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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-13
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE.

Some persons are never easy until they
are gossiping. They tell all they know, and
write to their friends all the petty details Of
matters which do not at all concern them.
But persons who tell all they know are sure
to tell great deal they do not know, and 80
do great mischief. They gable, and gossip,
and tell tales, speaking of things which they
do not half understand, aud so inevitably
misrepresenting matters which they discuss,
until sensible people are afraid to have them
in their homes.
Any person admitted into family should
know better than to talk or write about the
affairs which pertain TO the household, and
persous who will accept the hospitalities Of
home, and repay the privileges enjoyed by
retailing the tittle-tattle and gossip which
can be picked up in almost any family, prove
themselves ignorant of what belongs to good
breeding, and unfit to be trusted in society.
A sensible man would as soon have skunk
in his yard as to have gabbling, tattling
talebearer in the house who tells all she
knows and gucsses at and nvents the rest.
The person who hears but does not talk, and
who is able to hold his tongue and restrain
his curiosity, stands like massive brick
wall in the midst Of a devastating confa-
grafton, which checks the progress of the
fire, and saves trouble and ensures safety
GThe Christian.
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The Pretty "Pennyweighter.

Perhaps the cleverest of all shoplifters'
tricks is the "pennyweighter" game. 1t
is known but to few and practised by a
still smaller number, for it is difficult
one. 1t has been most successfully
worked by pretty little blonde with a
baby face, blue eyes, curly hair and the
general appearance of bewitching SOU
brette. Her professional name is "Lit-
tie Scotty." She came to grief in Bos-
ton and was given three years. Her
mode of working is to go to jewelry
store and ask to be shown loose diamonds
on a tray. She pretends to be very
shortsighted, aud bends over and very
close to the tray, examining the dia-
monds through an eye glass. She ex-
poses her left hand so as not to be sus-
pected, and a. propitious moment drops
a one carat diamond into the tray, and
with her tongue, on the point of which
she has pulverized alum, she licks up a
two carat diamond. She cannot find
the exact counterpart of the one she
wants to match (Which she has not with
her), and goes into another store, where
she exchanges her two carat diamond IN
a similar manner for three carat, and
SC on ad in6nitum. When she was
caught she had started with a one-carat
diamond and had reached six and half
carats, making three or four hundred
dollars in o few hours.-NsU Yorh
Ho,.nh
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FIRST PETITION FOR PROHIBITION.

The first petition for prohibition In this
country came from Passaconaway. Chief OF
the Penacooks who lived on the Merrimac.
He was sagacious ruler, and seeing the de-
moralizing effect Of drink upon his three
thousand braves, besought the English Coy
ernment not to sell them flre-water. In
1868 an English trucking house, was
opened among the Penacooks and the
t'drunken Indian" became so numerous that
delegation of chiefs journeyed to Piscata:
qua to enter their protest in person against
the sale of spurious liquors to their tribe.
Their wishes were not needed. One
moro attempt vas made, when the chiefs
carried their plea to the general court. All
were disregarded. The aborigines of North
America, the natives Of India, and the deni
zens Of Africa will rise up in judgment to
pronounce the ''woe upon him that putteth
the bottle to his neighbor's lips to make him
dri'nken," against the Euglish-speaking
nay,ons that have debauched them.-W. G.
T. s. Bulletin.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr.. Barnum was consistent and earnest
temperance man and opponent Of the liquor
traffic.
1t is said that the consumption Of i'm.
ported beer in New York City has greatly
increased of late.
The Valparaiso Ind1 Normal Schooi! has
expelled a dozen students for visiting saloons
and playing pool.
Mrs Helen Cougar says she has kept. a
re- ord of the accounts OF wife murder by
drunken husbands published in the daily
papers since January l, 1889 The aggregate
number is 1904.
A "blue book" issued by the English Gov.
ernment shows that 1909 drink shops are
owned By peers Of the realm. The Right
Reverend" Bishop Of Llandaff is the owner
of two places"
In Adel, Ca, they sell beer which is called
rice beer. Its effects are peculiar. mail
NAV drink it and not feel its effects for o
week afterwards, when he is liable to sudden
ly become hilarious.
DR.. Louis D. Mason, of the Inebriate
Asylum, Fort Hamilton, New York, declares
that parents who are drinkers will produce
physical and mental degradation, weakness
and disease In their descendants.
Mr.. Gladstone has said, in words which
have become proverb that the intemper-
ance Of the United Kingdom England, Ire.
land, Scotland and Wales) is the source OF
more evils than war. pestilapee and famine.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
CupIsTJS COysOLAToE,

CHRIsTUS CoNsoLAToE.
Beside the dead knelt for prayer,
And felt presence as prayed.
Lo. it was Jesus standing there
He smiled; BE not afraid"
"Lord, Thou hast conquered death, we know
Restore again to lifc," l said,
"This one who died ali hour ago"
He smiled: "She is not dead!'
"Asleep then, as Thyself didst say,
Yet thou canst lift the lids that keep
Her prisoned eyes from ours away"
He smiled: ''She doth not Sleep"
"Nay, then, tho haply she do wake,
And look upon some fairer dawn,
Restore her to our hearts that acheW
lie smiled: "She is not gone!"
"Alas, too well we know our loss,
Nor hope again our joy to touch
Until the stream of death we cross"
He smiled: There is no such~
"Yet our beloved seem 80 far,
The while we ycarn to feel them near,
Albeit with Thee we trust they are"
He smiled: 'And am here!"
"Dear Lord, how shall We know that they
Still walk unseen with us and Thee,
Nor sleep, nor wander far away"
He smiled "Abide in Me-"
Il [Rossiter W. Raymond.
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A RAILROADS GOOD WORK.

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company not only forbid their EN-.
ployes frequenting saloons, and require of
them abstinence from intoxicants while on
duty, but they have recently directed that
trainmen employed on the road shall not
sign petitions that have been put In circula-
tion in towns along the line for signatures
to secure licenses for saloons. Several train
men at Scranton, Penn, who signed license
applications, were sumnarily discharged by
the company. President Sloan is reported as
saying that this rule would govern every
section Of the road, from Hoboken to
Buffalo, ir the future The discharged train
men at Scranton were told officially that
they would be reinstated as soon as they
withdrew their names from the license pe-
titions which they did promptly, and re.
turned to their trains The saloon Is inimical
both to the economic interests Of the railroad
company and to the safety of: the travelling
public. c.-National Advocate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-13
TIE KITCHEN RANGE.

The management of the kitchen range
is one of the housewives accomplish
ments. The first necessity is cleanliness.
A range clogged with ashes will never
bake satisfactorily, neither can clear,
bright fire be kept up in it. The CRATES
must be clear of cinders and ashes, and
the fuel must beput in with some regard
for uniformity. Do not pile the wood
or coal all in one end, but place it even
ly, so as to distribute the fire over the
CRATE.
Open the hampers until the fire is well
under way. No time is gained by trying
to save fire at the outset. Let it come
up briskly, and as soon as it is clear and
bright close the hampers, and take care
of it. ~,
In baking cake, the proper tempera-
ture will brown the cake as soon as it
has risen. The top should be even in
color, and will not crack If the oven is
right. If the oven is too hot, the cake
will bake too rapidly at the edges, and
as it must rise somewhere will burst In
the middle, and sometimes pour over
the already baked edges.
Bread should never bake too rapidly
at first. Too much, heat prevents rising,
and the bread will be soggy even though
it is well done. H.
Great care must be taken that neither
cake nor bread is dropped or Jared, as
this is almost certain to cause q heavy
streak through the loaf.
To tell If the cake is done, thrust a
clean broom straw into the middle. If
it comes out dry and clean the cake is
done. 1t is, however, best to leave it for
a moment to become thoroughly done.
Nothing is more unwholesome than half
baked cake.
Many cooks test cake by wetting the
finger and. tapping the bottom of the
pan. If the metal Kisses the cake or
bread is supposed to be done.
Some cooks take bread or cake from
the pan at once; others leave it for
moment to steam, when it will come out
much more easily. 1t may be covered
with cloth and left to cool. If cake is
to be frosted, it is we'll to have the FROST
ing done at once.
The most manageable frosting is made
by breaking the whites OF two eggs in q
dish with cup of powdered or confect-
toners sugar. Beat the sugar and eggs
together and add sugar as long as it will
be taken up by the egg. Put it upon
the cake at once. This is the easiest and
simplest way of making frosting, and one
that the inexperienced will do well to
adopt.-Nev York Ledger.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A RUSSIAN DELICACY.

Caviare is Russian delicacy made from
the roe of the sturgeon. 1t is served on
toast at gentlemen's suppers and is also
used as an entree. It is almost as un-
known to-day "to the general" as it was
when Shakespeare wrote his famous solil-
oquy, though it is sold at all large
groceries at about fifty cents a can or box.
It is always served on toast and small
box will be enough for twelve slices Of
toast. Heat the contents of box in
saucepan with four tablespoonfuls OF
cream; and as soon as it is hot, pour it
over a dozen small slices of nicely
Drowned toast and serve il at once with
quarters of lemon, ii you wish.-Nsv
York Tribune.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Electricity increases mine production.
The most unalterable of water colora
has been found to be yellow ochre, terra
sienna, sepia and blues.
It is said that during June and July
the insect life. in New York State is
much more numerous and varied than in
, any tropical country.
NJ. German See has discovered treat
ment for tuberculosis. It requires the
patient to be wrapped in bandages satu-
rated with creosote four or five hours
! daily.
One of the features of the grand parade
in Des Moines during the Iowa State Fair
was an electrically propelled buggy, the
current being furnished by storage bat
teries.
An arc lamp with four carbons ar
! ranged ralially in nearly horizontal
plane, but having their centrally meeting
points slightly depressed, has lately ap-
peared in Paris.
Six miles off the Ladrone Islands, in
the Pacific Ocean, Russian vessel took
soundings a few weeks ago and found q
depth of five miles, the deepest spot yet
found in any ocean.
The lowest body of water on the globe
is the Caspian Sea. Its level has been
gradually lowering for centuries, and
DOW it is eighty-fve feet below the level
of its neighbor, the Black Sea.
The latest terror discovered by the mi
croscope is the acarus sacchari, which
looks like crab, or even more so, and
which has been discovered to the num-
Der of 26S,OOO to the pound in cheap
sugar.
There is very little ebb or flow of tide
in the Arctic, but occasionally there are
very strong currents. All winter there is
a general flow of tide and ice toward the
south, while in summer this flow is north
ward.
The English troopship Euphrates
illustrates the progress of marine engi-
neering. She was built with simple hor-
izontal engines, after which she was fit
ted with compound vertical engines, and
now she is 10 be provided with engines
Of the triple-expansion type.
An interesting and useful application
of electricity has recently appeared in a
device attached to q steering compass for
giving an alarm when a vessel is off her
course. When the circuit is completed
bell is rung which warns the steersmau
or the Captain that the ships direction
has been changed.
1t is mistake to suppose that the
weather is colder the further north one
goes. The northern pole of greatest cold
is only about three hundred miles north
east of Yakutsk, Siberia, where the mean
annual temperature is little lower than
in the highest ATTITUDES reached by Mares
and Greely 1000 miles further north.
The worlds telegraphic feet-that is,
the array of vessels engaged in laying
and repairing submarine cables-is now
composed of thirty eight steamships,
ranging in size from 300 to 5000 tons.
Two of these vessels belong to the French
Government, one of each to the British,
Indo- British, Italian and Chinese Govern
ments, and the others to private com
panies-mostly British.
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SOMETHING NEW ABOUT DRINKING.

An American doctor says: drinking men
are usually fine looking men, physically con-
sidered. Nothing Is the matter with their
stomachs. It would be better for the un-
fortunates if the disease did attack the
digestive organs, but the truth is that alco-
hol, considered as poison, has, like other
poisons, an elective affinity for particular
part of the body, and it selects the brain and
nerves. Taken into the stomach, in three
seconds it reaches the brain, and rasps upon the
fine substance of the terminal arteries which
spread over the convoluted folds Of brain
matter like file. This produces congestion
Of the brain. Drinking, as a habit Is due
largely to overwork, and need for stinu-
liant. Liquors effect is acute or temporary
insanity, while chronic drinking brings on
paralysis Of the brain, and destroys the moral
character Of man. Dipsomania is always
accompanied by loss of moral stamina by
cowardice and falsehood Even the moder-
ate drinker becomes debased."
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In consequence Of the new French
law compelling seminarists to serve in
the army the French bishops have
taken measures for their protection
during the trring period of service.
There is to he q seminarist's home IN
every garrison town, where they will
amend all their leisure moments. They
I'LL, so far as possible, observe the
college rules and continue their theo-
logical studies.
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A BALANCE IN THE BANK.

The question of balance in the bank
which we can draw upon when this world
has been burned up, is of far more impor-
tsnce than balance for our heirs to quarrel
oyer when we cannot use it any longer. The
truly rich man Is he who is rich toward
God, "whosc treasure is laid up in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through and
steal.' And these riches are within the
reach of everyone.
The capital for increasing their riches has
been provided for all by the Lord Jesus
Christ, and we are invited to participate in its
berefts. And yet we run wild over corner
lots, and new additions, and, seldom try to
work the problem Christ gave when he said,
"For what shall it profit . man, if he shall
gain the whole world and lose bis own soulm
-[Kansas Methodist Chautauqua.
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THE BIBLE.

You find the Bible the patriots charter
book, the childs delight, the old mans COM
fort and the young mans guide. In its
pages the sick and weary tiud the solace
which they need and the tempted meet with
timely succor. Its words whisper hope and
peace to the dying and minister daily food
to the healthy and vigorous household.
With the pious music Of its sublime or
plaintive songs echo the roofs of ten thou
sand times ten thousand Christian temples,
and the child's prayer, night and morn, is
lisped forth in the sim pie and comprehensive
words which were dictated by Him who is
its central light.-[Dr. Beard.
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AFTER the settlement of New En-.
gland by Puritans, and Maryland by
Catholics, there was period of about
thirty years in which no new colonies
were planted. In this period occurred
the great rebellion in England, in
which Charles I. was beheaded, and
his son Charles II. was kept out oi
England by the Puritans under Olive,
Cromwell. But, after Cromwell''
death, Charles IL. was brought bach
to the throne of England. This i.
known as the Restoration. Il tool
place in 1860. ---- -. ----:
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q rUuvu woman OF Athens detects
the presence instantly of any feline that
enters the room where she is. She
need not see nor hear the animal when
1t enters, but has intimation of its dis
agreeable presence by strange sensa-
tions that she invariably experiences
when she is brought into contact with
q cat, and she entertains an uncon-
uuerable repugnance to these animals.
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WHAT WE DRINK.

We are using more and more beer; are
steady in our use of distilled spirits and wine,
and use rather less Of coffee and tea as COM
pared with past years. This is an important
study, for it has direct bearing upon the
physical and social condition of the people.
A simple presentation of the figures is 50
forcibie as to require little comment. And
here they are:
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TEMPERANCE.
DRUNKENNESS DEFINED.


The late Cardinal McCabe said: Drunk
enness is the curse of the country, the bane
of society, the terror Of the family, the heart
scald Of the wife, the misfortune Of the chill
dren, the shame of parents, the scandal to
religion, the joy of demons and the highway
that conducts to hell. The unhappy drunk
ard drinks to others good health whilst he
is robbing himself of health, corporal and
spiritnal'
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The decrease IN the per CAPITA consumption
of coffee during the past four years, as COM
pared with the four years, 1SS3-S8, Is due to
the increased cost of the article. Notwith-
standing tea has been cheap. it is not as freely
used as it was ten years ago. On the other
hand, the use of beer steadily increases from
year to year, leaping within ten years from
S.65 to 13 66 gallons per capita. This meant
in 1890, the use Of S55, 1872 335 gallons, ALL e1-
cept 2, ZIG, ,601 gallons, Of domestic manufac-
ture. The present consumption OF foreign
wines is only about one-half the quantity, as
compared with the quantity used during the
pariod of 1S7O-74. The use of domestic wines
has advanced from an average of about 20.
OOO 900 gallons in lS7S-S2 to about 80, 600, 600
gallons annually for the past three years.
The consumers Of the United States paid
at retail, for the year 1890, the following sum
for drink:
Malt and spirituous liquors.. $780, 600, O0O
An increase Of $500, 100000 in
four years.
Coftee. e 'oUo,Oon oUo, ooo
lea. oV,Ooo,ooo
sl,O52, 500 900
Here Is spent for beverages over one bill
lion dollars annually or about the amount
expended by the last Congress. Think of it
two thousand millions per annum for beer,
whisky, coffee, tea and Congress. Truly
we are great people .o-
The Government derives revenue OF SlU|,-
900, 900 from liquor, which is $26, OOO.0 0Oo less
than is required to pay pensions. 1t looks
like robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Grocer.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-26

"Faust Beer" is pure.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-26
MILLINERS' BILLS.
Sara Bernhardt Outdone by the Extrava-
gance of Ancient Beauties.

Sara Bernhardt Outdone by the Extrava-
gance of Ancient Beauties.
New York Ledger.
We read of Sara Bernhardt bringing with
her on her present visit to this country forty
five trunks containing no fewer than hun
dred gowns. That seems to us wardrobe of
extraordinary wastefulness and luxury Yet
it would have seemed only a meagre and
shabby outfit to the great Roman ladies of the
first century of our era
We are told on trustworthy authority that the
dresses alone of Lolita Paulina, the rival of
Agrippina, were valued at $1,666,OOO Pliny
relates that he saw her at plain citizens bri-
dal supper literally covered with pearls and
emeralds worth 40,0O0,000 sesterces, equiva-
lent in our money to $1,560,000.
Another lavish beauty of nearly the same
epoch, Lolita Sabina never travelled without
train of five hundred she asses, so that she
might not miss her mornings bath of asses
milk. By the side of their Roman prototypes
the most extravagant women of our own day
seem thrifty.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-26
"Faust Beer" is old.
Novelties in JeweIry.

NOVeISleS IN JeWelry.
jewelers. Weekly.
neat silver clip is formed apparently of two
oak leaves.
A gold ring is formed of two horseshoe nails
intertwined, the heads meeting.
A gold bracelet is very good imitation of a
cable with diamond anchor attached.
A fine gold wire bracelet is ornamented
with two moonstone hearts pierced by gold
arrow.
An odd-looking scarf-pin lately shown CON
sists of large triangular opal surrounded by
diamonds.
A very plain gold hair ornament has three
gold flies perched on the top of it. The bodies
of the flies are pearls.
A brooch is made in the form of pink
carnation in enamel with a diamond centre.
The same design is shown in plain gold.
A pearl and diamond brooch recently dis
played in Broadway jewelers. window was
designed to represent bunch of grapes The
grapes were pearls and the leaves and tendrils
were formed of small diamonds.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-26
A RECENT FAD.
Testing the Powers of Quick Observation
and the Memory.

Testing the Powers of Quick Observation
and the Memory.
Boston Gazette.
The latest fad in parlor entertainments has
just struck this town. 1t is conducted in this
wise: A party of ladies and gentlemen assem-
BILE for an evenings enjoyment. Games are
proposed, and if the one lately introduced is
agreed upon the hostess goes into an adjoining
room and places fifty small articles, generally
consisting of pin, matches, hairpin, potato,
bottle of ink, ETC., upon q table Then each
of the party is allowed to enter the room and
inspect the things for the short space of one
minute. When all have looked at the con-
tents of the table they begin the work of emu
merating on paper as many of the articles as
they can remember The one who has the
largest correct number is awarded prize. If
person marks down something that is not
upon the table he or she forfeits one of the
articles that is really there and has been men
toned. The rule is that each one of the party
must have looked at the table before the work
of putting their observations on paper begins.
The articles are arranged in such a manner
that person must be very observing and pos
sessed of retentive memory to come any
where near naming the fifty things.