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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-05
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Our older friends sometimes delight to say
the world is growing wicked every
day. Perhaps this is because they're
in decay and soon will leave it.
Alas! in many cases they forget that they did
in their younger days beget full many
folies quite in fashion yet-thus they
believe it!
Tho world, in truth, is bad enough, grant.
If should on its wickedness descant
its virtues might appear to be too
scant to merit mention;
And yet, if they in turn were cited, we might
find that any mundane referee would
be quite apt to weigh them carefully
in contravention.
If clergymen would only learn to box, and
pugilists would be more orthodox, and
fewer people monkey with the stocks,
and each vocation
Be followed honestly, and every cheat the
purpose of its planner would defeat,
the world, perhaps, might then more
fully meet our appreciation.
fdoctors did not care so much for fees, and
lawyers were employed on salaries,
and judges always would fit their de-
crees to circumstances;
If politicians would tell fewer lies, and Vot-
ers better judgment exercise, and mer-
chants represent their merchandise to
suit our fancies;
If creditors would wait and debtors pay, and
perishable things would not decay, and
pleasures that we look for not delay,
and friends stand by US;
If crops and married life could be forecast,
and harvest moons and honeymoons
would last; if age would not approach
US quite so fast, nor death defy us
If we could have our ways in everything; if
man could be little king, and out Of
sight and mind all troubles fling, we
still would grumble.
In fact, if we could natures laws reverse,
and all the fancied clouds of life dis
perse-if we could simply boss the uni
verse-we'd make jumble
j. A. Waldron, in Frank Leslie's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-05
A Eeline Curiosity.

Judge G. A. Ringwald is the happy
possessor of feline curiosity. This par
ticular tabby is nearly thirty years OF
age and, therefore, so far as his species
is concerned, the oldest inhabitant in the
territory. He is also blind, deaf and
dumb, and otherwise eminently decrepit'
The animal, however, finds his way about
with ease, through the sense Of smell,
despite his several little infrmities. Flor
ence, for years. gloated over her tobacco
chewing dog, but we defy her to produce
a cat that can hold ca1dle to this one.-7
Yuma (Cal.l Times. i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-05

The Jews are SAID to DO rapidly In
creasing in numbers, wealth and infu'
ence in New York. Foui new syna'
gogues were recently opened within
the space of ten days, and the city now
has forty-seven of these places of vor'
ship, which is q larger number than
can be found in any other city in ths
world. The Hebrew population ba2
doubled in ten years. Some trades;
they almost entirely control
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-05

THREE men and one surveyor laid
out the largest part Of Manhattan Isl
aud in 1913. .....
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-05

horizon. The white surface of the alkali
glittered on every side, dazzling my
eyes. My horse was iaded; began to
feel grave apprehensions. Could it be
that I had mistaken some other trail for
theirs? I cast my eyes on the ground.
No trail was visible. had lost it, and
was myself lost!
For moment my heart failed me.
Then, manning myself, bore on my left
rein, and began to ride in great circle.
In twenty minutes I struck trail-it
was my own. Well, would try larger
circle still.
Just as I started, my mustang raised
his head, snortcd and neighed. 1n-
voluntarily glanced up. What I saw
sent shock of superstitious terror to my
heart.
In the empty air above my head, at
distance in front of me of apparently half
mile, saw Giles, Dick, and the mule
iigging slowly along side by side. The
figures were distinct and perfectly recog-
nizable, and, as l say, seemed to be NOV
ing on the empty air. Ipasscd my hand
over my eyes and looked again. There
was no mistake. But this assurance had
the effect of restoring my equanimity. If
what I SAW Was not mere hulluclnation
OF my brain, there was only one other
thing it could be. It was an cxtraordi-
nary perfect mirage. The figure phan-
toms that I saw were the magnifed re-
Elections upon the atmosphere Of their
real flesh-and-blood prototypes. But, as
the latter were nowhere visible, they
could not be at less distance than twenty
miles. If took the bearings and rode
on, I should overtake them in time.
The spectacle was so wonderful, how
ever, that involuntarily l thought of my
camera. Was it possible to photograph a
mirage? At any tate Iwould try. Quickly
unstrapping the instruments I pointed it
towards the apparition and awaited, q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19
NERVOUS EXHAUSTION.
Change of Scene the Best of All Rem
edies known to Science.

Change of Scene the Best of All Rem
edies Known to Science.
81 am woman Of strong constitution,
forty-six years old, and have always had
good health until recently. After re-
peated bereavemcnts, many cares and
much hard work, | have fallen into a
very depressed state. For more than a
year l have found itdificult to sleep, or
to be cheerful.
rs there hope that may entirely re-
cover? If so, what are the best means to
be used? Is it best to take medicine OF
not? Is it best to go into company and
to church, or to stay at home? As am
but a type of very large class of
women. l thought you might be willing
to give us some hints"
The explanation of the above con-
dition is a very simple one-the undue
expenditure of nerve-force. 1t is like
the persistent spending of more than
ones income; it must end in bankruptcy.
Nothing eXhausts nerve-force faster
than long-continued, strong emotion.
Even pleasurable emotions are exhaust
ing, but they are seldom long-continued.
Indeed, it is difficult to keep them up.
But the depressing emotions of grief,
anxiety and care tend to perpetuate
themselves. 1t is difficult even for a
strong will to throw them of, espec-
tally those that come of sore bereave-
ments.
The case is rendered still worse by
the fact that, in this condition, the cere-
bral arteries are apt to become en-
larged, and SO to carry too much blood to
the brain, to the inducing of wakeful-
ness. Now there is nothing like sleep
to restore lost nerve force. 1t is the
nightly restorer of the daily waste.
Further. the above causes draw nespe-
force from the stomach and digestive
tract, and thus lessons its power to
nourish the nervous system. OF course,
cheerfulness in such condition of gem
eral depression is not easy, and direct
attempt at it is of little worth at the
best.
The tendency in such cases is to look
on the dark side. Suitable treatment,
however, is sure to remove the trouble,
and that, too, somewhat readily. The
prime thing is to remove the cause.
Grief must not be cherished. Faith in
God should tighten the burden of care.
If hard work must still continue, means
should be found to lessen it for time.
The greatest benefit would come from
a change of scene and surroundings for
few weeks. 1t is indispensable that
sleep be secured in full measure. Less
blood must go to the brain. A foot-bath,
quite hot, just before retiring may prove
help, and so sometimes may a hot
cloth on the stomach. The food should
be nutritious and ample, but easy to be
digested.
1t will be help. rather than hin
drance, to go to church and into pleasant
company. There is aid in all innocent
diversions. Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19
A CORSICAN VANDERBILT.
Some of the Wonders of Count di Borgo's
Fairy Chateau.

The Vanderbilts need not imagine
they are the only people of mighty
wealth who can build palaces nowadays.
What do Cornelius and William V. think
of the Count PoZzo di Borgo who, own
ing whole mountain in Corsica, has
erected or is still building a chateau on
its heights for q summer residence. The
private road leading to it is nearly six
miles long, and wonderfully constructed,
while half way up the mountain stands
the family burial chapel, as large as a
country church, and is marvel of
architectural beauty. The chateau has
been building these four years, and it
can not be finished for three years
more. The Count possesses an I'M
rivaled view on all sides, from over the
Mediterranean, then Ajaccio, which
seems miles below, and all the valleys,
all the surrounding mountains on the
other. From these heights visitors look
off into space and the light-headed ones
come pretty near taking a drop over
board into the magnificent scenery. The
lower terraces where this Count has his
stables resemble Notifications. They
are all built of granite, and the stone
for the house has been brought from
Paris. Count Pozzi di Borgo's ancestors
were Napoleon's greatest friends, ard
afterwards his greatest enemies. One
of them fought vendetti with one of
the Bonapartes. OF course the Wander
bits have no such romance as this to
build upon, but it is comfort to know
that far away in Corsica is new sum-
mer residence which can take the
shine off Viewpoints palatial cottages.
We had begun to fear Europe held moth
ing like them and America would burst
with her own Importance. - Boston
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19
THE INFlNITESlMAL.
In Importance 1t Is Second Only to the
the Infinite.

In Importance 1t Is Second Only to the
the Infinite.
If the revelations of tho telescope in
The world-crowded realms of space ill
us with amazement and awe, the Won
dcrs disclosed by the microscope in the
minutest atoms that float in the water
or the air, or go to make up the solid
aggregate of terra frma no less compel
our admiration.
The waters and ice of almost tho
whole Antarctic Ocean are literally en-
Drowned with tiny animalcules. To the
unscientific these little creatures are
merely specks of mud or dust, but when
magnified they are seen to be animals.
Very insignificant animals, you will say.
But what are they doing? Simply
shoaling the Antarctic Ocean-laying
the foundations of a great island or per-
chance continent. Recent explorations
in that region show that they have al
ready formed submarine bank four
hundred miles in length by one hundred
and twenty in breadth. Small as these
creatures are, they are engaged in a
vast business.
A large portion of every soil is COM
posed of PARTICLES which either are or
have been alive. Some years ago the
inhabitants of district in Sweden were
threatened with famine, and in the hope
of staving off the evil while the crops
were growing, they eked out their
scanty supply of grain with earth. They
found this mixed diet almost as nourish-
ing as the unmixed meal. Animal life,
it is we'll known, can not be sustained
by inorganic matter. How then could
mere dirt be nutritive? The microscope
solved the mystery. The dirt" was
found to consist of shells of infnitesimal
creatures, which under chemical analy-
sis proved to be formed of nutritious
elements.
The Arabs, we are told, sometimes re-
lieve the pangs of hunger during their
desert wanderings by eating clay.
Doubtless this clay contains animal
matter
Verify, there is wisdo m in the precept,
"Despise not the day of small things."-
N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19
STANDARD OIL METHODS.
How the Millions of the Great Monopol
Have Enen Acnnirah-

How the Millions of the Great Monopoly
Have Been Acquired.
NJ The Standard Oil Company is another
Illustration showing the modern facil-
tiles of gigantic combinations. The
company began in partnership, during
ihe early days of the civil war, between
Samuel Andrews and John Rockefeller.
AIdrews had invented new process by
which greater percentage of kerosene
WIS extracted from petroleum than had
bden possible under the old method, and
bf virtue of this advantage the company
saon became prosperous. In time, as it
gained strength, it absorbed some rival
Companies, crushed others, and finally
stood at the head of the business. Then
ftextended its operations still further
Itran it's own acid-works and glue fac
tdries, made its own barrels, and con-
trblled the disposition of kerosene
through the country. Not satisfied with
this, it began to exercise a control over
the railroads, which finally enabled it
to crush out all effective opposition.
Vanderbilt once said that there was
but one man in the country who could
dictate to him, and that was Rockefeller.
The Pennsylvania railroad entered into
a written contract with the Standard
Oil Company, by which it agreed to
charge double rates for all oil hauled by
other shippers. When this contract was
exposed in the courts new agreement
was made by which the Standard Com
pany was allowed rebate not only on
the oil shipped by it, but on all oil car
fkiNd over the railroads. During 1878 re-
bates to the amount of $6,960,S $40 were
paid to the company, and for the seven
teen months ending March 81, 1879, the
rebates amounted to $40, ISL, 21S. Similar
secret agreements were entered into
with the New York Central, the Erie
and the Atlantic and Great Western
roads. A barrel of oil weighing 800
pounds was carried 400 miles and the
empty cars returned for so cents, while
a 90-pound can of milk was car
occasion an opposition oil company
had 10000 barrels of oil carried
by pipe line to the side of the Erie track,
the company having agreed to ship the
oil, but an agent of the Standard Com
pany appeared on the scene, stopped the
shipment, and the oil was still waiting
to be shipped when the matter was in
vestigated in the New York courts some
months later. This was but another
illustration Of another method by which
the STANDARD Oil Company used it's in
fluence over the railroads to crush out
it's rivals. 1t compelled the railroad
companies to refuse to ship oil for other
producers, and when complaint was
made to President Scott, of the Penn
sylvania railroad. he said that all he
could do was to ask the Standard Com
pany to allow him to carry the oil over
his own road. The passage of the inter-
state commerce act has put an end to
this despotism over the railroad COM
panies, but the facts indicate the I'M
limited power of this trust. BY the ex-
ercise of this absolute despotism the
Standard Oil Company was enabled to
crush out all effective opposition. Now
its power is not less-itis merely turned
into other directions-San Franciso Ar.
gonaut
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19
THE GOLDEN TIME.

When is the golden time? you ask
The golden time for love,
The time when earth is green beneath,
And skies are blue above;
The time for sturdy, health and strength,
The time for Happy play.
When is the golden hour! you ask,
/ answer you: To-day"
To-day, that from the Makers hand
Slips on the great world-sea,
AS staunch as ever ship that launched
To sail eternally.
To-day, that watts to you and me
A breath of Eden's prime,
That greets us, glad and large and free
1t is our golden time.
For Yesterday hath vailed her face,
And gone as far away
AS sands that swept the pyramids
In Egypt's ancient day.
No man shall look on Yesterday,
rs Or tryst with her again;
Forever gone her tolls, her prayers,
Her conflicts and her pain.
Tomorrow is not ours to hold,
May never come to bless
Or blight our lives with veal or i'll,
With gladness or distress.
No man shall clasp To-morrow's hand,
Nor catch her on the way;
For when we reach To .morrow's land,
, She'll be, by then, To-day.
You ask me for the golden time,
j. 1 bid you "seize the hour"
And I'LL it full of earnest work,
While yet you have the power.
To-day, the golden time for joy,
Beneath the household caves;
To-day, the royal time for work,
For bringing in the sheaves."
To-day, the golden time for peace,
For righting olden feuds;
For sending forth from every heart
Whatever sin intrudes.
To-day, the time to consecrate
Your life to God above;
To-day, the time to Danish hate,
The golden time for love.
| Margaret E. Langston, in Golden Rule.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19
Some Old-Tims Proverbs.

An attentive ear is the desire of the
wise man.
Let not thine hand be stretched out to
receive and shut when thou should re-
pay.
An obstinate heart shall be laden wi tn
SORROWS, and the wicked man shall heap
sin upon sin.
Be not curious in unnecessary matters,
for more things are showed unto thee
than men understand.
Many are deceived by their own vain
opinions, and an evil suspicion hath
overthrow their Judgment. - Good
Housekeeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19

The annual report of the Peabody
Trust for the maintenance of good
homes for the working classes in Lon
don shows the birth rate in the houses
kept by the trust to be s.72 per 1000
above the rest of London, and the death
rate nearly per 1000 below the aver
age, while the infant mortality is
only little over.half the average. The
trust has spent over $6,25O,OOO in pro-
viding buildings for 2O,374 persons. The
average earnings of each family are
about 1913 per week, and the average
weekly rent about $1.2O. The rate per
room is 52N cents per week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-19

The hundred and twenty-ffth house
laepar Of an old widower Of Pleasant
ne. IA, gave him thrashing the
tlDT day. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-28
WOMEN AS LAY DELEGATES.
Vote to Be Taken in All the Methodist
Churches Tonight.

Tonight the great Methodist campaign of
the season will culminate in shower Of bal
lots, and there will be much eagerness dis
played before the results are announced. At
every Methodist church Zone or two only ex-
cepted) in the District OF Columbia every
member in good standing over the age OF
twenty-one will this evening be given chance
to express his or her preference on
the important question ''Shall women be ad-
mitted as lay delegates to the general confer
ence?" In most Of the churches the voting
will commence at o'clock, but in one or two
instances the polls will be open an hour earlier.
The closing hour also varies from to 10 pm.
1T should be remembered" said promi-
nent divine today, that this vote will not be
binding.
1T is simply An expression of the wishes Of
the church. If the vote is overwhelmingly in
favor of the proposed change the general con-
ference is not bound to admit women. Three
fourths OF the annual conferences must also
favor the amendment, and then there must be
clear two-thirds ma orty in the general confer
ence.
SHOULD the plan be carried through it would
be q revolution that would affect almost every
other denomination. At present women and
men are on religious equality only in the So
ciety of Friends, the Unyersalists and the
Swedenborgians. If they should be exalted in
Methodism also ii would stir things up among
our Baptist and Presbyterian and Congrega-
tional brethren and nobody knows where the
thing would end"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-28
Foreign Topics of Interest,

Vera Sassovilitch, the famous nihilist whose
adventures and hardships in connection with
the nlhilist, Hartmann. attracted to her world
wide attention and sympathy ten years ago, is
dying at Geneva, whittier she sought refuge
after escaping from the clutches OF the Rus
sian authorities. At tho time she came into
notice she WAS young and beautiful, but time
has robbed her of youth and harsh treatment
and exposure and consequent ill-health de-
spoiled her of beauty and she is now a prema-
turely old woman.
colony of Russian gentlemen and ladies
has been formed at Vishnee yolotchok, a large
town Oh the river Tsna, in the government of
liver, with the object of practiclng the sexual
tenets of the novelist Tols;oi. Tho colonists
are all young. of the educated classes and we'll
provided with funds, many of them being pos
sessed OF large fortunes.
Dispatches from Rome state that the pope is
preparing another mandate to the Irish bishops
denouncing the plan of campaign and decree
ing that the sacraments of the church stall be
denied to all who take part either in the plan
or boycotting.
The official reports OF the Italian war de-
partment just issued show that for the fiscal
year just closed the expenses of maintaining
the various branches of the Italian military
establishment were u little more than COS, 000.-
900 lire. In this sum is included the expenses
OF the various colonial garrisons.
During the celebration by Count Won Moltke
of the ninetieth anniversary of his birth the
venerable soldier received upward of $500
kilograms and letters of congratulation from
ali parts of the world.
Admiral Freemantle has attacked and burned
several villages on the Vitu coast. At dawn on
Sunday the admiral advanced to Vitu.
1t has transpired that the real name of Mrs.
Piercey. implicated in the late London tragedy.
Is Crlchton. She was married at the age of
sixteen. Her husband is no at Gravcsend and
IT Is believed that he visited her ON Friday
The police are searching for HIM.
Bishop O'Dwyer of Limerick is quoted as
saying that Americans should draw broad dis
tInction between contributions to the starving
people of certain parts of Ireland and contri-
buttons to the funds of the national league, and
should see that no money intended for chart
table purposes goes to illegal objects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-28
THE COMMISSIONERS, ESTIMATES.
A General Cutting Down Necessary to
Provide for Street improvements.

The COMMISSIONS s are still hard at work on
their estimates. Some important changes are
looked for when the estimates are made public
The most important change is in the engineer
department. When the Commissioners started
in on their estimates all the other branches OF
the District government were taken up before
the engineer department was touched. The
consequence was that when the ESQ, 900
street schedule, which Capt Rossen had
recommended, was reached there was not a
dollar left for the Commissioners to apply to
this fund 1t was at one time thought advis-
able to leave off the improvement Of streets
entirely, but Captain Rossen argued strongly
against this. Nothing was left then for the
Commissioners to do but reduce their other
estimates. Accordingly they reviewed their
work, striking off dollar here and there, re-
ducing the amount aske d for in almost every
branch Of the service and wound up with
about
1920 TO BE EXPENDED UPON sTREgrs
Then the question arose as to what streets
could be left off. Capt. Rossell thought that
every one he had recommended needed I'M
provement badly. The schedule had TO be re-
duced, however, and the Commissioners ordered
Capt Rossell to do the cutting. After some
consideration another schedule was submitted,
which was amended by simply cutting off the
streets after the S42o 900 had been applied as
far as il would Co.