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Suffering WOmanhood.

Too much effort cannot be made to bring
to the attention Of suffering wonauhood the
great value of Lydia E. Piukham's Vegetable
Compound as a remedy for the diseases Of
women. Slch an one is the wife Of General
Barringer, of Winston, N. c., and we quote
from the Generals letter as follows: Dear
Mrs. Pinkham: Please allow me to add my
testimony to the most excellent medicinal
qualities of your Vegetable Compound. Mrs.
Barringer was treated for several years for
what the physician called Leucorrhea and
Prolapsus Uteri combined. sent her to
Richmond, Va, where she remained for six
months under the treatment Of an eminent
physician without any permanent benefit.
She was induced to try your medicine, and
after reasonable time commenced to i'm
prove and is now able to attend to her bust
ness and considers herself fully reliered."
General Barringer is the proprietor Of the
American Hotel, Winston, N. c., and is
widely known1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

EDWIN BOOTH Is playing in Boston. His
opening play was "Richelieu."
TIE receipts for PATHS first New York
concert amounted to nearly $4,000
The re -eipts Of the American Opera Com
pany at Philadelphia for a week were $780,
GOO.
A New YORK paper reports that thirteen
first-class opera tenors are disengaged In that
city at present.
A SEASON Of German opera costs every
owner of box in the New York Metropoli-
tan fully 5000
Frank Mayo has acted Davy Crockett over
$500 times Louis Aldrich has play ed Joe
Saunders ,750 times
1T Is said that Booth and Barrett will pos
itively form combination, and with strong
company, will act together.
MARY DICKENS, granddaughter OF the
novelist, has Joined Barry Sullivan's COM
pany in London as leading juvenile.
PHILADELPHIA has an ameteur orchestra
with membership Of flfty-five. In connec-
tion with this society there is chorus OF loo
voices.
MAUD SMITH was a Nashville girl who
studied opera, and is now on the lyric stage,
but not as Maud Smith. Her stage name is
Silva Dolaro.
AFTER Bernhardt finishes her engagement
in this country, she will 20 to- Australia,
India, Turkey, Egypt and Russia, under the
management of Henry E. Abbey.
Miss LoTTA and Nine Mod ;eska are two
types of remarkably well-preserved women.
Mme Mod ieska was forty when she began
to study English. Miss Lolita is just that
age now.
MISS MARY ANDERSON will not retire from
the stage, as was enormously stated She
will appear at the Gayety Theatre, London,
next May, and will probably play there the
entire year.
HERR ADOLF SoNNENTHAL, the eminent
German actor, has been granted a short
leave of absence by the Emperor Of Austria,
and will soon make tour of the principal
cities of the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
How an African King Died.

The Department of State has received
q communication from the United States
Consul at Goree-Dakr, in Senegal, Afri.
ca, announcing the death in battle OF
King Sama Lombcfol of Cayar. The
Consul says that the King appeared at
Tivomane in Cayar with a number of fol-
lowers under arms and mounted attend.
ants for the purpose of collecting tri-
butte to which he believed himself to be
ent tied by treaty. His demand FORTH
butte was met with q refusal by the in
habitants of the place, whereupon some
of his followers began to pillage the
town. The merchants and traders tele-
graphed for aid to the Government Of ST.
Louis, town under Frcnth b protection,
and in the meantime made preparations
to defend their property. The Governor
promptly sent Captain of the army and
twenty-five soldiers to the scene of the
trouble, with instructions to ''accommo.
date matters" Arriving at Tivomane
the troops found the merchants and
traders beleagucrcd. A wordy altcrca-
tion followed between the troops and the
Kings followers, which was ended by
the latter, who fired several shots, kill
ing a soldier. A charge was ordered,
and after brief but fierce engagement the
natives fled, leaving 20 OF their number
dead on the field. They soon reformed.
however, and made another stand under
the lead of their King, but the latter, af-
ter a sword combat with French Lieu.
tenant lasting twelve minutes, was run
through the body and killed, whereupon
his followers gave up the battle and es-
capped into the interior. The affair is de-
plorcd by the French authorities, who
forcsce as result the necessity for max
ing radical changes in their treaties with
the native tribes in Africa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
uIn,sto Consumptivcs.

Consumptivcs should use food as nourishing
as can DO had, and in shape that will best
agree with the stomach and taste OF the pa
tient.
Outdoor exercise Is earnestly recommended
II you are unable to take such exercise on
horseback or on foot, that should furnish nc
excuse for shutting yourself indoors, but You
should take exercise in carriage, or in some
other way bring yourself in contact with the
open air.
Medicines which cause expectoration must
be avoided. For five hundred years ply
sicaus have tried to euro Consumption by
Using them, and have failed. Where there is
great arrangement of the secretions, with
enforcement of air-cells, there Is always
profuse expectoration. Now Piso's Cura re-
moves the engagement and the arrangement
of the sccretions, and consequently tand In
this way only diminishes the amount Of mat
ter e1pectoratcd. This medicine does no. dry
up q cough, but removes the cause Of it.
When it is impossible from debility or other
causes TO exercise freely in the open air. apart
ments occupied by the patient should be 80
ventilated as TO ensure the constant accession
Of fresh air in abundance.
The surface OF tie body should be sponged
Is often rs every third lny with tepid water
and a little soft-soap. (This is preferable to
any other.) After thoroughly drying. use
friction with the hand moisteIneedi with oil,
pores of the skin in soft, pliablc condition,
which contributes mater tally 10 the unloading
of waste matter from the system through this
organ. You will p.ease recollrc we cure thus
scasc by enabling the organs Of the system
10 perform their fuacti ms in a H. rmal way
or, in other woltiS, wa rennve obstruction
while the recuprlattra powers Of tho system
cure the disease.
We will here say wcrrl in leg 'rtl 10 n cough
in the rmng II &c, where there is no cou-
etitutional or not ccublo disease. 4 cough
may or may not forrshadow serious evil; take
it in its mi. .dcSt FORM 10 say the least, ii is
nu sance, and should be abated.
A cough Is unlike any other symptom Of dis
ease. 1t stands q conspirator. with threaten
ing voice, nlenacing the health and existence
of u vital organ. Its first approach is in yhis-
pers unintelligible, and ut first too often un:
needed. but in time it never fails to maze itself
undcrstood-never fails to claim the attention
of those on whom it calls.
II you have n cough without disease OF the
lungs or serious constitutional disturbance, so
much the better, as few do es Of Pisos Cure
will be all you may need, while II you rc far
advanced in Consumption, several bottles may
be required to effect permanent cure
-I-.s- al -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
A Curious Restoration.

Ten years ago Mrs. Ada Martin, Of
Bronson, Mich, broke her left leg, and
paralysis of the limb and loss Of speech
followed. For some years past she found
pleasure in making crazy quilts, sending
to eminent persons for bits of cloth foI
the patches. Among others she sent to
President Cleveland, who sent patch
and letter. Mrs. Martin received the
letter on Wednesday, and was so pleased
that she attempted to rise, and in so
doing knocked her sons revolver off Of a
stand near by. The pistol was fired by
the fall, the ball passed through Mrs.
Martins paralyzed leg, the shock re-
stored her speech, and apparently the leg
will be all right again after the pisto
soht wound hcals.-Neo York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
How to Snve Money,

and we might also say-time and pain as we'll,
in our advice 10 good housekeepers and ladies
generally. The great neces ity existing al
ways to have perfectly safe remedy. conven-
lent for the relief and prompt cure OF the all
Iarity. constant pains, aud all tie symptoms
attendant upon uterine disorders induces us
to reco nmend strongly and un1ualifedly DR..
Pierce's "Favorite observation-disclosures 8
best friend. 1t will save money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
An Official List OF the House-A
Democratic Majority of IA.

General John B. Clark, Clerk OF the House
of Representatives, has completed an unof-
fetal list of the members of the House for
the Fift;eth Congress. He classifies them
as 16S Democrats, 1j2 Republicans, and
4 Independents, with. one vacancy (Rhode
Island) to be file |. One hundred and
ninety -6ve'of the number are cd members,
being ten more than the number of old MEM
bers in the present Congress. Of the old
members 100 are Democrats aud ninety-dve
Republicans If the Independents divide Us
they are expected to do elually between the
two sides, it will give the Democrats MI
iority of fourteen i'll full Hoa,e.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

DURING the holidays Paris is to have doll
show. with dolls from every cline and no
tion, in distinctive dress. and tableaux Of
historical scenes, with dolls as performers.
The managers announce that $500 dolls, at
least, will be on exhibition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

ARTIFICIAL rubies have been made by chem
lists in Switzerland and sold in Paris, and have
been brought to New York. They are said to
be the best fraudulent gems ever made, but
can be detected by exper s. Their actual
value is about 81. but their nominal value is
from 81 OOO to S2JO0.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

The brother of the wife of a very we'll
known United States Senator is at present
driving street cab in Washington. His SIS
ter is lady Of great social ambitions. The
of street cab is often employed by his sister
In professional capacity
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

The publisher of Baltimore, Nd, Ere1y SAT.
'urdau, Mr.. T. J. Wentworth, says his ch'ld,
aged six months, was suffering from o. severe
cold, and he gave it Red Star Cough Cure,
which acted like charm. No morphia-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

A lady wrote: II doat have that awful side
ache now. Iapplied Hop Plaster" 3 cents.
Talk is cheap. Actual results count. Use Hop
Porous Pldstcts for pains, ,nchesand weaknesses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

lust been comp etcd by Miss Matte Wootcn,
Of Viola, Tenn. No two pieces in the quilt are
alike, each one having been takon from differ
emit pieces of calico 1t required several years
to gather mater. al for this work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

4 POPLAR tree was recently cut down near
New Middlctown, Ind, tina measured twen-
ty-seven feet in circumference. The tree
made 1900 shingles, Loco rails, GOO feet of lum-
ber. and twenty-five cords of stove wood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

Mr.. Buchter, well-known citizen of Ian.
caster, Pa, has used St. Jacobs Oil, and con-
sdcrs it an excellent remedy in cases of swell
ings, bruises and burns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

days ago that measured from the tip of one
wing to the other eight feet; from the bill to
the toe five feet eight inches; from the eye to
the end of the bill, fifteen and half inches,
and weighed fourteen pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

SURGEoN-GENERALB BAXTER, Of the United
States army, IN his annual report shows q
gratifying decrease Of sickness and mortality
among the soldiers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

In the scpulcher of Zacatecas King,
near Oaxaca, in Mexico, was recently
found golden idol weighing fifty
pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

THE latest London invention in hat lining Is
q map Of the city printed on silk, so that any
stranger or gay young fellow may find his way
home or see at glance II cabby is taking him
the nearest route to his destination.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

IT Is so EvERYwHEaE.-E. B. Rail, druggist
at Hiattsville, Kan, has this to write about
Aliens Lung Balsam: ut Is the best selling
throat and lungreme1y, and gives general sat
isfaci n. Icheerfully recommend IT." Buy
the .arpa 81 90 bottle for Lung Diseases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
Loss of Flesh and Strength,

with poor appetite, and perhaps slight cough
in morning, or on first lying down at nj sht,
with consumption are proverbially uncon-
scious of their real state. Most cases COM
mence with d sordered liver, leading to bad
hence the emariation or wasting of the flesh.
1t Is O form Of scrofulous disease, and is cura-
BILE by the use of that greatest Of oil blood
cleansing, anti-bilious an1 inYigorating COM
pounds, known as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

For supplying natural stimulant to the
roots Of the hair, use Halls Hair Remover.
If you are suffering from Bronchitis, take
Ayers Cherry Pectoral 1t will cure YOU
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22
TIow to HInke Money.

No matter in what part You are located, you
should write to Halle t & Co., Portland Maine,
and rec 1--WE, free, information about work you
can do and live at home. at q profit of from s.
to SIS and upwards daily. 81 me have made
over $50 in day. All is new. Capital not
needed; Hallett & Co. will art you. Either
sex; all ages, Those whn commence at once
will make sure Of snug little fortunes. Write
and see for yourselves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

Man, Woman or Child attacked with BrighCs
Disease, Diabetes, Gravel or urinary complaints
Swamp Root Kidney, Liver and Bladder Cure.
1t goes right to the spot. Price, 2jc:, Sl.W.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

Many imitators, but no equal, has DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-22

Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso'5
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists.
, 1886-10-28


On one occasion there was q oorre-
Daniel Webster and John Randolph, but
the hostile meeting was prevented by
the interposition of friends. Senator Ben
ton taking an active part as peacemaker.
Randolph's arrogant and insulting man
ner was always leading him into diff
culties. which frequently resulted in an
order for pistols tor two and coffee for
ONE yet he was no shot. When he was
about to fight Representative Eppes, Of
Virginia, Gen. Breckenridge undertook
to s%uperintend his practice, and said 10
Mr. Crawford. of G%eorgia. who was TO
be his second on the field: BY all means
arrange the matter, for Mr.. Randolph
can't hit n Darn door.
When Randolph exchanged shots with
Henry Clay. and they shook hands after
the first fire, Randolph jocosely OBJ
served, pointing TO a hole made by the
bullet in his flannel dressing gown:
Mr.. Clay, you owe me n gown Mr..
Gay promptly replied. with his usual
smile; Il am glad. Mr.. Randolph. that
! am not deeper in your debt In M
of Mr. CIlhoun's earlier speeches in con
gress he criticised Mr.. Randolph for his
-audacity in comparing himself to the
great Lord Chatham Mr.. Randolph
modestly disclaimed the pretension. but
added. In one thing we are alike.
Every s%coundrel assails me" and as he
spoke he pointed his long index finger
at Mr.. Caihoun.-B m; Perley Poorc.
, 1886-10-28

The process by which Chinese leather
acquires its peculiar characteristic is
described as follows: The skins are put
into tubs containing water. saltpetre and
salt, and after thirty days are taken out,
the nair IS shaved oil, and the slTins well
washed in spring water; each hide IS
then cut into three pieces and well
steamed. which is lone by passing them
several times backward and Onward
over a stcaming oven-further. each
piece is stretched out separately over
a fiat board and secured with nails, so
as to dry gradually and thoroughly ia
the sun. The smoke of the oven makes
the leather black, and if it is desired to
nave it of "A yellow appearance, it is
rubbed over with water in which the
fruit of the so-called wongchee tree has
been soaked. OF the oTal glue is made
by heating it in pans for twelve hours
over n slow fire, and the glue So obtained
Ifs poured into rough earthen vessels,
where it remains three days in order to
coagulate; the solid mass is cut into
pieces with sharp knives and carefully
laid upon grating-lke trays to dry-the
time taken in drying varying from five
days with a northwest wind TO thirty or
forty with n southwest. boston Tran
script.
, 1886-10-28
IHE EuNMY 4 TAak.
The Reason Why Many Writers Become
Worried Out-Brain and stomach.

Worked Out-Brain and stomach.
Not many moths ago a certail Boston
newspaper was quoted from one end Of
the country to the other. Its humorous
lyrics gave it "A great reputation sud
denly, and the paper. hitherto unheard
of, went up like a rocket. At the pres
ent time, however, we seldom find the
paper quoted; its verses are popular no
longer-t G rocket has fallen u stick.
The experience which the Boston paper
has had does not differ from the expert
ence which many other American papers
have had during the last tea years. Inc
craze for humorous writing has possessed
many n newspaper which led a glorious
career for a few weeks and then sank
into obscurity. The trouble with the
Boston humorous poet seems to have
been that he worked himself out, and
this, We will add. seems TO have been
the trouble with most of the newspaper
humorists who have hourished and
waned within the last decade.
There is no harder task in the world
than that of attempting the same class
Of work for a protracted period, and in
the literary profession the hardest kind
of work one can he called upon to sns-
tain is humor. We have frequently re-
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, 1886-10-28

In London the scores of taverns where
they point you ont Johnson's faVorite
corner or Goldsmith's pet seat, the doz-
ems of chop-houses which Dickens or
Thackeray patronized. the divers resorts
where they show T~ennyson's clay pipes
or the pewter Mr.. Justice Harleigh used
TO drink his pint of mild and bitter
ont of long after he reached the bench
these sanctuaries of an age gone by still
hold their own with the restaurant and
ounter lunch, but it is in London and with
difficulty even there. As we have had
our strike here, the old English walters
of these old taverns are on strike Just
now in London. The strikers there have
their committees as ours have, hold
meetings and draw up a protest setting
forth the wrongs of the tribe and sug-
costing the remedy. Low wages. long
hours, the despotism of the head wait
ers, the exclusion from profitable inter
est in extra tips make up the lamenta-
BILE category of ills under which the
swallow-tailed army profess to groan
that the greatest aflliction is the intr sion
of the foreigner. He must goor the ma
tive will know why.
The fact Is The fine old English waiter,
with his SLOUGH, his b%unions, his slow
ness, his stupidity and his insolence,
finds himself in danger Of such cxlinc-
ton rs befell the British black rat when
the continental rodent contrived to eff
feet a landing in British sewers. Nor is
there much sympathy. especially among
the crowd of American customers, for
tha homa-horn KNIGHTS of the napkiu.
Alphonse and Frank and Louis a n Hem
drick, ~Frenchman, German, Swiss or
Swede, is more neat- handed, more alert,
infinitely more civil and UNNECESSARILY
less %expectant than the insular rival who
is now rising in protest against him
New York World.
, 1886-10-28

The best blood purifier and system reg.
ulator ever placed within reach of suffer
ing humanity. truly Is Electric '%,ittcrs.
inactivity OF the liver, bliousncss, iaun.
dice. constipation, weak kidneys. or any
disease Of the urinary organs, or whoever
ulant, will ALWAYS find Electric Bitters the
best and only certain cure known. They
act surely aud quickly, every bottle guar.
aptced to give entire satisfaction or money
refunded. Sold at fifty cents a boule by
W. y. Hunt.
, 1886-10-28

Rcd lamp shades are n monstrosity
DR.. Forbes Winslow gives facts to show
how injurious to the eyes are the red
and yellow rays Of the ordinary oil
lamps and gls, and shows that a certain
amount OF blue in the lamp shades VIII
prevent their bad effects. Pink and
buf-toned paper for newspapers are %
great mistake. The best paper for the
eyes is that which is nearly white, with
"a slight blush or lilac tint.-Herall of
Unnlih.
, 1886-10-28
WILL MCDONALD.
11i2 Dearborn Street, Chicago, I'll.


Some five months ago | had the pleas
ure lp inform You of my improvement in
the Use ut the Cuiicur Remedies in my
case of severe Chronic Eczema Eryihe-
matosa. and to-day cheerlully confirm all
then sad. | consider my rurc perfect
and complete, and attribute it entirely ia
your remedie-. having used no others.
FERNAN ESENCUARnO
BOG l'pnna Avenue. 81 Iuui-. Mo
, 1886-10-28

Are soll by all druggists. Price Cute
cura. 80 cts ResoNent, 81 90, Soap,
% cts. Prepared by the Potter Drug
aud Chemical Co Boston. Mass. Send
inr How TO Cure skin Diseases
ptkNrlFY the Complexion and Skin by
Sshs using the Cuticura Soap.
, 1886-10-28

The Soils Cigar Co. of Denver import
their tobacco direct from Cuba in air tight
packages. Their Cigars are always fresh
and have the genuine Cuban flavor. No
artificial favor Once tried, ever used
Ask for Soils Cigars. Sold by all dealers
, 1886-10-28

M OF the good things Of this
..1 life are %sorrowfully let
alone on account Of Dyspepsia. Ecker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on Il
positive guarantee at % and 90 cents, by
Pearse & McGill, Druggists.
, 1886-10-28

The largest crystal of alum ever pro-
duced, weighing over eight tons. has
been sent TO the Edinburgh international
exhibition from the Manchester and
Goole alum works.
, 1886-10-28

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