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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Ludicrous School Definitions.

A teacher of Brooklyn, Miss LIE Row,
recently published little volume upon
.English as She Is Taught" and by
answers given in good faith by pupils
and selected at random from q mass OF
examinations showed how ridiculously
the methods used in the schools failed to
enlighten young minds. The lady pub
fishes second compilation of definitions
as actually given by grammar scholars IN
whose minds no proper foundation was
laid. Brooklyn public schools are typi..
cal of the system everywhere. Some OF
the definitions are the following:
Stability is the taking care of q stable"
Stability is stables in general"
"A MOSQUITO is the child Of white and
black parents"
"Obelisk, one of the marks of punctua-
ton"
'sIronicai, something very hard"
monastery. place for monsters"
"Tocsin, something to do with getting
drunk"
"A phoenix is one who Sits ashes"
Ventilation is letting in contaminated
"A rehearsal is what they have at
funeral"
AN incendiary is when you 60 round
preaching and singing hymns"
.'Expostulation is to have the smallpox"
"A turbot is a kind OF rhetorical style"
s'Tne boy was cursory when he ran to
catch the train"
"A critic is something to put your feet
onto"
.'Cannibal is two brothers that killed them
selves in the Bible"
Certain Of these definitions are not en-
tiroly devoid of sense. Irony is hard.
can incendiary is when you go round
preaching and singing hymns" is almost
as humorous as talstaf's declaration that
he had lost his voice through the surg
ing and hsllooing of anthems. Not un-
FREQUENTLY ventilation is so unscientifc
as to encourage the admission of contain
mated when pure air is sought. There
is ludicrous and far-away vague recol-
lection of the root of iutoxication in the
definition that ''tocsin is something to do
with getting drunk. Chicago Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Fed by Force in jail.

A man who was condemned to death
for murder q short time ago, and is at
present confined in the prison at Ratibor,
Austria, having resolved to commit
suicide by starvation. is being fed by
force twlce every twenty.four hours.
Some days ago he began to refuse
all nourishment. The means employed
to feed him are the following: In pres
ence OF the prison doctor, q screw is
with great dinculty driven in between
his teeth, and his mouth is kept open by
small wooden wedges. An india-rubber
tube is then pat down his throat, and
he is made to :akc sufficient quantity
of milk Cruel to keep him alive. He re-
sists the operation-during which he
has to be bound hand and foot
sturdily.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Northern Settlements South.

Seventy.fve per cent. Of the readers Of this
article, either for health, pleasure or perma-
ture, and are anxious for reliable information
concerning that favored country. The ILL:
NOIS CENTRAL Railroad, the Home-seekers
friend, reaching from Sioux City, Sioux Falls
and Chicago, to New Orleans, passes through
Western Kentucky and Tennessee, Mississippi
and Louisiana, making direct line to all
NORTHERN as we'll as Southern markets
For this reason hundreds of Northern families
are settling at Jackson, Tennessee; Holly
Springs, Jackson, Terry, Brookhaven and Nc
Comb City, Mississippi; and Kentwood ,Arcola,
Amite City, and Hammond, Louisiana. lfyou
undersigned at Manchester Iowa, for q copy Of
the pamphlet recently issued, entitled Pros
porous Northern Settlements in Tennessee,
Mississippi and louisiana" and II you think
prices are greatly advanced you cannot make
the trip too soon. j. F. MERRY, Gen. West.
Pass. Agt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Mother Hears Her seats nsem.

.'John MeNulty, have you anything to
ttNe, your honor, I have nothing to
say. Everythin2 liss with nay attorney"
AIeNulty speke quietly saa without a
tremer as he stood looking at the Judge
of court in San Ffahcfseo. At this
moment his young wife, with her baby
in her arms, broke through the crowd
and took seat by his side. She was
followed by McNulty's aged mother, who
sank into another chair and stared
around excitedly.
Judge Murphy then narrated the cir,
cumstduces of the killing. McNulty had
ouarreled with his employer, named
Collins, and an attempt was made to
settle the matter by a fist fight in q va
cant lot. This YVES INTERRUPTED and the
next day Collins and McNulty met on
the street, and Collins desired to resume
their friendly relations. McNulty an
swered in surly tone that he wanted to
fight. :,
They parted aud McNulty turned
around and followed Collins. Some one
observed him draw weapon and crled
out: "Look out, he's got q gun!' Col
lins turned and received the bulletin his
right eye. He died instantly.
This was cruel murder, said Judge
Murphy.
Nc cNulty's mother grew more agitated.
'It was un .ustifable and deliberately
committed, "the Judge continued. "fou
gave him not q moments warning; not
a chance to make his peace with his
Maker; not moment to offer single
prayer" :,
Judge Murphy's tones were clear and
cold. Perhaps he suppressed any emo
ton he felt to avoid scene, but if so ne
failed.
me duty alone remains" he said,
sand that is to pronounce Judgment on
you. 1t is ordered that you be given
into the custody of the sheriff to be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail until the day
set for Your execution, and that then
you"
The mother was on her feet. McNulty
did not move, but his mother clutched
the table and trembled. His wife cried
softly, and the baby wall plaintively.
''Be hanged by the neck"
Ou, SOu! NY IVY ~
She flung her arms around the con-
demned mans neck. A deputy sheriff
gently drew her away.
"Cnti, you are dead!" A wild shrek
rang out. and the hopeless look of agony
stood in the mothers eye.
"You-you-you-shall not killed my
boy" she sobbed. "This is death to
me. Oh, Johnny, my child, are you
going to leave your old mother?"
"Order in the court. The court has
not ad burned yet," cried Judge Muir
ply. s..
McNulty stopped and kissed his
mother. The tears filled his eyes, but
he said nothing, and gradually the blood
receded from his face leaving it deathly
pale.-DetroI Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Freak OF q Mountain.

An extraordinary freak of nature took
place on Thursday near the little village
of Bellegarde. France. A large hill just
behind Bellegarde suddenly split open
just as if an earthquake had taken place.
The crack in this hill reaches from its
summit right down to its base. The
crack is $50 metres long and averages
seven metres wide. A bed OF mari has
been found inside the hill. Unlike the
famous mountain that gave birth to the
ridiculous mouse, no premonitory symp-
toms were heard Of this strange accouche-
ments. which, it is believed, has been
caused solely by the rain.
All the houses Of Bellegarde have been
canted over by this freak of nature, and
ten Of them have been completely cap
sized. The inhabitants fed into tho
street. No lives were lost. This occurred
at ten o'clock in the morning. Had it
hsppened during the night the loss Of
life might have been great. --Mu Yors
Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
The Monroe Doctrine.

The collapse of the company which
undertook to construct the Panama
Canal, and the possibility of prosecu-
ton of the enterprise by the French
Government, have called attention once
more to "the Monroe Doctrine" which
is generally supposed to be hostile to
the interference Of any European Govern
ment with the scheme.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The best way of answering this CUES.
ton is to quote the words of President
Monroe himself. in his annual message
of 1923, when it was feared that Spain
and Portugal, with the aid of the re-
stored Bourbons of France, were about
to send powerful expedition to recon
oucr Brazil and Columbia, and subject
them again to the powers from which
they had successfully revolted. The
United States had acknowledged the
independence of these countries, and this
threatened attack was regarded by MIR.
Monroe as aimed at Republican institu-
tons in general. He said in his mes
sage: g,
'sWe owe it, therefore, to candor, and
to the amicable relations existing be-
tween the United States and those pow
ers, to declare that we should consider
any attempt on their part to extend their
system to any portion of this hemisphere
as dangerous to our peace and safety" ,
Again, in the same message, and
evidently still referring not to the pos
session of parts Of America by European
Governments, but to the introduction OF
monarchical forms on American soil, he
said:
"It is impossible that the allied pow
ers should extend their political system
to any portion of either Continent North
or South AmericaJ without endangering
our peace and happiness. " Youths
CoDlutniOG.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Use and Abuse Of Salt.

Twas at dinner few days since writes
DR.. William F. Hutchinson In the
American Magazine where two ladies as
tonished me by the quantity OF salt they
ate. Each half-emptied her individual
cellar into the soup, finished it with tsh,
called for more with entrees, and were
out again before the meal was done.
Roughly, believe that an ounce apiece
of pure salt would have been about what
they each ate. Both were thin, nervous
women, with sallow, muddy skins and
weak, tiabby muscles. 1nquiring later
of one of them if that was her common
consumption of salt, che replied that she
ate as much or more at every meal, and
had done so ever since she could remem-
Der: also, that she believed larger con-
sumption than hers was not uncommon.
Salt in moderation is absolutely ne:es-
sary to health, indeed to prolonged life.
Its chief component, hydrochloric acid,
is part of gastric juice, and needful in
small quantities. But when these are
increased. free acid appears on the scene,
and acting as a powerful irritant, de-
velops acid or nervous dyspepsia to an
uncomfortable degres. Continued,
stomach membranes lose secreting power,
become thickcncd and insensitive, and a
long train of symptoms like those Of or
ganic heart disease begin to appear, aud
prove exceedingly obstinate to cure. A
half teaspoonful of salt daily, exclusive
of what is used in food, is all that should
be eaten by any adult.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

Press the potatoes through sieve, mi!
with them tablespoonful of butter, and
stir in the boiling g milk. Season and
serve.
Rice soup-Wash half a teacup OF
rice, put in a quart of water, and boil
one hour; add half of small onion, q q
stalk of celery and three cloves; boil
one hour longer. Strain, return to the
mess kettle, add pint Of cream, a
teaspoonful of butter rolled in -four, with
pepper and salt; let come to boil.
Mock Bisque Soup-Put pint OF
canned potatoes on to stew, with sprlg
of parsley and blade of mace; let cook \
fifteen minutes. Put quart OF rich
milk on to boil, thicken with two table
spoonfuls of -four and one OF butter;
Press the tomatoes through a sieve, add
a teaspoonful of sugar and halt tea
spoonful of soda; stir in the boiling
milk and serve Immediately. - Courier
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Beautifll Bed Clothes.

Apropos of quilts, it is much the
fashion now to buy the white linen tea
cloths, worked with gold-colored silk,
which are quite moderate in price, add
8 very wide border of gold-colored or
golden-brown plush, then fall of coarse
cream lace, and lay them on beds. The
night.dress case is often composed Of q
smaller-slzed cloth, edged with lace, and
finished off with large bow of the vel:
vet. If the decoration is further carried
out, the splasher consists of a long, mar.
row cloth. and the toilet table cover OF
another, in the same style, and which are
sold for sideboard cloths. s.-Rouses0ye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
To Remove Stains.

To remove coffee stains, put thick
glycerine on the wrong side of the artl-
Gle and wash out In lukewarm water. Ink
stains on clothes, dip in milk and wash
as usual. Remove ink stains from silver
plated ware by rubbing on a paste OF
chloride of lime and water; then wash
and wipe dry. Wash out common oil
stsins in cold water; oil stains on carpets
can be removed OF once by scattering
corn meal upon them, also by applying a
hot iron through heavy sheet of blot
tine paper. Boiling new milk will take
out most fruit stains; dip the articles in
several times; another way is to dip in
sour buttermilk and dry in the sun
wash in cold water and dry two or three
times daily. For raspberry stains, a
mixture of weak ammonia and water IS
best. Remove stains from the windows
by using diluted spirits of salt. To take
out iron mold stains, wet with milk and
cover with salt. The latter also rubs
egg stains from spoons. Wet grass stains
on white goods with water, rub in some
soft soap and as much soda as will ad-
here; let stand half an hour, then wash
in the usual manner. For stains on tea
cups or tinware dips damp cloth in com.
mon soda; rub brlskly, then wash and
wipe dry. Stains on marble are the most
obstinate. Take OK gall, a wineglassful
of turpentine, and mix into paste with
pipe clay; spread this paste on the stained
marble and let it remain several days.
Mildew is removed by rubbing on com.
mon yellow soap, then little salt and
starch. Rub all wcll on the article, and
put out in the sunshine; or, after rub
bing on the soap, scrape chalk over it
and rub well; put In the sun, and as the
stain dries, wet it little. 1t will come
out with two applications.-Dstroit Free
Press,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Meatless Soups.

Soup is both healthful and economical
and should form a part of the dinner
every day in the year. Many house
keepers remote from markets are de-
tered from making soup ny the mis-
fresh meat in order to make it. Many
very excellent soups are made without
meat, and will he found delicate and
convenient.
Celery Soup-Wash three roots of
celery, and cut in small pieces. Cover
with water, and boil thirty minutes.
Then press through colander. Put q
Quart of milk on % boil, add it to the
celery and water in which it was boiled,
with half of small onion chopped fine {;
rub tablespoonful of -four and butter
each together. and stir in the boiling
soup. Season with salt and pepper
and serve.
Duchess Soup-Put quart of milk
in saucepan to boil, with one small car
rot, half a small onion, and a blade of
mace; rub two tablespoonfuls OF -four
and one of butter together. Skim the
vegetables out of the soup and add it.
STR until it thickens. Add three table.
spoonfuls of grated cheese, and cook five
minutes. Take from the fire and add
the beaten yolks of ten eggs. Season
with salt and pepper and serve.
Barley Soup-Scald ten teaspoonfuls
Of barley, drain and cover with fresh
boiling water, and boil three hours {;
strain. Put quart of milk on to boil,
add the barley, little salt and pepper.
Beat the yolks of ten eggs, put them in
the soup tureen, pour over the barley
soup, and serve.
Lima Bean Soup Put quart OF dried
beans in saucepan, cover with boiling
water, and boil slowly one hour. Drain
and pass through O colander. Put a pint
of milk on to boil, add the beans,
thicken with lump of butter rolled In
-four, let boil, add the beaten yolks Of
two eggs. Season with salt and pepper,
and serve.
Potato soup-Put four potatoes on to
boil. When half done, drain of tho
water and cover them with fresh water
add one small onion, stalk Of celery. a
bunch Of sweet herbs, and boil until tho
potatoes are done. Boil quart Of milk.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

And each day and night during the week you
can get at all druggists Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the
most successful remedy ever sold for the cure
of Coughs, Group, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Asthma, and Consumption. Get bot
tie to-day and keep it always in the house, SO
YOU can check your cold at once. Price Soc
and ST. Sample bottles free.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
cafnrrla Cured.

A clergyman, after years Of suffering from
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread,
full disease sending a self-addressed stamped
envelope to Prof. j. A. Lawrence, " War; en-
ST.. NY. will receive the recipe free of charge.
II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons 'sEye-water. Druggists sell at25c. per bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

Radical Cure Tor EpfIepttc FIN,
To the Edito,-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which Warrant to cure the
tues that will send free sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who viii give
me his P o. and Express address. Resp'y,
H.G. ROOT. NJ. c.. 1s3 Pearl ST.. New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

The combined wealth of the Wander
bilt family now reaches s274, 900, 900,
the yearly income from which is placed
at $12, S6!, 400.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

CONNECTICUT capitalists have put line Of
steamhnats on the Tennessee River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
To.NIpht nud To.aIorrow Night,

OREGON raised four crops of strawberries la.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-05

PORT TOWNSEND, W. T.-Four
miners, who have made their escape
from Forty-Mile Creek on the Yuckow
in Alaska, report 800 miners in great
danger of starvation. The vessel
which was expected to supply them
with provisions to tide them over the
winter, was wrecked.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-05

Little Rock reioices in the usual
variety of men-the tall and the short,
the fat and the lean, the dark and the
fair, the homely and handsome. But
our city can boast of yei another kind
of man. Handsome, elegant, rich
and proud, who can look you square
ly in the face, with an innocent, hon
est, child-like expression, and tell
you falsehood for the small consid-
Grafton of fifty cents. That an ex-
terror so charming should contain a
soul so small, is enough to make the
angels weep.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-05

coward, the light brigade"
SIS there a belle dismayed%
No; though each damsel knows,
Her dimes are numbered.
coward the fair brigadeW
Straight for the store they said,
"Into temptations jaws;
Nor heed the prudent mas,
Sweep the six hundred.
Who can resist their wills,
When father pays their bills.
Lovely six hundred.
Laces 10 right of them,
Satins to left of them,
Velvets in front of them,
Blake at the back of them,
Waiting to sell.
Down to the cities pride,
See hew they walk and ride,
All the world wonders.
Flash they in side by side,
Into Gray's rush the tide,
Who can their beauty tell?
Where can they do so well?
Lovely six hundred.
2O6 Main treet
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-05
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve.

THE BEST sALyE in the world for Cuts,
Bruices, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chiblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cuLes Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guaran-
teed to give perfect satisfactn, or money re.
funded. Price % cents a box. For Sale by G
j. Lincoln, wholesale and retail druggist.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-05
/" BY Industry We Thrive"

wish to inform my friends and patrons
that am now forewoman for Mrs. l.. Davies.
| will take the same interest in her work that
would If it were my own business, and we
guarantee satisfaction to all. Respectfully,
MISS A. r. TREZZARE,
Dodge & johnson block, Sixth and Main.
Formerly at AS Main street.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-10-05

The popular drummer, John T..
King, of Twenty-Second and Main,
is entertaining new arrival, a hand
some ten-pound boy, called Thomas
Warren King.
Judge Sam W. William returned
home after most excellent trip North
and East. Mrs. Williams is in Penn
sylvania, but will not return until
cold weather sets in.
Vegetables, fresh fish, oysters,
wienerwurst, dressed poultry always
on hand at r. G. Gilps, the grocer,
105 West Fifth street. Telephone,
81. Prompt delivery.
Mrs. NJ. w. Pabodie returned from
New York the 1st of October, and
has resumed her dressmaking at her
old place of business, corner Second
and Louisiana streets, Reaves build
ing, upstairs.
Col. Jesse Harper, who has can
yassed every State in the Union in the
interest of the Greenback and Union
Labor parties, will address the people
of Little Rock today. All should
hear him, as he is said to be q forcible
speaker.
The president has made the follow
ing appointments for Arkansas: 10
be register of the land office, James
r. Hudsch, at Camden, Ark.
Charles M. Green, at Harrison, Ark.
to be receiver of public moneys, AL
fred A. Tufts, at Camden, Ark, and
Felix Baker, at Harrison, Ark.
We have said before, and we reiter-
ate it, that you will find the photo
graph gallery of Mr.. Rayburn one of
the finest in the city. His work in
every line is of the best, and his love.
ly cclluloid pictures are warranted to
withstand the effects of time.
A party of seven gentlemen from
Scott county, Va, called in a body
at the Agricultural Bureau yesterday,
and were highly gratifed with the ex-
hibit, and especially the fruit display
which is fine and complete. They are
making tour of the State and will
visit the Great Northwest, having
already gone in that direction.
ga new departure" for the boys
and girls at Browning & Co., 421
Main street (Truitt & Co. s old stand).
They make change to a CENT. Try
it, children, when you want to buy
tabs, candy, slate pencils and other
things.
The reception given Tuesday even
ing at the Young Mems Christian As
socation room by the Women's Auxil-
larry, was a very elegant affair and
reflected great credit upon those hay
ing it in charge.
The program for the evenings ex-
ercises was complete and excellently
arranged, Mrs. Reckon being respons-
ible for its various selections. George
Mclaughlin was master of the cere-
monies.
The first number on the program
was Miss Dodge's recitation, "Some
Old Friends"
Mrs. Bracket followed with a vocal
selection, "To My Mona"
A vocal solo, "The Daily Cues