The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-04-09

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than in public, has reason to fear that
he is not Christian.
A late Scotch D. D., did not satisfy
by his preaching the Calvanistic por.
tion of his flock. "Why, SIR" said
they, 1--WE think ye dinna tell Us
enough about renouncing our ain
righteousness" "Renoucing your ain
righteousness, vociferated the Doc
tor, 81 never saw any ye had to re-
nounce."
The Evangelical Association, q
church that has 100000 members, an
oft:shoot of the Methodsts, has had
trouble with it's three bishops. Two OF
them have been suspended and the
third is to be tried next week.
1t is said that Claus Spreckles has
cleared $1,000, 900 during the past year
by selling his sugar One-eighth of q
cent below the cost Of that sold by the
trust. What do the members of the
trust make?
Binghamton is to have a crematory
for garbage. The plant will cost $685.
600, and will consist of two plants, one
burning the refuse and the other con-
Stunning the smoke. No odor will be
created. The plan is to nave q trial
before acceptance.
There are banks at Buenos Ayres
with capital greater than any in the
United States, and occupying build
ings finer than any banking-house in
New York. The Provincial Bank has
capital Of $33, 3,OOO,0O0 and SCI, 900, ,00O
of deposits. The National Bank has 8
capital of S40,0OO,OOO.
Henry B. Pierce, Secretary of State
for Massachusetts, declares that the
Southern iroD-fields must become the
worlds seat of that industry, and that
the next twenty-five years will witness
Il development there surprising alike
belief and history.
DR.. Andrew Hunter, delegate-elect
to the General Conference, will be tn {
only member of that body who was O
member of the General Conference in
1874, when the Church was dividef.
1t will be worth trip to St. Louis to
meet that grand old man.
From q bushel of corn distiller gets
4 gallon of whiskey, which retails al
sic. The government gels $500, the
farmer 10 cents, the railroad 81, the
manufacturer S4, the retailer 81, and
the consumer gets drunk.
Opium is got by cutting the capsule
of the poppy flower with notched
iron instrument at sunrise, and by the
next morning a drop or two of juice
has oozed out. This is scraped off and
saved by the grower, and after he has
O vessel full of it it is strained and
dried, 1t takes great many poppies
TO make a pound of opium. and it goes
through number OF processes before
it is ready for the market. In liquid
state it looks like a dark. rawberry
jam.
The cause and remedy for the de-
preston among the farmers is being
discussed from the rostrum and
through the press, to an extent never
before experienced In this country.
Let it 20 Gn until 1t Is presented in all
its aspects, and may God defend the
right. The farmers have leen, and
are still being more neglected and
worse abused any other class of peo-
pie in the country. On the thrift of
the farmer depends to a large extent
the thrift of tie whole county. The
millionaire must have his meat and
bread, as we'll IS the day-laborer, and
both are dependent on the farmer.
rl,o ,,,roooda,tad ,rayolanoa Of
icebergs in the Atlantic ocean, togeth-
er with the failure of the ice crop on
shore, has stimulated the brains OF
Eastern ice-dealers to propose q re-
markable exploit, neither more nor
less than the capture of Il number of
tn floating masses. A fleet of tugs
has been fitted out in Boston for the
purpose of towing into port one or
more of the Ice mountains, which,
thus SECURED, can be quarried at leis-
ure. The undertaking will be watch
ed with some interest, for should 1t
prove successful the Atlantic coast
need have no fear Of an ''ice famine
Won Caprivi has been appointed
Chancellor instead of Prince Bismarck,
and gives iniimatiOn to German en-
bassadors abroad that he will continue
the policy of his illustrious predeces-
SOr.
A plant called the Australian waffle
is found to he twice as rich in fannie
acid as the best onk bark. 1t is easily
cultivated, and 1t doubtless will soon
he largely grown to tan leather,
The provisional government of Rraz-
il has decreed the separation of church
and state, and Mt the end of one year
proposes to withdraw the aid hereto
fore extended to religious establish
ments. The decree is very lengthy,
but its leading feature is contained in
the following paragraph: ART. All
religious denominations have equally
the right to liberty of worship and
that Of governing themselves in ac-
corlance with their respective crecds
without being disturbed in the private
acts pertaining to the exercise of this
right"
The simple method of treating
drunkenness, practiced in Norway anu
Sweden, 10 reported to he very effec+
tive. The inebriate is placed in con-
tinement, and fed only with bread
soaked in wire, which in eight or ten
days creates positive loathlng for
strong drink.