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Food Brings Sleep.

Some persons, though not actually
sick, keep below par in strength and
general tone, and am of the opinion
that fasting during the long interval be-
tween supper and breakfast, and espec-
tally the complete emptiness of the stom-
ach during sleep, adds greatly to the
amount of emaciation, sleeplessness and
general weakness we so often meet, says
the Medical Journal.
Physiology teaches US that in the body
there is a perpetual disintegration of
tissue, sleeping or waking; it is therefore
logical to believe that the supply Of
nCurishment should be somewhat con-
tinuous.
As bodily exercise is suspended during
sleep, with wear and tear corresponding
" diminished, while digestion, assimila-
ton and nutritive activity continue as
usual, the food furnished during this
period adds more than is destroyed, and
increased weight and improved general
vigor are the result.
ALI beings except man are governed by
natural instinct, and every being with q
stomach, before man, eats before sleep,
and even the human infant, guided by
the same instincts, drinks frequently day
and night, and if its stomach is empty
for any prolonged period it cries long
and loud.
Digestion requires no interval of rest,
and if the amount of food during the
twcnty-four hours is in quantity and
quality not beyond the physiological
limit, it makes no hurtful difference to
the stomach how few or how short are
the intervals between eating, but it does
make vast difference in the weak and
emaciated ones welfare to have modi-
cum of food in the stomach during the
time of sleep, that, instead of being
consumed by bodily action, it may dur
ing the interval improve the lowered
system.
l am fully satisfied that were the weak
ly, the emaciatcd and the sleepless to
nightly take a light lunch or meal of
simple, nutritious food before going to
bed for prolonged period, nine in ten
of them would be lifted into better
standard of health; on the contrary,
persons that are too stout or plethorlc
should follow an opposite course.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-26
Poison in Warfare.

It is reported from Chilli that on tha
instigation of the Government an attempt
was made to poison Admiral Moutt and
several other leading men OF the IN
surgent forces. The stomach pumF
saved the life OF the Admiral. Waldo
Silva escaped By the merest accldenf
and number of others were made SICK.
but were saved by proper remedies
Twenty officers and men Of the Govern
ment army were proved to be implicated
in the plot, and after careful trial were
condemned to be shot and were executed
The greatest indignation is everywhere
expressed at the cowardly use of poison
in warfare as practiced at 1quique.-
Picny,lpe.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.
The fly has 1000 eyes.

The fly has 1000 eyes. : -
Arcturus has a diameter of seventy
million miles.
Fish will drown if the action of thsft
gills is disturbed or interfered with. !;
DR.. Brendon, of New York, announces
that experience teaches him that leprosy
is not contagious.
Various berries which once aourished
$500 feet above sea level do not grow in
higher attitudes now than $500 feet.
Dr.. Thamm, of Dusseldorf, Germany,
has cured forty per cent. of the patients
he treated foc tuberculosis by the Koch
system
Butter is sent from New Zealand to-
England in tin cans, from which the re-
naming air is extracted after being filed
with butter.
So severe is the climate of South
America upon iron that before ties haye
shown signs Of decay the fanges of tho
Fails will be nearly eaten off by rust.
Civilization is not favorable to tha-S
condition of the teeth. The Esquimaux,
have the best teeth of any nation in tho
world, and 1T is very doubtful if they
take any trouble at all to preserve them.
A hotel in Hamburg, Germany, has
been built entirely of compressed wood,
which by the pressure to which 1t is sub
jected is rendered as hard as iron, al
we'll as absolutely proof against the: at
tacks Of fire.
The Natural History Museum at Kens-
ington, England, has received a novel
addition to its shelves in the shape OF
10000 spiders. The insects were be-;
queathed to the institution by the late
Count Keyserling, who spent good
part of his life in collecting them.
ALL the birds of the swallow kind ag
high at the advent of or during ine
weather, and low before storm. Thesa
facts are accounted for by another. When
the weather is calm, the ephemere upon
which swallows feed fly high in air, but
Just over the earth or water II it be
rough.
It is affirmed that the large quantities
of snails which appear in the chalk pas
lures after rain and which are devoured
by the sheep along with the short sweet
herbage on which both feed, have con-
siderable share in imparting that peap-
liar flavor to which South Down mutton
owes so much of its celebrity. q
Another improved apparatus for rail-
way carriages will be welcomed By
summer travellers. This apparatus pro-:
vides for the production of cool and
pleasant breeze throughout the car. tits:
| fitted under the body Of the car, is self
revolving, and is so arranged that it will
catch the air from all directions. Not
the least of its advantages is that it will
keep working for fifteen minutes after
the train has been stopped. 81
M. Eiffel, the noted engineer, has Of
fered to support Jansen's project for tbs
erection of an observatory on the summit
of Mont Blanc, Switzerland. Eiftel pro-
poses the building of horizontal tunnel
for the purpose of protecting working
men during the prevalence of storms and
to ascertain the thickness of ice. He de-,
clares that if the ice exceeds fifty metres
in depth the project must be abandoned,
because it is imperative that the tounda-
ton of the proposed observatory be buiis'
on solid rock. .-.....':.'.' Sc. ;;ssss;;.<-->s1s.i
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TESTING GOD.

A short time ago handed to one Of Gods
own children, who was not a member of my
church, some money L had secured for him
and his family in their time of need. The
tears came to his eyes,. The act had touched
the tendercst emotions of his soul. He be.
gan to tell me Of the severe trials through
which he bad been passing. Said he, Il
took it to the Lord. / told Him lie knew
how sick l had been, how long out OF
work, how dark everything looked,
how 1 and my wife had been fertting,
but that for the future I would not fret,
but would trust Him, no matter what should
come" Said he, "Immediately help began
to come" 1t pays to trust God. God seems
to summon us to the high and exalted privi
lege of testing Him, hence he says, "Proye
Me" Try Me-" ''See If will not" Dear
reader, have you fulfilled the conditions? II
SO, Joyously and confidently wait till there
shall come the blessing-full, abundant, run.
ming over.-[J. W. Totten.
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rHE Two young women who accom-
plished the feat of horsewhipping Chi
cago doctor orc not to be envied for
their reflections. Assuming that they
had genuine grievance against the doc
tor, it is still true that woman with
q horsewhip is not delectable object.
In fact, the harder she hits and the
more complete the discontinue of her
victim, the less she appeals to admi'
ration. A woman who assumes the
Aorsewhip lays aside by that act all
slaims to consideration on account OF
her sex; so that the doctor in the case
under consideration would have been
quito justified if he had met force with
force aud knocked his assailants down.
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AN UNNECESSARY. INDULGENCE.

Dr. Maudsley says: IF men took careful
thought of the best uss they could make OF
their bodies, they would possibly never take
strong drink, except as they would a dose Of
medicine in order to. serve some special
purpose. 1t is idle to say. that there is any
need for persons who are in good health to
indulge in strong drink. At the best it is
an indulgence that is not necessary, at the
worse it is vice that occasions infinite
misery, sin, crime. Madness and disease"
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TEMPERANCE.
SAVE THE BOYS.

The National Baptist says that recently
when two hundred or mora drunkards were
gathered in a meeting by the Breakfast AS
sociation. speaker asked that all who had
begun to drink after the age of twenty -one
would raise their hands. Six: responded.
He then asked that all who had. begun to
drink before twenty-one should. raise their
hands. A sea of hands were raised. By
saving the boys from the saloon, we can 60
far to save the next generation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-26
A Farmer Frightens an Army.

An Amager farmer, going to town
with his load of cabbages, ran into q
troop of mounted artillery marching out
to drill and scattered panic in the ranks.
The war horses ran away leaving tho
guns in the road, and one of the artil-
lerymeu, who fell off, was dragged along
by the stirrups. The farmer, who was
as badly scared as the rest, was made
prisoner after the troops had rallied and
was fined more than the value of his load
for assault upon the Danish Army.-Aas
York Rscorder. ts..ss-..,-::s... -.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE MOTHERS rIAYEe..

THE MOTHERS Prayer.
Lord, give me this SOUL!
/ have walked for it when | shouldl hav,
slept.
I have yearned over it and have wept,
Till in my own the thought of ID has swaT
All through the night and day.
Lord give me this soul!
II might only lift its broken strands,
To lay them gently in Thy loving hands;
If might know it had found peace in Thee
What rest, what peace to mel.
Thou wit give Inc this SOUL
Else why the joy, the grief, the doubt. thA
pain,
The thought perpetual, the one refrain,
The oeaseless longing that upon Thy breast
The tempest-tossed may rest?
Dear Lord, give ME this-soulI:
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A BROOKLYN man who wanted to 60
west and grow up with the country set
tied in Kansas, and had got as far as
home in q dug-out when he was struck
by lightning, pelted nearly to death
In hail storm, and blown halfway
into the next county by cyclone. He
has returned to Brooklyn, and now ad-
vfses young men to "Go west and blow
up with the country" g.
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ANOTHER Young LADY has fallen VIC

ANOTHER young LADY has fallen VIC
tim to that desth-dealing ogre the kero-
sene can. This occurrence has become
so common that newspaper comments
might properly be restricted to
a brief sentence, as Jenny Jones, l25
Blank street, kerosene. Horrible e1-
amples and volumes Of warning advice
do not seem to reduce the annual num-
ber of victims bit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-26

A JUDGE in New York sent the city
dog catcher up for month "for keeping
thirty dogs for three days without food
or water" It was mild sentence.
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sPERpLExED" wants to know how a
man with q long and dropping. mus
taohe" ought @to eat his soup" He
ought to eat it in the dark.
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TIE SOURCE Or STRENGTH.

Jesus has commanded me to open my
heart and to stretch out my hands. 1t is
enough for me to Ito as Jesus tells ME. The
apnstl.S imp'0:ed from God the recovery. OF
freud. When .hcy We're in prison they
asked to get out of it. When they were per-
secuted beaten. they cried to Him for help,
and vet they were well aware that aft1lctlons
await Us: that our sorrows enter into the
Divine plan; Tut submissive and persever-
ing at the same time, they prayed to God to
deliver them, and God did deliver.
7 sneak to this God ut every our Of the
day. The command, "Pray without ceas-
ing" which scares so many people, consti-
tutes my safety and makes my happiness.
It is not enough for Inc to think about God;
nv soul must pour itself before Him.
When YOU have some beloved being be-
side you. does it suffice you to think Of him,
not to speak to him-why, wouhl not that
be n torture? Every time al idea occurs to
YOU. o feeling overflows, you speak. All, II
the fear Of wearyiny did not restrain u.s.
how far more freely would our heart give IL
self expression.
One can never weary God. What is it l
say to him. What does one say to ones
faihcr and 10 ones mother? What does one
not say? Is any subsequent e!oquence re-
ouired? All fear over. embarrassment gone,
the lips move as the heaat prompts, and the
mother IS satisfied. the father reJoices.
-[Madame dc Gasparin.
True turning unto God and the remaining
In the practice of any one sin, cannot stand
together.-[R. Bolton.
Learn from the earliest days to inure your
principles against the points of ridiucei you
San no more exercise your reason II you 1--we
in constant dread Of laughter than you can
enioy vollr life il YOU are in constant lear OF
DEATH -[Sidney Smith.
You have chosen the kingdom of God and
his Righteousness; other things, therefore,
shall be added unto you; and if any which
YOU desire should not be added, comfort
Yourself with the thought that you ha"e the
good part which can never De taken away
lWhitetield
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

eeassess stilI N ressllax Mia tbs Appss-
pFtAf10Es-

wAsHISGfoS. Feb. ll.-AftsT rouupe
business the House went into commit
tee oi tae whole on the legislative sp-
propTsuoa blA, Ia debate AeAdoo, Of
Aew Jersey. spoke II opposition - the
shipping bsil and St0ckdAle, ol Mlssls-
sppi, referred 10 tie violations 81 tie
civil service law. No action MAS taken
OF the b.il aud the House adjourned.
The Senate agreed 10 the resolution
calling on the secretary Of the treasury
Tor list OF persons and Of hrms ty
winch silver had been offered lundeF
act July IA, 1890 A list oi those
IIom whom SILVER lad been
purchased snd the amounts and prloes.
Tie conference report GA the Roanoke,
Va, pubic building. reducing the
cost from sl00 .000 10 :. 5 coo, MAS agreed
10. Then the consideration OF the
Naval appropriations bull vas resumed.
After short hours discussion an
amendme was Offered Yesterday by
Allen, fixing Port Orchard on Puget
sound, "a site for a dry dock; agreed
TO. Ii appr PIRATES 80, 900 for the site
and sl00, 600 Tor building and dry dock.
several committee amendments We're
adopted and tie blll passed. The Dis
trct of Columbia appropriations bill
was reported and placed GU the calen-
dar. The Copyright bill Was taken up
and laide aside informally. \ number OF
bills were taken from the calendar and
passed and the senate at 800 adjourned
until tomorrow.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
BRAYELY FIGHTING
Gen. w. T. Sherman Refuses 10
Yield 70 Grim Death,
HE IS SLOWLY GAINING SIREscrH
Ana Hts fan1fly 4Ed tFlsaas Are More
hopsfai-tsiegrs 0f sympathy
foarlog ia aa4 ees4x sisa
eau-shs BUlfefIas

Nav IoRK, Feb. ll-ln the early
evening there were some rays u san-
salne through Ihe clouds hanging over
the head ot Gen. snermaa. The hopes
OF hls relatives and friends, for the lie
OF the general then had been revived
lis condition 5 still considered pfeean-
elOus hut tie success With which be had
battled with the enemy during the day
was lhe foundation OF the new hopes
entertained Tor MS ultimate recovery.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
BIG RAPIDS POSTMASTER.
Hiram r. HARDY 10 re the the lucky Man
-Nuskegoa's Building.

WAsHrNGToS, Feb. ll.-Represents-
tive Cutcheon today recommended to
the President the appointment Of Hiram
+. Hardy as postmaster at BIZ Rapids
Mr. Cutcheou has been trying for some
time % secure recognition from the
Speaker to- call up the Muskegon public
balldmg bn. The bilI has already
passed the Senate and Is now before
thc House. awaiting acton. lie hopes
70 secure is passage before the end of
the season.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

Co1rMrrs. o. Pet. LIN the Min
srs' Convention at the afternoon ses-
slon today Congressman J. J. Jones s5-
dressed TIE convention He hss re
ceBty introduced hgil in Congress pro
I'D ne tfst tbe Government shall sp-
Tor1t TgIDe Insyeoaors. Ht address
trested II the aevantsges which wgbio
secrue from sDch legislation TIE con-
vention adopted a resolution asking
Congress 70 g,ass Jones hit.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
Mr. Comas in the Scum.

The police have reason to think they
have cut short the career of another
overeoat thief. \ man from the
Bridge-street House reported the loss Of
an overcoat yesterday. and at that in
stant James McCOmas was trying - dis
pose of two overcoats IN a secondhand
store. The suspicion Of the dealer was
excited. and ne called IN an officer.
McComas was taken II headquarters,
where the Bridge-street man identified
bis property. The other coat mas not
found Its owner, but MeComas u n the
SOUP.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

ST. PAUL MINI. Feb. H. r. John
spelman. son II Edward Spelman. the
wealthy Peoria distiaer. was arrested
here Tuesssv on a telegram from In
spector stuart. n cksrve n the division
At Chicago. iasfract5nE him - arrest
Spellnau on a charge of having robbed
TIE Tinted states mails ~ Washington.
III Speluan has been ont of TIE Kan
kakee insane asylum for sheut t~o
aerea
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
PANIC AT A MASQUERADE.

A smart - Roy sets TIrs te n usshsr.s
tostufns. Creating Great Alarm
HoueHTox, Mlch.. Feb. IT, ~ Five
hundred persons we're pBnicetricken at
masquerade ball last night. A boy
with a lighted candle set FIRE 90 the
costume OF Otto kreilwsz, winch was
made Of cotton batting. The mGsksf.
enveloped IA flafnes, rushed Wildly
about. setting fire to the clothing of
several other persons Rreilwisz was
terribly burned.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
BOILER EXPLODES.
The Mill OF j. H. Gibbs, at Edmore
Damaged-Nobody Injured.

The Mill OF j. H. Gibbs, at Edmore,
Damaged-Sobody Injured.
EDMoRE, Mich, Feb. 10.-The engine
of the grist mil and elevator owned by
j. IL. Gibbs exploded this evening.
Considerable damage was done TO the
mill, but luckily no one was injured.
The boiler had been recently placed IN
the mill, and was = new one. An ex-
plosion occurred about four years ago
In the same mill killing three men.
The damage TO mill aud property is
estimated 10 be between $500 and
$1,000. The building was three stories
and had all the latest Improvements.
The boiler had just been repaired to
the extent of SO.
The fire company was called out to-
day for the first time III three years,
the occasion being IA slight conflagra-
ton IN the residence ot Dennis Ken
nedy. Small loss.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
THE PRESS CLUB.
1t Takes the Final step Which Insures
"a ome O its Own.

The Grand Rdpids Press Club held a
called meeting yesterday afternoon at
police court room, to hear the report
OF the committee appointed to secure
suitable rooms for the permanent habi.
tatlou OF the club.
Chairman Rose, for the committee.
stated that after looking over many
different suites OF rooms that were
offered. they had made choice OF
those over Fowle's art store, on Iona
st. By vote OF the club, the commit
tee were then instructed TO engage
those rooms, and to tit them up in Il
style OF maguificence and luxurious
ness acc0rdant with their own tastes.
Directly after the meeting OF the club,
the committee attended to the duty
imposed. The rooms were leased, and
contracts were made, the purport of
which VIII appear in beautiful object
lesson IN few weeks.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

DFcATun. JlI Feh. 1-Tne Chris
tian Esasavor Soe5etv u The flyst
Methodist Chureh hss ent SO - Bishop
Tsvlor n Afr5es for ~ pareissse = a
younr rerro csrl - he converted =
(sslrfsssauftv Tie parcnsse makes =
rwssss,sa fs~ the riTi - renaais 1i1s TIE
rr.ssSsrsr ares and eagags in tse work
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

4 bakers horse ran away On West
Brdze-st. Yesterday little after noon
sna plunged into Henry smiths buggy.
After throwing smith oal and running
over his neck. the bakers horse spea
on without dong further injury than
bsdlv frightening Mr.. Smith.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
A Pleasant Gathering.

Mrs. John MOhrhsrt, Of otts.s-st..
gave very pleasant pedro party last
night A company of about forty PER
sors pavtlc patel. The head prizes
were voa. frst. by Mrs ]. y. Alhse sni
Mrs sarah Wood. second by Mrs. Eo.sr
Rscs and Mss :. ROysl.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

FfEnFK. 50. Dakota, Feb. I1-Rspub
hssns last night agar decided CT sen
stoT M1,o,lv ss ffs most svaiiabit nSAr
- lead fbeFn = victory. TIE last sen
stoTlsI bsllof to-day resulted Mooav 90.
kyls s., Trpp =, remalD1sr scatteg-
f~~
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

lie Has Written no Letter to Canadians
Reciprocity.

II" 10
on Reciprocity.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1l.-Secretary
Blaine this afternoon positively denied
the truth of the statement telcgraphed
from Canada that he had written a let
ter to Hon. Wlfred Laurior, saying
that he would negotiate for reciprocity
only with the Liberal party. of which
Laurior Is the leader. Blaine said ::
1T is without the slightest foundation.
| have written no such letter. | have
not written letter to anyone IN Can
ada since | became Secretary of State
two years ago. and further than that, |
have written no letter on the subject OF
reciprocity with Canada beyond note
tS Mr.. Baker"
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
TO OPPOSE FREE COINAGE.
A Committee OF Ten New Workers to
Move on Congress.

Move on Congress.
NEW YORK, Feb. IA mass meet
ing, under the auspices of the Reform
Club, was held at Cooper Union tonight
to protest against the free coinage of
silver, ana drew quite a large attend
ance. Ex-secretary OF the Treasury
Falrchllt called the meeting 10 order
and introduced Hon. +. Ellery Ander-
son as cha rman OF the evening. IL was
moved and earned that a committee of
ten be appointed to 20 to Washington
ald oppose the measure.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12
DYNAMITER ARRESTED.
He Wanted to Blow Distiiieries on the
Face OF the Earth

CHICAGO, Feb. ll-George J. Gibson,
secretary OF the great whisky trust, was
arrested today by United States officials
on the charge OF beng participant IN
a gigantic conspiracy involving the de-
structon OF life and vast amount of
property. The conspiracy involved the
destruction of the Shufeldt distlllery
and several others which are outside OF
the trust and which have gwen the
whisky combine a great deal OF trouble.
The specific charge against Gibson is
that he tired 10 bribe an employe OF the
government named DeWar TO blow up
Shufeldt's dlstillery. All the arrange
ments had been completed for the
iiendlsh work when DeWar informed
the government officials of the plaE and
prevented the consummatlon OF the
conspiracy.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

TIE alarm sf FIRE iast evening was
occasioned sy the bernn ~ of ssase rsvs
IN VI F. Sweets hessteaa factory ca
Preseott-st- No Gsassgs rexaIted.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

An Old Resident of NanceIona Grows
Tired OF Life

special to the TxJFGRsH- -HERsLp.
MsSCELoNA, Mich. Feb. ll.-While in
a fit of dependency Gideon Marsh. an
old and respected citizen OF this town.
aged about - years, committed suicide
today by shooting himself in the head.
Telegram-herald., 1891-02-12

Ia the senate several important b.lls
were notlsed. senator P2Ez slA sntro-
duce one % regulate the Use 0t sleep
inz cars. Il vii prohibit tne letting
down OF the lower Usrth. waen Rot re-
qulFed for use. and will restrict TIE
pFice ID 81. senator Mccormick, at
tie request % Charles schmidt, or
1raad Rapids. eil INTRODUCES BAL 10
protect dealers ia monuments and
grayestOues. Senator Wheeler slil lu-
tFOdnce a Dll 10 provide toT printing
and distribution ~ tne state, IA 10
penal Institutions, of school text books
Tue Committee on horticulture wsii
report b.il 10 protect bees from pos
onlng OccAsloned by the spraying OF
trees aad p.auts with paris green, etc.
senator Park vii Introduce = blil u
make the Office OF Supreme Court
Clerk elective. senator Dorau Will de-
liver another br0a1s.de at the Baker
Conspiracy Law"