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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-11
TEMPERANCE.
Tho Crimson Stain.

"Oh, curse this awful appetite for drink,
feel that am standing on the brink
OF precipice, with not friend around
To draw me back to firmer, safer ground.
Oh, the thirsting! Oh, the craving Oh, the
Oh, the ioathing! Oh, the loving Oh, the
spurning!
Every nerve, every vein
Throbs with pain.
But I've sworn to.never touch the stuff again.
There's oasroom over the way. Hear the
clink
OF the glasses as the boys step up TO- drink.
There is something now pulling me that
way.
Hear the laughter! Hear the singing All
For moment shall step across the street!
How hilarious would old companions greet
Shall go! How my brain
Throbs with pain
But I've sworn never to touch the stuff again.
"Ah! who is that a-beckonng to mel
IT'S my little sweetheart-none so fair as she.
She is waiting now to take the promised
walk.
How love to watch her smile, and hear her
talk.
She it was who plucked me from the ragged
'edgaS
She it was who made her lover sign the
pledge:
No more throbbing of the brain,
Vanish pain
I swear I'll never touch the stuff again"
Hear the bell-hear the changing marriage
bell
What tale Of hopes and fears doth 1t tell
See the bride-see the blushing, fearful bride.
See the proud and happy bridegroom by her
side.
'Tis he who cursed his appetite for drink
'Tis he who stood upon distractions brink.
Every nerve, every vein
Racked with pain
'Tis he who swore to never drink again.
See the tears-see the bitter, scalding tears
See the wife-see the wife OF two short years.
See the child-5ee the puny, starving child.
See the mar-see the man unkempt and wild.
See him raise his hand and strike with saw
age blow.
Her whom he swore to love two years ago.
Hear her beg for life in vain.
See the stain-the crimson STAIN
She ne'er will weep DER broken vows again.
-ArkunSdU Traveller.
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Driven to Desperation.

A lurid temperance lecture was admlnA-
tered to drunken father OF BowmaustoWn,
Penn, last week. He staggered home end
found his daughter giving a music lesson to
two girls. With much profanity he ordered
both teacher and pupils out Of the house.
This was not their first experience Of the
kind, and the daughter, a sensible girl who
had been much depressed for months by over
hearing remarks as to her fathers habits,
went straightway to her room, wrote pa
thetic letters to her father and mother, in
which she declared that no possible punish
ment after death could be much worse than
the suffering she had already endured from
her fathers conduct, robed herself for the
grave, and drank fatal potion Of laudanum
--Chioo0o Times.
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w. G.. r. Z. Notes.

Out of 373 students in the Congregational
colleges of England and Wales, no less than
315 are abstainers.
The Supreme Court of Dakota declares the
local option law recently adopted IN tnat
territory is constitutional.
By Queen Victoria's orders no intoxicating
LIQUORS are to be in future allowed upon the
premises of the Peoples Palace in London.
Denwiler Station, Penn. has one saloon to
every seven families. Four saloons and
twenty-eight families comprise the popula-
ton.
In one district Of London containing 200
public houses, f0l9 children were seen to
enter their doors during the space of three
hours.
The consumption of beer in the United
States has increased from 5000, 900 barrels in
1867 to about "a, ,OO0, ,OOO barrels in 1887: that
is more than twice as fast as the popula-
ton.
A grocery firm of Kirksville, Mo-, issues
the following advertisement: "Any man
who drinks two drachms Of whisky per day
for year, and pays 10 cents drink for It,
can have at our store ~ SACKS OF IN nour, ~
pounds Of granulated sugar, and Y pounds
of good green coffee for the same money, and
get ;2 50 0premium for making the change In
his expenditures.
A partial explanation Of the late riot in
London, where hungry thousands clamored
for food, may be found in the fact that in the
manufacture Of beer $4,000, 900 bushels Of
grain were wasted last year In Great Britain
alone. This was sufficient to have made L.
1OO, 900, 900 4 lb. loaves of bread, which would
have made a road two yards wide and 2, 900
miles long In face Of this waste 1000 chill
dren, in London alone, were absolutely
starved to death.
Colonel Switzer. of the National Bureau OF
Statistics, states that at the request OF the
National Druggists Association, he has just
Concluded an investigation as to the proper
tion Of the liquor consumed yearly in this
country, used in the arts and manufactures
He has found that this percentage instead OF
being so, as had been claimed, or even 81,
was only T.2 per cent. Colonel Switzer also
said the annual consumption of strong drink
in the United States averaged an annual cost
of SAT to every man, woman and child.
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Eleven thousand nine hundred and forty
seven soldiers, nearly one sixth Of the British
army in India, are members Of the Soldiers
Total Abstinence Association. Temperance
rooms with various amusements have been
established in most Of tho cantonments, and
these act as counter attraction to tho can
teen.
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The Saloons Arrogance.

The time has come when just and whole
some law will be permitted to remain as a
dead letter; but the time is fast approaching
when the insolence and lawlessness of the sa-
loon will he effectuaEy suppressed. A senti-
ment in that direction is rapidly developing,
and nothing has done more to quicken it than
the saloon itself. Its disregard for law, its
arrogance, its lobbying in legislative halls,
and debating to convention and caucuses
have done more than all else to create sem
tjment against it that will control it or sup
press it altogether 1t should consider that
t has no claim on the public at all. 1t is no
part of legitima ate industry; it has no part IN
commercial prosperity. 1t exists in ocpposi-
tion to all principles of industry and COM
mercial interests The people have the high
est right recognizable to suppress it entirely
the right Of self protection. For the saloon
to talk about rights is foolish. 1t has none.
It Only exists by sufference, and there IS
nothing on which it can base claim for pro-
lection. 1t is an industry that weakens every
thing it touches, one that adds nothing to in
dividual or national prosperity, but is a
heavy burden to both. The revenue it yields
is too insignificant, compared to the tax it
makes necessary, to speak of.-Cttcago Cur
rent.
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Glamis Castle, in which Macbeth
killed Duncan, King of Scotland, still
stands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-11

No bird destroys so many grasshop-
spers as the crow.
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and avery nrayer, and every toll Of my hand,
stand beside YOU in the struggle for reforma-
ton: and as hope to have my own sins Tor
given, and hope to be acquitted at the Juog-
ment seat of Christ, I will not betray you.
First of all, seek God; then seek CHRISTIAN
council. Gather up all the energies Of ooeay, a
mind and soul, and, appealing to God 1or
success, declare this day everlasting war
a1ainst all drinking habits, all gaming prac-
tices, all houses of Sin. Half and half work
will amount to nothing; it must be Water
loo. Shrink back now and you are lost. fusn
on and you are saved. A Spartan general
fell at tho very moment or victory, ouG no
on a rock near which he was dying: sparta
has conquered" Though your struggle 70
get rid OF sin may seem to be almost death
Struggle, you can dip your finger III your
own blood, and write on the Rock OF ages:
| "Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ on!
what glorious news it would FOR some OF
these young men to send nome 60 tne.f su
Office every day or two to sec II there are any
Letters from YOU. How anxious they are TO
hear Nothing would please them half so
much as the news you might send nome To-
morrow that you had given your heart to
God. know how it is in the country Inc
night comes on. The cattle stand under the
rack through which bursts the trusses OF
hay. The horses just having triSSeo up
through the meadow at the night fall, stand
Snes M deep in the bright straw that invites
tham TO Iis down and rest The perch OF the
hoVel hove is full of fowl, their feet warm under
the the 4 feathers. In the old farm house at night
no candle is lighted, for the flames clap their
hands about the great backlog, and snake *
the shadow Of the group up and down the
wall. Father and mother SIT nsar tnere .or mat Iat
an hour, saying nothing wonSG5 %bile @ths ths
father 2 breaks tho Silence and says: well. I
wonder where our boy is in town tonight, :,
and the mother answers: ''ln no bad place, l
warrant you; we always could trust him
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-20
FOREIGN.

Gen Boulanger in an oration at banquet
at st. Servian, said he hoped his sword
would return to him before another year had
passed.
A dispatch from Batavia, Java, says that
insurgents plundered Tjelegon, and killed the
native chiefs and the European inhabitants.
| Troops had been dispatched to quell the re-
| volt
Advices from Auckland say that the Tahiti
natives rejected the friendly overtures of the
| French and attacked the launch of the war
ship Decres, whereupon the French shelled
the native villages.
Steamer Fern Holme, from Montreal lum-
ber laden is stranded on Holyroo beach,
| Newfoundland, and will probably be a total
wreck The crew are safe.
W. 0. Parsons, prominent contractor,
was arrested at Thedford Ontario, on a
charge of counterfeiting A large qua tty
of bogus bills and American silver We're
found on his person he is said to be con
nected with a gang Of counterfeiters opera
ting in that section.
Sad tales of destitution and poverty come
from the northern parts of the island of New
foundand, where deaths from starvation are
reported. T. f. Thompson writes from Chi
guet, May 30: great many of the people
are starving Thirteen families are living
| entirely on mussels. Same condition of
things exists at Qurpon. There are no fewer
| than 140 families without food.
On Tuesday the electoral colleges of Mexi-
co met throughout the country and voted
for president, three members OF the supreme
court, members of congress and one senator
in each state. So far no opposition has been
made to the reelection of President Diaz.
| Hundreds of people called on President Di 2
to offer their congratulations. AS his re-
election was foregone conclusion, public
interest centres in the congress .onal cleo
tions.
The British, Austrian and German am
bassadors to Turkey hay0 asked the Port to
expedite the opening of the International
railway to Constantlnople.
The Freisinnige Zeitung says; The report
on the late Emperor Ftedericks maiady
leaves the impression of being a partisan
statement rather than scientific medical
opinion, as it does not contain the opinions
OF the English physicians or their German
adherents Even the most partial reader
cannot acquit it Of one sidedness.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-20

Detectives on Tuesday seized several copies
of the Irish World while searching passen-
ger named Charles Brennan on his landing at
Queenstown from the steamer Cephalonia.
A Lisbon dispatch announces the death Of
Senior Jose Ferrerl Berges de Castro, dis
tinguished Portuguese diplomat.
Emperor William departed on Friday on
his journey to st. Petersburg. The royal
yacht Alexandra, bearing the emperor and
his suite, sailed from Potsdam for Spandau
at lOp. M
The heat has heen unparalleled at Athens
Greece. On Saturday the temperature
stood at 104 degree, in the shade Many
deaths occurred. The currant crop has been
damaged 25 per cent of / value
Mr.. McHugh, mayor of Sligo and editor
of the Sligo Champion, was arrested on a
charge of publishing land grabbing articles
which advocate / ltlml laUon and melted to
violence. He was released on bail
An imperial ulase fl xeS the number of the
contingent recruits at 250,00 as against
235, 900 in 1887 and places the period of ac-
tive service at five yenrs, but at l3 years for
the landwehr. AL able bodied m IN under
a years of age who have not already been
IL active service must join the landwehr
Count Daehkoff, mi is,er of the imperial
household, will return from his vacation to
be present when Emperor William of Ger
many visits st. Petersburg.
The Russian government has agreed to
make a grant to the amount of 5000, 600
rouhIes for the construction of special pc
troleum and naphtha dock at the port of
Odessa, for the accommodation of the large
aud rapidly increasing Russian petroleum
trade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-20

To one who reflects upon the subject,
it becomes apparent that all the wearing
down of continents and islands is finally
washed into the sea. The soils through
which the rains settle are leached of
everything that water will dissolve. The
streams and rivers fed by the rains are.
all the time wearing away their banks
and beds by the force of their currents |
The accumulated earthly matter, as mud,
is carried into the sea.
Moreover, the wearing power of waves,
is cutting away islands and exposedl
points along all the coasts. We see this
on the ter side of islands that arc made,
up of sand and gravel Upon rocky
ledges the process is too slow to be per.
ceptiblc, but their worn slopes prove
that these, too, have lost.
Whatever matter is carried into the
ocean will be deposited on the bottom,
as soon Gs it comes into still water, un-'
less it be substance light enough to,
+ oat; but the order iD which the parti-
eles will be laid down depends upon
their weight and 81 e. The lighter and
the finer bodies will be kept ahoat and
adrift the longe,. AS o result, the coarse
and heavy material sinks to the bottom
nearer the shore; the lighter and tineFis
carrier further out toward the middle of
the sea basins.
If there were no currents in the ocean
to take up the material brought in by
the rivers and distribute this widely, it
is evident that the sea would be filing
fastest near the shore, and that the ma
terial laid down here would resemble
most nearly the neighboring dry land.
AS it is, much of the coast is swept by
currents like the Gulf Stream, which
carry the mud far from the mouths of
rivers that have brought it down Where
such shore currents do not exist, the
marginal deposits may extend out hum
dreds of miles, as is the case at the mouth
of the Mississippi.
To speak of the sea basin as filing up
is misleading 1t is well known that the
oceans and seas cover about three-quaF-
tiers of the surface of the globe. Their
average depth is estimated at about two
miles The average height of the land
is calculated to be less than one-tifth of
a mile, or less than one-tenth the depth
of the ocean. 1t is, therefore, easy to-
see that if the dry land were all carried
into the sea- it would not materially
change the depth of the water. =
| Y0uth'S C0mpdni0H,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-20
FIGHT WITH SWORDS.
DETAILS OF THE DUEL BETWEEN
BOULANGER AND NJ. FLOQUET.
Gen. BouIan ger Seriously Wounded
Deserted by His Former support
ers.

Gen. Boulanger was cheered by the people
on emerging from the Press office and re-
sponded to their pltu Its by raising his hat.
He drove to Neully in a brougham and ar
rived first at the placs of meeting He
paced walk with his seconds while await
ing the coming of NJ Flouquet, who arrived
at 10. 10 o'clock While the seconds were ex-
ploring the garden, searching for conven-
lent spot Tor the duel, Nj. Fioquet, without
betraying any emotion, walked TO and fro
conversing with friends. At the same time,
Gen B1ulanger, with an ohtrusive affectation
of Indifference. kept wiring his walking stick
and consulting his watch, as though impa-
tient to brgin fighting. There was large
crowd outside the grounds, including Mr..
Grognon, one of the heads of the police of
flee, and M. Floquet's secretary. At 0.20
o'clock Nj. Laissant who directed the duel,
brought together the points Of the swords
and delivered the word OF command. Gen.
BOulanger Immediately made a vigorous
lunge at M. Floquet wounding him slightly
on the left thigh. The combatants were inn
mediately separated when it was found
that Boulanger's right hand forefnger was
scratched In the second round Bou-
langer advanced with extreme violence
to the attack. Floquet stood on the
defensive and wounded the general full
in the chest with the sword point and
with q thrust in the neck The wounds bled
profuseiy. Boulanger offered to fight on, but
was prevented. As he walked to tho house,
the seconds supporting him, he looked faint.
His shirt front was covered with blood.
FIoquet was scarcely wounded at all. Bou-
langer's sword did not penetrate below the
skin. Many anx Gus friends greeted Floquet
at the home office after his return. Nine.
Carnot, all the members of the ministry, NJ.
Ferry and his wife and the prefect of the
police congratulated NJ. Floquet, and before
noon nearly all the republican members of
the chamber left their cards at the office of
the ministry of the interior.
There is no doubt that Gen. Boulangers
condition is SCI ious. M. Floquet's sword
penetrated to a depth of two inches between
the jugular vein and the carotid artery, sew
ering the phrenic nerve and impairing the
play of the lungs, perhaps irrecoverably.
Antiseptic treatment has been resorted to.
The general slept during the afternoon un.
der the influence of morphine. Prosiration
was succeeded by feverishness, and at times
the wounded man gasped for breath.
M. Rochefort, on hearing the result of the
duel exclaimed "How wonderful; the
youngest general in the ormy let himself be
pinked by barrister nearly 90 years old"
La Lanterne, hitherto powerful suppor-
ter Of Gen. Boulanger, refuses to follow Ion
ger "a man who has ceased to be a republi-
can and who has shown ambition 10 lie a die
tator." La France also publishes an article
foreshadowing a change of front.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-20
NEWSY GLEANINGa.

FLORIDA promises to become large pro-
aucer of opium,
THE laying of the Martha's Vineyard cable
has been completed.
f. H. TEMPLE BELLEw, the woll-known
artist and cartoonist is dead.
COUNT ANTON APPoNzI won 100000 by
winning the Austrian Derby.
SHEBoYGAN county, Wis, produces g.
000,0 600 pounds of cheese annually.
No Chinese sailors will be allowed on Eng
(ish Vessels landing at Australian ports.
OVER 1000 pianos are ruined every year
in this country by changes of atmosphere.
1t is said that Bismarck has dissuaded
Russia from entering into an alliance with
France.
A CALIFORNIA delegate to the recent Re-
publican Convention found a long-loSt mother
in Chicago.
AMONG the Yale men who received degrees
at the last Commencement were four ia
paneSe students.
THE French Government has bought
Maxim's new repeating gun, which fires sixty
rounds minute.
A FIRM at Garden City, Kan, has con-
tracted to furnish a Cincinnati park with
1000 prairie dogs.
Two Japanese graduates of Yale's Law
school have just been admitted to the bar OF
New Haven, Conn
EAST INDIA wheat is crowding the Amer
ican product in British markets, and pre-.
venting good prices.
A VIRGINIA jury has just awarded $4,000
to the owner of the stallion Bristow, killed in
collision on the Midland railway.
THE grape e-growers Of San Diego County,
CAL, havs petitioned the Legislature to
protect them from the ravages of the honey
bees.
A SAND spout 800 feet high and about 80
feet in diameter was observed the other day
during storm upon the coast near Colleton,
S. G.
ELI ADAMS, great-grandson Of John
Adams, second President of the United
States, has just been buried at Latimber.
vile, Ohio
THE preacher and deacon OF coloreo
church in Florida were whipped into con-
Tossing a theft of 5000 by members Of their
enraged congregation.
THE QUEEN has given $350,00 the re,
mainder of the Women's Jubilee offering,
to st. GATHERINGS Training Hospital for
Nurses for the London Poor
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-07-20
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Red Currant jelly.

1t is such an improvement to currant
jelly to have little red raspberry Juice
with it, says a writer in the Prairie
Farmer, that want to speak of it, so
that those who are intending to make it
will give it a trial. There need not be
many raspberries used-a pint will flavor
three or four times as many currants.
Many advise us to make jelly before the
currants are perfectly ripe, but l have
always succeeded best when every berry
was ripe. My method is to take pound
of sugar to each pint of juice. and as
soon as it is weighed, place the sugar in
fiat pan in the oven and let it heat
while the juice is boiling. The principal
boiling should be done before adding the
sugar; this will insure lighter-colored
jelly than when the sugar boils long in
it. l have had it jell as soon as the
sugar was added, but generally have to
cook it a little while after putting it in.
1t is always well to test jelly by taking
up little first, and never depend upon
its thickening much after it is put into
the glasses. Exposure to the sun for a
day or two before sealing up is often
resorted to, but in my experience this is
rarely necessary. Papers covering jellies
that have stood some time often become
hard and difficult to remove. Pour
boiling water on them, and Immediately
drain it off, and you will find the paper
is loosened at once.