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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
MRS. BOOTHS FUNERAL.
Remarkable Outpouring ofSalvation-
ISIS to Honor Her Memory.

ISIS 10 fOnOr Der MeInOry.
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Booth, wife
of General Booth, who was known as the
Mother OF tho Salvation Army" took
place in Lon1on, England, and was
made the occasion Of great demon
stration by that organization. The
weather was exceedingly Gisagreeable, a
fog enyeloping the city, but despite this
thousands Of persons assembled in the streets
to witness the funeral procession. The
where the Army mustered, to Abney Park
Cemetery where the remains were inferred,
lay through the denseiy populated district
OK Stoke, Newington, The entire
rout. was lined with crowds
of spectators, and the windows Of the houses
were thronged by the occupants and their
friends, ali anxious to witness the last demon
stration OF love and respect paid to thoir
leader by the devoted membersof the Army.
When the procession had entered the ceme-
terry the gun carriage on which the coffin
rested was drawn beside the open grave, and
the coffin was removed by officers of the Army
and tenderly lowered into the earth. Gen.
Booth stood at the head of the grave and read
the burial service. OfficsrS of tho Army from
various parts of England, tie British colo
ries America, the Continent. and Asia de-
ivered orationS.
All the railways entering London ran ex-
cursion trains, and the throng in the city
was augmented by immense numbers Of Sal
vationists and their friends from the prov
inces. There was also large attendance
from foreign countries. The members Of the
Army, attired in the uniforms end wearing
white badge of mourning, were every
where conspicuous in the crowded streets.
The crowds on this occasion surpassed in
point of numbers those which gather to wit
ness the SHOW or Lord Mayors day. Ths
demonstration was convincing proof to the
public that the Salvation Army wields n
powerful influence throughout the country.
There were fifteen bands in the line. Ill
those who took part in the procession were
officers of the Army, the prirates and the:r
friends not bsing allowed to march.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
Sketch of His Career,

Samuel Freeman Miller was born in Rich
mond, KY, April <, 1915. In spite Of his
judicial mind, which must have shown itself
at an early age, the future light Of American
Jurisprudence, when he had become a young
man, determined to study medicine, and he
was graduated as N. D. at the Transylvania
University. Kentucky. He acquired q good
reputation as doctor, buthe arterward said
that there was too much guesSwork in the
practice for him. In short time he re-
inuuished medicine for the law, where his
great powers of ratiocinatlon had full play,
and In solving whose difficulties his intellect
rejoiced like giant refreshed for the battle.
Kentucky was slave State, but MIR. Mil
Ter steadfastly and courageously advocated
emancipation to the detriment of his world
" prospects So unpopular did he become
tnat in 1850 he deemed 1t best to remove
to Iowa, then q State four years old,
and rapidly growing under the IN
huence of free institutions. He became one
of the founders Of the Republican parry and
leader in the State. he refused all noml-
nations for public Office, however, preferring
to become eminent in his profession, which
he rapidly did.
Mr. Lincoln greatly admired bis character
and his professional ability, and in 1862 he ap-
pointed him to the Bench Of the United States
Supreme Court. This was just the
place for him, and he gladly accepted it. to
his own glory and the lasting benefit OF the
country. Thereafter for twenty-eight
wears Judge Miller proceeded to ad-
minister Justice according to law
and equity. He was layer
whose mind was never warped by the techni-
calities Of his profession, although he was q
master Of them all. He used them to good
ends, and never let them turn him aside from
Justice to bad ends.
1t isa curious fact that going on to the
Bench Republican, the most famous decls-
ions he has shared in OF late years have
adopted Democratic constructions of the Con-
stitution. notably the decisions in the civil
rights cases, which practically annulled the
fifteenth amendment. he was not a central
izationist, but believed in maintaining the
rights Of the States unmutiated and intact;
HIS reputation was that Of the best all round
lawyer on the Bench. Hecould have retired
on a pension Of full pay several years ago,
but he preferred to work, and he died liter
ally in the harness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
SYMPATHY WITH ANIMALS

I say that all noble natures the race
through have been tllel with this SO great
sympathy with all these lower beings whose
very look as you gaze into their eyts tel TO
us such story of dependence, and suffering,
and Joy and deathlcss affection. Locke III
his Treatise on Education would have
taught among children lessons Of compass
toward them and as developing in the chill
dren the best nobilities Of their nature.
One of the profoundest pieces OF human
reasoning is Bishop Buffers ANALOGY of
Religion" En- II he refers to the Latent
powers and capacities of the lower animals,
and SEES no renson why they should not be
developed in future life" Sir Walter
Scott had always about him family of dogs
larger than his own. How he mourned
them when they died! Who has
ever gazed at that magnificent monu-
ment at Edinburgh, and not been touched IN
the tenderest spot IN bis heart 1t seeing
there at the very feet of the statue of the
great man the beautiful form Of his favofite
dog, Mazda!
| think shall always remember the tally
no coach ride one Fourth Of July from DUP
lin to BRAY. Four horses Of perfect forms,
shining like silk. leaping like deer over their
siX-mile course, and then four more flesh
for their run; thiry-siN horses IN all, speed
lnH WIFI illl"tSlIcu !'''SC NP tAS ShoOt't
through village and hamlet, boys and girls
breaking loose from school, filling the air
with their echoes Of our footing horn, and
vet in that wild ride from Dublin to the sea
and from the sea to Dublin, not lash fell
upon single horse.
Only its sharp crack in the air. and the
low voice of that superb driver. the richest
tea merchant in the Irish capital, to keep
the eager horses firm and even to their work.
And SO through old England, among the
majestic dray horses, with their monumental
legs; among the bus and handsome horses.
so endless in their procession through the
streets anil strands of Lnndon; among the
young pacing cobs and on thu country roads !;
among the tall but stocky hunters in hed
and moor; among the racers. so elegant in
every part, with high rastrrns, deep Hanks
and chests. and long thin necks, restless for
the signal for the racc-among them all
saw not in month so many bearing about
in overwrought. starved. whipped bodies
the marks of mans cruelty as | see in
single day here in the streets OF Syracuse.
-TRcy DR. SpauluinT.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
THE PREACHER AND THE BELLMAN.

In IN interesting volume, THE Way the
Lord Hath Led Me-" Charles Stanley relates
the following incident illustrating the i'm
portance of looking to the Lord every day
for the guidance of the Holy Spirit. as we
never know when and where He may use
US in sovereign grace.
II was crossing the country one day, from
Bristol, where had been preaching, to Tet-
bury. had never been in that part OF the
country before. On arriving at Wotton-
undcr-Edge, l had some time to spare be-
fore going on. 1t was about five O'Clock on
hot day in the midst Of harvest.
"There was scarcely person to be seen in
the little town. was very distinctly i'm
pressed from the Lord that ! must preach
the gospel there that afternoon, yet there
appeared to he no people to preach to.
Nearly all seemed to be out in the harvest
field. Yet the conviction deepened that
NUT preach. took u few tracts and gave
them where could find any one. was
standing in y little shop, speaking to q
woman about her soul, when man came
running I'D the road, the perspiration
streaming off his face. He turned into the
shop and said, please sir, are you preach
or of the gospel?' Yes 1 said, Il am,
through the Lords mercy, but why do you
ask?' He replied, L am the bellman, and II
YOU will preach today will cry it,
"'Well,' I said, 1T was very, much laid on
my heart to preach the gospel here today,
but do not see any to preach to. lell me,
how is it you came in such haste. and asked
me the question: He replied, 4 was work.
ing in the field, and q woman came past and
told me some one was distributing tracts in
Wotton. and it was just as if voice had
said to he. You must run, anu there must
be preaching IN Wotton today. That is why
left my work, and came Immediately
las he was the bellman, inVoluntarily
put my hand in my pocket to give him
shilling. oh, dear no. sir, he said, 1 don't
want the money, want souls to be savel;;'
and the earnestness and solemnity Of the
man confirmed his words In half an hour
he had washed himself, cried the preaching,
and we were on the way to the Chipping to
preach"
1t requires bold man to say that these
coincidcnces were the result Of an accident.
And it will require eternity 10 reveal the
good wrought through men who are thus
''ed by the Spirit of God"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
RELIGIOUS READING.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

TIE CHNlSlltN
hold him great who, for lovers sake
Can give with generous, earnest will;
Yet he who takes for loves sweet sake,
think hold more generous still.
I bow before the noble mind
That freely some great wrong forgives;
Yet nobIer is the one forgiven
Who bears that burden well and lives.
1t may be hard to gain, and still
To keep a lowly steadfast heart;
Yet he who loses has to fill
A harder and truer part.
Glorious it Is to wear the crown
OF & deserved and pure success;
He who knows how to fail has won
A crown whose luster is not less.
Great may he he who can command
And rule with just and tender sway;
Yet is diviner wisdom taught
Better BY him who can obey.
Blessed arc they who die for God
And earn the martyrs crown Of light;
Yet he who lives for God may be
A greater conqueror in his sight:
II AIDE aide Proctor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
A DRAMATIC SUICIDE.
A Russian Professor Takes Poison
Before His Glass.

An extraordinary story is te!egraphed
from st. Petersburg, Russia. 1t is probable
no romancer has ever imagined more dra-
matte incident.
A young professor of medicine, Kou-
charsl;y by name, closed a lecture on
poisonous acids to a class in the Ia
boratory of the university by pouring
into glass soma drops of one OF the
poisons, saying as he drank them: IN two
minutes you are going to see man die be-
fore your eyes. Gentlemen, bid you fare.
we'll"
The students rushed up and tried to ad-
minister an antidote. but it was powerless::
AT the expiration of the time he had fixed
Koucharsky was corpse.
There is great excitement in st. P stersburs
over this tragic incident. 1t is generally be-
lieved the Professor had gone suddenly mad,
for no motive for the act, so far as is known.
existed. He leaves a wife, Of whom he was
very fond, and two little children. He will
be buried with great pomp at the expense OF
the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29

81 should think, Mr.. Owelots, that
YOU would be afraid to marry me. am
80 old and have so much money that
people might misjudge your motive. "
tsA1y sweet Angcline, I love you so, that
l would willingly marry you thoug h you
were three times as old and had twice as
much money. y."-Boston Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
Tests Not to be Delayed.

In relation to the impression that the
explosion at the Dupont Powder Works,
near Wilmington, Del, will delay Gov
ernmeut tests and otherwise hamper
naval or army operations, member OF
the firm said, in speaking about the
'es enlR IN tbs vard in whch
the explosion took place, that he did not
think any tests would be delayed. His firm
had $4,000 pounds Of testing powder on
hand, which had escaped the explosion, and
which would supply the Government until
another set Of mills could be started on the
same kind Of work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
BLOWN TO ATOMS.

Ten Miners Killed BY an Explosion
in Mexico.
News has been received from Rosario gold
nine seventy miles inland from Mazatan'
uexico of a terrible explosion which oo-
c,,rred thers. An American named McGee,
who came from Napa, Cal, was working
with nine Medca9s In si1ty.1oos S isveF hma. hear
dred G hounds Of dynamite. This exploded In
some way and ten men were blown olmoss
to atoms
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
FOURTEEN WOUNDED.
Pitched Battle Between Rival Fac.
tions in Tennessee.

A pitched battle is reported from Smith
Vile, DeKalb County, at Mine Lick, near
Smithville, Tenn. Tom Watson had had
several persons arrested for firing his barn.
They were acquitted, but words ensued be-
tween the two factions which soon grew into
war. Both sides had plenty of followers.
About thirty men and women engaged In
the fight. II Is said that fourteen were
wounded, two Of whom may die. The Mine
Lick crowd got the worst OF tho battle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
A FAMILY WIPED OUT.
Wife and Husband Kill Thcmselvc
and Their Baby Dies Of Neglect.

DfNo Ok
A double suicide occurred at Perth
Am5oy, y. j., a few days ago. Gaboi
ShowdsL, a Pole. employed on the LIE
high Valley Railroad docks, quarrelet
with his wife. A babe had been born tt
them three days before and Showdist
accused hec of infide!ity. Ths woman be
came worried on the departure of her huS
band to his work, and pouring some boiling
water on q bunch Of matches drank the de-
coction and was thrown into commissions,
from which she died the same night.
When Showdish learned OF her act he So
cured d pistol and went into his woodshcd
where he shot himself through the head, dy'
cent cause Of tho quarrel, died of neg eel
during the morning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29

FRANK D. M1LLET, the artist, who
has returned to Europe, was an art
critic. His taste for gunpowder, con-
tracted In the civil war, led him to JOIN
The staff of London paper during the
Russo-Turkish war.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
Work of the General Land Office.

Lewis A. Croft, the Commissioner Of the
General Land Office, has submitted to the
Secretary of the Interior the annual report
Of the operations of his bureau for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1890. The report says
that an agricultural domain Of nearly 49,.
100000 acres has during the year been trans
ferred to enterprising and Industrious set
tiers by patents issued to them. The area
patented to the States, under the
grants for educational and internal
Improvement purposes, has increased 300 per
cent. There were patented or certified under
, the law, for the benefit Of railroad compan-
les, during the year 363, S62 acres. The to-
tai cash receipts Of the Office from various
sources during the fiscal year were $780,.
617. The Commissioner finds that the most
valuable timber on the public lands is being
rapidly exhausted, and that the several laws
relating to the subject are utterly inadequate
properly to protect either the public forests
from unlawful appropriation or the interests
Of the settlers He believes that expectation
of public timber should be prohibited, as also
should the removal Of timber from any Of
the reserved lands and from mountainous re-
gions and other woodlands at or near the
head waters or sources Of streams. which for
climatic, economic or public reasons should
be held permanently as forest reserves, ex-
cepticn being made in favor Of settlers or
miners for their personal necessities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29

rm largest cheese everuade in the United
States has heen put in hoops ct the cheese
factory at East Otto. N. 7. It is five feet In
diapeter and Weighs two tons; Sa, ,OOQ pound
o9 n,iik were used Ia its msnufscture.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29

4 sraAw-PAPER TRUST, represenelng
eiphtv-two mills with an output OF 5So IONS
daily. has teen formed to contro! the Market
west Of the Allegheny Mountains.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29

CARDINAL LAv1GERIE, of Paris, who
has taken great interest in the slave
trade which is still carried on in Africa,
has offered premium of IS, 600 for the
best romance treating of this diabolica!
affair. Uncle Tom in Africa, it Ii
bored, will awaken public interest t.
the existence of this great crime.
s,oyEY lenders In Italy used to dls-.
pIay the money they had to lend out on
= banco, or bench. When one of these
money lenders was unable to continue
business his bench or counter was
broken up, and lie himself was spoken
of as bsneorotto, /. e., a bankrupt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Gleanings Among the Various
departments at Washington.
Associate Justice Miller Stricken
With Paralysis.

4 recent dispatch from Washington City
says: Associate Justice Samuel F. Miller, Of
the United States Supreme Court, was
stricken with paralysis during the afternoon
about three o'clock and now lies in pre-
carious condition. He spent the early part
of the day at the Capitol, attending to busi-
ness in the Supreme Court room as usual, and
when he started homo took street car as was
his usual custom. After alighting at Thomas
circle, when in sight of his own residence on
Highland terrace, he walked few steps and
then was seen by his servant, who was
watching for him on the terrace steps, to
ssagger and fall. :.
the Justice lying on his face and hands al
most unconscious and his face smeared
with blood from an ugly cut above
his nose. There were plenty Of helping hands
In a few minutes to aid the servant
lift him into coupe and take him the two
or three hundred yards up to his own door.
The effort to carry him up the long street
steps and then up another fight to his
chamber reused the Judge to consciousness
and he was soon able to talk.
a. The left side Of the head and face and the
left arm are paralyzed, but he has been able
TO move both the lower limbs with ease. he
suffered no pain after the first shock. As it
neared his customary dinner hour he asked
for something to eat and partook Of it with
relish.
At late hour that night the chances were
greatly against Justice Miller's recovery.
His mind, which had been clear during the
afternoon. became somewhat clouded to-
ward night, and his general condition such
as to alarm his family and friends. Shortly
, before IL o'clock sedativs was admins
>tered and he dropped into deep slumber,
but his breathing was labored.
Justice Miller is seventy-four years old
and in number Of years Of service is the
senior member Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States He was born in Richmond,
KY, on April 5, 1916, but moved to Keokuk,
Iowa, when young man. Abraham Lin
coin made him Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court in 1862. He presides
over the the Eight judicial circuit.
He has large family Of adult sons and
daughters. In figure he is one of the most
portly men among the many portly members
Of the Supreme Court. He Is not above the
average height, but is very feshy. His face
is always smoothly shaven, and his massive
features are topped by a forehead of e1traor-
dinary height.
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October Crop Reports.

The October estimates Of yield per acre
for the entire breadth Of cereal crops, as
consolidated by the Department Of Agricul-
ture are:
Winter wheat, 1913 bushelspe acre; spring
wheat, lis; the wheat crop, Ill; oats, 19s;
barley, 81; rye, Ills bushels.
T!ss condition of corn is 70.6 instead of 70.1
last month; buckwheat, 9O.7 instead Of 9o5;
potatoes, 6l.7 instead of 65.7; tobacco, S5.4
instead of s2.4. There is practically no
change in the general average of condition,
except reduction Of four points in potatoes
and I'm increase Of two points in tobacco.
The effect Of winter frosts upon wheat is
shown by the low rate Of yield to have been
severe The figure would have been lower
but for the reduction Of area by ploughing
and planting Of the worst fields in other
crops. Some Of the higher rates in principal
States: New York, 1872: Pennsylvania, le;
Ohio, 1876; Michigan, 15.2; Illinois, lis;
Missouri, LIZ; Kansas, 1875; California, II;
Oregon, IS.
The Rocky Mountain areas made high
averages in spring wheat on limited areas
The Dakota yields, varying from bushel or
two TO twenty-five bushels, make an average
Of nine bushels per acre. Minnesota returns
10 and Wisconsin 1875 bushels.
The estimated weld Of oats is 1913 bushels,
wnIcn IS the lowest ever reported, probable
reducing the aggregate product more than
200. .000, 900 bushels
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-10-29
Reversing a Pension Decision.

The Assistant Secretary Of the Interior,
Mr.. Chandler, has made decision in the
case Of Joseph Zerbach, late Of Co. L, Second
Missouri Artillery. The record shows that
In April, 1854, while the claimant was on de-
tail, satering horses, he was assailed by COM
rade, who with a alargerevolver beat him over
the head, fracturing his skull, which resulted
In a permanent disability. The evidence
Rshows that the assault was unprovoked. The
Resistant Secretary holds that the injury
pensionable. The former adverse decision
of the Pension Bureau IS accordingly re-
yersed.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-11-22

Monopolistic power, that rightly re-
CARDS partisan prejudice as its most
potent ally, is very happy these days,
because it believes that present higher
prices fer farm products will soothe
the farmer into belief that better
times are coming to him, and will pre-
vent him turning away from old parties
TO enter the green fields and pastures
new Of independent organizations.
The farmer is, Of coure, delighted at
the prospect OF obtaining better prices
for his produce, and SO are all good
citizens but he does not forget that
the cause OF the better prices for what
he has to sell is its limited quantity.
The farmer is rapidly learning to APP
ply blame and praise where they be-
long, and is ceasing to bless or curse
man for the smiles or : wns Of Provi-
dence. Monopolistic power and capi-
talistic abuse need to understand that
farmers now realize that it matters
not what degree Of prosperity may
come to themselves through natural
causes, they will still resent to the
uttermost all forces that are unjustly
taking from them one cent OF their
earnings. Our wealth producers are
beginning to understand how much
watered stocks, a high protective
tariff, unequal taxation and other
various systems are depressing them
and they will never rest until the OPP
preston is destroyed, no matter how
good are the crops nor how high their
prices.-Farm, Stock and Home.