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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Empty vessels make most sound.
Do not ride q free horse to death.

Empty vessels make most sound.
Do not ride free horse to death.
Debt is the worst kind of poverty.
Cleave the log according to the grain.
There is peace more destructive than
war.
Children and fools should not handle
edge tools.
We are not shaped and fashioned by
what we love.
Waste not time, for time is the staff
life is made of.
Children and fools should not see
work that is half done.
One is never more on trial than in the
moment of excessive good fortune.
Find out your work, and stand to it;
the night cometh when no man can work.
lie is no idle dream, but solemn
reality based on and enaompassed by
eternity.
Work of whatever kind, if rightly
rende: ed, is the best teacher of knoWl-
edge and trainer of virtue.
There is a small chance of truth at the
goal where there is not childlike sim
plicity at the starting-post.
The soul in deep sorrow recoils from
talk, shrinks from words, as the delicate
flower from cold night breeze.
Our value in life is not in being con-
spicuous. but in being faithful to the
work given US and the trust imposed on
US.
1t Is no great matter to live lovingly
with good natured, humble and meek
persons; but he who can do SO with the
forward, wilful, ignorant, peevish and
perverse, hath true charity.
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Mrs. HettY Green's Millions.

Mrs. IIetty G:een, the eccentric old
lady sometimes referred 10 as the "Nitch
of Wall street." has real estate, stocks,
bonds and diamonds rcputed tc be worth
100000. 900. Mrs. Green dresses with
uncommon plainness, has al aversion
for society, and weighs lNO pounds. She
rarely wears any of them, and regards
them simply as so much valuable proper
". "Buy till l tell you to stop" is the
pertinent order Mrs. Green usually gives
to her broker when she is after any par
ticular railroad stock. In this way she
has often doomed a certain stock, and
when the profit suited her she would
give the order to half dozen other
brokers: ''Sell till I tell you to stop
Pailadtsahie Times. .-.-...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-13

Two MONSTER Russian guns have
been sent to Sera ,to pol for the pur.
pose of being placed in thu new IRON
clad Sinope, and although some of the
details must be inaccurate, the official
des cription is too interesting to be ig-
nored. They are Pinch riecss,
wei ching so tons, and throwing pro-
jec:iles of nearly half ton. The
powder charge is 27O pounds, and the
initial velocity 5000 meters, while the
distance of the cannon's ranges is said
to be 20 versts, or over 13 miles. As
consequence the fire OF the guns can
only be directed by the map, the OBJ
ject fired at being out of sight. Two
men, however, suffice for each gun,
as they are worked by hydraulic ma
ahinerY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-13
RELIGIOUS READING.
We Should Hear tho Angels Singing

We Should Hear tho Angels Singing
five only sought to brighten
Every pathway dark with care,
If we only tried to brighten .. .....
ALI the burdens others bear,
We should hear tho angels singing
All around us, night and day;
We should feel that they were wlnging
At our side their upward wayl
-
If we only strove to cherish
Every pure and only thought,
Till within our hearts should p .rish
All that is with evil fraught,
We should hear the angles singing
All around us, night and day.;
We should feel that they were winging
At our side their upward way! z
II it were our aim to ponder
On the good that we might win,
Soon our feet would G ,ase to wander
In forbidden paths Of sin; nE& E,
We should hear the angels singing 3
Allaround us night and day; ss'rfs4
We should feel that they were winging 9
At our side their upward wayl
II we only did our duty, - ?.
Thinking not what it might cost -
Then the earth would wear new beauty
Fair as that in Eden lost; -
We should hear the angels singing
All around us, night and day;
We should feel that they were wingins
At our side their upward way.
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Sick o. His "Busjness "

reporter uf Chicago paper says:
walked into the oar of one Of the big hotels
OF this CITY the other day AMI found the new
pr prietor sitting at one en,i of the bar
w here is your esg nog bowl!" l asked
haven't any this year. lie replied "Dt
you know he coutiaued, that man IL
This business gets mighty sick of it. don't
know why, sometimes, remain in it. Pe
cause, suppose, am not TT for anything
Ii ia bad enough to have to serve this stuff
tst to men when they come in and ask yoI
fSr it. But to keep it in a bowl, to make il
seductive in its appearance, thereby creating
an appetite often-for there are men who
cau't look at the stuff without taking it
that is something which I have concluded
not to do any more
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-13

A BILL to amend tho penal code SD
that combinations of workingmen foI
legitimate purposes cannot be punished
under the conspiracy clauses" has been
introduced into the New York State
Assembly. The bill provides that @Eo
act shall be deemed unlawful because
done or agreed to be done by num-
Der of persons which would not have
been deemed unlawful if done OF
agreed to be done by single person.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-13

CLARENCE 81. CLARK, of philadelphia,
has SET of Motley's dutch Republic"
that he has extended" from nine to
twenty-nine volumes by the insertion
of $500 engravings, autographs, etc.
The work is said to have cost him
$4,000, in which statement there is
not necessarily much exaggeration, as
there are few hobbies more expensive
(or more delightfuD than that of "e1tra
illustrating"
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SAYS O Comanche Indian clergyman:
What we need is the Bible taught in
a plain manner instead Of the whisky
flask. We want the Government to
educate our children to be good and
useful citizens of this country insteal
of drunkards. Let the Government
appropriate more money for teachers
of good moral character and less for
scalp-knaves and guns"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-13
A NEW FRENCH CABINET.

President Carnot Announces the
Names of the Next Ministry.
President Carnot, Of France, has signed
decree appointing the following Cabinet:
& NJ. Tirard, Premier and Minister OF Com
merce.
n. Constans, Minister of the Interior.
NJ. Rouvier, Minister Of Finance.
? NJ. Th.vt not, Minister of Justice.
n. Fallieres, Minister Of Education.
N. Faye, Minister Of Agriculture:
Z NJ. Gues-Guyot, Minister OF Public WORKS
N. de Frevc.net, Minis er Of War.
Admiral Juures. Minister OF Marine.
M. de Courcel Minister OF Foreign ARaira
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-13

The raisin crop Of California the
past year reached 100000 boxes OF
twenty pounds each. ..-..
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TEMPERANCE.
Amen Sallie.

Amen Sallie.
Good Farmer Bluff and his cherry wife
Set out tor town one day
And left, with wise injunctions,
Their little ones at play.
There was Sallie, who was twelve at least,
And Johnnie-ninc or more.
With the household pet and baby,
Sweet May, aged four.
The farmhouse caught on fire that day,
Just how no one could tell,
The children quenched the flames alone
BY working brave and well.
And when the farmer came at eve,
They crowded close and high,
And Johnnie backed by Sallie.
Told what they did, and why.
But little May, somehow,
Had nothing much to say
Until her father, smiling, asked:
what did you do to day"
There wasn't much that tould do,"
She said, with down-cast eye,
"For Johnnie bringed the water here
And Sallie made it fly.
So / dot up in tie torner.
Wis my hands all folded tight,
An holed Amen. Sallie,'
les as loud, wiy all my might"
To workers in the temperance cause
There's nothing to explain,
For think this story over
And the appIication's plain,
II you can't be second Cough,
Nor work as Finch has done,
Do what you can, with earnestness,
Till right and Yictory's won.
r. member that old couplet,
For here you'll find it's true,
That Satan finds SOME mischief still
For Idle hands to do"
And when your guns are loaded."
While you guard the faith with zeal"
Say Amen, Salie," so the world
Around shall hear and feel.
-Libbie j. Sherman, in Waterloo Observer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-13
MORGANATlC MARRIAGES.
Prince Alexander but Initiated His
Noble Sire's Example.
From London Life.


Prince Alexander Of Battenberg Is by no
means the hrst prince who has married be-
meath him. Putting aside the time honored il
somewhat predetermined case of King Cophe-
tua there are the most distinguished pre-
oedents for prince falling in love with lady
whom he is not allowed to marry without .
diminution of status. The late Emperor VIII
liam I, when young man, was desperately in
love with lady, who, though of ancient and
noble lineage, vas not Of royal birth. The
Prussian authorities looked upon the proposed
match ~ constituting serious danger 10 the
established order Of the universe and IL vas
abandoned. Prince Alexander's father, upon
whom the salvation Of kingdom did mot rest,
married lady whose parents we're not princely,
and who became the mother of q family OF
which Alexander Of Battenburg, e one of the
manifest princes Of the age, does every credit.
These unions are described By the perhaps
my.terious term ''morganatic," which IL may,
perhaps, be well TO explain. There was an
ancient custom BY which tho bridegroom, on
the DAY after the wedding, gave his bride .
morning gift-morgsngabe. In the case Of .
nooleman welded to wife Of low estate this
morning gift constituted the wifes portion or
endowment and from this gift such marriages
eontanuiAg this tradition, allows the members
o. reigning house and Of certain noble fami-
hse TO contract marriages IN al respects legal
and valid excspt that u gives 10 the partner Of
lower birth and 10 IL children no share In the
rank, titles and dist2nctions Of the privileged
house. Such marriages. have eftsn been emil
neney happy o0oa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-13
OUR NATIONAL FLOWER.
A Scientific Botanist Decides it Should
be Golden Rod and not the Daisy.

To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
have read with much interest the various
views as to our national flower" given
in your issue of Saturday last Allow me to
say that Mr.. Pfster is radically wrong as to the
daisy. He cannot mean the real daisy
Of English song and story-Burns' ''wee
modest, crimson-tipped fow'r"-( Bells peren-
MIS-, as that occurs here, spontaneous only
as garden escape. Quite probably he has in
mind the ox-eye daisy or whiteweed (Chrys-
anthemum Leucanthemum). But this is
barred out by its being a foreigner, in
troduced by accident into America, where
it has become somewhat of a pest to
farmers. whose pastures and meadows are
only too often overrun by it. Certainly we
cannot take a foreign weed for our national
flower! As to the ready recognition of this
daisy" Mr.. Pfister is also in error. At least
dozen Of the Composite resemble it so closely
as to be wholly undistinguishable in
deed, the actual flowers of the common
mayweed (Anthemis Cotula), resemble the
smaller heads of C. Leucanthemum so closely
that 1t is often necessary to take notice of the
brown-scarious margins of the involucral bracts
Of the whiteweed in order to be sure Of the
genus.
THE GOLDEN ROD.
mere Is not the slightest doubt In the minds
of those who have given this subject scientific
attention that the golden rod is, so to speak,
destined by nature to be Americas national
flower. Its range is universal-from Alaska to
Mexico and from Florida to Maine. 1t lifts its
golden head alike on the seashore and the
mountain top, on arid hill-sides and in moist
woodland depths. Its graceful feathery sprays
have an individuality peculiarly their own. Its
superb color. matching so exactly the precious
metal Americans love, fixes its identity as far
as the eye can reach. 1t flowers from early
July to late autumn, bravely filling the gap
when the "fowers that bloom in the spring.
have all played truant from Dame Natures
floral school. Even its scientific name, Solid
ago, implies combining or qualification, as
of states in a union, certainly most felicitous
meaning.
Practically, let us remember that it is the
adoption of flower by womankind that will
make il truly national As q corsage bouquet
vase bouquets it is superDly decorative, while
as boutonniere little spray of it must please
the most fastidious. or the hundred known
species over three-fourths are North American.
but 1t also occurs to limited extent abroad
two species in England), 80 that patriotic
Americans ON their travels need not be de-
barred from wearing their country's flower.
Finally, be it observed, golden plume
would be far more appropriate name than
the present one, the habit Of the flowers being
much more feather-like than rod-like. It is
much to be desired that every flower
painter in the country should put the
chosen flower on canvas, as q labor of love,
and exhibit the picture as long and as publicly
as possible, with q corner label inscribed:
Americas National Flower-The Golden
Plume" EMERSON ALEXANDER SrERNs,
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The Tobacco Habit.

from tno 0ootou dexAlo.
Probably much the larger proportion Of
physicians are smokers, and doubtless the force
Of their example Il felt more or less by lay
men, who win scarcely believe that the tobacco
habit can be 20 very injurious since those in
dulge who know most Of its evil effects. This
view Of the matter b by NO means justified
because physicians smoke Il no reason why
others should be encouraged 10 do 90. Every
general practitioner ought to be . smoker. He
Who does il much safer from infection than he
who d strictly temperate In that respect
Clothing we'll impregnatsd with the fumes
Of tobacco il poor conductor for disease
germs. And Whist = more important Q
Tobacco breath" II decidedly unffisndly to
them. The germs Of many diseases infect
through the air passages. He Who smokes does
not furnish favorable conditions for their lodg-
ment According 70 the Science, Dr.. Hajsk Of
Vienna has declared that smohars ere les
liable TO diphtheria than non-smoksrs in the
ratio Of aboat one TO three, and Dr.. echi6 sAys
that smoling Is forbidden In Tie ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Laboratories becauss Il h known 10 hindar the
development Of bacteria In the various culture
media We think Dr.. HAjsk dos mot 60 far
enough, and believe that he physician who
takes good smoke" before he h exposed 10
. diphtheria patient and another - soon = he
leaves him y practically safe from infection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-13
In Favor Of the Sunfiower.
To the Editor Of The EVENING star:


We are very much pleased to read your ad-
mirable article in the Saturday issue of your
paper, July 6, on the choice of q national
flower. Your reporter has given in beautiful
form the views of prominent florists and horti-
cultural gardeners which are worthy of atten-
ton. Mr.. Smiths array Of the national quail
ties Of the sunhower Is splendid. l wish to
empasize what was said, and add one
or two more characteristic items. Truly
the sunhower represents American
character in its stalwart growth. Tall, in
dependent, steadfast self-asserting, defiant OF
obstacles, yet generous to the needy, it finds
its birth and draws nourishment for its growth
In every soil OF our country. In the Missouri
bottoms" all along it sends its flowers aloft
twenty feet high and throws out hundreds of
branches like tree, each branch tipped with q
flower! While there are several varieties
notably the "double" sunfower-which touch
our sense OF beauty, do not forget that the
common sunfower feeds the American eagle
Its black, oily seeds form his dainty rich re-
past
Another peculiarly expresses Americ an
character. The sunhOwer, standing erect on
the spot where IL has grown, loves the true
light undimmei, and has the wonderful power
Of holding its full face toward the sun-tarnine
on its neck, face first, from the rising to the
setting SUM truth beautifully illustrated in
Thomas Moore's simile:
The same look which she turned when he rosa"
p
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Force of Habit,

From the Courier Journal.
Mrs. Jsson-"Did you get very loasly while
I was away. dsar?"
Mr.. Jason-''Rsthsr. Firsttwo nishsI didn't
sleep at all Then I got . couple oe frogs and
put them In the bed, down q ~ foot
Aftsr that I slept pretty we'll"
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From the New York Weekly.
Young Husband-''1fy dear, after year Of un-
renting labor and closest economy " have. I
find, succeeded In saving about eSoo. what
shall We do with it?''
Young Wife-'Well, my dear, ~ both need
rest Let's 60 10 summer rssortfor = .veek. /"
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Doors Of Paper.
From the Builder.

Paper doors are said to be great improve
ments over wooden ones. They are formed Of
two thick paper boards, stamped and moulded
into panels, and glased together with glue and
potash and then rolled through heavy rollers.
After being covered with . waterproof coating
and one that 10 dre-proof they are painted.
varnished and hung In the usual vfv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-13

Tor constipation, silver complaint" or bilious
ness, sick headache, and al diseases arising from
disordered condition Of the liver and stomach,
take DR.. fierce's Pleasant Purgattve Pellets
gentle laxative or active csthArrc. according 70
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THE TENDERFooT,s AMBITION.
He Invariably Wants TO Climb to the
Top of Pixies Peak.

HOW ONE OF THEM PARED WHO MADE THE At
TEMPT-A WEARY TRAMP THROUGH sLUsH AND
SNOW AND OVER GREAT FIELDS OF JAGGED
EDGED RocKs-SIGHr VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT
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MARTINS COMMERCIAL COLLEGE 3l3 9Th
W st. near City Post-ufiice. Colored students q
tolhltted NAll or send Tor catalogue. mll6
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nExPREss sELNICE between New Iorh soptn.
sTRSo 40 sna Hamburg y tbs new twin steamers
London and the Continent 6tesiuers unssrSaieS ~
safety. speed end comfort ~
REGULAR SERVICE: -Evsry Thur.dsy svuu-Nev
York 70 fymouth Icndonl therboum dr. Nd
Esss ssi1snsS io3 .ae ap sSe q Ps sss
s s ,ATss.,csS FssLst G; > EIcazEb I Cd
nhs0-ssAn xbw'D j. Dtoof. Sxs n. ave. NV nv.
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OCEAN STEAMERS.
SA'k NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RbtEtfscRER Yfii;oYDs q 90

Fast Exprees Steamer.
To sogth,ym m London, A.yrsl. B.snsn
"a. $3.50 pm; Lshn, We'd July 81. 80 an; Fui.
Comfortable stateroopa, excellent tsbls luxurious
saloon sppoiptmsnts, Prices: lst cabin. elo0 and
and S60 % seult stsesage AZ low rsts& Apply 20 K
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Row THE WASHINGTON MARKET rs SUPPLIED
WHERE THE GAME ABoUsDs-A FRoa- HUNTERS
OUTFLOW TEE oANK 70 sKcrRKp-PRr-
PARrxa .FRoes' Lres FOR THE TABLE
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cloud banks and the great snowy Sangre de
Cristo range, an hour and half or perhaps
two hours high. Occasionally the recollection
OF that bear track in the snow made me I'M
comfortable. One satisfaction had now, out
on this breezy snow-covsred mountain side,
was that could see everything for long way
on. IL bear came in sight at least would
have time to make some sort Of preparation for
his reception with such things as were at
hand-my pocket knife, jagged-edged rocks
and my stout stick. I was as thoroughly alone
as man could well be. The only sound to
be heard was the disconsolate chirp
Of Q snow. bird of somewhere among
the rocks. Once In Q while passed over a
point where could hear beneath my feet the
mournful gurgle Of considerable streams of
water making their way among the rocks to the
valley below. Sometimes these sounds were
very faint but deep, indicating that the stream
was large and had found bed many feet be-
low the surface. For the rest there was silence
all around me and utter absence of signs of
life. As the sun sunk lower the wind grew
stronger and cooler. Ny feet grew numb from
tramping through the snow and slush. The
little rivulets that occasionally followed the
trail when to their advantage began now TO
halt for their nights rest at command Of Jack
Frost. The way became sleeper, and the snow
In spots was many inches, at times many feet
deep: was slowly and painfully crawling over
the shoulder Of . big rise.
MY CHEST AcHED AND nj BRKAru CANE m
aAsPs.
The great altitude and the hard tramp we're
beginning to tell on me. My feet seemed made
OF lead and my knees wobbled and trembled
They hardly had strength TO bear me up over
the rocks. Every step cost me q conscious ex-
ercise Of will power. And all the while the
sun was sinking nearer and nearer the clouds
above the mountain tops away of In the hasy
west, and the air grew more chilly. But set
my teeth firmly, gathered al my resolution
and struggled over the sharp rise, hopeful that
when / gained the higher height could catch
sight Of the house at the summit At last my
outlook ahead broadened- I had gained an
other great tsrraoA But alas! dropped down
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OTHER WAYS.

There are several other modes of hunting
frogs for the market. The boys do a good
business shooting them with air rifles, going to
the swamps lying along the river shore. II
takes quick eye and a steady hand for this
sort of thing, but they generally succeed in
bringing back dozen or two from their trips.
There are numerous other methods with hook,
fy, stick or net, but they are used infrequently.
popular.
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pear as witnesses. IL he should subpoena them
he might get hold of some prominent citizen,
and then there would be kick against the
officer, so that the odds are usually against
him. Now. if the law required the saloon
keeper to keep his curtains or shutters open on
Sunday, such as some of the respectable sa-
looms do, there would be less Sunday business
carried on"
THE AMOUNT OF LICENSE TAX.
Speaking OF the question Of high license"
said the reporter, "what is your opinion of the
amount Of the hcense?''
THAT is q question" replied the officer, THAT
l am hardly able to answer. I have heard
many suggestions made, with amounts ranging
from $3.50 to $1,000. / don't think that the
amount Of license tax would have as good an
effect as good law governing the places. An
increase of eS00 or e40O think would be am
pie as an experiment, for such it would be, but
new laws governing the saloons and giving
more power to the officers are wanted, and
wanted badly. With suoh . law there would be
less grounds for complaint, and with the ga
looms under better control Of the police, think
that the District would make cleaner record
In the future than it has in the past"