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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

S. S. MONTANA, County Auditor Of
Los Angeles, Cal, joined the Salvation
Army, and shook dulcet tinklings from
a tambourine, just because he was san
euine that Cleveland would be the next
President
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

ExpER1s1ENTERs at Manhattan, Kan,
have discovered that the use of salt on
wheat fields will greatly increase the
Weld. 1t is also announced that salt
will kill potato bugs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

The st. Joseph (NIo.) Herald says
it has reporter on its staff who has
been shot twice, stabbed once, cut with
razor, and hit with bludgcon, and
yet is always on deck for business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

A NEBRASKA man has just died from
the bite of mule, says the Carthage
Mo.) Democrat. 1t adds: This IS
the first actual proof We have that the
mules bite is as deadly as his sting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

TWENTY years ago there were ninety
two lightning-rod factories in the
United States. To-day there are but
three, and those doing a triaing BUSH
ness. The lightning-rod was the big
gest humbug of the nineteenth cen.
fury
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

CANADA's trade with England4 has
fallen off about 100000 during the
last ten months, while the aggregate
trade of the country has slightly in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
TEMPERANCE.
Saloon-Keepers' Song

We set our traps, and whisky is our bait; ,,-
So come on, boys, and meet your deao'y
We take your money: in exchange we give
r want should shade your homes, and drink
the cause, .ho
Point TO the shameless men who make the
laws.
But high license some do aver and say ,,n
Heals up the wounds and menus tne murray
We do not count the graves Of those who feli; :;
The more we pay, the more we havet to sell. y
License for lawful crime should teach you al
Whence comes the wrong when men are seen
to fall.
But Liberty" that sacred theme OF S,oaniess GaS
Brings restless thought and many sleept0''
All. when we cannot murder youth and age
liberty takes wings and flies away IN rage
Wallace Mygatt, IN the P1onesr'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
Barnum's Startling Proposition.

p. T. Barnuln, tho great show man, Les
made the following startling proposition:
II will undertake to give Lolds for tho iul-
filment OF a contract that il tue city of Phil
adelphia will stop selling liquor, anu give
mo as much as WIS expended for her
liquor last year, to run the city next year;
will pay all the city expenses; no one shall
give taxes; there shall lie no insurance on
property; q good dress suit shall be given to
every poor man, woman, boy and girl; all
the educational expenses shall no paio; a
barrel Of flour shall be given 10 every needy
and worthy person. and shall clear helt
million CT million dollars by the operation"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13

about hlther and thlther, and they lost their
bearings; and the converted sea captain
went to his room and asked God for the sal
vation Of bis ship, and God revealed 1t to
him while he was on his knees that at a GER
tain hour, only a little way of, the fog would
lift; and the converted sea captain came
out on the deck and told how God heard his
prayers. He said: ut is all right, boys, very
soon now the fog will lift mentioning the
hour. A man who stood there laughed
aloud in derision at the idea that God would
answer prayer; but at just the hour when
God had assured the captain the fog would
lift there came flash OF lightning through
the fog. and the man who had jeered and
laughed was stunned and fell to rhe deck.
The fog lifted. Yonder was Cape Hatteras
lighthouse. The ship was put on the right
course, and sailed on to the harbor OF safety.
When in seaport the captain spends most
of his time in evangelical work. He kneels
down by one who has been helpless in the
bed for many months, and the next day she
walks forth in the streets we'll. He kneels
beside one who has long been decrepit, and
he resigns the crutches He kneels beside
one who had not seen enough to be able to
read for ten years, and she reads the Bible that
day. Consuniptions 60 away, and those who
had diseases that were appalling to behold
come up to rapid convalescence and to COM
plcte health. I am not telling you anything
second.handed- Ihave had the story from
the lips of the patients in this very house.
those who were brought to health Of body
while at the same time brought to
God. No secondhand story this l have
heard the testimony from men and
women who have been cured.
You may cs1 it faith-cure, or you may call
1t the power Of God coming down in answer
to prayer; I do not care what you call it; it
il fact. The scoflng sea captain. his>heart
full Of hatred for Christianity, now becomes
a follower of the meek and lowly Jesus, Civ
ing all the time to evangelical labors, or all
the time he can spare from other occupations.
That is regeneration, that is regeneration.
Man all made over again.
There Is your absurd doctrine Of vicari-
Gus sacrifice" say these men who hsve
chewed up the little book Of creeds and have
the consequent embistered stomach "Vicari-
, 1889-05-14
King George and Shakespeare.


a fashionable authoress of the last
century was Miss Fanny Burney,
whose ''Evclina" delighted DR.. John.
son and Sir Joshua Reynolds. When
she had become famous she was the
guest of Mrs. Delaney, a venerable,
cultured lady, who lived at Windsor,
not far from the castle where George
III and Queen Charlotte resided. The
king and queen frequently called on
their ncighbor, and shy Miss Fanny at
such times sought her own room.
But n afternoon she and Mrs. De
lanoy wcro in t~hcdrawing room, when
suddenly the door opened. A large
man entered, who shut the door with
out speaking. The star on his breast
revealed to Miss Burney that she stood
in the presence of the king. She re-
treated TO the wall. The king ad-
vanced to his hostess and in a loud
whisper asked if that was Miss Burney.
Upon being assured that it was he
drew near and entered into
ton with her.
"But Naturalization wa it-how
came you-how happened it-what-
what-what2" he asked, in his usual
odd manner. Believing he referred
to "Evelina, she replied that it had
been written at odd hours for amuse-
ment.
But your publishing-your print
ing-how was Northumberland" he
asked; to which she answered: 81
thought, sir, it would look we'll in
print, at which he was vastly amused.
Soon she became familiar with tho
presence of royalty, and on one occa-
sion had tho advantage of hearing his
majesty's criticisms on some famous
men. Voltaire he pronounced a mon
ster, and Shakespeare he considered
little better than a fool.
WAS there ever" cried out this
royal Solomon, such stuff as great
part of Shakespeare7-only one must
not say so. But what think you-what
WHAT'S there not sad stuf-what
-what-what1"
Fanny Burncy vcntured to assert
that the sad stuff was mixed with many
eXcellencies; but he interrupted her to
calculate:
ooh, I know it is not to be said-but
it's true-only it's Shakespeare, and
nobody darcs abuse him; one should
be stoned for saying so."-Youth's
COMPANION.
, 1889-05-14
A New Canal System.

y new system of canal construction
has been designed and recently patent
cd by ~ Englishman. The object Is
to do away entirely with tho necessity
for steam or horse power in canal
traffic, and this end is sought 10 be at
tained by the creation of a current of
water strong enough to carry the boats
along from point to point Mr.. Pick
ard has designed a double canal, at
one end of which is a screw, resemb-
ling the propeller of n steamship. This
screw, which is worked by steam
power, forces the current in one direc-
ton and causes it TO return in tho par
nllel division OF the canal, the direction
of the current being reversible at will.
By this arrangement all loss of water
is obviated and the bed of the canal is
kept clean. This current is, of course,
confined TO each separate level OF
canal, and when locks intervene an
other current has TO be created New
Orleans Picayune.
, 1889-05-14
JNO = CARROLL. Editor
NECESSARY PRELIMINARIEH

NECESSARY PRELIMINARIES.
In the establishment of a mandatory
in Cheyenne " very important points
fail to receive deserved considera-
ton. The first bears reference to the
market which can be reached for the sale
of the manufactured goods and the sec
ond is the tariff which the railroad will
charge for carrying the goods 20 market,
If the market which eau be reached is
limited in its consumption of the article
manufactured or il the freight rates for
its transportation are so high that the
home product cannot compete in price,
even though it should in quality. with the
same article manufactured elsewhere. then
the enterprise must of necessity fail.
The trouble IN the western country is
not so much in finding a market foI a
manufactured article rs in inexpensively
reaching the market Railroad tariffs are
usually so high as 10 practically lay an
embargo upon the exporting OF manufac-
turcd goods. No railroad company has
apparently give a moments thought to
the question of encouraging man ~ufaetur-
ing enterprises in the west. If they sue
coed in growing up it is only because all
the conditions except railroad tariff are so
favorable that they could not fail.
The point which We wish To emphasize
at this time is that the Union Pacific
Railway company has never made even a
pretcnsc of fostering a Wyoming enter.
prise. Instead Of giving the slightest en-
couragcmcnt to local enterprises and
thereby contributing TO its W revenues
by Increasing the wealth along its line, its
officials have treated all ovcrturcs for con-
c@essions with either supercilious curtness
or unisgulsei Indifference. The natural
consequence is that Wyoming, which is
the richest in mineral wealth of all the
states and territories, is at the same time
the least developed of them all. Other
sections without one half the na' ural adj
vantlges are rapidly growing in wealth
and population simply because immigra-
ton on the one hand and home enter
prises on the other receive proper en-
eJuragement. As a consequence of this
railroad policy the people of the territory
unable to find a foreign market Tor any
thing except hcrscs, cattle and sheep,
must rely almost exclusively upon their
SQUIRE with the inevitable result
of constant scarcity of money.
The more the question is considered the
more true it wifi be found that all
manufacturing enterprises depend far
more for their success upon the Union
Raciic Railway company than they do
upon local enterprise. Our local market
is necessarily limited, and therefore read
lily supplied, To make manufacturing a
success an outside market must be reached
at a reasonable cost to the manufacturer.
Can this be done?
We have NJ reason to believe that it
can, Judging from any recent action on the
part of the railway officials.
, 1889-05-14
GIVE US A FAIR SHOW.

According to the annual report OF the
Union Pacific the Cheyenne 4 Northern
last year showed a deficit of sos, l42 %
OF which about $50, 600 Is represented in
interest ON the Investment. This is n
rather stunning statement of the condi.
ton of the road aud many people will
icel a mild interest in learning how it all
came about That the road was losing
some money no one here ever doubted
but Just why 1t shouldn't lose money I'M
der the circumstances is a subject upon
which there has never been the Slightest
difference OF opinion.
The question as to whether it shall have
a daily or tri-weekly service is one of com.
paratlve unimuortance The real question
Is AS to the extension of the road. As
matters stand now the county would
really be better off if the road were abap.
doncd, its 800, 900 subsidy returned
and a cheap and reliable bull service rein.
PRODUCED.
Or course the road does Mt nav. but
does any sane man expect a road which
terminates in the ~seclusiou of a CANYON tn
prove as profitable as a valuable gold
mine? Heavy stock shipments are an.
nually made over the road. but IT. com-
pany claims there is no money in it for
the road. Whose fault is it?
Laramie county voted $500 600 in
bonds for the construction of this rrad
1t was understood at that time that while
lbs miles was to be built at once il was
the intention to speedily extend tho line
into johnson county so as to aid in tho
general development of the territory and
at the same time tend TO reimburse this
county for the payment OF a bonus. As =
matter OF TACT l2T miles Of road was built
Several flourishes were made in thu
shape OF surveys and perhaps sos, OOC
was expended uselessly in this way. Be
yond this Useless waste OF money nothing
whatever OF a practical nature has beer
done.
In the meantime Converse county ba,
been cut away from Laramie county. MOI
a mile of the Cheyenne & Northern road
extends into Converse county, vet it il
forced to assume its proportion of tn,
bonded Indebtedness caused by the con.
struction of the road and pay interest or
the same with the regularity of clock.
work. Perhaps moral obligation doesn'l
cut any figure in the case of a railwa,
company, but the Union Pacific is Ger
, 1889-05-14


1t will throw some light on the in
habitants of Fernando dc Noronha to
know how crime is looked upon by
tho common people in Brazil, and l
cannot better show this than by re-
lating q bit of personal experience.
1 had the misfortune at one time TO
wound a Brazilian laborer-in his dig
nifty. He thereupon threatened to take
my life, and was by no means careful
to keep his resolution to himself. As
the carrying out of such determina-
ton on his part would have caused
me much Inconvenience, / called upon
him in person, with the purpose, If
possible, of dissuading him.
1 found that he did not look upon
tho condition of q criminal with dread
at all. He told me frankly that, if he
should succeed in carrying out his
design, he knew perfectly we'll what
said he, 81 am obliged to work for a
living; If l am SEM to iail, nv living
will be furnished me, and 1 shall have
nothing to do. If you are dead, there
will be no n to appear against me In
the courts as my accuser, and In the
course of q year or less / shall be set
free, we'll rested, and with the reputa-
ton in the community of being a man
of courage"
In this case 1 saw to it that he had
the opportunity of enjoying the COW
eted otium cum dignitate In Jail with
out having to commit a crime. But
in a country where wrong doing sets
SO lightly upon the conscience, and
where 1t so frequently goes altogether
UNPUBLISHED, the criminal class is large
as we should expect-John O. Bran
ner in Popular Science Monthly.
, 1889-05-14

Admission to the Sisters Fair will only
be so cents a couple or 81 for season
tickets.
, 1889-05-14
An Improved oven Thermometer.

A device to be applied to the oven
doors of cooking stoves, etc, to indi-
cate the exact heat of the oven for
baking purposes, and also applicable
to other stoves, hot air furnaces and
Julier and James o. Robinson. of
Hanging Rock, o. Upon the inside Of
the door is attached a hammered brass
or other strip of more expansible metal
than the cast iron of which the door
is made, this strip being attached to the
door at its ends. Secured centrally to
the strip is a stem fitted to slide
through an aperture in the door, and
having an inclined projection or nose
on its outer end. In engagement with
this nose is an index pivoted to tho
door, the index being extended to
travel over a graduated dial, and thus
indicate the degrees of heat within the
oven.-Scientific American.
, 1889-05-14

The Russian method for stopping a
runaway horse is said TO be very effect
i've, and is not particularly cruel.
They place u cord with u running
knot around the horses neck near the
neck strap. To this slip moose attach
a pair of reins, which may be thrown
over the dashboard ready to be seized
at once When the horse starts take
up the extra reins, and Tighten the
cord around the horses throat. The
most furious horse thus choked stops
instantly, and will not kick or fall
True Flag.
, 1889-05-14

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & His
, 1889-05-14
II CHEROKEE ROSE.

Come ripple your feetest
o rhymes that are meetest
In pIaEsr OF tho sweetest
VIVID blossom that blows
Though tripping most lightly,
And ~plttcrlnS brightly,
Nr nc'rr al sing rightly
The Cherokee rose
Tho zephyr that kisses
Its petals hath blisses
That paradise misses
And seraph ne'er knowA
So charming It's face is,
I long To change places
With hoo that embraces
The Cherokee rose
In sultry midsummer,
Who would not become
Luxurious hummer
That merrily goes
DcfyinE the lhnces
That noonday ndvancea
To rcycl where dances
The Cherokee rosei
Shame On tho brown thushes
That pipe IN the bushesi
My molodic Fushes
We're sweeter than thosc-
II I could sit swinging
Were perfumes are winging
Moro worthy my singing
The Cherokee rose
When shorn fields nre drearful,
And bonnie birds fearful
When autumn is fearful
No terror 1t shows;
No quarter It cravest
When BOreas invest
But dies like the brnvest
Sweet Cherokee rose.
Samuel Minturn Peck.
, 1889-05-14

tain under moral obligation to extend the
Cheyenne & Northern.
1t has SO far not acted in good faith.
IF the road doesn't now pay it is due
entirely to shortsighted management on
the part of the company itself, and not to
any intrinsic fault of the people or
country.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
The Endless and Painful Adieus That Some
People Infiict Upon Friends.

The Endless and Painful Adteus That some
People Infiict Upon Friends.
One of the greatest of social annoyances is
the habit which some people have of making
endless adieus in leaving friends. 1.-THE wo-
man." says masculine critic, 'who begins
at the top of the stairs and overfows with
farewells and parting admonitions every step
on the way down, and repeats them hum
dred times at the door, simply maddens the
man who is her escort, be he her husband or
lover. Be persuaded, ladies. to say good
by once or twice and have done with it."
On the other hand it may be asked, "Who
does not dread the man who starts, then
thinks of something else to say; rises and
then thinks of another subject of converse
ton; nearly reaches the door and then has
another revelation; reaches the door and,
most probably holding it open, is aroused to
degree of mental brilliancy that threatens
his health and that of his host or hostess by
long OBTAINING Of both in cold draught
while he discourses? What tax on the pa
thence and politeness of the listener, who vain
ly strives, by asserting instantly to every
proposition, to end the interview and break
the restraining bond of polite attention"
Callers, masculine and feminine, will alike
do well to avoid any such painful leave TAX
ings as these.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
A Hint to Young Folks.

Young people who are consciously or un
consciously acquiring manners and habits
that will cling to them and fix upon them for
a lifetime distinctive mark of good or bad
breeding should, among other things, care
fully shun the parrot like utterance of any
certain phrase or exclamation. The uncouth-
ness of this habit has been very nicely illus
trated by writer for boys and girls, who
says:
/ sat by Mrs. Blank (her husband is q
clergyman in the street car few days ago
and after we had exchanged greetings, said
"My cousin Angelina sails from Liverpool
today" SIS that SOP said Mrs. Blank.
"Yes,n l said, rallying as well as could, for
this reply takes all the spirit from me, land
she is always very i'll on the ocean," SIS
that sol" said Mrs. Blank again. A pause
followed. How can one continue to pay out
the coin of conversation if not even the inter.
est comes backl
was glad to get out of the car and meet
pretty Amy Dexter. had bit of news for
her. Amy is in the high school, and told
her at once that Miss Cummins, who taught
her botany last year. is to be married.
SIS that sol" returned Amy. I love Amy,
to get out of its way; but as went along
Frank Sullivan overlook me, and will you
believe that when asked Frank if Mr.. Stock
ton had really promised to answer the ques-
ton, 1.-THE Lady or the Tigerg" he exclaimed,
"Is that sol" Later in the day told Mr..
Emory that his playing of the organ last Sun
day had been much complimented, and he
smiled and murmured, "Is that sol'
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
Plain and Fancy velvets.

There promises to be an immense demand
for fancy velvet, and the supply is equal to
any demand. Many of the patterns are large,
many are thrown on armure grounds, many
on thick satin, and some patterns are entire
ly in frise velvet, while others show plain and
frise blended. The number of black fancy
velvets is large, and these are used for dresses
and trains, as well as for mantels. A great
novelty is brocatelle ground and large
but open design all over of a Persian charac-
ter, the ground black or some dark shade, the
pattern in Paisley shawl mixture.
The velvet brocades for dresses are beauti-
full in the extreme, and the varieties are
greater than have seen them in previous
seasons. Many of the best are only intended
to be used for the front breadth, some only
for the trains. There are several rich ma
terials with satin grounds and plain narrow
velvet stripes, and the floral design in frise of
a lighter shade than the velvet stripes. Then,
again, bold velvet patterns are thrown on ar
mure grounds in one pure tone.
Plain velvet is extremely fashionable, both
in black and in colors
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11
! An Improved Epeela ARD

A trial involving circumstances Of
an exceptionally romantic character
will come before the tribunal of Ra-
gusa this month. About twenty years
ago a peasant of the neighborhood OF
Ragusa, being unable to support his
wife, emigrated to the United States,
leaving his better half in charge Of the
village priest. From the first luck
smiled on him, and he was able to
send the priest fifty forms month
for his wife. AS his position improved
he increased the amount of his month
ly remittances. But the rascally rev.
erendo only handed five Qorins a
month to the woman. This went OH
for fifteen years, when the worthy
clerical gentleman forged a certificate
of the husbands death, and placed it
in the hands of the wife, whose death
he likewise certified in forged docu-
ment and sent to the husband in
America. Shortly afterwards he pious-
ly betook himself to Corfu, where he
hoped to spend the remainder Of his
days in peace, rejoicing in the remem-
brance of his good works. Fate had
decided otherwise. The unfortunate
woman, his victim, was forced to get
her living by begging from the pas
sengers Of the Lloyd steamers that
touched at Ragusa, and her husband
sought consolation in remarriage with
rich American lady, by whom he
had two children. After twenty years
absence he resolved to make tour in
Europe with his family. He visited
Paris, Vienna, Trieste, and finally Ra-
gusa. On landing at that harbor a
beggar woman accosted him and asked
for aims They recognized each other
simultaneously. The beggar woman
was his wife, whom he believed to
have been dead several years. The
priest has been arrested, and will be
tried, when, in all probability, the
second marriage will be annulled.-
Vienna Cor. London Standard.