The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-30

On January 18th, in the Senate, Mr..
Sherman, representing the Committee
on Foreign Relations, reported a con-
current resolution in favor of resort
to Arbitration for the settlement OF
differences between the United States
and other nations which cannot be set
tied by diplomatic agencies. This res
oution was placed on the calendar.
This is revival of an uncompleted
measure which unanimously passed
the Senate at the former session.
According to Frances f. Willard
there are women in Chicago who make
twelve shirts for serenty-five cents and
| furnish their own thread; women who
"fnish off, a costly cloak for four
cents; children that work twelve
hours day for a dollar week. This
throws fresh light on the temptations
of great cities. ALAS that gold should
be so dear and flesh and blood so
cheap"
A true story Of the perplexity of a
graduate of the Boston English High
School over a word that he found oc-
curing with veXatious frequency in
the foot.notea of work that he read
recently: "Do you Know" he asked,
"who Ibid, the author, was: I've
been reading q book that has lots of eX-
tracts from his writings in it, and
can't find his name in any cyclope-
dia." The young man was told that
he was a relative of the distinguished
author, Anon, who has written some
of the most beautiful things in the En-
glish language. boston transcript.
Miss Florence Nightingale, who is
living in feeble health in Derbyshire,
England, has addressed most impress
sive little letter to the members of a
Band of Hope in EdinlurE. "Don't,"
she says, "think you can do anything
worth doing in 1it Gf enthusiasm,
but train yourselves carefully 10 any
work you are called on to do and
think nothing to small to do carefully,
or to train carefully for, that is for the
good of your fcllow-creaturcs. God
sends us real and lasting enthusiasm
that is, the spirit Of love and power,
and sound mind to carry us through
our training and our disciplno.n
The pine-trees In and around Thom-
lasville, Ga, have been and still are her
most powerful magnets. The medical
profession are Cn record in this cOun-
try and Europe, as to the healing
qualities of soft southern breeZes,
when blown through forests OF
pines catching and bearing on their
wings, as they do, the rich aroma OF
these pines, they bring back the flush
of health to wasted cheeks, and kin.
die the eye again with hope. AS all
illustration of the value placed on con.
venlent pine-trees to any health resort
we may mention a fact. 1t is now
conceded that the cutting down of thu
pine-trecs in the vicinity of Aiken, s
c., which was recently done, was S
great mistake. The removal of these
pine-trees has lost Aiken many Of hel
visitors, and removed one of her mos
principal attractions for Northern visi
tors.
The name Wisconsin is said to he de
rived by a peculiar process Of evOlu
ton from the French phrase. on es
&C gn'Or descend? the question whicl
sprang to the lips Of the Jesuit boat
man when he reached the Wisconsin
, River rapids. This became successive
ly Our-con-do-san, Ousconsan, Wiscon
san and Wisconsin.
1t sometimes happens that the great
est philosophers in theory are tn
greatest fools in practice.