The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-03

A suit brought by one italian wo-
man against another to recover pos.
session of her child was tried in New
ark, n, j., last week, in which evil
dence to show that the sale of babies
is common thing in the Italian col
ony in that city was brought out. The
market price for boy is $40, and fer q,
girl $40. In this case the price paid;
was SIG. The woman who purchased.
the child said that having no children;
of her own and wanting one she had
bought this babe from it's mother.
The testimony proved clearly that the,
mother wished to get her child back,
not because she wanted it, but ttat.
she might sell it again. The bargain
which was made before the child was,
born is one of the marks Of the degra-:
dation to which many emigrants from
Italy have descended.
DR.. Stearns, of the Hartford Insanes
Asylum, at the recent meeting Of the;
American Association Of Medical
Superintendent of Insane Asylums5
in Washington, affirms that there has.
been extraordinary improvement in the,
treatment of insane people In this
country within recent times, and that;
the proportion of cures in insane asys:
lums will now compare favorably with
that in general hospitals. We believe
this to be not far from the truth. Such
institutions should not be called asy-s
lums, but hospitals. The name asy-.
lum was given when it was falsely
generally supposed that the mentally:
deranged are incurable.
A sad and singular fatality is report
ed from Brooklyn. The Rev. George
w. Boutwell,, Presbyterian minister,
was giving dose of medicine to one
of his children, and held cork Of the
bottle that contained the medicine be-
tween his teeth. One of the children
did something to cause him to laugh
The cork slipped from between his.
teeth and was sucked down into his
bronchial tubes. The physician
found impossible to eXtricate 1t, and
it finally resulted in his death. -
A New York man says he has dis
covered a fly destroyer that discounts.
all the fly papers and fly poisons that
have yet been put into use. Last
spring he went into the country and.
brought back with him a number OF
clover blossoms. He hung them in
his rooms to ornament the walls. The;
clover dried, and since then he says
not fly will stay in the room. He
has watched and studied, and says he
has discovered that flies cannot stand
the scent of dried clover.
If huge armies was calculated to in
spire feeling of political and social
security, Russia ought to be the most
tranquil place in the world !; and yet,
with over a million of armed men at
it's command, the Government of that
country trembles at the thought OF
danger from the circulation of tracts.
Arbitrator.
There are forty-four States in the.
United States.
There are five Territories in the.
United States.
There is one District in the United
States.
The star eff Wyoming will be added
to the flag, July 4, 1891.
We trust that the rumor of media
tion by the United States, France and
Brazil to stop bloodshed in the sense
less civil war in Chill may prove true.
1t seems that two rival mercantile
firms in New York City supply the
hostile parties with the means Of kill
ing each other.-Advocate of Peace.
There is peace in Europe, but how
different from the peace of God, from
the peace of the kingdom of Christ.
The peace of Europe arises from the
fact that modern armies and military
systems "are invested with so many
elements of terror that the great
Powers must hesitate long before
breaking the armed truce"
There will convene at Nashville,
Tenn, on the ODD, 23d, and 24th OF
October, proXimo, meeting ofthe rep
presentatives Of two hundred and M
ty Humane Societies, organized under
the title of the "American Humane
Association" -
SAN FRANCISCO. May S.-A severe
shock of earthquake was felt here at
G:l5 this evening. Buildings were
shaken, but no damage is reported.