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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
The Coolest Spot and Coolest Day.

The coolest region in the United
States is the stretch of country on the
northern border from the Minnesota
lakes to the western line of Dakota. At
Pembina, which lies near the forty
ninth parallel, the lowest temperature
recorded in the great storm of the winter
Of 1878 was fifty-six degrees below zero.
This is believed to be the lowest temper
aturc reached in the United States. s.-Sar
Francisco Examiner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13

THREE fishermen off the Florida
oast in a small boat were attacked by
gray eagle the other day. They
we're watching the majestic flight Of
;he proud bird of freedom, when II
suddenly scared high above them and
hen came down with tremendous
,woop, Just missing the head of one Of
The men. It made several such at
tacks, and WAS only beaten off by .
rigorous use of fishpoles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13

Frances E. Willard thus beautifully de-
scribcs her experience when she entirely
consecrated herself to the service of her
Saviour: II cannot describe the deep we'll
ing up of joy that gradually possessed me me.
as bird that is good for nothing except to
sing. did not ask myself Is this my
duty? but Just intrutively kneD what l was
called upon to do. The conscious, emo
tional presence of Christ through the Holy
Spirit held me- ran about on his errands
lust for love- Life was halcyon day.
All nv friends knew and noticed the change,
and would not like to write down the
lovely things some Of them said to me; but
they dill me no harm, for l was shut IN
with the Lord"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
TEMPERANCE.
THANKSGIVING.

Plenty of peace sit smiling here,
We thank the Giver Of all good
For the large loaf Of needed food, l..
The product Of a plenteous year. ,
Here commerce spreads her sails Of snow
Here anvils ring and forges glow,
Here freely swings the school-house door,
Here science sweeps the starlit floor.
Have not our days been golden days,
In happy homes where honor dwellse z
Music and song the story tells ~
OF hearts that overflow with praise,
For gifts from the sweet heaven above,
For filial and parental love,
For health and life and the good cheer
Which crown another prosperous year.
Our bins are filled with golden wheat
From fruitful fields, hard labor titled
Orchards and vineyards here have filed
Our vaults with unspoiled juices* sweet
In grateful praise we lift our eyes
To Him who gave us genial skies, !.
And blessed the nation at its task S
With daily bread for which we ask.
The Benjamin Of nations born,
Our land no needed blessings lack,
The loving cup is in the sack, 4!
With shekels hid amid the corn;
Upon the just and the unjust
The rain has fallen on the dust,
And from it food abundant springs,
Fit for continent Of Kings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
Canned fruits.
G.. w. Burgay, in Temperance Advocate,
EVILS OF ALCOKUL.

The evil wrought by alcoholic drink is now
Acknowledged and proclaimed by all tss,sS the s1S-
snfeebles the will, coarsens the mind and In
flames animal passions. 1t separates husbands
and wives, divides families and depriyes.
children of the home influence which Moth
Ing else can supply. 1t lowers the standard
Of morals fills prisons and insane asynms
with its victims, and feeds the germs OF cor
ruption in the body polite. 1t is, ina word,
the cause of the occasion Of four-ffths OF ene
crime by which our national life Is dis
zraced.-Bishop Spalding.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
MoRAL AND LEGAL EFFORT.

Moral suasion and moral force Is one OF
the foundation-stones Of the temperance re-
form, and must ever and continually be
maintained To make, to sell, or to drink Is
to have part in sin and wickedness Of the re-
suits The appeal to the conscience Is one OF
the strongest weapons in this warfare. Rev.
DR.. Ecob says: every man who touches
tastes or handles this accursed thing Is q sin-
ner against man and before God" This Is
one Of the strongest arguments for the abso-S
lutte prohibition of the traffic that can be
presented The sin Of the drink habit and
drink traffic must be proclaimed so long as
the drink exists, and until it is banlshed from
the face of the earth
Moral suasion and moral effort however,
can never have much more than few indi--
vidual triumphs here and there so long as
the strong arm of the State is thrown around
the liquor traffic, and it is legalized and sanc-
toned and protected by statutes and Gov
elnment officers. "Regulation" cannot reg;
ulate this gigantic crime Of crimes" The-
power and support of the State must be taken
rom the saloon and be placed around the
home. The saloon must be outlawed and the
Individual protected. Then and only then
can moral 'suasion have its full and rightful
influence. Moral and legal effort Joined
hand in hand will as surely bring the victory
as there is God in heaven who favors right
eousness and 6isapproves Of sin and all in
.Quity.-Nationdk Advocate. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13

The extent to which "trial by news
paper" is carried on in New York raises
:he question, Are courts and juries
necessary to convict, anyhow? News
papers often convict man as soon as
ae is arrested, if not before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13

A VIENNA millionaire who died a
short time ago had such an antipathy
to darkness that he provided by will
for an electric light to be kept burning
in the vault during the entire year, the
Interior of his coffin also to he electri-
cally lighted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
TOBACCO IN PRISON.

New York State spends $4,000 to supply
its prisons with tobacco. And this tobacco
just feeds the fires of appetite for liquor 80
that when the convicts come out they 60 at
once for whisky and there is no salvation
from their old habits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
THE REAL CONTRIBUTORS.

The Chicago brewers are being congratuN
Late lated odS for their generosity Eias in Fs
but how would it do to give part Of ths,
credit to the real contributors-the impover-
ished wage-workers, the distressed wives and
mothers, and pinched and starving children,
whose living, passing through the channels
Of the liquor traffic, has made the brewers
so wealthy that they can subscribe this large
sum without feeling it, even If they had not
the prospect of getting it all back again, and
very much more besides, if the Exposition
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old story, I'm the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth," does not thrill
him half as much as the other story,
~ saw a new heaven and a new earth"
The old mans hand trembleS as he turns
over this apocalyptic leaf, and he has to take
out his handkerchief to wipe his spectacles
That book of Revelations is prospectus now
of the country into which he is to soon immi-
CRATE; the country into which he has lots al
ready laid out, and avenues opened, and trees
planted and mansions built.
The thought of that blessed place comes
over me nightly, and declare that if this
house We're a great ship, and you all were
passengers on board it, and one hand could
launch that ship into the glories of heaven, l
should be tempted to take the RESPONSE
bility and launch you all into glory
with one stro oke, holding on to the side of the
boat until I could get in myself. And yet
there are people here to whom this world is
brighter than heaven. Well. dear souls, l
10 not blame you. 1t is natural. But after
while you will be ready to go. 1t was not
until Job had been worn out with bereave-
ments and carblncles and a pest OF wife
that lie wanted to see God. 1t was not until
the prodigal got tired Of living among the
hogs that he wanted to so to his Father S
house. 1t is the ministry of trouble to make
this world worth less and heaven worth
more.
Again, it is the use Of trouble to make US
feel our complete dependence upon God.
King Alphonso said that if he had been pres
ent at the creation he could have made bet
ter world than this. What pity he was not
present! do not know what God will do
when some men die. Men think they can do
anything until God shows them they do moth
ing at all. We lay our great plans and we
like to execute them. II looks big. God
comes and taxes us down. As Prometheus
was assaulted by his enemy, when the lance
struck him 1t opened a great swelling that
had threatened his death, and he got well.
So it is the arrow Of trouble that let's our
great swellings Of pride. We never feel our
dependence upon God. until WE. get trouble.
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very well Sultcu alTcauy WIFI WnaI I've
got"
'But, Aunt Bliven-"
"'Tain't worth while to discuss the
matter" said Mrs. Bliven, drily. 81
calculate I'm old enough to choose for
myself what I'll wear and what WON'T"
Leona shrank into herself like the
leaves of q sensitive plant; she crept
back to her bedroom with the rejected
triumph of home made millinery, and
had good cry over it.
Presently she heard her aunt calling:
"Myra! Myra!"
She ran out.
"Oh, Aunt Bliven, I had forgotten to
tell you. Myra had a telegram from her
sister up at Portland, and she had to run
to catch the 10 o'clock train. Her sis
ter's husband has had an accident, and l
promised her I'd explain it to you. She'll
be back us soon as they possibly can
spare her, and Pm TO do the housewor..;;
while she is gone"
Old Mrs. Bliven shifted discoltentedly.
'iSeems to me people are always havin'
accidents" said she. "However, you
may 60 and pick some Lima beans and
sweet corn, and we'll have dish of good,
old fashioned succotash. Myra is good
cook, butts never could make succo-
tash. And in the afternoon we'll have
Toby harnessed up and drive over to
Widow Sally Smiths to tea"
The long shadows of afternoon were
lying athwart the closely mown grass
when old Toby was led to the door, and
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20
Manhattan island.

1t is doubtful if there is a buster
spot in the world of the same size than
Manhattan Island With The year end
ing with September the elevated rail-
roads of New York city carried more
than l70, 900, 600 passenger. And that
is passenger traffic only four and a
half million less thar the whole
traffic of the German empire
for the same time, with its
5000 miles Of roads, In France.
where there is more tr vel, the record
is 205.2i3. .Giuspasseng' rs carried over
her 20,lil miles Of road, which il
about IL per cent. mrre than wentup
and down IN New York and wandered
10 and ilu IL 1t dGri = the same time.
In this county during the same time
there were carried gs.22+,5l3 lasson-
gers over the ligHl2 miles Of road,
bat IN tins wu0s Included the 10000
0lU al Nlw York lntEmual record
So il appears that t4Isirga, was about
40 per cpaJ, O.. O.. ual,ic ul .le whole
country, -ai .g was CARRIED Uu S2i
miles Ci uWCE.-iuGauapI.is EeWS.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20


M0mT1N from The diary OF tOu .
WlTVhN ISIS, commercial travels
WIllJ prs, business men and
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''Is ''"S '''''"'
! hat lll" Wisconsin central ths ihI
Hog iHlll,,' 'oH r-ri"mt 81 oil,
lhAt 'h' WISCONSIN Central has today
lhr m 81 .|'u-nr L,nr nrlwlrn Min
neapoh', 80. PaI nuI milwaukee,
ana GaleysH
''N. .l. ".atoA-ln Iehtr2l Us dallA
aH"g -'au, H.im.Ee,s az lh" .,coR-
l.f.N pullman .lllr p iwr' n MIME
aycns. B., anil and Milwaukee gua
riht.-14-.
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20

"ioV can't Imagine the ausaut of
extra GE w" du for oar regular
guest. 'Iep1gsed Clerk Wiley az the
Grand Pacific last night. as De finish
ed charging a hungry looking man
with au extra meal. I'VE receive
telegrlrs rom customers iDUgucviug
froia cast "a west and vice versa tu
buy them all sorts Of things and do all
sorts Of queer crunds. Any like com
mun.Cltl0u received from a guest Of
the house always receives our best at
tention We came near disappointing
man last night, though, just look
at this telegram;
Have youug. cunning Skye ter
rier at hotel tonight; will pass
through city.
The signature Yves unknown 70
me. and !gt the message one side
After while picked it up and
thought i, joke from some mellow
travelling man.
Then / decided ia have the dog
but tell no one about il i'm case il turn
ed out game. | sent boy 20 IA dog
fancIcr and he brought back some
kind of apurp. BE had just entered
the hotel rs an ex-governor from
Montana arrived and asked if | got
his dog.
1T seemed he had promised his lit
lie girl tD bring home such n pet, but
the erraud Lad slipped his mind till
Yithina fcwhundred miles of this city.
So he telegraphedus, Theoperator had
ca~ght the name wrong, and that's
what bothered me.
,"Our luck in getting the dog saved
The politician quite a few Montana
dollars. because several bottles Of
champagne were wagered on the
chances Of having his terrier at the
hotel when hr came.
$50 you never thought hotel clerks
had 10 supply dogs for guests! Why,
Iexpect some one will wire US to get
a divorce for him and have it down
TO the train when Ec passes through"
Chicago Journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20
A Twenty -Four Year search.

At the outbreak Of the civil war a
colored family named Lindsey, con.
sisting of man and wife. with three
children, a girl and two BOYS. were
sold into slavery at Independence.
Mo. The entire family Were separated
AZ the close Of the war the father
made up his mind that ho would de-
vote tho remainder of his life To dis.
cover the whereabouts Of his family.
For the past twenty-four years he has
had that sole object in view. lie has
Travelled and worked, bearing the brand
of innumeable hardships To accom-.
plish his purpose. In Missouri the old
man obtained the first clew 10 the
whereabouts OF his son Allen, who
was reported by a white man 10 be at
Paris, Tex. The old man worked his
way TO Paris and there met his son
Allen. From him he learned the
whereabouts Of his other son and
daughter whom he visited. Chicago
Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20

The French ambassador al Rome
has had the good fortune Of a singular
''find. a famous portrait Of Noltaire
has been missing for more than half
a century. The most celebrated of his
statues. and nearly all his lilienesses.
represent the philosopher in his old
age, but there was a portrait known TO
have been painted by Largilicre in
I71S, when Noltaire was Ouy "a
''the brightest young fellow in the
world as Carlyle describes him,
This is the portrait that NJ Nariani
discovered aud exhibited at his first
reception in the Barnese palace few
nights ago It's value Is even en.
hanced for n characteristic anecdote
explains how it came into the posses
sion Of its late owner. Noltairo in his
old age had a great desire 10 meet the
Marquiso dc Nilctte, one Of the many
flames Of his youth. The lady had
survived hcr beauty and did not care
for the interview. Voitaire was
piqucd, and wrote first rather insult
ing quatrain on the refusal which he
followed up by sending "A portrait OF
himself as the court beauty may have
remembered him when they were
both young. Indeed, for the purpose,
he took IL away from his adopted
daughtcr, 10 whom he had presented
IL fifty years before The lady retain
ed the picture and bcQueathcd it TO
her nephew. Baron Naricour from
whom the ambassador acquired it.
The pedigree, therefore, is without a
flaw. A medallion head In Beauhar-
nais' edition of Voltaire's works has
evidently been inspired By Largilieres
portrait. Pail Mall Gazette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20
Need the Yankee.

South America presents many good
opportunities for young America Just
now. That portion of the great west
ern continent is settled by former
residents of Europe who bring with
Them the preiudices and conversation
oi tho iutherland. The English speak.
ing portion Of the population is prin-
clp9lly drawn from Great Britain,
ana, of course, these people lack the
iorce and persistency Of The Yankee.
as an instance Of this conservatism,
my brother, who is in Bucnos Ayres,
bad great difficulty in inducing a rail.
way company, with which he is en-.
ployCd, to make use Of the typewriter.
They finally brought one from tho
United S.aiC3, and havo since obtained
several more. They say they would
not do without them now. Kansas
City Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20
TROUBLESOME NEleHeoRS.

-
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Sonle little SPOT on h~ppy sIVunu ,
"neIe Nh'age litaspleS n,lsnl W '0uno
"N1oIl ~ fI.i.'se 'Itt'.iis -,
nov uouply osesS 'l''.t H ~ Won" 'H
mneie Ah 'l,4E''s =, 8 'e.l ~ Eo''ly'
.! goss''s s"diess pratt!ug
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20
FOUR NEW STATES.
south Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.

south Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.
On Ftmuary -. 1sS1, tie TEcsilsif signed the
IfIl creating south pak0'a, North nakoIa. MJu.
taua, anTWgshiugIon states ofthr Union.
sul tn - DhEUTA.-lhe .greM PWric state, 20
which the ~. PAU, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba
! Fmlway aas thrrd!lgiI. lines reaching i.iItndhle,
Aberdeen, Huron, NaierOwn, ami sioux balls
GOt 70 -outh naKotayiayhe ~ Paul, Minneapolis
4 Manitoba RaiSy and pn's through =. Paul
aud MinnenpOhstn fouie
NoG7u D.roT4.-Where l. grown The No. !
Hard scotch Fife Wheat; whose hsalhfUl climate
nurtures the .iigoroutn tnnd brainy oivilltatiaa
on eariG; Whcretinglc counties raise L,Ore wheat,
oats aud baTleyilhau entire states: the soil Of
whose fertile brairioS II TiChsA han the valley uf
the Nile: where the Turtle Mona ain, Minot and
DEVILS Lake lana fstrhis invite the home seeker
'dterure iree home, 4, Nagr f6oent daily train
servicc 10 Fargo, Grand Forks, ttra'i0u, reyirs
Lak,, Botineau iald nlkotber important points.
MONTANA IHa GOLDES.-Trensures in her
mines OF preoiOu sSnetas wealth In her i,uOiN0
d ad Of live stock; producing larger yield OF
crops than any other siaiepr territory the richest
country per inhSbiNnt Onsranh; where prosperity
Is universal which has the test P9id labor IN the
world: a balmy winter climate, caused by warm
winds from the Pacific. The u Paul, Minneapo-
lis n Manitoba Railway IL thsonly railroad pass.
ing through a continuous agricultural country
from Minneapolis TO ths Rocky Mountains. II
runs through the Great Reservation OF lS,n.NWJ
acres of land, free TO settlers, In the MIX River
Valley. Wood, water, and coal In abundance no
irrigation required; the only line passing through
iTeai Falls. with iisl 10000 horsepower cdtar'
set; immense coal veins. and surrounding farm.
ing country % free, land through Helena,
the capital city aad commercial centre. Of Nom
ana, and lutte. the richest miningSeanp on
earth, 20 -an FRANCISCO by the Columbia River
Valley, Portland'Snd shasiaf Route, 'or Ogden,
i'tah, TO California points. RememlsEJhis Is the
only line runnInpiining, cars sleeping ear and
free zionist sleeJss Of its own from 81. Paul and
Minneapolis to Great Falls, Helena and Butte. II
Is also the.shortesi line 10 Butte
WAsHINGTOS The country OF tall timber, in
dented by Puget soundsibe Mediigrancan OF the
Pacific. DO not foIgeShat the II Paul Minneap-
oils q Manitoba Railway II the only line which
offers choice Of three routes to the Pacific cosst.
The Manitoba. Pacific route Is the only line by
which passeBFrsen route for Tacoma, Portland
and san Frnneisc6ca4pasEh through Port Town
send ana. seaItle. Free oolOnst sleepeTs ran
through without change or DELAY. Distance TO
the Pacific coast is same as hy Oil er lines hut
prices of tickets are dye aud ten dollar less Take
the SeattlYToute -,
Por iurther.ln AonnatiOn maps, rates and publ.
aiiOns in regard 10 the resources OF the four new
states, write OF apply 10 y. / MHlTNEG, nenl
Pass. and Tiki. Agent II. r., 81, a 81 Ry' 81
Paul, MINI.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-11-28
SLAMMING THE DOOR.
4 Performance by Which Absolute
Nothing Is Gained.

A Performance by Which Absolutely
Nothing Is Gained.
A suggestive little squib with q
moral is going the rounds of the papers.
Bessie and Willie overhear a quarrel
between their parents. (which OF
them is getting the worst of it?" asks
Bessie. 81 don't know yet" answered
Willie, ST am just waiting to see which
of them will slam the door going 6ut.
Willie had found better and moro
universal test of human frailty than he
knew. The man who gets the worst OF
it usually slams the door. To ''get
mad" is not only a sign of weakness, it
is sign of defeat as we'll. The success
full person can afford to keep his temper
and wait for time to vindicate his
course. Some people slam the door in
the newspaper with vicious, ill-tem-
pered article. 1t helps our cause not
one whit, but indicates that they have
had recourse to q defeated mans last
resort, an ill-natured fling. Others
metaphorically slam the church door.
They get angry with a brother member,
call him names, provoke quarrel, and
perhaps a serious division results. Tho
man who has a good cause can afford to
be patient. He can meet his enemies
arguments, if it is worth while, or he
can let them go for old Father Time to
bury in oblivion. He is not greatly
ruffled or annoyed even by SANDER and
abuse, for he knows that barking dog
is estimated pretty accurately at his
true value in this practical world, and
that the best pou1tice for the wounds
caused by hard words is silence. Moth
ing is gained by slamming the door.
The angry man forgets that his oppon.
ent's fingers are not in the crack of the
door and that the sound neither hurts
him nor destroys his arguments nor
heals the pain he has inflicted, but only
seems to make the slammer ridiculous
and indicates that he is worsted in the
com bat-GOlden Rule.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-11-28
Cutting or the Combs.

It has long been practice among
game breeders to cut off the combs and
wattles of themales. 1t is not believed
to be cruel process. but of that we are
not SO sure, as the removal of any Dor
ton of the body is attended with pain to
a certain extent. Leghorn breeders are
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of cutting
off the combs in order to avoid the effects
of the frost in winter, which cuts off the
combs slowly and painfully. The one is
done quickly and the other is slow tort
ure. 1t is not safe to cut off the combs
and wattles of old birds. as they bleed
very profusely. Young birds (males and
females) may be dubbed" when four
months old, or as soon as the comb is
well developed. Use a sharp shears or
razor. A very sharp knife will an
swer. Cut off the wattles first and then
the comb. and battle the parts with cold
alum water. The solution of alum
should be as strong as possible, and the
parts well saturated with it. Our advice
is not to cut at all if it can be avoided,
and subject the large comb breeds only
to the process.-Farm and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-11-28

hogs are to be scraped. The bottom of
the notch or fork should be about six
feet from the ground. In this must lie
long, heavy pole, notched to keep it
from slipping where it lies on the post,
four feet from its largest end. At the
butt cut deep chip to catch and hold
the gambrel. ALI this is quickly done,
and often answers as well as windlass,
for the heaviest hog can be hung up with
ease by raising the long end and slip
ping the short, notched end under the
gambre1 stick. Where more than one
hog is to be raised more levers will have
to be provided, unless the pork can be
owered on to stationary pole, as the
pork must remain suspended awhile to
cool