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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-01
Prohibition Prohibits.

Bonforrs Wine aud Spirit Circular gives
honest and conclusive testimony as to the re-
suit of prohibition in Maine which we com
mend to all persons and papers that Try to
prove the contrary. In recent issue it says
"Durine the year of its existence the asso
citation has given most important aid h
Rhode Island, Michigan and Texas aud the
result Of the election in these States has been
TO give a check to the prohihitory movement
that is Of priceless Importance to this husl M
ness as well as to the general E"ou 90 ths
community. If the amendment had t'een
carried in Michigan and Texas anil these
States reduced to the unhappy condition OF
Maine, the tide would have swept over the
West and the South. and the rtsi - tha list
portion Of the trade would hars Leoi counted
5y millions For the result e'.r' directly
end indirectly mainly indeoted 10 tue ash ,*ns
tinus it's existence and increase It'd useful
nsSIH
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-01
CURIOUS FACTS.

About ono person in 400, according tot
the Jeoelrs' Weehly, wears glass eye; =
Linen was first made in England in
1853, and only worn by the luxurious
Chinese chronology Is founded On
their observation of eclipses over 4, roo
years ago. !
A Hartford coin collector has q cent
piece of the United States coinage Of
1899, which Is considered TO be worth
nearly $500.
Files as implements of handicraftiness
are of very early origin, being men,;
toned in the Old Testament q Samuel,
xiii, 2I 1923 B. G.
A young girl in North Adams, Mass.
has seven grandparents living. She has
one great-grandfather, two great-grand-.
mothers, two grandfathers, and two
grandmothers.
Ex.Secretary Holcomb, of the Ameri-,
can Legation at Pekin, says that out OF
the 400, 900, 900 inhabitants Of the Chi
nese Empire, fully 800, OG0, 900 spend less
than $3.50 month for food. .... ~
A Georgia man had pure white hen.
Recently she began moulting, and every
white feather that dropped out was re-.
placed by black one, and now she Is
clad In deep black from bill to tail
A farmer of Saline county, ILL.,, lost
calf long time ago, and recently, in
draining piece Of swamp land on his
farm, he discovered the animals body,
lying under water and completely pet
rifed.
! Hundreds Of English sparrows are
being dragged from their nests or roosts
beneath the cornices of the high build
ings in Columbus, Ind, by large flocks
Of screech owls, that carry them away
and devour them. ..- ~
I; The first record we have of coal Is
about three hundred years before the
Christian era. Coal was used as fuel In
England as early as 752, and in 1894 the
|.frst charter to dig for it was granted by
Henry III. to the inhabitants Of New
castle-on-Tyue. ~.
A flock of blackbirds that must have
been nearly two miles in length, was
seen by the passengers on a PennsyiVs-
MIA Railroad train recently. The birds
were so numerous that they darkened
the sky for few minutes, and pre-
sented most novel spectacle.
The Hon. George West, the we'll
known paper maker Of Ballston Spa.,i
N. Y, recently received from China q
sheet of paper made from the web of ths
'ssacred white spider" It is almost as
light aud transparent as any spiders web,
and on it is printed clearly and beauti.
fully in English about 5000 words OF
the story: "How Midshipman Copples-
ton was presented at the Court of Pekin."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-01

Revenue Offices in Maine, and made the State
tributary to that of New Hampshire, as the
revenue of the former State is 80 small it Is
not profitable to support separate office.
It is said tho sale of liquors in the House
restaurant, Washington, D. c., is carried on
in the most open manner, and in direct viola
lion of a joint rule which strictly forbids such
sale under penalty OF forfeiture of privilege.
There Is In Japan q temperance associa-
tion whose members are firmly pledged not
to use even drop Of alcoholic liquor until
all the waters of the earth change to the same
drink. This society publishes paper called
The Temperance.
The Supreme Court of the State OK Mis-
souri, has decided the local option law OF that
State as legal. This establishes prohi-
bition in thrty-four Of the tiity.one
counties, and II Of the l6 towns and cities
that have voted on the question.
OF tventy-six cases ON the criminal calen-
aar for the December term OF ths U. 3.
yourt at Madison, Wis, sixteen were for
selling LIQUOR to Indians, one for taxing
whisky on an Indian reservation, and one
tor selling liGuor without license.
Since tho Surrame Court rendered its de-
,ision relative % tho constitutiunallty OF the
prohibtory laws OF Kansas and iowa, Inc
keeley Brewing Co. Of Chicago, has in
,truciol it's brokers to buy no moro oarleJ
crown in or shipped from these states.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-01
RELIGIOUS READING.
Little by Little.


Stop by step the Alpine climber
Presses upward sure and slow,
Till his feet are firmly planted
In the realm Of endless snow.
Blow on blow the sculptor fashions
Roughness into symmetry,
Till the dark rock CLEANS with brightness
In its newborn majesty.
Touch by touch. tho picture groTeth
Into beauty, life, and light,
Till wondrous revelation
Bursts upon the raptured sight.
Stroke by stroke the clock aye ringeth
Welcomes o eternity,
Adding warning unto warning,
To the heart in me and thee
Word by word the book Is written
With its tale of woe or veal,
Till the throbbing thoughts like music
Through the trembling spirit steal
Wave on wave the wild tide creepeth
Farther on and up the shore,
Till the stranded boats are floating
Free and buoyant as Of yore.
Such Is life in all its phases,
Little things make up the great,
Therefore scorn them not, but make them
Stepping-stone to heavens gate
-tRev. W. ]. Mathams, in London Freeman.
TIE knowledge Of Christ.
The knowledge Of Christ is a flower that
never fades; carry it in your bosom and it
will fill your life with fragrance. It is a
light that cheers the darkest night; the longer
it burns the brighter it grows, and fierce
winds only make it shine more clearly; II
turns hovel into a palace, makes rough
road smooth, is easily carried, and costs
nothing. The knowledge Of Christ is a
purse full of gold; it will pay your way in
att the strange places Of life, and fetch you
comforts more choice than any found in
kings houses; it will open gates closed to
the wise Of this world, and, unlike earthly
treasures, the more you spend the more
you have. 1t is we'll whose crystal stream
makes all around beautiful and pure, re-
freshes the weary passer-by, never knows
the drought of summer, and from LIES
morning to its latest eve flows steadily,
CARRYING joy and song throughout its
course. It is q sunbeam from paradise, q
smile from the face of God, the song book Of
saints, the harp Of angels, the Bible of the
New Jerusalem, the key Of heav.n's treasury,
and the passport into the presence OF the
King. It makes rainbows on storm-clouds,
transforms tears into pearls, and thorns into
apple trees, and causes the desert to blossom
as rose. 1t makes the heart larger than q
kingdom, richer than bank, brighter than
q palace, and happier than grove in which
thousand birds are singing. Get this
knowledge above all things, increase 1t,
teach it, live it, and prize 1t above rubies, for
it is your happiness. your glory, and your life.
-lRev. John Macpherson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-01
TEMPERANCE.
Pure Lips.

Pure Lips.
Pure lips for the children
Whom fathers shall bless;
Pure lips for the children
Whom mothers caress
Pure lips for the children.
With never q stain
OF rum, or tobacco,
Or Language profane.
Pure lips for the children,
The hope Of the land,
Who shout in glad chorus
The praise OF our Band.
Mary D. Chellis
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
Local Personal.

VIM. Neill of MiIlen is at the Screven.
S. Somer of Valdosta is at the Harnett.
G. B. Denton of Macon is at the Harnett.
SD. Corners of Halcyondale is at the
Harnett.
R. Elias Of Charleston is registered at the
Screven.
L. F. Robbins of Wadley is at the
Marshall
w. H. Bennett of Albany is stopping at
tie Screven.
J. w. Merritt of Atlanta is registered at
the Marshall.
l. Herman of Macon is stopping at the
Screven house.
G. NJ. Patterson of Morgan Lake (Ga.) is
at the Marshall.
Miss NJ. Z. C. Lawrie of Townsville is at
the Screven house.
r. B. Bledgett of Atlanta is registered at
the Marshall house.
]. J. Witt of Port Royal is REGISTERED al
tho Marshall house.
Sydney J. Hayden of Louisville is regis.
tered at the Screven.
d. B. Overton OF Brunswick Is registered
at the Screven house.
John Finloyson of Quitman is stopping
at the Marshall house.
Mrs. G. w. Coates of Brunswick is regis.
tered at the Screven house.
J. r. Graves of Bainbridge is in the city
He is guest of the Screveu.
Judge H. G. Roney of Augusta is in the
city, registered at tie Screven house.
Miss Alice Hallihan returned to Augusta
last night, after a pleasant visit to friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcdonnell returned
to Augusta last hight, alter spending few
weeks at Tybee.
G. w. Hanl1inson of Philadelphia arrived
on the Philadelphia steamship yesterday
He comes to Savannah 20 accept position
as salesman with A. J. Miller & Co.
w. B. O'Rear, who recently resigned from
the United S,ates signal service, lef,
Charleston Saturday en- route to Dallas, Tex.
where he proposes 10 go into the drug bust
ness, having had considerable experience in
this line before entering the signal service.
Mr.. O'Rear was druggist in this city be-
fore he entered the signal service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
The Best Time to Buy Valuables.

This is the dull season OF the year. This
information is not exclusive or from inspi-
ration. Trade is pretty well as far as it
goes-but it doesn't go far. The purchasing
power of a dollar now is something surpris-
ing, simply because there are more dollars
than trade. IL word, we are now inclined
to give very large dollars worth for 100
oents just to keep things moving. Within
tie past few months we have added to our
stock IN various ways, new ideas, new con-
ceits. new tricks and quips in jewelry, and
SO OH. We've got tc keep up, you know,
with the strides of inventive and artistic
excellence. Our stock is worth looking
over, and, as intimated, we aOiI sell UefY
close to move some of it. This is q good
time 10 renew household articles Solid
eilver tabls ware, superb plated ware,
ornamental goods For personal use or
adornJnent we offer line par eGcellence #
Ladies Gne Gold, Silver and Diamond
Jewelry, Ladies' Watches, Chains and
Charms, Gents Watches ana Jeweiry, etc.
All of these articles can be bought cheaper
now than when trade gets bIisker. Some
body will get married next fall--buy the
presents you intend to give noW. They
will keep, and you will save money.
M. STERSBERG,
1877 BrouEhton street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
SUNDAY ON The WHARVES.
Everything Showing Signs of the
Busy Rush Of Nexth Month.

Everything Showing Signs of the
Busy Rush Of Nexth Month.
The quiet on the wharves yesterday, the
last Sunday in August, was so dense that it
could be cut with knife. Only one vessel
arrived, the steamship Tallahassee. As far
down the river as the eye could reach not a
curl of smoke came from tug, nor was an
unreefed sail seen coming into port. The
wharf sheds were, in the main, lonesome
and empty of freight, and ''under the bluff "
was never more quiet or peaceful.
But it is the quiet before the season of
activity soon to begin, when the wharves
all along the city's front will be loaded with
the products of the forest and the field
the turpentine farm and the cotton patch
the pinery and the rice plantation. Already
the cotton buyers from the north, England
aud the Continent are beginning to arrive,
and home buyers, who have been Off for
relaxation and recreation after a busy and
prosperous season, are coming back to adj
dress themselves to their share of the work
of handling another 1000. 00O-bale crop
Steamers have already been chartered, and
other charters are to follow of vessels for
the coming trade. The steamship Ponca,
the first English tramp of the season. is ex-
pected to arrive to-day or tomorrow, hav-
ing slipped her cable in New York last Fri
day.
Advices from the cotton belt the past
week show no unfavorable reports, but
rather they renew the promises that the
staple will be of excellent quality and the
yield all that the planter could desire
More encouraging STILL cotton has advanced
Is cent per pound in the past four days.
By the middle of September there will be
great activity on the Bay and under the
bluff. The harbor will soon fill with ship
ping. and rail and river will combine to
quicken all the arteries and veins of trade,
so that even Sunday on the wharves will be
one of stirring activity, lasting far into the
coming year.
The hotels report the incoming of the
commercial travellers from the North, who,
anticipating the usual revival with the
moving of the crops, come to place their
orders for the fall trade. The dullest time
of the dull season is soon TO give way TO one
of stir and vigorou> activity, which will be-
gin earlier than last year and is expected to
continue longer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
EDWARD LOWELL DEAD.
Ono of Savapnah's Most Successful
Business Men Passes Away.

Edward Lowell, one Of the Oldest ard
most succeesful merchants Of this CITY, died
at Balston Spa. ". Y, seven miles from
Saratoga, at o'clock Saturday night. The
remains will reach Savannah, via Charles
ton, at o'clock Wednesday morning, and
the funeral VIII take place at Laurel Grove
cemetery at II o'clock.
The deceased contracted violent cold
the night OF the fireworks display In the
park extension during the Jasper festival,
and Bright'S disease followed with fatal
effect. Five weeks ago he was taken to
Clifton Springs, n. Y.,whereit was thought
That tho waters would prove beneficial
to him, but as he got no botter after two
weeks he was removed to Ballston Spa.
His wife and two children, Robert p. Low
ell and Mrs. w P Schirm. were with him
during his iliness. Two other chi(dren sur
vive, Robert F. Lowell and Mrs. f. w.
Dasher of this CITY, whose husband died
the day before her fathers death. double
bereavement within few hours.
Edward Lowell was born in East Med
way, Mass. March 4, 1916, and came to
Savannah in 1885 lie was for MANI years
house of Lowell g. Lattimore but sold out
in 1857 to his brother, Mr.. Nathaniel
Lowell, intending TO retire from business.
Later on be became partner In the hard
ware firm of Crawford 81 Lowell The
death Of Mr.. Crawford in 1884 ended the
co-partnership, and in the reorg anization
the business tGs since been continued under
the firm name of Edward Lowell s. Som.
The deceased was man Of great industry,
and lent helping hand to almost every YEN
terprise calculated to advance tie material
interests of The city. He had business tact,
keen, perceptive facilities, and a pleasant
greeting for all whom he met. Firm in his
integrity throughout all his business trans
actious, he was not only popular with the
people, but remarkably successful in his
commercial life, leaving a large estate.
He served as an alderman for six years,
and was AFRO at ono time president OF the
Savannah and Ogeechee canal and OF the
Savannah brick manufacturing company
He was a director in the OLD Atlantic aud
Gulf railroad company, and at the time OF
his death was vice president of the Ogle-
thorpe savings and trust company.
During the war he was in the
-tached service assisting in the PIN and
construction of the artillery defenses for the
protection of the city. He was an honorary
member of the Chatham Artillery, in which
he served his time as an active member and
he was q pay member of the Savannah
Cadets. He was also a member of Live Oak
Lodge of Odd Fellows.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
THE LITTLE MATCH psDDLBR.
The Thriving Business That He Has
Built Up By His Industry.

| The Thriving Business That he Has
Built Up By His Industry.
Matches, four for five.n
you wan ter buy matches, Mister1 Four
for five.n
| That Is what tho marketTnen listened 10
all day Saturday, A young lad stood on
the bridge chirping matches to the people.
He was cad in a sailor suit and wore a little
! blue cap. He was not ashamed to ''cry Off"
his wares, and his shrill voice attracted the
attention OF passers by IL was bis business.
| He went into it for all he was worth. All
day long he stood in one place crying
Matches, four for five" At night he
pushed his way out of tde crowded market
with an empty basket,
"Aow many matches have you sold, he
was asked.
Lem me see," and he began counting on
his fingers.
"Fiva hundred and ssventy-five boxes"
"How much is that"
Its big pile, I'll tell you. It's this basket
full four times.
''Howmuch did you get for them"
Five dollars ana eighty cents here in my
breeches pocket. The change in my right
breech's pocket Is mine and the other be-
longs 10 my employer"
$50 you have made 81 40 to-day"
''Yes sir. | make that much every Sat
urday, and O lots of times more. This is no
big day. Wait till winter comes, and I'll
have pocket full of 'nicks.'"
who do you sell! to-"
Everybody, but my best customers are
the colored folks and the slilors. l make
things hum i'll winter. Match trade is
lively them
'Tell me something about your business. -"
"Weil, my business is what have made
it. When first began selling matches, five
years ago, thought III cry my eyes out
when didn't sell nckle's worth ali day.
kept ON trying, though, and I began to
get rid of few boxes. Then I enlarged
my territory, and I'd como home
with an empty basket every night.
My business increased, and the
people began TO look for matches whenever
they saw me. They'd wait for me- Finally
/ built up match trnie. | sell two and
three baslsetfuls every day now, and in
the market Saturdays | sell more. l make
just twice as much now as / did when be-
gan selling. Then tbev charged me So IS
per gross, and | made Is cents. Now they
charge me 81 As per gross, and l retail
them at 81 So"
What becomes of all the money you
make"
~ put it in the bank. l have nearly 800
put away there. I buy my clothing my
self. and in tho winter l wear shoes. If my
expenses are heavier then, make more and
/ am satisfied. But must go. "Good-by,"
and the little match peddler was off to
count over his money,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
Its Age Important.
From the Ne1C York. sun.

A group of men in Delmonico's, yesterday, re-
called one of the most amusing of the many ex-
hibitions that Nat Goodwin has given of his
irresistible tendency TO jest at all times and
places. He and James O'HeiI, of Monte
CriSto" fame, had agreed to play scene from
Camille at a benefit. O'Neil was admittedly
the best Armand" on the American stage. He
was growing mustache, which was very short
and not particularly impressive. The ends
were waxed upward. The musJache seemed TO
exercise an unusually fascinating effect upon
Goodwin. He would sit and gaze at it with
speeches. intensity for hours at a time. But
he never alluded to it in any way, though O'Nel
questioned him nervously On the nignt OF tine
performance, Goodwin appeared as Camille. ~
Ii was agreed that the two actors should play
the scene exactly as written, and, thou IA the
audience laughed at Goodwin first from force of
habit they were presently impressed by his re-
markable emotional powers and sat spell.bound
until the dialogue almost reached It's climax.
There is one thing" Camille sob5ed, as
she asped her hands and emitted q racking
and consumptive cough, that you must promise
me, Armand uefore / die"
"'CamIlle' you must not die" gasped O'Neil
in a voice that drew every feminine pocket
handkerchief in the house from it's mysterious
lair.
But tell me, tell me this"
Tell you what dearest:N
Tell me" shrieked Goodwin, in voice sur
charged with anguish, the age of that quisby
mustache."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27

OVER IN CHARLESTON.
What is Coins on in South Carolina's
Metropolis.

w A1ub 40 1OAAAh pil IL 1OIbh SoIOAi1ld
Metropolis.
The Charleston Knights of Pythias will
celebrate the founding Of the uniform rank
by parade tomorrow.
The German Hussars have challenged the
Sumter Guards to rifle match The
challenge YVES acc pied by Capt. Hyde for
his company Saturday night and the contest
viii take place some time this month.
DIR. James B. Stoner, assistant surgeon in
the United States marine hospital service at
Norfolk, Va, has been temporarily stationed
in Charleston until the return Of DR.. Cutie
ras, who is now treating the yellow fever
in Florida.
DIR. H. d. Fraser, secretary of the South
Caroiina state board of health, has received
a letter from William Miles Hazard, of
Georgetown, through Col. A. II. Butter,
commissioner of agriculture, saying that
black measles have broken out among tho
negroes on Sautee river, and have become
epidemic, about thirty people having al
ready died.
The Spanish steamship Castillo, which
arrived at Charleston quarantine last week,
will either have to remain there till Nov. l.
or seek some other cargo than a cargo of
cotton. The Castillo is the first of the
tramp fleet to reach Charleston, in the hope
Of getting the first cargo of the rev crop of
cotton. Under the resolution adopted by
the Charleston health board last week, the
Castillo is shut out
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
STRINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Deshes Here en1 There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Observation-Disclosures at
Police Headquarters.
DeKalb lodge No 8, 1. o. o. f., meets
this evening.
There will be q meeting of Calanthe
lodge No. %, k. p, this evening.
For the twenty hours up to o'clock
this morning not single arrest was re
ported by the police.
A valuable marc owned by E. c. Glea-
son fell dead in the harness at Bull and An
derson streets LIST night.
The Bryan county republicans nominated
| Philip Buiinartin (democrat) for repre-
| sentative III tno state legislature on Satur-
day.
| The police barracks were in darkness
several times last night, owing to a failure
OF the gas supply and lamps, and the OIL
GERS quarters were lighted by lamps.
There were 1871 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstroet's last week,
against ISL In the preceding week, and l37,
100, $50 and l76 in the corresponding weeks
OF 1887, 1885, 1885 and 1854 respectively.
Messrs II. Ferst & Co. commenced the
manufacture Of candy on Saturday at the
Savannah steam bakery for the first time
since the fire. They will commence baking
bread to-day aud crackers tomorrow. The
rave added a steam elevator, besides
adding ano her story TO the bai!ding.
Henry Sanders, tie white man who is
| held IN Jail on writ OF bail in trover
from Magistrate Patterson's office, for a
failure to produce 325 worth OF furniture
belonging to A. j. Miller q Co., will, in all
probability, be released to-day. HIS friends,
1t is understood, are making up purse,
| and will pay OFF his in ohtsdnesS TO Miller
81 Co., and the ccsts Of court.
A gentleman reported to the MORNING
NEWS last night that ne got q bottle Of acid
from tho city for dis,HfecJiag purposes aud
| found no label on the bottle. As the disiu'
fectant is poisonous, he thinks that greater
| care should be exercised in giving the disin-
fectant out. A yoing lad burned his hands
with the carboic acid, and the dagger from
an unlabeled bottle, he thinks, is such that
all bottles should be properly labsied.