The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-23

from your state, asking for 1.-The near
ing on the Sunday Rest Bill before
Senator Blair's Committee in Deem
ber, 1885," ID
Judging from advertisements and
notices that appear in the papers, one
may conclude that wearing birds
wings and feathers is to be continued
and perhaps enlarged. 1t is simply
burning shame and sin against God
and man, that thousands upon thou
sands of birds so useful to farmers and
others, should be killed every year.
merely at the demand of q foolish fash,
ion that has no foundation in necessi.
ty nor in good taste nor in good sense,
but isa mere relic of barbarism, as
every intelligent and candid person
will admit. The wild Indians of Amer
lea, and the still wilder and more saw
age Negroes of Africa wear birds fcath-
ers, and we must wear them also! It;
is fashionsset long also by uncivilixed
and barbarous people and ladies Of
this country must follow. Prob Pit- I
dor!
A Catholic. Bishop lately delivered ]
sermon on Purgatory and told of the
sutferings the poor souls there were
enduring. The sermon was published
in some of the Catholic papers. All
we'll spoken and touching. only the
good Bishop failed to prove, or try to Z
prove, that there is a purgatory for
souls when they leave this world. A
very important item this in the matter.
He said there was, but assigned no
proof nor reason for the saying.
The Methodist Book Concern will be z
a century old next year, and will cell
ebrate the event by the opening of an
imposing structure of brick and gran
ite now going up at Twentieth street
and Fifth Avenue, New York. The
building and grounds will cost ST. ,0O0,-
900, and the intention is to make it the (
finest publishing house in the country.
The institution, backed by the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, has, during
the hundred years of its existence, ex-
pended some $2,O00,O00 in charities. e
The United States consented to the
De Leseps scheme only on the express
condition that the canal was to be q I.
private enterprise, and the French gov
ernment should have nothing to do
with it. If now the French govern
ment should take hold of the canal
and finish il, that would be a violation
of the Monroe doctrine" which for
bids any European power to acquire
any new possessions in the Western
Hemisphere.
Harrison's head was remarkably lev
ell when he declined a present of a team
of coach-horses for his White House
stables. He says II believe that no
man in the position of President of
the United States can afford to be un-
der pecuniary obligations even to his
intimate friends.n This is good
enough to pass into proverbial e1-
preston.
Bishop McTyeire's improvement Is
every slow, and marked by the ebbs and
flows usually incident to invalids after
extreme prostration. He appreciates !
the many expressions of affectionate
solicitnde that reach him. "May all
that pray for me find both an objective
and subjective answer to their
prayers" was the thoughtful and
kindly wish he expressed in late in I
terview. Let the Church continue to
pray earnestly for it's faithful servant. .
Nashville Aduocate. &j
The San F rancis co Chronicle, in its
nnual review, states that the past year
was the most prosperous in the histo-
ry of California. It is estimated that
the present population is 1,400, 600,
many of the counties having doubled
and even trebled in population during
the past year. The value of the min
eral products in 1888 is placed at $780,
OO0,O00; manufactured products,
$l7O, 100000 orchard products, $54, ,00O,-
900; cereal crops, $55,000, 900. #
A German physician claims that he
has discovered sure cure for the habit
of drunkenness. His method is to give
subcutaneous injections of solution :
of strychnine. The discoverer Of this
remedy declares that in three or four
days after the injection has been made
the desire for liquor disappears, and
that in ten days the patient will be en-
tirely cured. If this discovery is gem
uine it will be one of the greatest boons
that modern medical science has yield
ed to mankind.
It transpired in st. Louis last Satur-
day that the Cotton Bagging Trust has
run its day and quietly died. 1t ap-
pears that the trust was simply an
agreement between bagging manufac-
turers to combine for certain purposes
until January l, when the compact
was to expire. They say they made
little money, but not as much as they
hoped to. However, they are salts
fled. The price of bagging has fallen
about two cents since New Year and
will probably still further decline.
There were 1892 patents issued last
year, and of these but 1883 were grant
ed to Southerners. Texas led the
Southern states. patent being grant
for every 6,006 Texan. Florida came
next. Mississippi's ratio was one pa
tent for ever 25, 14G of her population.
Alabama, in spite of the recent great
developement of the state,
was credited with but 54 inventions in
the year.
A remarkable aurora borealis was
observed at Rochester, n. T., on jan
nary -, at seven o'clock. 1t consisted
Of q vast circle of white light in the
centre, near the zenith, and the cir
passing over the moon.
Streamers reach up to it from the
north. The diameter of the circle was
about IS degrees.
January 12 was memorable day
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