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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15
THE LABOR WORLD.

THIRTY THOUSAND tons of coal per day is
displaced by natural gas
MACHINERY makers are crowded with
orders in all of the New England and Middle
States.
In Chicago horses are curried by steam.
In two hours $50 horses can be curried by
this means.
In Georgia cotton mill operatives do eleven
hours work, as it requires one hour per day
longer to do days work there than it does
in Northern mills.
EDWARD n. MORSE, proprietor of the old
est cotton thread factory in the United
States, established in 1929, died few days
since in South Easton Mass.
The proprietors of Philadelphia leading
newspapers have refused to grant the de-
mands of the printers for an advance from
forty to forty-five cents per 1000 ems compo-
sition.
FOUR THOUSAND glass workers throughout
South Jersey have either been on strike or
locked out since September, and there seems
little prospect of an immediate settlement Of
the trouble.
THE technical schools were never as we'll
patronized as in 1889. Young men, instead
of seeking honor in the law. medicine or
theology, seek dollars and work IN scientific
employment.
THE 5000 employees at the Lackawanna
Iron and Coal Company's mills and furnaces
in Scranton, Penn, have had their wages In
creased ten per cent. OH account of the -
crease in the price of rails.
GOLD miners in Western mines have had
their wages advanced. Lead mines are not
paying well. English investors are trying to
buy up some of the richest mines. Large coal
beds are being discovered.
A THREE hundred thousand dollar rolling
mill is to be built at Florence, Ala, and a
Bessemer steel rolling mill at Salisbury,
N. c.. A large basic steel plant will probably
be erected at Middlesboro, KY.
The Council Of the London Chamber of
Commerce has adopted the report ofits conf
mittee in favor of creating permanent COM
mittee of capitalists and representative work
tngmen to arbitrate labor disputes.
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LAST YEARS FAILURES.
The Greatest Number and Largest
Liabilities in Five Years.

The Greatest Number and Largest
Liabilities in Five Years,
B,adstreers reports II, 71s failures in the
United States for the year 1889, with habill
ties of s14O359, 400 and assets SIC, 500, 769,
This is larger number of failures and create
liabilities than for any other year in the past
five. The increase in tie number OF failure;
over 1888 is 1882; increase in liabilities, s2o,'
11TOSS: increase in assets, S., 599,S ,S5S.
Throughout the country in 1889 the Middle
States had the largest number OF failures
og12-and the Western States come next witr
2T56.
Of the Eastern Middle, Southern and
Western States the Eastern had the fewest
number of failures-1G7l. This number,
however, represents liabilities of s3S, 5s5, 500,
which are greater than the liabilities in any
other section of the four except in the Mid
die States whel~ there were S4l, 722. 06S In
the Southern States there were 1909 failures,
with liabilities of SIG, 4s4, ,S26, and in the
Western 275G failures, with liabilities of
2T9s5,S47. in each of the four sections tie
assets were about one-half of the liabilities.
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timely interest

REV. i. C' bVlLf.f, SENAlE ShhrLhiN'
Mr.. Butler was Chaplain of the House
of Representatives. in the Forty-first,
Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses
previous to his appointment to his pres
ent Office. He is native Of Cumber-
land, Nd, but has been resident of
Washington ever since his appointment
to his first pastorate, which was in that city.
Mr.. Butler is q Lutheran in denomination,
and prominent writer and preacher of that
faith. He was in April, 1861, appointed
Chaplain Of the Fifth Pennsylvania Volun-
teers. This position he held until the close
of the war. He was afterward made Chaplain
Of Union Hospital. Later he filled the
same office in the Cliffburn and Lincoln Hos
pitals. When he resumed the duties Of the
regular pastorate it was as minister in the
Luther Place Memorial Church, at Washing
ton, of which he was the founder. He still
continues to preach in that edifce.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

the temperature rises to as high as 102 de-
grees. There are also severe headache, pains
in the eyes, back and limbs, and generally
all over the muscular system, accompanied
by cold chills running up and down the
back. I believe it is limited disease and
the patient who is careful during the febrile
stage will recover in an average Of three
days under proper treatment"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

William Henry Milburn, who is known
as "vhe blind man eloquent" was born
in Philadelphia, September 90, 1928
he was five years old when he lost COM
pletely the sight Of one eye, and par
TALLY of the other. Notwithstanding the
deprivation under which he suffered he
applied himself to study with the intention
Of obtaining a thorough education.
While employed in store in Illinois
he fitted himself for college. He
graduated after four years course, and
at the age of twenty was received into
the ministry of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. When Mr.. Milburn was
twenty-five years of age he was chosen
Chaplain to the Congress of the United
States. In 1885 Mr.. Milburn was
again made Chaplain to Congress. and
the third time at the opening OF the
Forty-ninth Congress Two subsequent
elections have continued hi in the office.
BE left the ministry of the Methodist de-
nomination for a time, and served as a
clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal
Church; but he returned to the body
In which he had been edudeted, and
is the second time numbered among the
Methodist clergy. Mr.. Milburn is an elo-
auent lecturer, q scholarly and entertaining
man, and successf ii author.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15
A DOUBLE KILLING.
Two Texas Desperadoes Shot Dead by
q Stranger.

Two noted desperadoes, Red Lendall and
Choctaw Pete, rode into tho town of Tish-
wawa, Texas. They had been drinking, and
Immediately took possession of the main
street, firing their revolyers recklesslg g,1 and
driving everybody within doors. While
this was going on, a well-mounted stranger,
with q veritable arsenal around his waist ar
rived. The newcomer was supposed to be
comrade Of the outlaws by the inhabitants.
But it turned out otherwise. When he went
to hitch his horse Lendall cut the halter. The
stranger protested, whereupon Pete covered
him with revolver and called upon Red to
disarm him. The stranger waited until the
latter was close to him, when he drew his re
volver and shot Lendall through the heart.
He then opened fire on Choctaw Pete and
sent two bullets into his head, killing him In
stantly, The stranger offered to give HIM
self up but finding no no one aS wng dan{ 70 arreS1 nS
known
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HIGHBINDERS' VICTIMS.
Two Cinnamon Murdered in San
Francisco.

Two Chinese have been killed in Chinatown,
San Francisco, by highbinders. Ung Hing
was wa!laid and shot by three men just as
he was entering the Chinese theater. The
police have identified Mok Lem as one of the
assailants, and say the attack was due to re-
cent assault on Lem, in which Hing was I'M
plicated. Lem escaped injury, but his clothes
were full of bullet holes. The other crime
was the murder of Tick Ho Hong. Tick had
the bad taste to dun Cbinaman who owed
him money, and the debtor refused to pay
and hired highbinders to slaughter Tick, and
the work was done in thorough style, Tick
being stabbed several times, from the effects
of which he died.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

A SCIENTIST says that there is such
thing as a hoop-snake, but that it
doesn't roll like hoop. 1t simply
makes succession of loops, like the
inch-worm, but so rapidly that it seems
to roll around like hoop.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

In New York city it is estimated that
$4,000, 600 will be expended in house building
in 1890; in Philadelphia, $40, 0,000,000: in
Chicago, s35, 900, 900; in st. Louis, s25, ,O00,-
600. The smaller towns are growing even
more rapidly than the larger ones. Electrical
devices are making living in small towns
more enjoyable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15
P0RTUGAL'S STANLEY,
The Career Of Major Serpa Pinto, the
Explorer Of Africa.

Major Serpa Pinto first became famous in
1879 on the completion of his successful
journey from Benguela, on the western
coast of the Dark Continent, to Durham, on
the southwestern coast, thus making most
valuable addition to the stores of African
geography and complementins the great
researches of Stanley, Livingstone, Cameron
and other famous explorers who have risked
their lives in searching the mysteries of that
quarter Of the globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

LADY FORESTER, of London, is a
practical philanthropist. Each week
she sends to the factory girls of Lon
don upward of two thousand punches
of flowers gathered by the servants on
her estates.
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LOCKED IN A BATHROOM.
An Aged and Helpless Man Roasted
to Death.

]. E. Clark, partial paralytic, an aged
resident of Kokomo, Ind, went to George
Wrikle's bathrooms for a bath. CLARK was
almost helpless, and had to be assisted by
Wrikle. Wrikle turned on the gas to heat
the water, and started to do something else
while waiting. Being forgetful, he forgo,
all about Clark and left the house after loc!:
ing the bathroom door Clark's body wa
found in the morning literally roaste :
rocraI
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TROUBLE IN TEXAS.
Scores Of Citizens in South Bend and
Richmond Imprisoned.

About sixty of the leading citizens of
South Bend, Texas, are in Jail, a late United
States Grand Jury at that place having in
dicted them under the Civil Rights act,
charged with running man named Ferguson
and six other colored men out of the county.
Twenty-six citizens of Richmond are also
under Indictment for murder. Bail was
secured for those whose offences were bail
able. The aggregate bonds amounted to
over s., 100000 Twenty of the wealthiest
men in Fort Bend County came down with
the prisoners, and the bonds were also signed
by capitalists from all over the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

The Shah of Persia has ordered commits
sion to study the laws of England France,
Germany and Turkey, with a view to such
legislation as could be at once adopted and
applied without disturbance Of the existing
social conditions of bis people:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

The contract for the organ for Talmage's
new tabernaclein in Brooklyn has been awarded
to the firm that built the old one. 1t will
have 507s pipes and 119 stops, and 1t is said It
will be the largest ever built.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15

. CHOLERA in a virulent form exists through
out the valley Of thu Euphrates, and it is
feared that it will become epidemic in Persia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15
CHAPLAINS OF CONGRESS-.
The Two Men Who Open the Daily
Proceedings With Prayer.

Two ministers open the daily proceedings
of Congress with prayer-Rev. J. c.
Butler in the Senate and Rev William q.
Milburn in the House of Representatives.
The following sketch of their career is of
timely interest
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A New York Doctors Opinion.

IT,. James P. Tuttle, of New York, has
been treating cases of influenza from TOUR
different States. As to what the actual na-
ture of the disease is, DR.. Tuttle said he was
inclined to believe that the symptoms in
iicated more than mere influenza.
In my Judgment" said he, influenza IS
one of the least pronounced features OF the
epidemic. In all the cases which nave come
undar nv notice there were only three in
stances where influenza became very ap-
parent.
This outbreak appears to be miasnatic
or epidemic disease Its first symptoms re-
semble the onset of mild typhoid. 1t begins
with chill, and in some cases is accompa.
MED by extreme weakness. In the cases Of
two ladies' I attended this weakness devel.
oped so rapidly that fainting fits en-,
sued. A fever usually succeeds, and
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Growth o., "A Island.

In 1857 H. NJ. s. Falcon reported q
shoal in q position about thirty miles
west OF Namuka island, of the Friendly
or Tonga group. Ten years later smoke
was reported by H. NJ. s. Sappho to be
rising from the sea at this spot, and eight
later, in 1885, a volcanic island was re-
ported by a passing steamer, the Janet
Nichol, to have risen from the sea. In
1885 the United States steamer Mohican
visited the new i~slands-which had
emerged from the ocean during a sub
marine eruption on Oct. IA of the previ-
GUS year-when its length was found to
be one and four-tentbs of a mile and its
height 1856 feet.
In 1889 the island was thoroughly ex-
amined, and the surrounding sea sounded
by her majesty's surveying ship Egeria,
when it was found to be one and one
tenth of a mile long and nine-tenths of a
mile wide.
A little steam issuing from cracks in
the southern cliff was the sole sign of &C
tivity, but there were many proofs ex-
listing that the island still retains consid-
cradle heat neal the surface. From the
condition Of the flat, it is apparent that
it has neither risen nor subsidized during
the past two or three years. Unless there
be a hard core it seems probable that its
existence as an island will be short. It
has been named Falcon island, and sound
ings between it and Namuka show that
they are separated by a valley 5000 feet
deep.-Newcastle Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
He Brushed . XIV. Dummy.

One evening I was out with a party of
young friends. 1t had been trying to
snow all afternoon and had cleared off
cold. AS we passed a ready made cloth
ing, store we noticed a couple of dunn
mics out in front covered with snow.
One of these two particular dummies
was looking in the window, probably
watching the cashier inside, while the
other was faced toward the street, pos
sibly to draw trade. On the breast of
his long, snow laden ulster he wore a
banner with the strange device, "Buy
me, only $7.33." Just as we were pass
ing we saw n young clerk approaching
the door, whisk broom in hand, to brush
the snow from the dummies. One of
my friends, who knew the clerk. said,
'lmitation of Il dummy" and he jumped
into a rigid position between the papier
mache men. We ran across the street
to watch things. Out came the clerk
and brushed the snow from the nearest
figure, turning it around Oh its well
creased standard as he did SO. Then he
reached for our friend, who stood stiff
and still. He carefully brushed the
o from the back of his long ulster,
and then took hold of his arm to turn
him around. AS he felt flesh and blood
he dropped his whisk, uttered a horrible
yell and disappeared behind a pile of
coats in the store.-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Horace Greeley,s Favorite Cut.

Hall, the chief messenger at the GUS
tom house, cultivated his suave manner
when he was the head waiter at the
Aston house. Nothing pleases him more
than to recall the days when lie served
Horace Greeley, who dined for years at
the Astor house. Dinner there at that
time was served on the American plan
and was from 10 NJ. until 8 p. m. 81
used to carve" said Hall, land when l
had reached the twenty-fourth or twenty
fifth cut in a rib of roast beef l knew that
it was time for MI. Greeley to come in.
He liked the twenty-fourth or twenty
fifth cut because, l suppose, the meat in
that part of the roast was done exactly
to suit his taste. When l had got to Mr..
Grceley's cut 1 used to run my knife
around the rim of it and removc all the
overdone edge or fat, which he did not
like. We heaped up the plate with pota-
toes, green peas and beans-Mr. Greeley
was a great hand for green peas-and
sent it in to him. New York Tribune
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24

The colors of rivers differ widely. The
Rhone is blue, and so is the Danube,
while the Rhine isgreen. Anybody who
has traversed the wonderful Adirondack
region and fished in its waters must have
noticed the remarkable difference in the
color of its rivers and smaller streams
which radiate in every direction from tho
central group of mountains. The waters
of the Sacondaga are %yellowish, while
those of the Canada creeks and of the
Mohawk are clear, with perhaps a BLUSH
tint in deep holes. Fish creek is black or
deep brown, and its neighbor. Salmon
river, Is colorless. Next comes the Black
river, whose color is indicated by its
name, but between it and the Grasse,
which is also black or brown, is the Os-
wegatchie, with clear white waters. The
st. Regis, again, is black, but the Ra-
quette is white. The st. Lawrence is
blue.-Nature.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Hospitable.

GOOD morning. l should like to ask
for a little information, if you please"
The speaker was a northern tourist in
the Ozark mountains of southwestern
Missouri. He had halted heal a small,
windowless cabin, in front of which a
sallow, shrewd native sat smoking a cob
pipe.
"Wull" came the slow reply. The
man did not move nor did he take his
pipe from his mouth or his hands from
his pockets as he surveyed the elegant
young MAJ in corduroys.
II should like to inquire" said the
tourist, "if this isn't the region where
the clay eaters live? I was told / should
reach it about noon."
The Missourian rose slowly, and, adj
vancing his lank figure, a CLEAN of fun
in his eye, asked in his turn:
"Clay? Beyouh hungry for some, young
fellerY'--Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Buttered Toast for Potatoes.

NJ. Taine, the eminent French litera-
teur, was recently at Oxford and he Or
dered plain roast beef and potatoes for
: dinner. The waiter brought NJ. Taine
roast beef and buttered toast. NJ. Taine
exclaims, "Waiter, some potatoes" The
waiter brought more buttered toast. NJ.
Taine, in pronouncing "potatoes," laid
stress on the last syllable Of potatoes
and gave the ''s'' more sibilation than
was necessary, so to the walters English
ear he was asking with tolerable clear
ness for buttered toast. When fresh lots
of buttered toast began to appear, NJ.
Taine blandly demanded ''some pota-
toes" with the result that his table was
literally covered with plates of buttered
toast; however, a well known Oxford
professor happened to enter the room at
this juncture and succeeded in clearing
up matters.-London Cor. of New Or
leans Picayune.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Love for Horses.

Once in the horse business always in
the horse business might be put down as
a proverb. have known a good many
men to get tired of race horses and sell
out, but unless they sold out on account
of age or infirmity they have always
gone back to it. Look at Will Barnes.
He sold his stables a few years ago and
swore he would never own another horse.
He is now in the market buying a lot of
yearlings, showing that he means to stay
in the business. I could name a num-
Der of others who have done just what
Barnes has done. There is q fascination
about racing that sticks to man through
life.-Interview in st. Louis Globe Dem.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24

A Woman'a Discovery.

"Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by a lady in this
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood Its severest tests, but her vital Or
gans were undermined and death seemed
necessarily and could not sleep. She
bought of us a bottle of DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was so
much relieved on taking first dose that
she slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculously cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write w. @.
Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. C.-Get q
free trial bottle at j. j. Freeman's Drug
Store
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Greek Architecture md Modern c.n;u

Greek Architecture and Modern Genius,
We may as well concede that in archi-
lecture, sculpture and poetry the Greeks
have not been surpassed by nations Of
modern times. But this concession GOV.
ers only a small space in the boundless
field Of human effort. Within the in.
closure Of those Grecian walls that house
our patent system are wonders that seem
to belong to a different world and to a
higher order of beings than the world
and the men for whom Homer sang.
We copy some of the beautiful forms Of
Grecian architecture, but we add to our
buildings the results of ages of scientific
PROCESS. In heating, lighting, draining,
ventilation, the elevator, and a thousand
devices that promote comfort and en-.
nance beauty we have made more prog.
ress in the present century than waa
achieved in all preceding ages.-Newo Or
leans Picayuue.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Wind Motors for Electrical purpo..

The use of wind power for producing
the electric light possesses the recon-
mendation that it is cheap. A wind
motor has been in successful operation
for some time at the northernmost light
house at Cape de la Hague, where it
drives two dynamos supplying accumu-
lators. The windmill rests upon a timber
framing, and transmits motion by means
of a vertical shaft and two pairs of con-
ical cog wheels to a horizontal shaft.
Pulleys are fixed to the latter, which
drive the dynamos by NEAR of betting.
The windmill works automatically, both
during light winds and gales.-Electri.
clan.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
The Tribune.
OF MINNEAPOLIS.

Makes the Following OFFER to I'LL
Persons DESTROYS OF Becoming Pa.
irons Of that Paper:
l. The Tribune Company will mail
to any subscriber in the Northwest
its Sunday edition for 50 IL year; 6
months. 81
2. Its Daily edition for 81 per an.
mum, or $1.75 for 8 months.
3. Its Evening edition for 35c. IL
month, or 3 months for 81.
4. The farmers Minneapolis Tri.
hune will be mailed to any subscriber
for 81 a year, or 60c. for 6 months.
: When n considers that the Trib.
une Company's publications. either
the Sunday, the Daily or the Evening
editions, are equal in every respect
to any other publication in the North:
west, it will at once be apparent that
any person who pays at the rate of
$40 a year or 81 a month for his
morning paper. or SIS a year or SOC. IL
month for any evening paper, is fool.
ing away his money.
All communications should be ad.
dressed to
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The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
A Test for

The best test for symmetry is simply
turning a man with his face to the wall.
If he be perfectly nodded and ,.Y.nmetri-
cally made his chest will just touch the
wall, his ose will be four inches away,
thighs five inches and the ends of his toes
three inches. The development of a man's
physical qualities is a most important
matter. and is one that is overlooked the
world over, and seldom is it that you will
find a nan who can stand the test
Philadelphia Record.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
Ancient Voting Methods.

The Syracusans used at one time olive
leaves for ballots. Rome, at an early
day after democracy was introduced,
borrowed the ballot box system of the
Greeks, but never took kindly to it. The
Australian system of today is a revival
of the practice in Rome 1900 years ago.
The voting classification in Greece in
olden times was both social and terri
torial, not unlike the arrangement in
this country in presidential elections.
Many of the ancient systems of voting
were corrupted by e%xtravagant favorit-
ism and bribery was not uncommon
Detroit News.
The Dickinson press., 1890-05-24
In a Cheap Eating House.

Diner-Here, waiterl what in thunder
have you given me here? I called for
tripe; but this is the stringiest stuff I
ever encountered.
Waiter (after critical examination)-
Just as l expected. That cook of ours
is awfully nearsighted, and instead of
honeycomb tripe, she's served up a piece
Of Turkish towel. Perhaps you'd like
something e~lse?-Boston Transcript.