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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

For some time the photographic
Office has been collecting and publishing
information about the use of oil upon
waves at sea. Reports furnished by
Captains from all parts of the world have
been printed on the monthly pilot charts,
and at the end of the last calendar year
the reports for twelve mon'hs were
issued in pamphlet. The disscmina-
ton OF the f;cts narrated by these OBJ
servers appears to have convinced many
mariners that lives and property can be
saved by the use OF few cents worth
of oil, for in some of the South street
ship chambers stores oil especially pre-
pared for use in gales is now advertised
and sold, and the dealers say that it has
become ''the fashion" to carry oil on
board ship, and to u'e it when vessels
are threatened by heavy seas.
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Foreign.

TwENrY-FOUR men were killed and six
teen entombed alive by an explosion in the
colliery at Rochamp, France.
THE British Parliament has been dissolved
by the Queen.
A MEXICAN Lieutenant Colonel and six
teen soldiers have been slaughtered by ia lui
Indians near Pota, Mexico.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER took part in an
immense meeting in favor of Irish Home
Rule at Liverpool Mr. Gladstone was the
principal speaker.
The Sultan has ordered the withdrawal
of 10000 Turkish troops from the Greek
frontier.
Two men have sailed for New York from
the Clyde Englanl l. in boat nineteen feet
long. They took provisions for two months.
ARCHBISHOP TASCHEREAU, of Quebe,, has
received his red calotto and official notitica-
ton of his elevation to the cardinalate at the
Eaud of Count GaZzoli, of the Noble Guard,
OF Rome.
THE French Senate has adopted q bill au-
thorizing the city of Paris to spend $50, ,OOO,-
600 in inaugurating aud carrying on public
improvements for the purpose Of furnishing
work to the unemployed.
A CANADIAN Cabinet officer states his be-
lief that the fisheries dispute with the United
States will be settled shortly by rccipro cal
treaty to the satisfaction of all parties con-
ceriel
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South and West.

ROBERT DILLARD and James Emmette,
both colored, were hanged at Greenville,
Miss, for murder
AT meeting of representatives Of tie
Southern Luthern Church held in Roanoke,
Va, a practical union was effected.
FOUR laborers were killel and two injured
by railroad collision near Creston, Iowa.
GEORGE B. DAVIS was hanged in Scale.
Ala, for the murder of William McClelland.
A FIRE at Peoria, ILL.,, destroyed a ware
house containing 4O,0]0 barrels of oil, and a
railway freight depot, with thirty cars and a
large quantity of freight, causing loss ap-
proximating 100000.
In the trial of Robert Schilling at Milwau-
kee, for boycotting, the Judge held that
threatening to injure mans business was q
criminal offence.
WESTERN crops have been in njurel some
what by drought, but indications pJint to a
fair yield.
An army scout reports the murder of five
Mexican wood:hoppers on the Sonora River
in New Mexico by Apac'aAS
REV. ALFRED A CURTl., .Ssistant pastor
of the Cathedral of Baltimore, has been ap-
pointed Bishop of Wilmington, Del, by the
Pope.
THE Lake Shore Railroad succeeded on the
2Sth in breaking the blockade of trains at
Chicago caused by the strike of switchmen.
Guarded by Especial policemen armed with
Winchester rifles, eight heavy freight
trains were sent out and three arrived from
the East. The striking switchmen were
present in large numbers, but refrained from
any extensive exhibitions of violence.
A HAIL storm in Dakota has destroyed
crops and other property, leaving scores Of
farmers destitute. The estimated damage is
$500, O,0G0.
Miss ROSE CLEVELAND, late mistress of
the White House, has signed contract to
take editorial charge of q Chicago monthly
magazine.
The services at Judge David Davis funeral
in Bloomington, ILL.,, were simple but impress
Sive
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

According to the Washington Star, it
is rare thing that a steamer arrives
from the Isthmus of Panama without
bringing some witness to extravaganza
and incapacity in digging the canal.
One of the latest is A. P. Smith, for
merly of Salem, who says that he has
walked over the whole course of fifty
four miles. The portion of the canal
completed is upon the eastern side, and
is eleven miles in extent through level
country mainly of clay formation, Here
is a specimen of the work done, in Mr.
Smiths words: "Onc of the many
stupid expedients which the canal com.
pany adopted for holding the mud was
to put up an ordinary wooden fence,
fastened with bamboo withes and stakes.
OF course, in a little while the pressure
of the half-liquid mud became too great
for the weak barrier to withstand, and
down came fence, mud and all into the
clnal again, to be once more dredged out
at an enormous expense. A yet moro
curious state of things exists at places
further in shore, where other cuts have
been made by several different contrac.
tors. There have been no specifications
in these contracts as to what shall be
done with the earth after it has been
excavated. What is the result of this
omission2 The contractors simply load
it on hand-carts and 1un it back little
way in the cut which they have made
and leave it there. The consequence is
that all this earth, all these stumps and
stones shall have to be excavated all
over again, to the immene profit of the
contractors.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

One man in Lyon County, Iowa: Ias a
flock of 900 chickens.
THERE has been no rair On some Of the
Texas ranges for over year.
INDIAN skeletons are being dug up near
Talladega, Ala, in large numbers.
A SOLID bed Of alum 500 feet thick has been
discovered in Graham County, Arizona.
LAST year 201 persons were killed and 526
were injured on railways in New Jersey.
THE abandoned soft coal mines in North
Carolina are to be reopened and worked e1-
t,nsively.
A CHICAGO restaurant has made quite q
hit by introducing churnS and making its
own butter.
OVER 800 volunteer observers are now in
vestigatng thunder storms in New England
in connection with the United States Signal
Service.
THE seasons seal hunt Off NewfOun ilund
was failure. Owing to promiscuous hunt
ing the animals are rapidly decreasing in
numbers.
THE 233 cities and towns in the United
States that have horse street railways uso
III, S4} cars, S4,57I horses and have3, $40 miles
of track.
THE wheat acrea &c in the principal wheat
States is estiniat ID Us TO lows: Minnesota,
3,3UO,OOJ; Dakota, 2,50O0J0; Wisconsin,
l,3OO,000; Iowa, 2,6O0,0O).
PRESENT prices of no IS in Chicago are ten
to fifteen cents higher now than one year
ago. Cattle are about that much lower, and
sheep practically un hanged.
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Washington.

EMIGRANTs arrived in this country during
the past eleven months-24, 274; same time
last year-306, 90?.
SHORTLY after thu adjournment Of Con.
gress the President and Mrs. Cleveland will
leave Washington for while.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 25th says
that an effort will be made in Congress to
pass some Of the vetoed pension bills over the
Presidents veto.
NOMINATIONS by the President: Frank NJ.
Porch, to be Collector of Customs for the Dis
trict of Bridgeton, n. j.; William G. Ewing,
to be Attorney of the United States for the
Northern District Of Illinois; Samuel +.
Wilson, to be Marshal of the United States
for the Middle District OF Tennessee
COMBINATIONS by the Senate: A. H..
Kellar, Marshal for the Northern District Of
Alat anna; w. NJ Desmond, Marshal for the
Northern District of Iowa; W. H. benson,
United States Attorney for the Northern
and Middle Districts of Alabama; j. B.
Harris, United States Attorney for the
Southern District of Mississippi; E. Van
Long, Chief Justice Of New Mexico; W. j.
Bryan, Postmaster at San Francisco.
WILLIAM E. SMITH, of New York, has
resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Treas.
ury. The President nomina ted in his stead
Governor Hugh S. Thompson, of South Caro-
ipa.
THE President on the 29th vetoed two more
pension bills.
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LATER NEWS,

A PITTSBURGH dispatch says that nearly
all the glass factories of the countrJ have
shut down for the next two months.
J. A. L. WILSON, Treasurer of the Della
ware AMI Chesapeake Canal Company, dis
appeared from his Office in Philadelphia on
the goth, and Investigation showed that he
had over-issusd sto:k for more than $G0), 0O).
Besides being q defa1lter for this heavy
amount Wilson, VIII ha been in thu Com
pany's employ over thirty years, took 4O,O)0
in cash from the safe when he fed.
The Pennsylvania Republicans at their
State Convention in Harrisburg nominated
a full ticket, headed by James A. Beaver
for Governor. The platform pro-
nounces strongly for a high tariff,
deprecat,s the importing of foreign
pauper labor, demands the pa slge Of n ma
tional law prohibiting such i'm .,ortation, ad-
vocates laws providing 70: the arbitration of
labor troubles, condemns further grants Of
public lands to railroad or other corporations
condemns large landed ownershps either by
syndicate or aliel holders, and accuses the
Cleveland Administration of indifference to
our industrial On commercial interests and
inefficiency. 1t also con lemas thu entran =
chisement of colorei citizens by tissue ballots
or other means, demands that all soldiers and
sailors entitle to pensions be eIuitably dealt
with, approves the bill now before Congress
regulating comm,rce between the States,
calls upon the Legislature to adopt like
measure to regulate and supervise freight
charges, and asks the Legislature to submit
the question of prohibition to the people in
the shape of constitutional amendment.
The Arkansas Democratic State Conven-
tion at Little Rock nominated full ticket.
STRIKING swift ,hmen threw like Shore
train off the track at Chicago on the 3Jth,
and numerous shots were fired, one maa re-
ceiving bullet in his leg from special
officers revolver.
JAMES COOPER and Joseph Van Winile
fought a duel with revolvers on Bro IN
Creek, Texas. Both were killed.
NEW ORLEANS a1vices state that heavy
rains in the Red River district have de-
stroyed all the crops, and that three thousand
persons are destitute.
EIGHT persons were instantly killed and
twenty injured by railroad accident in Ire
| land
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

There appears to be kind of fatality
about the summer residences of the EN-
peror of China. In 1862 the Southern
Summer Palace was burned to the ground
BY the allied French and English army,
and the untold riches contained therein
were looted by the soldiers. Latest adj
vices from China state that the Eastern
Summer Palace, about forty miles dis
tant from Pekin, and erected three certu-
ries ago at cost of about $40, 900, 900,
has just been entirely destroyed by fire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

The statistical statement just issued
for the Society of Friends in England
shows that for the first time for many
wears there has been decrease in the
membership of the body in Great Britain.
The number of members reported in
Great Britain is Is, $50, which is one less
than in the preceding year. The deaths
in the past year numbered 276, which is
about 1895 per thousand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

The Buffalo lawyers propose to make
President Cleveland wedding present,
and have selected a solid silver dinner
set, richly chased with engravings, as
about the right thing. The cost Will
be between 81. 900 and $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
SHOCKING FATALITY.
A Mother and Her Children Burna<
to Death by Coal Oil.

The family of Tudor Russell, living naa,
Reading, Penn, met with terrible accids1t
the other morning. Mrs. Russell and three Gill
dron were home at the time. When Mrs Eas
sci was making the fire her wood did not liru
readily. Her husband was up stairs in l,ai
very i'll. The wife used coal oil to hurry tlis
fire. when the can explodad. In 'tantly tho
burning oil spread over herself aud the chill
drcn. The room was at once in a blaz',
and the weak unto death husband groped
his way down through the binding. smoke
He saw his wife lying on the floor burning
up She was wr:thing in agony, and thelr,
children were also in flames. The husband
fainteI at the horrible sight. NeIsh6ors
rushed in and extinguished the flames. The
wife died and the children were fatally Ill
jured They were horribly burned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

Forty editors from Texas recently on
a press excursion proved to be all Pro-
hibitionists and only three smokers
among them. No wonder the Lone Star
State is ''booming for temperance"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

In 1880 one-twenty-ffth of the popu-
lationof the United States lived in cities
of 5000 inhabitants and upward lin
1910, one-twefth; in 1860, onc-sixth; in
1880, nearly one-fourth. During the half
century preceding 1880 the population in
cities increased more than four times as
rapidly as that of the village or coun-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

mediate cause OF 1t, the rum traffic. Ill
ever preach again, 1 will declare the
whole counsel of God on this subject"
The Press on the Rum Traffic.
W. Jennings Demorest says in Demo
rests Monthly:
'tNext to the platform, the numerous
and effective agencies of the press are the
most potent influences to bring to bear
on the liquor problem.
"And it will be found that there is no
power on earth that can keep the people
in subsection to the rum power, when W
bring the light of reason, through the
means of the printed page, to their
understanding. The printed page is
like the MONDAY sun, it will scatter the
cobwebs of selfish subserviency to the
liquor interests and awaken an enlight.
ened conscience, that will not be satis-
fed until this vile traffic is blnished from
the land.
"The printed page is the silent moni-
tor that enlightens the millionaire in his
seclusion, the workman in his shop, tue
machanic in his mart, the scholar in his
study. The f.ther, mother, sister and
brother, and all classes and conditions
are furnished food for thought. While
none are too poor, or too low, for this
means to reach them. Therefore let the
printed page be scattered broadcast over
the country as our most effective weapon
to crush this monster evil. Let the in
spiration and struggle of our intellect be
to attain to higher and broader views
as to our duty and obligation,
and keep our minds in constant
action to thwart the sel6shness
and duplicity of the rum-seller, in his
depredations on the best interests of the
people. The press has already removed
the dust and slime of ignorance, and
opened mountain of light, and taught
the people their broad claim to common
justice, and their right to immunity from
this vile poison which so efectually inter-
feres with their alienable right to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
and we, the people, will also learn to
resist the usurpations, fraud and chican-
cry, that the rum traffic has so long prac-
ticed on them through the political
influence Of a degenerated party, and the
crcdulity of their partisaus.
"We must know our rights and dare
to maintain them against the sophistry of
the rum-seller, the political tricksters,
and the so-callcd Church Temperance
Society, and other organizations, whose
principal aim and purpose is to make US
believe in the fallacy of regulating this
evil. This last is the most dangerous de-
lusion of ALL as their only method con-
sists of sanction of the crime of rum
selling for a money considerations; a
wicked concession to justify the criminal
business and make it reputable.
"The printed page is the silent moni-
tor that comes with its good influences
to vitalize our intellectual energies, like
the evening dew on vegetation, which
makes no display, no sound, but how
effective, how much like the life and
vigor it imparts to the flowers and green
grass, and which makes all nature bloom
and brighten, with color and beauty, to
delight the eye and spread the blessings
of glorious harvest for the benefit Of
humanity"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

THE Spoford family will celebrate in 1883
the anniversary of their common ancestor
who settled in Massachusetts, in 1858. Aims
worth R Spofford the Congressional Llbra-
risu. is President Of the association.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
RELIGIOUS READING.
The Pilot.

The Pilot.
My bark is waited on the strand ~
By breath divine;
And on the helm there rests hand
Other than mine.
One who was known in storms to sal,
! Ihave on board;
Above the roaring Of the gale,
Ihave my Lord. e
he holds me when the billowg smite; Z
shall not fall
Safe to the landl Safe to the hndl
The end is this; a!s4s
And then with b m 60 hand In hand
Far into bliss.
Dean Afford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

The police commissioners OF Chic.- .ati
have lust appointed six colored mer as patrol.
men. There are colored policemen also on
the force at Washington and Philadelphia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

THE census taken in Victoria, B. c., lately
is remarkable for the fact that tue Chinese
male population exceeds that of the white
male adult population by ILL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

Live near to God, and so all things
will appear to you little in comparison
with eternal realities. NJ. NJ Cheyne.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

Mr.. WARNER, of Cleveland, is to be paid
S42, 600 for mounting the great Lick teie-
scope in California
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

Total ..S6, AL go, ,9C5
War is luxury that comes high, and
when we had to share it with other peo-
pie, some economy was practiced. But
when we had it all to ourselves it was
conducted regardless of expense.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

General Rosecrans, Register of the
Treasury, certi6es the cost of our four
great wars as follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
The Old and the New.

Extract from the diary of a minister iD
1880: "Made thirty calls, read thirty
chapters in the Bible, prayed thirty
prayers, drank thirty glasses of whisky" {"
From sermon by DR.. Talmage, Octo-
Der 10, 1884: "The ghastliest evil of
America to-day is drunkenness; the i'm
mediate cause OF it, the rum traffic III
ever preach again, 1 will declare the
whole counsel of God on this subject"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-29

have seen Mary Anderson and think
her very beautiful. Her beauty coils it
self around ones heart and CrUshes its
prey 1t Is different type of beauty from
the Iangtry's. who Is. in my opinion. a
more beautiful woman than Mary AndeT-
son, and whose beauty Is of that kind
which You would like To see your mother,
or sister, or sweetheart possess 1t i'll
spires Ssterly affection while compelling
admiration Mrs. Langrry would be beau
tiful even if she were only lay figure.
Miss Anderson. on the other hand, Is a
beauty that requires motion 10 give 1t ef-
fectiveneSs Ellen Terry Is, perhaps, the
greatest living exponent Of this kind OF
beauty Her chief charm is her grace.
and she keeps constantly i'll motion 50 that
your eyes are ever puru>ing her and adj
miring her
Miss Anderson belongs TO the same
school | saw her in New York before she
went TO Europe; then she was merely a
beautiful woman: since that time she has
become an artist and not only the form,
the spirit of beauty is in her and she is
fascinating. She has acquired the art of
graCefulnesS, and learned the secret that
motion gives charm 10 beauty of her
kind. - She flits across and around the
stage in "A tIrelrss manner. evadiug your
scrutiny. and feeling conscious that If she
were To stand still yuu would crtiCise and
possibly find fault with her Globe Dem
OCrat Interview.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-29
The beauties Of a Bath-Room.

The chateau of ChrnonceauX, France, is
now the home of VI. Daniel Wilson, the
son-in law Of President Greyy, and the
bathroom still remains one Of the fea-
lures Of the interior. The walls are GOV
cred with small beveled mirrors, scarcely
larger than a span. Between these panels
runs slender line Of gold, and at the in
tersection> hang metal drops like tears,
and just long enough To be reflected in the
glass The effect is most limpld and bril-
liant, and the panels are 50 small that the
purposes Of mirror are sEllltully frus-
trated The bath is of Solid silver. with
the water issuing from swans heads.
which with "A mirror behind. produces the
illusion Of swans Onthe surface of the wa
ter All the other appointments are in
keeping with this magniticence, even tuau
ante room, where repOSe can be found
with cigars after the bath.-FOreign Let
tnT
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-29
WEARY woMsN PRAISE IT,

ItremOves Faintness Flatuleucy, destroys ali crsv-
ing stlmuauts and relieves Weakness Of the Stcn-
ach. II Bloatng, Headaches, Nervous Prostra-
ron General Debility Sleeplessness Depression and
Indigestion. That feeling OF bearing down, causing
pain and backache is permanently cured by use.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-29

Gen. sheridan was once halted by q. VI.
Woodward of Wisconsin, when the latter
was high private" i'll the Army Of the
Potomac and ON picket duty \ man on
horseback came along, and he greeted him
with the proper >alutation: Who goes
there?" 4 friend" was the reply. "Ad-
vance. friend. and give the c"untersi En"
said the Young private" Il am Gen Sher
ldan," said the hor~rman. Wo0dturd gave
him 10 understand that he didn't care if
he was Gen Shrridan-that he wanted the
countersigu. and he brought his hayonct
into close proximity 10 the generals per
son and demanded the proper answer.
sheridan smiled, gave it to him, and, a.
lie rode away, turned 10 remark: Young
man. there's "A regiment Of infantry com
ing just behind me. Don't modest en-
Chicago Tribune.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-29

DR. Brown Sequard. the French physiol
ogist. has demonstrated that for several
weeks after death, or during the rigid con
ditionS which Immediately follow the ces
sations of life the muscles of an animal
undergo slow alternate COntractions and
elOngations; and he reaches the startling
conclusion that the muscles in rigor NOR
tbs are not dead, but are still endowed
with vital powers, being, however, i'll q
certain chemical condition which is ante
cedent and preparatory TO final death -
Arkansaw Traveller