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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28
OPEN HOUSE ON NEW YEARS.
The W. G. T O. and "Y's" Will Enterts'
CaIIers at Temperance Hall.

The w. z. Il u. dhu rs WIN 1h'oa
Caller, at Temperance Hall.
The ladies of the Springfield branch of
the W. c. T. u, assisted by the "f's,
have made arrangements TO observe the
time honored custom of keeping open house
on New Years day at Temperance hall.
The hall will be fitted up specially for the
occasion, and the ladies will gladly welcome
all who call. Invitations are extended par
ticuIarly to young men without homes. and
those who call may rest assured that they
will be cordially received. The W. c. L.
U. room will be arranged as reception
room. The hall will be handsomely and
appropriately decorated and tables bearing
a delicious lunch will be spread in the main
hall. The ladies will do ali in their power
TO make the first day of 1887 pleasant one
TO their callers, and they certainly Will be
successful.
The following announcement has been
sent to many persons in Springfield:
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Invitations have been issued fors dane
ing party to be be given "Wednesday even
ing by Mr.. and Mrs. Will Ii. Hamilton, a
their residence on south Market street. Th'
affair is to be in honor OF Miss Z0eitodman
a charming young lady Of Man. Ohio
who, together with Miss Ellen 7. Wilson,
will assist in receiving. The pare promises
TO be one of marked elegance.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28
Chr,s,m,...s Nsr y..r

Inc pennsylvania Lines West of Pitts
burg will sell holiday excursion tickets. at
one fare for the round trip, to and from all
stations, on December cath, 25th and Slst,
1856, and January 1st, 1887, good returning
until January 3, 1887, inclusive. For full
information apply to nearest agent Of the
Pennsylvania Company, PIttsburg. Cincln-
natl Il st. Louis Railway Company and
Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

The Rev. Henry Tuckley leaves for Gin
cinnati tomorrow morning To make arrange
ments for issuing the second edition Of his
book, ''Life's Golden Morning" He will
very likely proceed from Cincinnati to New
York City. in which case he will be absent
over Sunday.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28
a TRAGEDY.
..hr..sted hlri frnn ~. n.

.ors-bressted bird from the 50
Fell in love with the lighthouse fame;
And IL wheeled round the tower on its airest wing
sna snS = so.tsd ard cried like loyeIorp thing.
II hrooded all day and Il fut;ered all nsgnt,
Rut could win no look from the stesdfast light
For the fame had its heart afar-
Afar with the ships at sea:
IL was thinking Of children and waiting wives
And darsness and danger To sailors lives;
But the bird had its tender bosom pressed
Ou the glass where at last ii dashed its breast
The light only iickered, the brighter to glow;
But the bird lay dead on the rocks below
John Boyle o Reilly
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28
COMING ATTRACTION,

Blacks, Wednesday, Dec. 20, Mendelssor
Quintette Club.
Blacks, Friday and Saturday nights,
with New Years matinee, Miss Florence J.
Bundley.
Grand. Kate Castleton. New Years day
with matinee
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28
Extreme Cold W. eatker
will not bring chapped hands D those who
use Colgatp's Cashmere BOnqnt.


Wanted-A few live agebts, on salary ol
commission, in Clark and 0ther counties, t.
sell Sterick's Universal Stam Cooker. Cal
On or address, with stamh Central House,
Springfield, .. c. W. Smith.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Geo. ID. Cox, of the Seventh ward, this
city, has sold his property on Scott street,
and is about to remove To Rome, Ala,
where he has purchased farm and intends
following rural pursuits hereafter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Stewart A. Morrow, the fruit man, made
each of his fourteen employees handsome
Christmas present, and he was, in turn.
presented by them with fine collar button,
with handsome diamond set in IT,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Chief of Police Walker has received an
invitation TO the tenth annual ball to be
given on the Goth of January by the Dayton
P llice Benevolent association.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Some thief stole a case of Neufchatel
cheese from in front of J. VI. Siutfer's Ar
cade grocery last night about 5 o'clock.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Miss Lillian Kelley left the city, Monday,
| for Sidney, where she will remain Until
after New Years, with the Ingersolls.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

j. NJ. Adams was arrested yesterday for
disorderly conduct.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28
FOR SALE.
FOR RENT.

DOR RENT-Sfore rooms Nos. IS and 81, and
Il seven rooms in second story suitable toI
offices. &c. on west Main street, under council
chamber; also tvo-story brick build ng Box o.
suitable for shop or storage, In the rear Of Nc
Laren Bros dry goods stere. on Limestone
street. Bowman Bowman, Say
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Mrs. Henry Tuckley and children, left
this mornh.g for Hartwell, Ohio, on visit
to relatives.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

Leon II. Houston, of South Charleston,
is in the city today.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28
FOUND.

rOUND-At High-ssreet N. Z. church, ring.
Owner can have same By calling at this Of
nee, proving property and paying for this mo-
tioe 6Stf
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-28

J. W. Booth, of Xenia, was in town this
morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
Two Kinds of Newspaper Readers.

Did you ever see any thing more anus
ing than the absorption of the woman
over the marriages An earthquake
wouldn't disturb her. She invests every
couple with the romance of her own
courtship, and goes OF into speculation
on the groom's prospects and the style OF
the brides wedding outfit. AS for the
etiquette column, that always makes her
chatter. "Herc,' she says, "is the most
absurd young woman who writes to the
editor to know whether she ought to go
to the theater with her young man with
out chaperone. remember the trst
time dear Henry took me 10 theater,"
and so on.
After she has waded through this col.
umn she throws the paper aside, and
that night when her husband comes
home she tells how much she was inter-
ested in the newspaper. "Yes," " he says,
'the papers are mighty readable now:
That was an awful catastrophe, wasn't
it ?" His wife looks up at him and says:
"What was that, dear 2" why, tn:
earthquake" Well, there, that stupid
old paper didn't have word about it. "
The husband goes and gets the paper
and shows her 'six-column article on
the first page. She had not seen it, OF
course. brooklyn Eagle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
" Ninety and Nine

Sankey, the revival singer, tells Of his
favorite song and the way it originated
THE Ninety and Nine" place at the
head of the list. well remember how
came to compose the music to ths words;
1t was done on the spur of o great and
exalted feeling. When was going from
Edinburgh to Glasgow l picked up a
paper on the train and came across the
words. They at once struck me as being
full of feeling, SO l hid the paper away
in INV pocket. The words rang IL my
ears. At Glasgow We had a glorious
meeting. Mr.. Moody preached from the
twenty.third psalm of David. He
touched the hearts of the people. When
he was about to close his sermon l did
not know what to sing. wanted to Sc
lect something appropriate to tn, ser
mon, but I found nothing suitable.
Those grand words, full of poetry, SIM
ple. vet beautiful: "He makcth ME to
lie down in green pastures; lie leadeth
me beside the still waters; He restorcth
nv soul: lie leadeth me in the paths OF
Righteousness for His names sake" as
MIR. Moody closed with them, acted as an
inspiration. hastily pulled the crum,
pied newspaper from my pocket and
sang the words of "The Ninety and
Nine" to music that came to me then and
there. l did not know how the accom-
paniment would 60. The feeling of the
moment carried me through, and after
ward wrote the music.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
The Monarchs Of the Sea.

Ocean travel, writes Frank g. Car
penter, is rapidly changing, ard the
steamboat is improving as fast us the
railroad train. The first ocean steamer
was built near New York in 1919, and
she made trip across the Atlantic one
year later. She was named the Savan-
nah; she was of $50 tons burden, and
when she came into Liverpool, after a
passage of twenty-five days, she was the
wonder of all the world. The big ocean
steamship OF to day is of from 4, 900 to
s,C00 tons, ard she makes her passage
fiom New York to Queenstown in from
six DAYS and O few bours TO twelve or
thirteen days. Some shipowners now
assert that the passage across the Allan,
tic will soon be made in four days, and
the engineer Of this vessel tells me that
fast ocean travel is fully as safe, though
more expensive, than slow travel. The
coal consum d by the seven days steamers
is nearly three times as much as that con-
sumcd by the ten days steamers, and
fuel is one of the largest items in the
cost of steamship travel. Some of the
last Cunard steamers burn $40 tons OF
coal a day, whereas the City of Rich
mond, of about the same 81 e, but ten
days steamer, requires only from 100 to
10 tons per day. 1t costs about 80 a
ton to buy this coal and put it in the
furnaces of the ships engines, so that the
difference between the seven days and
the ten days steamers in the cost of coal
alone is over 81, 900 per day. Can you
appreciate how much 600 tons of coal Il
dav means. Fifteen tons of coal is a
yearly allowance for small family in an
EIGHT room house. The daily consump-
ton of the Etruria would keep twenty
such families for year, and the ,*oO
tons which this ship carries on each trip
would more than supply village of eighty
families for that time. The. coal used
here is slack. 1t is stored in great vaults,
and fifty four men are required to put it in
the furnaces. The ship has twenty seven
furnaces, each of which is as big around
as q ton of hay on farmers wagon and
about twice as long. They are away
down in the bottom of the ship, and as !
crept in and out among them, by the aid
of the chief engineer and his lantern, and
saw the blaze of their entrances, felt the
consuming heat of their surroundings, and
talked with the sweaty, sooty men who
were kept at them all day shovelins coal,
Dante's Inferno did not seem very far of,
and Hades was personified before me.
The faster steamers have 100 men to at
tend to their furnaces. They must DO
kept going night and day, and the labor
is very hard. The furnaces are so not
that the men must drink great quantities
of water, and here they mix the water
with oatmeal, and each man consumes
gallons daily. This is necessary to keep
u up the perspiration. In such heat If q
man cannot sweat he will die.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
Curiosities of the Human Voice.

It has long been known that the ln-
halation of various volatile substances is
capable of producing certlin modiics-
tions in the human voice; and OF late
years attempts, more or less legitimate in
their application, have been made to
give this knowledge practical form.
Au interesting series of experiments
bearing on this subject have been made
before the Societe Medicale du Pantheon,
Par.s, BY DR.. Sandras, in which, by
means of different inhalations, varying
from one to twelve. he produced marked
variations in the intensity, tone and tim
Der of the voice. He could not only
confer upon the persons so treated the
peculiar voice of the confirmed inebriate,
but, what is more to the point, he could
when pitasaot. The nQfss proluced by
she Ia same larynx were made of high or
low pitch at will; and the range OF the
voice could be notably increased, while
harshness or sweetness could be made to
alternate. The substances employed Tor
this purpose are not new; it is only their
application. which may be said to DC
novel. Tar, water, alcohol, ether and
various essent al oils constitute the bat
te;y" for inhalation purposes. The most
curious part of the experiments 1, the
accuracy which certain well defined et-
fects are said to be obtained. Thus, q
certain number of inhalations of onq
kind will diminish the compass by SO
many notes, while another will confer an
addit onal eight or ten; some even lim!1
the range to five or six notes. Br'tts
Medical Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
OUT ON THE PLAINS.

Room, Room to turn round in, to breathe
and be free,
And grow to be giant-to sail as at sea
With the speed Of the wind on q steed with
his name
To the wind-without pathway or route or
rein.
Room! Room to be free where the white
bortlered sea
Blows ki>s to a brother as boundless as he;
And to east and to west, to the north ami
tho sun,
Blue skies and brown grasses are welded as
one.
And the buffalo come like a cloul on the
plain
Pouring on like the tide Of storm-driven
main;
And the lodge of the hunter to friend or to
foe
Offers rest, and uuquestioned you come or
yougo
Nv plains OF America. Seas of wild land.
From a land in the seas with raimeat OF
foam,
That has reached to stranger the welcome
Of home.
turn tc you, lean to you, lift you my hand!
-JOaguin Miller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
A UniUue Railroad.

There is q little, narrow Gauge rail-
road in central Illinois which is rather
amusing. It runs through rich farm.
ing country and is owned and managed
bY wealthy farmers. The conductors,
engineers and brakemen are farmers
sons who have grown weary OF raising
cattle and corn and who have taken to
railroading" as relief. The various
stations along the line of this little rail-
road are Of no consequence whatever,
except to their score or more OF In
habitants and to the farmers of the
neighborhood. A train starts from each
end of the road every morning after
breakfast, runs to the opposite end OF
the road by dinner time, returns again
for tea, and tics up for the night. AS
there is no telegraph line connected with
the road nobody at any of the stations
knows when n trlin is coming until 1t
arrives in sight. AS the rails are laid on
ties placed on the fiat prairie AMI MS no
grade exists from one end of the road to
the other, the tall grass has an awkward
habit of getting under the wheels and
stopping the train. Mt infre, Iuently
also the light rails spread apart and the
cars run off the track and go tumb!ing
along on the virgin prairie. Whenever
a little accident of this kind occurs the
engineer, conductor, brakcmen and pas
sengers Jump to the ground and lift the
cars into place again. The passengers
ride in a car reserved for them in the
rear of long line o: freight cars. Half
of this car is partitioned off in order that
it may also serve for carrying mail bags,
express matter and baggage. Not in
frequently passengers walk into village
ahead of the train and announce that the
cars will follow them in an hour or two,
providing they can be kept on the track
long enough. Sometimes n locomotive
gets stalled on some one of the several
gentle hills along the line. The train
men thcrcupon quietly wait until the
other engine appears. Then the two
engines draw the train up the hill. Not
withstanding the oddities which exist in
the management of this little railroad it
hauls large quantities of freight, and is
making money for its stockholders
Chicago Ne,es.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
men drink grcedily from tho muddy
.I .h.t ,t,,5 ~ TIN ruta made Inv

men drink grcedily from the muddy
water that stood in the ruts made Dy
cannon wheels. Soon after, some OF US
were sent out to form skirmish line In
the cornfeld, hut after lying under a. des-
ultory fire for an hour or two we were
recalled, and the brigade was posted IN a
meadow still further toward the left.
Here we were allowed to send out
party with can:eens, and we found plenty
of watc-.
That night,as we lay under our blank
cts. the skies were Illuminated By the
most gorgeous nothern ghts have ever
seen. Not the mere flashes of yellow
light, but superb sheets OF crimson and
gold that waxed and waned slowly. A
more mcmorabl, occurrence to lis, how
ever, was the arrival of some big sacks
of hard tack and bacon. 1t is my impres-
sion that devoured two days rations be-
fore I slept, and I also remember that
the next morning found that the hard
tack was especially "wormy"-I counted,
in fact, several species of bugs and worms
in one cracker.
All the next day we lay in the open
fields under lazy fire from distant bat
tcries, which didn't do much damage,
but was by no means pleasant. We an
ticipated another desperate attack on the
enemy, but, in fact, General Burnside
was occupied in planning our retreat
across the river. AS soon, indeed, as the
short December day ended, our troops
were hurried over the bridges. AS our
brigade was near the extreme left we
knew nothing of the retreat until the
la t moment, and our men had rolled up
in their blankets. Wakeful my
self, I was sitting up, and look.
ing toward the wooded heights, I
could see by the light Of the enemies
fires, long column; of troops moving
rap:dly from their left toward their
centre, and 1 think, in the morning, we
should have received q crushing attack
on our centre, which might have ended
in terrible, if not irremediable, disaster
to our army. As sat there in very un-
Quiet mood. an ,flccr care up and noise.
lcssly aroused our men. We were ordered
to fall in without a sound, and were
hurriedly n arched ba k to the river and
across the bridge. The entire army was
crossed in this manner, without loss, and
l think every man re. e.oiced, as 1 know l
did, when his feet SINK in the mlre on
the northern side of the bridge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Two Of q Kind.

It is requisite that in every kitchen
there should be two frying.pans and two
gridirons instead of one. One frying
pan should be used for cooking things
Of savory nature, the other one kept ex-
clusively for pancakes, omelets, etc. One
grid:ron shou d be used expressly for
fish, the other for chops, steaks, etc. The
frying pan that is used for sweet pur-
poses ought never to be washed: only
rubbed thoroughly, while hot, with y
clean damp cloth. This rule may be fol-
lowed with respect to tins used for bak-
ing cakes, biscuits, etc.; they should
never be washed. Then, again, there
ought always TO be, ct any rate, one
enamcled saucepan, for boiling milk,
paking custards and such things. 1t is
very risky to attempt using an ordinary
pan for these purposes. ..,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27

Under the shelter of the sunkcn road
we rested and reckoncd up our losses.
They had been great, of course, but the
woods had protected US, and we had not
suffered as severely as many other COM
mands. Now, however, after the cx-
citement of the battle, we suffered much
from hunger, and mere from thirst. The
saltpetre from the powder cracked our
lips and added to our thirst, and l saw
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-27

It is more from carelessness about
truth, than from Intentionally lying, that
there is so much falsehood in the world.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-02-03
George Sheridan's Joke.

Gen. George H. Sheridan, "of Louisi-
ana lives now at the Union Square
hotel and is coming to be known as a
Union Square notability. He has had a
checkercd political career. but he has
had a good living through it all, evi-
dently, for he has grown stouter and
stouter with each succeeding year, until
his short figure now carries upward Of
250 pounds of flesh. As stump speaker
he has been and still is in great demand.
His talks are a mixture of witty stories
and eloquence which is taking with the
people. A politician Of Ohio related to
me yesterday an incident of one OF
Sheridan's engagements which had a
ludicrous ending. Sheridan was posted
tor speech in manufacturing town
in northern Ohio. 1t was an Oft ;ear,
and the Democrats we're expecting to
carry the county through Republican in
difference and the labor vote. They
didn't want Sheridan to make speech
for fear he would rouse up all the Repub-
licanS, but how to keep him away was
a problem. They hit upon plan at
last, and when Sheridan arrived he was
surprised to meet a cordial reception
from several Democratic acquaintance
who pressed him with invitations to 60
out and smile He finally went out
with them and was conducted to
saloon where he found a number of
other choice spirits, but all Democrats.
They began to ply him with invitations
to drink, and it soon popped into his
head that they had q scheme to make
him drunk and let the meeting be 8
failure because of his non-attendance.
When he became satisfied that this was
their game he went in for as much fun
as anyone. 1t was'2 o'clock when they
went into the saloon. At half-past he
walked out with a slightly unsteady
step, but with a perfect control of his
motions. while every other man of the
crowd was under the table. He went to
the hall where he was to speak and de-
livered one of the finest efforts of his
life, not forgetting to tell the story of
how the enemy had tried to trip him up.
The county rang with his speech for
week, and was carried for the Republi-
cans.-N Y Tribune.