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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05

RevivinG RecOllcctions of the Times
that Tried Mems SOulS---An 1rrc-
sistible Defence OF the Logic of
SecesSiOn.-.A Tribute to Alabama's
uerOism...Parting Advice -. Nav.
ing been True to the COnfederacy,
be True to the RECONSTRUCTED I'm
ion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-05-05
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], D. CHALMERS & CO.'S
I'lRlIIlRD S'IORI|
Now in Center Store of New
Hotel, Convenient and
Easy of Access.

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J. d. CHALMERS L. co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

Mayor Boughton leaned forward
suddenly. The afternoon sun shown
in upon his face. Perhaps it dazzled
him, and that may have been why he
rubbed his eyes. Nobody who knows
the mayor could ever suspect that he
had been slyly mapping.
"Man is like the flowers that bloc"
said the preacher.
"The flowers that bloom in the
spring" came in good sonorous tones
from the pew. Mayor Boughton was
awake; there could beno sort of doubt
about that now, and so was everybody
else in the church. The minister looked
startled; so did the mayor, but the
spell was upon him. "The flowers
that bloom in the spring." he repeat
ed, "the flowers that bloom in the
spring, trala, have nothing to do with
the CASE"
"We will sing the 4O5th hymn" said
the pulpiteer, grieved over this evidence
of guile in high places. And the hymn
was sung, but before the collection
basket had got around thehead of the
Boughton family was noncomeatibus
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Generous With His Pictures.

From New York Town TopicsI
Among heprincipal members of one
of our principal clubs is a physician
who practices among the elite aione.
He is no longer in the first flower of
his youth, and has wide repute for
professional prowess, geniality of tenn
per, suavity of manner and talent as
a painter. IL the latter line he is con-
stantly exhibiting neat little bits which
he has begu1led his leisure time in dash
ing off, and which he presents with the
largest liberality to his friends. The
other day one of the recipients of his
pictorial largesse was at the water
color exhibition with his wife, when the
lady halted before one of the pictures
of a well-known local painter with an
exclamation OF surprise. "Why, said
she, "here is copy ofour picture that
DR.. K. gave u.s." The husband sought
the artist at his studio and investi-
gated, and now the club is chuckling
over the fact that for years DR.. K. has
been buying sketches and pictures OF
painter 7. and signing his own name
80 them and presenting them to his
friends. The doctor has not yet dis
covered what they are laughing at,
and gave away another of the produc
tions OF his phantom talent this week
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
The London Police.
TFrOm the WASHINGTON POST I

IFrom the Washington Post.1
There are two varieties of the Lon
don police. The city of London
proper is in area about the size of
Washington Qeaving out the South
east division of the national capitall
The police in this section, called the
city police, are in charge of q commits
siOner with the military rank of col
oDel in the army. Ills office is at 26
Old Jewry-called thus because it is in
the part of the city that was the
Jewish quarter under King Charles ~
The salary of this official is $4,000
a year, and he has under him one
chief, one head of detectives, twelve
inspectors of the equivalent to the
American captain, fourteen sergeants
OF the first class-whom we would call
eutenants-sixty-eight sergeants and
SO4 men.
The Metropolitan police of London,
which controls practically city
thirty miles long and fifteen miles wide,
is a small army corps. It grew into
it's present magnitude under Sir Rich
ard Mayne, who died a few years ago.
The head of this force is Col. Sir Ed
mund G. Henderson, K. G. B., Royal
Engineers, and besides his pay as an
officer of the English army he receives
$4,000 g. year as commissioner of
police. He has under him three assist
ant commissioners, lieutenant coionels
in the army, who receive $500 a
year. These officials are appointed by
the home secretary in the cabinet, and
the places are held to be very desira-
BILE. The force proper consists of g.
suPerntepPd d1dso With witt twentyfour as
e mao R sae gs gns captains r1 ok
precincts,) 1,13O sergeants, and about
$4,000 men rank and file, with bat
talon mounted about 800 strong.
The pay of q London policeman is
about $40 per month in our money.
The effect of the emeute of last week
will be the entire reorganization of the
force
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
A Little Money Goes Long Ways
(From the American Merchant. |

| D.J
A 1CGle money sometimes goes g.
great way. AS an illustration of this
read the following, founded upon an
incident which is said to have really
occurred:
A. owed SIS to B.; B. owed 500 to
c.; G. owed SIS to D.; d. owed $50 to
E E. owed $3.50 to F.; f. owed
$40 to A.
All OF them were seated at the same
table.
A. having SIS note, handed it to
B., remarking that it paid SIS of the
$15he owed B.
B. passed the note to c., with the
remark that it paid SIS of the 500
which he owed.
G. passed the note to D., and paid
SIS of the SIS he owed d.
d. handed it to E., in part payment
of the $50 owed him.
E. gave it to F., to apply on account
of the SIP. due him.
+. passed it back to A., saying,
'"Tfis pays half of the amount owe
YOU"
A. again passed it to B., saying, 81
now only owe you S."
mark: '"This reduces my indebtedness
to you to $40"
G. again passed it to d., reducing his
Indebtedness to SIS.
D. paid it over to E., saying, "I now
owe you $40"
E. handed it again to F., saying,
'"Thls reduces my Indebtedness to you
to $3.50"
Again f. handed the note to A., say
ing, 'Now l don't owe you anything"
A passed it Immediately to B., thus
canceling the balance Of his indebted
ness.
B. handed it to c., reducing his in
debtedness to SIS.
G. Cancelled the balance of his debts
to d. by handing the note to him.
d. paid it again to E., saying, 81 now
owe you SIS"
Then E. remarked to f.: eff you will
give me So. so this will settled my in
debtedness to you"
f. took $2.5 from his vest pocket,
handed it to E., and returned the
SIS note to his pocket, and
thus the spell was broken, the
single So note having paid $3.50,
and Cancelled AS debt to B.,
C.'s debt to D., Els debt to F., and
F.'s debt to A., and at the same time
having reduced B.'s debt to G. from
| $50 to SIS, and DIS debt to E. from
$50 to $15.
Moral-"Here little and there g.
little," helps to pay off large scores.
Money circulates from hand to hand,
and business moves. Pay your debts
In full if you can, and ii you cannot
pay in full, pay something. What
helps one helps another, and 20 the
round is made.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
SWALLOWED BY THE SEA.
The Schooner Virginia Dare and Hel
Grew of Fourteen Given Up for Lost.

The Schooner Virginia Dare and Her
Grew of Fourteen Given Up for Lost.
A dispatch from Gloucester, Mass,
of the 4th says the schooner Virginia
Dare and crew have been given up as
lost. The Dare sailed for the Grand
Banks halibut grounds December "a.
since which time she has not been
heard from. She undoubtedly found
cred in the great gale the week after
her departure. She carried q crew of
fourteen, named: Fabin Nolon, mas
ter, who leaves widow and five chill
dren; Elijah Nolon, his brother, single;
Joseph Mcdonald, d. McKinnon, D..
Mcdonald and Michael Mclean, all of
Prince Edward S Island; Stephen How.
ard, Daniel McMasters and Angus Nc
Kinnon, of Cape Breton; Frederick O.
Springer, of Nova Scotia; Leveratte
Tucker, of New Brunswick and VIM.
Ropes and James Murphy, of Guys
boro, Nova Scotia; and James Markie,
of CansO, n. S.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
BANK CLERKS GONE rvRoHG.
Two Young Men Steal $50, 900 With Which
to Speculate in Oil.

Two Young Men Steal $50, 900 With Which
to Speculate In Oil.
Thomas Christie and Horatio King,
clerks in the First National Bank oil
Bradford, Pa, have been arrested on
a charge of embezzling 500, 900 from
that institution, most of which was
lost in oil speculation. King had charge
of the individual accounts and Christie
the correspondence and remittances.
They went into collision and invented
an ingenious system of cooking
the accounts, whereby drafts were
issued on fictitious parties and credits
made to appear much smaller than
they really were. This has been kept
up since last July. P. FL. Huntley, an
oil broker, has also been arrested on a
charge of aiding King and Christie in
swindling the bank. The young men
are we'll connected. They are impris-
oped in hotel in Bradford, in default
of bail. They have confessed to the
cashier, and will assist in Strengthening
the accounts
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Father and Son Trade Horses.
From the Norway fMe1 Advertiser

From the Norway (Me.) Advertiserl
This is how an old gentleman proved
to his son that he was not so old as
his father. The father had bought g.
"door-yard horse" good-looking
enough, but worthless as roadster
He wanted to get rid of him, and so
one day he put a brad in the end of his
whip and started for his sons. AS he
drove into the sons door-yard hestuck
the brad into the horse, knocked off his
hat with his own hand, came up to the
door flying and apparently out OF
breath. The son stepped to the door.
Father, what have you got thcre?"
he asked. 81 have got the devil, and
/ wish somebody had him; he has
about pulled my arms out of the
sockets. He is worth 1000 to any
man if he can drive him, but | have
got to be too old to drive such ahorse
as that" After the old man had been
rubbed with Gniment, and before he
went off, his son offered to swap nice
$4OO horse for the puller and to give
$1OO boot. The old gentleman traded,
had some more iniment rubbed on
his shoulders, and drove away. Three
weeks later the father visited his son
again. The father said to his son:
"How do you like your new horse,
George?" ''Father how could you lie
to me as you did ?" 4'Did you know
you were not SO old as your father,
George ?" "I never want to be if I have
got to lie as you did. Don't you want
some more liniment."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Dinners for q Gent.
from the Toronto Globe. |

From the Toronto Globe
To meet the case Of poor, underfed
school children there has for some
time past been q pretty general move
ment in England for getting up such
warm, wholesome, and so far abund-
ant dinners for q penny. This enter
prise cannot be said to have failed,
but it could not meet the case Of those
all too numerous who cannot secure
the necessary coin. In order then to
befriend this still lower stratum, the
half-peany dinner has been estab-
lished at Birmingham, and, we are as
sured, it is not only doing a great deal
of good, but is actually as far as it
has gone, financial success.
Each child has the choice of hot
milk and bread, or thick soup with
bread. AS q second course the little
dinner has a piece of bread with either
cheese or jam. 1t seems from expert
ence that milk and jam are the favor
lite dishes with poor children. The
soup is of such quality that it is pop
ular with the ladies and gentlemen
who comprise the voluntary staff.
Tickets are sold to charitable ladies
and gentlemen at $1.25 per hundred,
leaving something of margin for
working expenses. These tickets are
distributed among the poor children
to whom penny dinners are unattain-
able luxury.
It is sad enough that there should
in what is called 'sMerrie England" be
so ma1y school children so underfed
that even a half-penny dinner is be-
yond their means. Most may be in
clined to think that there is no such
pitiably abject poverty in Canada.
We hope there is not; but it is not
quite at all an established fact that
no such dinners could with us, even,
find customers. We venture, on the
contrary, to say that not few in this
very city, and these adults as we'll as
children, would be only too glad to
avail themselves of such cent dinners,
and that notfrom stinginess, but alb
solute need.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
A Frightful Example.
rFrom the New YORK T;mes.l

Mayor Henry 1. Boughton, of Water
bury, Conn, is an example unto all
good New England city fathers. He
"knows good thing when he sees it, "
and ''The Mikado" has lately been
making him happy. Hemade his first
real venture in this direction months
ago while doing missionary work down
here in New York. Since then he has
listened to companies more or less en-
chanting in Waterbury, Bridgeport,
New Haven, Hartford, Montowese,
and musical centers In the Nutmeg
state. Like a good citizen Mayor
Boughton goes regularly to church;
like a good mayor he isn't prejudiced,
and one by one he goes the round OF
all the churches in his town. Last
Sunday hesat in q conspicuous pew IN
the midst of g. real nice congregation,
and the minister was telling all about
the uncertainties, disappointments,
and general soap bubble qualities oil
moral life.
"What is MANI" demanded the par
son. "What? He is an atom only
and the world moves without him
He is but the grass blade that quickly
withers" Tnegood man in the pulpit
was growing earnest in his metaphors
"Man is like the flowers"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

busy with preparation. In O. day or
two more he asked her what she had
done.
II bestowed all the bounty at my
command, papa shesweetly respond
ed, and the father could almost see a
halo Frightening her smooth brow.
81 found destitute widow with three
helpless children, to whom I gave SO;
| bought four half tons of coal for that
number OF cold tenements; I gave
cheap, but warm, suits to five children
and the whole footed up $35."
"And what did you do with the rest
of the $1OO?'
ooh, had to have suitable cos
tune for the work, papa-something
grave, but becoming, you know-and
sos was really very reasonable, dear"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
The Old Williamsburg Church.
From the Boston Gazette.l

With one exception Christ Church,
in williamsburg, Va, is the oldest in
this country. Among it's worshipers
have been our first president and wife.
The chancel contains the font from
which Pocahontas received baptism.
OF the two communion services belong
ing to the church one was presented
by Queen Anne and the other by King
George III. The church was injured
during the civil war by being used as q
hospital by the Federal Army. Funds
are being raised to put it in thorough
repair. 1t is historical monument
of rare antiquity in this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Crows who Knew a Good Home
from the Hartford (conn.) Times.l

from the Hartford (Conn.) Times.l
A couple of tame crows, which had
been kept as a sort of household pets
by New Hartford family, at length
became such mischievous nuisances
and thieves-stealing every bright and
glistening thing they could pounce up
on, including ladies' jewelry of all
kinds, and hiding it in distant trees,
and once nearly making of with gold
watch-that it became expedient to
get rid of them. They were taken
tiled up in q bag, so that they couldn't
see) to a piece of woods eight miles
distant, and there hberated-the
wagon being driven off in another d.
rection. Next day one crow was back
again, hunting about the kitchen for
food, and showing every evidence of
great satisfaction at getting back,
while the cook joyfully welcomed him,
and his companion wasn't long
in returning. This first returning
wanderer was a knowing fowl.
When a hard, dry piece of bread was
given him he would take it off to his
basin of water, put it IN, and let it
soak a little. If, on taking it out, it
was found to be still too hard to suit
him, Mr.. Crow would put it back, and
with one foot hold it down under the
water. Then he would devour it very
contentedly. II that was not reason,
what was it
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

A FIRE in Portland, Me-, the other
day, played havoc with a mems fur
nishing store. The day following one
of gang of men cleaning out the cellar
saw a foot with stockings and shoes
on sticking from under a pile of black
ened bricks. The men were much ex-
cited, and decided at once to send for
the coroner. While one started for
him, another, holder that the rest,
took hold of the foot and pulled it a
little. The foot and leg readily came
out of the pile of bricks, and his COM
panions scattered, shouting, "He's
pulled off one of his legs" They were
mistaken. The leg was made of papier
mache, for the purpose of advertis-
ing stockings and patent CATERS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

of being refreshed, when subsequently
thirsty, by a stream of water from the
dry bone. He introduced me IN the
following terms: 81 take pleasure IN
introducing to you the horator OF the
hevening. 'E's come from the other
side of the water and is going to speak
to us on Temperament very dry sub
iect. But | am sure when you have
heard him you will be reminded OF the
miracle of Samson being refreshed by
stream of wafer from the law-bone
of an hass."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
A Deceived Tramp.
From the Seattle Chronicle. !

From the Seattle Chronicle
One of the neatest things we have
ard for a long time comes from New
ork upon James Mcknight. He had
zen to an oculist the day after his
rival, where his eyes had been
robed and gouged and what not,
nd was on his way to his hotel, with
is hat showed down over his eyes,
yhen a tramp hailed him with: "Sey,
mister, gimme twenty-five cents to get
meal" Jim looked out from under
ais hat for moment and then said:
See here, pard, l wish you would
work the other side of the street and
leave me this-I'm on the blind rack
et." "All right" was the reply as the
tramp SHE'D his form across the ave
nue.. A friend of Jim's heard the col
Ioquy and told it wherever he could
find an acquaintance of our lawyer
ri tIz0D
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
An Economical People.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

'sTo the great Scotch categorical i'm
perative, 'Ye muna whastle on Saw
BATH must in future be added, writes
g. correspondent, "'unless you use g.
steam whistle In the Presby terrain
Church it is the custom for a congrega-
ton. when exercising the privilege of
choosing it's own minister, to pay GER
tain of the candidates a guinea for the
delivery of q trial sermon. 1t has
remained for the Broughty Fer
ry East Free Church to in
stitute new precedent. The
new congregation of this church is
at present in quest of a spiritually guide.
A committee appointed to look out
for g. pastor recommended q certain
minister who had arranged to preach
in a church in the neighboring
town of Dundee on last Sun
day night. This was thought
to afford an opportunity not to be
lost. Accordingly arrangements were
made with the railway company to
run a special train to and from Dun
dee for the use of the congregation.
The train consisted Of two first class
carriages, and left Broughty Ferry at 6
in the evening and returned after s
o'clock. Many Scotch clergymen
openly and from their pulpits declared
the great Tay bridge Sunday disaster
to be divine judgment on the desc
Grafton of the Sabbath. The people
of Broughty Ferry are, doubtless,
stanch adherents of this theory, SO it
would be interesting to know whether
they testified their Sunday excursion
by the plea of religious duty or of saw
ing the candidates. preaching fee."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
Expensive Charity.
| From a New York Letter.

From a New York Letter
A society girl spoke to her papa, tell
ing him that she really felt that she
ought to personally give aid to g. few
impoverished families. Would ne pro-
vide her with 500 and his permission
to apply the same where, on investiga-
ton, she thought it would do the most
good? He gladly assented. A week
elapsed, and then she reported that
she was just ready to start out on the
contemplated tour of succor. The
parent limited that she was tardy, but
she declared that indeed she had been
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
HumorousIy Thick Witted.

(From John B. Coughs Recolections.J
"While lecturing in England l had
the misfortune to beintroduced on one
occasion by a gentleman who dropped
his rs from their proper places and
put them on where they had no bust
ness to be, and who, when be came to
make his speech of introduction, sud
denly remembered the Scriptural
story of Samson having slain thou
sand with the iaw-bone of an ass and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
THE sunerintendent of pub]

THE superintendent of public in
struction, in Cohoes, N. Y, finds that
hundreds of men have been called
blind and deprived of good rail
road positions, who were in fact not
color-blind, but merely ignorant of
color-names and shades. Some men
are as unable to name colors as they
are to describe the cut of q woman's
outer garment, or tell basque from q
sacque.-Dr. Foote's Health Mon th7y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10
THE PRINCEs NAY STAY.
Clemenoeau Suffers an Overwhelming
Defeat in the Chambers.

On the 4th inst, amid great excite
ment the French chamber of deputies
rejected the motion for the Immediate
expulsion of the French princes from
France. The vote against the meas
ure was 345 to 176. The motion has
been favored by an almost unanimous
vote at a conference of the party of
the Extreme Left, fostered by NJ.
Clemenceau, and by him advocated
with great eloquence. M. De Freycinet,
prime minister, led the opposition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

Col. D. J. WILLIAMSON, Quarter
Master U. s. A., and ex-U. s. Consul
at Callao, Peru, spent $4,000 in
eight years trying to cure himself OF
rheumatism, but got no relief until he
used st. Jacobs Oil, which cured him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

THE New York World says child in
that city was poisoned by g. cough
syrup containing morphia or opium.
There is no such danger in Red Star
Cough Cure. 1t is purely vegetable,
prompt, safe and sure. 25 cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-10

KATo KIN, daughter of Kato Klyoto,
a shizoku of Tokyo, Flu, has been or
dered by the Japanese department OF
education to visit the United States
to study routine of normal schools
and nursery establishments. She is
to stay here for three years.
Decorah-posten., 1886-09-01

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almtnbsIise Wentns er, at Saloonern.
nlaa Iuttes, men bet er oeiaa Iiasiao
fttsrt. at Stiantsuerteue piI mobiatts
fig aopsns @ienusmfsrsIi. til BET
Yberfs.
Sen repubIiianife gtatstonbention
afbOIbtss Dss Woines | Ousbaas
$50 Sslssater par msbt frem. Sors
snsbs Staters Ssnator aqiisu bIeu
palst til mibIertibis Sormaub. 8 en-
tort Gale, ban boIbt, ubtaIte ban fla
mssst farpt mob Brsfb.nt @IeueIaubs
administration. 9uert en.ffe gountp
I Staisn bapbe fenbt DsItsationsr.
Ronsresmanb SO. g. 5epburn paIstes
til &onpsntioneus Sormanb. &. ..
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EpombIp, Statstasiersr, siennominere'
bes peb affirmation. 0eb femte afs
itsmntns bIep &aptsin apons nOmineret
til Sanbibat for aubitorsmb,bet; u. 8.
Batter, attor 1sp General; O.. 9. Bran,
@lsrt Of SuDreme court, os s. g.
@bsrfoIe, Supr,me Court 8eporter.