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New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
MISSIONARIES STARTING FOR AFRICA.

Around the mizzen mast of the lnman steamer
CITY of Chester yesterday afternoon the band OF
missionaries who are starting Tor africa gatheIed
with their friends and sang old Methodist hymns.
Cbo1lain McCabe led the singing and the keV.
Strplrn Merritt and a hundred men and women
from the Methodist churches of New YORK ana
BROOKLYN iuned in the songs. IL the intervals Oe-
tween the singing the Rev. Dr. AsDuIy LoWrey,
who has directed the missionary services during tho
wcek addressed the party. Dr. Lowrey Is over SIX
feet high and his gray head and broad shoulders
lowered above those of the whole party. The cabin
passengers looked cuuously at the group and then
gathered IN the crowd around them.
A, the steamer pulled out INTO the stream the
friends of the missionaries collected at the END OF
the pier and sang Nearer My God to Thee" ne
missionaries joined IN the singing from the
steamers deck. One OF them was ruddy-cheeked
Young woman of eighteen who is just out OF a
seminary. aud is gong to teach the African cahl-
balls how to read and write. little girl OF three OF
four years shouted and waved her band from tht
arms of her mother who was missionary. ne
crowd looking on Joined n the shouting and the
singing until the City of Chester was out IN II
stream disappearing in the fog and mist.
ON April the missionaries Will SAIL from Liver
pool for the African coast, where they WILL be net
bv Bishop Taylor the Methodist Bishop of Africa,
and will ne directed by him to their destinations IN
the interior.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
THE MEN INJURED ON THE FERRYBOAT

William DaIy and Mortimer Wright. who were
are both reported out of danger. The doctor at ST.
Mary S Hospital, Hoboken, said that their yout
aud strength Will probably be sufficient 70 rally
cation was held by the officers of the lioboken
land and Improvement Company yesterday. All
the crew OF their boat, the Lackawanna' were eA-
emined separa1ely without developing anything
new. No claims for damages have been made An
attempt TO settle the question of responsibility and
damage by conference between the companies I'M
plicated will be made
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
Ill., spRAGUE TO SUCCEED MR. WALKER

The Mayor yesterday appointed Henry l.. Sprague
Stephen A. Walker, VINO was recently appointed
United States District-AttOrney. Mr. Sprague Is a
young lawyer, and the Republican leader IN the
of the Young Mems Republican Club. In 1881 Mr.
Sprague was elected TO the Assembly from his DIS
owing TO the bunder of a poll-cerk 1t was said,
his opponent Ihalcs :. Bliss, of Tammauy Hall, Sc
cured the seat lne matter was investigated by a
legislative committee which held sessions IN the
Filth Avenue Hotel.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
MISS PARLOA'S LAST LESSONS

MISS PARLOA will give this wseS her last public demon
straon Of the at her ~CHoOL Of COOKERY
292 East l7thst MONDAY. March %, at 10 a M she
will make EST REFS, and on TU DAY, At p M she viii
prepare DISHES FOR DESSERT For some weeks yet
private instruction b. obtained Tho school VIII be re-
opened IN The tAIL
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
1OJD FOR EUROPE.

Kidder, Peabody g. Co. yesterday engaged
$500 600 gold bars at the Assay ONCE for shpmeht
Gus shipments make the total exports OF gold Tor
the week S5,024,000
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
.1ERSEY CITY.

Widow Kruse wealthy HOhoken lquor-seller has
been sued by Lena Jensen neigbor. for $4,000 The
plaintiff alleges that the widow has alenated her hus
bands affections.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
HOME NE US.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

Windsor Hotel-SanatOr Dwight NJ. Sabn,
OF Mnnesota....FJth Are,ute Hotei-Assistant Post
masterGeneral A. ID. Hazen, and AsSelnbyman george
y Erwin of Potsdam n ". Ererett HOuse-Capain
Robert f. Bradford and Chief Engineer Philip Irch'
u s. Navy. GUSey HOUSe-General George ,.
BatcheIer OF fSaratOga...... Holman House-WLlam l.
Mull a ElmirA
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
wEsrcnrsrER COuNTY.

DopRs FyRRY-Coroner Mitchell yesterday began an
I'm regard to the skeleton OF man found IN
tb,s village physician expressed The opinion that ihe
sIstnn had bee buried from forty 10 MY years IL
o. .tstsd that ono time fort near the hpo,
and the bones are probably those OF soldier VINO sar
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
EXEMPTED FROM THE CIVIL sERvICEsLAw

A revision of the classification list of employees at
the pubic stores was made yesterday and about
TWENTY-FIVE names transferred to the unclasslhed
list This exempts them from the operation OF the
Civil Service law. 1t is claimed that the treasury
Department has heretofore made a mistake in COM
putting the salaries of these employees to be over
kgOO
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
Il Is Positively True.

We have never exhibited more
attractive stock of Carpctings
than that from which we are now
selling. 1t is because we are Of
fering Il handsome line Of Mo-
quette Carpets at $1.15; worth
$1.GO. Also Body Brussels at
$t.OO; market value, $1.25. Also
over 20 patterns of the best grade
Tapestry Brussels that can be
found in the market at - cents
per yard.
Intending purchasers should
not delay calling upon us.
An early inspection will be
found profitable.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
MISSES CONFIRMATION SUITS.

WE HAVE JUST PLACED on SALE AT EX-
CEEDINGLY Low PRICES, FORTY-EIGHT EN-
TIRrI,y NEW AND BEAUTIFUL STYLES IN
MISSES WHITE CONFIRMATION SUITS
TRIMMED WITH EXQUISITE PATTERNS OF
EMBROIDERIES AND LACES.
ING EITHER LADIES OK MISSES SUITS OR
GARMENTS.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
ukEn PER
HIN PER
AhH PER
lEIass YARD.

800 PAIRS NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS AT s3.5e
PER PAIR REDUCED FROM 5000
300 PAIRS TURCOMsN PORTIERE CURTAINS AT
$1,000 PER PAIR: REDUCED FROM $500.
IS PIECES TAPESTRY FURNITURE COVERING
AT sl.7J PER YARD. REDUCED FROM $3.50.
FURNITURE RE-U?HOi~TERED PROMPTLY IN
THE BEST MANNER, AT VERY MODERATE CHARi.
Is. ESTIMATES FURNISHED
FURNITURE SLIP COVERS, ELEGANTLY CUr
AND MADE, iNIATEEIAL INCLUDEDJ FOR SUITE
OF SEVEN PIECES FOR $500.
HOLLAND SHADES. ONE YARD WIDE AND TWQ
YARDS LONG, WITH FRINGE OR FANCY DADO,
HARrsHORN SPRING ROLLER AT 75c. EACH
LARGER SIZES IN PROPORTIONS
LACE CURTAINS or ALL KINDS CLEANED AND
REFINISuED Equal TO SEW.Ar zoe PER WI$ DOW.
MATTRF~~E- MADE TO ORDER FROM PURE
SOUTH AMERICAN HAIR
LIVE GEESE FEATHERS, WARRANTED INoDoR'
Gus.
SPRING UNDERBEDS, THE BEST IN USE.
-
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

ment Fund Is Sl72 25. The weayers employed at the
woollen mills have had their wages increased
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
FURNITURE.

,,oo Dining CHAIRS at 81 the cane scat.
l,OOO3 - % leather seat.
500 Pillar style Extension Table, for Sl2
27O BufIets mirror back marble wood tops ts2l.
PARLOR SUITES, covered in Itch pushes, for s65; in
Brocatelle silk, SlO2; III COteine, Sll2.
CHAMBER SUITES In this limo we take the lead and
show no 500 patterns all and srable made
from all known woods all kinds of finish and range IN
prco from tS mp Si3j. II YOU want Chamber SUIT we
will DC sure please YOU for the variety is simply immense
FOLDING EARkOR BEDS.
In this department show the best syle' from the best
makers and larger and better assor
cd stock than aly house in the city
REED AND RATTAN FURNITURE.
In this department display the largest variety Of chairs
and rockers; also every style OF BABY CARRIAGES at
manufacturers pricos
send for Catalogue.
Nos. 22, 2f and 26 East lAth-st,
Near Union Square.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
SPECIAL BARGAINS

"a" quality Moquette Carpet Fl p the yard.
"B"quality Moquotte Carpet 81 90 the yard.
pieces Of full Ave-frame Body Brussels at 9Oc the
yard.
pieces patterns above with elegant borders to
match, for IL 90 tho ward.
1870 pieces extra super Ingram carpet beautiful patterns
extra heavy. for SOC. the yard.
Sole Agents for CROSSLEYS doublewtdth Wilton Vel
vets for tho states Eegant patterns and low prices
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
BAUM ANN BROS.

are now Offering an OF carpets every descrp
ton including CARPETS from Europe and ASIA in tho shape
OF Rugs IN all Sizes as OcOths LuOeums, Cortcene
and China Mattngs. We specially invite attention OF KuS
BUYERS to our line private patterns heavy Bulgarian
hand tufted Carpets which Will be found comparison to
be superior to others, and also cheaper IN price,
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

Burglars attempted to rob the stOre of Pep
kin q Levy so Canalst Friday night by boring through
PARTITION but they q wire connected with Holmes Elec-
tic Protective COMPANY Broadway. which gave the sig
nal and saved the property
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

Earl e. Wilson's f. & w. brand OF Men S
Collars and Culs a q tue best sold everywhera
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
UPHOLSTERY GOODS.

Turcoman Curtains from 81 so per pair mp.
nottingham Lace curtains from 75c. per pair mp.
Swiss TambOur Curtains from So 90 per pair up
Irish Point Lace Curtains from 81 90 per pair up.
40 pieces Tapestry for Furniture Covering at 81 10 the
yard. 70 iuced from s3 90
Holland shades a specially.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

Men in uniform or citizens dress furnished
kinds OF special duc at receptions weddns 900.
duties at churches halls SPECIAL watch, etc. by Holmes
Electric Protective Company 6lS broadway Telephone
call 81 Spring.
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

HENRY A. DANIELS, VI. D.,
l44 Lexington ave, between goth and 3Oth sS
HOnrs-S to J. 5tO7 T. Discases Of the Nervous system
GentO- Urinary organs. impotence and sterllltH
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
T. ]. DBuNITG 8 co.
In connection with the un-
usually handsome display to be
made throughout their store this
week, they will offer the following
EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS.

1900 YARDS ELEGANT SILK NOVELTIES AT
sI.OO, $780, $500 AND $3.50 PER YARD; REDUCED
FROM $500. $500 500 AND 5000.
30 PIECES CASHMERE FINISH IMPORTED
BLACK SILKS, SUPERIOR QUALITY. AT 9Jc AND
sllO PER YARD: REDUCED FROM sl25 AND si50
100 PIECES IMPORTED BLACK sILK RHaD.
AME- AT 75c. PER YARD; REDUCED FROM 500
90 DOZEN LADIES' FINE ENGLISH LACE SILK
HOSE, ALL COLORS AND BLACK, AT $500 PED
PAIR; REDUCED FROM 800.
200 DOZEN MISSES FINE COTTON HOSE, SILK
CLOCKS. ALL COLORS AND BLACK. ALL SIZES At
2jc PER PAIR REDUCED FROM SOC.
90 PIECES BLRACHED TABLE DAMiSK, EXTRA
HEAVY, 81 INCHES WIDE AT SlOO PER YARD; RE-
DUCED FROM sl.40.
s6 PIECES SUPERIOR BLEACUkD LINEN SHEET.
ING, 2a YARDS WIDE. AT s79c. PER YARD, RE.
DUCED FROM sl.O5
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

ALONG THE SOUND.
s1A,uogp-Tne amsant collected for tie Grant Aonu-
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
CARPETS g. UPHOLSTERY

1000 PIECES SUPERIOR QUALITY
TINGS, JUST LANDED. AT 500 PE
YARDS. LESS THAN THE COST OF IN
rs PIECES BEST QUALITY FIVE n
FRAME BODY BRUSSELS. VERY n
DESIRABLE PATTERNS. AT ~
100 PIECES EXTRA HEAVY IN N
GRAINS, AT
$50 PIECES DOUBLE EXTRA SU.a
PER INGRAIN%. HE BEST ~
MADE, AT ~
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
R1KER's COMPOUND SARsAPARILLA

MIXER tOMIol NJ bANNhi ANNA
VIII be found to give far satisfaction than Ayers
Hoods This they guarantee 10 refund the money
Above ALL It contains POTASH Extra large
bottles bottles. .. tOr
sale by ItIKER only, 553 6thave. corner 22d St
New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

THE Princess or WALES BUsTLE,
Sold by all frst-class retailers
Price. 90 cents.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

fried tomatoes on them; then place q
hard-boiled egg on each tomato and serve
very hot.
X CUCUMBERs. Pare the cucum-
bers, chop them fine with q small onion,
put them on with very little water, and
stew for ten minutes; prepare a rich
dressing. as for poultry, Of bread crumbs
with herbs and y>lk of egg; pour off all
the water from the cutumbers; add the
dressing and one tablespoonful of butter,
and bake in u deep dish.
BEEF LoAF.-Chop very fine or have
Jour butcher minoe .wo pounds OF coarse,
lean beef. Season s?icily with pepper,
salt, nutmeg, umlncr savory, or sweet
marjoram, and a cautious s%prinkling of
minced cuion. Beat two eggs light and
work up with the mass. Press hard into,
a bowl, fit a saucer or plate Cnverted)
upon tic meat, and set in n dripping pan
Of boiling water to cook slowly for an
hour and 4 quarter. Lay weight on
the surface when it is done, and let it
get perfectly cold before turning out.
Cut in perpendicular slices.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
A Mothers Influence.

In a railway car n man about sixty
years old came to sit beside me. He had
heard me lecture the evening before on
temperance. Il am q master of q Ship"
said he, ''sailing out of New York, and
have just returned from my fftieth voy-
age across the Atlantic. About thirty
years ago I was q sot, shipped while dead
drunk, and was carried on board like a
log. When l came to, the Captain asked
me: DO you remember your mother I
told him she died before I could remem-
Der. Well said he, 4 am a Vermont
man. When I was young I was crazy to
60 to sea. At last my mother consented
I should seek my fortune. My boy she
said, I don't know anything about
towns. and I never saw the sea, but they
tell mi they make thousands of drunk
ards. Now, promise me you'll never
drink a drop of liquor .
"He said: I laid my hands in hers
and promised, as l looked into her eyes
for the last time. She died soon after.
I've been on every sea, seen the worst
kinds of life and men-they laughed at
me as a milksop and wanted to know if I
was q coward. But when they offered
me liquor l saw my mothers pleading
face, and I never drank a drop. 1t has
been my s~heet-anchor; I owe it all to
that. Would you like to take that
pledge?' said he. My COMPANION took
it, and he added: 1T has saved me. I
have a fine ship, wife and children at
home, and l have helped others.'"
That earnest mother saved two men to
virtue and usefulness; how many more
He who Sc al! can alone tell Wendell
, Phillips.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The eastern band of the Cherokees
how numbers 5000, scattered through
blk states, the bulk of them in North
Carolina, where they have q reservation
Of {, 5000 acres. There they live for the
most part in common, tilling the land as
they think best. The mass of the Cher
okees are in tho Indian territory, whithe.
the eastern bind has been invited to set
tie and share lands and privileges with
them. The latter will, it is thought,
soon 60 thither. They would not be 80
easily dupea there by designing whites,
nor will they suffer so much from pneu-
monia as they do in the mountainous re-
gion of North Carolina. 1t is generally
supposed that the aboriginals of this
country are fast melting away, but per
sons who have made q study of the ques-
ton assert that there are fully as many as
there were ten years ago. Their vitality
and tenacity of life are certainly remark
able, considering what they have to con-
tend against; how generally %unfavorable
the conditions of our civilization ara to
their well-being.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
Tests for Army Swords.

Here is the test to which the famous
swords manufactured for the English
army are subjected at Solingen: The
blade has first of all to support. "a weight
of sixteen Kilograms placed upon its
point without showing the least dcRcc-
ton. This pressure is then increased to
such IN extent as to cause the bending
blade to shorten by sixteen ccntimcters,
and on its removal to snap back per-
fectly straight. A hard blow is then
given, first with the edge and next with
the back of the blade, on an iron block,
the prescribed curvature being carefully
measured. Then comes the bending test,
in which the blade is subjected to a bend
of ninety degrees, from which it has to
spring back into the straight line.
Finally it is weighed, and not until the
centre of gravity is carefully adjusted
does the receiving officer put his stamp
on the blade. Paris american L.egis'er.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The white races are urged for yard by
In irresistible spur owe. which they have
l control. Tho increase of the yellow
ace, which once must have been incredi-
bly, fast, has stopped, and that of the
lark races, of India, which for centur-
es has been amazing, is being checked
~ rccurrent famines; but that of white
people goes IN so fast that the transport
If a huge army every year across the At
antic makes no impression on their num-
bers, and ut their present rrte of increase
hey will in 1894 be a thousand millions.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
Cost of Drinking.

It appears, says q Washington dis
patch, that the consumption of beer in.
creased 1,5o4,9 $50 barrels. The con
sumption in 1855 was greater than ever
before, AMI, aiding the officially re-
ported increase, it appears that no less
than G42, Oco, 600 gallons of beer were
consumed last year. The population is
60, 000, 600, but the consumption for the
year ending June 80 must be rcckoncd
upon the mean population for that year,
which was about $685. 600. On that
ba; SIS the consumption of beer appears to
have been 1885 for every inhabitant,
babies Included. Considering that q
large part of the population does not
consume beer at all, this seems to imply
an enormous consumption to those who
do, and yet, since those who use beer at
all certainly consume as much as a half
a pint daily, they would ut that rate get
rid of twenty-three gallons each. APP
parently the consumption is about equiva-
lent to q pint a day for half the adult
population.
The increase in the consumption of
whisky was 1906, 1903 gallons, which
makes the consumption for the year TO-
763,O10 gallons, or 1.19 gallons per
capita. That is much more than was
consumed in the years of depression, the
fiscal years 1873 and 1879, when the tax
was the same that it is now, but it is
much below the consumption Of 1883 or
1884, when the quantity was 1.41 and
1.42 gallons per capita. The increase in
the consumption of beer, which has risen
from seven gallons to nearly eleven gal.
Ions since 1889, accounts for some
diminution in the use of spirits, and
probably the rapid spread of prohibition
at the South hEs affected the consump.
ton still more. Fifteen years ago, when
the tax was only fifty cents per gallon,
the consumption ranged between one
and Q half and two gallons per capita.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

The New York Commercial Adrertise,
says: "Napoleon's familiar remark, de-
signed to be sarcastic, that England is
q nation of shopkeepers,' is still con-
stantly quoted, without any comment on
its assumption and impertinence coming
from that source. England is such a
nation, but it does not begin to be SO
entirely composed of shopkeepers as
France is. Nobody who has visited Paris,
Lyons, Marseilles, Bordeaux or any lead.
Ing French city but must have been
struck by the number of shops every
where-shops, too, in the strict sense
places of small retail trade. In London
and the big English towns there are a
great many large mercantile establish
ments, which exist only to a limited ex-
tent In France. There are thousands OF
shops SO diminutive that they would es.
cape observation we're it not for the win.
dows in which the whole stock isusually
displayed. The French are the happiest
OF shopkeepers, and no one knew II
better than Napoleon, who doubtless
wished to distract attention from them
BY ascribing their particular traits and
habit to arother people. It has long been
Q recognized fact that commercial ma,
tons always make excellent soldiers and
wage fierce and obstinate warss.
y
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
a little peasant girl in Italy knitted .

A little peasant girl in Italy knitted .
pair of stockings and sent them as a
present to Queen Margherita on her fete
day. With characteristic kindliness the
Queen sent the girl in return another
pair of stockings, one containing gold
coin, the other bon-bons, and a note ask
ing her to say which of the stockings
gave her the more pleasure. Dear
Madam the Queen" wrote the child, in
reply: II have had nothing but trouble
with the stockings. Ny father took the
one with the gold pieces and my brother
the one with the Sweets" -=-s-
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

An Outgrowth ofthe License System.
The New York Sun recently gave a de-
scription of the paintings in some of tho
leading bar-rooms of New York city,
showing some of them to contain from
$50, 900 to 500, 900 each in paintings,
statuary etc, to make the path to perdi-
ton attractive and fascinating. These
saloons arc the product and legitimate
outgrowth of the license system. The
plea that license "restricts" is utterly
'alse and falla :ious. The young men
who frequent these gilded pathways to
hell are first assured that that these
places are licensed, legalized and pro-
tected by the strong right arm of tho
law, and hence are legitimate and neces-
sary to the public good and welfare. Ono
of these gilded saloons will do more to
lure souls down to eternal ruin than .
hundred Glow dives" that only take
the cast off victims when so robbed of
their money and debauched of character
as not to be fit to associate with the new
customers" which these more Gre
spectacle" saloons are receiving. The
gilded '%'saloon must go' in order that
tho young men may be saved. God and
truth and the right are stronger than all
the wealth of the world combined.-Na-
ti0ndI Temperance Adcoc1te.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07
A witty Ccurtie:.

Frederick the Great was very fond Of
dispntations; but as he generally termi-
hated the discussion by collaring his an
tagonist and kicking his shins, few Of
his guests were disposed to enter tho
arena against him. One day, when he
was seeking for an argument, he asked
one Of his suite why he did not venture
to-give his opinion on some particular
question.
ut is impossible. your majesty" was
the reply, ''to express an opinion before
= sovereign who has such very strong
convictions, and who wears such very
thick boots!"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-07

r A New York wigmaker remarks:
"Tashion repeats itself, and my impress
ion is that within the next decade tho
powdered wigs of the time of Louis XIV:
will come into vogue. They had style
n those days. The head was the center
% dress from then, and a cavalier made
In imposing appearance. Now a big
Walking cane and q high collar consti-
ute the modern cavalier. Bald heads.
hust 60. Even Caesar wore a crown of
caves to hide his badness, but these
sarquet bachelors have lost all pride.'".