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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30
You Always Knew Them.

Engiishmen coming to New York have
an amusing idea that they cannot be dis
tinguished from native inhabitants,
whereas it is fact well known to close
observers that the greater number of Eng
lishmen do net lose their distinctive char.
acteristics even after many years residence
in this country. This is peculiarly true
Of Englishmen of the upper and lower
middle classes, to nse their own classifca-
tions. If you see fantastically dressed
man, pipe in mouth, rushing along indif-
ferent to all about him, ten to one hessn
Englishman. The BritoA especially re-
sents the American convention that
frowns on the pipe in the street. 80 Chicago
HIr1lH
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Coin in the Country.

There is considerable coin in our
favored country, according to the report
of the Director of the Mint, although so
many Americans journey in the old
world as to exhaust not less than S7O,-
000,O of gold year to pay for their
extravagances. This year the travellers
drafts on their bankers will 60 rather
above that sum. However, we have left
in round numbers $64, 900, 900 gold
bullion held by the Treasury as security
for its equivalent in paper certificates.
The bullion is, of course, uncoined; in
addition we have geld coin S617, 600, 600,
$40, 900, 900 in silver dollars, $76, GOO,
900 in smaller silver change. If our
population is 65,OOO,00O, that would
give each of us, great and small, SIG
apiece in hard money. Leaving out the
babies, and the spectators who do busi-
ness on wind, that would be as good as
$50 apiece for the rest.-Detroit Free
Press
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30
Are Your Pullets LayinRs

The late ones, as late as July and August,
can be brought forward so as to pay well,
while eggs bring good prices. Strictly fresh
eggs will probably retail as high as so cents
per dozen, in Boston and New York markets
before January 1st. Mrs. L. ]. Wilson, of
Northboro, Mass, says: I'm past years when
my pullets laid at all, they would lay litter
and then NOPE around for weeks doing no
laying. Last fall and winter there was no in
terruption of their laying. The results were
the best ever saw in an experience Of eight
cen years. My thirty pullets were oil six
months old. In just eight weeks they laid
1887 eggs, which ascribed to the use of
Sheridan's Condition Powder, to make hens
lay" I. S. johnson & Co., % Custom House
street, Boston, Mass, the only manufacturers
of Sheridan's Powder), will send postpaid for
25cents in stamps two 25 cent packs of Sheri.
dams Powder and Poultry Guide for 20
cents five packs for 81. Alarge 2H pound
can of the Powder foy s1.2O and the Guide;
six cans S., express prepaid; testimonials
sent free. For 5 cents copy of the best Poul-
try paper sent postpaid. Thepaper one year
and can Of Powder for $1.50.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30
A Sensible Mau

Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs. 1t is curing more cases Of Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all
Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor Las authorized any
druggist to give you Sample Bottle Free to
convince you Of the merit Of this great rem
edy. Large Bottles Soc. and 81.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

Did you ever 60 within mile of a soap fac
tory2 If so you know what material they make
soap of. Dobbins's Electric Soap factory as
Ask your grocer for it. Take no imitation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

DEBILITY, WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN,
Chronic Coughs and Bronchitis, can be cured
by the use of ScoTT's EMU SION Of Pure Cod
Liver Oil with Hypopbosphites. Prominent
physicians use it and testify to it's great value.
Please read the following: Il used Scott's
Emulsion for an obstinate Cough with Hemor-
rhage, Loss of Appetite, Emaciation, Sleep:
lesSness, &c All these have now left, and /
believe your Emulsion has saved case Of well
developed Consumption. n."-T. ]. FINDLEY, N.
D. Lone Star. Texas.
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Consump1fon. Scrofuln. Gencrnl

CONGRESS makes an approp" "iation Of S50,-
QUO annually for the support OF free schools in
Alaska.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

THERE are over 100 COO miles of submarine
cable in operation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, eQrable cIlmat ,csrtam anu HDuHuHnt
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass ard stock cGun-
try in the world. Full information free: Ad-
dress Oregon Im'igrat'n Board. Portland, Ore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

No stranger should visit the city without
smoking "Tansill Punch" &c. Cigar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

IF afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac ThomD-
sons Eye water Druggists sell at Csc per bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

The worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter Of how
long standing, is permanently cured by DR..
Saee's Catarrh Remedy,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

STUDENTS WHO use tobacco in any form are
denied admission to the University Of the Pa-
cific San lose Cal
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CAuCER.si;ii;;iii$:fi;iioi, i;;;i:i;ii 80

Holland Medical and Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
removes Cancer without pain or use Of knife Scores
Of patients speak in unqualified terms OF praise OF
the success Of this treatment. Write for circular
HOLLAND MEDICINE CO., Buffalo, n. Y
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cLnllc Do You want to buy or sell .IANnS
S6kMN II SO send stamp for chc1'r to LIMBO
! hiINiO Curtis & Bufett 333 Broadway, n. Y.
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PEERLESa nvEs Are she BEST;

W. l.. DOUGLAS name and the price are sssmUsd
the bottom Of all Shoes advertised by him bef6fe
leaving his factory this protects the wearers against
high prices and inferior goods. Take none nm
less stamped nor be deceived by others claimed to
send direct to factory, and receive by return mail
ce, wide or narrow toe, size and width and enclose
n guaranteed. Address
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Hark, the sound Of many voices
Jubilant in gladest ng,
And full many q heart rejoices
AS the chorus floats along:
Hail the Favori Q Prescription"

HOW Gn6 nuppy VUIceS UeHus
Wonderful beyond description-
Woman's best and truest friend"
Well may it be called woman's best friend,
since 1t does for her what no other remedy has
been able to do. 1t cures all those delicate de-
rangements and weaknesses peculiar to fe-
males. Cures them, understand. Other pre-
parations may afford temporary relief, but DR..
Pierce Fayorite Prescription effects per'nd-
nent cure. 1t is guaranteed tn do this, or the
money paid for it will be promptly refunded.
It is the great remedy of the age.
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CAUTION

be as good, which dealers make more proft-but
what you want State kind, button, congress or lace
price with order. Prompt delivery and satisfaction
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-30

"Pah! That is another popular de-
lusion. Near-sightedpess may grow worse
with age, but not better. Likewise, it
is nonsense to suppose, as is so commonly
asserted, that the near-sighted eye is
unusually strong. How should the alb
normal egg-shaped eye be stronger than
the spherical eye2 The near-sighted eye
is not necessarily weak, but it is sick
eye, in the sense that it usually belongs
to person who is imperfect constitution
ally. The reverse Of near-sight is over
sight, which is occasioned by fatness of
the erb of vision. 1t is the case of nearly
all cases of weak eyes, and of nine out
of every ten cases of 'squint.' Any child
afflicted with either of these troubles
should be taken at once to the oculist and
have glasses prescribed for it. Thou
sands of people go through life without
half the use Of their eyes, when the whole
trouble is simply due to slight malform-
alton which proper convex glasses would
remedy at once. In the case of con-
frmed squint it may be necessary to cut
The shortened muscle of the squirting
eve, which removes the difficulty ard
sets the organ straight again. Let me
add, while I think of it, that there is
nothing against which the ignorant
should be warned more carefully than
,the EYE waters sold at apothecaries'
shops, which almost invariably contain
sugar of lead. This chemical applied to
q sore eye makes an opaque deposit on
the cornea, which may soon render the
unfortunate purchaser Of quack eye reme-
dies permanently blind"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13
Woman Suffrage.

1t seems that the question of woman suf-
frage is to be considered in Congress. SEN
ator Blair, the Don Qaixote of the U. S
Senate, from the select committee on
Wopau's suffrage, has reported favorabig
an amendment to tie constitution for in
vesting women with the right Of suffrage.
We concur in the opinion expressed by the
Norfolk Landmark that ''there never was
a greater mistake made than the good wo-
men are making who seek formal political
recognition. Their Influence as moulder
and former Of men, the guide and teacher,
the social master, acting as she does
through the channels of home and society,
through the Bursery and the school and the
church, is infinitely greater than it could be
expressed in the rude and often Intellectual
form of ballot at the polling place. If
woman Hields her legitimate influence over
the mind and heart Of man she is more
fully represented in his public actions than
if she assumed the functions of the map
himself The strength of woman does not
lie in the rude force she is able to exert,
sor in the noise she can make if she try,
hut in the suggestive power shs has and
the energy she can arouse in man.
Woman acts Indirectly upon the political
machinery of the world and acts thus more
effectively than if she were herself part
of that nachiucry. When she assumes the
ina ginary dignity of the elector, she lays
down the real sceptre of her queenly SOW
eregnty.
Admit ell that is claimed for her as the
eoral, intellectually. and the superior,
morally, Of men, and iha truth remains
that q woman voter and a woman politician
are out of harmony with the obvious plan
Of creation. That they are filter to exer-
else privilege that many degraded and
common men exercise to their own hurt
and the injury Of society, goes without say
ing, and meets with no opposing argument
from rs, bnt we maiutain that there are
some privileges that are not fit for women
to exercise, and the privilege of voting 10
public elections and mixing up in the strug-
gle OF men for office, is one of them.
There are two things in nature which are
so iaanfestly discordant that they meet
with involuntary repugnance on the part
of men and women: one is a Tomanish and
effeminate man, and tue other is mannish,
uneffeminate and masculine woman. Men
instinctively recoil from such women, and
genuine women impulsiyely and irresisti-
bly, shrink from such meB. This alone
should settle tho question"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13

How very moDstrous it looks when the
citizen asks the reason Of an exorbisant tax
at a time when we have over hundred
million dollars of surplus, without any os-
tensible way to spend 1t, To reduce that
dangerous surplus is question recognized
BY both parties, but to reduce it by tighten
ing the taxes is proposition that the Re-
publican party ignores. They have the ST
frontery to propose 10 that Senate bill to
reduce the surplus by increasing the taxes,
and the increase is on the necessary articles
of life, like sugar and tin, for instance. And
at the same time the American artisan is
cut off from the foreign markets in order
that the monopolists may conine him to
their own field of york, and give him just
what they choose when they choose, and
make all the rest of the $4,000, 900 people
buy at the monopoliss's own prices. All
this tyrannical plan fthe Republican party
is worked out entirely to favor few pets
of the party, who put the money to buy the
government when elections are held.
The cry of protection to American labor
is full of sound, but there is no reason to it,
when We knnw that American labor ought
to be allowed to have raw materials free, sc
| as to put the product of labor on the same
| footing with the products Of other nations.
We say, therefore, that the American
people are .idden by system of burden
some aud tyranDical taxes, not TO support
the government. but to- pamper the mohop
olists, and the people should demand that
they be allowed to bave the necessary arti
c.es Of life at the same prices as in oiheI
countries. - Richmond Times
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13

The SOUTH HATER's LoaIC One of the
bitterest of the South-hatiug newspapers
in New York tries to find in the killing of
Clayton in Arkansas reason for discour-
aging immigration into the South. Well,
Tor the same reason, why should not the
shooting of a temperance editor in Wis
cousin discourage immigration to the West?
Why, in short, were the Kin Klux of re-
construction days more lawless and terror
izing than the White-Caps of Northern
States in the last few months? If the
Southern press were rs malignant, as un-
scrupulous, as intensely partisan as some of
the leading Republican newspapers in the
North, it would be depicting the barbarity
Of Indianapolis, and Columbus, and Harris
burg AID Newark simply because some
bands If then take the law into their own
hands and whip some offensive individuals
in Indians, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.
But there is no respectable Southern
paper, however intense its Democratic
sympatliies, that would be guilty of such
fagrant injustice, that would soil its pages
with such ISLANDERS upon tn .usands, yes,
millions of innocent and law-abiding people
lican jour nalh which engage in this malig-
nant warfare are the popular mouthpieces
of party that only lives by keeping alive
the bitterest aud most benighted sectional
animositiss, party that is, therefore, I'M
worthy of the support of any Southern msu
who honots the good name of his section
and has a proper respect for the character
of her people.-Richmond Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13

A NEW CHAPTER OF THE SAMOAN MAT
TER The protocols and other documents
IN relation to the S,motn affair. made pub
lie aud sept TO Congress BY President CIeve-
land Friday with the assent of Germany
and England, deal with two suhjpcts-the
conference Of Representatives of Germany.
Great Britain aud the United States a,
Washington in July, 1887, which was tenn
poralily suspended at Mr.. Bayard's reQues'
for specific purpose, and the corr espou-
dence recently had in reference to rnnewal
of that conference. The protocols of 1887
embrace the various plans for the govern
ment Of Samoa p opposed at the conference.
There were virtually but two of these y the
German which meant the ablishment OF
German asceudencg in the Samoan govern.
ment on the ground that Germany had the
largest property Interests, and the Ameri
can, which contemplated the continuance
Of the Samoan government with its indie
pendeuce unimpaired and equal rights for
he three treaty powers. When it was
found that tho two plans we're wholly in
compatible, Mr. Bayard proposed TEN
porary suspension of the conference, so that
| the power interested might, after fuller
consideration, give their representatives.
| fresh instructions likely to lead to an agree
| ment. The new conference is agreed to BY
Mr.. Bayard in the hope that time and events
! have convinced Prince Bismarck of the jus
tiice of the American contention. He sug
geste, hoeever, that Uendug the meeting
of the conference at Berlin, orders be give I
to suspend hostilities against the S,moaus
Bali. SssG.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13
The Coming Campaign.

The democrats of Virginia, remembering
the past, as the Republican party and most
ofits leaders-the greater as we'll as lesser
lights of that fraternity-haye dealt with
the State, its interests and the people,
should not delay in resolute action in pre-
paration for the coming campaign. Ma
tional politics is one thing, but the ques'
ton as to which party shall direct our do.
nestle affairs, involving our peace and
prosperity and the privileges of the people,
is another.
Republican rule means negro supremacy
over large sections of the State. The State
government, under the control of that
party, would be powerless to resist the In
fluences of the banded hordes that brought
it into power. The sophistry of the party
is deceptive Though it may be ATTEMPTED to
disguise it, that is truth about which the
refectiug people of Virginia have had Toe
much serious experience TO doubt 1t.
The possession of the patronage OF the
Federal Government is not enough. Vr'
giuia in her domestic and home affairs
must be made to yield to rapacity and
greed. The Executive and Legislative
functions of government all the way from
the highest sources of power to county and
district control, wherever such can be
moDopolized, must be made snbservient'
A party placed in authority by balance Of
power that is not content with equal privi
leges, under the Constitution and the laws,
with the white race will be the chief source
of popular strength that Republican mag
mates cannot disown. This truth though
attempted to be obscured under the special
pleadings of the leaders, is as plain as the
light of day.
1t is the duty of the democratic party, in
this State of things, to save the State and
the people, whose local government, al
least, ia at stake, from the evils which the
Republican leaders can fau into a fame,
but Will be helpless to subdue.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13

AN AMERICAN CANAL Admiral Ammen
has for many years been intimately associ
ated with explorations on the American
Isthmus with reference to a canal, and is
probably the most accurately and fully in
formed man living about all the canal
routes which have been proposed. He
writes to the Herdld.-"As located, every
part of the work on the Nicaragua Oaual
can be carried on without delay and with
economy. The summit between the two
oceans on the Nicaragua route is only one
hundred and fifty three feet above low tide;
the bottom CT the lake is for the most part
at sea Lowell, and the surface of the lake, as
it will be mairtained, is one hundred and
ten feet above the sea. TIL level will ex-
tend to Wit hin fifteen miles of the harbor of
Greytawn on the Allan ic side, and to with
in three miles of the harboI of Brito on the
Poetic Lying between these distances
will be an uninterrupted waterw way of one
bundrad and fifty twp miles. The actual
length of prism excavation will DO less than
twenty niue miles, of which, when cleared
of the forests, sixteen can be dug by
barrass the work. Al of tue essential con-
ditiuDs that insure success are fulfilled to a
remarkable degree:-1 A superabundant
water supply at the summit 2 A sIIrface
drainage that assures Immunity from d ,od-.
8. Very great economy in construction. 1t
is an established fact that the country is
exceptionally healthy"
Admiral Ammen believes that the canal
can be completed in Eve years. IN. Y.
Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13
Gay. Lees Private Secretary Commits
Suicide.

Last Thursday morning the dead body
of Mr.. Jas. E. Waller, the private secre-
tary to Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, was found lying
upon lounge ia the latter's office at the
Capitol, with pistol wound in the right
side of the head. About seven O'Clock that
morning Messenger jones entered the Office
and observed MI. Walters position. A
Smith 81 Wesson pistol near by, pools of
blood on the lounge aud floor, and the bull
let wound in the PROSTATE mans head told
the ghastly story. It seems that Mr.. Wal
Ter did not leave bis office at all last Wednes
day night, and some time after dark at
what hour is not known shot himself in
the head. The city coroner viewed the re-
mains, but decided it unnecessary to hold
| an inquest.
| Wednesday evening about5 O'Clock The
deceased called up his friend, VIM. Daniel,
BY telephone, and asked him If he could
come up to the Office, as be wanted to see
him on important business. Daniel told
him he could not come just then. Mr..
Waller then said; "All right; / will see
you al supper" This was the last heard
of him alive. The Governor can assign no
reason for the terrible act.
The deceased was native of Stafford
county, and was selected by the Governor
for the confidential duties of secretary soon
after his election in 1885. Mr.. Waller was
a tall, hands ONE man, thirty-two years of
age The Cause Of bis rash act is not def
niteiy known. Among the theories ad-
vanced is one that he was disappointed in q
love afflir recently and 1t weighed upon
bis mind His NEST intimate friends,
though do not believe in that theory.
Mr.. Walters health had rot been goo6
for some weeks psst and his friends think
that this caused the young man to feel
Respondent, although he was qnite cheerful
all of Wednesday. It is believed that Mr..
Walters act was committed while in a
mood of great depression. His body was
Gent to Stafford county Friday moiDirg for
intermect,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-02-13
The Tin Plate Iniquity.

The Baltimore Sun recently published
an interview with leading men in the can
ming industry, showing the injurious effect
which the proposed increase in the duty on
tin plate would have upon the trade Ac-
cording 10 these interviews, it is demon.
strated that not less than so 900 working
men in Maryland alone are estimated to be
more or less dependent upon the canning of
oysters, meats, fruits, and vegetables
This does not inc. de the farmers, the cost
of whose tin plate would be increased more
than one hundred per cent. by the Senate
Tariff bill.
Discussing the facts thus elected, the
Philadelphia Record says:
''It is proposed by the bill that the in
crease of duty on tin-plate shall not go into
effect until January, 1890. By that time,
it is believed, the Pittsburg firm that has
been engineering the job would be able to
begin operations. Teen the annual revenue
from tin-plate would be transferred from
the public treasury to the pockets of few
private individuals as a reward for their
liberal campaign contributions. During the
last fiscal year the revenue from this i'm
port amounted to SO. $40. 446, and the ad-
dition of 81 100000 by the Senate bill
would make the total upward of $13, $780,
600 year. This is what the consumers of
the country would have to pay on this arti-
Gle, whether the revenue should continue
to flow into the Treasury or whether the
increased rate of duty should totally pro-
hibit its Importation
Statistins cnow that unIar tho ,,raSent
duty, amounting to 80 per cent. ad vatorsm,
not a pound of tin plate is made in the
United States. Should the bill be passed,
therefore, it would still be necessary to i'm.
port the tin for covering the plate, and the
duty is, therefore, proposed to be at least
doubled to enable few individuals TO per-
form an experiment on the American peo
pie. In other words, millions, are to be
heavily taxed so that half dozen persons
may become enriched at the public ex-
pensa. -Richmond Times.