Virginia W. G. T. u.

President MRS. ]. A. JOHNSON, Parkers-
burg, W. Va. ,...e,, po.,,ars.
burg. $3.50, o,,, xuhooIino
Cor Sec-Miss Emma A. Fowler 936 Main
St., Wheeling. 1,,,-o,.,.
Treas.-MrS. Henry Hubbard, Wheeling.
supERINTENDENTs OF DEPARTMENTS.
Literature.-Mrs. M. j. Porter, New cum
SnCIAL PURITY Mrs j. A. Johnson.
Ey.ngeIistic Mrs. M M. Love, Grafton.
Young Ladies' Work. ~
Juvenile Work Miss Ida Taylor, ravens
railroad Work Mrs. Emily Chambers,
Martinsburg , Y4t ooo1
Chap inc St, Wheeling, NJ
Sabbath school Work-Mlss Emma row.
Ter. 936 Main ST. Wheeling.
Legislative Mrs. Gen. L. III. Duval, Wells
Influencing the Press-Mrs. Ellen Thomp-
Scientific Instructton--Mrs. Isaiah War
rem, Wheeling. =, c,,.,
FAINT, Jane Lew, rau
Unfermented Wine-Mrs, r. l.. Kendall
Flower Misson-Miss Flora B. Siler,
Berkeley Springs
State and County Fairs-Mrs. E. f. Nine
Work among Colored People-Mrs. Isaiah
Warren, Wheeling. e,...,
WEST VA. FREEMAN and Union Signal
Mrs c. d. Merrick, Parkersburg, W. va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Mrs. Matilda IL. Carse.

We are glad to give our readers
the editorial notice in another
column, headed, can Earnest
Worker" from the Evanston III. !
Index.
If there are women in America,
deserving honor and praise, Mrs,
Carse is surely one of them,
though her life is so given up to
others, that she never seems to
think of herself. May she have
strength to see this greatest enter
prise of her life accomplished, the
establishment of this Home for
Fallen Women.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
w. G.. II. u. i'm Rhode Island.

In the Rhode Island victory, the
w. Q. L. U. as usual has taken a
prominent part. They sent to each
minister circular, asking him to
preach upon the subject the last
Sabbath in March, held minis
ters meetings, sent out an attract
i've circular to the children, asking
them to influence their fathers to
vote right, &c. That is the right way,
Mothers, set the children to work
for the right while you have them
under your care, develop the good
that is in them ere the evil fills
the place, and you have to cast out
the legion before the good can
enter.-EG.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Have Patience, Friends.

Do not think your letters are
forgotten or neglected. During our
tour over the line of the B. & O.
R. R. and our absence at Conven-
ton, such a pile of letters accumu-
lated that together with the new
ones coming in each day, we find
it difficult to clear our table. The
most important are receiving atten-
ton first; your turn will come.
We are working late and early to
catch up and keep even. These
absences, while important to the
work, nevertheless put some of it
back. If we fail to answer every
question and respond to every re-
quest, bear in mind our humanity
and be patient. Ask again and
that will put US in remembrance
and bring the desired information.
JUST say TO yourself, III L was try
ing to keep the work of State in
motion, edit department of a
paper, write from seven to > ten
letters day and regulate a home :;
wouldn't l leave something to fall
behind ?"
OF course we oughtn't to under
take so much. Of course in the
future we won't. But it's the
present we want you to condone
and overlook till we get this State
Convention off our hands and then
VIII make no apologies.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Send for the Freeman and
Get the w. G. Il. U. News,

We wish our Unions could real
ize the help they would give to
our cause by putting the FREEMAN
into all w. G. T. U. families.
With its coming every week they
would hear directly from many of
the Unions in the State, and not
only get valuable practical infor-
nation concerning the work, but
inspiration from the communion
OF heart with heart which they
would enjoy in these weekly w. G..
7. U. columns.
Now friends, won't you 60 to work
at once and secure lists of names
for the FREEMAN. 1t is now being
sent for only one dollar year. If
not for year, get lists of names
for 3 months at % cents and send
them in. We want our women to
know what is being done, and then
we are sure they'll be ready to
lend helping hand.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
True w. G. II. U. Spirit.

One of our very best local Presi-
dents in the State, speaking of the
jealousy that sometimes will arise,
to the great hindrance of the work,
from the very depths of her ear
nest soul, says this; 81 don't want
anyone to think I want to be pre-
ferred in anything; but I do indeed
just want to fit into any niche that
is waiting for me. We pray to be
emptied of self; but I'm afraid it is
sometimes from the lips only"
Would that all of US could al
ways have the true w. G. T. U.
spirit of this devoted and faithful
worker.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Cough Memorial Meeting at Eliz.
abeth.
ELIZABETH, WRIT Co., W. VA.

ELIZABETH, WRIT Co., W. VA.
ED. FREEMAN:
The Cough Memorial Services at
the M. E. church, by the Band Of
Hope, were a grand success. The
church was filled with a large and
appreciative audience. The exer.
cises consisted of Music, Recita.
tons, Readings, &C., and while all
performed their parts well, we do
none wrong by mentioning some
more particularly.
The recitation entitled, "Tribute
to the memory of John B. Cough y
by Misses Lizzie Hermans, Cora
Smith, Lizzie Foster, Josie Baker,
Kate Hoffman, Daisy Burns and
Cora Thaw, was considered by all
the best performance of the eve
ming, because of the clearness and
effectiveness with which the young
ladies spoke.
The recitation entitled, "John B.
Cough" by ten little girls, was re-
warded by enthusiastic applause.
And especially must we mention
the exercise by Dorr Casio, Karl
Henderson, Harvey Lowther, and
Homer Young, all less than five
years old.
Master Dorr first repeated the
last words of Cough. young man,
keep your record clean" and was
Immediately answered by the 9TH
er three in concert,
eve must keep our record clean ;
We will not buy we will not make !;
We will not use; we will not axe,
Wine, cider, beer, ale, whisky, gin,
Because they lead mankind to sin"
Nor must we fail to speak in
praiseworthy terms of the music
rendered by Misses Jettie Bell,
Rosie Hall and Lizzie Hermans,
also the address by Rev. H. Golfer,
of the Baptist church, who in few
brief and well-chosen remarks, re-
viewed the life and work of John
r. Cough, and finished with the
last words Of the great Temper
ance orator, "Young man, keep
your record Clean"
The Temperance Doxology was
sung, the benediction was pro-
nounced by Rev. Cofer, and all left
realizing that it was good to be
there. A. G. CoFER.
Secretary Band of Hope.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Our State Convention.
Some Notes and Suggestions.

Send as your delegates to the
State Convention, the women who
will take IN and give out the most.
Let every Superintendent of a
Department make her plans to : It.
tend the Executive Commi stee
meeting on Tuesday after noon,
June 22d. Matters of vital impor.
lance come up at that NEE ting.
Let every delegate in Immediately
on her appointment, notify the
Committee on Ente >rtainment at
Wellsburg, of her coming. This
matter has not re >ceived the careful
attention in the, past that it should.
While the 'Nellsburg Union is
lavish in its, hospitality, let us be
thoughtful and considerate for the
convene nee of our hostesses.
Lunch will be served at the
Chur CHI where our State Conven-
tor is to be held, giving the guests
al opportunity to form each others
acquaintance.
We shall announce rates on
railroads and steamboats, as soon
as possible. We have promise of
reasonable terms.
Don't forget, Wellsburg is just
twelve miles above Wheeling on
the "Pewiky" Rail Road.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Mountain Lake Park Con-
ference.

Remember the Mt. Lake, Inter
State w. G. T. U. Conference, the
last four days of July.
A trip to the mountains during
these heated days will bring at
once, abundant rest, recreation and
profit.
Send2-cent stamp for postage, and
we'll mail you minutes of the en-
tire proceedings of last years Con-
ference, to give you an idea Of what
to expect this year. Thus, 81
pages of most valuable matter will
cost you only 2 cents.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Send i'm Your Dues.

Several of our Unions have made
no report to our State Treasurer
yet. The time for closing her
books is drawing near. Don't for
get, dear sisters, that the laws of
our organization makes the pay
ment of dues, the requisite for rep
resentation in our annual conven-
ton.
We want every Union there in
the person of it's delegates.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-05-19
Please Subscribe.

If a copy Of the FREEMAN is
handed you by friend, or comes
to you by mail, please examine it
carefully and subscribe. fit comes
to you free, try 1t and if you like it,
buy 1t, now, only one dollar for a
year, At least, send 10 two-cent
stamps, and have it 3 months on
trial. Address
THE FREEMAN,
Parkersburg, W. Va.