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Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18

IoxDor. July IA severe ~1srm pre-
vailed throughout tie canton of switssy-
lsBd Tuesday An iron eridgs and por-
ten ~ a railway we're destroyed One msn
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Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18
BoIocaust IN q Hotel.

PRrsSo. Cal. July u The Bush House
was burned at 1 o'clock IA I, had a large
list OF guests &c is believed thar all the oc-
cupants of the third floor peTishsd
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18
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PznADsIPaIA. July tT-Ihe schuylkill
paper nth az Issyank, owned by Frank
acDoaali was buIsoa TUESDAY. Loss.
81. 10. Insurance. 50, 30.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18
ANOTHER VICTIM

"Jack inc SuPposco W bo
sponsibIe for the Murder Of Another
Woman Whose Horribly Mutilsted He
mains were Found Tuesday IN
Whitechspel. London.
LONDON. July 11-One more murder has
been added TO the long list credited to
Jack the Ripper" in Whitechapel The
body OF "a woman, evidently one of the dis
reputable frequenters OF the district, was
found in Castle alley Tuesday night,
only a short distance from where the other
murders were committed. Tho body was
horribly mutlated and bears undoubted
evidence OF the work of the tend whose
atrocities in Whitecbapel have terrorized
the whole district repeatedly. The police
are rs far As ever from a clew TO the iden-
t1ty of the murderer and seem perfectly
paralyzed The excitement throughout
Whitechapelis is at fever heat
The most extraordinary feature of tslc
occurrence Is that the scene of the murder
was overrun with policemen and that sew
eral officers must have been only a few reds
distant when the bloody deed was commit
ted There is no clew 10 the assassin
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18
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Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18

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port - ths chef II sngfess1s ca sarseys
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Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
Death Of o. Remarkable Cripple.

Silas Wilson is dead at the age of forty
fiye.. His home. was at GIG Ninth ave-
nue., New York city. His name Will not
be inmortalized perhaps, in story or
songr but he was in some respects re-
markable. He never had the use of his
legs below the knees and his vocal organs
were so paralyzed that he could talk but
little. he lived with his poor, hard
working parents in Philadelphia
until he was twenty-five years
DID,, and then started out to earn
his own livelihood. he found recipe
for a.soap that cleaned clothing nicely
and began to manufacture and peddle it.
Almost from the first he did well. At
the end of two, years he made New York
his headquarters. In the railway station
in Buffalo in 1878 he saw woman who
had wax flowers to sell. In response to
his, query she told him that she averaged
$1.5O day. Why, I make $40, he said,
and that is enough for two. Not very
long after the wax flower peddler became
his wife and they made happy and con-
tented couple. Wilson had his legs en-
cased IN leggings and really walked on
his, knees. When erect he was only
three feet high He always dressed with
scrupulous care and carried little cane.
He was SD cheerful and intelligent that
his dcforrnity was robbed of repulsive-
ness. He endured not only patiently,
but with smile. In his way he was one
of the unrecognizcd heroes of his time
pjc6D7lne
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
The Good "Dake Doctor"

His Royal Highness, DR.. Charles Theo-
dore, Duke of Bavaria, assisted by his
wife and by DR.. Won zenker, has been for
eight weeks freely treating eye-patients
among the poor of Moran. That well
known health resort of the Austrian Tyrol
is now year by year frequented by crowds
of the humble class of patients who are
afflicted by diseases of the visual organs,
attracted thither by the cure or alleVia-
ton they gratuitously receive at the hands
of His Royal Highness. just before the
Whitsunside recess no fewer than 1851
of these had been under treatment, IN
which the chief share was borne by the
ssDuke Doctor" as he is familisrly called,
while the Duchess performed the part OF
nurse and general benefaetress. In 1876
cases he had recourse to operation, with
unusually satisfactory results, among
which may be noted the cure Of sixty
eight persons suffering from cataract, to
all of whom their eyesight was success
fully restored. In these last His Royal
Highness acknowledges the cooperation
of bis assistant, DR.. Won Zenker, whose
skill in ophthalmic disease has recon-
mended him for the post. The mining
and pastoral population around the Te-
gern-See welcomed their "Duke Doctor"
and his consort on their return among
them with the most touching demonstra-
tions of affection and esteem-demonstra-
tions, however, not more cordial than
those of the Tyrolese poor, whose graft
tude they had earned by benefactions in
the power of few to bestow.--Neao York
7L.;H,,,o
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
A Big Turtle Slaughtered.

The mammoth forty-pound turtle cap
tured by Drew and Baldwin, draw
bridge tenders at the Housatonic River for
the Consolidated road, was slaughtered
a few days ago in Stratford, Conn.,, and
twenty-five pounds of solid meat taken
from the shell. Thirty men feasted on
turtle soup next day, and after the repast
there were taken up of the fragments
twelve basketfuls. The head is being
prepared by Thomas Fairchild, of STRAIT
ford, to be presented to Peabody Museum
of New Haven. The hide is being tanned
by Station Agent Beardsley at Nang
Junction, and is to be made into pair of
shoes. The shell be has taken home for
a roof to his chicken-house. The claws
are to be used for clam rakes, and other
important parts are preserved in alcohol.
This is the largest turtle ever known to
have been caught in that part of the
country.-Msw York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
The Spread Of the Sparrow.

According to the most authentic in
formation that can be obtained, the Eng
lish sparrow was first brought to this
country in 1850, when eight pairs were
imported into Brooklyn by directors OF
the Brooklyn Institute. They were liber-
ated in the spring of 1851, but did not
thrive. The next year q large number
was imported. Fifty were let loose at
the Narrows, and in the spring of 1853
the rest we're liberated in Greenwood
Cemetery, and man was hired to watch
them. They did well and multiplied.
In 1854 and 1858 sparrows were intro
duced at Portland, Me-, and in the latter
year at Peacedale, R. I. Some Of these
birds escaped in Boston, but nothing was
heard of them, and it was ten years later
when they were first let loose on the Bos-
ton Common. Twelve birds were Hber-
ated in Madison Square, New York, In
1860, and four years aftcrward they were
introduced to Central Park. In 1856 2OO
sparrows were set free in Union Square.
The following year forty pairs were let
loose in New Haven, Conn.,, and colony
was established in Galveston, Texas. In
1869 1000 sparrows were imported in one
lot by the Municipal Government of
Philadelphia, this being probably the
largest single importation of sparrows
ever made to this country.
By this time the ''craze' for the saucy
little sparrows had become fully de-
veloped, and they were rapidly colonized
in all parts of the country. Some idea of
the marvellous rapidity of the sparrow's
multiplication, the swiftness of its exten-
sion and the size of the area it has over
spread may be gained from the fact that
at the close of the year 1866 it had es-
:tablishcd itself in thirty-6ve States and
five Territories, occupying total area of
1886, 900 square miles in the United States
:and about 148, 900 square miles in Cana
.da. In 1856 alone the sparrow spread
over SIG, 500 square miles. 1t is hardy,
prolific and aggressive bird, intelligent
and with more than ordinary cunning. It
is domestic and gregarious in habit, and
through the protection afforded by prox-
unity to man it escapes nearly all the enc
mics which check the increase of native
birds. Beside all this the sparrow had
food and shelter provided for it for many
years.-New York. Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
A DROwSY DAY.

The butterflies fit here and there
About the tawny, dust-deep road,
.1ake fakes of gold, in quivering glare.
Heat-shriveled vines, and leaves TIA
showed
Life in each leaf all breezy June,
Droops languidly along the way;
,And lone bee, with mufied Groom,
Seems moodily to say:
1T is drowsy, drowsy day"
30 silver ripple stirs the brook
" Whose CLASSY flow slips noiselessly:
IFhere seems no life where eyes may look;
The clouds are ships becalmed at sea.
The Song lies hushed in painting throat
OF bird; grasshoppers tire of play;
1he cricket seldom chirps its note,
And only then to say:
SIT is a drowsy, drowsy day"
30 noontide lapses unto eve.
The farmhouse panes flash ruby-clear;
And bats their secret places leave,
And katy-dids again we hear.
The fre-flies gem the gathering shade;
The swallows cheep, in circling play;
And weary flowers, in field and glade,
Seem whispering to say:
ut was drowsy, drowsy day"
George Cooper, in Independent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
A GrOund.HOg Boy.

. Dekalb County, Ala, has genuine
curiosity in the person of grounding
boy. He is fourteen years old, and lives
near Fort Payne. He has a head, hands
and feet similar to ground-hog, and can
not talk, but grunts instead. The boys
nature is lazy, and his parents are very
Door but refuse to allow him to be put
on the road as a curiosity. Handsome
offers have been made his parents for a
contract to take him on the road, and
they may agree to the considerations
Couier-Jo,trRal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
Hat Finishing is Unhealthful.

Hat finishing is conceded to be the
most unhealthy branch of the hating
trade. Statistics on the subject show
that larger percentage of fnishers die
every year than in any other branch of
the business. The semi annual report of
the Hat Finishers' International Union
shows that dur1ng the past six months
twenty-o members have died. Of that
number eight died of consumption, and
the deaths of the majority of the re-,
naming were directly traceable to the
unwholesome surroundings in which q
finisher had to work.
Hat sizing is far healthier occupation
than hat finishing. The large number of
finishers who die of consumption would
seem to bear testimony to this. And then
again, one very rarely sees an old man
working at finishing while you can see
men of sixty and seventy years of age
rubbing away on hats at . sizing kettle.
One of the journeymen explained this to
me in different manner not long ago,
and said that the reason old men were not
seen working at finishing was that nobody
wanted them, nobody would have them.
"Foremen nowadays will not shop e
man if he has any gray hairs in his head; I;
they have an idea that he cannot do his
work properly, and it is getting so that
we are all like old horses-turned out to
die" That was his idea of the situa-
tion, and probably he is not far away
from the truth. He said that there were
plenty of finishers of mature years, but
that they were not in the hat shops. They
have to look out for some other means of
earning a subsistence, or else get into
some shop where the work is not Of too
high grade, and as a consequence does
not require such a very great amount of
skill to perform it.
Some years ago when women's mapped
hats were all the rage some very old men
put in an appearance at the sizer's kettle.
They had learned how to napa hat in
their young days, and their good right
had not forgotten its cunning. It is
said that it was common thing
four or five years ago to see men of sew
cnty or eighty years of age mapping hats.
This was particularly the case In Connec-
ticut. Very few fnishers live to be sew
enty or eighty; none are ever seen work.
ing at that age. About forty years is the
average duration of fnisher's lfe.-
Halter and Fu7Tier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28

would make you shudder, and tho color OF
the liquor would make you think OF the
blood Of the soul, and the foam on the top OF
the cup would remind you of the froth on
the maniac's lip, and you would go home
from this Service and kneel down
and pray God that rather than
your children should become capdves
Of this evil habit, you would like to carry
them out some bright spring day to tho ceme-
terry and put them away to the last sleep
would come up all over the grave--sweet
prophecies Of the resurrection. Sod has q
balm for such wound but what flower OF
comfort ever grew On the blasted heath of .
drunkard,s sepulcher2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
The oldest man in the world, In al
q delicious rose

The oldest man in the world, In al
probability, is Macy Ference, of Barcas!
Hungary. He was born in Hedrahela
121 years ago. Twenty years OF hia
life he spent as a soldier and he fought
against the first Napoleon in several
famous battles. Early in life he was
crossed in love and has been misogy-|
mist ever since. He has used tobacco
for 1O4 years and has indulged more on
less in beer and wine. He is in perfect
health, has all his faculties and can re-
call events of his childhood readily
He likes to gossip and his conversation
Is very entertaining.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28

many men WHO udu Ueou ioSiossAoo AAo
drunkenness. heard their testimony, and
for the first time in my life there flashed out
a truth I never understood. They said: I'VE
were victims Of strong drink. We tried to
give it up, but always failed; but somehow,
since we gave our hearts to Christ, He has
taken caro- Of u.s." I believe that the time
will soon come when. the grace OF God WILL
show it's power here not only to save mans
soul, but his body, and reconstruet purny,
elevate and redeem it. verify beheve tnat,
although you feel graphing at the
roots Of your tongues an almost ommpotens
heart to God He will help you by His grace,
to conquer. Try it. 1t is your last chance.
I have looked of upon the desolation. Sit
ting under my ministry there arc people In
awful peril from strong drink and, Judging
from ordinary circumstances, there Is not
one chance in five thousand that they WILL
get clear Of it. see men IN this congre-
cation of whom must mako the remark,
That if they do not change their course,
within ten years they will, as to their bodies,
lie down in drunkards' graves; and as to their
souls. lie down in drunkards perdltlon. !
know that it Is IN awful thing to say, but 1
can't help saying it. Oh, beware! You have
not vet been captured. BeWarel AS ye
omen the door Of your wine closet to-day,
NAV that decanter fash out upon you.
Bewarei and when you pour the beverage
into the glass in the foam at the top, in
white letters, let them be spelled out to your
soul: "Bewarep When the books Of 5udg-
ment are open, and ten million drunkaras
come up to get their doom, I want you to
bear witness that I, to-day, in the fear OF
God, and in the love for your soul told you
with all affection, and with all kindness, to
beware of that which has already e1erted its
influence upon your family, blowing ous
blaclness of darkness forever. Oh,
II Won could only hear thil
moment Intsmpsrance with drunk
ards bones, drumming on tho head Of tho
wine cask the Dead March Of immortal souls,
methinks the vcry glance Of a wine cup
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28

or year ago. Hou uoW' Soso soh nh "
stop for month. BE cannot; he knows he
cannot, so he does not try. had friend
who for fifteen years was going down under
this evil habit. He had large means. He had
given thousands Of dollars to Bible societies
and reformatory institutions of all sorts.
He was very genial and very gener.
GUS and very lovable, and whenever he talked
about this evil habit he would say: II can
stop any time" But he kept going on, going
on, down, down, down. His family would
say: II wish you would stop why" he
would reply, 'I can stop any time II want
to-" After while he had delirium tremens;
he had it twice; and yet after that ne said;
"I could stop at any time il I wanted to-"
he is dead now. What killed him2 Ruml
Ruml And yet among bis last utterances
was: IT can stop at any time" He did not
stop it, because he could not stop 1T. Oh,
there is a point in inebriation beyond which,
If O man goes, he cannot stopl
One Of these victims said to Christian
man: s'Sr, if I were told that couldn't
Get a drink until tomorrow night un.
less had all my fingers cut OH, l would
say: Bring the hatchet and cut them
off now.'" ] have dear friend in Phila-
delphia, whose nephew came to him one day,
and when he was eShorted about his evil
habit. said: 'sUncle, I can't give it up.
RE there stood q cannon, and it was loaded,
and a glass Of wine sat on the mouth OF
that cannon, and knew that you would
Gre it of just as I came up and took
the glass Iwould start, for I must have
it.n Oh, it Is sad thing for, man to
wake up in this life and feel that he
is a captive He says: 81 could have got rid
si this but can't fs now and siss nave
Christian death; but there is no hope for me
now; there is no escape for me. Dead. but
not buried am q walking corpse. am
an apparation Of what once was. I am
Gagged immortal, beating against the wires OF
nav cage In this direction and in that direc'
don: Boating against the cage until there Is
blood ON the wires and blood upon my sonl,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28

Slate of the very best variety is found
IN Wales. where it has been mined fol
many years,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-26

Among the distinguished party who are to
lead the ball at the great celebration in New
York next week are certain descendants of FL
bridge Gerry. When it is remembered that
their distinguished ancestor refused to sign the
constitution whose centenary is the occasion
Of these very festivities it is hard to see Just
where the Gerry family's share in the business
comes in, unless it is to rejoice that later gen.
erations have taken a wiser view Of the matter
than the founder of the house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-26

Judge White, of the county court, has cut
down the number of liquor licenses granted in
Pittsburg from 200 in 81 and 274 in SO to 136 in
$50. The most urgent appeals, backed by argu-
ments and petitions, are made to him to secure
a reversal of his action. 1t is not expected that
he will recede from the position he has taken.
1t is not believed that he has refused numerous
licenses merely to drive the applicants to hire
recognized favorites of his to induce him to
change his mind, with the intention of ulti-
mately licensing those who bleed freely. 1t is
generally understood that recourse is had to
this device when the object is to harass and
bleed the liquor dealers rather than to reduce
the number of saloons. But Judge White, it is
said, is not that kind of man. Washington
will watch the Pittsburg struggle with lively
interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-26
A CHANCE To Buy New Goops
AT GREATLY CUT PRICES.
$40 9TH 81 n. ".

Our stock is large and we must move IL 70 dot,
quickly we have put the knife prices I'D 10 the ht
We mention few of the bargains but Won must come
ana ook to fully appreciate the opportunity offered 10
buy hrst-class goods at rates:
Best Al-Wool Full Extra Super Insrains soc v,ra
Best T. Z. tull Extra Super Ingrains, 5Oc. q yard
Tapestry Brussels, best makes 59c yard
BODY brussels, best makes, 81 yard.
Best MoQuette Carpets, Sl25.
Best quality Smyrna Mats. regular price al "a cut
TO SL25. eu'
Best quality Smyrna Rugs, regular price 50, cut to
Sl95. w. 49, w
Best quality Smyrna Rugs regular price, o.. Gu, to
1895. "
japanese Rugs all sizes, few exl2, we viii close ON,
serimn. O5c. q yard; POngee prapery. 15c Ha.-
socks, pc. ~
Solid Walnut sideboard, Marble Ton. sl7.5o
limitation Mahogany sideboald. $3.50
Natural Cherry Finished sideboard sI75o
Antique Oak Sideboard, $50
Antique SidebOard, s22 90
Solid Oak SidebOard s25
These sideboards are cutn prices from a. to a. 50
market for SIS - ~
On ali Chamber Suits over s75, and psrlor suit.
over slOO. We Will give discount of Is per ceat
one s4lA Flush sait, pieces, cherry frames. $50
one SIX Plush Suit, pieces. spring edges 600.
One Crushed Plush suit . pieces, $40
One Crushed Plush Suit, pieces. so5
Wen sell any Porteres or heavy Curtains in stock
at cost and hang them free o. charge.
Great bargains in our Lace Curtain Department
We sell tie cheapest GOOD Refrigerator on In.
market. and guarantee them.
Baby Carriages at all prices.
The best and cheapest line of Mat;ins We have ever
shown.
Loose Covers cut and made to order on short po,cs
II you want more than your MONEYS worth COME
and see
ihese prices are for cash on or before delivery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-26

Hit be true, as charged, that petty officers,
acting under the ostensible authority of the
United States government, entered Oklahoma
before the time set by the Presidents procla-
nation and grabbed land which does not fairly
belong to them, their superiors ought to make
examples Of them. 1t is gratifying to learn
that the commissioner of the general land Office
proposes to sift the claims Of these gentry
wherever his attention is called to them, and
refuse patents on entries that SAVIOR of fraud.
But he is powerless to do much without the aid
OF the men who have been wronged. 1t is for
them to file the charges and furnish him with
evidence on which to make the offenders smart.
Undoubtedly many who deserve punishment
will escape because their neighbors are reluc-
tant to incur their enmity by telling the truth
about them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-26

The most remarkable solution of the liquor
problem is that suggested by George W. Kidd,
of New York, who proposes that whisky be
made 50 cheap that nobody will care for it.
As the whisky-makers. with all their competi-
ton, and all their reduction of expenses bv
adulteration. have never been able to bring
their product to a point where the drinking
public did not yearn for it, the day is a little
late for fresh experiments in that line. The
rule is that the consumption increases in direct
proportion to the decrease in price; and the
juvenile innocence which foresees the posi-
bility of any other effect from such cause is
quite in keeping with the patronymN borne
by this latest social reformer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-26

1t has remained for Boston woman to dis
cover that the dust in rooms is largely COM
posed of living bacteria. and that the busting
of furniture in the ordinary way. with feather
broom, merely transfers the bacteria to the hu-
man threats which happen to be within reach.
This will be good news to two classes ofpeople-
the slovenly housekeepers who rarely or never
DO any busting. and the patentees of imple-
nents designed to take the place of feather
brooms. 1t is doubtful, however, whether the
average man or woman. brought up under the
influence of our present civilization, would not
rather risk the inhalation of few bacteria
than live in the midst Of a swarm of them