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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25
A SNUG PENSION.
A Blind Kentucky Private Gets
Nearly $4,000.

"A
Nearly $4,000.
The largest pension that ever passed
through the Louisville office has just been
paid. The amount is s13,903.47. It goes to
John 81. Smith, of Cornwall, Menifee
County, KY. The pension began
with SIS month from January, 1852,
which changed to s25 in 1854, to $3l. .25
in 1872, $50 in 1874, and $72 in 1878. Smith
was private in Company K, Of the 9th
Regiment Of Illino Volunteers, and early
in the war received injuries to his eyes,
which ended in total blindness.
SUNDAY School Teacher-"What can
you say about Jonah?' Pupil-"Well,
he was an honest man." why do you
think he was honest?" "'Cause ne
didn't run corner on fsh-ol and
whalebone. ."-Arcola Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25

MAINE lumber operations in the WOODS
this winter will be fully up to the average
For the past two months there has been
stream of choppers and swampers pouring
into the nothern wilderness. Probably not
less than 3,0OO or 1000 will be employed, 1t
is expected that the total cut Of logs will be
loo,% SOO
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25
Washington.


case, counsel for Thoobe charge before the
House Committee that the returns were
withheld and falsfied, and that he had been
offered money not to push the case.
MR. LAMAR's resignation as Secretary Of
the Interior, and the Presidents reply there
to are published. Mr.. Cleveland says he
looks upon Mr.. I.amar's retirement from the
'ahnet with the most profound and sincere
regret
CONSULAR appointments by the President:
J: Harvey Brigham, of Louisiana, Consul
at K ngstnn, Jamaica; William L. Brad
trd, of Alabama, at Barranquilla: Lebbeus
g. l1enn ngton, West Virginia. at Rio
roIdc do Sui: Jacob L. Doty Of Brooklyn,
y. Y. at Tahiti, Society Islands; Thomas
w. HotchkiSs. Of New York at Ottawa,
mt Rockford Ma"key, OF South Carolina, at
as Del Norte; Charles s. Torck, of Texas,
at Monterey.
The Senate Committee on Territories in
structed its Chairman, Senator Platt, to re-
rort favorabIy bill for the division Of
Dakota and the admission Of South Dakota
as a State.
PosTMAsTERs nominated by the President:
Lewis r. Norton. Westfield. Mass; Henry
N. Pardee. Northford. Conn. Charles II.
Edwards, Portland, Conn. Michael D. Muir
ray, Johnstown, N. Y; Henry r. Boyce,
Fonda, N. Y; Giles NJ. Stoddard, Groton,
n Y; James Garvin, Morristown, N. Y.
FAVORABLE reports we're made by the Sen
ate committees ON the confirmation or Mr..
Villas as Secretary Of the Interior, and OF Mr..
Dickinson as Postmaster. General.
THE Senate Judiciary Committee made
majority report, signed by all the Republi
can members, against the confirmation OF
Mr.. Lamar as Supreme Court Justice, and
q minority report, signed by all the Demo
cratic members, IN favor Of connrmanou.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25

RICHARD WooDaAN and his wife, who
have been confined for thirteen years in the
Insane Asylum at Concord, N. H., have
been released, the commission deciding that
they had never been insane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25

ONE Of the latest ''sightS" in London has
been an exhibition of sewing machines at the
ROYAL Aquarium. Sxty-nine patents, In
Guiding many novelties, were shown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25

A QUEER sight was witnessed at Fort
Smith. Ark, recently There is not foot OF
pave,i street in the city, and when 1t rain 1t
Is almost imposs BILE to get around. Some
ineenious resident b tched pair Of mules to
a skiif, one drove the mules, another used
the oars and third managed the rudder.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25

A WAGON load Of squirrels were sold az
Hot Springs, Ark. few day SINE the ven
der selling them by the b,lshel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25
South and West.

THE recently reported stories OF people
starving and freezing to death in Western
Kansas are authoritatlvely denied.
WILLIAM CRUzAN and Elijah Ulnl, wealthy
young farmers of Douglas County, ILL.,,
Settled ON old grudge with pistols at short
range. Ulm was instantly killed
SIX men were killed in Cleveland, Ohio, by
the fall of 150-foot span of the new viaduct
A FIRE at Sherman, Texas, destroyed the
Southern Hotel and two residences Five
persons were badly burned.
EVANGELIST MOODY has begun series of
revival meetings in Louisville, KY.
led" COLEMAN, O negro, at Evansville,
Ind, stabbed and killed his brother in row
over an old coat.
THE thermometer registered SO degrees be-
low zero at Belgrade, Mont.
DURING a thunder and lightning storm at
Middleburg, Fla, q blazing meteor weighing
200 pounds fell to the earth.
AT Lima, Ohio, Mrs. Anna Roberts slipped
on the icy pavements, and falling, broke her
neck.
AT Louisa Court House, Virginia, fire de-
stroyed twenty-one out OF the twenty-four
business houses III the place.
THE British brig Kildonan, Captain Grant,
has arrived at Baltimore She passed through
six miles of floating timber, doubtless por-
ton Of the great raft which broke away from
the steamer Miranda
GovEaNok H0RAKER was inaugurated for
his second term at Columbus, Ohio.
NATURAL gas has brok n out in the water
fountain at the Leland Hotel. Chicago.
1HE Detroit Llgnt Infantry Armory, the
handsomest structure of that character in the
country, was destroyed by fire.
THE anniversary Of the battle Of New Or
the Crescent City.
THERE was a co 1ision on the Union Pacific
near Fort Steel, Wy. T., in which two chill
dren were burned to death and five people
| injured.
Two men we're killed and several hurt by
the bursting OF boiler in Brazil, Ind.
THE Rev. Frederick Howard, of jackson,
! Tenn, has sued sixteen members Of his con-
gregation for SANDER, claiming S50,000 dam
ages.
| AT Durham. N. c., Llcian Rowe, negro,
was sentenced to lie hung for burglary.
INDIANS killed two OF a party of prospectors
near Tombstone, A. T.
| j. D. BARNES fatally shot Lew. Owens,
the wealthiest citizen Of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Some time ago Rev. Thos. 2. Ryan, was
murdered and robbed in Roane county, w.
Va, and Rooert and George Duff and Ches-
ter Coon were brutally lynch+d for the
| crime Detectives have discovered that these
men were innocent, and that the real muir
derers were Their lynchers.
SENATOR J. B. BECK was reelected United
States Senator by the Kentucky Legislature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25

THERE are some who write, talk, and
think so much about virtue, that they
have no time to practice it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Hints About Horses

From Medical Classics.
1t costs more TO keep poor horse
than II does to keep good one.
Change the feed for your horses off.
en- enough to make them relish il
improper feeding is the cause of nine
out OF ten cases of sickness smono
horses. "iiiong
Every time you worry your horses
you shorten their lives and days of use
fulness. "'0
Sweat and dust cause the horsa,s
shoulders TO gall. So do poor, ill-fittine
collars.
The temperature of water for horses
Is not go much of an object as the purity
OF 1t. While it is best to have the water
cool, 1t is more important to have il free
from all impurities.
Mares in foal shoulc have exercise
and moderate work, and under no cir
cumstances should they be subjected to
harsh treatment, nor should they ever
be allowed to 60 where they would be in
danger of being frightened
1t Is alike dangerous To other horses
and men 10 spare the life of glandered
horse Chambers is a highly conta-
glous, lncurable disease, and as a rule
fatal IN the human subject.
The horse which can plough an acre
"hic auOtutr morse Is pIOugalng ball an
acre, or that which can carry load of
passengers ten miles while another is
going five, independent of all consider
atoms OF amusement, taste, or what is
called fancy, is absolutely worth twice
as much to the owner as the other.
Affection cannot be pounded into
animals. Kind treatment insures .he
affection OF an animal, while rough
treatment is sure to cause its hatred.
When horses are suffering from the
bites of flies or stings of other insects,
sponge the parts that cannot be protect
ed by nets. with water in which insect
powder has been mixed-a tablespoon
full to two gallons of water.
Animals of vicious habits should new
er be used for breeding purposes, as
vices are transmitted. By careful
breeding in this respect, the DISPOSE
tons of the animals can be partially
led.
Of two colts similar in disposition and
sense, one may develop into steady
and valuable family horse, while the
other may be everything that is vicious,
treacherOus and unsafe-all because of a
difference in the men handling them.
Plenty of whitewash should be used,
not only for the brighter appearance,
but also as a disinfectant. Hot white
wash on the inside of barns, stables,
poultry houses and pig quarters, will aid
III preventing yermin and insects.
What the colt requires plenty of ex
erclse, clean place TO sleep, shelter
from bitter storms, plenty of good grass
of different varieties, good, clean hay
without dust, and good, sound oats.
Colts raised in this way will not look so
well, nor win as many premiums, nor
sell for as much money, but they will
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
PRACTICAL ECONOMY.
An EnSlishman shows How to Live
- "A Weak

An fnslishInan Shows How to Live
So % Week
John /. Heaton in Letter from Stoke. upon.
Trent in Philadelphia Press.
as l was waking from Burslem TO
Iunstall, with my mind intent on pot
terles, | overlook a smoke-blackened
young man, collier, travelling in the
same direction, and slowed my pace for
talk with him. He had acquantances
who were or had been ''in the States
and was interesting and talkative. lie
told me that the times were bad, men
out of work, and children crying for
bread
This is more true of the GOLFERS than
OF the potters at present, however. In
the pottery towns | have seen very lit
tie outward evidence OF extreme pow
erty, and next TO no1e OF that gaunt
and abiect wretchedness which so
smites upon the eye in London, Liver
pool and Birmingham. The erocers
whom | have questioned say that the
potters are good cash customers except
when work is slack.
How d. they manage this? This
question brings us, last of ali, face to
face With the big subject of ways and
means.
The tnlted States consul at Tunstail-
Tor the benefit of future visitors | viii
state that the consulate at Tunstall is at
Burslem, In The market building-ls Mr..
Sch9nhof, careful student of economic
questions. and the author of I. valuable
book on the wages question.
Mir. Schenhol makes no secret of
leaning toward the iree-trade theory of
economics, and this fact will probably
convince those, il any there are. 10
whom his reputation as writer upon
economic subjects Is not sufficient guar
| antee, that he would not at least und, =
state the earnings of the workmen o his
district.
When, in 1885, the United States State
Department collected, through our con
sular system, valuable series OF reports
upon the wages of European workmen,
Mr.. Schmnhof was compIimented highly
upon the completeness an / value OF his
returns. lt was my purpose, therefore,
to use his figures, asking m if there
were much change in the wages since
1888.
This question | was unable TO ask Mr..
Schpnhof, as he is absent in Scotland.
But VICE Consul Copestake, to whose
courtesy | am indebted for this and 9TH
er information, tells me that the figures
of 1885 are practically correct for the
present
| will not give the wage table in full,
as the names of the different sub
divisions of the work are so much
Greek, but merely state that Mr..
Schoenhof gives the nominal wages of
adult males at S6.2S to Sll.65 per week.
These apparent wages are, however,
SO reduced by loss of time and other
causes that the average actual earnings
for the year are. for all classes of adult
male labor, but 1892 per week. Even
these are good wages for England How
does the pottery workman manage TO
spend them all? Here | will quote
Mr.. SchpnhOf's table, giving the aver
age weekly expenses of a Tunstall la
borer:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
ELECTRICITY Instead orLaughing Gas.

Boston Letter to the 81. Louis Globe Democrat
Boston people nowadays have their
supertiuous teeth drawn by electricity
lnasmuch as all new ideas in the arts
and sciences are spread from this en-
lIghtened metropolis originally, and
from hence extended over the country
there Is little doubt that sooner or later
this new method will supersede laugh
lng-gas aud ether In other big cites of
the Union. The process in question is
very SIMPLE, scarce any apparatus be-
ing required beyond an ordinary uwo-
cell battery, with vibrator attachment.
This attachment Is a Thin strip of metal,
fastened al the ends, which Is made to
vibrate a thousand or more times per
second by the electric current. At each
vibration the circuit is cut Oft and re-
newed again, the effect being to give a
perfectly steady flow of the mysterious
fluid. In order TO make sure that the
flow is quite satisfactory the operator
tunes the machine-assIsted by little
reed tunlng-pipe until the strip of
metal sings "A" SO far, o good.
Now, 10 the battery are attached three
wires. Two of them have handles at
the ends, and the third IS hitched TO q
forceDs. The patient in the chair Is
gwen a handle 10 hold in each hand
and the current is turned on gradually
until IT becomes painful. Then he is
told to grasp the handles as strongly as
possible, the electficity-having been
switched of for a moments turned
on again suddenly, and the dental sur
geon applies his torceps simultaneously
10 the tooth. The instant the molar is
touched, it, as well as the parts sur
rounding, becomes electrified and alb
solutelv insensible to pain. When it is
Withdrawn nom the socket, the subject
of the operation feels not the slightest
disagreeable sensation. A jerk and the
tooth is out, the patient drops the han
dies and the affair is over.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10

Master, master, do not eat; II is
boy" The chief, on being questioned,
admitted, with no small pride at the eX-
tent of his hospitality, that hearing that
the whi'e man would feast with him, he
had ordered young boy TO be Killed
and cooked in his honor, a. the greatest
delIcacy obtalnable, and that Inc
joint before them was the best
part - the thigh. Early travel
ers in New Zealand always ex-
press establishment when they discover
the cannibal propensities of the Inhab-
itants that so gentle and pleasant man
nered people could become on oeca-
sion such ferocious savages. Earle, who
wrote very readable, Intelligent ana
but little known account OF the Maoris
very early i'll the present century,
speaks of the gentle manners and KIND
ly ways of New Zealand chief, whom
afterwards he discovered To be an in
yeterate cannibal. He relates that he
visited the place where they were cook
ing the body OF young slave glrl that
his friend had killed for the purpose.
The head was severed from the body;
the four quarters, with the principal
bones removed, were compressed and
packed into small oven In the ground,
and covered with earth. 1T was
case of uniustifable cannibal-
ism. No revenge was gratited by
the deed and no excuse could be
made that the body was eaten to perfect
their triumph. Earle says that he
learned that the flesh takes MANY hours
TO cook. that it is very tough ltnot
thoroughly cooked, but that it pulls
III pieces, ike piece of blotting paper,
If well done. He continues that the
victim was handsome, pleasant look
ing girl of Is, and one be used frequent
ly to see about the Pah.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Franking With Rubber Stamps.
From the New York Mail ard Express.
- Il In. L.. e.. L

From the New York Mail ard Express
Speaking about forging the frank of
2 senator" said a lawyer the other day
to reporter, brings to my recollection
the occurrence that gave rise to the use
of the rubber hand stamp for this pur-
pose. The question as to the use of the
fac smile in rubber, where it expressly
stated that handwriting Is necessary,
was first raised by the assistant secre-
tary of the interior and the pension
office when the point at issue was
batch of pension claims wherein the
signatures were made by stamp. When
Secretary Daniel Manning was stricken
with paralysis he had a rubber stamp
made with which all his correspond
ence and many public documents were
signed. The same legal question was
raised as to Mr.. Manning's right to use
the stamp, and 1t was decided in both
instances that only in certain cases and
certain classes of papers specified could
it be used. However, last year Post
master General Dickinson decided that
the use of such a stamp was a sufficient
compliance with the law in the case of
printed paper, such as the Congressional
Record and all bills of the House, but
for no other purpose.
"A practice has grown mp of permit
ting a congressman or senator to
designate any person to sign the docu-
ments, but only when power of attorney
has been given, as the custom as now
established is that any clerk can frank
papers by using the congressman
stamp. But there is no law to punish
the unauthorized use of such a
stamp. 1t is a question whether, were
a person placed on trial for forgery in
such q case. he could be conyicted.' ,.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Rules for Using Books.
Never hold book near 4 fire.
Never drop book upon the floor.
Never turn leaves with the thumb.

Never hold book near fire.
Never drop book upon the floor.
Never turn leaves with the thumb,
Never lean or rest upon an open book.
Never turn down the corners of
leaves.
Never touch a book with damp or
soiled hands.
Always keep your place with thin
book mark.
Always place a large book upon q
table before opening it.
Always turn leaves from the top with
the middle or forefinger
Never pull book from a shelf by the
binding at the top, but by the back.
Never toach book with damp cloth,
nor with a sponge in any form.
Never place another book or anything
else upon the leaves of an open book.
Never rub dust from books, but brush
it oft with a soft, dry cloth or buster.
Never close a book with a pencil, a
pad OF paper or anything else between
the leaves.
Never open a book farther than TO
bring both sides of the cover into the
same plane.
Always open a large book from the
middle, and never from the ends or
cover.
10 avoid lnJurng the leaves OF books
never put a pencil mark in a library
book.
Always keep your books out of the
reach of small children, and in clean,
dry place.
Always keep any neatly bound, Dor
rowed book covered with paper while
in your possession.
Never attempt to dry book accident
ally wet by fire, but wipe offthe moist
ture with a soft, DRY cloth.
Never write upon paper laid upon
the leaves of Gn open book. as the pen
Gil or pen point will either scratch or
cut the book leaves.
Never lend borrowed book, but re-
turn 1t a. soon as you are through with
1t, so that the owner may not be de-
prived Of its use.
Never cut the leaves of book or
magazine with a sharp knife, as the
edge is sure TO run into the print, nor
with the finger, but with a paper-cutter
or ordinary table knife.
Never hold a small book with the
thumb pressed into the binding at the
lower back, but hold it with the thumb
and little finger upon the leaves and
three fingers upon the back.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
HardwoOds,

A writer on cabinet woods says: "A
handler OF veneers thinks that birch is
not appreciated at its real merit For
veneers he considers birch nearly. and
he can almost say quite, as good as
cherry. Birch is coming to be more
highly appreciated than it was, and may
not be surprised to see a boom in it be-
fore long. When birch becomes fashion
able everybody will want it.
"In the foreign-wood trade prima
vera, the fashionable light mahogany. is
very scarce all over the country. The
principal foreign-wood house in Chica-
60 has a stock of only 5000 feet on hand
and out of this New York orders are
being supplied with the prospect that
shortly not plank will be left in the
sheds. 1t is a curious fact that mahog-
any is being shipped from the deposit
DRY in Chicago to New York right along,
when the same stock was brought from
the same seaboard city. A carload of
mahogany was lately shipped from
that city to GERMANY
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
4 Natural Thermometer.
From the New York Mail and EXPIRES.

From the New York Mail and Express.
''The spiders webs that one meets
in tie fields and meadows are
not so indicative of the kind of
weather that we shall have during the
day as some suppose, said merchant
the other day at is not exactly true
that these spider webs are more album
dant on some mornings than on others
and that they presage fair weather. As
a matter of tact, during the latter half
of the summer. these webs are about as
abundant one day as another, but they
are much more noticeable on some
mornings than others, by reason of a
heavy dew which makes them more
conspicuous. They are especially no.
ticeable on foggy morning.
The webs are little nets that catch
the fog, and on every little silken
thread is strung innumerable minute
drops like glass beads. After an hour
of su shine the webs are apparently
gone. But they are still there, stretched
above the grass, at noon and at sunset
as abundant as they were at sunrise,
and are then more seryiceable to the
spiders because they are invisible.
The flies and other insects would avoid
them IN the morning.
Farmers consult these little webs as
regularly as they would a thermometer.
II they had one, and in many houses
they often take the place of that instru-
ment. \ heavy dew occurs under a
clear. cool sky, and the night preceding
day of rain is usually devices night.
That dew then means fair weather, and
a copious dew discloses the spiders
webs 1t is the dew that is significant
and not the webs. -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Coal as Found in Dakota.
From the Bismarck Tribune.


Leonard Standring, of DEBORAH, Ia.
returned from Mclean County yester-
day, where he has been boring for coal.
He wanted 10 know what there was I'M
der the surface and the quantity and
quality. He found III less than 200 feet
PSI feet of good coal. He found at the
depth of 20! feet 3! feet of coal, then l
foot of fire-Clay, then feet of coal, then
8 feet of CLAW, and under that ] feet of
coal, next Q! feet of clay and feet OF
coal. Following that Is feet of hard
pan and 5! feet of coal, and last 50! feet
of hard material and then the largest
discovery, II feet of coal, and when
the boring ceased coal was still coming
up. Mr.. Standring was satisfied, and
he quit This is a m ost important dis
covery and verifies the surface indica-
tons that our country north is coal all
thrOuch
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-10
Bishop" OberIy Caught On.
From the Chicago Herald.

Mr.. ObeTly says that when he was
elected assemblyman in Illinois he was
frightened when the first tine for him
came to go to the capitol al Springfield
for ne was conscious that he was not
the pOssessor of polished edu-
cation. He feared that he would
be pGled by the flashing of
bright intellects all around him
He took his seat on the first tiav
in fear and trembling, but III five min
utes he was perfectly at ease and WAS
made to think that perhaps he might be
one of those who would shine" This
was what wrought the great change in
his mind:
''Mr Speaker" said one assembly
man, there are no ink in the ink
stand"
Young Oberly was amazed by
gracious" he thought, lis this the kind
of timber they send here? Hope rose
when another assemblyman, since
famous as Long john" and known to
all the good people of Illinois, rose, and
"Mr. Speaker" said he, "there are
ink, but it are froze in the bottles"
This was all young Oberly needed TO
put him perfectly at ease in the Legisla-
turp.