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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
w. G, r. u. Bulletin.

s"Stampede the Christian womanhood OF
tho nation and the saloon Is SAFE"
Flfty.four new Loyal Temperance Legions
wer. organized in Nebraska last year.
A PRAYER Alliance" for the extinction Of
the saloon has beeu organized in Eric Coun-
ty, Penn
DR.. s. S. Thorne says: In regard to surgl-
cal operations every physician breads TO
have anything to do with beer-drinkers. 1t
is dangerous for beer driuker to even cut
his finger.
Miss Mary A. Woodbridge American Sec
retary of the Worlds W. G. T. U., will visit
England in the spring TO attend the annual
meeting Of the British Wonan's Temperance
Association.
Wine is almost universally used by the
Japnnese in celebrating the Mikados Uirth-
day, November 2i, but the japanese resi-
dents Of Honolulu conducted their last fes-
tivities in honor Of this occasion without the
use Of any sEimulant.
Dr. Strong is authority for the statement
that in the States between the Mississippi
River AMI the Rocky Mountains there is on
tho average one saloon to every forty-three
voters. last Of the Mississippi the average
is one saloon to lOi voters
In Sheffield, Ala, says the Nashville Issue,
the licensed saloon supports the public
schools One man who asserted that both
his sons were strong prohiDtionists,
upon bsing asked why, said: Because they
ars indebted tu the saloon for their school-
ing"
A good work is in progress among the
hundreds Of Italians employed in tie iron
and coal mines and limestone quarries OF
Newcastle, Penn. Mr.. anu Mrs. Narde, ltal
ian evauselsts from New York city. have
been employed by tho Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of Newcastle, TO work
among these people who are notably goddess,
ignorant and quarrelSome. Mrs. Narde is
hlIni, but is led from house to hollse by her
husband rs they visit these neglected Italian
families holding cottage services.
A new way of fighting the. liquor trattIc
has lately been tried with success by some OF
the Catholic Priests of Brooklyn, n. \.
Hundreds of boys and young men have been
pledged to shun the saloons and cigar stores
Tor stated number Of years
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Spanish Ragamuffin Soldiers.

Once, for the sake of the excitement
and diversion, joined Don Carlos, the
Pretender to the throne of Spain, writes
General Crawford, of the United States
army, at Los ARGOS in the mountains Of
Navarro, and accompanied his troops to
Vienna, on the Ebro, and was witness
to the attack and capture Of the place.
They were a tatterdemalion lot of SOL
diers, and no mistake, clothed in every
conceivable garment and armed with
every conceivable weapon, from apitch-
fork to a broken scythe strapped on q
stick, and from an antiquated ut-of-
date army musket to the latest improved
American breechloader. But nondescript
and incongruous as they were, they had
stout hearts in their ill-nurtured bodies,
and when put to it and spurred on by
the presence of their Prince, they would
fight as gallantly and despe, stely as only
brave men can. As for artillery, they
had none; but that did not appear to af-
feet them one way or the other.
stood by the side of Don Carlos on q
rustic bridge one dismal and rainy morn
ing as his devoted followers filed by on
the march, and I was much struck by
seeing a number Of wagons in the line
loaded down with barrels. I asked Don
Carlos what they contained, and he care.
lessly answered in his most nonchalant
manner, with just trace of smile on
his handsome face:
"rhey contain petroleum"
HAnd what earthly use," / asked,
''have you for petroleum on the march2"
"What use!" he answered "Why,
much use to be sure. That's our artil-
lery. We employ it to smoke out our
enemies from barricaded strongholds.
and can assure you it's been tried and
found very effective in case confagra.
tion is deemed desirable" And then
after moments pause and look at my
face, "Oh, yes, can assure you, Genera!
Crawford, petroleum makes very good
artillery on pinch, very good indeed. "
-Ms71 York StGr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Family WOrship-An Incident.

Ten years ago boarded in the family Of
pious woman whose husband was not q
Christian. There was daughter OF nine
teen. another Of fourteen, and son OF ten.
Every morning heard that humble woman
gather her family in the kitchen, and read
with them a chapter, verse about, in the
Bible. Then, as 1 could not help listening,
there was popularity of service that mysti
fed me.
At last I asked one day if might remain.
She hesitated; her daughter blushed, but she
said could do so if I really desired it. So
sat down with the Fest. They gave me
Testament, and we read a verse in turn
Then kneeling on the floor, that mother be
gan her prayer audibly, for her dear ones
there, her husband, and herself; and then
pausing moment, as if to gather energies OF
wing her faith, uttered tender affectionate
suppication for me.
She closed and her daughter began to
pray. Poor girl; she was afraid Of me- l
was from college; was her teacher; but she
TREMENDOUSLY asked for blessing as usual
Then came the other daughter, and at last
the son, the youngest of that circle, who only
repeated the Lords prayer, with one Ietiticn
of his own.
His amen was said, but no one srose I
knew on the instant they were waiting for
me. And !, poor prayerless I, had no word
to say. 1t almost broke my heart. I hur-
ried from the room, de olate and guilty.
A few weeks only pass I'd, wren ked
their permission to come in once more; AMI
then I prayed, too, and thanked my dear,
patient Saviour for the hope in my heart and
the new song on my lips.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

AT Newton, Kan, o young man was
caught robbing neighbor's hen rocst,
and in the melee which ensued lost his
hat and boot, which were kept by the
owner of the chickens as clue to the
robber. The next morning the young
man called around and demanded his
hat and boot, and meeting with a re-
fusal, threatened to bring down the
law on the possessor for taking them
by force on the public highway. The
property was given up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
TEMPERANCE.
Drink and Danger.

Drtnk ana Dan2ers
Write it on the liquor store,
Write it on the prison door;
Write it on the gin shop fine:
Write, oh! write this truthful line;
Where there's drink there's danger.
Write it on the workhouse gate,
Write it OH the school-boy's slate;
Write it OH the copy hook,
That the young may in it look:
Where there's drink there's danger.
Write it on the churchyard mound
Where the drink slain dead are found,
Write it ON the gallows hugh,
Write for all passers-by:
Where there's drink there's danger.
Write it underneath your feet,
Write it on the busy street,
Write it for the great and small
In the mansion, cot or hall.
Where there's drink there's danger.
Write it on our ships which sail
Borne along by steam and gale;
Write it in large letters plain,
Ger our Ian and cross the main,
Where there's drink there's danger.
Write it always in the home,
Write it where our drunkard's roam,
Year by year from good and right,
Proving with resistless might,
Where there's drink there's danger.
Write it for the rising youth,
Write it for the cause OF truth,
Write it for the fatherland,
Write, It's duty's stern command,
Where there's drink there's danger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Woman is born for love.
fbinx well before taking action.

Woman IS born for love.
f'binx well before taking action.
Live to explain thy doctrine by thy
life.
Happiness is not perfected until it is
shared.
The tender, humble, broken heart is
the best thank offering.
He who wisely uses his weslth need
not leave 1t for his tombstone.
Do the truth you know, and you shall
learn the truth you need to know.
The sight of a mans money is Oft
times the antidote for the odor of very
bad character.
The most delicate, the most sensible Of
all pleasures, consists in promoting the
pleasures of Others.
A woman may be ugly. ill.shaped,
wicked, ignorant, silly and stupid, but
hardly ever ridiculous.
Do not wait for extraordinary oppor-
tunities for good actions, but make use
of common situations.
But the path of the Just, as shining
light, goeth forward, and increaseth even
to perfect day. The way of the wicked
is darksome; they know not where they
fall.
The things which thy eyes have seen
utter not hastily in a quarrel, lest after
ward thou mayst not be able to make
amends, when thou hast dishonored thy
friend.
No one can ask honestly or hopefully
to be delivered from temptation unless
he has himself honestly and firmly de-
termlned 10 do the best he can to keep
out of IT,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
The Earl of Onslow, the new Gov

The Earl of Onslow, the new Gov
ernor of New Zealand, is an alert,
terrier-like little man, with keen, in
telligent eyes, a narrow profile, crisp
manners, and brindled hair. He thor
oughly understands the art of dining,
and can drive four horses respectfully
loves children, hates the sea, and has
achieved modicum of success as ar
amateur photographer. Lord OnsloV
has no intention OF permanently inter
rupting his promising political ca
reer."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
New Readings,

There was once little girl whose
reading in school was so excellent that
she was always called upon to display
her abilities when visitors were present.
On one such occasion, says Youths
Companion, she rose, ''puffed up with
majestick PRIDE" to repeat a poem be-
ginning:
"Dahodils. daffodils!"
But pride had fall that time, for the
words got twisted, and she enunciated
with emphasis:
"Daddyfoils daddyfoils!"
Many are the ludicrous mistakes be-
longing to reading classes. A little girl
one day attempted the sentence: :"Cortes,
with a handful of followers, went to
Mexico" but she read, in all gravity
"Cortes, with handful of flowers, went
to Mexico"
Another child delivered, with great
expression, the lines from "Lord Cllln's
Daughter"
Who will cheer my bony bride.
When they have slain her lover"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

AMONG the many wonderful sights
which are being organized for the
Paris Exposition next year is an un.
precedented flight of carrier pigeons
from the Champs de Mars. All the
societies of "Colombaphiles franchise"
have promised to take part in the
affair, and it is calculated that over
10000 pigeons will be released stimuli
taneously for their flight to all parts Of
France and the continent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
RELIGIOUS READING.
No ScnaratiOn.

No Separation.
Give dust to dust, and here we leave
The earthly seed to lie,
That so this mortal may receive
Its Immortality.
Spirits to spirits purified!
And his hath scared on high,
Hath joined the members glorified,
The brethren in the sky.
Saviour, thy love unites US all
The living and the dead;
Tis but one body mystical,
And but one glorious Head
Keep us in fellowship Of soul
With the dear saint that's gone,
Make us in worship, service, love,
Like those before the throne.
And now to Him who conquered death
United praise be given
Amidst the parting tears Of earth
The we.come-palms Of heaven.
George Rauson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
The Origin of Halloo and Hurral.

Among other exciamations in common
use "Halloo :" and ''HurIah ~ have curl
Gus origins attributed to thenl. 1t is
sad by the author ot "The Queens
English" that the people Of Lharnwood
Forest, Leicestershre. when they de,
sired to hail person at a distance called
out not haIIoo." but 'halloup" This
he imngines is survival of the times
when one cried to another "a loup
q !cup" or as We would now say:
.Nolf wolf !" "Hurrah" again ac-
cordiug to VI. Littre, is derived from the
Slavonic hurai, "to Paradise" which
signifies that all soldiers who fell fighting
valiautly went straight to heaven.
"Prithee" is obviously corruption of
81 pray thee::' while ''marry" was
originally method of swearing by the
Virgin Mary.-.4H tho Tear Round.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

LAST summer, l3-year-old boy,
while pulling fodder on the farm OF
his father, George G. Brogdon, OF
Gwinnett, Ca, unearthed a rock de-
scribed as full of gold" This fall Mr..
Brogdon had the vein tested by an ex.
periencei miner, who says it is q re-
markably promising vein. It is opened
for ten feet, is O foot thick, and will
yield from $50 to $50 per ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Earnestness of Chinese Christians.

Earnestness of Chinese Christians.
1t is said that the Chinese Christians are,
almost to man, ready to pray in public, to
e1hort one another at their meetings, and to
speak fo- Christ to their neighbors. 81 can
witness in behalf of hundreds" writes the
Rev. Hunter Corbett, ito their child-like
faith in the power and willingness of God to
fulfill every promise in the Bible, to their
unshaken faith in the efficacy of prayer,
their love for the Scriptures, and
the honest and faithful effort to live blame.
less lives. Not few, including some we'll
advanced III such life, have pirsevered in tho
study CT the S riptures until they are able,
with the great.st ease, to repeat chapter
after chapter, and sometimes entire books,
from both Old and New Testaments. Not
only have they committed large portions to
memory, but they are able to explain them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

GEORGE WHITE, of Atkinson, Neb.,
q veteran of the last war, who has
been poverty stricken for several years,
has just fallen heir to $4,000 through
the death of his aged father. The lat
Ter lived in New York, but lad not
heard from his son for some time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

THE Navajo Indians of Arizona are very
successful in raising stock. According to
the figures of the reservation agent, they
own Is, ,OJO horses and ponies, 500 mules,
$500 cattle SOO, 900 goats, and 500 burros.
Their wool clippings for the year amounted
to ,2OO, 900 pounds, and they also sold 3CO, 900
sheep relts and 100000 goat skins ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

The New York huItmc .h"rnn', IN
timely article, 1.-The lsnr at Sch. calls Lihllc
attention to the urgent need nf tcinperni're
rarorm on hoard our first class tnreSu
steamers. 1t says: The receipts "t the
lar OH IL irst.rlnss foreign Stmlinrr "l't o1
this Fort to Europe will amount, it Is Saln' !"
three or four thousand dollars every TRIP;
This will give some rn ol the amount "1
drinking done in the work the ship Is ut sea
by the passengers. There is too mich m
disposition to make the voyage spree II no1
q drunken delauch"
Al act toprohibit the manufacture and sale
Of alcohlc liquors ~ a beverage has been pre-.
sented for tho consideration ot the Missouri
LEGISLATURE by Mrs. Anna >. Cairns, on be-
halt of 5UUO Christian Temperance women OF
the State. Under the present local option
law there are aSGO dramshoDs in the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

tlStlcS or all tnOSo VINO calculate upou uuuhaN
longevity. Why is it There is more draft
upon the nervous system than in any other
profession, and their toll is more exhausting
/ have see,I ministers kept on miserable stl'
pends by parsimonious congregations who
wondered at the dullness of the sermons, when
the men of God were perple1ed almost to
death by questions of livelihood, and had not
enough nutritious food to keep any tire IN
their temperament No fuel. no fire. 1have
sometimes seen the inside of the life OF many
of the American cIergyman-never accept
ing their hospitality, because they cannot
afford it.; but have seen them struggle on
with salaries of five and six hundred dollars
year-the average less than that
their struggle we'll depicted by
the Western missionary who says
in letter: Thank you for your last remit
tance; until it came we had not any meat in
our house for one year; and all last winter,
although it was severe winter, our children
wore their summer clothes" And these men
OF God find in different parts of the land,
struggling against annoyanceS and exaSpera-
tions innumerable; some Of them week after
week entertaining agents VINO nave maps
to sell, and submitting themselves to all
STYLES Of annoyance, and yet without COM
plant, and cheerful OF soul. How do you
account for the fact that these life insurance
men tell us that ministers as class live
longer than any others. 1t is because OF the
JOY OF their work, the Joy of the harvest
field the Joy of greeting prodigals home to
their Fathers house.
We are in sympathy with all innocent
hilarities We can enjoy hearty song, and
we can be merry with the mcrrleSt; out
those of us who have toiled in the service are
ready to testify that all these joys are tame
compared with the satisfaction of seeing men
enter the kingdom of God. The great eras
Of avery minister ara the OutDOurincS OF the
Holy Ghost, and I thank God have seen
eighteen Of them. Thank God, thank God
1V. notice also when the proligal comes
back all earnest Christians rejoice. II you
stood on Montauk Point and there was q
hurricane at sea, ana it was blowing toward
the shore, and vessel crashed into the rocks
and YOU saw people get ashore in the lie
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-03-14

of duty and an ambition to improve
the service should characterize all pub
lie officers. There are many ways in
which the convenience and comfort OF those who
have business with our public ofiices
may be promoted by thoughtful and obliging
oficer, and shall expect those whom may
appoint to Justify their selection by a conspicu-
Gus eficiency in the discharge OF their duties.
Honorable party service will certainly not be
esteemed by me as a disqualification for public
once, but il will in no case be allowed TO serve
as a shield Of oflcial negligence, incompetence
or delinquency. II Is entirely creditable to
seek public once by proper methods and with
proper motives, and all applicants will be treat
ed with consideration. But shall need. and
the heads OF departments will need, time for
inquiry and deiiberation. Persistent importun-
ity will not, therefore. be the best support OF
application for once. Heads OF departments,
bureaus and all other public otficers having
any duty connected Herewith will be
expected TO enforce the civil service law
fully and without evasion. Beyond this obyi-
Gus duty Ihope TO do something more TO ad
vance the reform OF the civil service. The ideal
or even my own ideal shall probably not ~
tain Retrospect will be n safer basis OF iudg.
ment than promises. We shah not, however l
am sure, be able 10 put our civil service upon q
non.partlsap basis until we have secured an In.
oumbency that thirminded men OF the opposi-
ton will approve for impartiality and integrity,
A. NE Number Of snnh N Va uiyn lAi y w
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-03-14


TWELVE THOUSAND inaugural ball tickets
were sold, making the receipts from that
source 100000.
The House has refused TO pay the widow
of the late Chief Justice Waite the balance
of her husbands salary for the year in
which he died.
THE State Inspector of Mines for the
Third District Of Illinois has filed an in
formation asking that the Catlett coal
mine at Fairmount be closed, because the
mines have no means Of exit except the
fire is inadequate.
EARTHQUAKES are reported from South
America.
THE report that the Westinghouse and
Edison Electric Companies had consoli-
dated is denied by the officials Of the for
mer concern.
A FELLOW calling himself aJack. the
Choker," is terrorizing Denver, Col, by
choking women.
SEABoRN JONES was arrested at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, on charge Of poisoning his
wife.
THE suit of Addie Kelley, a well known
young lady of Ritchie County, W. Va,
against Floyd Reed, farmer and business
man, for breach Of promise, has been con-
cluded in the Ritchie circuit court the
jury giving plaintiff 81, 900 damages.
+. I. WHEELER and Lucius s. Fischer,
stockholders of the Pullman Iron and Steel
Company, filed bill in the superior court
at Chicago, asking for the appointment Of
a receiver for that concern. The company
is in debt to ths amount OF $500, ,000, OF
which S1S0,000 is owing to the Pullman
Palace Car Company, which kept the iron
and steel company running when it was
in an insolvent condition. The assets OF
the company are abont $3.50, 0,000l
DIR. CYRUS L. ZIMMERMAN, one of the
prominent business men Of East Ten
nessee, died at his home near Knox
Vile
NJ COHEN, of Cincinnati, has been ar.
rested on charge of selling cigarettes to
minor.
MIKE MURPHY was knocked out in eight
rounds by Jack Cotton, near Riverside,
III.
TRAIN robbery is now capital crime in
Arizon
IHE eStuto OL tuo ihuo d Jutuee -. riUOu -
valued at "a, 200,0 900.
In an affray between Prince Bryant and
Sam Brown near Bessemer, Ala, the
former was dangerously, if not fatally,
wounded, and the latter lost his life. The
infidelity of Browns wife caused the
trouble.
SLIGHT shocks OF earthquake were felt
throughout Middle Pennsylvania and
Maryland on the evening Of the sth.
Two men were run down and killed by
cars at Kent, o.
HAMILTON MONROE was instantly killed
by cars near Seymour, Ind.
MARTIN WEsrFALL was killed by boiler
explosion at Wayne, Mich.
Ar Fostoria, o., William Gessler shot his
wife and then killed himself.
The Panama Canal Company is declared
by the French Court of Appeal a civil, not
commercial organization.
The new Postmaster General will have
over thirteen hundred appointments to
make as soon as he settles down to work.